The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-07

III CthcisOh
depredaiions, moved a column two hundred
strong down 10 that point to-day. for the rur-
pose of dispensing them. Dispatches ia'e
tonight 10 Gen. Newton from Pine Bluff
SAYS that White sent forward flag of truce
10 order them 10 disperse, but they fred upon
the party and regular battle ensued, in
which nine of the Brooks party were killed
and 20 wounded; the remainder were taken
prisoners, 6Isarmed and sent home. Gen.
White reports seven men Of bis own CON-
maud wounded ard three horses killed.
Little Rock, Nay 1.-The situation here
is practically unchanged. BlxJer's head
quarters l. sal II the Anthony House,
and h. has about him some 300 men.
Brooks sill occupies the State House with
force estimated al 800, mostly colored. L.
;. troops ftill Occupy a position between the
opposing forces. In an address to the pso-
pie Gen. J. F. Fagana, MsJ. Gen. in the
Confederate army, tins morning assumes
command OF Brooks forces throughout the
STATE, and calls on his Old comrades to rally
10 bis standard. Both parties seem 10 be
waiting for some dsiiaI,e news from Wash
inston. There are no additional particulars
OF yesterdays f ght at New Gsscony, in JET
ferson county. To-day a cartel for the
exchange Of prisoners was agreed upon
between the two parties, and all prisoners
were released on both sides and permission
given to the citizens to pass both lines with
out molests,ion. The steamer Halle is ex-
pec,ed tonight with $50 men to reinforce
Brooks TIE Baxter side il also expecting
re-l.orcemeits.
4 Gszstte special from Pine Bluffs to-
nigh; gives the following particulars of the
fight lear Gasany on Thursday. Two hun
drsd Brooks men with Murphy and Van
DesanGe "a leaders formed and threatened to
come 10 Pine Bluffs and take the court house
or burn the town. Gen. King White wen
down with sc white and 6o'o-ed mo1nted
and ioo,men, and after arriving within a
I'll OFT distance o. the insurgents, WHO were at
the Gin House, on the Ashley place, be sent
forward three siaff officers to order the in
surgeut. TO Iii. band. When the insurgents
saw the staff officers coming they immediate
" fred upon them, and the oder from
White wac given 10 charge. They made
stand at the conner OF The so1e church, aDd
the ,ht began IN earnest, hut lasted only
short time Six of Whites command were
wounded and five killed, and II of the IN
surgen;s wounded, and Murphy and Van
Dusande and 63 men were captured. All but
the two leaders were released on parole
Murphy and Van DIsande are still in GUS
tody.
Memphis, Nay MANY reports have
been sent from here in reference to tie over
il1w, some OF which partooS of sensational
character. As for instance, the damage at
Oseola, Ark, where il was stated the levee
had been broken and the town inundated
and that the inhabitants we're in periious
condition, when in fact was that
Small Traverse levee had broken and hardly
flooded the town 10 the depth of ten inches.
rhe situation may be summed up thus:
From Cairo 10 this point steamers cannot
make landings on the wet side OF the river,
except with wharf boats. and except at Osce-
ola, no serious damage to the planting inter-
ests has resulted. From the the Lousina
line up there are no leyees on the Arkansas
side except local ones, and large portion OF
the country subject 10 inundation is sparse
ly settled, as il the case opposite here who
The river spreads out TO the highlands, as
lance OF over forty miles. Tie st. Francis
valley foot above the overflow, and plant
ers are waiting for dry weather 10
begin planting. The White river
Valley is inundated up 10 Itd;an Bay, but
for reasons already given, the damage was
light, $40, CO will probably cover the loss
on stock, &c. Arkansas Vail Is overflow
ed up TO Arkansi AZ Post, but axe the others
the damage is light, and $4,000 viii cover
the damages there. From the mouth OF the
latter down is where the greatest dsmage re-
suited and where destituiion undoubtedly |
exists among all C asses, but particularly the |
iabo.ers and their families. Large portions |
Of the Tallahatchie and Yallabusha bottoms |
have been oyeIilowtd tor some time, but at |
latest scCoun's the water was subsiding, |
bat sill another cTevasse il re-
ported at Catfish Point, making |
he fourth in that vicinity, though as yet but |
f.w plantations have been injured, Sun
Flower river has so far carried off the main |
toiy of the water escspins throu-h the
crevasse aud Deer Creek. At
Mil:ken's Bend, % miles ato'e Nicksburg,
is where the greatest damage has been doae
md where the greate>t damage and destltu-
ion prevails
fhe citizens here ere making good Iro-
,ress in forwarding supplies TO the suffer-
ers, and have established DEF ots
ron NaIo!eon 10 WaUchise
Landing having heretofore sent relief to
hose above Napoleon to-day. They sent bv
steamer Capital City 10, 600 It's bacon; 60
,ales of hay; 100 SACKS OF corr; 20 bbls of
llnr; 100 bbs meat. 4 lady from near
Napoleon, whose husband il one of the
veaithiest pi;.ner OF that section arrived
tas" f-iay. She sia'es that she left her
sui and eighty hands without food, and
Ia would have starved bot for the aid lurn-
-hed by the officers OF the City of Pittshurg.
The rIver Is now stationary and within 10
nclie4 o. the Hpcd OF 1867.
Private dis patches from Pine Bluff, Ar
;ansas, confirm the report OF last nig. In
eference to the fight between B.xler's forces
inder Gen. White. ard BROOKS fpIc's, near
iircony. The dispatches states tia, a.
ZEE and Pleasant Pendi.ton were slightly
rounded. None were killed en- Whites
idp; on the o.hrr side II negrce were kill
i ard - wounded and 20 prisoners t,ken.
zen. White holds all white lead ~ as pris-
ners.
Nashville * Northwestern trains are now
mining, which opens the route 70 LOUIS
lie via Nashsil!e
Supt. Meek, OF the Clarkrville division
iemphis & Louisville ruad telegraphs that
. expects to have lis road all right 10y lion.
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