New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-04

Memphis having jus returned from visit to Wash
ington.
The steamer White Cloud arrived this afternoon,
bringing the remains OF Col. Warren Stewart. They
20 North on the Illinois Central Railroad, on To-
morrow mornings train.
TUE AEyniY OF TIE mEssisSfpPi.
Condition Of Affairs I'm Memphis Reported
Fighting near vicisbnrg-Gen. Grant
down tie IIi-.issippi-Lognn's DiviSion
Unwilling 10 Depari-Bnnks's md Far'
ragut's Wheresbouts-The Cnpni Across
the Louisiaaa PeninsuIu-Aoti'iiy Of iho
Confederate. Desires and De
sIgns-Prospcct Of Stirring Scenes
Sickness and gmnlI-pOK Among the
Conirnbauds.
From our special CorTe.PonheEt
ps.nerAArERs TamrrsNTs AN ConPs.
rrMPHIr, Tenn, Ihu3siay midaishi, Jtn. - 4e,S
The condition Of affairs in Memphis continues
quiet. and we hear little Trustworthy news from the
South though We are more than oomponsaled for the
plentiful lack Of intelligence by daily rumors OF
startling significance
We hear reports of skirmishes with the enemy in
he vicinity Of Vioksburg, bat have no poaitve in
formation on the subject Oar trOops. 10 we learn,
are in 10 ge force at aud below Million Bend, ne
IA down o. Vnnra's Point aud from n portion OF
an, cs,on. The cty Itself is yirLle. IT "a esd few
sbeus have been thrown from our no.lla toward tie
towp; Lut nothing indicates general ems agemeh'
for some inc TO eOmc-ccrtInly LoI DelOie 'Lo I''S'
part Of the present month. ...-.
Gen Grant IL now below inspecting the tlthuon,
hnt will probably return thie week, hnd toOn teho
down number more Of tho regiments coDposns
tie late Army Of the Tennessee Twenty-Five
A. nd re- NJ z.
waiting Tor Logans DIVISION which wili 10y mvNe,
boweysr-tAe General GaJs-uIlil IL ls tHl Shu
"a Itbed. .
we hear nothing. IL l. pOsiu ely stated th.y WIN
both be near Nioksburk within the nsAi ioIthgn',
aud c00u0ate with Grant AZ ne next auh.S no
d,pbt Port Indson stands seriously III the way,
being much more formidable than has ben geueI-
ally suypoled. Even after TIC fan 81 NI,Arbu' y
Hudson promises 20 give Ms no little trouble 40 IT.
oos,t,on ~ yery favorable aud It's defeutcs, natural
and artificial, exceedingly strong.
IL j. said that new cnnal has been ding at ' icks-
bnrg mud thai IL promises 70 DO success nave
no faith ia the atateDout. The old canal made last
Sumner has beieye, been opened, and an enorl
out oith 10 ~ the current OF Tie Aistls1plli M
not thug far with suy fatteriDg prospect Tbs nver
has I!sen rsidy Of late that, had We Ola ciu1l
been properly constructed, opne, The Rebel strong
hold wor'd have been left upon dry blum. az It
lis yet no store by Dlpt has been done, ana am
t,eptical enough 10 think new work must be com.
pleied before Vicksburg can N any manner be
affected. Even should the canal eneFprlse feslt
as is hoped, Ito city and its dufoures will be s.o
Il available aga.ns "a, and require reduction
Numerous stories reach Us OF m advance Of mo
iPcbcl. under Van Dom ia Mississippi, ana tni
Coufcderate" chicitain - declared 10 be marc lhg
on Memphis with $1,000 men. Bah Ito Ia hol
10 600 uider his Comlnaud this very hour, arc u ZEE
had twice the number, would hardly come here Juf
row. The enemy IL, OF cOurrc, anHious 10 Nuke
and will make Il move 10 divert w from Nicksbuig
~ much a. possible; 20 DIVIDE orr force Whl'h III
tLe agcnegele no greatly ears, alid Keep an army
or,loVca In defending this pnint. Tie Scce--ionis;s
bcrefbout arc iudustn0usly Circulating hlrH 81 u"
Rebel movements and making nsreveiWlOuh 81 men
large and dangerous character, Win the Wow OF
aiding The Southern cause.
All dslovul persons BEEN 10 have cvery confidence
io the sby OF the foe 70 hold the Nj sosipIl River,
and they affect 10 believe NicksbIrg and Port HUI
son will remain in his hands until peace ~ declare ed
Tho Rebels ere inquest iOnubly Wiling 10 Blifen'
der the Father of Waterh-a least 10 eave l'r nav
cation omen 10 the North and south Hlke-ln The
veot of their rogsession Of il after pny compromise
lint luiyht DO elected. lhcyknow tie great Norih-
West will have the Mississippi, ana they IRE ~
oux0ns 10 COndliae that sech0n az thcy are Ieali
10 DENY to Il what they know II WIN hsh' 70 We
crack Of doom TO obtain. While they can hold tie
mighty s-icGn, however, they wln' ana Ici'l."'
cjoufly ana res0lu,cly too ior they know "hal
sst yeght il viii &c 10 cat into the tcales Of any
arrangement Of our difficulties IN the future -,
DWiug the month We may expect '" nop' ~. ". w.,
rjno ,csgeg along the Mississippi, between beie anu
lVi1thnr0. No doubt the Rebels will ondeav0f 10
annoy US Us much ns possible, and Will use hcir bert
exenious 10 se1o points Oh the ryer above. Com
mnnicstjon between this and Vicksburg Is likely TO
be more dangerous aud uncertain than 1t was la.'
July and August, and expect nearly every tlHis'
mort will soon be exposed 10 the hro Of Da''ei!es
from lnU sssoIe
The "C0niedeIateg &C yery sctlve eVefy,wnssic
In the South. West and there is good reason for te-
lieyng they have cent thousands OF troops 10 IN
quarter from Richmond and Fredericksburg. lhe
theater Of war seems TO Lave been transferred mere
and here the great part OF the next three mohths
fighting appears likely TO be done.
! No doubt the Rebels are repairing thu Mississippi
Central Railway and fortifying Grenada to prevent,
&c far as they caH another incuson into inc Stao'
They are afraid OF "a movement by land 10 Jackson,
and believe, il they can cOnfne the Yankees to the
rivers, they can hold Vicksburg without mach diill'
guilty, They ore not in any force this slde OF 'A-