Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-04-04
The Tennessee River Expe.
ditiOn.

\ correspondent OF the M,omi Denao,
crat, who dates from Savannah. tennessee :.
i escritcs the expedition under 6en. Grant to
I" one oi mammoth Proportions including
more men than have br,n brought under one
Command slnce the war , and that this ex.
=, dttian has now arrived thus far on iis
nay. aud is within striking distance Of tie
enemy. lie slys
The pr gte>s o( the expedition up the
riser to TIM, punt WIS hailvi with graf en-
thuslsssn y tn people along the banks
i lhere are few Villages between Far, Henry
and tins I!nee, ia tact none oi ANY eoh,.-
qucncc. bAt as all the different landings
s4ere MAS an entAa-naSt crowd n, tie bank
Who as The steamers approached gave vent to
the IN ut buisterUus ADMINISTRATIONS Ihcr-
VAS 10 dpu5tin: the ieryor vt some Of these
proc eih-s. In sowc places they had the
stair and sirisss waving IL WAS generally
-Gpi rstai that ~ should - more or les an
noyrd by rifle shots from til. shore. The
general yalty OF the P-Jlle e4n hc inferred
when | add tina: although there were numcs-
aus i7eaitl,c, where s.rrIShJ3ters could haf,
iaken deadly aim At oar pilots, but one sboi
was krei into the Dee; IN Us transit Of one
hundred and hlty miles from For, Henry
hlthtr, This shot wounded one man Cd ia
steamer Argyle.
St~Hnah, from which / now write, isa
little village u two or three hundred in
babitants, 10 Harding, one of the southern
counties ot the State. |, will be remember
ed as one Of the points where Lieut.. Phelt-
and other officers OF the Alabama gunhoAt
expedition were greeted ~ cordially. The
place is intensely lniua, and the sight Of =,
large an army creates no little enthusiasm
grpon: ,heD. fhe Cnion people have aockeA
IN FROM lar and wide About fifty peopls
have already eut,rtei TO day. and probably
gs'd many OF our regiments will receive lm-
portani acquisitions. Not few Of thoss
who have enlisted had been drafted for the
rebel army. am informed that drafting
has been resorted to largely stree the Done.-
son sud Heavy battles.
The most formidable array Of STEAMBOATS,
svcr s-en, even IN ), Louis or New ORLEANS.
Is now anchored on either ssIe Of the river,
fronting savannah. III r. are already ablui
eighty boat. here. with wore ~ come The
Get comprises s5ine OF tie largest bat. nat
isating our Wes,e-n streams The tifsci a
tins goat d.IDon-vatsn opon the peoplS
along the river, a. may eIfecIed - l,.tncn.s.
rs yet, little !, known vi the Whereabouts
TO be scattered sbou, ffiees Or twenty uiles
u the South 4 us, aud q. yarious small
places IN Northern Alabama and Mississippi.
Ii seems probable thai they have irOtn ~ 90
10 900 men scattered about in this way,
which could be Concentrated in twenty-fDsr
hours notice. As yet, hoseyer, our sources
oil information are not sufficiently extensive
to speak with any great degree Of correct
ness. The rebels have abandoned their iorti-
heations at Pittsburg. They have, however,
a battery Of four guns at Eastport. Mississ-
lppl, thirty miles above here. Lieut.. Gwin,
oil the Iyior, visited them them this morn
ing, and succeeded in waking them up, eI-
changing some fifty shots with them.
The change oil the command OF the expe-
dition from Gen. Grant to Gen Smith, e1-
cites good deal OF surmise in the command
here. ltis generally understood that he has
been ordered, or requested TO remain in sta
tonary headquarters at Fort Henry. giving
over the command OF the army in the field
! to Gen, Smith. With a less able Gen. than
him, this change Of commanders would BE-
apt u have bad effect upon the army.
understand that Gen. Grant, unless be re
ceives some explanation OF the affair, will
tender bis resignation"