, 1865-01-20

An Important Budget Of Down the
River NEWS.

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Especial p'sPa.eh 70 % nc Ln,ea To-, d ,sat
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From Captain Packer, OF steamer snng'ss'
and by arrival Of the steamer Mollie Able,
Cant. Charles P. Warncr-Wm. H. Rhodes,
C1erk-I have complete files New Orleans,
yictehnrr and McmnhIs papers.
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The 1T.e Dsea Of tne 1atn mas = .ellei llo"
the mouth Of Red River, which slTcs infor-
nation that the rebel General Hodge, who
co-1r,ands th.. district If mississippi and
1o Ia'.;s,.ns ~ hns astah1;.hod n,s beai,ouor.
,anz n.st a. ~ %'nndvi,1e M and hecun most VIGOROUS
rule.
The corporeal punishment order Of Colonel
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seo'I nus 'eeu -, "a ...7 s1.e -. 49,
taxe' sto per ea'e on III cotto" uaen ~ ~
this lax i has to run the 1isk Of encounter
ing guerilla bands, each Of which will 1evy
an additional tax if the leader happens to be
in good humor, or he should perchance be
bilious, the cotton Is burned.
a party Of General Bra5man's troops lett
cordia parish. The expedition returned with
porafHy dispersed couple Of bands Of jay
hawkers.
Bs order Of commander Foster, the gunboat
Little Rebel, on Tuesday last, made recon
uO1Esance up Tue 1kEu IlAtI ID 1l u A!1E iAou@A
Of The Black river -Four miles from ths
Black river rebel picket was discovered and
samn twenty shots flred at IL, which had the
effect Of completely breaking 1t up. The
hanks Of the Red river we're found to be COM
pletely oyernowed as far asIthe picket station
irnnn, tant nndertakinr has Just been success
fnIfy accomplisbcd BIZ the engineers Of the
Miss,ssi,,ni souadron, All your readers re-
membeT lie loss Of the iron-c1ad gunboat In-
diannla- which after successfully run
ninr the gauntlet of the enemy's
batteries during the siege Of Vicksburg
was eunk In the fight with the rebel ram
| Webb. and the captured Union gunboat
Oucen of The West. The 1ndianola has lain
| an apparently useless wreck upon the bar ut
| Dayfst Bend. opposite JEFF. Davis plantation,
thirty-fivc miles below Vicksburg, from that
works are ali gone, the more valuable portions
having been iaken away by the Union author
| tiles imnediately after tic battle Of V1cks-
burg. and tie balance being washed away by
| the Current. The hull, on being set atloat,
Was found to te very strong and in excellent
c,.na;,;nn "av sra1cely The least injury having
h.nn sustained. either in the tight Of
br 1he long Immersion it had
| In1orronc The hu1l was toWed to Vicks-
tuTe irom whence It will be taken to Cincln-
notf Or TO -thr st. Louis Navy Yard, to be
built over.
I
following nbout rebel operations in Louisi,
ana: Nc noticed in our streets, on Wednes'
Day last, some eight Or ten Confederate t
dria, L., from whom VIC learned the follow
inc items Of intelligence: At Alexandria
there is email Confederate force fo1tifying
anticipating anqtae5 fedcfa "a a. TIKI
htd hofer: on tne Ilse ~ ~ ra s.'eI. ~, trI
force wiz not numoer er+ more sS,erenart .am MI i
.nn 1esmentts a. on "91t 3ne Rsd Sier. R;rer t
tesc ae ftafnsca ferasa md On y
troors 1hey VI huhe 4reans SsS smiIicjcn aJc
tance they can conGenIfate IT, boPr;n~ III
to 'e t6e any for eonscrps ani
descrte7s Harrison,s rescMens m.:;t alt eoupGi g.
aSGe nnaer fne Of COL nar
rison. I1ese are lne su" ro1a. ;3;.;a y; a. nn ~
troops IN Nottn Losn 4ha a@ca ~ ~ u ana Il M.
stt'ng az ose oEaniziue a INTO minute copa
- 2 anu ,h;.ct ~ tn r. called into active service
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