Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1863-05-20

<windle us on the other under the cunning
pretext of smuggling. The Confederate re-
sources are n candle lighted at both ends; and
# we cannot be conquered by lair fighting it
Is hoped we may be subdued by IN exhaustive
drain of our resources, debt. starvation. Who
shall escape the Yankees? Secession does not
make MS rid Of them; war Is no interruption to
their deadly commercial embrace; 4 We take
the wings of the morning We cannot fly beyond
the reach of their unwholesome and fatal
demand aud supply"
FROM LoUIsIANA.-As the Federal
gunboats assembled Red River, a severe
enca cement took place at Fort DE Russ"y
between them and our boats Grand Duke
and Mary r. Our men fought with great
GOODNESS AID intrepedity. When they
withdrew. our boats brought off the guns
which had been sunk in the river. Al
cxandria was taken possession Of on the
18th by party frcm the gnnuoat New
London She then proceeded up the
river in search Of the Grand Duke She
was repealed by 81 arpshocters 1t the Fall~.
The Grand Bake. Webb aud Mary T.
were ON the s IA At Grand Ea,rr, where
the Confederate, were placir guns in
/ Position on the river bans.
Banks army. II. 00J srrrrg was o. the
! STA supposed 70 b. in Al,xaniria, wiih .
reserve If 10000 ia rh- nci-hbnrhnnl NJ
Simm port and Oreion>i~. AMI had nd
vanced a portion to w!,hin friy miles IT
Graud Ernre
! We cryv the following from Tie Shrcve.
I part Gaz.te # ttc li'h in-f.:
! We learn thri dcrurarinn NJ rrnnii
/ ucur citizens waitcd upon Gen. Banks, at
| Alexandrin, to- know if The private property
of those who remained quiet At home would
| be respected The answer as given, that
rebels had un claim TO property.
| All the horses and mules iavc been
seized, and the agricultural implements
are being destroyed Bafks las declared
that 10 crops shall be raised IN tic valley
eft Red River Nothing remains for oaI
people but resort TO arms, with fixed
and unaierable determination 70 drive
back the vandaL horde that are devastat-
ing our h 1mes and desc Grating our family
altar..
The Gazette has this item without date
Three Gunboats had shelled the batter
les a. Harrisoublrg, but we're triven back
Little damage done the batteries, and
one Lieut.. wounded.
Monroe. 1.-THE Fedcrais have taken Alex.
andra with three gunboats and five transports
| Ia, 81 hot fur eruuha.,ts in Eloc 81
river between Harrisonburg and Trinity. Con
| siderable excitement in Monroe.
Natchitnches, May l2- Our rear guard
| skirmished with the enemy on Sunday, al
Morret's Ferry. 40 miles below this place.
Yesterday 600 cavalry went down, and to
day cue battery. 4 pieces passed through
town holding The same direction. The
reinlorcements are still said TO be near a
hand 1t is said they will reach here 70
morrow. Taylor seems to be working 10
blv. The army is camped near town.
FROM Observation-Disclosures, Ma )
1.-THE Yankee cavalry arrived in AL
exandria on the morning of the 9th inst
nd the gunboats in the evening Of thu
same day.
4 zen leman direct from New Or ean'
saws he Yankees lost ia killed aud wound
ed in the battles on the Teche no less than
5000 lie further says the Queen ofthe
West was not destroyed BY a shell but was
accideutly set on fire, and that Commodore
Fuller was shelled while on plank in the
water.
Monroe, ii Fourteen thousand Y an
KEGS have landed at Alexandra, four gun
boats and five transports aud three thou
sand cavalry are on this side Of Red river
two gunboats in Black river near Maj
Boards place.
Saturday, 8 o'clock p. m, the 9th inst
There is none Of the enemy at Culpepper
the Yankees have crossed the bayou Ma
con at Calder, are about one thousand
st ong; we have been fighting them al
day and as yet they have not passed furthe
down the bayou than Chambless ferry
We have killed seventeen and have three
| nrisoners: our loss but little.