Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-03-07

Sol OSBORN, mas returned with 90iA0
fifty rebel prisoners and IL quantity
of live stock. captured during the
r..id. The raid. which was . czna.-
pl.te success. penetrated southwark
into Louisiana as far as the Ouachits
river without msrting resi- .tance
ofany consequence. The only or
gamizrd force Of rebels heard Of was
Harrison $ brigade " hich WAS beyond
the Ouac!iita. Several steamers and
An immense quantity Of rebel sto,v.
We're destroyed, and nbou. 200 pris.
on-rs captured. most If whom were
parolrd. all claiming to he fnrloughed.
The country over which til. exprdi-
ton passed was Of the roughes, char
ac,er, being a continuation of swamps.
bayous and streams crusted with ice,
causing exhaustion and loss Of many
horses. Scarcely a man was lost,
and only few slightly wounded.
Macon. Mo. Feb. l5.-Capt. Cook
attacked tn. camp Of n notorious out
law namcd jim Carter, killing and
wonnding nine Of the outlaws aud
capturing NIL Of their hors..s, clothing
ammunition.
Tho names Of the gucrri'las killed
are the chief. Jim Carter. WIN. Ca
vannaugh and Tompkins Robinson.
Ibe camp was six miles north OF
of Columbia. Roonr co,intt.
New York. Feb. l5.-Th~ Her
aids Washington special says. the
Richmond papers of Monday conc.do
, Gen. sherman has hanled Branch
| Vile, Hnrdee's forces have evacus,-
I'd that plscc.
! They ulso state that tho Union
column had reached Or.ngeburg. OH
tn. Columbia branch of the South
Carolina railroad. All co,nmunica-
! ton with Charleston is cut off, except
by III. northeastern railroad leading
to Wilmington, North Carolina. which
will soon be cut at Wilmington.
by these operations railroad COIN
munlcations between Virginia and
tn. South is entirely cut off, aud the
rebel authority over the Southern
states can no longer be enforced.
Private advices from Richmond
represent matters ,h-r. a. in a bad
way for the rebels The difficulty Of
supplying the people and army viii,
even haltr.,ions i. daily becoming
/ almost in-urmountabl-.
The evacuation Of Richmond il
daily becoming more imminent and
, probable.
The Richmond papers state that a
large yankr" fore" landed at Smith,
: field. on the North Carolina coast.
aud inv" brought locomotive with
them, evidently intending to use til"
railroads after tn" capture Of vii.
mia gton.
/ There ar" runi"rs that the enemy
is m II ng ne of til" Union forts in
,rort of Petersburg
New York. Feb. Eth" Worlds
/ Washington correspondent repeats
former statement that I'll" rebels
would soon evAcuatc Richmond and
TIA. Atlantic coast and 60 back to tho
IN un'ain, in tn. interior. lie now
says Lee. and R.aur"sard will com
'gann Nv" grand arMics. and that
preparations a,p making for All over
whriming attack on sherman.
\"w YORK. Frb. 1j.---rh- Worlds
/ Hilton li"a; correspondent. d"tin:
I the 9Th, SAYS rrlinbi. information hua
been received h"r" that Sherman.
{ AMY IS rapidly marching on the line
of the EIis,o river. and tina, a portiuI.
Of troops arr beyond The Georgia and
South Car"lina railroad. where they
have erected d,.trnsrs, preparatory :"
II iulur.' march.
/ The cur'ny hav" disappeared rap.
idly before the advance of our troops.
Trey have manifested purpose 10
rvacua," nearly all their stronghold.
and retreat further north.
| Thi, purpos. has been tho result.
/ Of Gen. Sherman tactics. That their
r-,r-a, will be slowly bu, surely fol
lowed up, admits OF no Question.
Our troops nr" known +" extend
over a distance OF forty 'rilsa. and
tor several day, past have been occu-
pied destroying all III. railroads
B which connect south Carolina With
the Gulf and Northern States.
I The object would s--tn to be To
! isolate Branch>ill". Augusta and
+ Charleston from all possible aid or
+ reinforcement. some of our iroora
are nurtl of Charleston. which is cut
off from rrlntorc"incn'r.
/ The corps are moving sirnul:ane,
ously ON the line o: the E!isto. and
the towns they have passed through
hav. been deserted by numbers of
, their inha bitant-, who have forced
ia. ablc-bodird negroes away. in OF
der that they may not aid our army.
Hamburg. Aiken and Orangebur,
in the rear of Branchville. are repor-
ted To have been captured.
New York Feb. l6.--The Herald's
Fort Fisher cores pondent saws Gen.