The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-05
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

SSSssasASA
ole, from New Orleans the Oath, arrived
this morning. Dispatches in the Era of
the Oath, dated Port Pudson Plains, May
22d, say that yesterday Gen, Augur's
whole division engaged in q nine hours
fight on Port Hudson plains, four miles in
rear of Hudson, on the Bayou Sara road.
The rebels were thoroughly whipped, and
left large number of killed and wounded
on the field.
The rebel General Gardner sent in a
flag of truce at midnight, asking permis-
sion to bury their dead. We took 1000
prisoners. The enemy was driven three
miles from his first position, and Augur
bivouacked on the field of battle.
Our loss is twelve killed and fifty-six
wounded. The 10th New York and "a
Louisiana suffered most. Our men fought
with great bravery.
New York, June Files of the
New Orleans Era to the oath, have been
received, bringing the following:
An Alexandria letter of the 18th, gives
details of the taking of that place by Ad:.
miral Porter, and the arrival of General
Banks.
Plantations on the way there had large
amount of cotton. Large warehouses
were found filled with sugar and molasses
All our troops had arrived. and General
Banks was planning another movement.
1t is rumored that seven thousand rein
frocements are coming from Arkansas to
the rebel General Taylor.
Gen. Banks has issued an order offering
bounties for re-enlistments.
The first Texas cavalry, Col. Davis,
made raid on the Jackson railroad from
Tickfau Station to camp Moore, destroy
ing every bridge on the road, including
a large one over Langi Pahoor river.
Also all stations, cars, factory near indie
pendence, shoe factory, tannery, saw and
grist mills, near Tckfau.
A Baton Rouge letter of the 14th states
that Gen. Dudley, with two brigades,
made an expedition to Port Hudson, up
the Clinton road, reaching Bayou Lar.
The rebel pickets were driven within 81
miles of Port Hudson A raid by Grier-
son tore the railroad between Clinton and
Port Hudson, cut the telegraph wire and
burned rebel camp.
R;;mors from Pascagoula reached New
Orleans on the 21st, that Mobile had been
attacked. One rebel stated that tele-
graphic dispatch from Mobile, announcing
that Fort Morgan had "gone UNDER" had
been received there. Some of them
said to our officers: "There is glorious
news for you, but we dare not tell you
| what it is"
A letter from Bayou Sara, dated the
10Th, states that Dudley's brigade made a
reconnaissance to within mile of the Port
Hudson batteries, when they ascertained
that the rebels had not been reinforced.
A Bragos dispatch of the 22d states the
steamer La Belle while enroute from Bra
COS to Washington with Capt. Morrill, of
Co. D. of the 4th Maine, on board was at
tackled by guerillas, killing Capt. Alexan-
| der of the steamer and wounding the pilot
and ten soldiers. Our men returned the
fire killing several guerillas and driving
them off after an hours and half fight
ing. The guerillas are supposed to be
certain professed Unionists at Washington
The steamer Morning Light ran into the
steamer Creole on the night of the 21st,
under peculiar circumstances, on the Mis-
sissippi river. The former sank on the
left bank. The Creole was transporting
troops from New Orleans to Baton Rouge,
to reinforce General Augur.
The steamer Tennessee, from off GAL
weston on the 22nd, reports the destruc-
ton by the gunboat Owasso, of the noto-
rious blockade runner, West Florida One
thousand rebels were sent to New Orleans
from Pascagoula, where they had been
waiting for chance to 90 to Mobile.