Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-03-29

NC" IOrk. March III he stcR-
!, mer Havana, from New Orleans tho
18th, has arrived. Ia fight on tho
Ouachita River by which Admiral
Porter captured rebel fort at Harri-
sonbuTS. ono Of our vessels was
struck thirty-three times. The re.
port Of the caPtnr" Of iazoo City is
repeated ria New Orleans.
| Louisville. March 19.-The Jour
nal cditorially says of the conspiracy
in Kentucky to turn the State over
TO the Contederatcs, we doubt not
thaetheve is some foundation for tho
rumor. hu: bases its opinion On tho
in that many rebels in Kentucky
are intensely and pa>sionatcly anxi-
Gus for the triumph Of rebellion with
III her limits. 1t announces however
the withs:anding of tho invading
hosts beyond our borders az the best
means Of keeping rebel sympathizcrs
,ni-t within the State.
New York, March l9.-Cotton
quiet and unchanged
From the st. Louis Republican Of
the llrh. til. Yankees admit loss of
1900 at Olnstrl, Fla. The New York
World .ays that the Red River force
consists 1t the 18th and 10Th corps
under Mctlcrnand and Franklin and
a cooperating force from Vickshurg
under .Iu.lbutt. Gen. A. II. Sher-
man i said to have been assigned to
the conr1a..d of the military divi-
SION of TIL Mississippi. embracing
Arkansas. Maj Gen. w. r. Smith
commands The army "f the Potomac
He graduated ut West Point in lS4s
AMI has been on Grants staff. Gen,
Thomas conn. ards the army Of Ten
nrssra at Chattanooga. Grant IS
,h.r-. Gold 1919 at New York ON
the i;h. Grant has been appointed
commandment -ci;c! Of the Yankee
arnv.
Washington. March 17.-General
Fitzpatrick arrived here to day. II.
att. .h.t.s til, failure Of his rxpcIi-
ton to a negro guide.
New York. March l3.-l'he stra-
mex Morning S:ar from New Orleans
he 9Th ria Havana the 9th has ar
rived. \ par; IF Lees cavalry had
left New OIL. ans for Red River.
Transports a. rapidly bringing back
troops tram Texas.
Fo:t Iionror. March l2.-H.hel
Gen, fi;@hur@h ice was sen up on
th, dag ,g';c" boa, 10 bc exchanged
,hiH-;on. March l4-Thc toll
iowiu~ order. dated March 18th. has
Lr,n Vrr, ar"d a; the War Depart
'.."l:t Lat i, at out in print. 1t will
%" issued t. the army Us soon aa
printed
War Drr't, .tdJ',. GcnI. Office,
Washington, March IL.
CONCEAL oder, No. ?s
The President Of the United States
orders "a follows: LIST. Maj Ger.
iinilrcl;, =; Iii own request, is lie
l!uyr1 from duty as commeadcr-iu
,.iic! % TIA" army. l.. Gen. Grant i.
a-~igu,.d 10 ,hc command of tho mr.
mice; Of the United States Th"
nf TIA, army VIII l.. At
WASHINGTON and with 1t, Cen Grant
IN ia" Mrld.
I'd. Cen. Nnll,ck is assigned 10
duty AT Wasting t"n a. chirt "t -iat
OF tht army sni"r III" direction OF
g.. :'"c.,.."@ i War
"a, Nj; TN. W. 7. Sherman is
u..i. 80. ! :" az ,uluI"and Of tie mid
die decision t.. \,i-,i-sippi composed
If tn. districts 81 tlio. Cumberland.
Tennessee, and arkansas. Maj. Cen
McIhrrsuu j. assigned 20 the com
man OF tn ,rHr,mrnt ana army OF
Tennessee.
Ia rrlyy.a,; Maj. Gen. Halleck
f. III duty T., Genera! inchirf tho
rr"sid"n: U'-..,. TO express his ap-
yroha':om a..i thanks tor the abr
and lya.ou, manner in which the ar
Guou~ and pdns.ble duties If ,ha.
position have been performed.
Ey order OF ins Secretary OF War.
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=. y. rOWNSENr,
A. A. G..
New York, March IA Hilton
Head letter reports that firing at
Sumter and Charleston ceased Tues
day.
Th. Mobile Tribune of the %
says: On Monday five hundred and
u.s.. .r..," en"''7 "-ru ,hIu~u at
Iort PowcN by he fleet without do
ing any damage.
Cairo. March i4.-Thc St. Louis
Democrats correspondent in his dis
patches Of The 18th has the follow
ing: have pretty good reason to
believe Johnston's army has made
advance from Dalton
but whether their intention is belli-
percent or Nc, capn,t toll E.,,