Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-14
From New Orleans.

NEW YORK, March l3.-The steamer
Morning Star, from New Orleans the 9th,
via Havana the 9th, has arrived. She
brings !, 200 bales of cotton.
Part of Gen. Lees cavalry had left for
Red River. -
Gen. Sherman arrived in New Orleans
on the I'd, on the gunboat Diana. The
late expedition is called by himself a
big raid, in the course ofwhich hereached
a 0int 10 miles east Of Meridian with
ont any opposition worthy of the name,
and returned with 100 mules, 1000
.contrabands, 500 prisoners and large
amount Of supplies
Gov Hahn was inaugurated on the
4th with imposing ceremonies. General
Banks delivered an address in which he
predicted the reduction Of the insurrec-
ton in three or four States on the At
lantic coast by this summers campaign.
The Natchezs Courier of The 4tb, +. :
ports heavy firing on the Ouchita river
near Harrisonburg. ON Tuesday and
Wednesday. I8Ig
A magnificent service of silver had
been presented TO General Shepley by
aAIitllGS III NEW St3C1DS.
General Butterfeld was in New Or
leans ION the e, andwas to return TO
Vicksbarg on the sd
The papers contain no news from
Farragut
Colonel Sanderson, Just released from
Libby Prison, states that the number of
deaths among eur prisoners en- Belle
Isle has been exaggerated The total
number from June LIST to February LIST
was one hundred and five The prison
ers have suffered severely during the
winter months, and their rations have
been insufficient and poor, but not
enough so as to lead 10 starvation.
The military commission has returned
from tour of examination of orr \ ORTIZ
ern hospitals. As the result OF the in
vestigation, several hundred soldiers fit
for duty have been returned 10 their
regiments. The commission is to visit
the hospitals in the South.
General Banks said Let US. remem-
Der that the inauguration that we eeIe-
trate has the basis Of century, for we
have achieved deeds ofsa century in the
past two years; and 80 long as the peo-
pie are faithful and true to themselves,
so long will stand Louisiana. the first
returning State in which every man is n
free man. - = rssg - asrana
3 Governor Hahn inaugural regards
slavery as the cause of the present un
holy attempt 10 break up the Govern
ment, and its universal and immediate
determination is blessing. -
= From every light before me-, he
says, am constrained to believe that
the course of the rebellion. is s.tits ex-
tremity, and it seems TO me not extrava-
gantto look upon this year as the finale
Of this senseless, causeless and most
mnrderous rebellion thai eser occurred
in a civilized nation. The loyal men OF
Louisiana have suffered much and deep
Is, but with the blessing of God upon
our exertions all will be soon right again
and peace, prosperity and happiness
smile upon our thresholds again as OF
old. = "a
& Gen. -Beauregard's wife died on the
I'd, and the funeral on the 18th was the
largest ever seenin New Orleans. Over
5000 persons attended, and the cortege
was, over a mile in length. Gen. Banks
kindly rendered the steamer Nebraska 4o
convey the remains few miles up the
river to her fathers plantation. Her
body was followed to the levee by a
crowd of ladies, who desired to take q
last look at one who was loved and es
teemed by all. -