, 1864-06-05
FROM CAIRO AND RELOV.
Gallant Fight Between Ennboats md
Rebel lNnttery-SteanerB Burned
at New UrleAns.


Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunal
CAIRO, june 4, 1881.
~ tue atftsa' OF Inc alspaten.ooss fn!ton, capI
fopGte, We nave savces 1fom Nc" otleans 10
saturday mofnlnr. sssh' -
nre IN Scw o1'eaEa ORIGINATED on the steamer
Back nawk about g O'CLOCK ftadas evening aoa
the following boa;s were destsoysa; bEses HAWK
th"h, 1bcsstllc, Time anu I1oe. NoH ofleans,
Lonit1ana bcne. Empress. faE'sn Belle creole,
a1o Aeteos' te" smAll scnoonefa #e1e also
burned
Ine oastefy Mt Iuaica hao not made lts appe3s"
ahee OF aate.
oen. hanAs' army was IN Ne" orleans'
Inc steamer lnsan. laee :1om uasats oiuA 10
"e''pniS' tepo''s % ~ s4.ss - L.1ao tsoe1'
n4'' ceMo ~: AZ VA
r-on r,y tno~n co,-ssaanssnts t.ho ,.x.
,nst o--,vc t,,1n v3rE,b1rc sre OFT ,ba so1o,zIno
intere.,,nc md ,e,ioh1e scconnt n, aehtins nssr
Grernv,l1c' The orst hoat at,acked W.. ,hr 1,onc.
1ro,4n m tbn as,h ri, wh,,c undc- c,nvov ~ s,t,
ho,t n q m,,e .hova co,nmh1, Ratt host.
uua. w. - auS M Aoo'S Sa'aysa sA oo7's
were attacked BY muaketsy. Wnen the NO.
engaged the enemy. The LonGworth kept On, and
cnconntercd battery of air runs At fo,n1h,a
from which shot and shell were thrown all round
her. The Lopgworth carried James gun on her
main 1ecs and ho,r,,zcr an hcr burric,ne dert
which were manned By volunteers, and several
return shots we're made while the Lonsworth
st.sr,od ~onnd ~. hand
e'eamco tosno 'ue ocna'
The reoels crossed LUG neck and awaited her at
MileH' plantation. Tho Lonsworth, however. fell
In VIII, the Marine .I,Toado AMI lasbed sinn1.,da
~ T.,+s- Mt, raii;Sor .o-..,a@s.N As0e
1ae hatis, aa)os FalAaas eommandang. IN CON
pang "!tn the Ulaoa aua sunhoas No. IL.
The battery opened fnriously, b1t the Diaua,
Baltic. and No. ii. renlted with yiror. dIssbitnr
ons nm md o:,er ~ hnnrs tr,,,;ra sn.easa.a -
ene kon7 @A1 ~ w. ~ n0r ~, - Ias soesecueo IL
teen ehots, with one man Killed and three
wounded,
seycral Of the sbots pssped throu.h thu 1onc-
"os%n, fortunately, however, oolns no great dam
age. The oMcers Of the Baltic, Diana, and Long
worth, are highly complImcntedby by the passengers
.oe .Aonaten anu Rnnooat No. IL, on she s.tn
nlt.s were again ottaeked By hre guns, and aiter
several hours ftiDG, the rebels we're repulsed.
Nounsed men were seen two days afterwards, but
no cannon. The battery belongs to Masmndnke's
command and Is supported by three thousand in
iantry and cavalry.
cA1no, June 4.-Tbe telegraph has already an-
bosts 1t New Orleans, on the evening 81 the s;th
ultimo. a tispa!ch to that cdsct having hern re-.
eeiVed bJtshe steamer Psuiine Carroll, 1t tia Bstop
New Orleans bas arrived a, ths pe.t since t6e CT
! roll. Great anxiety exit. among the steamboat
| owners, as some Of cur finest boats were In that
| port ut the tlnc. Among those named are tho
tes ss'sui fdHss @issou aoa sSd
Lersathan-the latter the iargcss on he river, No
particular. as to tie result Of the conaas.atlon
have 5et reached le,c. except that the Memphis
The steamer black Hawk, and that her Distraction
fs undoubtedly complete.
| The stes,ner Rocket WAS recently fired into by
gueri'Ias At l'stehelor's bend: rome nlns shots