, 1862-12-09
FROM CAIRO And Del D1yfl1 ",
The Situation in Gen. Grants
Command.
SKIRMISH NEAR OXFORD,
MISSISSIPPI.

MISSISSIPPI.
Interesting from Memphis
and Vicinity.
TEgE CITIZENS PU3SHSEEaNd.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
CAIRO. Dec. S, 1862.
By the arrival Of the steamer Rowe1a we
layc Memphis dates TO Saturday afternoon.
The news Of most interest is from Oxford,
Thursday morning:
When my Informant left Jackson, the Con
fcderatc cavalry were contcsting The advance
Of the Union Troops, not COO yards from the
limits Of the town. jackson was supported
By Il battery. The main body Of the Confed-
crates had passed through Oxford twelve
hours previous to the appearance Of the Fed
erals.
The rebels were said to be 4O. GOO strong,
with many sick and wounded men to care for.
Tic Confetlcrates were much delnoralizcd,
and thought they could not make q stand
against the Union troops in the State of Mis-
sissippi, and in consequence that Vicksburs
and jackson must fall without a struggle
THIS impression is from citizens Of Oxford.
Another report, said to come from a man
Just from the vicinity, basit that the Union ar
my has actually possessed Grenada. In this
confusion it is difficult to decide as to the
truth or falsity Of any one report over an
other.
Rumor says tllat Jackson repalsed the Fed
erals, on Thursday, at Oxford, the latter be-
ing only in small force.
Tour correspondent at Memphis reports
that Gems. Peinberton and Price are certainly
At Grenada, and there they will make III at
tempt 10 stay the progress Of thcU nion army
You may regard this as entirely rellahle. The
rebels are conscsipting recruits within nine
or ten miles Of Memphis.
At Whites Station Oh Friday last, they took
every nlau they could lind under forty years Of
age.
The email pox has again broken out at Cairo
! and is reported to lave commenced spreading
among the citizens. 1t is not supposed there
is any OCCASION for panic, however.
| A man WAS murdered in gambling house
| lust in the rcar Of the Provost AIarshal5 Of:
lice, Saturday night. Ills throat Vas cut, and
| he Was stabbed in the heart also The victim
was stranger here, and his na1ne could moi
| be learned.
| Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.l
CA1Ro, Dec. :, 1867.
4 number of heavily loaded steamers have
lately passed through this place bound fol
points south Of Uclena, having Secretar,
Ciasc's permission to trade upon the Missis
sirrj in prescribed localities with tile suffer
ing and Impoverished Inhabitants Of Arkan
sas and Mississippi. This action, it is sup
posed, will have Il concil1iatory effect upol
shc men whose pressing wants may be rclicy
I'd. Some sticklers are finding fault with til
movement, thinking it will be very dificul
| to trade with the Inhabitants without ais
| succoring those in arms against the govern
mcnt. This is get to br tried. however. Tha
it will have good effect upon some is eel
| tain.
I have couverscd with 4 gentleman we
posted upon the number of rebel troops i
The State of Arkansas, who says that Ger
Curtis statements are highly colorct
to say the least, and that IN army Of G, OF
or 1000 Union troops could sweep the Stat
from north to south, from centre to circun
ference. It is certain the most efectiy
troops have evacuated the State for service
Mississippi.
Grant and his entire army, consisting
shcs1nan's division and the expedition und'
Gems. 1Io1cy and Waslburn, are al present
Grenada, and still moving after the Reeiu
| rebels. Thus has the plan maturcl at Colus
bus been fully carried out with the best
p success, excepting catching tic Confederate
Forty-seyen prisoners were captured by Cc
t Lees advance into Tallahatchic
Ii have it upon pretty good authority til
u Rear Adn,ira1 Porter will not much longer i
lay his departure to rejoin his flotilla intcnd'
c to operate upon Vicksburg. 1t is reportt
that hc proposed starting yesterday.
l. Later information changes somewhat Il
Il manner in which Gems. Horey and Washbu
lc moved for Grenada. 1t seems that after stal
g ing from Delta Oh Friday of last week, t
forces struck the Coldwater. The second
II at noon they followed it to the mouth, reac
Is ing it that night, where the infantry, und
1t Hoycy, remained. Gen. Washbuzn, in char
5. Of the cavalry, pushed forward, and on St
1e day struck the Mississippi Central Railroa
Of five or six miles from Grenada, towards Ho
er Springs. He took up the track and burn
'g two bridges. The report at this point u
es that the rebels were in force at Grenada 4
ut strongly fortified. So he determined not
go there, and fell back to Hardee's Station,
NJ the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, VIII
sr- the railroad was SO injured that it will taxi
or month to repair it. Then the force retur,
ut to Coldwater.
en- On the ensuing Tuesday, the cavalry III
1t. TO Pamela and burned the bridge. They IL
p, returned to the mouth Of the Coldwat
les wnere Gen. Hovey, with infantry, avail
re | them. Dispatches we're sent to He1c
he reaching there at 2 o'clock Thursday morni,
al. Thus the report regarding Gen sherma
he headquarters was incorrect. The expeditj
M did not go to Grenada; yet it is true t
iy- Grenada Was evacuated on Saturday. Gene
he Washburn was within few miles, and but
for misiuformation might have occupied
Of place, there being no force to prevent it.
It is reported now that the G1
cir ada Appeal, instead Of going to
in rietta, Ga, has located at Canton,
&C.. the Central Mississippi Railroad, TIVE
Gus miles from jackson, the capital. The
les number in Grenada is dated Saturday,
calls upon the people Of the State to arc
the and aid Gen. Joseph E. johnson, in comma
be to drive the Yankee hordes from the coun
the The 1ppedrs Richmond dispatches hare b
the anticipated, doubtless from Fortress Mon
TOR Abiding to the anticipated attack Of Nee
ing nand By land, and Fa1ragut and Porter
Ca water, upon Vicksburg, the appeal uses
hat following significant language:
nay '1f Government hs neglected to pro
1di for the emergency that will be surely fo1
the upon us, it Will permit blow to be struc
Of vital portion of OUT country, the co
tt quences Of which may be so serious as to
late dangerous to all our purposes"
'out Lieut.. La7igne, Of the city Of Memphis
vost guard, with ten men, went out to "
the Station to hunt for a band Of robbers n
KT. has been doing such successful business t