The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-16
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NEw1 ORLEANS, Judei 27,, 1868. (
] by the last steamer hence, ad vised vol
OF the'attair. at Eafourche Crossing Esnd gavs
! you both the Federal and Confederate ac-
: count, adding my; own, belief that we hal
! sustained anetherirepuises'i And so it Al
proved. Our forces have been driven away
entirely from that locality, Aanid com efl &c
to seek refuge (what was left of theny il
this CITY. A large humber however. were
taken prisoners, and we lost, in addition. a
large amount of ammun;tion, eight or tel
- cannon, slIthe horses held there for the
garrison, besides some 1000 contrabands.
j The pture OF Berwick City took place
90 the .23d; and though the Era sent il
forth to the world as grand, success of oul
arms, it has turned out to use plain Eng
lish) a d disastrous defeat-one of the mos
com plete and humilisting of'the whole war
4 Thibodeaux. on the Lafourche, and Pla-
Iqusmine, lis miles above. on the MISSISSIPPI
pi are also in possession of the rebels
Boats have to be conveyed up md down TO
Baton Rouge and New Orleans in order to
secure their ssfetyA - Oh - n
lmay say thatthe only ground now held
by General Banks and his arm y in the Gulf
Department. is emil racsd within the reach of
Rouge, for so mpletely have the Confeder-
ates reoccupied the State tina you can not
| get pass to go forty mile sfrom the city U p
the river, for the reason, as the military au-
thorities here say, that the Federal pickle
edo not extend so far. "i4.aF hrs ts5E
General Masruder has with him force
\ of II 600 to, Is ,0O0 men, whose operations
have been extended promiscuously all over
the State; and in addition to the captures
above mentioned, he has possession of the
Teche and Opelousas DISTRICTS as also the
! comma and of the Red River. The latter las
! been secured by N cans of formidable bat
terss. .-. ~. f.ts.- ..v.t -. t--g.l- .
But the great centers of interest now are
Vicksburg and, Port Hudssn--r
Now, what IS the prospect Of our holding
these importan tpoints? General Bankses
saulted Port Hudson on the 9th of Nav,
and was repulsed with loss of several
thousand of his troops killed and wounded.
Since that period he has made, a number of
partial assault, and one general attack along
the whole line, IN all of which, he cyvas
thoroughly beaten ''r hs'li'A.'l5ti
p. Lyon should ask, as M any no doubt have.
why this persisten tieffert and WAS g ofsvatu
able lives, would answer because he has
been deceived. "Deserters'', had constantly
reported that there were only 600 effective
meu within their works, and that most of
these were anxio US to surrender" So Gen
eral Banks has kept "pegging" aw ay at the
stronghold, contrary am convinced d, and in
direct opposition to the, advice of his best
MISUNDERSTANDING Weitzel and, others,
who were certain, after the frstrepulse, that
the Stories of thesdeserters we're little better
than fctiop-a trap, in, fact. putposely setto
lure the army on todestruction. His losses.
all told, since he set foot on Port Hudson i
have been fearful Baton Rouge, with all
the plantation houses adjoining, are fullSto
overlooking with disabled, soldier, and ,ac-,
cording 10 the authority of'ourJ own officers,
the sick aud wounded in Baton Rouge do
not numbe less than 5000. - /
In this city, every hospital, too, is full, to-
gether with the barracks and St. Louis and
st. James'1 Hotsls.y-Physiciaps awho have
visited the patients say there are at least
z 600, which places the mum Der of his troops 1
tors du combat here and at Baton Rouge at
1900 men! The effect of this depletion of
the army makes it almost moral certainty
that Port Hudson will defy alishis assaults
Until reinforcem eIits are received, and these, i
will add, aud looked for daily.
Such is the Fed eral position at Port Hud-
;on. Now what is that of the rebels? On
he 18th, 1900 Texans, under Colonel Ma
oIs, appeared Z opposite. lhsfdefedses, and
5ert message to General Gardner, in COM
mand of Port Hudson, asking whether any
thing was fequired p The reply of General
Gardner was: Il am in need of nothing,
neither men, mu nitions orfood, and you bad
better take your command to better field
Of usefulness. have whipped Banks in
every assault thus far, end am confident l
can do so to the end ...,-..,.
nd hob
was a, Captain in the United States Eugi-
neers, and he is believed to have made his
position impreghable. This, may say, is
even by our land and naval forces
who have reached here from that point
The garrison is full twelve thousand strong,
md thus far their losses have beer very
Moderate, s-s cas- a'.r --'..-..
The above is fair and. candid view of
he situation as understood here, and you can
Judge for yoursel yes what the chances of our
lrmy are in its next and final assault upon
he works. ~ .zrs- i
Fears are daily ex pressed Of Confederate
aid raid into the city. The pickets of the
nemy are Only twelve of fifteen miles DIS
ant, and every precautions possible is being
AIKEN 10 guard against their approach. Fhe
federal troops at Algers Opposite the city) L
ave been brought here to defend it, r-r II
How To. PREVENT CoLDs.=Those, who ;
lave consum ptiEe faint shoul.protect- them
elves against colds. The most effective
means in securing this protection is bathing =,
nd friction, Whilethe surface has a Wig
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he cold bath, with the use of, rough tow .
Is, flesh brushes and hair gloves, contrib :
ties most effsctnally to the maintenanee of
UGH circulation. Avoidance of hot {
Kinks is another important preventative
ieasure. =
The usual draughts of coffee and tea pro-
uces much susceptibility to colds. Con- =
lmptiyes should, for this reason, use cold ;
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