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have force CROUCH left in Wcs. Tennessee to
do any damage beyond that which their roy-
ing bushWhackers. are, enabled to do
even when the country Is flooded with Union
tion Of their citizens in certain out-of the-way
placcR, mny rob hen roosts, steal horses, and
Occasionally murder in cold blood ono OF
their late ncighbore, but inside from this they
are not to be found. AZ to obtaining a
Judgement In Kentucky or Tennessee, from
any particular damage, that Is out OF the
question. The troops LEFT in the vicinity, the
gunEoet cooperation, the chaiu Of signal
etaGoEa to he erected between this point aud
MtmpLie-and The sentiment Of the people
a1Ecng whom Of late gue5illas find no sy1npa-
thy or Euppott-all point to the fallacy OF
eUcll m idea
FROM vICKs8CRG TO MISSISSIPPI.
4 Eunboat cxrcd cditlou, under the command
Admiral Porter, but ut present conducted by
the coInmaudent Of the xQnachita, keeps the
rebels at bay in the Red River country. In
addition to this the Federal advance, Us far as
possible; Is conveyed BY and is to cooperate
points on t6u Mississippi for tho purpose, and
awaiting orders And although ] am not
able 10 state the precise force with which
General Sherman will move from Vicksburg,
nor Go know positively the direction In
Which he will turn hf6 Immediate efforts, yet
it looks reasonable from the facts am in
possession of, that he has an eye to the Red
River Country rs well ~ Mobile ind centra1
Mississippi.
|. Whether thoee ? suppositions may prove
truthful or tic contrary, 1t cannot but prove
ftom Vitk:bnrg to Mobile It may be Of uso
TO the reader In the future, even should the
euI1 ositiun prove unfonnded that General
Shcl1a fs'Freparing to knock loudly, In CO.
operation Nith otter Federal fo7cea, at tho
gate Of tie latter named city Of Secessia,
OF course VIC do not speculate Us to tho
course General Sherman may take. even
should he conclude to go to Alabama, but Of
Ter the following as our observations of the
| mep Of the country, aided By tho little of m
lntcilighle character obtained frcm refugees
from mississippi and Georgia.
The maps have obtained show the distance
from VicEshnrg to Jackson, Miss, BY rail-
t road, to be NOT over fifty miles, passing on
| the route The 6tations Desota, Boviua, Black
kivcr Bridge, Edwards, Bolton-Whore
branch runs Southeast to oKaYlnond-C1inton,
and Mt Ea1us.
From Jackson to Meridian, by tho same road
and In almost IN eastern course OF traycl-ac-
cording to Lloyd's latest map, using the scale
OF geographical miles, is within one hundred
miles, making the distance from Vicksburg
Eot fa: from enc hundred and fifty mics. AT
Meridian the traveller, In the past, bctor war
changed TIC railroad system, or made its
Windlrgs to It's OF tho North web Of unrav-
| clled mystery, would take the Mobile g. Ohio
Railroad south for Mobile, distant about an-
other hundred miles. This makes the route
fiom fickshurB to Mobile, bE this old line Of
road, not over two hundred and fifty miles.
The stations on the Jackso1 road, from
Jack1on 10 Meridian, US enumerated on late
map ot Flaug &S Co., Boston, are Ua,ncl,
Grendon, rc1al'atcblc. Morton, Forest, Lake,
(hcfween Forest ard Lake passed Gen. Gricr-
son's great mid from Lagrange to Baton
Rousc,) Newton, and Chunke5. From Me-
Eiaisn to Mobile, over the Mobile 6, Ohio
road, were Sngers, OEatbcc, Enterprise,
lhocstsw, Quitman, De Soto, Red nluiE,
Way ncebcro, Winchester, Buckatuna, BrusDy
Creek, Escasawpa, Sidney, ,Churchul,, Beaver,
MeEnllln, Ahan and Spring Hill.
Imterscctcd by the New Orleans, JACKSON i
Northern RaiIroad, which, after leaving Lake
PonctEart1nin, runs in almost u northern Iine
10 jackson, ard back from tho Mississippiop
an average Of not more than fifty miles, and
almost parallel with the stream, Of course a.
lowing for the serpentine twistings of the
Nvcr- It is almost positive that, provided
Dold stroke may not be intended to be aimed
u! Mohllt, that o great advantage over the
rebels might be obtained. even by the rcpair
end occupation Of the Jackson Railroad as
far as jackson, cast, and tho entire line Of the
1SH oA4E!Aet osCtAeOu q NoILNE[n ll1c run
ming north and South, through the very cen
tire Of some Of the most fertile country BE-
longing to The Cou1ederacy. BY such occu-
patton, long md valuable strip Of territory
would be at once reclaimed to the SWAY Of
commerce and trade, and the present rails
upon the river and firings uppn steamers By
Gne1iLas: made entirely inpFacticab1e Be-
sides crtting Off rebel supplies entirely, our
amy would gain rapid communication with
New Orleans and Ticksburs,.
!, sEou!d our army undertake The land route,
through Mississippi, In a southeastern
course, from jackson to Mobile, It would at
present prove heavy job, unless tue riyers
in that vicinity are 1e6s swollen than in Ten
nesEee, and the roads less saturated by
up and become miry and impracticablc. |
Yet even this would not prove an impossible |
undertaking unless the rebels could conccn-
tIate in force sufficient to stop our progress,
Having tics summed up briefly the little |
that is known Of the progress Of the expodi- |
tlon oiGen: Sherman, as far as Vicksburg, I |
leave 1t In the hands Of IN experienced cor
respondent, now with the troops, that he |
may resume the thread Of the narrative ut no |
rery distant day through the medium OF let |
tcrs ard dispatches which will be transmit |
ted ct the earliest opportunity. i
CAIRO, Feb. 5,h, 1861.
:. There has been nothing received from Gen.
Shcz7ran's expedition since 1t left Mcinplfs !
The steamer j. D. Perry arrived yesterday |
ion Of the transportation connected with the
movement, but she brings no information as
to future operations. =. Troops from the North
arc pouring down the river in squads, com
Eanies, regiments and brigades, being mostly
from the State of Illinois and Wisconsin.
Go ere the lapse fmapy days. TIL W.