Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-06-10
THE ALEXANDRIA, G4AZNTTN.
y AR NEWS.

Of the Sd instant state that no nghrlng o1 con
sequence hat! taken place since the 1!th uie.
General Banks, however, was SAID 60 De rap
idIy contracting bis lines and approaching the
Confederate works Both wings OF haS army
rested on or near the river above and below
Port Hudson, and ii Was believed that reln-
eoreroenfs could not reach the beIeagured gar
rison Among the r21n2ors was one that zen;
Gardiner, the Confederate commander: had
offered to surrender the place II allowed TO
march out with his guns, provisions, &c, but
General Banks declined TO accede. Colonel
Clark, Of the Sixth Michigan and other fed
eral officers previously reported among the
killed, arc now said TO 1e uninjured. General
Sherman Gas not expected 70 scrylTo his
wounds.
General Grant is reported 10 he operating
With increased ygor al |icksburg, from which
the latest dates arg only to the ID inst.
There are again ''rnznors from Mnr1seesboro. :.
brought III BY 3 lady, d, the sulTe11;taz u
Yickshurg
1t is stated in letter froxn Hilton Head;
South Carolina, that COL Montgomery mao
made raid with his oolored regiment and
brought in seven hundred and twenty-five CON
trabands, besides destroying large quantities
Of cotton, rice, &c Only one thousand Com
cAA
Island, where there we're previously from ten
TO twelve thousand. The report OF the burn
inc Of the town of Button, S. c., by the
Federals under COL Barton is confirmed. -~
Immense quantities Of stores were consumed.
From Cairo we learn that on Monday last
the town Of Helena, on the Mississippi, where
0 large amount Of supplies has been accumu-
lated, was again menaced The Federal pick
cts were driven in, and four Confederates brl-
gades are said to have been in the vicinity OF
the town; but we are assured that General
prent.ss SIS confident Of his ability TO with
stand any attack that may be made. >
The guerlas are beginning 10 be unusually
active in Southwest Missouri. 4 letter from
Fort Scott, Kansas, Under date Of May 26th,
reports the Loss. On the part Of the Federals,
Of two small wagon trains the first on the 18th
ult, whilst on foraging expedition, and the
second, Oh the morning the letter Was written
In the last affair the train consisted OF i've
wagons, which was escorted by detachment
Of twenty-five negro infantry soldiers and
twenty six white cavalry mem.
Gen. Banks in bis official report, dated be-
fore Port Hudson, May 30tb, gives an account
Of the attack at that place, similar to the facts
already published. In speaking Of the negro
troops he says they answered every expectlon.
/ No troops could be more determined or more
daring.
A letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer says:
From what can be ascertained from per
sons arriving from che Rappahannook, q div
ision went over the river at "Franklin's land
ing" last night, and the rife pits, foliage, &C.,
aloha the shore, have been destroyed, SO that
/ the enemy will not be able TO annoy our pro
ceedings from their co;1:37::ts: Earthworks have
been thrown up On the front, With view, ii $
probable, of preventing a night attack, and
Shielding our men if the enemy should open "a
caunonade. fredericksburg is still held by
the enemy, aud no attempt has been made by