, 1864-04-30
EB.Rya CAIRO AND BELOW
Gen. Hpn15ks Army Fallen R1cK'.
Kutchcx Threatened.
Especial Dispatch 10 the Chicago Tribune.1
r.no Anril 81 1874.

Isnecfal Dispatch to tho Chicago Tribune.1
CA1no, April 81, 1854.
Tie steamer mississippi has arrived, with Nc"
Orleans dates to tue afternoon Of the 23d-
The Constitutional Convention Was sttll IN ses"
zion, with unabat.d interest snd ardor. The Era
a.ys tha, the overthrow Of slavery In Louisiana |
il rnfned On the question o: the educat1on OF
children without distinction OF color, the commit
tee of the Convention were unanimous In the re-
ctmmcndatlon of this point IN the new ccnsutu-
ton. !
=, cstabIi.Acd for all children throughout the State
md that schools for colored c.illren shall he sep
arate and distinct from those for white chstds:n
This had already been duly ipaucurated by order
| from headquarters.
| The lemo.Iak Dip,o'a1.tque, French paper
savs the rccsals are eall 10 ERve violated aIezl-
| cas- territory br Ecizirs cotton belonging TO the
| Corledc12tcs At Matamora5.
| The Era has the following 1csasdtns Aea laFes
| matters:
| Last evening the steamer Empire Parish arrived
h,fr,ny later intelligence from the seat OF var On
| ref River. Che brought, among other passengers,
| Bric. Gen. Lee, who returned on Important hcs!.
ness CONNECTED with his command Colonel
Dudley accompanied him, also Capt c. F. N'ns,
WHO comes 70. The durpose Of rctttlnE and feor-
| raniziny his battery. The irieHos OF Lieut. II,
Snow. Ni1ns battery will be pleased to learn thaf
l
hetn received from him IN which he says he Is n
moving rspItly he is in the haads Of the rebels
i.,. Tbomns Conoly. let N. II. cavalry, severely
| injured by kick from his horse while going the
nnrds Of his picket line few days since, Will re-
. ! cover.
paaeepee1s by the Empire Parish say the in
n,csslvn now prevails that the rebels will do al IN
thelr powerto avoid general engagement anu 40
| err or1n+ f. rot yet prepared for an advance,
u which mrst eventually take place. there will not
nrob.tI7 be alothcr battle for 4 short time to
+. | ccme. ,.,>
Arrrt1c1z,an who had been present during all the
ccht,py, ard who has he'd an Opportunity OF con-
| ye1elor with the prisoners, dssertees anu others
,rhc4e oul,,ion might th.ow 1isat on the subject,
s.ra tat the rebel less In the battles Of Pleasant
rttaee sud SABINE Gross Roads cannot f,l1 below
- 7n0 md will probably reach 5000 men in Killed
:, | ,7uandsd an1 rEascEezz. ....
L. 4re officers Of The Empire PazIzh report 3E fce
ri water On tie falls ut Alexandria, and Ok IN tht
chsnDel from the city to the N opth OF tho river
r. Tie Era tus 1rmor that Gen. Steele with Iii
u, Arkansas x1c,y had taken Shreveport and thro~1
~, f,.tifcauona. This may be SO: for fe" aa5'
.ucc nc 1,cd private information to the Eject tn.
Ike cn- sta-1n Ind communicated with Gen Banka
nnr;e;nr The latter Of the fact that he wa qishl
n ,nc aay,s march u Shreveport, and ready to co
o. one,ate. Brt ae the place has already becn t"lc
cntnrrd by report the ramor should be taEen viii
7
H. canton.
IL fspycia1 Dispatch 10 the Chicago Tr,buneI
CA1.c. April q. 1851.
The fsthe1 of adjutaut J. D. d.sl. one Of the os
ts:. who fell At For. Pillow. arrived aere ~
~ n1r,nc. on the steamer brilliant, from AsaPals
~ With tic body Of his son n Charge Mr. a state
ut that d., corpse OF Ne;o- Eooh coaId not be fosue
- The ytave that Wn5 marked SIS As contAoea IN
tersi6s Of coioted soldiers.
~ ;Srec;al Dispatch TO tho Cascseo Ir1hane-l
se' SA1cuIz, Miss, Af-3 q. yia cAtEo, April ..
w r1c .,enucr Superior wa* tred into Will artl
as ,e-- a,nye Fer: Hudson, Il !ty: days stree.
YESTERDAY the ec-nlcr continental was fired mi
Fort AdamF, but tie shots proved harmless.
. Wit Adams. with 1900 men, Il threaseain
Nstchez.
N Gue,1las ere committing horrible atrocities
tie Dautsrs anu celored troops on bath sides OF
De liver. at Waterproof IN Thursday. two OF Of
aot r.ounted pickcts shot aud their bodies ate
bs5 ward* burncd. Hets,1a,ion il threatened By tt
to black soldiers uron tho first rebels captured.
~. ,specisl Dispatch to the Chicago T11bane.1
for STEAMER MISSISSIPPI,
der l. Norru or RID R1vEn april *
via CA1Ro, april q, l8a.
u The latest adyices from our troops In this Vic1
l.y are that Gen. Banks' army has fallen bsek
lac. Alexandra without fighting. Inc gunooat NV.
not Mt the same place, come above ana sonc oe1o"
sin falls.
The Red River is low and falling. The ouaenl
i Of md Tensas are filling from Lake Providence.
ate Papers are not allowed to publish any more 4
nse River news, excepting official dispatches, In "nl
md | Gen. Banks claims victory.
Cuerf1lss are becoming more troublesome On
Ing | eastern banks Of the Assissipp'.
On Tuesday evening, the 26th inst, de1ega
were to be chosen to be sent to the National c.
,pse ,ention At Baltimore On the 9Th Of June next.