The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-05-07

been captured, but 1t is not from arellable
1source.
Thus we can see in a measure the comb
nations by which General Hooker is striving
to solve the difficulties of the situation. 1t is,
indeed, a bold and dangerous effort, placing
the two portions of the divided army in eX-
IRENE peril but the situation was an extreme
ly difficult one, and extreme means were re-
quired tolneet it. it succeeds, to General
Hooker must be given the credit of the most
skilIful generalship.
what GEN. Banks has AccOm pIished,
WAsnISGTox, May 1.-The National Re
DaJ{iaoD Of this afternoon publishes seni-offi-
cial dispatches from Gen. Banks, dated near St
Martinsville, April IL, from which it appears
that when he left Baton Rouge, three regi-
ments of colored troops remained for its de
tense. The results, among others, Of Gen.
Banks expedition are: accomplishing a march
of three hundred miles, beating the enemy il
three battIes-two on land and one on Grand
Lake-dispersing the rebel army utterly, de
Istroving the rebel navy, capturing the found
cries of the enemy at Franklin and New Ibe-
ria. and demolished the salt works ten miles
southwest of the latter place, capturing the
camp equipages Of the enemy, also several
guns, and nearly 200 prisoners, and SO deran-
ged the plans of the rebels that they cannot
for some moths, if ever, r~e-organize.
The successes of Geu. Banks, already known
to the public, are mentioned.
Ourloss in the two last battles was about
600 or 700. Nothing could exceed the con
duct of the officers and privates in Banks
command. The dispatches say, we have not
only destroyed the army and navy ofthe enc.
my, and captured his materials for rcorgani
cation, but we nave also in our possession his
ablest officers Of the sea and land.
WHIT GEN. BANKS HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
Correspondence of the y. 7. Herald.
New ORLEANS, April l9 1863.
The boosted spot Of the Southern rural grand
eur-'Ihe Country of the Attakapas, . "The
Garden Of Louisiana" ''The Paradise of the
South'-is ours.
rious army of Gen. Banks has advanced
Three battles, three gunboats and three trans
ports the enemy have lost in three days. Twice
were they defeated by the main army of Gen.
Banks, behind their entertainments on the
Beasland plantation, between .Pattersonville
and CenterviIle, as the struggling fire and final
silence Of their guns in the face of our batter
les, on Sunday and Monday, fully proved,
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their rear, harrassing, engaging, and finally
driving them before him with such rapidity
that they were compelled to make a stand on
Monday, at Irish Bend where a sharp, and
decisive battle was fought, in which the reb-
els were defeated and fled into the woods.
Three gunboats-the Diana, Hart and Queen
of the West-are no more. The two former
wlre'fred in the Tcche by the rebels, to pre-
vent their falling into our hands-the former
on Monday, the latter on Tuesday-while the
Union grlboats, Estella, Calhoun, and Arizo-
ma at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, discov-
cred, attacked and destroyed, in Grand Lake,
! the famous ram Queen of tine West.
Three large transports-the Newsboy, Cos
samcr, and Era No. (which were lying at
franklin, were also destroyed by fire, as ii
was found impossible to get up steam and es
cape up Of. down the Teche before our troops
would overtake and sieze them. The conse-
qucncc was that, like the Diana and Hart, they
were burned to prevent their falling into ou1
hands. e* "
When | left Gen. Banks headquarters, on
Friday morning at 10 o'clock, four miles
above New Iberia, or Newtown (the army hav-
ing been advancing from the neighborhood
/ Since 6 o'clock a.. M we had already captur-
ed between fourteen and fifteen hundred pris-
oners. Some were ~bare-footed, others with
out blankets, and hatless, aud all meanly and
~scantily dressed in coarse home-spun.
GEN. BANKS FREE LABOR
The New Bedford Mercury publishes an ex-
tract from a letter from an officer in the 38th
Massachusetts, volunteers, dated Berwick city
La, April 10, which says
eve passed many immense plantations,
whose standing cane showed the secesh alb
%sentec, whose fears dictated flight when Welt
zel came in last year: Others had been clear
ed, crops sold and work going on well. These
last are being by free labor on Gen, Banks
new plan. lam told the scheme is apparent
Iy a success here, and it is believed the region
will, if it escapes the ravages of war, produce
a large return in sugar and molasses. | had
much conversation with the railroad superin-
tendent, a keen Connecticut officer, who is
perfectly convinced of the practicability Of
Banks free labor scheme from a full years
observation. He has z, 500 under his control,
He says he is perfectly convinced, too, Of the
perfect feasibility Of employing white labor,
The health of his numerous white employees
last year was better than that Of his blacks