The New York Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1864, Page 1

4 Sy ‘ YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,089. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1864. THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION. STILL LATER FROM GEN. BANKS? ARMY. General Stone Superse@ed by General Dwight. Between Seven and Ten Thousand. TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE UNION LOSSES _ hdditional Details Concerning the Recent Campaign. ~ Zhe Operations of Gen. A. L. Lee and His Cavalry. Who is Responsible for the Sacrifice of the First Day, a, ae, ‘The arrival of the steamers Merrimac, Columbia and ‘Yasoo at this port yesterday places us in possession of Jeter Red river iotelligence. A letter, dated Alexandria, April 18, says:—All is quiet 6 Grand Koore. The enemy are still around us, and we ope when we are ready for a forward movement again ‘they wil) not be wanting. ‘The same letter confirms the death of the rebel General Green in the fight with our gunboats, the rebel prisoners mating it, ‘The Red river was slowly falling; but the Mississipp! ‘waa rising fast, and a rise was expected in consequence fm the Red river. General Stone and others of the staff of General Banks Bad arrived at Alexandria, en route to New Orleans. 4 email Union fleet has gone up the Washita river. Acavalry expedition bas been sent out on the north ‘bank of the Red river, pear Alexandria, by General Grover. ‘The steamer Empire, from Red river, brought down to New Orleans General Lee and Captain Nims, on business @eopected with the organization of their commands. ‘Major Connelly, First New Hampsbire cavalry, had Deon badly injured by a kick from bis borse, from which Be would, however, recover. Lieutenant W. Snow, reported killed, is alive, but prieoner. Passengers by the Empire, stated that the impression Prevailed that the rebels would avoid a general engage- » but it was possible that picket firing might result ma battle at any moment. Rebe) prisoners ang deserters who were present dur- ‘fag the battle state that the rebel loss at Pleasant Hill ‘and fabine Cross Roads cannot fall far short of seven ‘Shousand, and may reach ten thousand, killed, wounded end prisoners. ‘There was three and half feet of water on Red river Fails, avd xix ad a baif feet from Alexandria down. Arumor is prevalent that General Steele bas taken Peesession of Shrey eportand thrown up fortifications. Mr. William Youn Despatch: Granp Ecore, La. April 19, 1 FER QUIET OF AN ARMY—NEUTRALITY PROCLAIMED. Im the quiet which follows the exbaustion of an army from long and tedious marches and desperate fighting, @n4 during the bours of preparation for a renewal of the @onfiict, there is leisure to write a chapter of incidents ‘which may be interwoven by the reader into the history @f the war in the Department of the Gulf. Im the march through the country between Alexandria and Natchitoches, and particularly between Cane river ‘ed Natcbitocbes, we found quite a number of flourishing Plantations owned by cre le , who spoke only the French Manga: and several owned by full blooded negroes. White fiage, as tokens of neutrality, were floating on some of these, while at the gateposts of others appeals, written in broken English, were nailed up imploring “honest officers and soldiers’? to spare their property, for peutality was there. A FBCRO WOMAN OWNS SLAVRS—FIGHTING FOR THR WHITE Man. Near Clautiersville, in Natchitoches parish, several of eur officers halted at a plantation owned by a full biood- @4 negro woman, about forty-five years old, whom lighter @olored negroes saluted as their mistress, to gratify a @uriosity which prompted us all to look upon and con- ‘verse with a negro slay@holder. Groups of slave women and children were around ber door, gazing at the Yan- frees and chatting famitiarly with those inclined to con- verso with them. Ondof these negro women was asked where her husband was. ‘Gone wid de Yankees,” was ‘the reply. ‘Are you not sorry that your husbaod has gone?” To this she rejoined, “No, masea, me bery glad be tink so much of the white man as to fight for him.’ Ber velf-catistaction that her John was going to fight for the white man provoked a peal of laughter, it was £0 con- trary to tne theory of many others that the white men wore fighting for the nigger. ‘ Tt was intimated to her that possibly she might desire to get rid of John, so that she could take apovbor bus- band ; but this idea sbe scouted indignantly, because Ubey were both ‘Gospel niggers.” Being asked to what burch she belonged, she replied to the Baptist. «Where fw the charch f”’ was the next question. With great gravity and seriousness she replied, ‘In my beart, Massa.” QPARE TRE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, Im the same village a boy came hastily running up to General Ransom, with 4 note addressed to General Frank. Jim, whom the citizens had beard was in command, but ‘who was then afew miles in the rear. The note was from a widow lady, appealing to him for protection inet the improprieties which ee onal. jortly after wo met the parish it, a venerable man, of commanding person aod with Sone beard, who ‘at our column, constantly re- peating ‘Spare ae ‘widows and the orphans."’ He had probably been taught to believe that the Yankgearmy ro. apected neither widows, orphans nor property. (CORRESTONDENTS—POSTAL, CURRENCY —DRFRAT PREDICTED. At Ciautiersville, s pretty French village, the brigade of correspondents, weary and hungry, rode ahead of the main column of infautry, out ip rear of the cavalry, which Red passed through the oy before, and halting at the house of a citizen procured dinner there. His daughters, | refined and intelligent ladies, who bad brothers in the rebel army, could not disguise their sympatby with the rebels, When, on leaving, the Herarn correspondent nted his card and some of the pestal currency fresh the iron safe of the paymaster, they looked at the card and then at the currency. They had seen ® cap- ‘Herat correspondent before, but never any of the currency. Not for the purpose of conveying ia- ‘tion to the enemy, but to unved the eentimonts of Uhese young ladies, the remark was made that we should got meet them in, as the army we oes through and ti into Texas. One of them hastily ‘The poor minister protested that he had been mest un- josuly Urely General omcer, ing 8 for them by Li Yn a or de senuunn of reper by any of his command. The negroes over that part of the route of Honans waace Kimaves Bed coversed Refers were very pumerous, apd some plantations almost swarmed wit! the cheerful and contented slaves. But productive slave labor is very materially diminished there now, as it is en teed ‘The gunboat Bastport, which run aground on s snag adout ten miles below Grand Ecore, may be got off. She has been lightened by the removal of ber guns and the Gischarge of ber coal. ‘Thore has been no firing of the slightest consequence and ne fears are entertained of interruption of navigation on the river from that cause, Oelonel Gooding’s brigade, jm which are the Second New York veterans and Corning Night cavalry, bas gone down on thie opposite side of the iver to clear the country of guerillas. The brigade will g0 down to within twenty miles of Alexandria, ‘The Red river still continues to fall gradually, but the Washita and Black rivers are rising. CAMPTS IN ASHRS—DEATH OF THE REBEL GENBRAL GREEN CON- FIRMED. Campte, about eight mies above Grand Ecore, on the Opposite side of the river, bas been laid in ashes, because its houses concealed guerillas and rebel sharpshooters, who tok every opportunity to annoy our troops and transports. The death of the rebel General Green, before reported killed by a shell from the transport Rob Roy, 1s placed beyond doubt by later intellizence. General Green was one of the ablest military mon the rebols had in the Trans-Mississipp! Department, and one of their best or- gavizers apd disciplinarians, His name and influence were potential in maintaining full ranks in the Texas cavalry. The loss of the enemy is our gain. There bas been some picket shooting during the past week. Antoine Felio, Company L, Second New York Veteran cavalry, was wounded in the side severely; two others, belonging to other companies ef the same regi- ment, and ove of the Third Indiana cavalry, slightly. GENEBAL STONE RELIEVED AND GENERAL DWIGHT NOW CHIRF ‘OF erarr. General Stone has been relieved as chief of staff to Major General Banks, and General Dwight has been se leoted to succeed bim. General Stone. it is supposed, is persecuted by the same influences that once led to his in- carceration in the Old Capitol and in Fort Lafayette, He is regarded as one of the t officers in this department, and General Banks must regret that the rank of that thorough soldier has been reduced below that of brigadier general of smipac ti is Stone, together with Colonel Wilson and Captain Crosby, of Genera! Banks’ staff, go to New Orleans on one of the transports leaving here. General Lee will proba- bly go down in a few days. REFUSAL TO EXCHANGE PRIBONERS, Some surprise is expressed at the refusal of the enemy to exchange the prisoners sent up to them from New Or- Jeans on a of truce boat. But the ways of the rebels are inscrutable and past finding out. THE SABINE CROSS ROADS DISASTRR—GEN. BANKS AND GEN, LEB. ‘The disaster rev oie losses during the first two hours of the Sabine Roads battle has no effect whatever in reference to the further prosecution of the campaign. It not only decided nothing against us, but was fully redeemed by the successes which followed that on that evening when mory’s division came into action, and on the suecoedio . when the enemy suffered one of the worst defeats ao army ever met, from the joint. y forces of Emory and Smith. Adhering to the policy, thus far safoly and steadily pursued, Ishall not attompta criti. cism tmplying @ consure of any’ general in the field, but will onl" “emark that those who aro in jon Of all the fac.’ are convineed that neither General Banks nor General Lee are responsible or in the slightest degree blame for the disastrous commence! ane that bate. THE ENEMY REMOVE ALL THE INH ARITANTS. The ping did on the day that the S:bine Cross Roads Dattie was fought what bever did before. They took along with them every man, woman and child, white and black, who occupied the few houses which we ap- proached and passed. There were evidences that the houses were hastily and unwillingly abandoned, for no- thing had been removed from them—not even wearing apparel or the smallest article of household requirement REPORT OF LOSSES IN THR SARINE CROSS ROADS AMD PLEASANT ‘Twenty-ninth Wiscons 5 Forty sixtn Indiana. 9 Fifty-sixth Ohio 2 Tweety-fourth lowe... @ Twenty th Towa... 2 a First brigade, rth divieion.... 67 20 Second brigade, Fourth division... 21 5 Chicago Mercantile Battery...... 3 - First Indiana Pattery..... 3 - Total ..cccecseseereeesssses 1,217 49 Tota! jorses in Thirteenth corps Perrrteerreriy) ©... Killed. Wounded, Total. In Nineteenth army corps. . 61 al 472 In Sixteenth army corps. pe pe pes 500 In cavalry division..... - =- 400 Trtal.....-...s seers . asses + D816 ‘The report of losses in the Thirteenth and Nineteenth corps is official, That of the cavalry and the Sixteenth corps will not exceed previous estimates. The aggregate losses are two hundred smaller than my previous esti- mate AW RXPRDITION BENT TO GRNERAL STRRLK—RUMORS. An expedition, consisting ot two hundred picked men, accompanied by one of General Banks’ staff, has cone out for the purpose of communicating with General Steele, There is one rumor that General Steele met the enemy, under Magruder or Marmaduke, or their combived forces, in which the rebels were repulsed with the loss of a part of their train, but that the enemy subsequently recap- tured their lost train, together with a part of General Steele's train. eral Steole within nine Another rumor {# that miles of Sbreveport, with a prospect of taking the city. Another rumor is that the enemy had encountered and repulsed General Steele and were still driving bim, and that bis defeat was 80 certain that a portion of the rebel army which had fought General Banks subsequently marched from Mansfield to join the rebel forces holding Bteele: but, as be was being forced back without assist- ‘ance from it, this rebel column returned to Mansfield. AN ADVANCE—LOSSKS OF THE RNEMY, When Gen. Banks completes his reisforcements and combinations he will advance, and if th expelied from Western Lor it will of bie army. It may not be for two weeke yct, has no intention of abandoning the campaign. Th is in excellent spirits. Supplies are coming up rapi Evidence accumulates that the losses of the enemy was fearful, though the numbers aro not yet known, They admit that the Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill bdatties were the severest that were over fought in this department, and that their losses were very great. New Orteans, La, April 23, 1864, THE BATTLE OF CANE RIVER—WHICH WAS NEVER FOUGHT. ‘The several reports, including that which appeared in the Heap of April 11, presenting the detaiis of a battle on Cane river, between General Mower, of the Sixteenth army corps, supported by Colone! Dudley's cavalry bri gade, and the rebels under Dick Taylor, are all errone- ous. No such engagement took place on Cane river, and there bas been no fight jn which Mower’s and Dudley troope oo operated. All ¢ merous reports concern: ing @ fight there origioated, undoubtedly, fromthe paffair at Henderson's Hill, oighteen miles above Ale where Mowe! wfantry and Colonel Luc: a brigade flanked, surprised and captured two bun- dred and seventy of the enemy and four guns, as correctly reported in the Heratp of April 10. Fven that bad beon erroneously reported as the battle of Natebitoches, though it was fought sixty miles this of there, and about a week before our advance—consist- ing entirely of cavairy—entered Natchitoches. The re- ports of the Cano river batile—which never occurred— reproduced from the New Orleans papers, read very smoothly, but they lack one essential element—trutb. Io fact, they had no substantial basis. reveport Feplied.““You are mistaken, gentlemen; the army will ‘ome be poo way.” The meaning of this remar' Aw conatr: ® declan: oul Se ration that our army w THE MAI RING! ‘Tho maiden with the ringlotay reeiaing to pane fo] & not waste her pret; mirror, else incover: pp apy auras she would have discover: of a bair brush and comb. Seere, bad, nny trains een A any io Ir march. She a! to know what trains wore; but she knew bey bad ome bo ogg she bad seen two wi artilierymen never had ray their pieces were mounted called other young women, because their only brother, ; 3 i FH t : ; & g THR ATTACK ON ALEXAWDRIA—WHICH WAS NOT MADE, Se also of ‘tho attack on Alexandria, reported in the Heaatp of April 18, on the authority of New Orleans papers, which stated that the enemy was “vigorously op- posed by the Thirty-eighth Massachusetts, the Twelfth ‘and One Hundred and Twenty sixth New York regiments, under Colonel Smith, and tho One Hundred and Twenty. eighth Now York Volunteors,’’ it being added that “our troops fought bravely several hours, with considerable Jons.”” There te not a word of truth io that statement. No attack was made on Alexandria, and eur troops did wOt fight there with considerable loss, Even the New York regiments at that point were not intelligibly men. Mioned, History will get badiy mixed unless these re- ports are corrected by the journal in which the public fourteen miles of fortifications, which the rebels consider ae paalagt Say teaes chert of cue angele ang Later arrivals from the froat report that all fe quiet, @x0ept occasional picket and that re tania in o strong and exchanged Position. ic OFFICLAL REPORTS OF THE LATS RATTLES bave been made, which explain many points that the public cannet fully enderstand until they read a summa TY of these reports, not yot ready for publication, There are ramors that General Banks’ report refere to the Se a ee ing one of the best cavalry ofl THE GUNBOAT RASTPORT {9 not yet extricated from the which she struck, but it le expected that she vill be got off after © fow Mt la said, wit bo tn town ¥6.8h0Rrow from the frost. ‘OMNERAL B, anD mt voluatine "abt ia ced conaeioaTW rina Obio, oa staff of General Ransom, only about thirteen newt He has been io five or six fights, will ve the field a short time, and accompany the General. ‘ona ee, who is pow atthe St. Charles mee ronal ly recover! en wound, will short!; able to leave for ‘he ‘est. ia ‘f A REABL OFFIOBR BXPRECES GRATITUDE TO GENERAL RANSOM, Jobo Stevens, Jr., agent of the United States Sanitary Commission, writes from Grand Ecore to General Ransom the accompanying letter, which contains a compliment to shat noble officer:—‘T enclose a note given me by Dr. Higgins, while on a flag of truce to relieve our prisoners at Pleasant Hill, and am also requested by Colonel J. A. Winston, fuspector Gegeral ov General Major’s (C. S, A.) staff, to express his deepest gratitude to you for kindness shown by you to his mother and family at Natchez.” Pixasart Hitt, La., April 11, 1864. Geeanan, bat lil . ad ENERAL—=Tho of your jntant Gen N Dickey, havin, fallen into’ my sajaes I penny ee drafts on the United States Treagury found on bis person, ly articles of value found thereon. Assistant Surgeon Higsins has kindly offered to deliver them in per- fon, Trusting that they may benefit his family, [ am. Gene- ral, EB. T, SHEPARD, ©, 8. a. ETCH OF CAPTAIN DICKEY. Captain Cyrus E. Dickey, Assistant Adjutant General to General Ransom, and whose death is alluded to above, was the son of Colovel T. Lyle Dickey, the commander of the Fourth Illinois cavalry. Ho was also brother-in-law of the late General Wm. H. L. Wal- lace, who was killed at Shiloh on April 6,1862. His father, while chief of cavalry to General Grant, made his brilliant dash into Coffeevillo, and gained great distinc: tion for his gallantry on that occasion. Captain Dickey entered the United States service on August 3, 1861, a8 adjutant of the Eleventh Illinois Volunteer infantry, and ‘WAS appointed assistant adjutant general, with the rank of captain, on May 1, 1863. His brother, Lieutenant Charles Dickey, was wounded near Vicksburg during the recent Central Mississippi expedition under General Sher- man, 4 BATCH OF PRRSONALR. Generai McClernand has gone te the front, and will enter the fleld of active military operations. 60 also will General McNeil, who arrived here yesterday from St. Louis, and General Roberts, formely a cavairy officer, who has lately been in command at Carrolton. Colonel Edmund J. Davis, of the First Texas cavairy, before the war aneminent lawyer and judge, at Brownsville, has been ordered to the front, to take command of Colonel Dudley's Fourth cavairy brigade. General Lee, of the cavatry division, and Colonel Dudley, of the Fourth cavalry brigade, arrived here from the front last evening, the latter to organize cavalry in this city. ‘New Orteans, La., April 24, 1864. GUNBOATS IN TROUBLE. Reports have resched here from the front that two gunboats have grounded on: the falls immediately above Alexandria. The gunboat Eastport remains ashore, with one gunwale under water, about ten miles this side of Grand Ecore. The sitmation of the gunboats, even if the report that two of them are\aground on the falls should not be confirmed, le not peculiarly’ pleasant to Contemplate by the officers who are unambitious of the distinction they will achieve by picketing the Red river above Alexandria during the sammer. GRNERAL DWIGHT, CHIRP OF grarP. Tt is officially announced that General Dwight ts ap- pointed Chief of General Banks’ staff, to succeed General ‘ Stone, who is relieved. The new Chief-of-Staff dis tinguished bimeseif in the battle of Piensant Hill as well as in the closing part of the Sabine Cross Roads fight, where his brigade fought most gal- lantly, General Stone will, it is presumed, take com- mand of a regiment of regulars, his rank baving been reduced from brigadier general of volunteers to colonel of regulars. It has been before stated that General Stone possesses the entire confidence of General Banks and all other officers in this department, and that the reduction of rank was made at Washington, and not here. GRNERAL ALBERT 1. LEB, Hi iaeereiale MON Pia ea hs a td field, resumes bis duties in New Orleans, which, now that the cavalry is performing nothing but picket and outpost duty, are much more important than at the front. Their high appreciation of General Lee as a soldier and a gen- tleman, prompted the brigade commanders and other officers of the cavalry division, together witb Generals Franklin, A. J. Smith, Emory and Cameron, tocompliment him with s most gratifying leave taking the night previous to his departure from Grand Ecore. Av impromptu festival was prepared and speeches were made expressive of the regret which was felt at the no. cessity that compelled the withdrawal of General Lee from the field at the present time. General Arnold, Chief of Artiliery on General Banks’ staff, is temporarily in command of the cavalry division. Colonel Dudley, of the Fourth cavalry brigade, reports to General Lee in this city. SERVICES OF THR CAVALRY. The services of the cavalry, in every regiment of which there was @ confidence in and esteem for Gene- ral Banks, cannot be estimated too highly. They have been the eyes and ears of the army. Their march across the Teche, from Franklin to Alexandria, opened the way for the infantry to follow. The match of Lucas’ brigade et {cavairy, to co-operate with the infantry at Anderson’s Hill, resulted in the capture of « Portion of the enemy’s command and the dispersion of the remainder. In the upward march from Alexandria (Robinson's cavalry brignde making @ reconnolssance from Cané river mearly thirty miles, to the old Alexandriaand Texas stage road, feeling the pic kets of the enemy and gaining valuable information respecting his numbers), the caval- ry was constantly in the advance and skirmished itself into Natchitoches, which place General Lee beld and oc- cupied before the infantry came up. In the reconnoissance from Natchitoches to Crump’s Hill, twenty-two miles, the cavalry, unsupported by the infantry, skirmiehed with the enemy nearly the whole of that distance, and forced him to retire from bis shosen sitions bart the reconnoissance from a point opposite Grand Fore to and beyond Campte, Gooding’s brigade of cavalry #0 distingulshed itself as to win the warmest ap) jon of the jafantry, which was almost within eupporting dintance of it, and cOuyjaced the most incredulous ipfantry officers vbat cavalrymen wore excellent fighters, and could always enemy unless they wore strongly outoumbered. final ad: Natchitoches m1 L as well as the line oMoers and privates, exposing them- selves to the severest fatigues and to constant perils aod ivations. a should be understood that cavalry in an enemy's cout region like that throagh which the army ma: Natchitoches, requit the most untiring vigilance and the moss constant watchfulnoss. New exigencies were continually arising, both by day and oy night, requiring new orders to be sent out, Reports were hourly coming jn of the position aad strength of the enemy, sometinics aggerated, and often based on misrepresentations. It @ needed a cool head, a discrimmating judgment, prompt action and soldierly skill to determine precisely what should be lore was & to guard, there a flank to protect, and hearing and seeing for the jafantry, which was in the rear, the cavairy had ite own train, with its aupplios of forage for the and rations (oF the men, to wateb and shield. ‘A division cavalry commander during the progress of his advance sexiom is permitted ‘vuttiiies for an up disturbed night's sleep. He pnee an enemy's ovun- here t! has not before, and the reports movements be requisites of a good cavalry officer are 1 Leo, who 1s prompt, cool, ‘he infantry, who never fully dopreciate and the eminent services of t that ranch of the service sometimes for os ly, at other times for progressing too. ‘There ee eae reals wiih We eparatins," Bee it 8 e ve ehndrawn ‘® cam) like thas we have just entered suwnsand Ue wofantty would be Cry to de. on themselves for the securit; oa rH Thore who accompanied General Lee know how anxious be Sai ee cavalry train wonld bay g like aay ns ‘the rear, with the He communicated with the officer in command of the forces on {- sulject, tveno bem Bie genera! instruc: bis trains close up. - “ albiin o'clock P, M. on the day of the Wilsoa’s farm General Lee, who Y rrequent communion: 4 5 E i i apne was withdraw! all at Pleasant Hill, and directed bim to that as far as possible his |» in order to givethe Mie ease gaa ¢ WO 0’ . M. - @qemed Genera) Frankiin, informing bim that he must go forward somé aix miles for water, expressing the opinion that a division Of infantry Dear to bim, and oe he should 8 short dis- tance. ‘At four o’clock P. M. General Lee agaia gommu- with Genera! Franklin, informing bim that he ‘was @riving the ony with sharp skirmishing. P.M. General Lee, thea eight miles from Pleaeant Hill, again addressed General Franklin, » ising bim that at sundown the enemy ee in bis advance, i strong position, with four pieces’ of arti. wy. which they use + that we suffered somewhat, were then simply holding the ground. General Lee by ed it muct re expensive to life to Might the enemy in that immediate country with dis- mounted and semewhat confused ¢avalry than with infantry, With entire deference to Genoral Franklin’s judgment, General Loe therefore suggested that. brigade of infantry should be ordered to the front at an early hour the ensuing morning, to act with bim in the conduct of the advance. also that if a resistance should be made he should like to leave his train with the advance of the infantry. He closed by ting his readiness to move his command at » adding that there was little or po water near his camp. The reply to this deepatch was dated at half past twelve A. M., three hours and a half later, in which Geo. Franklin informed Gen. Lee that Gen. Banks was there, and by his order a brigade of in- fantry would move to his support at three A. M. At forty-five minutes past one P. M., April 8, two or three hours before the enemy attacked at Sabine Cross Roads, Gen, Lee, then five miles (rom Mansfield, inform- ed Gen. Franklin that the enemy bad thus far disputed our progress at every favorable position; that we suf- fered in killed and wounded, but advanced steadily. In reply to this despatch Gen Franklin, then eight miles in the rear, expressed a belief that Gen. Lee bad by that time been joined by Gen, Ransom, with another brigade of infantry, and a hope that he should be able to get up part of Gen. Emory’s force the next day to relieve Gen. ut'this time General Lee, accompanied by General Stone, approached the hill where he was subsequently at- tacked. The position in his front was strong, apd, if the enemy defended it with artillery, it could not be gained except with immense loss of life. No enemy was seen upon the bill. Skirmishers were sent up, and It was oo~ cupted. Had Ger I Lee determined not to make that adyance, and the y atterwards beld that hill with their batteries, ho would bave Been censured for timidity, and on him would have fallen the Hee ap 4 of a-serious check to the advance of the eutire army. held the position three or four bours before the was made, which no one apprehended, The result need not be repeated In his own language our march bither- to had been “brightened by victor and saddened Db} graves.” The (ortunes of war and the distance w! separated the infaotry from the cavalry led to an in- ‘auspicious opening of the fight that evening, which was not, however, decisive ef any adverse reault to the cam- ign. Pinon information came that the enemy were moving forward to make an attack, General Lee ordered his trains to be sent to the rear; but one of General ks" staff officers, on bis own responsibility, instructed) them to be halted, so that Oateron’s 11 , then coming up, might move more rapidly to the support of our brave soldiers, who wore reaisting the enemy in his attempt to break through our lisea, PARTING WORD@- TO COMRADES IX THE FIELD. ‘When General Lee was'preparing to leave. the field be addressed a ciroutar to bis comrades In arms, in which he thus addresses the offlocrs and men of the cavalry ivision:— t T cannot leave you without speaking a 6: goodby and godspeed. Common perils, shared alike ty ‘officers and men of the cavalry division, through s march of nearly five hundred miles—a march brigStooed by victories and saddened by graves—has co- mented attachments that I de life- long. Whea from citizens we became soldiers we tacitly lost self in the cause for which we bat- tled, and anticipated the painful separations ef which thie’ is but one. Your immediate future is here. As while I have been with you, so when I am gone, I en- treat you by your bravery, your endurance, your self- oon iE, ees to the cause you have espoused, to make full record of the cavairy division acontiquance of that for which I have no cause to blush—one of bright- ee glory. From my heart! bid you godspeed and RETURNING TO THE WRS?. General Rangom leaves for the West to-day by the river route, havi auMcientiy recovered from bis Mr. Ripley, tho New Orleans correspondent of the World, is to be sent out of the lines by the Merrimac, which sails to-day. Mr. Henry Thompso: New ORLEAN NEWS FROM THE RED RIV ‘We steamer Universe, Captain Watts, arrived yester. day morning from the Red river, Bhe had seveo hundred contrabands on board, Guerillas infest the Red river country'to such an ex- tent that they scarcely allow @ boat to pass up or dowa without firing upon ft. A report was circulated at the mouth of the Red river that General Stecle bad taken sion of Shreveport. The £ra of this morning, in speaking of it, says:— It fa quite posstble that this news is true, as we have posl- tive iatelligence via Iiittle Rock that on the 7th inst bis ours # point five miles south of Elkin’s Fi on the Little Missouri river, and that he ex: to it Camden, on the Washita, twenty: pb ge at once. ‘A gianco at the map will show that bo are within lexs than one huadred miles Shreveport, and there was no force in 6: ficient atropgth to materially ebatruct f place. The pickets of the forces are tn close osuniss to each other, and scimubes daily occur, and another battle may be fought in a few days, & many are of the opiniog that the rebel army will fail and decline a general bogagement. THR SANITARY COMMISSION, Since the receat Battles Dr. Urane, of the Sanitary Com. mission, the Mayor, Captain Hoyt, Mr. Tucker, General Hanks’ private secretary, and other gentlemen, have worked (ndefatigably day and night in gathering together und tratsporting stores to the sick and wounded. Before the news of the en ment arrived upwards of three bindred boxes and barrels of clothing, wines and delicacie for the sick were forwarded, aod within an hour aftr intelligence had reachod this city of = battle having een fought at Mount Pleasant, fifty cases of lemons, tine, Ice, &c., were shipped on s despatch boat for Alexmdr' nd since that time scarcely a boat bas loft this ity for the front without taking ap large quan- tities of dl ecessary hospital supplies, delicacies, &c., for u ick ad wounded. 0 OF twelve agents of the com. "a Despatch, April 23, 1864, & of these places mission ce now with the army. ‘On Motday night last a benefit was given at the Varie- ties theate in bebalf of the Sanftary Commission, and a subscripton list opened at the fox office. By this means ee {two thousand dollars baye already been sub- ecribed, NEWS FROM NEWBERN. Newnraw, N.C, April 24—4 P. M. Tho capure of Plymouth, ineluding General Wessolls and bis command, by the rebels is confirmed. Notbiogs known of the movements of the rebels here, It is roporsd they bave gone to Virginia. Should te rebels attack Little Washington or Newbern their puniament will be fearful. The capares of the rebels at Plymouth will not com- pensate tim for the severe loss they sustained. From alaccounts General Weasetl and his little band of fifteen hindred veterans fought like heroes for four daye endmights, leaving tho rebel desd in heaps in every strat, which they admit will number seventeen hundred. We hor #t this point all kinds of reports in regard to the rebe ram on the Neuse river above this city. The McClellan Sword. © THR EDITOR OF THE UBRALD. } New Yorn, April 29, 1864. Encloed please find one dollar towards purchasing a ‘sword fe the hero of Antietam, who, untrammeliea by the Marjids at Wash! would haye made this war yr ay ‘hort, and dec! ry iar SPADES ARE TRUMPS, to THS BDITOR OF THE HERALD. Arnit 29, 1864, Bacloadpieass find two dollars, for « sword to Mujor General B. MoCielian ber the Teoed nited States fvsiry (wociallaa's sods Guard). TO THE EDITOR OF SHR HERALD. ; Banninoro, Pa., April 28, 1864. Pleas fifa enclosed one doltag, for @ sword for the brave @triot aod eoldier, Let every true and loyal friend { his do tho same, aod wo abal the Loyal seaguers by what weean da A SUASURIBER. Afother Sword for the Conqueror. TO THR DITOR OF THE HERALD. Arni, 29, 1864. Tencbee one dollsr as @ contribution towards another sword for the Genoral who can spell ‘Vicksburg’ and +rViewty.” Will you take subseriptions from others for the same? NO DEMAGUGUB PRICE FOUR CENTs. NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS, Arrival of the Steamers Yazoo, Columbia and Merrimac. IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS AND MEXICO, Position and Strength of Ma- gruder’s Army. The French Reperted Retreating from the City of Mexice, bay Boe, ae ‘The United Statés steam transpor} Merrimac, Captain Sampeon, from Southwest Pass, arrived at this port yes- lerday afternoon, bringing dates of the 24th ult, The steamship Columbia, Captain Barton, also arrived here yesterday, but brings 00 additional news, The steamer Yazoo, Captain Couch, from New Orleans on the 2ist ult., arrived at this port yesterday morning. Sho brings no news of importance, Corporal George W. Albert, of Company H, Thirty- seventh Peonsylvania Volunteers, died on the passage on board the Yazoo, and was buried at sea, ‘The following are the passengers by the Merrimac:— General Andrews, Major Ward, Lieutenant Fiske, Ma- jors Davis, W. E. Nye and Houston; Captain Haley, Lieu- tenants W. H. eat, Dunning and ©. P. Estelle; Cap- tain Ham, Lieutenant Vidder, Captain Becker, Lieute- nants Lewis, W. P. Freeman, Strong, Meltzig, Tack, G. ' in, Thomas and Jones; Captain Tucker, Lieutenants Norris and Wetzter and wife, Ensign Holle and wife, Philip Ripley and wife, Mr. Palmer and wife, Mrs. Knecland, Chaplain E. P. Reed, Lieutenant H. Arlia, Mr. Gordon, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Gercke, Mies E. Mo- Carty, Mrs. Melvin, Mr. Bishop, E 8. Hollis, J. J. Cooper, & Hobart—and 220 sick, wounded and discharged sol- rs. ‘The Merrimac, off Carysfort light, passed a propeller steering north; off Jupiter Inlet passed a side-wheel steamer steering north; twenty miles south of Barnegat, passed bark W. Wilson, of Gibraltar, forty-five days from Malaga for New York; on the 28th, spoke United States steam gunboat Connecticut, All well. We aro indebted to Purser Phillips, of the Columbia, and Cook, of the Yazoo, and to the officers of the Merrimac for special favors. Cotton was rather dull at New Orleans on the 28d, at a decline; 150 bales were sold at auction, at which 33 bales reatized only 14}<c. and 10 bales 80%c. The remain- der sold very low. The demand for sugar was good, with very tittle in the market. The sales embraced vari- ous lols, aggregating 500 bhds,, at 26c. for prime and 280. for light yellow, clarified. The old crop of mo- lagees realized 90c., and the new crop 98¢. per gallon. Gold, 184}; 9 185. Sight exchange on New York was quoted at 3¢ per cent premium. Mr. William Young's Despatones. New Ontzans, La., April 21, 18 64. GENERAL WEITZEL GOING NORTH. General Weitzel goes North on the steamer which leaves here Saturday. It is supposed that be will take = com. wand in General Butler's department. He leaves bis old Givision (now commanded by General Emory) aad the Department of the Gulf with many regrets. HOSPITAL BOAT FIRED AT. ‘The hospital boat Laurel Hill, from Alexandria, was fired at on her last downward trip, by direction of the Prevost Marshal at Port/Hudson. The act is presumed to ave been done in consequence of the refusal of Dr. Alex- ander. the surgeon in charge of the wounded, to detain ‘the transport to sult the convenience of the Provost Mar- shal. Five sbots were fired at the Laurel Hill. New Onteans, April 24, 1864. STPAMERS FIRED INTO. The steamer Missouri, which arrived on Friday even- Ing, was fired into near Vicksburg, end 4 rifle shot en- tered the captain’s room, passed through a bedpost, and lodged ia his wife's bonnet box. The steamer Superior, tnt tone pom Sedeantines.tennmmrerim tear was fired into by a plece of artillery (rom the left bank Of the river, at a point about ten miles thie side of Red river. Fourteen shote were fred in all, only one of which bit the steamer, and that resulted in no personal injury. Col. Holabird, Chief Quartermaster of this department, promulgates the following:— REGULATIONS PROMOTING INTRGRITY AND PIORUITY Of THR QUARTERMASTRR’S DEPARTMENT. The quartermasters in this military department will see that their employes, in every capacity, are employed ten hours per day. according to the army regulations. Officers who issue supplies will keep their offices open ten hours of each day, except Sundays, on which day they will close at haif-pagt pine o'clock A. M. Every clerk or other person hired by any termas. ter whose services can be dispensed with at this time will be discharged immediately. No commutation for fuel and uarters of the department or of y unless his order states that ho is to draw that allowance. Fuel will not be issued to any person drawmg commu tation fer quarters nor forage, unless the officer certifies, on the requisition, under the head of remarks, that he posed and keeps in service the horses drawn for at this point, AYTACKED BY GUERILLAS. Capt. Taber, of the steamer John J. Roe, which arrived last evening from St. Louis, reports that he wooded bis boat, on the 13th inst., at the mouth of the St. Francis river, about ten miles above Helona; and, after tanding ‘at the latter place, when fn the sct of backing out from u ding, the fremen filled the furnaces with the wood taken at the woodpile at St. Francis river, when a num- ber of the sticks exploded, buraing one of the fremon in = _ and hands severeiy, but without doing any other maze. On the 224, when at Fort Adams, Capt. Taber discov- ered s man drifting on am log in the eddy, ing, the steamer to take him on board.” The ‘was immediately lowered, aod the second mate, Mike Hine, and five men went to take the man ‘from his perilous situation, when the guerillas ‘opened a battery on the steamer, firing some ten shots, all of which missed the boat except one, and that struck in the wheeihouse, doing but trifling damage. Captaia Taber states that there appeared to be about two bhun- red guerillas, with a fold battery, and thelr abot all ap. pear to be Girected at the pilot house, but without effect. All steam was put on, and, with the exception of the shot in the wheelhouse, the Roe ran the gauntlet un- barmed. The second mate and th were making for the oppos is supposed, however, that they succeeded in making their escape from the guerilias, Mr. Henry Thompson's Despate' New Oruaaws, La., April 21, 1864. REAELS IN FORCE SEAR BATON ROUGR, On Saturday last our scouts reported the enemy In force near the Comite river, in the neighborhood of Clinton, They number nearly three thousand, and are All cavalry. It is probably theif intention to Iny waste all plantations worked by ““Yankees’’ in that neighbor. United Owasco, Dhoekading off Velasco, const of Texas, captured on the 17th instant the Britis ‘schooner Lilly, with an assorted cargo, from Havana, for Brazos river. The captain destroyed paar ey hea boarded, admitted & was no hang ae of jon, She was sent to New Or. On the 19th the British sehoooer , aad ‘was bound, replied “Nowhere in “ad Thort time after was on his way to Rew Orleche They report five more vessels on their wo ome piace.” The Owasco will endeavor to give hens ADMIRAL Pal ‘MOVEMENTS. ita Sine Serpe et im the United ee on the 17th inst, i sugar and molasses at the village. were some fou: hundred bales of cotton destroyed, we are informed. Several of our citizens are heavy losers; but the greatest sufferers, we imagine, are the original owners, small at great labor and expense, had brou; of returning witl the ne- consaries of life, of which they hed besa a long time de- prived. Deplo Accident. {From the New Orleans Picayune, April 20.1 We are pained to learn of one of the most melancholy accidents which we have ever been oalled upon to chron- cle. On last Saturday W. J. Savory, @ native of the parish of Iberville, residing wear the indian village, visit- a small sland td that viinity forthe parpone of aking powder out an unex led or il, which had been left on the island since last August,’ W! handling the shell, as it ie supposed, it ex; and stantly killed Mr. Savory and hie’ sister in-law, and a favorite colored boy who accompanied them, and who, it is supposed, were assisting him in handling the shell. rebels advancing tocttack the town. was ascertained about the matter wntil the following morning, when the friends of the doceased becoming alarmed at the non-appearance of Mr. Savory, his sister- fo-la esion fro ‘Captait the missing ones. On reaching shecked te find the mutilated sister-in-law; also, o found. of Mr. Savory was found banging in @ tree Afty feet from whore the acciaent occn This deplorable affair has cagt a gloom over the whole atoms, only fragments bim bemng parish, tbroughoat which tbe unfortunate vietime were well and most favorably known. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMA Wasnixaton, April:@0, 1964. Arrivals from Culpepper report everything Quiet to the Army of the Potomac. The New Cavalry Commander on the Potomac. From the Dayton (Ohio) Journal.) Maier Coneral Philip H. Sheridan, for » losg time com- ing ® division in the Tweatieth army rps MoCook’s), bas been Chief of Cavalry of we rmy of the Potomac. Thin ie spleadid news. ‘There is nota more aasbing, gallant, capable, obstinate fighting officer in the army of the United States. General Sheri- dan js the gallant son of an Irishman of Perry county, though himsel! a native of the United States, born on an ‘American ship, under the American fiag, for which he has fought 0 gloriously, while his parents’ were emigrating from the Emerald Isle to the land of liberty. At seven- teen he was sent to West Poitt, where hie Milesian pog- nacity asserted itself 80 conspicuously that it caused him considerable trouble with the faculty; bat he fought bis way tb ‘and graduated honorably. He first dis. exprecned raion che most ecthustastio od a tor bim most eothust mi 5 “General in is @ soldier, every inch of bim,’” said the geveral: *'1'd give years of my life to have bait & dozen division commanders in my el distinguished bimeelf 20 that he was rewarded with nis present ran nol and more terrible battle than he fought with hie splend: division im the darkness of the Stone ‘river cedars is net recorded in military history, and although finally drivea back by overwhelming paumbers, who sw: around his unprotected flanks, be brought out the remnant of his division in perfect order, though shorn of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six of ite orave men. It wag uoder bim that gallant Stil and Roberts and Bbaeffer were killed im the fore front of the battle, leaving him without & brigade commander. " Subsequentiy, in the advance on at Tullahoma, at Chickamauga and at Mission Ridge, he added to his laurels, He is bow about thirty.two years of age and un- married All the officers of the old Army of the Cumberland have always regarded bim as the rising man of that army, and 80 far ar our knowledge of the of the army for cavalry extends, we havo no bositation In saytng that the selection of Genoral Sheridan for Chief of Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac was the best that could hi been made from the United States armies. Erin never acknowledged s more worthy son. Skirmishes and Defeats of Rebels in Kentucky. Cixcnman, ‘April 30, 1864. A detachment of the Forty-fifth Kentucky, of Hobson's aivision, under Captain Adams, attacked tbe rebels in Brent Hill county, Ky., killed four and captured sixteen men and twenty-four horses, Adams then pushed forward and defeated Everett's command, killing two of bis officers and captaring thirty- five men. Arrival of Cott and Refagees at Cairo. Camo, April 29, 1864. Nearly three hundred refugees from Arkansas, Georgia and Alabama bave arrived here, and present @ most pitiable appearance. Steamers from White river and Helena have brought nine hundred bales of cotton to Memphis. The Mempbie market was active on the 27th, with @ light stock at 66a 72 cents. ‘The steamer Alice Dean bas passed here with ninebun- dred bales of cotion for Ciocimnati. The Opera. ‘The diMcalties existing between Maretzek and his orchestra have not, {t appears, been settled, and the re- pewal of the performances at the Academy are con- sequently indefinitely postponed, Indeed, trom present indications, there does not seem much likelihood of their Doing resumed before the fall, The fiddlers aro obstinate, ‘and, as they have formed themselves into an ampociation, by which they undertake to lay down the law to managers, © compromise seems out of the question, The chorus bas also struck, the point in dispute being com- pensation for rehearsals, which it has never been the habit to pay for, As the direction has already raised the salaries of these people several times, it has felt it necessary to make & stand against an innovation which must add gortously to the already disproportionate ex- hood ‘The Fighteenth Indiana, Colonel Henry D, Washburne, arrived yesterday im the steamsbip Clinton, from Mata. gorda Island, They are going home ou a furlough of thirty days. New Onumans, La., April 23, 1864 TEXAS NEWS. ‘The schooner Jamista was captured of San Laie Pass, on the 11th instant, by the guaboat Virgioia, and @ prize crew placed on board. While on ber way to this city the following night, and when in the neighborhood of Galves- ton Island, she was wrecked, and the rebels recaptured pnisoners of the prize crow. yer sane ties on the Guadalupe, Colorado, and the Brazos rivers, with « @mall foree—perhaps 6 ,000—at Galveston, He bas about 30,000 men, a part of whom soldiers; 6,000 belong to the rebel regaiar Ni bout A ee ad rile; are ver} army. fi is , well armed ; the others =e Dome goerds ‘and militiamen. He = Lo | ~ is . are field batteries, in pretty good condition. Cerna fact that bere ‘are About 10,000 Germans tn his army, who have been compelled to eater the rebel — ‘ice, and will desert the Grst opportunity. It is sai there are many Americans also ieee beat with impulses for our cause and fag. ne pele fe iuers are more Union men {o the State of Texas th y State that bas formally seceded. The Union men were largely in the majority at the breaking out of the rebellion, nod | am. informed by oitizeng of bigh Standing that bulf of Toxns is. with us today. Tho dilli- euity is, our fing floate (rom Texas islands, and not {rom the main shore. Whenever eho is iovaded by thirty thou. sand brave bearts, bearing our flag high in the air, the loyal men of Texas will rise up a# ove mam and throw of the shackles that have bound them so long to the growed. ‘Gatvoston is woll fortified, no doubt impregtadle ‘attack; no trouble to flank hor by the west. IMPORTANT FROM MHXIOO IF TRO, ‘The United States transoort St. Marys, Captain Bar- popses of the undertaking. It would be unprofitable to carry 00 Opera at all if it were to be continually subjected to arbitrary demands of this sort. It is the more neces- sary to resist them from the fact that not only doce this orchestral league Iny down the law as to the amount of salary to be paid, but it assumes to dictate who the man- agers of theatres shall employ as conductors and leaders, Tet the theatrical establishments, with whom thie impudent interference is attempted, get rid of their orchestras, and show tho fiddlers that they cam do wkhoud them if necessary. Musio i@ got #0 indispensable an accessory of dramatic entertainments that it may nod be diepensed with on occasions like thie, With the Opera of courne it ie different, There the manager bas either to submit OF renounce operations. Marotsek yielded aa jong as 8 show of reason was Observed, Det now fur- ther concession would be rainous. He therefore wircly follows the precedent set by the pebiic in the case of the omnibus proprietors, and leaves tho fiddlers severely alone, The loss will be theirs, not his. AN Bie engagements had luckily closed, and the stoppage of bis performances, will cause ee ere ther damage nor embarrassment, If thé choose to quarrel with their bread and butter, the lovers of mualo oan equally to forego for heir favorite ification. Reason has awhile ¥ 4 shee rat vg Cewin coca al eon span ave the hot weather ai <3 at? ve 20k will not be the rcmaing austere von Platioce concert savervised to. be given yesterday, tenor . by SRS een of Medaine we the caume, 4