The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-01
The News from Lees Arny.

The News from Lees Army.
RIcHloHn7 May, 2y.--Thc enemy
crossed the panunket river Yesterday
at Hanover Town 55nd Old Church. Han:
cocks, Wright's, and Blrnside's corps :.
have certainly crwscd. Warren's corps
is not accounted for. Up TO this morn
ing our army had formed no line Of bat
tie, but Were awaiting the encmy's ,
movements and dispositions.
There was 4 considerable cavalry fight
at Halls Shop yesterday between Fitz
Lees and lIampton'$ cavalry aud large
force Of Yankee cavalry. Our cavalry
at first forced the enemy back, but it is
now supposed that the enemy gave back
in order to draw Us in. Late in the
evening our cavalry drew off, having
lost 30 Killed and 10 to 100 wounded.
Some of the latter fell into the cncmy's
hands.
The News from the United States.
Richmond, Nay 2S.--Thc New York
Mro" Of the 25th lust. has been recciy-
ed here.
Tue y y. U"rhl and the Jourual Of
Commence have been suspended for pub
i$hng bogus proclamation from Lin
coin, calling for 100000 additional
troops and appoiutinga day of fasting
and prayer. The editors offer large
Eeward for the detection of the pcrpetra.
tors Of the hoax
The London correspondent of the New
York Ncrs says that the Mcrscy Rams
will be sold to Maximilan, who is col
lccting powerful fleet.
News from the mississippi
Department.
Houston, Tex, May 13 via SUMMIT
May 20 Since April Sth we have whip
ped two Yankee armes--onc in Lou.
isiana, the other in Arkansas driving
the latter to Little Rock, and surround
ing the former, in Alexandria, capturing
in all, thirty-four pieces of artillery, eight
thousand stands of arms, six thousand
prisoners; twelve hundred wagons, two
guub oats and four transports; sinking
four new gunboats and five transport and
killing and woundng fully eight thousand
Yankees, Oar total loss, in killed,
woun ced and missing, is about four
thousand.
At present Steele is at Little Rock
with the wreck of fifteen thousand troops,
threatened by Price. Tue Yankee Gen
cral Taylor is killed.
Banks army is 10000 strong, in Alex
andgia. Portcr's feet is detained above
-Acxandria by low water. We have
possession Of Read River, above and
below, and heavy forces on each side.
Col. Griffin, with.a force of two hundred
sharpshooters, and u battery of artillery,
surprised two guuboats, one of which was
the Granite City, at Calisia on the 9th.
We captured both. The Yankees had
to send their b. is ashore to surrender,
AS We had none. Their loss was one
hundred and sixty. prisoners captured,
sixteen fine cannon and no end for stores. ;.
On the 9th Yankee mail boat was
captured at Seven gunboats and ten
transports have been captured on Red
River. The whole number of Yankee
prisoners, thus far, taken by US in Lou.
isiana and Arkansas is l6 900. On the I
18th instant two gunboats and three.
transports were captured in Southwest.
Louisiana by Col. Alexander. All the
property from Natchitoches to Simsport
has been entirely destroyed by the enemy.
They burned indiscriminatcly houses,
cotton gins, warehouses, corn cribs,
everything else. Many families are thus
left destitute both of food and clothiug.
The two most precious things this side
Of the grave, are our reputation and onr