Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-10
LATER INTELLIGENCE.
Dates TO May 7Ih.

Affairs i'm the Red River Country
Reported Defeat of Dick Taylor
Arrest of Officers ut New Orleans
General Steele Leaves for Little
Rock---Rumor of nm Advance ON
Port Hudson.
CAIRO, May 6.-0ficers who have Just ar
| rived from Alexandria (La.) report that the
| efforts to raise the Eastport were renewed
and she was blown up. On the way back the
| boat sent to her assistance was fred upon BY
4 4 battery of l2-pounderS on the shore, and
| a fight ensued in which we lost some men.
The report that Pine Bluff ark was cap
| tured by the rebels is not confirmed.
! MEMPHIS, May 5.-The steamer White
/ Cloud, from Alexandria (La.), May LIST, has
arrived. General Banks and his army were
| still there. The rebels were reported three
miles distant, and skirmishing occurred daily.
! The Hastings was sunk above Alexandria,
/ and the Champions Nos. and 4, with sub
/ marine pumps on board, had been attacked
| by rebel battery forty miles below Grand
Ecore and burned. General Banks continues
yery unpopular with the army. Matters
look bad. General Hunter had returned to
New Orleans. General A. J. Smiths divi-
sion crossed Red river at Alexandria April
30th, to look after HarriSons rebels, who
were lowering on that bank.
place Yesterday, through 4 rebel source, Of a
battle at Alexaudria on Thursday, April 18th,
in which Dick Taylor was defeated. He
made vigorous assault upoL the works re-
Gently occupied there, and was repulsed.
Writ Adams cavalry are lowering near
this city. Their movements are supposed to
cover the crossing Of arms and ammunition
below this CITY for Kirby Smith.
General A. L. Hill and nineteen other Off
GERS are under arrest at New Orleans for de-
claring that the Red river expedition was not
for fighting, but for thieying and specula-
ton.
CHICAGO, May 7.-General Steele left for
Little Rock Ark, April 26th, being out OF
supplies. He crossed the Saline river at
jenkins ferry. Before crossing, he was
attacked by the rebels under Fargam. A
portion of the rebel cavalry crossed the Sa-
line and continued to harrass Steele during
the march, causing considerable alarm. He
was able, however, TO prevent the rebels do
ing him any injury, but found it necessary
20 destroy his train and demolish every
bridge behind him. His cavalry reached
Little Rock May lst, his main force being
then within forty miles Of that place. The
failure of General Steele is the necessary
consequence ofthe disaster to General Banks.
Had the latter been successful, the capture
of Camden by Steele would have had strong
influence in preventing the rebels from re-
trieving their losses.
The steamer Metropolis arrived at Mem
phis Nav 4th, from New Orleans, with intel
lisence that the rebels were concentrating at
several points on both sides Of the river
There was considerable excitement at Nat
chez. An attack on that place was reported.
More or less excitement existed at every
town between Yicksburg and Natchez. They
were filed with rumors. 1t was stated that
the enemy were advancing on Port Hudson
in two columns, with twenty-six pieces Of
artillery.
Rebel Troops of Forrest Defeated.
CHICAGO, May T. Memphis papers Of
May 9Th say General Sturgis' advance, 700
strong, encountered one of Forests brigades,
1000 strong, near Bolivar (Tenu.), on Mon
day, May I'd. A fight of two hours resulted
in the enemy being driven from their in
trenchments. They retreated across the
river, burning the bridges after them. We
killed and wounded a number and captured
several. Our loss was two killed and ten
wounded. Gen. Sturgis is in pursuit.
Terrible Condition of Prisoners from
Richmond.
New YORK, May 7.-Colonel Hoffman,
Commissary General Of Prisoners, has made