Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

strength ; and, rs though that was not
enough, We fight them Llindly aud
rrckl-sslv. wlihou. knowing the
ground. or even tie numbers Of the
cnrInv.
l. !, 10, tim. that this waste Of
h-,uan life WAS done Tho Anorl-
can people can endure, pcrhaps. the
rAp-rar o.! ln'-lirinabic war. They
can pay the wages a::d support OF ar
n!r, which m.,ci. 10 victory, b. i,
"T.r 90 slowly but ,ley cannot
s;""u sill a,sd see his wave Of blood
@ud death forever dashiiS itself
against Tie ;irmovalic rock.
Abothcr Unsuccessful Attempt.
Yesterday ':e:'.ing. about half.
pascscvrn o'c.nc&. i heavy canuoua,!-
my was heard in tho direction Of
Genesis point. or III. Grra, Os.rck..
uislan, in tircc&-iiue some twelvn
or fourteen miles from the city. Dur
in. the early par, OF this morning til.
,i.ing was heavy and rapid, and :l..,
wind ;nvoIins. the reports OF tn. guns
wei. distinctly heard. aud til. vibr.,-
ton OF TIE atmosphere Jared the
windows Of the houses iu the city.
!, was understood that seven of the
cne.ny's sbuutoa,s. one Of " h:ch. soms
reported Two. Was iron clad. bad At
lacked our battery at Genesis point.
ant as the imccssant canuonadins
continued without aba,e,u-n. fro,u
hour 10 hour, much anxiety was mar
iirs;.d hv our citizens TO learn tLo
fortunes OF tn. fight. Various e1ci:.
m. vuInprs were III circulation, but
no reliable iuto.iua;rou was received
from the ng.i.t Of tho Associated
; Press.
WAYS STATION, l2 40 M.-Sev,
IN gu,boats are bombarding Genesis
Point. Two ot,!Ie cnemy's boats are
IRON clads. similar to the Atlanta, ono
Of which anchored seventeen huud,ed
Yards III front OF tho battery aai
opened fire about half ras, seven
o'clock. The Las, courier reports NC
damage done.
The friug hegan TO s!ackcu little
/ before IL O'Clock but continued 4,
intervals until about hait-pas. io.
When it ceased altogether. Tie nost
, Intense anxiety was '-lt hy our eiti-
zrns TO know the result OF the conf}ic,
many surprising ,ha: the battery.
unable to Withstand the close fire OF
tue iron.clads, had been silrnced. A
li,,i. after ! O o'clock, our painful sus-
pense was relieved by the following
dispatch from the ug-n: OF tho asso-
ciu:-d press:
"WAy's STATION, A:lO P. M.-Ths
bolnbarulncut continued Ave and
half hours. Ihv firing ceased abou.
hnifp - o'clock. The rain began
and the .n.my's feet left before /
O'Clock, having t.il-d TO injure eiu-
gle. man or gun. al! the damage 10
tue ear,Lworks eau be- repaired III ono
day"
Thus ended the second attempt Of
the enemy to capture our battery at
Genesis Point. After five and half
hours Of cannonading from seven Of
their vessels, aud the expenditure of
pow der enough to fight a half dozen
naval battles, they were compelled to
90 out OF reach of our guns, leaving
our works intact and without having
Injured = ,nau belonging to the garri-
'-sun. We lave our doubts about tLeir
having any iron-ciads in the action ;
but If they had. TIE result is SO much
the l.or. encouraging to us. What
damage they received is, of course
unknown.
Since TIE above was in type We
ARE Informed that two Of the enelny's
iron-ciad gunboats were present. Our
informant says that an sight inch
solid shot from the battery struck th.
turret ofslIc iron clad, crippling it in
such q manner that it could not RI
vo.ve. a rain coming on about =
quarter to one, the cnemy's vessels
hluled Of, and were at eight o'clock
in the afternoon anchored behind the
point OF wood.