The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-26
BIZ LAST NIGHTS MAIL
FROM CHICKASAW BAYOU.
Especial TO Missouri Democrat

CHiCKAsAw Bayou, June Is. ria CAIRO,
June 24-On the 10th the rebel General
Anderson, with a division belonging to
the command of Major General Dick
Taylor, marched from Richmond toward
Lake Providence, where General Reed
is stationed with small Federal force,
consistin. Of the lst Kansas and 18th
Wisconsin, regiments, with some negro
troops, less than fifteen hundred in all.
Richmond is eight miles back from
Young's Point, on the Louisiana side,
at a point where the Shreveport road
crosses the Tensas River, about twelve !
miles from Milliken's Bend and thirty
from Lake Providence 1t is an import
ant point, from the fact that from those
points it is approached by good roads,
and for the enemy it would be an ex-
ceedingiy offensive position towards US.
General Reed went out to meet him,
aud destroyed the bridge over the Ten
sas, a short distance from the head of
Lake Providence. The rebels opened
on him With six-pounder, damaging
him at first considerably, but his men
succeeded in silencing the gun, and pre-
vented the rebels in crossing, also pour
ing in a terrible FIRE of musketry upon
them, as they pressed up the river.
Thinking our force was larger than it
was, the enemy retreated with heavy
loss.
On the same day. General Mower
marched on Richmond from Sherman s
Landing, with his brigade of infantry,
and Taylor's old Chicago battery, under
command of Capt Barrett On reach
ing the Tensas, he met the rebel pickets
and drove them in The rebels burned
the bridge, and undertook to make a
stand. Capt. Barrett opened fire, well
supported by infantry, and such was the
combined shower of she'll and bullets,
the rebels, though fighting well, were
obliged to fall back With what cavalry
force he had, General Mower then pur-
sued the flying enemy, succeeding in
capturing 10 prisoners.
The affair was conducted with signal
vigor and promptness by our troops
their impetuosity and daring overcoming
the disparity in numbers on the part of
the enemy
1t is likely, from indications. that the
entire force of General Dick Taylor,
who, by the way, is son of Old Zach,
has Skedaddled to the Red River coun-
try.
There was an extensive fire in Vicks-
burg last night illuminating the whole
country for miles around. 1t is not
known what burned.
CMCKAsAw BAYOU, Miss, June Is, via
CAIRO, June 24-General Heron, on
the extreme left, is working his way ~
with great rapidity, and is getting his
batteries in position at short range. He
has approached from one to two hundred
yards within day or two
A series of rumOrs are constantly
reaching here concerning disasters above
and below; such as an attack on Mem
phis; the fall of Helena; the taking o
Haines's Binff, and trouble on the from
of Banks, but it is surprising how littl,
Judgment such rumors, however industri
ously circulated, obtain among our sol
diers Strangers are arriving here con
stantly and remark the wonderful spiri
and confidence of our troops.
Gen Washburn has arrived at, and as
sumed the command of Haines's Bluff
Lieutenants Z. f. Hill, of McAllister'
battery, was shot last evening from al
embrasure in front of the battery, in thu
very place where Capt Rodgers wa
killed short time since. He wa
watching the effect of a shot from one @
his guns, when a ball from the rebe
sharpshooters went through the side @
his head, casing under and back of bi
eyes. He was alive at midnight, bu
probably cannot live many hours.
D,o,o-t Morcbo1 Cillotto
ing got possession of rebel Major, N
W. Boyd, surgeon in the lst Mississippi
light artillery, who was left in charge c
the rebel wounded in one of our hosp
| tails, and who was on his parole 1t
understood the Major was trying to gre
back into the rebel lines with informa
ton valuable to Pemberton which b
; had picked up in our camp.
Yesterday two rebel spies were caugh
within a mile of McPherson's headqua
- tiers. They were from Bragg's arm,
and had concealed about their person
t plans of our Notifications and specific;
. tons of the numbers and positions
. our troops. Spies find it an imposs
blllty now to penetrate our lines.
Rentorcements are constantly arriv
ing, and assurances as regards Grant
rear are daily made doubiy sure, an
S there is not shade of doubt INDUCED
: here as to our ability to hold the tow
, against any and everything that ma
, come from jackson or any other dire,
: ton.
4 Paymasters have arrived, and are q
l., ing to pay the troops to the lst of Ma,
Some dissatisfaction is expressed thu
they did not wait until the 1st of Jul,
: and then pay up for four months
Major Gen. Park arrived few day