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advantage. The artillery Of each division will
adYnnce and 1lazfnc, fifsnnsad of anr

the infantry will complete the labor. I am !
confident that know in advance upon which |
which will be held In reserve, although
I have no official information upon
these points. It woald not be proper
for me, however, to say more upon this point
ut present. and leave it till the hour Of action
arrives.
The fall Of New Orleans nav in the mean
time make great change in the condition Of
affairs here. # our gunboats have an unob~
6tructed river to Memphis from below, we take
Beauregald IN reverse, aud he win Inevitably
be compelled to fall back without fighting.
IN that case the only necessity on bis part
2 blow upon the enemy as would so p1ralyzc
him as to make any future stand Of but little
account. Should Beauregard again be CON-
PEELED to fall back, it must be to the line Of
the Mississippi AID Alabama Railroad, run
ming from VtcEsburrg through jackson, Miss,
This line Is but partially completed, however.
The fase Of this line would rest on Mobile,
Alabama, the only seaport on the Gulf that
amounts to anything now left to the rebels.
Adjutant General Fuller has just arrived
here on the steamboat. Black Hawk With
proved pattern, and large amount Of hos
pita stores for our Illinois troops, the latter
under the charge of Drs. II. johnson and
1shsn1 Of your city. Never were army sup
pits more needed. Strange to say the rebel
arms captured since have been here, are Of q
description much better than ours. They are
the best English Enfield rifle, with CREASED
cartridges, marked Birmingham I haTe been
shoEn several Of them by Col. Stuart, Col
Bray man and other officers Capt. Brink, on
the Steamboat Rocket, tie most indefatigab1s
officer IN the army here, hid these arms dis
tEibuted the day they were received, and Gen.
Fuller is now actively employed IN the hospi.
tai arrapE pEeDents. He takes the Black Hawk
steamboat down to saEaluah to-day to re-
1ieEe the patients there, who arc said to be
suffering. Ale, porter and wine are needed
more than any other articles, both for sick and
wounded. The great trou bic with both is Want
Of some nouflshing stimulant, which will
couute1aCt the effects of diarrhea and the pros
tration caused hy wounds. I have spoken Of
this bcte5s, aud meeting Of physicians ofths
has just been had, confirms this opinion.
Gen. FYher will immediately send @ boat to
Cairo for these articles for the sick and
wounded at Savannah, and in anticipation Of
the coming battle. You will be surprised
VIII l,: tel yo9 that there are l, ,4o9 sick,
!O are Illinois troops. On two boats here,
the Louisiana and D. A. January, on board Of
which have been, arc over 800 more. This
is exclusive Of Others, and large numbers Of
sick in the various camps and hospitals in the
field. Typhus fever, pneumonia, and diar-
fles, are the prevailing diseases, and the en-
er7ating influences Of the climate adds greatly
to the bad effects Of these complaints upon
thr constitution. I hear Of much neglect and
consequent suffering in the hospitals espe-
ciu1ly those at Savannah, where, by all accounts,
it is really disgraceful-
There is also much complaint Of the con-
duct Of THE gentlemen formerly sent out upon
the Sanitary commission, q. Least Of other
cities than Chicago. Many OF them came here
Immediately after the battle, cut fer caoes
ri p2 iku4 A.
the various camps and left, aud this while
thousands were suffering for drop of water to
ccol their paTched tongues. There are some
excellent 1ucn who have come up with Gen.
Fuller, among them are Doctors Il, N. Isham,
q A. johnson. Henry Wing, f. Utlcy, c. a
Luce, ], F. Weeks, ]. B. Fulton, NJ English
and Samuel a Adams. The nurses are =
Mark Rumsey, Ira Siiliman, Bcnj Y. Page,
Norman Williams, c. a. Philhrick, Joseph
Jury, Ed: s. 1shsu, Rev. Mr. Roe, Rev. E. J.
Palmer, s. R. Mitchell, ], B. Burrows. R. B.
Wakefield, Robt. Thompson, Christian Gil
broke and a. Remington.
| With regard to the gentlemen comprising
| the last commission from your city, learn
| from DR.. Isham that they, one and al, did
their duty well and fuitnfulIy. Three nurses
sarily compelled to work faithfully. TIC sur
! eeops and nurses detailed TO the boats Cres-
| cert City, War Eagle, Hlawatla, Jnu. j. Roe,
nrd the Chancellor, never left their posts rom
| the moment they touched ut this place. 1 am
| glad to make this correction 10 tie honor aud
I cr,:1it Of your city.
When Gen Fuller arrived at Hamburg, five
miles above here, he found $50 sick soldiers
| hsd been put off the hospital boat Imperial,
/ ln the mud, by Brigade Surgeon Grove. Tue
General was indignant, and he and the nurses
| commenced immediately removing them to
| ht,af hn at11- eh H.
| Grove into some show Of humanity, AID be
| allowed the poor fellows to be put on ho lrl
| Lis boat again. The work of removal took till
long after dark, but was finally accomplished.
Or. Grove it appears merely Intended
to clear lis boat in order to rge'
notice is due to Lis conduct.
Gen. Full,r detailed corps Of surgeon:
ard nurses, headed by DR.. johnson, for ST.
yaEnah, and Dr.. J. returned this morn:ng
after putting things to rights there, and g":7,
4 detail Of his proceedings, which brought
tears to the eyes OF himself and listeners
Gen Fuller returns Immediately for sup
plies.
There is 4 report here Tint our gunboat:
have reached Vicssonrg on the Mississippi
II this is true, the rebels must sooner or late
tvacuate CoriEth.
In the Purdy expedition four or five rebel
we're captured. They say there were 100, 90
men at Coriuth, that they arc short Of provis
ipns, and-want us to come on, SO that the.
can capture our commissa1lat. They will pro
baby soon have ctlatca.
". S. Pope, ESD, left here by Gov, Yates
;n charge Of our wounded, had sent on til
cath By the Louisiana, $50 Of our Illino-
Eounded to Cincinnati, on the 26th 200 on th
Henry Clay to Mound City, and on the 2S:
on the Tycoon about 50 to Cincinnati Thos
Oh the Henry Clay were nearly all slightl
wounded; those on the Tycoon werc ba
cases. and OF those on the Louisiana sem
were badly wounded and some convalescen,
Gen: Sherman, Of Port Royal notoriety, ha
arrived here, and is TO tnke command OF
division or brigade here. The rebel ColnI1t
Bsttel, Of the 10th Tennessee regiment, is AIS
here On his way North as q prisoner. He h,
been around to Nashville.
In addition to the bridges burned on th
rnilroad near Purdy, our men tore up mil
and half of the track.
further learn that Gen. Pope advanced ye;
teEday from Monterey to the rebel positiou
the Eldgr, mile and q half beyond, where b
found the rebels strongly posted with sicg
guns in position. They fired upon him, an
he ---tsii7ed to Monterey. THIS is uulouhtedl
considered by the rebels IS L very importar
point,