New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-02
FROM TEXAS.
Iud;anola Evacuated.

TERRIFIC EORTHER-TW0 TRANSPORTS ABHohE
TERRIBLE SUFFERING OF UNION WOMEN AND
CHILDREY-THEY WILL BIZ SENT TO NEW
ORLRAES--FRIGHTPUL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
gOLpIEgs DROWNED
spee.l Correspondence of The ~ O. True Delta
PASS CAvALLo Texas, March 10, l6st
You NAV have learned from other sources,
before this reaches You tat fndanoa was oYacnnted
on the morning of the 18th by order OF somebody to ms
deponent unknown. The evacuation had been ordered
three days pre-, ously but terrific nother-far worse
than that encountered at Brazos up
the evening Of the 9th, and rendered the execution
of the order impossible This blow severe that
two transports--the Planter and the Warrior-Terc
beuched the lce.shorc. whore the former remained
three days before the steamer AaamofOs ana steantus
Perry could pull her of.
A lumber Of tenements were taken down, and tho
three boats loaded with the families OF the Union men
of lndanoa for three days previous Ia the evacuation
every boat which eft the mainland for the island was
crowded by these people. They are principally Ger.
mans. and they have always adhered ~ the Old nag
giving our troops q hearty welcome when they trst
landed and without hesitation forward and re-
newed their oath Of allegiance Little did they suppose
that the army Of deyerance was 70 soon to leave tnen
else they might nave been more reluctant IN taxing an
Obligation which would compel them 10 sacrifice their
comfortable bones andf scome houseess refugees Yet
such is the fact and heartrending 1gt It was 70 see
these helpless exposed the bleak winds of March
The order was perenptory. Never did troops leave
| place more Teluctlntly
ProyOst Marshal, and Capt McComas, Of Gen. Nc
Clernands staff have done everything In their power
90 make the sufferers comfortable till transportation can
be procured 10 New Orleans.
The troops under Gen. Fitz Henry Warren marcled
overland crossing the bayou in rear Of lndianoa ard
fording the below. for there are four IN all The
two last crossed by means ofTole ferries Toward
evening as detachment OF the 9th Indiana. 90 men,
orcssiIg Acliehrys bayou from Bayucos TO hata
goTda Island the heavy sea swamped the p1toonbo,ts
used Jerry. drowning p men and two officers OF the
G.th Indiana Volunteers, Lieut. Col. Perry command
ing; two belonging to the 1th Michigan Battery.
and eight Of the I'd Engineers Corps dArique. In ell
"a persons two horses OF those that on board
at the time. An officer of the I'd Engineers YVES in
charge OF the ferry al the time. and insisted on loading
the boat 10 its utmost capacity had " not been Tor
the of Col Perry and tse presence of olnd
of tiat officer the Css must have been far greater.
number Of small boats aud schooner wcr" lying NJ
the dock on the south side Of the bayou and attempts
were made by Officers less cool 10 shove them on, with
ont men cars when they the ierry-toat sinking
Had the schooner gone Gdrift the strong
and she high cut Of tie water that many OF thsse
who succeeded In padding ashore must nave been car
ried into Espera Santa Bay. Col. Perry stopped the
schooner manned the boats and with the assistance OF
those shore picked up many who would Otherwise
have been drowned us ali the men had on their KNAPP
sacks and eccouteTmCnts. This accident has cast
gloom over tie whole aTmy-nothng csc Is talked Of
Gen. hcCIernaud intends paying Arkansas Pass and
Brownsville n flying visit this week, the 2d Division
the latter place belonging TO his command also 2Oh
Iowa now a. Arausas Pass. He has established ms
quarcrs ON Netagorda island below Fort Esporan
"a while Gen ID ana comm nding The LIST Division re-
mains near NcIIenry bayou. Not being in the astro-
logical business, DO not pretend 10 know what all
these movements mean. further than we predicted in
our last indeed would not be at oil surprised to hnd
tins army coming back again 10 New Orleans, our
movements bearing the likeness TO thcss Of the
King Of France and his 40 coo men, that one tree bear
eth unto another. MUSTANG.