Major-General Sheridan has been sent to Texas to reduce the
-rebellion still lingering there. He will find troops enough for his purpose at New Orleans and along the Mississippi. Probably Kirby Smith will not give any great trouble after losing his hope of the co-operation of Mr. Jefferson Davis. The Shrieveport Sentinel, however, of 27th of April reports a meeting there to stimulate 'Texas to rebellion, in which one of the speakers, Colonel Fournoy, pronounced in his peroration what it calls " a glowing panegyric on Booth, the assassin of Mr. Lincoln." The meeting was, how- ever, held before the surrender of Johnston or the capture of Mr. Davis, and General Sheridan will probably soon induce a change of view in General Kirby Smith. General Magruder also de- clared on the 25th of April his intention to continue the war in Texas, but he admitted• that he relied on Mexico for help, and that support will certainly fail him.
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