The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-04-09

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.r,t ga fse. easy about maintaining our position
.. al The enemy is pressing closely with aI tAeEI
.arr If rHnb0ats and mortar boats and exercise all
.-. Yankee ingenuity to get past this formidable On
r,neag-anl besides the rise in tue river may com
...- Hlr.as 10 egacagUa H. although the enemy may
.. be able TO accomplish lt.
rba Yankees BE learn, have succeeded ID dragging
r,t5 r fat across the nea. OF land above Ele island
n get IL below, for the purpose 81 crossing itt-
,.- nom tHe Missouri side. the enemy have also
rtaI batteries the Missouri side for several miles
ry Point Pleasant to prevent our boats below from
.;r.r Tfpyugille from whence We can reach tile
..rd nd Ltnd wv trust our friends ia New Orleans
81 =aa That lhe greatest danger 70 that city is from
v. aud 5lttaey will send all the deences gAat can
"-r,red 90 Our gallant troops above; and there is nc
.n ID Ds9ost III tis important movement as lille fate
NJ tine Mississippi river may depend on H. If water
ogd Stand Nd The present stage, il would bdaehJ 81
tg or.ventng enemy FROM surrounding the island with
sn7 force Jut IL i'd continues ID rise il will conpsl
stg cvaellts IT, and fall back to fort Pillow We should
hall means hold tie island, unless the water drives
og butour troops there cannot fight both land TROOPS
and gu39as above ana below, unless they are rein
forced must eyacaatc IL and nothing but gun boats
sheI out the enemy on the Missouri shore cin avail
u.s. aud jhe sooner we realise this fact the better for
our cause Ficksburg Wing 4t5inst
TIeNcw Orleans Crescent says: There is no mis-
take but what he enemy Is n great force below the
forts ana th5t our authorities are preparing corrective
en. query arises, whether there are any trboDs on
board Of these many reported vessels Tie taz for
days has been that the yankees have cougtegated
largely at Isle au Breton. This would lead to Eae ex
pec-aon that the land forces were to come Inn the
bayou AID Cheues, within one and 4 half miles of the
Mississippi nyer and at distance of aDou. thirty
lFse miles below the city lt Is well understood thaB
tAeycannot capture the forts. But should three BIZ four
or more OF their heavy vessels pass the forts e may
have some work III NAV last We called tbe at.
,enton o. our authorities to erect ort Or battery On
the old site of fort st. Leon, below the English Tam
or rather in that ueehbOrhoOd the old fort Oh 1911
u.s. having been washed away. There was a srrRI fort
erected in 1914 by order Of Gen. Jackson, ndsq the
Junction Of the outlets inlets Of lake Lery anl Ter
I.auz-BUuE But the British did not choose ti come
that way There were rumors from below I854 even
as chat the Yankee squadron was cdging up UPWARDS
Ie fortsin Plaquemine reach. The great mortarbolt
will not Tighten our boys at the forts
SCOTS LOUISIANA CAvALRT.-'lhe followipa in re.
gard to themovements Of SCOTS regiment Of Louisiana
laval v IS from the Baton Rouge Advocate.
ElyToy, Tenn, March % 1862 Last night tie raar.
guard Oh goaAstohs army, CONSISTING OF Scots iavary
and Bl5sels Iennesseeans, crossed Ek river au5 thus
for the time being the last Confederate soldiers passed
from the confines Of middle Tennessee
The country thus deserted is Of the wealtFest in
Tie south ana no section can surpass them in the depth
and intensity Of the patriotism OF its people and tcir
niyng hatred Of the yankees Ofths they have given
convincing proof
Tie northern papers say that when the federaIs took
possession Of Manassas they found orv-one cars load
Cd with government stores on the railroad at that point
Ihe Contedeates On leaving started fire under them
but ia their unnecessary hurry did not wait to sec
they would burn.
We see from extracts from the northern papers that
Gen. P0pein bis dispatches to Gen Hllleck says The
Confederate loss at New Madrid has been much Greater
than was reported Twenty-Five pieces Of heavy artI.
lHy, p Founders and rled - Founders; two bate
res Of fali artillery; IN immense amount NJ r,ivad
ammunition: several thousand small arms. hundreds
Of boxes Of musket cartridges three hundred InIIes
and horses; and an immense quantity of other nron
er,y 81 not less value than million Of dollars Fave
fallen into the enemv's hands Disasters of rris Han
Are what viii reduce his TO great STRAIGHT and -rlon,
the war
THz FIRE IN IIoUsToy FIRE in Uoustop T,avas
On the 2ll uIt caused tile following property lsssp-
The property losses By the fire are as nearly we
en- estimate as follows
John Brashear, (buiIdinqA $40 Oo3. patar qahal
building $1,000; d. Richardson. news otfiepl sI2
0lG Brady Co. fofice furniture s1ODQ. ! Bnrka
BOOK and seed store $1,000; j. Hannay. drug Store
$1,000; Armstrong & Bro, book store he s3e006.
other losses about SD, 900 Total, $4,000
The fire ORIGINATED In the Nawe oeiac ra174ivt, u,
Whose Iossc, t5e TeIaoranI ad3s.
Besides the property losses the News office holt an
rs subscription and account books as wen as ts files
for seventeen Years: These losses ara avan aad I'M
mara serious trar t1T, los.. ~ III, Co., e. IL
as That was II win nave to depend II gra1t Tnesl,re
Oh its subscribers FOR statement of t6eip ,eoobnts
bad we feel sure tlat Az tima lil-a bs tbav pi1 iii
come forward nj one, and nav tIeir dgos Tfbof+f bs
s asked Should thev do t6s It Mill greatly Hgtten
lie heavy losses the p4Der has sustained Notbinr
0veyer cln replace The valuable files which S-ara
amed We believe the propietor has still a9rfaar
0ver press Mia tvDes enough III Galveston to enable
1 .ocontaue bis issues without much DELAY.
ID federal courts were DESTROYED
MURDER AND QUICK RETRIRrTIox Dobbib