Additional.
The following intelligence is from the
N Y. Herald of the 11th inst, not so late by a day as the dates given above:
‘
Active preparations for the opening of the campaign are going on in the Army of the Potomac,
Meade,
Humphreys,
Patrick and
Ingalls had an interview with
Grant on Friday.
’
A severe storm occurred on Saturday, which has swollen all the streams to an unprecedented height.
All the bridges on the
Orange road were washed away except the
Rappahannock, and that is seriously threatened by drift wood.
By late arrivals from New Orleans, it is reported that the
Federals, under
Smith, occupied
Shreveport, and by way of Carro, it is reported that
Steel's expedition from
Little Rock had occupied
Shreveport and that the rebels were fleeing to
Texas Both reports are based upon mere rumor.
Farragut confesses that
Mobile cannot be taken by the fleet unless a simultaneous move is made by the army.
The reported loss of the rebel ram
Tennessee, near
Grant's Pass, is not believed at New Orleans.
New York advertises for 5,000 navy recruits and 10,000 volunteers.
John C
Rives died at
Bladensburg on Sunday.
The
Florida is said to be at the canary Islands.
The alarm at
Memphis is subsiding, and preparations are making for
Forrest, if he should come.
The steamer
La Cross was burnt to the water's edge on
Red river, twenty miles this side of
Alexandria, by guerillas, the officers captured, and the crew paroled.
The
St. Louis Presbyterians decided, at a late meeting, that
the Rev. Dr. McPheeters could not be allowed to continue his ministerial labors at the
Pine Street Presbyterian Church in that city on account of disloyalty.
A fire occurred at
Harrodsburg, Ky., on the 8th inst. Loss $50,000.
Gold at New York was held at 169 by speculators and
Mr. Cisco was selling gold certificates at 165.
