The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-03-19

- 81 .aUl al NeT5uga ,DsEas aaich ad5s,
''' S17a 1isg ,,o% gt mere '''oot tsaao..
ing gay the British steamer Pi1,ii plpels Of thin
for Hampton roads sailed on TEr-..5si
a special dispatch from sovsr,.,
TIA, Is not burnt, as vas reported Sa!a BguoszI.,
On Sunday, ~ the train wall
OF .ne enemy gunboGts vas SHELF, = eFnandiaa m,
sneh ieh III the passenger car killn3 we town On
woundng one. The town has b,,,s two persons s-s
now IN the possession Of the ener1, evacuated and
BOLIVAR, JEFFERSON county, linear ?, IL.
airy zs.Io'Ice Monday night Hsrper r',4 ~ Febs
Eleil,ss ',s eita5geq hands, Our advapoa ana III
bs poto,,an 80. Lyania regimen, h-se co.,
nr a.. hraa Nh aof hook TO Harpe2sS 1sea ore
took possession Of the town. B., ! 4 rope frg u
provision for transporting troo-a | next day 8rn,l
provided, ana our advance guard eo,, sae rITec Vi,
ed' boll'af ana CnaFles.oyu, and o' F7aoFs
ton fthe country both bank. Of ldeable D.,
70" occupied by our troops. Excen shenandoah an
envy VINO we're Captured they all rar o,! Of 'l:eu
proach of orr army. 's''ed on The Ar.
me people IN TINS town and in the peio,b...
winch our troops have occupied were in place
uefli5 Oh SsaF!aE2h Iaere are Compensated boz
itants remaining here now. and nha5
Selitls's anu great delight at being reiayos Caioa
thraiaom Wnlch oppressed them for H. ~ ionts
Many refugees are returning Thu ~ .s:' SIX month,
army has considerably curtailed th ~ wing Of Gs
virginia and made foothold for itssIs .eiiiory
power OF the rebellion cannot wrpst rr, %Ava al III
my have made sad havoc among M rnl:i A. The cle
Union people here since the departro Of lt.
So tar no opposition has been given II 'af troops
not hostile shot having been Gred o1e advance
zen. Banks mas established lis hesdmor,,.
road IRON Harper Ferry to Bolivar H. On %
eu tAe Trans 1oday at Berlin, as they ware asl
ooMh 70 DatnoIe' put their practice was bad p@3
OF twelve shots fired only two eynIo5o5 "a Uag and o
them did any damage. anu none d
The plans Of Gen. Mcclellan arc holm, ,...,
ed and you may rely upon IT, from r2 tp,-'y aa''
observation, that that brave Young cbiefoin gEoaa
" as well as sSliuiiy laborng to crush aAssa
belIion at the earliest moment. ''' H''a'eTH.
MEMPHIS, March 1.-THE reDor,s he .,,.-,
fort Smith, OF the 9th, state that our troona ll il
Dorm and Price, engaged the federals sT5 s -l i
for tbrse days on the 5th, Gth and nth ., .a
Benton couatf, Ark near Lae Missouri linz ''ls't
Our loss IS heavy. Generals NcCuloch and v.l..,
were killed On the 18th Gen Slack was uao'l
| ed, Gen Pre- wounded In the arm nj Wopy a9aa
and Col a..-s aaded IN tic arm ''lS Ni2l
/ Our forces are in the rear of tba faa,.,r
driving them southwark and are saperine 100 aa'
We are looking for further news every horr rl's'
dies Of AcCuoch and Mcintosh have been brarr,. y
I intermeut. o-.~@
! FoEr SMITH, March lI.-Cspt. Dirkorv r.,
rived here yesterday in charge Of the smnprs,
ons lie brings with him official and come v.rr
esting details of the battle between our forcs
enemy at Ekhorn, four miles from .hc gis,o,,i T. W.
! Capt Rogers says the fighting vas terrible Az.
portion OF our troops being armed with common i5
ing rifles and shot guns charged the eDerov Mn. ~
again, clubbing their guns and driving the crs- y.
are armed with the best of guns, from their en-; ,,5
! ton. The enemy gained a much stronger -
when, from the exhausted state of our from, n AT
back. Gen. AcCulloch's division having l5;, g, ,,,
of their officers, Gen. Van Dorm fearful tbst tSsyn,
boone disorganized, deemed it advisable d Tt5Js-
which he did in splendid order. The NEXT Az h y
tackled the enemy in their second position sfi nm.
! the fighting vas going on withdrew biz whole s-ny
/ Gen. Van Dom says he is not whipped and csBgo, +
with the reinioncemens Which Ne a srs rf
! giving Lis troops a few d. rast ashasfs-.
| them back to their startna acs TAsa0Gar.l f
| large an army in such fiji order after llns onn-
valuable officers, is lool a ga51 al o7s a he
| brilliant acts of war When e became hlr5
the troops that Gen, MeCl.7ct kalsd ly
frantic with rage, and the Command Tong like DEM
charging at times and pureg to l.r. Zen algs
number.
Cen Mcintosh fell at satni his commands.
in the action; also Col J. ssr. Gen Ef.s @
a flesh wound in the arm ths frs. 5a7 Of 5. Sill
Gen. Slack of the Misso zruy !ra5 @
wound
There were great Haa7 65fagrs IF Loser asa
killed aud wounded, al wH. be ssrsr1
before an exact list Of BE-
be got at.
Prisoners taken report
loss ia round numbers is
wounded
0ar train is uoF al Sid
of reach Of the enemy, ar-
Our army fought tile ELL
passing around them.
GAINESVILLE, mGEeh j.
who left Van Buren, vesr
Gems Van Dorm auu p
at Boston moutain. The g
mountain safely on Mono
Nc, brought up the rear
terry Of artillery. He hai
i short distance north of Fs-u....e
DECATUR March 10 7.s-a
ed that Capt Morgan, " ID biz g.r..T -sll1
been cut off by the eneu L.l -.H-aa l.a
morning to his camp essrw9 laH z.
absent since the night a SID lH.r .
; service.
: Yesterday, Sunday, engaged ds a a
! Murfreesbor0' pike road .N mites 10 h#
after brilliant skirmish aa.s--a cay
eight prisoners among n aas H
He also destroyed a larg. a Ia.
The enemy being sos a.H..
: sixty of their men, vile r..s .a
tn men
! Capt Morgan succeed 1ng COMFY
prisoners after a hard -e 81 a -
enemy, who at one tim lad @ 2a
. -Four Of Aorgau's ms Ee ......
4 detachment Of f. r
: cavalry. under the con .. Cap. g#as
, made an attack upon 0s..
= Franklin pike six mile IEt NJ .... r..-.
. Tho faHargIs 100 SEHm"- seq. H.