Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-06-14
NEWS ITEMS.

Chesterfield and embarling in transports.
Brig. Gen. Gordon. OF y. { died yester
day, from the effects ." 4. wand received
| in the battle on Brook road, bar Richmond
last Thursday.
! In the House. F"otc m1c lengthy
speech in favor o' repeating he sct 10 s''s-
+, pend the writ of babe..s corps
| \ cavalry dash was made Sunday in
| to u plan ntion adjoining '!rt Hntlson.
capturing stochair fort. a,risoned by
negroes, sixiy-ti.e mules, soae shoes and
some cloihes. y mil! Was bu.t, and tween
ty of the enemy killed.
! Atlanta May 2D.-Ourrcpctcr returned
. from 'asS station on the trairwhch asriv
! ed here. this morning. lie lei Cass station
! last night. and tayie' svil. att thi- morn
ing. The enemy attacked surlinr :. shor1
distance beyond Cas> Station 'crd;. 49,
, C!rburnes division held ii. POSITION. a,,t
the Yankees attacked uudu Command -.
. Hooker. The contest Continued until night
| fall. when the enemy were ir:eu back
| SkirmisLing between the a1vncc p..l;c,
! contnuedu up to the tine of Pavi4g Cas-
! Station. and this morning. wAH the ira 4
! left SLOW firing hv field nr..llcy could tr
heard a art ~ vile.
a report reached Cartnrsviil last nigh:
that Gen. Hooker IVES killed r-tcr3iA. --
| Very few wounded w>ce broyh: in vr>
tc:iav.
| The general idea ut Cass stsiun IS. thn
| Gen. Johnston intends 20 fight in hi prs
eut position his left rest outh. Etuwul.
river, an Ter command Of Lir't Gca. Polk
! The centre by Lieut. Cen. HaN.-
Gen, Johnston bate ordcrUl> read to
, The troops yesterday evening. ad received
with the widest enthusiasm.
He praised their d-ror,mrn il the ~
cent movements 10 save their ommnnicu
! iiens with thu. rear-ihosc no.4, aiic safe.
he would not abandon any .r,rc of our
country. but would fight the Zoe on bis
present around. He r. .crrcd to t. achieve
mrnts Of ouy &rotEcrs in arms i Virginia
and the Trans Mississippi Department. and
! he knew they would cm'ilaic !"r va,o!
and equal ,hrir heroic deeds.
, I.ATtR- Gen Joe Hooker. of n. fe,lcra
army, is killed and his body in rar posses
sion. His head quarters ,.Ie aFo said to
been capturAd.
Ashland, May 27.-Adv:ces from the
| front state that Gran; has rccros"d North
| Anna. and is moving, il i supposed again
! on our right.
| 1t is sa!d the enemy made an rifor, ibis
morning to burn til" bridges on Sorth in
ma on the telegraph road. bnt vas foicI.
: III" diminishing occurred last Nigh.
ard this morning OF a very iiShichara ter,
The House adopted u resolution 10 td-
! ourn on the 9th of June.
| Davis of Maryland. offered Il 'rsolnt!on
which WAS unanimously adopted asking
| the President 10 Communicate il .nv cyp'a-
. cation has been given 10 Franc. hearin.
| 1ron The resolutions in rrt"r-ne to M-Ni-
co. which unanimously PASSED tc iIonsc.
5th OF Aptit.
Mob lie. May 27-Speci.l TO ,heRe-i> rr
Seuatohia. Ma, -. The y. y lirr.ld'7
Washington CORES ponlent says Buffers
cam taign to Monday :;glt. caaut H. con
,idrlc d a defeat. The rebel iOricali,u
| GA tn. South side of the river arr. ,nmrns.
and the works impregnahlc.
Ba1ler's loss 25.Dcr. Mcdary ctth. Ohio
Crisis. was arrested and brought Cinc,u-
natti.
The y. !. Times special says the 9th
army corps losses We're 1910 kille,, ] so
wounded, 1920 missing. St!sggtrs from
thu whole army WAS estimated l2W.
t'l the 18th the losses auiounie! 10 5000.
The Chicago Times ,poid"n; OF
;he 18th. SAYS, our loss in front 4 Resaca
was co.. killed. 1000 wounded and1HU mis-
sing.
Hooker slightly wounded. fitzpatrick
painfully. Man seriously, aud Wilcox
morta.lv.
The Kentucky Provost Marshal! are Or
dcred to enroll negroes, and take hem as
su DAiltu'eS
Admiral Por,cr's official rcpor. SAYS, the
tie vessels caught above the Falls, near
Alexandria have been relieved by means
OF I'll! dam, which enabled the vessels t"
pas the falls
Gold III \. Y..lso
Ashland. Nay 17.-Our amy is moving
rapidly in line, Utmost pa niei VIII tn"
route which Giant Is following. 4 II o.
clock IA heavy force Of the enemy lad APP
pcaiei at Ilnnove" &. II and we,e press
ing our cavalry back at that point.
pris"no-> just bIougu; il from tie 9TH
army c"rls. say, their command received
ORDERS yesterday t" march t" tHc " hitc
lIou!e.
Richmond, May 27.-.i flag OF truce.
brought fIom \. York, arliv, d at tn. land
ing last nigh, bringing sX officers and
tie daughters !of Gen. Lee.
\ dispatch from Com. Ou,d, says. sever
al transports WIKI troops came up behind
ID. flag boat.
official information is received of Grant,
left crossing the fanunky at Hanover town
;,lis morning. in th's direction
The Senate unanimpusl, concurrrd in q
i0i1t resolution from the Hoasc. dec ar;ng
in no event will this government cCn-,n'
to {. diSis Oh or dismemhcr.neut If thcS,at
of Virginia. bu' will m sntan h"r jurjs lie
ton ana Sovereignty to the t'ghy.t Init
OF her ancient boundary al every cos.
The Herald of the 24th says Stanton Is
datch to Gen. Dix Of the % J. says: Many
veteran troops have been tor
warded 20 Grant.
Upwards of 10000 sick and wounded
nave been transported from! the Lat.le-ti Id
% Washington. and over 5000 prr-oas
lave arrived and says the army of the
'otomac i now as fully as strong in NUN
,ers. and better equipped than whcP the
opened.
Our loss in Generals in Nirgini, u put
own at lo-l0, killed atl7rI ~ Wounded.
nd ? capt@ered: The names of the Killed
re S1tfart. jenkins, Stafford. Jone!, Dnlitrs
Daniel. Gordon, of n. c. and Pierce OF this
State Mississippi
Taken from Mississippi Clarion. of May
2sth.
Nav 2l-A telegram from Gen. Beanre-
gard, dated Head Quarters, this morning,