The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-26

Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.
CAIRo Feb % The great cavalry ernsd;-
tion under tie ,mmand Of Gen. ". s Smith
VIII ch let Memphis about month ago for the
DuTposa Of co operating with the force under
Gen Sherman, has turned 70 its s,arfipe
point, having partially faiIed 70 accom- yIis +
The end Tor which II Was projected. and Gen
Smiih Is here, il Is said enroats for Nashv,li.
having arrived this morning on the steamer
WARSAW
The case Of G n Sfnf...'s III success, il re-
pdried 10 be bad management In tue organ IA
ton Of Tie troops, lack OF discipline And IN
sufficient means 10 render an my effective =
Many Of the mon were badly mouaied. espc-
cially tsose beleKgisg TO he 80 h New jersey
aud fS PruI.s) !, anna egimenfs VII 7se hor
ses were mere frames having been rs ost tx alx
furnished by some speculative conttac or. who
knew, when he sold them to the governn en-
that he was cheating the people out Of thsir
rgh.iul shaie OF Fl ~ and blood.
Upon leaving Memphis the cavalry sdvanc
ed ina scsihessterly direction, and did not
meetfhe enfmy III force until they rescisd the
vicinity 81 Houston. whore tie famous Gen.
hoTrSs-, with sufficient men to check heir
RAPID advances. VAS discovered He nanises,-
ed considerable stabbornuess, but gradual,v
retired, Diminishing and Otherwise resisting =
Big General Grierson occupied most Of hss
attention, and, while doing 80, General Saith
with the main body, moved rapidly toward
Okaona. = +
At This place the enemy were found in large
force. but tic 4tn Regulars wer, ordered for
wa d, and e5screg tho town, driving bricad =
IL corius;oa~ before them. Tho rebels. how
ever. gained some What Of al advantage Owe
GeacIal S,pith's inFee, but IN what particua A.
has not beer ru5iicly stated Fighting CON
tinued for some fifns
Federal brigade was thrown forward To-
ward Aberdeen. AID the evacuation IF Colnrli
nus compelled When this Was aceomplisho1
the exeedifirn resumed its line of ma ch 70
ward West Point. tEi could procre ell DO furfher
o. ccansisot Ire great numbers OF The ens.at:
-. IDS cad Of sn:ug Gen sherman. Gen-rs
Sal VII Iofeed = iurn abou; aud come back
Z The Federal loss amounts 10 abouf Eve hun
dred. VII !, the rebels lost only one hundred
ba tesy q mountain hoviszers was aban
doasd 70 The eremy
G-r. Sn' h d-stzoyed a. much Of the M,s-
si-s PA raiir ad IS be could, burned two nil
Il Us bn-h.l7 f com. and two thou a. bal E
OF Confederate siton, AFd capture two thou
saul negroes and three thousand horses and
Mules
The f.iIqre Of Cen. Smith t. j9in IN Shers
man. and the rsfnrn OF part Of Gsn. Int lei
division 10 FieSsbnrg. il having been en-, "a
from the main b ~. rnay discppcsrt Gan. Sher
nan somewia., but not interfere IA aier ~
with lis pla'is
], 5ssait fsat the rebels are rec ivire a
largo anso * Of ssnppiss through Ksnlrcky
= HAT sie r sTicfioDs uptn that Safe and
Missouri are removed In Hickman the mer
Giants have b=en doing an immense busiaesr,
AID il Is srpsrs hat almost all tho goads
which fass through that pIscs are fskcn into
Teryessre. Isisl ih4rce isiso the CenFedarscy.
The Tidasylty 4 lu's in this vicinity arr We Y
much sbinyr4 n tie brick trade which is 20
irS On. AMI slr. M4l'en Is now in Washington
trying 10 have TIE restrictions restored.