Shreveport weekly news., 1863-04-27
NO. 12


from Memphis to operate on the Cumber
land river.
Heavy shipment of troops and sopplles
have been made On the Memphis ana
Charleston railroad to Corinth.
The Memphis merchants are shipping
North. The Suffers are all selling thei
wagona
a great strategetic movement is on foot
Richmond, April 12-The WhIg has datee
from the North, of 1l.h.
a large meeting of the Derrocrac,7 ,ras
held in New York: on the sth. in Cooper's,
institute, which adopted platform exprcs-
sing opposition to the policy of the admin
lstrat'on as hostile to the restoration Of the
Union subversion of the Constitution as
o,pprcsslye and denouncing the measures Of
IN: last congress, so rcpugnant to every
punclp]e OF justice, calculated to entirely
sever the Southern States and permanently
establish the so-called Confederacy; de,
c!arlng that the war, "a conducted by the
administration, has been failure. and that
INC immense resources Of men and money
freely given by the people, has been dissi-
patcd without results, and resolved that un-
der these circumstances. We declare for
peace Great chccring) The administra~
ton cannot conquer if they would and that
war proving unsuccessful. we favor peace
ana c"nciiiation, az the only mode left to
rcstorc the Union, etc.
Fernando Wood was the first speaker
II" said if asked what the democratic sue
ccssor Of Lincoln should do. he would an
swer-ceast. hostilitics aud obtain q confer
encc officially or unofficially.
John Carlisle Of Va. ssid that the South
can never be conquered; the war can only
end in thorough exhaustion Of both sides
jackson, April IA special to the APP
peal. says twenty thousand men passed UP
from NicksburS Oh the 10th. to reinforce
EOsccrans.
lore vessels from Confcdcracy are at
Bc,nu'';s. The blockade being inefficient
a war with England is feared
The Mississippi is rising at Memphis 2 in
chcs per day. The Arkansas is over the
banks. Dates from Washington Of the 9th,
state that negro volunteering has been a.
bandoncd and drafting will be adopted.
The boats from Moon Pass. came out in
4 terrible condition.
Lincoln learns that FIVE powerful rams
are building in England for the Confede
rates.
Day before yesterday we received
by the arrival Of one Of our citizens.
intelligence Of rather disagreeable
character. lie reports, we are told,
that Banks with Is, 900 men attacked
our forces. numbering about 5000, in
the lower. portion Of this State, in the
vicinity O.: New Iberia, we believe.
Up 10 the time the gentleman lct,
they were still fighting. The enemy
We're repulsc1 twice. Our loss in
killed, wounded and missing was a
bout 500. Admitting this to be a
defeat, it should not cause us to be
dcspondcnt, as we >;annot expect to
be always successful. The cnemy's
o5jcc, is to destroy as much Of our
country as he can, and that section
Of Louisiana is doomed to be polluted
by their presence.
Since writing the above We have
received the following, which con-
firms the report
Special for the News.
ALEXANDRIA, April G, 1863.
The news has just arrived Of the
defeat of our forces under Gen. Tay-
lor at Camp Bisland, after very
gallant fight, by overwhelming force
Of the enemy, who succeeded in
thanking us by large force landed
above at lIodgin's Point, on Grand
Lake. Our loss is severe, and the
army has fallen back to New Iberia;
whence they will be obliged to retire,
rs the encmv have $4,000 to 10000
to ol!r 1000 or 5000, at most.
The guuhoat Diana was disabled
earl v in the engagement and is now
useless. Col. Reilly, senior Colonel
OF Sibl-v'S brigade, mortally wound
ed and since dead. Major Brown
rig@, Sioley's staff. and Capt. Blair.
2l La. cavalry, killed. Col. Vincent
severely wounded in the neck. No
particulars received.
leave here this evening for Ne"
Iberia. expecting TO hear before
reaching there, that the enemy ar"
in possession of the sal; Island.
The Queen o. the Wcs, was burned Oh
the 18th inst. on Grand Lake while engaged
with three Of cNcmv's gunboa;s. 1t Is
supposed that all hands on her have perish
cd. us she WAS two and I. hal, mics from
shore and furious gale OF wind blowing.
Commodore Fuller was in com naud
W.