Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-14


ANY had resehsdsou springs sl'hs r mites Of mo
t,.n Of Mansfield about 50 niles rst 81 Shreveport.
Hare he I,uisianiaus uodsr Taylor stOaty declared
,ho, ,srs.tea far enough, AMI we're determined to
-; ~ No longer. This tailed wth the daring tenn
r NIL TAYLOR. who was nothing 10th to humOr his
-, u .pcb resoluson The Yankees we're AZ miles
T,om their cunboas; they were Vanishing for water
an, poston vas oae Of great strengths and in al prob
.hstv Gen. TAYLOR vas right to await the attack.
Oaths sih The battle began, furiOusy, the Yankees
desperately striving to reach the springs and men
madaened to frenzy at the sight of some negro rcgi
ments which we're in line opposed to them. Two negro
regiments literally cut to pieces, aud the Yankees
began to give way. Il soon became another Bull Ran
only according. to their account more disgraceiu
aud complete.
That night the enemy took strong position on Plea
saat Hi considerable distauoe from the battlefield
The next day it was cue turn to attack, and our men
charged the p sOn and carried it against terrible ar
tiery force, supported by thrice their own number OF
.naniry.
Tie third day, April 10TH was race between puF-
susr and pursued the Yankee tale about rally on
their part and repuIss ours being bAseles fabr-
cation.
Gen. Ia, lors official report enumerates 81 pieces Of
cannon 95O wagons (uany loaded with valuable sOres
200 mules, 10000 small arms, 40, 80, 10, taken
from the enemy on the Sth and estimates our loss in
killed, wounded and missing at 200, and the enemy's
at 900 to 5000. This proved under estimate as,
at the time be left our informant tells US there was Off
ca cOgnzAncs of Sc pieces Of cannon and six to seven
thousand prisoners. /.
From Pleasant HILL the entmy Ietreated on Eschi-
toches, which they abandoned, and maize for Grand
Ecore on Red Riges, four miles distant, where they
made preparaons,to Gro to the roth side, on their
way to AlexandcA or Natahez as The case might be.
AT Grand Ecors they again attacked ol Sunday,
the Eth, and though we have PARTICULARS, We have
the certainty that they here more completely aud
disastrousy routed than during heprevious week
The lOss was heavy on side-our men charging with
desperate and niiscriminae fury sg inst all odds.
Al the lat tJnomsnt of which We have positive in
formation the &c tered remnants OF Banks army were
in slate of hopeless demor1z ltion forces Above
and beoa them on both binks and many of their gun
boats fs aground in the river. Forty OF all
kinds assembled the rapids o. Red yer at Alexandra
not one will ever return. The hand of God Was
seemingly in this the rves rose .udderly, and at
season when rise was uaexampled. Toe rise oOntin
ued long enough for these forty to cross
she roeks when began suddenly to fall and still
alling, with no human psobab OF rise before next
winter. Toe enemy had destroyed, up to the 25'h
Apri fifteen gunboats and Transports to avoid their
falling into our haads-blOwing up the gunboats and
burning the transports They barrcade or board up
their boats TO protecs the from our shapshootes,
but the heat forces them like the turtle 10 show their
beads to the light when they fall inevitably beneath the
aim Of our Al their gunboat get hard agcoand,
our artillery is placed in position to rake ;hIm wi hOut
relurn.fre We repeat, uness they carry their boats
bodily over the Rapids with Their devish ingenuity,
the tosadestrucOn Of their fleet IS the risirg OF
tomorrovs sun.
The Yankees admit thai, in the deception practised up
on them to the want OF organization and numerical
strength OF his army, bis concentration Of troCp from
far distant points il couay without railroad or trant-
pOriaon OF any kind, aud eus up by numberless ia
naygabe but iordess streams aud in his plans of bat
tie, Kuby Saith has displayed cOnsummate general
ship.
The extent aud importance OF the campaign can9Ot
be exaggerated Had Banks succeeded, aud Steele
ioned him, they would have occupied Texas advancing
through the rich aud semiIg northeastern counties Ct
thAs Sre0L N-9lei S1u I'll t"~' S"'Ou' P"l'" ~ Wv
the OOGederaey OF the Mississippi wcul have fallen
into their permanent possession As it is one of Their
three boasted armies has been digraced and ruined,
and Kirby Smith Las it at his option whether first to
redeem Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana from their
yoiesless woes, relieve the patient long suffering
aud cherished women, old aud children New Or
leans
Gen. Kirby Smith, however, Ike wise man, keeps
bis own COUNSEL and await his movements with tie
calm certainty tnSt he vii, this year achieve Tor him
self reputation second only TO hatof our great com
mauder who nov stands at the helm in VirgRl with
Palinurus unatered mooi."