Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-15
4719E ISI1l3I1I4I.YON-

"A brotiIee n-Iaw CT General fii ant was cauturcd
by guerriilas ast week, few N les below Memphis.
lie was condaang cotton pla' ltstion.
A party ofrfagees, just arrived at WASHINGTON
from Riehmoii, give CLOWN 6 accounts Of the raid
ity with whiehLEE is reinforcing his army by con
scripton, wHia, though qliet, is merciIess in the
extreme. lfi,asserted tn at LEE viii have an army
Of eighty nnety tous and men 10 open the spring
| campaign with
lhere mas faFed u Baltimore refugee from
Richmond, hf LueY A. RlcF. Mrs 2lcE despite
the tyranny n re- gns at Riecmond has alwayspre-
served her losdty to the Union, and evnced warm
sympathy forshe suffering, of our officers and meA
who have bes1 mprisonedin Richmond Her house
was Tor nine ays the hiding place and refuge Of Col
oFRElGisI, d sor 3. b. McDoSALD and another Off
eer siter theg scaped from Libby Prison, and we're
awaiting an epottunty to get out Of the CITY. Mrs.
RICE t,as reahed our lines in destitute condi-
ton She la been forced to abandon all she poses
sed IA Richlnad
Lfter news rom the Red River Expedition IS re.
GER ed in Caro- and New Oreans. by steamship.
which leifthe litter place on the $dns8 On the 28th
O March Gen.Smihs forces had fight with the
rebel Cen Dik lsylors army, 1900 strong, on
Cane River 25miles above Alexandra. inwhicll the
| rebels were deeated with loss Of 200 killed and
wounded, and 90 prisoners. 1t was Cen Smiths
intention 70 prsue the enemy and make him fight
pitched DattLe In the fight at Bayou Rapiaes on
March p, cur orees captured two hundred and six
ty prisoues, ieuding twenty-five officers, four guns
and four luiiaed horses
Anexpelitio. OF Union forces sent arainst Mount
Elba and LSr;view, Arkansas, returned to Pine
Bluff, on tle -.rkansas River, on the 3ls. ult-
Mount Ella a Longyiew are % and 5omiles south
from Pine bgi on the Washita River, in Soath-
Eastern Ar6aisas, AtLongyiew they destroyed the
pontoon bridge burned a train Of 55 wagons loaded
with camp and garrison equipments, ammunition,
quartermaseA Astores, &C., aud captured go prison
ers' On TIE sCh they encountered Gen Docking,s
iorce OF l. 01ren, from Monticello goutedlim, and
pursued lin e miles, with loss on his side Of over
100 X! ed spdaounded. Our men captured a large
quapi y OF sIpal arms, two stands of colors many
wag ons, aud or 800horses and mules. Our loss
VII not exiee9 5 in killed, wounded and missing
J Several huldrs contrabands were brought in.
The blooly tpulse of Forrestss guerrillss at the
Padueah lo9 k ms to haze checked bis progress,
and he is arpahntly retreating southward again do
ing all the Cauk3e he can on his coarse through wes
tern Kentuckytad Tennessee. The other projected
invasions oftlle North hare not vet commenced and
it is not eert4 yhether ongstgeet is looking towards
Kentucky or Yiginia The reorganization Of the
army Of the P4tmac is completed and Gen. Grant
is making pFfluatona for the active campaign
which cannot 9onmenee till the Virginia mud, sat
urated ly a we 's storm, has again drqd up. The
Red Rrei ezrei1ion is marching on. At last ac-
counts it haso 6 pied alexandria, Louisiana with
out oFposisonf enemy falling bacl;to Shreveport
where some aAng is expected
TIE REBEL IirLoMArIsTs N EvEorE. .-Adyices
received by thelststeamer from Europe represent
that tie flnetidb Of the Rebel dplomatists have ma
tegially changed TitAn the past TWO months. Mason
IS in disuiGed re- srement-a perfect aroborite-hay
ing shut hmselfaght of sight ofeven his own CO.
temporaries.
slidel is speduating. and has already obtained a
notoriety smonghe gamblers of the Bourse. He
has made money but he never touches Confederate
securities and lie Sdell, so are all his co-adyen-
tgrers It's Noticeable that the Rebel diplomatists
are far more SUCCESSFUL spectators than they were
as plenipotentiatis
Reports of exrme quiet come from the Army of
the Potomac Tie weather has been very wet for
the past week, an the roads are in a horrible condi-
ton Moseby md choice spirits have ceased to
trouble the lines ,r harass thesuters. Everything
indicates the zeal md energy with which both armies
are preparing fof he great deadly, final campaign OF
the rebellion. number Of deserters from the en-
emy is less numosus than heretofore, owing proba-
bly, TO the increa4el circumspeeton of the officers
! highly impoFnt General 0rderhss been issued
from the headqutFers ofthe Army of the Potomac,
which is intended clear thedees generally for nc
tise operations. Il civilians suffers and their EN-
ployees are ordet td 10 the rear by the lGtb Mem
bers Of the Saints or Christian Commissions, and
registered newspaper correspondents only, can re.
main. All propay for which there ID no transpor-
tation, also goes p the rear, and the authority Of
Corps Commands to grant furloughs is revoked
and none to be gpl;ed III extreme cases, or in
case Of re-eniisted eterans.
DATES BY WAY b CARO- FROM NEw ORLEANS To
March 70, ARE RErElyEn,-Ihe election in Louisi-
ana on the 18th, FIR delegates to the Constitutional
Convention, psuiEd in the complete triumph of the
tree-State ], ~ The steamer J, H. Russell With
700 bales of cna4.nd quantity of cattle and hogs
was consum' 8 s 'e at night, at Plaquemie. The
steamer was o. aef passage from Yicksburgh to New
Orleans, and took Pie from the sparks other torches
he malis from 4 eSandria, together with the dis
patches OF Gen at to the headquarters of the De
partnent OF the Gq were also burned. The rebel
rana tennessee wasFrpck byasquall onthe lst, while
lying near Grants Pass, below Mobile. Her arma.
ment will prove Heavy loss to the rebels II con-
sisted of six 100-pdunder Parrots AT Alexandria.
on the 9TH, It was ported that all was quiet. The
reoei force near thfe wasreporedtobe twenty thou
sand strong. Itw& supposed that their intention
was to fail back alb ont fifty miles, and there await an
attack from our fhces. Our gunboats bound for
Shreveport had succeeded in getting over the shoals