The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-03-07
news Items.
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GrSERAL Al. sNrrn's sixteenth Army Corps is
ercsDped just outside Of New Orlcanr.
1900 Federal prisoners arrived At New Orleans
On the 25th ut. from Red River, f'r exchange.
OVER thousand refugees have arrived in Mem
ph's, Tenn, since New Years Day.
JAcoD McI.ELtAS, Republican, was reelected
MAYOR OF Portland, Nc, yesterday.
RronMoND papers announce the safe arrival Of
Roger A. Pryor IN that CITY.
NfsE buildings were burned at Cairo, H., on
Monday night, involving sloss Of one hundred and
Gny thousand dollars.
DIsrATcnBs from Kentucky represent the storm 70
have bern very severe there. Many bridges were
| washed away
TuE Western rivers are all OVERLOOKING.
freshet in the Arkansas river carried away the
poatoon bridge a. LiItc Rock, but it WINS AFR.
wards recovered.
TnE steamer Massachusetts. which arrived a.
! Philadelphia yesterday, hal on board the ffs,
| United States mall that has let Charleston srcs
| the breaking out Of the rebellion.
TE Portland me! ApvElrIs 1T si1tcs th,i Z
mystery Of the Caslno rsid, last FAN, Lar .,,..
solved. The whole Affair was carried out hy some
soldiers OF battery stStioned there threc Of vhon,
have just be- arrested and are now confined at
Easpos.
THr grand Inauguration lall took place Al wash-
| ington last night In the Patent Ofce Building
TIE throng immense. The President aud
Cabinet we're IN attendance, accompanied by eI-
Speaker Colfsx. The supper was on scale Of ole
gance consonant with tho great occnsion.
GULnRLLA outrages Of the most fendish chsrac.
ter continue in the vicinity OF Memphis Tenn. A
| hght occurred at white Station. near Memphis
on the 2d inst, between three hundred g1errllas
and hny Federal pockets, in block-houso, IN
| which the guerrilas were defeated.
TaE bill to repeal the section Of the act which
provides 'or the appointment Of agents to pureh
cotton and Other products Cf insurrecouery s.sIes
was not vetoed by the eB.jeni but iailed 10 Sc
cure his signature, which smounts t, about tue
same thing.
THs Memphis and rlcksburR rscle;, James
Watson, laden with Government freight, a large
number Of Isssengers aud SO soldiers sunk twelve
miles below Napoleon, tie morning Of the I'd,
Over 30 lives wers lost, incluI ng an Adsm'4 Ex-
press messenger, no soldiers, seyera, ladies and
children.
ALARdE meeting Of citizens was held In Oswcgo,
n. Y, yesterday, to provide Tor tho beucl def.nse
Of the city against AZ anticipated attack OF robol
raidsrs. Information was received lroIu the COM
mAnder at Fort Ontario that = sufficient force
would be detached 10 patrol the streets at niglt,
and the me ting separated after appointing COM
mittee TO watch suspected strangers about town.
Tue Governor OF New York has oppoin.ei D e.
Morgan Superintendent Of NJ litary Agencies. The
agent At the Now York depot is Col. vlnccn. Coly,
or. There arc agents appointed for various other
points. The object is 10 visit New York soldiers in
hospitals, and as rapidly as possible procure their
transfer 10 New York state Hospitals besides re-
ceiving contributors for their benefit, and IN other
respects assist snd comfort them.