New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-18
Gsp9lprk 1aiIp Gfibsl'ts
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAIs.
MONDAY, MAY is, 1863

;.h, T5e car. ure of Al,XaUlra, La Ton Tue NoN
- "a niles from its mou,h), is described The
,ro,L vyas dope on tho 9Th, by Admiral Porter, VITA
n. own ac8 come OF Admiral Farraguts boats
Tuodavs bo.crs they bad finished up Fort DE Ruesy,
disabled one nall Rebel gGnboat and put another
IN FIGHT On 'te evening Of 'he oh, after the cap
ture of Alexan0is. some OF our cavslry from New
Orleans arrived there, thus ,orInlug aneuo-
between the gunbcqts aud the land forces Of Gen
Grant. New-One papers give some particulars
OF Geo. Grants u -;atons aud the city was awe
with exultaton oven tle capture OF Grana W.
Port Gibson aud particularly TIC arriyS-o-
Gricre ms cavalry all cafe AT Baton Rouge '-i'
Grierson himself was in New Orleans, Inc Ae'
the hour. His forces, the 9th and Ith ILL., CAVIAR.
rsf "a Grange rean. on the l'Ih oil ApF", "uI
reached Bacon .oAge on the ~ OF may 4neI %'s'
zag course gave lem a route OF ABBOTT oVo nies--h
one instance they rode 80 miles III 70 hours. Ihey
svept breadth # about 20 miles 'Rrough the eutire
State of Mississippi clean OF everything q NOV
value TO the Rebels; broke bridges, tore up ia''-
roads. ed immense quantities OF army provls-
ions ruined engines, care depois and towns, fpoli6d
the te,egrspls and 80 utterly bewdered the Rebels
tba, before any Efficient resistance could be made
tIey were safe within Gen. Banks lines. In all
fheir eZ.een days' ride they had but one night
fea Our correspondent lives "a hasiy but msnlN
II etestiug OF tie operations. Col. Emerson
says that had it been part Of bis plan he ale
easily have organized two brgades Of negro troops,
10 gladly did the slaves crOwd upon ana follow
him. News 10 New-Orloans, other than this, was
scarce. Capt. Howard Dwight, Of Gen. Andiewss
staff. was basely mul1Sfed on the 4th inst, near
Washington, La, after having surrendered 90
Some Rebel scouts. Gen. Banks at once ordered
the arrest of 100 white men nearest the place Of as
sassinstion TO be held until iuIther orders. Gen.
Banks bias issued an order proposing the formation
of an entire Army Corps of blacks, 10 be called The
Corps o'Afrique. Iu couseque OF further disur-
Dances in places Of Amusement about national airs
Gen. Sherman had ordei ed that programmes shall
be submitted to him before publications be 5ecom-
pends, also, that performances be interspened with
national music. The poll ferreting out treason
in the schools; many OF the public schools have
been deserted in consequence of tho singing Of
Union songs, etc., by children Of loyal inhabitants,
and the Rebels are educating their offspring 20
much as passes for white-in private sc4d mics
these are nests Of treasOn tie children being taught
TO bate and revilo the Union. Three four Pruci-
pals Of such schools have beer heavily fuec-al O.;
them are women that eek furnishing the most Ut
The Rebel kilograms represent that Gen. Gran
{s actively employed in Mississippi Tie Rictmo7d
Enquirer OF the publishes dispatches FROM Jaot
SOD Miss stating that 600 OF aut cavGlry entered
and burned Crys'al SPRING., on the New Orleans
railroad on the l,h inst. that be was terrifying al
Rocky Spring and Western Spring; that Gen. 0ster-
haus is at Cayuga with $50 cavalry and six or seven
regimens of iniantrr, aud that the Union forces
were being re-enforced al Willow Spring. The
same journal Of the 18th says tina fighting wes lien
going on in Mississippi Grant, with 1000 men, lad
advanced to Raymond, where Gen. Gregg d a
force of 900 infantry and few cavalry. Shrmish
ing commenced at O'Clock in the morning and at
.. m. the battle opened heavily. ReeufoIcements
were then arriving 30 rapidly TO support the Union
troOps that the Rebels fell back through Ray mond
making stand at Mississippi Spring, where they bad
re-enforOements. The firing N the neighborLood Of
jackson wac continuous throughout the day. Ray
rsond js small village capital Of HindS Comfy, 10
miles south. cess of jackson, and connected " h
the Vicksburg and Jscssen railroad by branch line
eight miles long. The Rebel aeeouls also state that
our feet above Vnksburg is rapidly inereaEns.
"A meeting TO protest against the condemnation
and sentence of Mr.. VallaDdigbam was held ~ Al
bany ON Saturday. Some very strong speeches
were made, and resolutions were adopted denounc-
ing the arreet as unwarrautable assumption OF
military power. Gov. Seymour rent letter 10 lie
meeting cbaraeterzing the arrest es Z" an act which
has brought dishonor upon country which il full
Of danger to our persons and our homes and winch
bears upon its front conscious violation of law and
justice" An attempt made by some iDed
soldiers 70 interrupt the proceedings, and tur-
bulent ensued for time, but the lice put
down the disturbance, and the meeting ended peace
ably.
o. says; "Severel vessels too loyal to lily the Brit
ish flag for the purpose Of trade, have LETT this an
chorage without clearances from tho Mexican au-
thorities, as it was understood the schOoners Ger
&c. Pinckney and West Florida were fitting ont
In Brazos priyateerS, and were only waiting I,
crews 10 make their appearance Gen. Magruder
has been in Brownsville some weeks The citi.
zens gave him spendid bah, costing $1,000 The
General and staff were daily expected at the mouth
Of the river, 70 visit one of II. b. Ms steamers.
Tie Nashville Union states that the % Ind.
Cavalry, under command Of Col. McCook, hade
scout beyond Stone River, on tho night Of May 9.
They visited the haunt Of every guerrilla in that
section. and succeeded in capturing eight persons
and about twenty horses belonging to the guerrilla
band. Most OF the persons captured have been re-
coguized az belonging TO or sympathizing with the
band Of murdereB who have Infested the country
between Stone River and Lebanon for the mast six
months.
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