The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-05-20
LATEST WAR NEWS.

By steamers we have New Orleans
dates to the 10Th Inst. Letters and pa
pers contained nothing direct from Gen.
Banks and it is, Of course to be inferred
that he is all right. The capture of al,
exaDdria, la. (pn the Red River, 50
miles from it, mouth. is described. Tie
work was done on the 9th, by Admiral
Porter. with his own ami some of n dini-
raj Farragut's boats Two DAYS before
they had finished up Fort De Rns,ey, dis
abled one small Rebel guub"at aud put
another 10 flight On the evening of the
9th. after the capture Of Alexandria, some
of our cavalry from New OtlranS arrived
there, thus forming II junction between
the gunbnats aud the land forces of Gen
Grant New Orleans papers give some
particulars OF Gen Grants operations.
and the city was alive with eXuIailuD
over The capture of Grand Gulf, Port
Gibson, and particularly tie ar'iv;d OF
Col Grier>on ; cavalry all safe at Baton
Rouge Col. Grier>on himself was in
New Orleans, the hero of the hour. His
forces, the 9th aud 7Ih Ill Cavalry, lett
La Grange Tenn, on the l7th of April,
and reacred Baton Rouge on the "a Of
May. Their zlgzag course gave them ii
route of about 500 mlleS-In one Instance
thev rode 80 nj eS IN % hours. They
swept IA breadth # about 20 miles through
the entire State of Mississippi clean of
everything OF must value 10 the Rebels !;
broke bridges, tore up railroads, destroyed
immense quantities "f army provisions,
ruined engines, cars, depotS and towns.
spoiled the teeeraphS, aud 80 utterly be
wiIdured the Reb l. that before any eth
cient resistance could be made they were
safe within ticn Bank hne$. In all
their sixteen day ride they had but one
il been part of his plan H. could easily
have organized two brigades OF neor"
troops, SO gladly did the slaves crowd
upon and follow him. News in New Or
leans, other than this. was scarce. Capt.
Howard Dwight, of Gen. Andrews staff.
was ba>e!y murdered on the i III Inst,
near Washington, La. after having sur
rend cred to some Rebel scouts. Gen.
Banks at ,uce ordered The arrest Of 100
white men nearest the place ut a,>a>>Iua
rnn to be held until further orders -
Gru. banks has issued an order prupoS
inc The tornaiiun of all entire Amy
Corps of Blacks, to be called the Corp;
d Afrlqne In consequence of further
! 4 L...a,.
about national air, Gen. Sherman had
ordered that programmes shall be sub
mirted to him before publication; he re-
cOmnehds. also, that perturu ances be IN.
>per>ed with national music The po-
lice are ferretinm out treason in the
>chuuIs ; many of the public schools have
been deserted III Consequences If the sing
ing OF Union songs. etc. by children Ut
luyal iuhabiran's and The Rebels are 3D.
ucatng heir off>pnng->o much as passes
for whIte-in private academies these
are rests of treason. the children bcin.
tanehl To hate aud revlle the Union -
ThIee or four princi, ais of such schools
have been heavily fned-all Of them
al e WtItnPH. lhdi SEA lul 'It~i'lhA Ht Ht'SI
utterly devlish traitors to be found in the
South.
Tie Rebel telccrams represent that
Gen Grant is actively empI"yed in Mis-
.i,>ippi Tie Richm". Enquirer of
the I+th publishes dispatches from Jack
son, Miss stating that 0U0 of Grants
cavalry entered aud buried Crystal
Springs. Oh the New Orleans rairoad, on
the llth int that he was terrifying al
Rocky Springs and Western Spring !;
that Ge1 O>terhauS is at Cayuga with
$50 cavalry and six or seven regiments
of infanrry, and thar the Union fnrces
were be.ng re enforced at Willow Spring.
The same journal Of the 18th says tLat
fighting was ther going on in Mississippi
Grant with | 900 men. h d advanced TO
Rayynund ,rhern Cen q rpyy had f,c.