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| Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tnbnne1
! -" CAIRO. april i, 1861.
Tomorrow Gen. Brayman In accordance with
instructions received from General s. i. uurlbut,
from Memphis, will Issue two very important or
derr, Of which the following are the salient points
In briefs The first order entirely suppfesses trade
pursuits. snd all kinds Of goods and merchandise
from being landed On the eastern shore Of the Ohio
River and on the Mississippi River, between Pa-
ducah and Memphis. and On either shore OF the
hitter stream between Cairo and Memphis, except
ing only Columbus, 1sland No. 10 aud Fort Pillow
In the exceptional cases, steamers making land
Ing must be unae. naval or military convoy. =
Also provides for taking possession or the de-
ttrueton Of all boats and skias used in crossing
either river, and snppressipg all existing ferries;
all crossing fro the western to the eastern thorc
Of the.ohio within specified llmits Is prohibited.
Parties guilty Of violating this order to be treat
ed with cnmmendable severity.
Al persons detected lurking about boat yards
or other interdlcted plsces upoa steamer or wharf
boats, to be seized on ali occasions, and II caught
In the Preparation Of mischief to be summartly
shot by the guard.
The Proyost ha.shal in this District is cnjoincd
to promptly execute these orders with such severity
as may be demanded, and with due Difference to
civil law, where It exists.
The tact that, a 1arge section Of Western Ken
tucly IL In the binds Of an !nsurrectionarY force
probably accounts partially for the issuance Of these
orders BY Gen. Brayman.
Col. Hicks, from Paducah, reports that the rebels
have made no demonstrations there today.
The steamer Saltana, Capt. J. c. Mason, w. Il.
Chopper, Clerk, eight days from New Orleans, ar-
1ircd this forenoon.
She WIS not rnolc.ted by gueri1las, but reports
the rebels in force II possession Of Hickman, Ky
he neff7 ~ fha Ia
deuce from Pass CaEallo, Texas, dated the 18th,
gives IN account OF the evacuation Of 1ndlano1a
by the Federal troops. The evacuation WAS Or
dcrtd to be made the 6th but on account Of the
bad weather was not completed before the 18th.
4 number OF Union residents with their families
came awHy with our army.
For three days preyious to the evacuation, every
boat which LETT the mainland was crowded with
people, principally Germans, who bayc always ad~
hertd to the old dag. They renewed the oath Of
allegiance
Gen Mccleruard has established his headquar-
ters at Natagorda Island. Gen. Dana with the first
division remains near McHenrv bayou.
The ETu has news received from Headquarters
Department OF the Cult 4 reconnaissance under
Gen. Mower was puehed Is far as Natchltoches.
OH the 21st ipst and met the enemy In some force
ard turned his nanls captured four pieces Of art1
1ery with cafseons and two hundred prisoners.
the same name situated on Red River, IS miles
above Alexandria, and 1A3 miles northwest Of Bs-
ton Ronge. It Is one Of the oldest towns in Louis
lana, being founded bg the French IN 1717.
Th expedition puts IN end to the stor5 that Al
cxandria was to be its resting place. There Is no
longer any reaeon to refrain from stating the fact
which ne have known for como days, that Gen.
Dccts forces which went through the Teche coun;
IT,, and had ski1mish at New Iberia, have Joined
TtnfY IA Etk5-
Later intelligence from the same source furnishes
the following particulars:
A battle took place about tTenty-one miles be-
yond Alexandria, On Bayou Rapids. Among the
captures were large number. of horses and mules.
The only caeua1ty reported on our side Is that OF
Col. Horace B. Sargent, Of Gen. Banks staff, who
vas wounded In the leg severely, but not danger
ous]y. j.
The forces engaged were portion Of the Infantry
Of Gen. Smith's command and part Of the cavalry
Of Gen. Lees.
The weather has been severely cold, with rain,
hail and Elect The tiver is rising, there belag
more than seven feet in the rapids.
Our troops are in dne spirits.
The Goth Indiana has re-enlisted az veterans,
under Lieut.. Col. A. Cooler, numbering III men,
ftom Pass Covello, Texas, and late from General
ranks's expedition up the Teche, arrived here to-
dsy, en- route for indianapolis to enjoy thirty days
burg campaign, Champion Hills and other hard
contested fights connected with the 18th
army corps, with credit, losing mauy
men and officers, Thoee remaining
are veterans indeed. Col Richard Owen was LETT 1t
New Iberia, La. They hare Lost three different
Majors, and Is now serving under the fourth.
Lieut. Col Temp1eton was killed at Arkansas Post
The Goth will soon he filed up and return to duty.
Gen. b. Drayman has Issued the following order
announcing his staff officers:
HrApquAnTEns DISTRICT OF CAmo, |
General Orders No. II:
The following officers comprise the staff of the
General commanding, and will be obeyed and re-
tpested g. asSosd9s' , Jsnss Gd T. esa odiP
ord. officer: Henry G. Cooling, Lieut.. aud and Jndss
asete 's, {cnsS Rgssrn c1'sr Ilsqs 11d Mastering
80 Brig. Gen. Comd'ns.
Much excitement wa1 created in tho city this
morning By the appearance OF couple Of men on
the Kentucky shore who waved nag Of truce,
and by signs expressed desire to come over to
Illinois, A boat was sent over to them, though
many were Of opinion It WAS but but 1st Of April
joke. -,
The men were two Union scouts, who had been
passing season with Forests men. They report
confirmation of the announcement made last
evening that Faulkner has Joined Forest, and that
the whole country in Southwest Kentucky was
swasming With Confederates, who appeared in no
haste to depart from Hickman.
Within few miles Of Padncah they have ex-
tended their lines, and are engaged in stealing ali
The horses cattle and other property they can get
hold Of and conscripttng into the rebel service all
men under forty-fye capable Of bearing arms.
It is reported that Forrest haa given orders that
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