Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-01
The Mi~.i.>ippi Expedition.
From tho ChirasO Post Dec. 2;th


The M ississippi Expedition" ABOUT whi:h
so much has been said ana SO little known, IS
adv Oh the way, or perhaps by this tim
has arrived 1T its destination. Sts com mand-
Ing officer is not Gen. McClsrnand, but fI,'n
Sherman. We suspect that til" Object has bran
all along to keep the name OF Gen McClarnand
rrumins mt As the organizer OF this expedition
at Cairo, for a strategic pnrposr, while the ok
petition was, in fact, getting ready at and
moving from a different poiht
The Mississippi Expedition Is Of q much
more Formidable character than is generally
supposed lis organization embraces thrrr
grand divisions, Of which Gen. A. J. Smiths
is the right, Gen. Morgan L. Smiths the CEN
t'r and Gen. George ". Morgan the left
! n number OF troops embraced in these corps
We. % course, cannot st2tr; but II may ba relied
upon that 1t will require = rebel forca Of not
less than fifty or Sky thousand men 10 make
anything like successful opposition.
The composition Of this army is entirely
Nor thwe>!ern, our own State having therein
10 su. IL representation. In Gen. NJ L. Smiths
Division ere Barrett's, Woods, Cooley's AMI
Harris Chicago batteries; the l5th, ;27th, 10th An
1i3fh Illinois infantry; the 9th and 9Th Missouri
infantry, etc. Illinois regiments are also found
in each of the other divisions.
IL addition 20 and independent OF this expo
ditiOn is an army said To- number g. ZOO men, ut
Helena, Arkansas, under Gen. Steele That
amy, see by the recent order for trans
port, is Also about I'd move, il 1t Is not already
IN motion. What part in the grand drama Of
war in the Southwest this army is destined To
perform will not long remain secret
EyMichpiPts hook on "Sorcpry" has incurred
the displ.asure OF the French Government, a
second edition having been forbidden. Where
upon the author proposes TO bring out an
larged eGitiOd beyond the limits OF French
authority.
- Some Of the Pennsylvania papers are al
ready agitatinz the question as to who is to be
next Governor. A Westchestef paper and ta,.
Philadelphia Bulletin think Gov. Curtin the
proper man. The election does not take place
for year yet.
- The next session Of the Legislature OF ".
Jersey will commence on Tuesday, January b.
at y m. The inauguration OF the Governor
elect, Joel Parker, viii take place At noon on
Tuesday, Goth instant, one week after the Meet
ing OF the Leg islature.
- The New York Tribune saws that African
soldiers will b. employed TO guard the banks
of the Mississippi, garrison the forts below
New Orleans and on the coast, and To enforce
the proclamation of freedom TO their brethren
~ The rosy prom iSps of the new Captain
General of Cuba, of reforms have rendered the
Cubans enthusiastically loyal TO Spain, and
there Is now no party in favor of annexation to
these is-United States.
|Letters from Hong Kong of the 9th nj: ,
estimate the stock awaiting shipment for Frr-
land at $1,000 bales. Two vessels were loading
freight, the charge being one pound sterling per
bale.
~ A e We mile foot race, for $3.50 a side, took
noted pedestrians-bIut Cassidy and young
Glldersleeye. Cassidy was the winner, coming
In quarter of mile ahead of hi opponent.
- large quantity OF lint and baHdagas,
done up in bundles and packages, and con-
trlbuted by the people of Massachusetts for
army hospital purposes, has been sold for paper
rags in Dalton, Mass. by somebody"
eFA prisoner in Missouri. John Leban was
recently sentenced to State Prison for life, for
some hpinOus crime, and aftsrward an ada.
tionGi eight years for DEMONSTRATING.
~ Gen. Buckingham has made an Official
report 10 the Secretary of the Navy, recominpn-
ding Indianapolis. Rock Island and columbu ;
for national arsenals in the West.
~ One OF Billy Wilson's New York
Iouaves has been arrested in New Orleans for
shooting woman of the town-because. as he
alleged, she talked rrbplliously.
81 The editor OF q paper in Indiana wants
TO know If Western whisky was ever seen
looming through the rye
80 Ship building is progressing finely in
Maine, which is not commonly The CASE in
winter.