Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-05-02
PuBLIsHED lDAII1Y) BY
EDGAR SNOW DEN, JR
ss~- I}FpI (cT1--No, lo4 King street, ovar
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FROM THII BED RLV HR.

jC5ryesDondence Of the New York Express.
New ORLEANS, April 2l.-Late advices
fron, Red River represent the Coufedorates IN
3 gerv threatening attitude. 70 1se the words
Of ,ne Of yl,a recently arrived officers, they
are pepperiog away at che Union army as last
* thew can, and as near as tE1oy dare coule to
,he gr,nboats. The Union army is 70 much
erjppIea Tow 70 advance, and Union men OF
10: very hopeful te1peraments, tear that
backward movement is equally Id po5slole.
TIE Rebels are quite busy planning batteries
between Grand Eocre and Alexandra, thas
endsagoring 20 cut off 3 retnrn TO the latter
Mace, no reliable estimate Of the losses sus
faioed IN killed wounded and prisoners, on
either side can vet be made heard lt stated
Yesterday by "A oificer wearing shoulder straps
and as true 3 soldier &c the Union, as ever car
ried sword, chat the losses sustained III the
Union army during the three days desperate
conflict, might be safely SET down az lO,0Oo.-
Inis is enormous, but prlyates and oLlo5t5, as
vel! as civilians concur In al their statements
The property captured by the Rebels - geuer-
a]ly set cova at several millions OF dollars.
4 week or more ago the prisoners captured
ST Fort Dr Rus>ey were sent up TO hed hlvef
10 be exchanged, but owing to 1he present vlo-
lent demonstrations that are being made III
that quarter, the necessary arrangements tor
an exchange could not be made, and they were
returned 20 this city TO their former prlson.-
When they were passing Grand Ecore, where
General Banks has his headquarters, they oe-
came very ';uproarious, aEld cheer aItor
cheer was given for "GeneraI banks, ComulSs-
sary General OF the Confederate States army,
The Rebels seem determined tna6 Uncle
Sam shall get no more cotton, and are very &c
lively employed IN burning all thaG Is III dan
ger Of falling lnto hls bands. 4 Sai.t al Was la1e~
" made into the little town OF PlaQuemlne,
and four hundred bales destroyed, Nothing
else was touched or burnt, although quite
large quantity OF sugar, lnolasses, anu elmer
stores were In she town.
Persons are daily alInost arriving from the
Confederaoy, and they generally report q very
sorry state Of affairs in the land Of hog and
houliny." According 10 their account, there
rs 40 scarcity of the neoessarles OF hte. and
clothing such as It is, san- be bad III album:
dance, but shoes they ali think are "aWfui
high
The Confederate Government feeds It's sol
dlers in the field with an ambulance Of good
piala food and clothes which If not OF the latest
fashion are comfortable ana 'good enough Tor
soldiers.
1t is said here that the Confederates on
hed River have opened channel above
strand Gcore, TO run the waters OF Red River
lato Grand Lake This will cut of water com,
lnunlcatiou between Alexandrla and ohfeve-
pore, and leave the gunboass high aud dry
% 9ut this is not che only object OF the Rebels.
l1ey know the country we'll enough TO under
stand that ali the iron clads ard heavy boats
above the falls now, can never be got back
again IL the rresent low Stage 0f the Water-
II they have made the reported Cut Oft, II Is
1o' some other purpose, which vii IT: made
apparent tefore very Ioug