New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-30
NEv>ORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY JUNE ~, 1867
tide, though perhaps, there will not be so many men


behind them. =,
All tie citizens agree upon Beauregards army
having been 100 900 strong; some say 10 wv. DuS
allowing him to have had 100 600 men, and 10 nave
lost 10 600 men in reIreating, which Is consdereu
large fo1res Beauregard has now $4,000 men aito-
gethsr. OF that 10000, Price and Van Dorm nave
30, 900 at Fulton, protecting the Rebess fanS anu
threatening our own; Breckenridge has o,OV0 ~
v cksbure, and 5000 under Ruggles at ana aocui
Grenada, Miss leaving the main force distrio que
along he Mobile and Ohio Railroad at iupeii~ oAa
Iona. Aberdeen with headquarters at Tupelo, READY
10 pitch on us at aud time we may show weak
point. Beauregards army is not 80 badly demorai-
lied that an attack from him is impossible on tue
contrary, il is quite probable. n, r.
An expedition sent out by Malor-Gen. W. =.
days in Holly Springs, and found the people IN t9a'
fashionable Southern retreat not at all unfriehoiy'
The cavalry went twenty miles further oouth
where they were dismOunted and attacked tne
guard at the bridge Tallahassee creek, kiiiihg
eight Rebels and wounding four OF our men. a onr
Springs. On the retreat they succeeded In destroy,
ing several difficult pieces of treste work, some IL
or IL miles below the town. fou can see the I'M
portance Of disabling this road b LOOKING ~ tns
map. You will remember there was ~ HOLY
Springs an establishment for manufacturing ana
repairing arms &c. 1t appears from captured tele-
grams, that all the machinery, &C., was sent 70
Atlanta, Ga previous to the evacuation oil Cointh.
Our forces now occupy Holly Springs, ana they
will probably garrison the town to protect our
railroad communication West.
Under the s1perinteudence OF Brighten. james
Il. Mcpherson Of the Typographical Engineer corps,
assisted by Cols. McKibben and Cults OF Gen. Hal
lecks staff; Mr. T.. j. Stevens, formerly OF the ohio
and Mississippi Railroad, and the three Engineer
regiments Of this army-the Railroad regiment VI
Indiana, Michigan Mechanics snd Engineer kegi-
ment and Bissels Engineer Regiment-our railroads
are getting into running condition eastward TO lur-
cunbia, and norrhward on the Mobile and Ohio IS
far as jackson. Tenn " sexpected that the mobile
and Ohio will be running to Columbus by next
Wednesday. Railroad communication Is open 10
Grand junction viz jackson, Tenn. The road
from Grand Junction to Memphis will DO III
operation by Monday next. Our forces occu-
~ Lagrange, five miles east OF the junction.
where there are many wealthy citizens, some Of
whom expressed themselves very glad TO see us
Que old negroes told us, "Golly, assa missis says
she haint been 80 glad since she got married. On
all the railroads the telegraph remains almost
wholly untouched 30 that telegraphic communica-
ton will be opened with Memphis and Columbus
before the railroads are completed, and probably
with Mitchell. who is supposed to be feeling Kirby
Smith, who is at Chattanooga with 2UVOV men. .
In conversation with gentleman IN the Medical
Director office | learn that statistics show that
IL 900 men have been sent down The iiNer Oh nos
ptal boats aud that considerable sickness prevails
in our army ohills and fever competitive lever and
the like.
In response to the call Of Maj Zen. Halleck for
provisions for tho suffering Mis-ls'iPpians, large
quantities lavo arrived and are arriving daily from
81. Louis and Cincinnati and are being distributed
among the people, large numbers OF whom, prlnci-
pally women come into tie town daily IN their old
fashioned wagons, get their allowance, and 20 back
seemingly greatly Obliged to u.s.
At the request Of Get Beauregard, Capt. Cam
eron :. prisorer who sent into the Rebel lines some
two weeks since. to be exchanged for Capt. McMi.
chael Of Philadelphia, Assistant Adlutsu-Gcn
on the sind OF the late Major-Genenl C.. +. Smith
Can't Mchlchael has not rs yet made his appearance
here IL il thought be was sent into Mcclellan 9
army, a. "A letter TO him by dag Of truce, was re-
turned, indorsed, Not within the lines OF the Con
ieivrsss rsny :.
Man Zen. Orb arrived here Yesterday. IL Is
Understood he takes tie division OF Brig Gen. Davis
q Colonel ut Bull Run, who has received leave 81
absence.
Bng.-Gen. j. G. sullivan, u Rich Mountain hero,
lately arrived, has been ssusued 10 his Old COM
nander, Brig Gen. Ro-ecraus, L. y. a., VINO now
commands the Army of the Mississippi during tie
TEMPORARY absence If Msj.-Gcn. Pope, VINO goes
North 10 see A new heir To Pope's throne.
Brighten. e. :. Hamilton, also lately arrived, has
q ken the division o. Brig-Gen. Schuyler Hamilton
OF New.York city, VINO has gone North quite Ill.
III. tennessee River Is 30 low It is believed no
more boai- will come up, and that hereafter all
supplies will come TO the army via Columbus and
wa Memphis The weather /. quite line. ibe
Thermometer to-day stands AT 80 and II II ooDsid-
cred quite warm. Lat night, AZ midnight, the
Thermometer indicated %.