The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-28
General Smiths Tennessee River Elk.
petition,

Great news is anticipated in a few days
from the expedition that sailed up the Ten.
nessee, under the command Of Gen. Smith.
at last accounts be was at Savannah, Nc.
Marry county, Tennessee, and only twenty
FIVE miles from Corinth, Mississippi, the
junction of the Memphis and Charleston
and Mobile and Ohio Railroads. If be
cuts off railroad communication between
Memphis and Charleston, he will wreck
Gen. Johnson's new line of defence, that
was to have had its extremes at Corinth
AMI Chattanooga.
An idea of the magnitude of the expe-
pition may be obtained from the following
correspondence of tie Cincinnati Commer-
cia5, from Savannah, under date of the 10th
instant:
Our feet consists of fifty-seven steamers
and two gunboats as follows: Eugene,
Chancellor, Bay City, Cricket No. 2. Dun-
leith, Hastings, Edward Walsh, John j.
Roe, j. Fl. Dickey, Telegraph No. 3, Bos>
ton, Henry Cboteau, Ohio No. 2, Silver
Moon, Gladiator, Minnehaha, Fanny Bull
lit, John Raine, Argyle, Empress, Leonora,
1.-THE flag ship Alex. Scott, Memphis, B. ).
Adams Fort Wa,ue, Champion No. 3,
Emerald, Jesse K. Bell, Baltic, Aurora,
Bostona No. 2, 7. L. McGill, Rose Haml-
ton, Diamond, Goody Friends, Tigress,
Curlew No. 2, Salie List, j. B. Ford,
Prairie Rose, j. w. Cheesman. Poland,
Universe, Anglo Saxon, Hazel Dell, Ian.
caster No. 4, Continental, Horizon, Che.
naugo. +. Ii. Fairfsx, Sir William Wall
lace, Ohio No. 3, Marengo, Glendale, Lady
Pike, Commercial and Hannibal, and gun
boats Q. Tyler and Conestcga.
The force is divided into five divisions.
The advance commanded by Gen. Sherman,
I'd division by Gen. Hurlbut, 81 division by
Gen. McCIernand, 4th division by Gen. L.
Wallace, and 5th division by Coi. Lauman,
OF the 7th Iowa, acting Brigadier, and each
division preserves Its crder OF march with
as much regularity as land force.
am with the Attn division, Gen. Wal.
lace which is embarked on the steamers
Argyle, John Raine, Telegraph, John j.
Rec and BostOna, which are now stcamiug
up the river ia company, the Roe and jeie-
graph dashed together III the advance.
What our destination is, 30 one except the
commanders know. Some say Memphis,
ence, Alabama.
The Telegraph taking on the 23d and
24th Indiana lett Fort Henry on Thursday
last, and went 20 Paris Landing, six miles
above, and waited for the balance of the
expedition to arrive. After various delays
we left the landing on Sunday, and run up
the river six miles further and lac up for
the night.
later correspondence, dated 18th Instant
Tuesday, the llth instant. the Federal
feet of transports commenced coming to
Savannah, Tennessee. The same (Mondayl
night the Tyler ard Lexington were under
way, bound for PASSPORT and Chickasaw,
forty miles above Savannah), to ascertain
the truth o! reports. viz, that the rebels
were certifying. We found it true, ex-
changed a few shots with them, ascertained
they had some good guns, and cleft them
alone in their glory"; but not until We had
dropped some she'll among them.
There were indications of a large force
there, and We know that the enemy are in
strong force along the lines OF railroads,
west and southwest of this river. TO lose
possession Of these roads or o portion OF
them in southeastern tennessee, northern
Mississippi and Alabama, would be fatal 10
them.
Yesterday YVES devoted to completing the
programme Il suppose) and this vessel" is
now O'Clock, a. M.-conyeying General
Wallace's brigade, which is being landed
four miles above Savannah. There will be
some good work done by this expedition
but OF that it is not proper to say more at
present.