, 1864-02-07
TIE GREAT MISSISSIPPI EXPE-
DITION. 80,
The First Move in the Same.
DEPARTURE OF THE 10TH
ARMY COKPS.

A1<y5V CORPS.
General xhcr,,,nn
naEHsun EHnnIrs n II NIcn1pEIsITho Tono.
craniy OF the Go,lnsry from
Vfcksburs. 10 Mobile
lFron onr OWE correspondents
cA1no. fco. 4, 1881.
It les for some time been well known 10 all
v1.o were postcd upon such matters in this
,-;o1n,tv or1 ,,.rtans Ia a,me WIN NJ, not
sl.A, Wv T ~ ~ 49, 4,'s
fcbels-tEat grand movement OF some Kind
was In progress in this military department
PM, there wcrc fcv ,rbo wora v1.o enouph,
,N..-,t 20. :, 80. ~.
u VINO nsa Insight sa1sten' INV 'uo ee..ete =,
OF the order books oil Cons. Grant and sher'
~1,;oat ~ o,5s ,,a ,,,o,va mr. III. nrob,h1o
oHss1' ~ ~ euae ..no sIe"e' ~ VIZ peo -
ueeuiauou o1 uat 1uosclnen@ .aoaeu w.
the operations Inns Just been revealed by the
rebel papers, however, to render 1t no longer
q natter of no1,cx to keen nil that is known
tht 81 ~ ~, aan1 ont ~ tae Tx aoncth;ng 10
taa;rr ~ ao1 &; ,ofare,ce r. their csse md fhev
arc txerting ugery energy to find out It's pur.
poee, nrd 70 endcayor to promptly chcckmate
It, it Is much to be doubted that they Will
he nl,lc to do either in SCISSOR.
the Y1rsy MOVE IN TIE GAME.
II ,,os o1r.o;,Ir hccn c1,rontc1ea In th,s corx
,cer1n1cnca M t',at nhnr,t nna 1nnnti, 500 a
force Of some ecven or e>ght Thousand, COM
PraEing Part Of me 1hen oth DIVISION OF ne
lelh army corpe. maze mogcment unoef Tue
sxard 1ln1e " nian H uSu C;tv 1non thc couutrv
Sonfh' hTs,,pins- m nj Jsckson. Tennessce,
THIS Increment, from the factstnat It was
m.de with much blowing Of trumpots-
the destination being generally KNOWN 10 the
troops, and thus TO The citizens OF Columbus,
KY. week, Least, previous to the setting
cut Of the expedition, your correspondent
9, reconnaissance In force. or 2 diyerason TO
blind the enemy as to SONG other step that
was to be taken IN some other direction II
had also amother opjeet. bota were eceom-
pllsEed: lne new moscment WIS eatirely
covered. Ihe renel General. ',ss ForGstIa1a s.aa
WIZ ~ ms afoops, maae very smus sPeso oae
~ot west tennessee; ana ned eonlh, Is Was
ih1enaea he ehonla, INTO MlsslsslPpl, Waere
nc now Eolds io1tn 70 the no smau constef.
Eauon ol inc lew lhnabltants ie1t N the Pol~
lions OF the Stale subject to Lie RAIDS.
GEN. SHERMAN MAKES MOVE
It IVES Just after tile return OF. Gen. A. J..
smiths exI edition to jackson, and while or.
derg were being issued for n re1teral movement
ofthe lib Division Of the 1Gtii Army Corps, that
fl,e swift and erratic II. T. Sher,nan sudicnly
nude bis appearance, by railroad, 1t Cairo.
He came nnannounce3. Hc left without re.
yeaIinr lis 1,lars. and probably without be.
;np oEstrved Nv u hnnf5rci, T,crsnns in this
cffy- IA rnna snake of his sf,dden s|,oot, tn
Mound Civ. and from thence to Paducab,
However. Gan Reid lad hccn 30 far nheat
Of tic General il question as to hnye salute
iaro ;,;, ~ ~ - a5 - at,n nas nts4sai
"ie ;od i191 nie fs Eu ~ ~ ~ W
.tnW Mee eLn.e., "..n. ~ a,.t 'o""g ~
81 To1n,,,I,,,s ho,r1 ~ ,,nhnnt EoIo1e, ~
~. ~ " p,a.s,s Su " a. =
liz liz hcadaunrters be Of III The District lonE enousls ii
- ,,;Hn ta4r. TaS,,1 d;ra.ttot, ~ snotf,
,s,n .a em e,,ao, nan y; ~ nI ~ n1s
NJ muS aeas pusy ~ " vi; w .nose
rS,9. S a1In go % s sita' BILL on 'ne
N"4t. noa..1ao - w ncnpa's,
THE MOVEMENT OF THE bTn DIVISION.
From delays In furnishing transportation,
appointed, but did start at noon On the 21st,
from Columbus, loaded upon ten first class
steamers, ana tbe onccr6 and meu feeling IN
AIet daee splfats " .lne prospect q ofish
SHt taiSu 70 no1 ~ ~ tAe lutulc. 1our COZ
lcsponucnl .ie Nas ~ Co!uhoas On tua occaslon
l11u =! W.. WILLIS seq las inofement o1 t9e troops:
~ n 19e ha
dicIs. Inc sounds O martial music, the adieus
o. lnc men WALL 1f1ends anu hcQaalntances,
We arrival ot the hour Of merriam, the firing
OF u'e e1gna1 gun-lhen the slow but majestic
movements OF Inc huge steamers from their
Mocflns6-the ehccfs from boals ma from
b'uEe-1rom tHend 10 ir1cnd-and the diyi-
saon Was aaoat, dhe aestihatfon, Alempn1s, :,
mol on honr aiier me departure OF thc di!a-
5lcn, INC eyes o. Love, Ilc Eucf1Aa, from Inc
1ishts Dack OF fort ?ulmb}, took the last
infn ctern;t. oe'''e LIS eoul " 40 1'''An'neu
The ienaytrre of Cen Smith 1o,7 tbe co,n.
moni ~ 4ba n,st r;ct ~ % rn1nrhue !, tIo
hania ~ Cen HnHh r He;5 mil that X t;me rne
Posi- Conmandan7 a. this ,Iace 'oII ~ 'is hn !
since bcen condrma,, hv ~ Gsr % Tnr,hnt ma ma
vii nrnhobfv SnoI rrmove lie he ,dona-tnr. ,..
~ fhc r. nJstrict r. ca;rn nernsnan,1v nrioss
ordcrcd 10 Or f,tmsa1f ~ GoInmhnn' Gar
SMITH dnr;n6S 81 +ta Season " thsnu1i' 1ri,,o1 H.
cnndnctad W. cnnman5 ~ tn;e a;s. ~ 11n. ~.
ooa5aa ~ eoI.,,s;.,Sr ~. aetao. n's =.
III h;s nt;3cars a5i tha 1nra1 -ea,, X ~
ric,nitv "a 1rc,1 NJ IN convincin1 tha G,aa ~ ~
lin co1nfTv "ner51ins and trnftoSs ~ .hc or;.
rsccnt sch1n' lint he iid nj intend ~ ~
them much rast, Int m tl,e cnntrarv On
able. and intcndad to carrv The war ;nto ms,T
Eypt Durin1 Ills admfnfs1 rat,nn t;,n mar.
oTdfnr hands r. hnshwhncl;crs IN Sonthwes3
| Kentucky and Northwest Tennessee were
| continually hunted and horrassed. nntfl they
were worked South pretty vel, when tley
| skcdadd]ed along With their ring-lcaler5,
| Gcr. Forrest aud his command. All there are
Left In tic vicinity can do no great amount o1
harm. consisting as ttey do Of isoIatcd runrs
| ct II eek-mauneTed thieves md muricrers n
the Edmunds stripe, who viii probably re.