March 28.—A riot occurred at Charleston, Illinois, in which several persons were killed and wounded.—(Doc. 136.)
—The election, ordered by Major-General Banks, for delegates to the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana, was held, and resulted in the success of the Free State party.
—Two rebel spies were captured in the navy-yard at Mound City, Arkansas, this morning.— An express train, which left Louisville, Ky., this morning, for Lebanon, was captured by a body of guerrillas, and two of the cars were burned. A guard of seventeen National soldiers on the train surrendered without firing a gun.
