Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-09-01
From Memphis and the Western
Department.

Nnw YoRK, Aug "a. special dispatch to
he Times from Cairo, says the cavalry expedi-
ton sent from Vicksburg and Memphis, me, on
the 18th at Grenada. The object was to CAP
ture Or destroy the cars aud locomotives run
ming there from Jackson by the reb Is. The
rebels were on the lookout, and the cars were
FLIED with street rails, ready to fire on the ap-
pearance OF our troops.
A train was run over the bridge aud the
bridge burned. Seventy-fye locomotives and
$00 cas- were destroyed by the rebels. This
makes n locomotives and 600 cars captured or
destroyed as the direct result of the tlck burg
campaign.
STEVENSON, Ala, Aug. %. The advance of
the Army Of the Cumberland appeared in front
OF Chattanooga on the 2lst inst, and opened
nfe on the city at 10 A. NJ. The enemy rephed
from nineteen guns, mostly small ones, which
did little damage, also with one 32.pounder,
which swept the opposite shore, and one fire
from which killed horse and took of the leg
Of A. b. McCook Of Llly's battery. :
Our fire was very destructive, and every bat.
.ery which opened On us was disabled. Lilly's
Battery threw shells with great precision into
the smorseures OF the enemy. The works Of
the enemy on the river are reported to be very
strong. The parapets are not less than fifteen
feet wide. Several water batteries, on a Level
with the river, have also been discovered.
Moored at the wharf were two steamers. and
opposite the city pontoon bridge OF forty.seyen
boats. The largest of the steamers was sunk
BY our lire, and the smaller one disabled. An
attempt to destroy the pontoon bridge was frus
trated BY the sharp.fre of the rebel sharpshoot-
ers. Forty prisoners were taken. Two rebels
were killed and several wounded A lrain NJ
wagons and mules belonging to one battery
grAsing on this side of the river. was CAPTURED
Our advance report that there are two rebel
divisions at Chattanooga, and Hills (lale Har-
dees corps, Is along the railroad in the direc
hoH OF Bridgepor,. detachmen, sent oppo-
ate 10 Hudson discovered no enemy.
Contrapands report that Joe Johnston ar
rived with Two trains OF troops on tue 2Oth. SUI
kerostng Bragg who has retired to Atlanta.
This statement is corroborated by citizens.
There are no rebel infantry north of thu
river. Stones rebel brigade of cavalry il in the
vicinity Of Smiths Cross Roads Forrest rs at
Kingston preparing for u rebel raid. Eleven
oesefsers IRON the let Louisiana regiment came
into Zen. Nesley's lines last night. They we're
ostaiira lately ~ crew for the rebel steamer
Point hook. They abandoned the steamer ON
Tuesday, Two miles below Chattanooga.
They report that A. p Hills corps and Folks
corps are at Chattanooga, and say that the do.
nonlisrtion OF the rebel army is complete and
thai there are three thousand rebel deserters in
Lookout Mountain waiting our advance.
those men report that there are hundreds of
loyal mountaineers engaged in plotting deserter.
through the mountains. The LIST Louisiana
regiment. guard at Bragg's headquarters, Is re-
dsoed BY deser,ion 10 less than one hundred
man.
Furlougbed men from Gen. Pemberton' = armv
are coming into our lines. They say his army
can never be got together again.
ETER.
Gen. Wilder crossed the Tennessee river Ia