, 1863-12-31
FROM CAIRO And BELOW,

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CARO-, Dec. 80, 1863.
By steamer Belle Of Memphis We havo reli-
able information from Memphis to the 2Sth.
Forrest made raid on tho Corinth R. R.,
On Sunday, eth, striking It at Colliersville..
He is said to hare had abont ten thousand
men with him, part being conscripts from
the region through which he marched. He
entered Collicrsrillc without much opposi-
ton, there being very few Union troops Sta
toned there.
It is not known how much damage is done
toward Mississippi ..
It is rrmorcd indeed that he las already
evacuated Jackson, and made good his es-
cape with small loss. He has succeeded in
cons cfipting two Thousand men in West
Tennessee, md had taken them south to be
armed.
have adyices from Rodney, Miss, to the
23d inst. This place Is scventy-Gve miles be-
low Vickehnrgh- Within the last three
weeks tile Marine Brigade Of Gen. Ellet has
captured orer fifty prisoners, aud many Of
them commissioned officers, about one hun.
drcd mules and horses; several rebel mails.
By order of Major General Mcpherson the
infantry regiments connected with Lis COM
mand arc being mounted on captured stock,
thus proving more effective against tho guc-
rillas.
Gen. E1lit has also received orders from
the War Department to recruit for his brigade
in all the Western States.
Scouting parties are sent out nearly every
dny making circuit into the country for
forty or fifty miles, and seldom return empty
handed.
The rebel Gen. Writ Adams has force near
Rodney, With portions Of which the brigade
had several little slirmishes. The rebels do
not stand fight.
On the 22d inst, about four hundred Of the
brigade, under Col. Curry, met tho same
number Of rebels and engaged them, but they
Of their number seriously wounded on the
field.
We also captured a Lieutenant and null
carrier with quite large mail.
Since the arrival of the brigade upon the
spot the guerillas have been very quiet It
will be rcco]lectcd that Rodney is the place
where the steamer Brazil was fired upon.
Tho engagement Of the 22d was ut Fayettc,
about sixteen miles from Rodney. On Sun
day party Of brigade cavalry, commanded
By Major Hubbard, accompanied By Captain
George Q. White, Acting Quartermaster,
made mid into Coventry, and were several
times fired upon from the hills, the rebels be-
ing careful to fire from secure and inaccessi-
bic points and then run
The expedition brought in two officers and
mn 10 Tha nf3t
captured at house where they had stopped
for dinner. The house was very richly fur
nishcl, and belonged to widow Daniels.
The widow was rebc1lious1y patriotic, AMI
had been tearing up her carpets and tapestry
to mako blankets for Confederate soldiers.
She was, Of course very bitter npoa Yankees.
CA1no, Dec: so. Nine hundred and forty
seven bales Of cotton were sold at Memphis
week 1,G40 bales, being ESQ bales leas than
was sold the previous week Amount shipped
during the week {, ,651 bales, being 577 bales
more than the previous week. Shipments
from October 10Th to December 2Gtk, inclu-
sive, was e ,619 bales.
MEMPHIS, Dec. g, via CAIRO, Dec. 3d.
After suffering defeat at sumneryi1le and
Midd1eburg, particulars Of which hare not
yet been received, Forrest divided his forces,
and column reported at 900 crossed Wolf
river near Lafayette yesterday afternoon.
They destroyed several small culrcrts and
srcEsels, and the telegraph on the II. d C.
railroad between CollierYile and Moscow,
and Morgan's brigade Of infantry arc after
them, and it is hoped they will bring thcmto
stand at Co1dwatcr. Tic bridge upon
which this force crossed Wolf river had been
ordered destroyed, but the order was DISC
bcyed. The telegraph line IS now repaired
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