Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-12
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day report that Capt. John II. Nor
gan, with twenty-seven men, engs-
ged eighty Lincolnites in skirmish
at Nolin, on the Louisville road. be-
yond Green river. Fourteen feder-
ais were killed. Morgan's loss, two.
The Lincolnites fled.
New Orleans, Oct. "a special
dispatch to the Mobile Advertiser
and Register, from Pensacola on the
9th, says that one thousand Confed-
crates, under command Of Gen. An
derson, crossed the Bay last night
and landed on Santa Rosa island, at
two o'clock this morning. They
stormed the camp of Billy Wilson's
Zouaves, burning and destroying
every building except the hospital.
Immense quantities of rations, equip
nents and stores were also destroyed,
apd their cannon spiked. The camp
was totally destroyed. The Confed-
crate loss is forty killed and wounded.
The federal loss is very great.
Captain Bradford, Of Florida, and
Lieut.. Nelms, of Georgia, were Kill
led. Walter Bugler, Of the Cont
nentals, is desperately wounded.
John Burgess was killed. Gen. An
derson was wounded in the arm, and
Lieut.. Sayne in the hip.
The list of the killed and woun
ded is imperfect. 1t is impossible to
get all the particulars.
Our forces engaged We're composed
of three companies of the Georgia 5th
regiment, fourteen members Of the
Continentals, three companies ofreg-
ular, a detachment of Mississippians,
detachments Of Georgians under
Lieuts. Halloquest and Nelms, two
hundre .Alabamians, detachment OF
navy officers and marines under Capt.
brent.
Mojor Vodges, ef the United States
Army is one of the numerous prison
ers in our hands Lieut.. Slaughter, of
the Continentals, was captured while
carryingHfag of truce. The victory is
complete. ..
Richmond, Oct 7.-The Railroad
Convenson which assembled at Chat
tanooga, on the 4th inst, agreed upon
Il uniform rate Of transportation,
twenty cents per hundred tor every
hundred miles. " a
The Navy Department has recei-
ed dispatches confirming the capture
OF the Cnited States steamer Fanny,
on the North Carolina coast after a
short engagement, by forces under
Lynch. ...s
Gen. Jackson : loss at the battle on
Greenhrier, as officially reported to
the War Department, was four killed
and twenty wounded. .....
DIR. Warren Stone and eXJ ustice
John \. Campbell have arrived.
E4ropcam Polscy as to Nersco.-
Tie London Shipping Gazette, Of
Sept IL, contains the following in
relation to the position and disposi-
ton of Europe-particu arly Eng-
land and France-towards Mexico:
The expectation that Il combined
Anglo T rench naval and military ex-
pedition is to be immediately organ
lied, to obtain redress for the indig-
mites and injuries inflicted on British
and French interests in Mexico, IS
regarded with satisfaction by all who
hae. watched the painful conseqnen-
ces of the liberation so long shown
to the various governments in that
country. 1t is reported that Spain
also is anxiously desirous Of some
respectable adjustment that may put
an end to the prevailing horrors
and the private letters, last received
from Mexico, reitefate the assertion
that foreign intervention is prayed
for by the whole population, with the
exception of the military or political
robbers, by whom the existing anar-
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