The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-07-24

g.,n,,r.u NEAR NEwroET NLws.-The Rich
Ih IN. Examiner, has the following account o. this
Affair." f,r,,a;,,, aocornt or the recent fight
y9gpoft News,as we have received ltlrom gentle
p Ind from the spot, and who came g tins city on
I yeIaucholv errand of procuring coffin fora hliS
W. bo fen IN the fight: Lieutco Dreux, learning
'li 4 ss The custom of the Linconites to sally OUT
rg morning and forage for their breakfast dtIer
.J On the morning Of the 9Th inst calculating lL"'
w encIuy might ''come up groggy from thell 80
th5n nf the ''glOuriOus fourth, toIhteiIc''
V.t tbcr ARRANGEMENTS To this end he organiser
ntng PARTY, made up Of twenty ho"lzerS 4HI one
@ twenty Shreveport Crews, twenty I'VE Iniihl OFcs7
5 Rifles and twenty cavalry. Arriving within soiie
ss niles of Newport News, he received niorma-
dat HE enemy were approaching, ana near NJ tahd
H. iI, hosting his men. he sent forward two scouts.
q5a bowitzrrs were posted on the lett IN turn OF
~" behind q piece Of woods. The infantry lay in
~ ,lc also in the woods but to the right Of the
' abiIst the cavalry ordered to take position
~ ~ the right and further towards the enemy.
H. ropts having advanced short distance through
M goods and hearing the tramp Of menan the road,
IN ,uf. "Who goes there?n To which those i'll the
j reped Friends After exchanging some other
,l3 IIackett installing them for friends, emerged
,, fp road which he had no sooner done than he
s an and struck by the party whom he, too late dis
,yercd we're enemies. His companions dragged him
I'm into the wood and at his instance, FASTENED back
N Col Dreux TO inform him of the position and number
r. thp enemy In the meantime, the cavalry, hearing
nm firing we're seized Yitha sudden and unaccOuntabc
mir ana putting spurs to their horses came dashng,
Ee % many devils in headlong speed athwart and da-
o1.lg towards the ambuscude Of the LouiSulians and
irectv upon the Notwithstanding up against the
5oyitzer gun frightening and sampeding their horses
which ran more than mile with the gun before they
could he stopped
On the first onslaught of the cavalry Lieut. col D.
apped ont into the road TO ascertain what was the mat
er nd was instantly Shot aud billedby enemy Our
glantry then fred one round and advanced but the
enemy having heard the extraordinary and unprecedent
ii uproar accompanied bv the terrific swapping Of pine
ppinrs Kicked mp by the cavalry, had taken to their
rs nronsstcntlv and did not call halt till safe within
,bair entertainments at Newport News.
GERMAN OFTCERs-Severa officers Of German ar
HE. have arrived in this country, on furlough with
REV of participating in the conflict hatween the nation
,lroyernmcntand the insurgents Of the South Among
NJ number is a Herr Won Rodowitz maor-gencraI
The Baden army. 1t is stated that Won Nuremberg
h,ht with the French in Africa andwith the Russians
N Caucassia. New York Express
SNAIL Pox.-The Madison Democrat says we an
acr.tand from gentleman direct from Mikens Bend,
hat the small pOX raging to considerable extent on
several plantations in that vicinity.
va also learn there are several cases the planta
f5p Of DR.. Young in La a short distance from Nicks
burg II the planters are not very careful in prevent
mr. the negroes from visiting different plantations IA
fmg very difficulty it will spread over the whole coun
r Yicksburg Wing.
To rHE VorER-.-Gcntlcmcn After mature consI-
,aion have concluded to accept your call and be-
omc candidate for the Shcrifalty Of Caddo parish
Please accept my thanks for the honor Won have done
mr Yours truly,
THOMAS R. SrvrsoS.