Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-03
NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS.
THE REBELS DEFEATED BY GEN. AUGUR NEAR
" PORT HUDSON
Other Successful Operations Reported.

New York, June 2.-The steamer Creole,
from New Orleans oath, arrived this morning.
A dispatch in the Era of the 24tn, dated Port
Hudson Plains, May 22d, says:
yesterday, Augur's whole division was
engaged in a nine hours fight on Port Hud-
son Plains, four miles in the rear of Port
Hudson, on the Bayou Sara road. The reb-
els were thoroughly whipped, and left large
number of killed and wounded on the field.
The rebel Gen. Gardner sent in a flag of
truce at midnight asking permission to bury
their dead. We took a hundred prisoners.
The enemy was driven three miles from his
first position and Augur bivouacked on the
field of battle. Our loss is twelve killed and
fifty-six wounded The l16th New York and
I'd Louisiana suffered the most. Our men
fought with great bravery"
A letter of the 10Th, from Bayou Sara,
states that Dudley's brigade have made an
other reconnaissance to within mile of the
Port Hudson batteries, when 1t was ascer-
tanned that the rebels had not been reinforced.
A prisoner stated that the garrison Were dis
contented. A letter of the 22d states that
our army had reached the precincts of Port
Hudson, and an attack is in progress. Gen.
Augur's whole division fought the enemy nine
hours yesterday. They drove him three
miles, bivouacking at night at the utmost lin
its OF advance. Details of a portion of the
fight add nothing to the above, but prospects
are favorable for the capture of the place and
all in it.
The I'd Louisiana ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it.
self by whipping large force of concealed
rebels and outtianking battery. Lieut.. Col.
Everett of this regiment was wounded. The
rebel loss is reported as heavy, although they
had every advantage of ground, position and
ambuscades.
The LIST Texas Union cavalry, Col. Davis,
had made a raid on the jackson railroad from
Tickaw station to Camp Moore, destroyed
every bridge on the road, including large
bridge over the Fangipaha river, also all the
railroad stations a car factory near Independ-
ence, and a shoe factory and tannery, saw
and grist mills near Ticklaw. They also cap
tured rebel lieutenant and 40 men, besides
killing rebel captain and 10 men, and cap
turing 70 horses, ETC., in skirmish. The
damage to the rebels is immense
Baton Rouge letter of the 18th to the Era
states that Gen. Dudley, with two brigades,
made an expedition to Port Hudson, up the
Clinton road, reaching Bayou Sara. A rec
Onnoisance to Port Hudson drove in the reb-
ell pickets to within two miles Of the place, and
the country was completely accommodated. A
raid by Col Grierson tore up the railroad be-
tween Clinton and Port Hudson, cut the tee-
graph wires, burned II rebel camp, and cap
tured hundred head of beef cattle.
One of the murderers of Capt. Dwight has
been captured and was Immediately shot.
Gen. Dwight has arrested number of citi-
Zens living near the scene of the murder. An
Alexandria letter Of the LIST states that all the
gunboats had left except the Lafayette. All
our troops have arrived, and Banks is plan
ming another move. Deserters from the reb-
els are continually coming in Supplies are
being concentrated at Barnes Landing. under
Col. Chckering of the 4lst Mass.
Brashear City dispatches of the 22d, say
that the steamer Louisiana Belle, while en-
route from Brashear to Washington with Capt.
Merrill and company b, of the 4th Massachu-
sets on board was attacked by guerrilas,
killing Capt. Alexander of the steamer, aud
wounding the pilot and ten soldiers. Ourmen
returned the fire, killing several guerrillas and
driving them of after an hour and hall of
fighting. These guerrillas are supposed to
be certain protested UnioniSts of Washing
ton.
The steamer Morning Light ran into the
steamer Creole on the night of May 2lst, I'M
der peculiar circumstances on the Mississippi
river-the former sinking on the left bank
The Creole was Transporting troops from New
Orleans to Baton Rouge TO reinforce Augur.
The steamer Tennessee from oft Galveston
22d, reports the destruction by the gunboat
Owasco of the notorious blockade runner
West Florida The health of the fleet off
Galveston is good.