The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-13
We Know No FaFty.,;hat n the
Party OF the CSnsfifatons.a
NEWS FROM LOUISIANA
Reported Occupation of Shreve'
port -sas7sdsS
The Red River Country
New ORLEANS, La, April 2. '64
REPORTED BATTLE IN LOUISIANA.

kEPOkTED BATTLE IN LUUlJlAhA
The arrival of the Illinois yesterday morn
ing, from the Red river, places your CORES
in possession Of rumors the most start
ling, aud which were soon spread over thI
c,ty. On tho strength Of these rumors ex
tris were issued by the papers. At head
quarters, however, no news whatever had
been received up to five O'Clock yesterday
evening. 1-'-
The news brought by the Illinois, and af
terwards confirmed by the Alice YiyiaAi il
as follows - "a - % ~ . AA>
A battle was fought on Monday last neat
the mouth of the Cane river bstvsen the
forces of General A. j. Smith, and the reb
els. Thelatter were repulsed. - !
The Union loss in killed and wounded
will not exceed sixty.
The enemy suffered more severely, and
six hundred prisoners are DOW in our haudS
The cavalry Of General Lee was in pur-
suit of the fleeing rebels.
SHREVEPORT SAID TO BE IN QUA POSSESSION
The arrival of the Battle on Wednesday
last, from Alexandra, March %, broughi
the following news
Shreveport was reported to have been ta-
ken possession of by the federal forces OF
Monday last. !
The navy was on the advance. the gun
boat being opposite the town before the
army arrived there. ~ "A ~. 80 - -
One of our vessels "a hospital bost) wal
lost in going over the falls
STEAMER LACRoss BURNED BY GURRRILLAs.
The Lacross was destroyed BY guerrillas
on Tuesday evening last, about twenty
miles this side Of Alexandra. At thes sihs
she was lying in the centre OF the river,
and was surprised, captured and burned by
few guerriilas, who foated down 70 her
on a raft from bend short distance above
The officers were carried of and the crew
paroled. .-
The Lacross was burned to the water B
edge. .....f..
The following night the Mittie Stephens
was fired into, probably by the same gang.
But little damage was done to the boat, and
no persons were injured. .sE
The Alice Viv,n, which arrived here
yesterday. brought h.no hundred contra.
hands .......
THE RED RIVER COUNTRY.
The theatre of operation Of the late ex-
pedton up Red River is comparatively
little known, therefore the following short
account of the principal points upon that
stream will prove interesting. The Red riy-
er country is proverbial for its wealth, and
resources, and is one of the richest cotton
growing regions IN the South.
Shreveport, the capital of Csdd3 parish,
Louisiana situated near the foot of Caddo
lake, in the northwestern part of the State,
is the great cotton pert of the region q It
is finely located for business, on the Red
river. being surrounded by an exceedingly
fertile planting region. Some fifty thous
and bales of cotton we're annually shipped
from this place before the war, and . very
large number Of cattle from Texas. The
town contains large number of stores, ~.
eral steam mills churches, q printing of.
fee, and resident population of about three
thousand Since the rebellion, Shreveport
has been an extensive depot for commissary
and other stores for the trans Mississippi
Confederate troops, and up to the time OF
the siege Of Vicksburg formed IN important
link IN the "chain of supplies" for the whole
reb i army. There is military prison
there, which has at times contained large
number of [ Mon captiyes of war. 1t is two
nunuTeu anu tuTly nnes Ifom tuc uoutu vi
the river, ts g.
IAlexandria, one hundred and fifty miles
from the mouth. is, we believe, the highest
point on Red river yet visited by our troops.
Eighty miles boveis Natchietoches, an old
French town, settled in l7l3. 1t is noted
IN history as the scene Of . hard fought
battle between the inhabitants and the
Natchez Indians in 1892, resulting in the
extinction of the Natcbez as distinct ma
ton. f.. -....
From shreveport there runs q (rsiiroad
westward to Marshall, Texas, and sixteen
miles bey ond, making line in al some
sixty miles in length. Many years ago Q
route was projected to Vicksbufg,s which
was completed from the latter place vest
as far as the Washita river. .z.-