Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-03-14
Cairo. Feb. IA portion Of the


fifty rebel prisoners and - quantity
of live stock. captured during the
raid. The raid. which WAS . can-
pl.te success, penetrated southwark
into Louisiana as far as the Ouachits
river without meeting si,tance
ofany consequence. The only or
ganizrd force Of rebrls heard Of was
Harri.on's brigade which WAS beyond
the Ouac!lita. Several steamers and
An immense quantity Of rebel stor..
Mere destroyed. and about 200 pris-
on-rs captured. most If whom were
parol-d. all claiming to he furloughed.
The country over which the exp.di-
ton passed was Of til. toughest char.
meter, being continuation Of swa,nps.
bay"ns aad 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 the camp Of a notorious out
law named jim Carter, killing and
wonnding nine If the outlaws aud
capturing all Of their l,orv-.s, clothing
ammunition.
! The naLnes 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. Ro"n- cotintt.
| New York. Feb l5.-rhr Her
aids Washington special says. the
Richmond papers Of Monday conc.de
/ Gen. sherman has thanked Branch
Vile. Iardee's forces have evacua,.
ed that place.
! They also state that tho Union
column had reached OrAng-burg. OF
the Columbia branch OF til. South
Carolina railroad. All communica-
ton with Charleston is cut off except
by the Northeastern railroad leading
to Wilmington, North Carolina. which
will soon be cut II, Wilmington.
By these operations railroad COIN
nunica,ions between Virginia and
the South i. entirely cut of, aud the
rebel authority over the Southern
states can no longer be- enforced.
! Private advice. from Richmond
represent matters Their. Us in n bad
way for the rrb-l.. The difficulty Of
supplying the people and army Will,
even halt ra';ons i. daily becoming
almost in-urmonntabl-.
The evacuation of Richmond is
daily becoming more Imminent and
probable.
! The Richmond papers state that a
large YANKEE. force landed at Smith.
field. on the North Carolina coast.
and hav" brought locomotive with
them, evidently intending to use til"
railroads after til" capture Of vii.
mingiou.
There ar" runinrs that the enemy
is m mig ne If I'll" Cuion forts in
'front.' of Petersburg
New York. Feb i5.-Th- Worlds
Washington correspondent repeats
former statement tina: I'll" rrb~!s
would soon -vacuatr Richmond and
the Atlantic coast and 90 back TO tho
IN un'ains in til. interior. ne now
-lv- Lee. and R.nur-gncd will com.
tnaud two grand armies, aud that
preparations a,r making for All over.
wheiminy ATTACK On sherman.
>"w YORK. E.b. lj--rhe Worlds
Hilton li-a; correspondent. dating
, th- s,h, SAYS reliable Information fna
been received here that Sher,nan's
amy is rapidly marching on the lin.
Of tn. E,!isto river, and that portioI.
OF troops ar. beyond tn" Georgia and
Soutt. Carolina railroad, wflrr" they
h,v" erected d'i.n-rs, preparatory &"
II iuturr march.
The .n.ny have disappeared rap.
, idly before tn. advance. of our troops.
, They have manifested n purpose TO
evacua,- nearly all their stronghold.
and retreat further north.
This purpose has E.cn tic result.
Of Gen. Sherman tactics. That their
retreat will be slowly but surely fol.
lowed up. ndmi,s ot II" Question.
Our troops nr" known To extend
over distance. ct forty rilsa. and
,, for several day, pas, have been occu-
pied destroying all the railroads
: which connect South Caroline With
the Gulf and Northern States.
. The object would seem to be to
isolate Branch>illr. Augusta and
= Charleston from all possible aid or
: reinforcement. Some of our troops
:. ar. nortl. Of Charleston. which is cut
off from rriniorc"inrntr.
The corps are moving simul'ane'
ously ON the line of the E!isto, and
the towns they have passed through
hav. been deserted by numbers Of
their inhabitants. who have forced
the ablc-bodird negroes away. in OF.
der that they may not aid our army
Hamburg, Aiken and OrangeburS
in the rear of Branchville. are repor-
: ted 10 have brcn captured.
New York, Feb. l6.-The Herald's
Fort Fisher correspondent says Gen.