The weekly Butte record., 1863-09-12

ed By 5000 more, uader Dick Taylor, and By
Gen. Albert Price with 1000 Indians Gen.
Davidsons position is very strong.
Two gunboats were recently sent to disperse
the guerriIlas concentrated at MSgaH's Sea,
Louisiana, and they shelled the levee for two
hours, compelling the rebels to abandon their
position with loss of 81 men killed and
wounded. A considerable force of guerrillas
are reported concentrated at Tompkins, who
have planted two y Founders there. Gun
boats have been sent to shell them of.
The steamer Sallie Robinson, few days
si1ce, was fred on by guerrillas a short dis
tance below Red River on the Louisiana
shore Ten soldiers Oh board were killed, and
% wounded.
II is stated that the rebel General Johnson's
losses average Fifty men every night by deser-
tion. His army is dispirited aud demoralized
Those who have not deserted are only waiting
an opportunity to do so. This report is on the
authority of an intelligent refugee.
The wheat crops throughout the South are
looking very good. The rebel government is
seizing every tenth bushel for taxes.
A deserter from Braggs army says the rebel
officers acknowledge that they will have to
give up all the country north Of Calsa river,
St. Clair comfy, which is that deserter's resi-
dence. The Union feeling is so strong that
no secessionists are allowed to stay there. He
confirms all previous reports of desertions from
Bragg's army and says there are one hundred
Of them rendezvoused in Winchton county,
armed and determined to resist the rebel au-
thorities to the last.
On the lst there was a general engagement
between the iron clads and forts Wagner and
Moultrie. Much damage is said to have been
done 10 the forts by the feet.
A division of the army was sent from Vicks-
burg some days since into the Bayou Beuf and
Wasbita country, 10 break up or drive off the
rebel forces that have overrun the country,
making laws and levylng contributions on the
people The expedition was successful from
the Mississippi to Bayou Mazon, a distance of
twenty miles the country had been laid waste
everything combustible being burned. From
thence to Bayou Beuf the country is still part
ly settled. Thence to Washita the country is
settled by wealthy planters, who warmly well
coined the troops. No effective resistance
was made to our advance. We had several
skirmishes, however, with rebel cavalry, rout-
ing them in every instance. Our cavalry had
only one killed. The loss Of the infantry is not
ascertained, but cannot be large, as all the
skirmishing was in front by the cavalry.
| Dispatches feom Burnside dated September
4th, say that when his forces arrived at Kings
| ton East Tennessee) some resistance was made
but the enemy soon fell back and retreated.
At this point cavalry force sent from Rose
Grams army, near Chattanooga, eighty miles
distant, joined Burnside's furce. The latter
pushed on his column to Loudon, at the mouth
of the little Tennessee, where sharp fight
took place, but the enemy were completely
routed with considerable loss Our loss in all
the skirmishing was trihing.
The latest dispatches from Rosecrans 10 the
government represent the situation as entirely
satisfactory.
The Richmond papers of last week had a
rumor of the sinking of the United States
steamer Vanderbilt by the pirate Georgia
from Porto Rico, and our navy department
having received no intelligence in regard to the
matter did not consider it sufficiently reliable
to notice it. The following, however, fsom
Tallahassee tFlorida), seems confrmatory oil
the Richmond report: The dispatch announ-
| cling that the Federal steamer Vanderbilt had
| been sunk by the confederate steamer Georgia,
has been confirmed by passengers recently ar
rived at Confederate ports from Havana. 1t
seems that the Vanderbilt chased the Georgia
for some hours and upon nearing hailed her
with demand for surrender, which was an
swered by broadsde from the Georgia which
disabled and sunk the Union steamer. Her
crew, consisting Of about 500, were all drown
ed except 80. The following was received
from Cape Race, on Saturday, September 9th;
Vague rumors are atloat per the West India
mail, that the Alabama had engaged and sunk
the Vanderbilt We fear that this painful
rumor is too true 1t was good idea to hail
one of those pirates to surrender before firing
upon them, and being sent to the bottom for
an answer. To have fred upon the pirate be-
fore demanding her surrender, would have been
upgentlemanly And then, the honor of TAX
ing one of these pirates without firing gun,
would have been so grand
Crttenden's division OF Rosecrau's army took
possession of Chattanooga on the 9th. The
rebels evacuated the day previous retreating
South.
Morris Island was evacuated by the rebels
on the night OF The 9th Fort Sumter still
remains in possession of the rebels