, 1865-04-08

Especial Dispatch TO the ChicaEo Tribune.1
CAIRO, april Z.
Memphis papers cay the stream of deser 'ers
from The rebel army, and civilians anxious to
cape from the tyranny OF the confederaey, con,
ti1ucs to pour through the lines at that post.
Forty 1cs. rters from FORESTS army c1mc in on
the 9Th and made application to TAKE the amnesty
o. h. They were comfortably md well clad.
One from He1nana6 ssye 1t VIA reported ut tha.
place that Sherman had been reinforced by ffteeu
thousand cayalr5. and has been able 10 neet the
iorcee OF Lee aud Johnk1on combined. It vas
alro etaled 1hrt Forrest WIS somewhere In The
uei3hl,orhood OF Mobile.
Some Of our caval.y had a s1drmtsh On the 5td
With party Of gucriias ne2r Coldwater. Several
we're hurt or each side, and one Of OIL men sub
&. u. Reed, one Of Captain uendcraon's rebel
scouts, WIS captured near Germantown on the
Bl ck.
Lieutenant Brine, we're killed at Ripley, Lauder.
dale county. Tenn On last Thurtday, BY Mr. De
losc5, c1iizen Of that county.
The Rrltttin saEs most q the condseatlon eases
over 10 the next II rU.
The hospital steamer D. 4. January ha. been
ordered to the Department Of the Gulk She
'1 7ne several wards in Cairo were drafted this a:
cAIso, April z--The New Orleans Dei:a has IN.
1G!IDaLt0 1TuIu MGSEEI0 A0UlB3aua. II &a3G, WILD
The exception OF one or two email scou1n. par.
ttcF, ell the rebel cavalry have gone to Texas,
ard the infantry hare been withdrawn from The
fortlacstiors around A!exan6ria. and arc now en-;
providing corn and forage for horses, compelled
ihem to s.arve for want of food.
1ns G.ca.est dsst!t9tton prevai1s among thc
ucstruc 1or OF fences, on'-Eouses, ETC., by Gen.
nanlls' army last full. but a very small crop 0!
b1eadttuEa was raeed, and even this was parual.
1R N1RfF TaH FY fhn H1tH n n anil
fp5ous, which On some plant1tion. ruined almoEt
eyerythin. that .4as not destroyed or consumed
By the army. When the army left, the people,
ou1 M Ireadstuds Of any k1nd, and, to add 10 thr
horror OF their condition, a dfstemper has just
!oftn OFT a%ops shs sw ',n rs%'s,n'ng hoss I'D
l,g OF tlcec poo. people nt the present time, 1t
IL ss1d, IL unparalleled in til. histury Of the war.
1ne Alexandria (la.:} Dsm2rrat of the I'd nit,
hat Fricad,er General Hafr5 Hays has been Is.
tfgbed to the duty Of collecting and forwarding to
their conn anGs ail officers and men IN that de-
pertinent WHO belong east Of tnc Missouri. John
Subsistence, notified alt persons detaled rs sgu-
cutnrallste or orerseers in rhe several Parishes,
that :he, are requested to deliver to him without
the ein m of thei1 detsii. Ts amy. be ssy9,
'i> in great NEED Ut salt rntions, md It 1s 10 he
hntcd that the parties concerned will comply
Tie l;arterey iMedeo) Gazette announces that
portion o! The Confederate troops who were Sta
nuhef It BFowns' NE, fexas. have been sent to
Gslves:on, where they are awaiting an expected
2t,atk by The Fe1erals.
TIC NcmrhIs TtIlttin ssys: IA petition sign
cd ~ three or lour thousand Of ouf eoiored tlll'
xena, has been gotten up, and will be presented to
the State leglsia ut its cnauiug e-sion. 1t
F5ags The leE1slnfure to relieve The colored pco-
Fle o. Tennessee of The legal disabilities on &C.
count Of color and to favor the comforting Of The
ei.e!orsl franchise r. On coored men who have
fought Tor the staEa and etripes.'
Captain Cushmsu, notorious gucriIls, who has
commanded gnng Ut villains VINO have commit.
ted numerous outtagea IN West Tennessee Iurluf.
the last two years, vas killed fer days since. at
RIPLEY. M,Es., hy contedesate soldier fnamed D.,
man. The 1st Lleuts nant Of Cushnan'g gang was
bat31F wounded at the same time. Cnehaa7n was
ct oEc tine prisoner in Federal hands, but es
cap-d from Columbus. Ky.
lew 1oy1pg guertllas ere get in Ballard coun
~. ~. but hey are Jsing rapidly cleaned ont
Colonel Hawktns' command 9as ~s1 klied :, thirty
wrrtchee, during the past two weeks, u
The draft i 94ietly progressing ,n{. '9 tn,s s
ronnt< will hr drawn today.