From trans Mississippi.
--On the authority of the Memphis Bulletin, of the 6th, 2,400 of Steele's troops had arrived at Little Rock; the balance were 25 miles out. Steele's loss was heavy. He had destroyed his train, lost nearly all his artillery, when he was followed by Marmaduke. Gov. Flannegan was at Brookhaven. Reports on the authority of Col. O. T. Cayer, who crossed the Mississippi river on the 5th with a dispatch from Smith to Tom Taylor, state that Banks was shut up at Alexandria, and that the Confederates were below, cutting off his supplies. The Yankees were trying to dam up the mouth of the river at the Falls to get out their gunboats.[another Dispatch.]
Meridian, May 9.
--Steele's army, 9,000 strong, surrendered to Gen. Price, at Camden, on the 28th ult., and Gen. Taylor demanded the surrender of Alexandria, where Banks's forces are fortified.
The result was not known at last accounts.
The enemy was attempting to get their boats over the rapids of Red river. 