, 1862-01-21
RETURN OF GRANTS S GC00ll|RANN Col MN
VOLUNTEERS CALLED our FOR THE
GukBt}AT FLEET.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.1

CAIRO, Jan. 20, 1852.
The expedition has returned without appa-
rcntly efEecting anything, but from unlnis-
taxable information, all intended has been ae-
complishcl. The objects in view appear to
have been three-foid, namely, preventing re-
Inducements being sent to Bowling Green;
to accustom the troops to marching and field
life; and to obtain I tnorouSh II Typographical
knowledge By reconnaissance in force Of
country soon to be IL: field Of action for
grand army All the troops except General
a1cClcrnands column, which has arrived at
Fort Jefferson, arc laek in their old quarters.
Gen. Grant and staff returned yesterday.
It having been asecr:ained that McNcirs
mill, whose house has been the head-quart~
ers Of Gen. Grant and staff, anl where por-
tion Of our troops were encampcd for two
days, had been employed in saving heavy
timbers for fortihcations at Columbus and
caEemating batteries Of rebel gun boats at Co.
lumbus, the mill was, by order Of Gen. Grant,
burned yesterday by the 10th Illinois regiment
The rebel camp Bcauregard, Situated at
Felicina, Ky., was captured by Gen Smith on
Friday last, the occupants (6o days mcn) taking
fight upon the approach Of our force. All
their tents and equipments were captured.
No official reports Of the affair have yet been
received.
A gentleman from New Orleans reports that
Fort Pike, guarding the pass to Luke Poneha-
train, is threatened by the Federals. aud daily
expected. to fall into our hands. Great alarm
exists in consequence.
fThn Et3d 1]1fnnic rafi11ta1f Tianf CnToun1
Wilcox commanding, arrived here to-day. The
42d Is expected here tomorrow.
Gen. Grant issued the following circuit: to
the officers in his command to-day:
HEADQUARTERS. DISTRICT OF CAIRO. !:
CAIRO, ILL.,, January %, 1862. j
[Circular.J
Commanders Of regiments will report to these
headquarters, without delay, the names Of river
and sea firing men Of their respective commands
who arewllins to be transferred from the mill ary
to the gunboat service Seeing the Importance Of
fitting out our gunboats speedily possible, it
is hoped there will be delay OF objections rais-
ed by company or rcgimenta1 commanders in
responding to this call. Men thus volunteering
viii be discharged at the end Of one year, or at the
| end Of the war, should it terminate sooner.
By ORDER e. s. GRANT,
Br1gadier- General Commanding.
ITO the Associated Prcss.1
CAIRO, Jan. 20.-Gen. McC Ciernand's brigade
| returned from the Kentucky expedition to-
day, and went into their old quarters here.
The Illinois Goth regiment, Col G. G, Marsh,
which has been encamped at the mouth Of
| Mayfeld Creek since the expedition started,
| viii be up tonight OF in the morning.
| This morning O'Nei's Mills, on Mayfeld
| Creek, where part Of the expedition cacampcd
two nights, were burned to the ground By
! A1cCltEnn1d's orders. After returning from
the expedition, Gen. Grant learned that
O'Ncll's. pretended loyalty was fiction, in-
| vented for the occasion; that his saw mill had
been used in the manufacture Of lumber for
the Columbus fortilcations, and his -four mil
in making flour for rebel troops, He accord,
ing1y sent an order to disable the mills, and
Geu. McClernand did so effectually.
The SD Illinois regiment, late Col. Wilson s
arrived here this evening from St. Joseph
Missouri, which place they left On Thursday
last.
| Reports sent from here to-day, that General
Hal1eck's private baggage or camp Wagon
has arrived here, are wholly unfonuded-
The report Of the taking Of Fort Holt wa;
| untrue.
| The cannonadins heard at the depot on Fri
day last was caused by gunboat sheil1ng tht
woods where masked battery was supposed
The second expedition which ~ent from
Cape Girardeau to Bloomfield, last week la:
returned, bringing as prisoners one Lieut.
Colonel, ! Captains, and 20 priyates, capturee
during the trip.
1 a highly respectable and Intelligent gentle
; man reached here from New Orleans las
night. He states that when he left there, tn
citizens were daily expecting that Fort White
commanding the entrance to Lake PontchaE
train, would be attacked and captured BY Fed
eral forces from Ship Islnnd. II New Orlean
there arc not over 5 1000 volunteers with arms
and not exceeding 1000 could be raised
! there we're. arms, il case Of emergency
.. There are no batteries in the river above Q
. | below the city, and tho only defence agains
; an attack from the Gulf arc the two forts o.
.. opposite sides Of the river towards the mouth
, The city, he thinks, could be very easily take
hy sc,an force once past the forts, and gun
boats like these here he believes could pas
:, | them.
.. One Of the French war steamers Of the Mex
| lean expedition WAS run into By an America
) vessel on the 9Th or It'll inst, and was seyerel
. damaged. The vessel Laid up ut Ship Islan'
! for repairs.
.. Tie Ohio river has risen two feet since ycs
| terduy.
This morning number Of Fremontss poI
, toons used in bridging the river at Padncat
, passed downwards on their way to seeessia-