The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-10
THE EXPEDITION 70 vICKSBURG.
SUCCESSFUL RgCONNoITRRIEC EXPEDITION.

Destruction u 4 Portion Of tho Little Resk
and Vieksburg Railroad.
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The Contrabands and he Presidents
Proslsmation,
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cAsso, Jaa. ., Ises.
There y nothing nom vichsbuys ts-day. ..g.
The Jaehson lySsa Il % ohasaceszse Tho Asht At
that place trivial anar - FAR the rebels are con-
sernsd il says their loes small and piaces the Uaon
loss ~ two thousand. regards she falling back 40 =
Tap Arguing no good TO The rebc! cause.
The telegraph 10 W working order from here 10 Mem
phis.
Our EApedittonary COrrespondence.
ON board srRAABR rMvHRss, Dec. 40, 1852.
Genera, Shermans expedition reached the mouth Of The
Yazoo river yesterday little aftor twcvs O'Clock r. NJ
without sccident any special interest. Contrary 70
every bodys anticipation not eLot was tired AZ any boat
during ths Trip Part Of the feet landed each side Of
tho heSsspp river, The right resting the mouth Of
the YAzOo
About four O'Clock yesterday afternoon the FIRST br
gade Of the Second vision, under command Of Brgadier
mander, went out from from here I'VE miles
on . Reconnaissance TO destroy portion Of
the Little Rock and vscksburg Railroad aud after
comprising the WORK returned by nine O'Clock 20 their
quarters board the transports lying At Mikens Bend,
the Louisiana shore. The reconnotcring party
sisted Of the sixth Missouri Volunteers, commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel Blood Eighth Missouri Volunteers,
Lieutenant Colonel Coleman One Hundred and Thirteenth
Illinois Volunteers, Colonel Hogue one HuDdycd and Six
h Illinois nndo m ths
Third Illinois cavalry Tho party tore and destroyed
about three miles Of the railroad thus cutting on The
my e supplies from Texas and the adjoining States. No
! resistance with, and the only enemy
about seventy Eve cavalry who retired from the
| in haste
Orders received this morning for the expedition
to 20 up the Yazoo river twenty miles, where VIII pro
badly dsembark as Is supposed to uDte with Genera
Grants command, which 10 presumed 10 be ~ near
| jackson, Miss
Ths morning the 2unboat Essex the blockade from
below yicssburg, brought Intelligence 10 General
shcrman GsncvH Banks with bic command ww just
The steamer Foei Boy was sent 10 vckshurg last even
Jog by General Sherman with flag OF truce, but have
bad no opportunity yet 70 learn rs MISSION OF the result
reor,s rcin!orcemepts coming IN rapidly and that
| on the oath xrtant Jen, Davis wa, there nd made
speeches 10 The army, encouraging RESISTANCE 10 the
coath There appears Q great probability OF big Eight
| impending.
row stream ard reported to be lined with guerllas,
and il highly probable that before we reach the dee
tined point ehall hear tho crack Of thor muskcts
| The anticipation Is more exciting thar peaSurabc To
guard agaDst our sunboats have hhesd
drawn ~ IN line on the hurricane roof Of ssb s,eaIaSr
In the guerillas nAe thss srp0rHrco " consong
reflect that shall be close 10 them they VIII be
70 and that arms are quite as good a. theirs Up
the Yazoo river about forty miller about ny u the
Anest steamers that ever Doasd on The western ~aterr
after them and a probable thai Il We did tho rebels
would burn them sooner than permit Us 10 take them.
The plan adopted by commanders Of Tetaiatng for
rtroying the nearest town Or settlement 70
saurg eee. on reSsSem and may aesoan,
Tor nrisg having been done at this feet Afew days
one on shore waved white Gag ,he stop and
doing the captain was cautioned 70 keep ~ near
net below waiting 20 bro on the boat This caution was
nLute in view ~ tha fact that Napoleon
the arst place on the Msssippi where gun
snion steamer Al the ert passed below there many
persons from the windows and doors 81 their resi-
donce. on each bank u The river waved Their
1 appears " be some Union people Elm IN tho rebel
realms. In many cases negroes lined the banks and
manifested Their by all sorts ~ Wild gestures throwing
up their hands. danciy and jumping Al Games Point,
where portion % the fleet landed many OF them came
board aud u was apparent from their expressions thai
The fresldehts emah'lpation proclaHA'ioh RfherMy
known among them. and that they fully convinced
the object 81 tins expedition ~ 10 set them free.
| From e them u was learned that few mles be-
low far the bank Thousand cofdr
\ splendid
la ded at the place indicated, and found even arGor
supply Of wood than The quanity named Every boat
loadoi 70 IL capacity some taxing nearly two hundred
cords The magnitude OF tins advantage can scarcely be
realized by any who had not Witnessed the difficulty
the boats encountered for the want Of fuel.
/ At the point where thu wood found there was
quite large settlement so FAR back IA the woods not
10 be visible from the river. There were number q
GAe residences deserted by their nbab and the
soldiers guilty 81 the vandalism OF burning them.
They committed the same ouragcs At every place where
the icet landed but always spared the houses which
Il we burned
that their owners vero pronounced u be 10 the rebel
found place the river, and the country
peared 10 be generally deserted. There many little
towns aud on the banks Of the river su The
great majority o the houses appeared " be urtenate
and all the stores we're closed 70 far could be seen
Most q The officers o. this expedition have provided
themselves with "contrabsnd servants and the prac-
| teal effect Of freedom slaves, who have not
sssn 81 gs . .s'' sSs a ssSos
behaved themselves very well but by degrees they
undesirable their and snmanassabls 10 their
indolsnce They oatnumber the oncers, and, crowded
sssocision With them unavoidable, and now the very
remarkable spectacle can be seen nightly Of unon o.
sss.s and asy negfoss e,nssa s y sas 90 ne cabin
this not tolerated but the negroes gradually car.
rsd their point, and nov 90 notice 70 taxed q H. only
pie adapt sSsm.s.ss . sirssu.ssio.s .ad.n Frssld.n.
iincolns proclamation 10 ever carried inb @rect,
cal dstnetoa between the white and black races viii
/ ~ gradually obltsrsted. Whatever good may u
l IT, the evil viii oountssbaanoei II overwhelmingly.
any expectation entertained by the commanders q
ihs eIpsd,.ion forming june,lon WIN 6sssrs Grant
c crane. arm, Il
on tho lAth Inst u ives understood TIA, he would mol
BE- able 70 move bis headquarters from tbsrs for three
woke sud sesms improbable that circumstances could
have chaneDl Uccb sipos ~ admit u his marching
his army 90 bundled miles through the osntrs of HissA
spp - 10 geAsh yssksos BY tbs time. intelligence by
rumor reached Hsnphh tbe day The feet eft that bic
commnn ieation had been cot % ~ Holly sprinss SOD
yesterday general sherman received eopbrson d ths
fact BY Sp~c,s mtsssngSr rom General Grant With Tbs
additional Information that bis army " pro-
Visions sad that he snpectsd u be within striking Dis
lance % Jacnson by the 26h last The object Of tHN a.
petition going up tbs Yszoo would seem 70 be- tbcu 70
open communication with him ~ speedily a. p4ssbH for
The parposs q furnishing BIN wiib soppse Tor The
purpose Of cooperating Sih him 10 attack a. either
Jsckhsn or vicksburs.
! AadisssHAI Psvieuiars or sns BassIs Of
viehssurG.