New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-30
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
Rebel Dcpredatiens In Louisiana-strip'
ping the Country-Befngees Coming In
Great Preparations for the Spring
Camunf9n.

From Our Special Correspondent.
BATON ROUGE, La, March ls. 1868.
For O time, whereof the memory of no school,
boy runneh to the contrary it has been custom upon
the sounding Of the school bell for all parties concerned
to pitch into rough scramble for whatever marbles
were on the ground regardless Of right or title Ihs
schoolboy custom is representation In miniature OF
the late prevalent practice Of the Rebels in Louisiana
and Mississippi The sound Of the deathknell OF the
Confederacy conveyed by the tdngs Of the fall OF VIII
mngton and Charleston has been the signal for mer'
ccss and hithertounpsrae matchmaking Of the in
habtants Of the vulnerable portions OF these two States
and information Of later events show that the clap
per already suspended to sound the fall of Richmond
inhumany and barbarity alone characterize the deal
ings of tie Rebel, with friend and foe 1t was stated In
this correspondence some weeks ago the Rebels were
abandoning the region east of the Black Amite and o
mocLitto Rivers and withdrawing to the Alabama line
For two or three weeks that entire region clear OF
Rebels in arms but recently 1t has been filled with row.
ing detachments Of mounted men, who seize everything
portabe-money household articles. jewelry and pro-
visions-a Of which il carried to q rendezvous some
where on the headwaters Of the Yazoo These detach
ments, which are robbng the country east Of Baton
Rouge and north TO the Tennessee line are said to be
Forests men, acting by authority from Richmond.
This may or may not be true. but whoever they are,
and whatever their authority the result their dcpre
dations not checked will be the depopulation Of the
mos, productive sugar and cotton regions in the South
There are many dapdaied nests to be feathered even
though the material therefor must DO plueked Rom the
wings Of kinered BIRDS So be it, 1t is not our funeral
and we will not cry.
Refugees coming in every hour at all the landings
helov Vicksburg many ri whom are defcrterp. In
appearance they the same refugees Of two years
ago with the same old story Of having been always for
the Union but fear ha, Confederate bayonets might be
used to draw of some Of their patriotic blood forced
them to submit where resistance would have been disas
trously FOOLISH While this is just about the story that
would be told by the most arrnnt traitor in the South,
were he q suppant for Federal favor there be no
daubt that in many cases it is true However. it i'
generally impossible 10 make distinction and the treat
men Of all is Uniform This treatment. they confess.
Is better than they expected. and. they might add,
much better than they deserve
Since General Bailey raid military ents have
not been part Of history ye, military preparation
has But all that is TO be seen here is but an atom Of
the supcndous preliminary operations In progress
at nearly every point. feel warranted In predicting
that this oreshadows which cannot fail to
undermine all Confederate authority in the South Wet
Whether these movements will be oil or siDgly upon
Galveston, eastward ard Selma and Montgomery In
Central Alabsnn- westward toward Shreveport or TO
secure position IN the south'wrsprTn p~'' -
from which military may supervise the outcroppings
Of French and English neutrality at Matamoras can
net say. But that not only all Of these places but
others which Of equal importance though at present
less selfsuggesye. viii be the sbjects OF Federal
attention, can In what order they will be attended
TO will be known in time.
The river is very high and the whole country threat
ened with inundaton. lis reported here that some
miles above the levee shows signs Of giving way and
that creyasse is almost Inc vitabe. The water is
ming through imperfect places in the evee at several
different points above and below.