New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-08
FROM TEE DEPARTMENT. OF THE
GULF.
Dick Taylor i'm the Fcurehe DISTRICT
Hi. Orleans 10 DC nc
enpfErcd.
From Our SPECIAL Corr

From Our SPECIAL Correspondent.
EEw.0mEGvs, June q, 1854.
The old fable of the shepherd who erred
"woG woLT until he ceased to be regarded when the
wolf did cone a: last seems be ia danger Of being
repca,sd in this Department far relates TO the cry
Of the Rebels over in the Ia Fourche District
Dick Taylor men have been repeatedly reported as
making descent, aud once TO kave cr0ssed the tyon
Ia FoUrchc, but have never actually made their aP
peaFance IN respectable force ills side OF nln
We have that reached as On the evening u the
RITA hosoyor aud - gate trustworthy 70 the eject
that n considerable body OF are crossing Lake er-
et with skits RATS, fatbOGts and every species OF
lc.aft uhieh Is available and the BELIEF appears 10 DC
entertained that an effort viii be made To pass tne
BAYOU Ia Fourche somewhere between Napoieonyiie
and Doaaldscnyile
OF course. their future movements are to great ex
tent coujeetura with us but lneine TO the opinion
that this Expedition of the Rebels Is undertaken d.
verson Il which the Objects 10 heavier move
men which they propose 20 make or BTasneoE sl.uia'
neousy. o. immediately following H. ~ hs! % N. ~,
toLdcd merely a. raid andsaye no OBJECT beyond tne
destruction OK the Opclousas Railroad bat tAHt u does
effect this end II needs no prophet 10 Procai
Ii is less than week since our ckets brought IN SIX
Rebels from the vicinity. upon whose persons were
found orders 20 destroy cars locomotives track and
telegraph, and in whose possession were implements ior
the carving out Of their orders
Gen. Cameron, who Is still in command OK the la
Fourche District is pretty fully advised o. the Rebel
movements and there are an abundance OF upoccu,
pied troops in the Department It is not here esteemed
d
should come out 10 meet Us
Gen Dick Taylor it Is stated in Secession circles in
This tv has sent word IN here that lie would eat his
Fourth Of July dinner IN Now-Orleans- DO not hear
that any quarters have yet been assigned nm az the
Carondect.stGeet Hotel, where the other Confederate
Gentlemen at present. chiefly provided with apart
mente and think that the General has made MISTAKE
either to time or Locality Of the dinner which ne pro-
poses TO est. -,
n is understood here that order is to be mmedi'
ately issued requiring all registered enemies TO leave
our Rc and there is very considerable sensation III
the social circles 10 consequence as wen as among tue
friends Of the gentry who, b. tie way are not scarce
incline 10 the opinion that such IS dictated
hy sound policy and that had il been done earlier we
should have had q much healthier sentiment toward the
Government than now exists Moreover II IS Wen,
known fact that the Rebels have no disposition, and
never have had 10 cenciate these who ayowed tnen-
spyes inimieal 10 their authorities. Besides Cen lay
Tor las been relentssy sending outside his lines tie
wives and families of all those who had Joined our
army west Of the Mississippi and especially in the
country tayerscd by the army during the recent expe-
dition up the Red River. A paro,ed man who lately
came down told Of number Of families which he saw 1t
Alexandria. while the fsg OF truce boat was lying
there couple OF weeks ago. Ihey had beeh
Iordcrcd 20 leave and were their way. One woman
with five children had walked 90 miles 10 AleXandIi1,
and expecting TO cross thence to Natehez some ~
miles further which the nearest point 70 our lines.
end said that she had wSy Of getting there except o
walk the entire district One Confederate Officer SAID
that he thought the getting rid Of tits class OF poor
trash was very material benefit 20 the Conederacy
/ think from the conversation Of some OF the SAID
trash that they esteem it equally happy occur
rance for them 10 have got rid Of the Contederaey
The PcdyuRe is expected to be az once resumed upon
loya bass. Mr. Otis formally connected with 1t as
writer and lately with tho press Of NewYork' arrived
on the last steamer aud Mr.. HolDrook late proprietor
is soon expected from Washington. Let US hope that
some of its former hostility 10 the Government may
have been laid aside dur its suppressQg and that u
viii recognize the fact that the City of Hew Orleans Is
in the possession OF the Federal instead OF Confederate
authorities when once il again makes Its appearance
among US.
Cen Dan E. Sickles is at present the guest Of Gov.
Hahn.
Tie tealth Of the city continues excellent and in
dications of yellow fever have been reported.