Litchfield enquirer., 1864-05-12
BAD NEWS FROM GEN. BANKS.


 A bearer of dispatches from Adm iral poy. ter arrived Sunday. He gives an even more uepiorabIe account of Banks campaign upon tue lne hed r'ver than any heretofore published. ,n on sae nrst day column of 30,00O was dis. Poseo on the march in such fashion that they were we easily and shamefully routed bv from 1A,Uoc ., so 10 ooO. On the second day, Gen. A. J. Sr'ith whipped the rebels alons dr;.;.s. them SIX miles. He was in hot pursu;t .nS eager to reap all the fruits ot his victory snS I hopeful of reaching Shreveport, when an ords. came from Gen. Banks directing him to rst,ss. with the rest of the army. Gen. Smith re- fused to obey. A second order to fall back he also refused to obey. Gen. Banks in person brough third order, and insisted that Sm;.h should fall back before daylight. He beogsS permission to stay long enough to bury his dead and care for the wounded and sick. prou- ising to be on the march in an hour after sun. rise. but Banks was memorable, and the old soldier was obliged. with tears in his eyes, to leave his men who had fallen on the battle held to the tender mercies of the rebels. Gen. Smith carried of two of the twenty- three cannon which tho rebels abandoned, but was not allowed time to spike the remain der.
 BOTH ARM1Es RErREArrNa AT oNoE.
 Our forces were retreating in one direction. and the rebels were retreating in the oposite direction. Some hours after Gen. Smiths de- parture, the rebels sent flag of truce to the battlefield to ask for permission to bury their dead, and sought vainly for somebody to re- ceive it. It may be imagined the profited Sv this unlocked for advantage.
 REINFoRCEMENTs MET BY BANKS.
 A few miles out from Alexandria Gen. Banks, while retreating, found Gen. McClern- and with 6,O00 men on their way to reinforce him. He ordered him to fall back to Alexan., dria at once, after destroying his grain aad supplies. McClernand refused twice to obey, but on the receipt of the third order set fire to part of his oats. Gen: Smith with 2,0O0' men took the responsibility of marching to the spot, extinguished the flames, which be sue ceeded in doing before more than fifty bush els burned, and after remaining there all night marched back again with the remainder ef the oats and all the other supplies Con-. Banks requested that these should be given up. to him, (Banks), but Gen. Smith replied that they were his by right of capture and he ahouldl keep them for his own use
 Brigadier General Canby, who has been as! signed to the command of the department of Western Louisiana and Arkansas, supersedes. General Banks and General Steele.
 The Washington correspondent of the Com. merciat Adrertiser, says" VIC have Fighting. Joe Hooker entering the Old Dominion at . vulnerable point. Three hundred thousand men are being concentrated on Richmond.
 A Newborn letter of the 4th says: Colonel. Savage has sent word that his outposts, caval4. ", on the Trent river, have attacked By n' force of the enemy, whose strength he cannot. ascertain. There are known to be three regi- ments of infantry and three pieces of artillery. He reports he can hold this force ih check
 The Tribune's Washington dispatch states. that Gen. Crittendenis ordered to, report to- General Burnside.
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