Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-05-27
DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. MAY q. 1868.

Their anlecls ainit oar men achieved
woalerl on tho fe.l Ranks has negro
regiments garrisoning haton kougs ani y
Orleans, While The main army Is with him
In the dell
Tho Federal soldiers hate the idea Of
serving with negroes and great disa.Iec.
iiun aR decentralization exists IN the army.
Thousands are ready 70 desert az tho hrst
chance, Our officers and men IN Loulsi-
ana are all in good spirits and eonhden, of
suceooss SlOuN.
The following Is from the Houston News
VI the 18Th Inst"
We have obtained from Judge Epson
much vaynaole Information which we will
give in as Few words as posaible;
lie states that the gunhoats Of the enemy
reached Alexandria on Thursday, the 7ll,
iustg and the land forces on tho following
day consisting of $500 cavalry and large
body Of infantry, TO whom the town was
delivered up. A delegation Of citizens
waited upon Banks with note asking IL
private property would be protected, 10
which Banks replied thai Il wonA, 50 ar
as the ,ewn was concerned, but that tho
planters would not be, as he was dvtermin-
ed that no crops should be raised 10 feed
the rebellion.
On Saturdaya cayelry advance was made
up the river to the first crossing on Cave
river some forty miles above Alexandria
and thirty-lve below Natchitochies, where
they were met By our pickcts under Wegg-
man, with two cannon, and skirmish took
place which continued an hour or two, in
which a number Of the enemy were killed
and wounded, with one killed on our side,
when our forces withdrew TO the second
crossing Of the Cave, fifteen miles above
the first, which position they occupied at
last accounts, with the enemy on opposite
side Of the river A battalion of Walkers
division have been sent down from Grand
Ecore, Il town four miles above.Natchito-
ches, to reinforce our skirmishcrs.
All Walkers force had arrived safe at
Red River. At last accounts ten Yankee
gunboats were in the river and had SCUM
ded the river as high up as Bayou Cotile,
twenty miles above Alexandria Judge
Upson states that he learned from an officer
at Natchez the particulars of the fight at
Port Gibson, which lie thinks reliable.
A portion Of Grants army some 10000
strong, had passed down the Louisiana side
Of the river, to opposite Port Gibson, and
were transported across the Mississippi
side by transports, and upon landing, they
we're met by our small force in chat yicini-
~, who were driven back to their eutrcnch-
ments on Bayou Pierce, 1--WE think this is
the name of the bayou where reinforce
mcnis which brought our forces up to o.
600, had arrived, and every confidence was
had in the strength of the position and our
ability 10 repulso the enemy. This attack
ia tl,n of,fe
sion Of the country between Vickaburg and
Jackson, thus cutting Yicks' urg off from
supplies and endorsements.
The following OFFICIAL dispatch from Gen.
Lee, to President Davis, dated from near
fredericksburg, 9Th May, speaks for itself:
10 HIS ExcEL1EScy, PRESIDENT DAVIS.
At the close Of the battle of ChGncellors-
Vile, on Sunday the enemy was reported
advancing from Fredericksburg in our rear
General McLaws was sont back to arrest
bis progress, and repulsed him handsomely
that afternoon. Learning his force consis-
ted of two corps, under General Sedgwict,
over the river.
We have re-occupied fredericksburg,
and no enemy remains south of the Kappa.
hammock or in its vicinity.
(signed) r. L. LEE, General
Gen. Walker with his troops, was at last
accounts at Monroe.
We find some additional tclcgraphic dis
patches in the Jackson papers, but they
are not important. A dispatch from Nicls
burg dated May oth, says Col Ferguson
destroyed one of the eneiay's transports
and two barges at Grecnville, Gripping an
other and driving off gunboat, There
was but one boat in sight across the river.
One Mississippi company that had been
captured at Port Gibson had made its es-
cape. So also had It. Col. Pettus
With the capture of the barges and tug
boat at Vicksburg were also taken "a pris
oners, including one correspondent of the
N. Y. World, two oil the n Y. Tribune and
one of the Cincinnati Times. 4
The Memphis appeal of the 7th, says the
late victory by Gen. Lee was completed
over two army corps Of the enemy, sent up
from fredericksburg to attack him in the
rear. The victory was so signal that not
a Yankee is left South of the Rappahan-
mock, except as prisoner. Fighting Joe
seems therefore, to be done for, as we'll as
his predecessors and that too, in his first
three days fight, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday. We await full details with much
anxiety.
The Jackson Mississippian of the 18th,
says the cheering victory achieved by our
army on the Potomac on the 4th, was dear
ly bought. Our first report is confirmed
that Stonewall Jackson lost his left arm,
which had to be amputatcd. This news
though sad, almost led to rejoicing in Mis-
sissippi, as it gave assurance that the hero
was living, the first report being to the eff
feet that lie had been mortnlly wounded.
The Jackson Mississippian contained
Gen Bragg's official report of the battle Of
Murfreesboro,' filing over four columns Of
that large paper.
TvLLAnoMA, May THE following dis
patch was received to-day:
CoLUMBus, May ITO Provost Marshal
Gen Van Dorm was murdered by DR.. |
Peters. Peters is about six feet high; dark /
dark, wiry gray hair; black
eyes; whisk RS on chin; little gray. Ar
rest him Jxo. s. WHITFIELD,
Provost Marshal.
corrsspordenee Of the Houston Telegraph
SHREVEPORT, May l4th, Thursday P
VI. All is confusion confounded here this
morning. The town is SLED with runors,