Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-18
FROM PORT HUDSON.

oniled States steamship Mississippi, from New Or.
leans oh instant arrived at New York on Saturday, ster
noon Inc newspapers brought by her contain no news
'rom Fort hudson. Gen. Sherman. who was lately re-
ported as nasing ded OF bis wounds, improving and it
is even thought that bis ed limb may be s.ved.
The Era OF june Sd has an important order fom Gem
Banks to the effect that interference is to be allowed
wi plantation property 1t is dated in the asld near
Fort Hudson on the LIST OF June and directs as follows
No person, military officer other, will take from
any pla taon worked by the United Sttes Qlarternas-
ters Department any cle OF property whatever or 10
any way interfere with the king If same and any
nerson or rsons who have lak-n from the Ashland,
tions proper Of any description will return the same 20
the plan alton from which il was taken"
We make the following extracts from the late.t letters
received from newspaper correspondents New Orleans
They are dated on the 5th Instant
Nothing Of Importance had occurred at Port Hudson
up 7" the latest vices from that point skrm.hing is
gong on constantly and every day be q with ir st Of
killed AMI unded Our forces are busly ID IN the
construction OF batteries along entire no. an h
will probably bs comp ted AID opened again th. enemy
.ther to-day or Tomorrow. when few hours &C the myat
will decide the tate Of the be.i-ged
Tne rebels are again in roe in the Attskspas coun-
ty and have mde their appearance 10 numbers at Ber.
wcA CITY, Our force has all bsen moved over the Atcha
fraya to Brashear and batteries eng aged few
nights since in .helDg Berw ck order to prevent their
annoying US b FIRE OF mu kerry The rebels said to
men under Gen. Morton, and more under Kirby Smith,
between that point and Alexandra. Gen Magruder il
known to have rken every he could rai.e Ia t. xas
with the exception of few left the bat cries at
Galveston and marched against Cen Banks while he was
IN inc Atasapas country His force s said have been
at least twenty Thousand and it 10 part Of 1t that Il
now threatening Brashear CITY,
Another writer refers follows to the condition Of the
belieerents at Port Hudson:
The Federal army has been reinforced by few negro
aborers who have been of value erecting the line of
"nenive and defensive woksby few heavy siege guns
which went up the Cahawba but by no suldiers The
Cobfederaes are SO completely h-mmed in and the posi-
non !. 81 perfectly invested that renforcements or
supples reach Frank Gardner long as Banks hods
bis present line OF attack and occupation Meanwhile IL
sqne certain that Weiz, did carry the upper bat
ana he s presumed to be fast completing the undrrgrouod
digging which to result in the blowing of one end of
the Confederate works and the 4tpn of breach su-
centy large to admit the entrance of the army by column
The works OF the attacking army and sand baas
extend from the upper battery the right the Spring.
neid landing on the ea distance of four and one half
miles They six fret high 10 spots" higher are near
Pe enemys work, well armed and ut protective and
formidable Banks rides daily than once from one
end Of the line the other The positions of the dvsions
OF the army corps nearly the the day of the
last general attack"