...ulf in order to throw himself into the enemy's open country, Porter, with four vessels, was turning his back upon this city and descending the stream as far as the mouth of Red River. Here he found Admiral Farragut , and, as we have already stated, reached Alexandria on the 6th, at the same time that Banks' advance-guard arrived, after taking possession of Fort De Russy on the way, which had been abandoned by th...