The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-03-01
AFFAIRS IN MISSISSIF Fl.


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AFFAIRS IN MISSISSIP PT. o
Sherman's army occupied Enterprise the 18th,
ard is stll probably, like the soul OF John Brown,
Of Meridian, and but 100 miles North of Mobile
There is nothing in the inter venln country i'm
.n H y ' SAM
is not whipped attacked, he MAY be cons 1ersd
TO have surInountcd .h- main difficulties vf the
aaFing Irssch from Viokzba Msbile $50 miles.
It VIII b. the tylns .syiar yet ot v;gs-
and dash npon the part u the ene,n,, if exoedi-
tion OF 30 QUO men, with twenty days supply OF
food intheir havcrsack and wagons, can make all
county,, afsr-~--r1th's no.ioe OF theit in,and.d
-, Hncon Teiegraoh.
The Selma Mis6ssippian, of Wednesday, learns,
fronl persons from Dsn9no:s, that General Polk
has crossed the Toinhiybee al Moscow ten miles
below oemopoiis, with his srmy-.witi the excep-
ton of Gep. trenchs division, which is at Demo
polls 1t is expected shat the enemy will he che
I'd at the Toinbigbee, aud that battle viii take
place there in daY two. The banks of the
fombigbee furnish excellent natural Notifications
be sound policy to allow the enemy to cross tho
| Tonbgkee. Ii be is permitted to do so hi, d.
struston Is absolutely certain, if our commanders
and troops1neet public expectation. II his fo1c &C
IS NO larger than the telegraph makes it, there is
no ne escape Ior him except through the supinen,ss
OF the people aud sodiery, the most ertraordin-
ary want of skill in our couim anders.
We still think the further Sherman comes this
way, the better it will be for us, if all our people
do their duty.
A correspondent OF the Atlanta Appeal enables
any one o5 ieca1s oi a map to trace the relative
interior o. Mississippi. lie says:
II 20" viii look ON the nap OF Mississippi, will
give you ihe position @; tie rhen, at t-e time |
lett Put your nnger on TaiiaA.tcai. ..iv..-run
along the iine OF railroad t.oln Gc.nada to Aen-
pins CI this road column u 6 o., in:autry a. d
artillery had come down and cros sed ct Coldwa,er
bearing towards tanoia. Twelve rerlmeuts Of
cavalry had come out r.astward.y from Memphis
TO Coiiiel-'iie, ard taken the wagon road toward
! ! :IIt, and
! City had reached Dollvtr, Tennessee
How drop down Southwest OF Grenada on tho
i "1oo 'iVef, and YOU viii lind where another
coiunin o CONSIDER able force AL com. up IN boat
! - viii suppose I'll the forces are ATTEMPTING
20 tos.n Juncton at Grenada, to prevent " hic6
Oen. Forrest, "ith his new command is placed at
such points as he may tniuk best, Narth of (,,a-
NADIA and South OF Taahatchie,. and now the hole
situation is before YOU.
! The most OF the command are new md ba,o
/ ntTer been fought IN Forrests style. They are
we'll iccunted. but YOU cannot expect the same re
% suits snas "o1ia 'oiio" II the general had his old
framed command D9nbtless before this ting their
deeds are ready for the historical
1,w How run your finger on the map to vicksburg
! here , coitnn OF 1000 infantry, artillery aud
cavairy la ID and iuck boldly for the ta,s
via raymond, with twenty days' rations. Atthati
'ne sen. i,ofhs was IN winter quarters at Canton
and Gea. Lee at Jackson. Gen. Lorine moved
down to Jackson, cross Pearl River, and f.f
sack as the anhc ces adv anccd. The Yankees bore
! to the south ard crossed Pearl River below Jack
sou. They did not burn anything while there or
any place on the route. !
luis tline Gen. POik arrived witE reiDforre
mcnts and offered battle, but the Yankees lodged
the question, and bore OF Southwark AS if en- route
to Mobile, and We're passing Poks flank. This in
Mobile would be taken, and a large number of
troops Were despatched by rail back to Mobile:
when the Yankees again turned North, CROSSED tho,
railroad, and come up to Decatur, in Newton
County. They marched in a solid BODY with ar,
illcry in front and on the Ranks and cav airy
\ all aronnd close under their guns. Not a u.aI.
would leave the train far enough to steal chicken
Tor pig.
Gen Lee crossed Pearl River North of Jackson
the same day the enemy crossed. and bovnrs,S
around them all the way across the country. Hut
you will readily what difficulties he labored
Under in harassing the enemy massed and protect
ed as they were by their artillery.
Loring made a stand at Chunkcy River, but
could not keep his position against the large force
OF the enemy opposed to his small force, and SO
Meredian and all that praric country, including
Columbus, Aberdeen and Okolona, was opened w,
to the enemy.
;. AS all these things are passed by, I soc no i'm.
propriety in mentioning them, 80 that every south
ern man can see the situation it it, and decide
of holding Mobile, but what means our Generals
will adopt to thwart this bold and successful raid
in into the heart Of the country remains to be
seen.
! Mr.. j. R. Ellis, messenger of the Express Com
pany, reports that from all that could be gathered
Yankees is undoubtedly Mobile. He saw Feder-
al cap, that had been captured after the Yankees
crossed Pearl river, with red ribbon around it,
on which the words "Mobilc or Help were printed
in large letters.
, The Register says:
The enemy seems to have been found at last, and
has turned up north of the Southern road, near
Decatur. This place is about thirty miles from
MERIDIAN. Report says the yankees are taking
VT quite lesurely, not having the fear Of Gen. Polk
before their eyes we suppose w srus. they viii
and Lee before they get through.
Tie Register adds:
/ There lies been fighting Of moment as yet,
but Lee and Forrest were busy in the rear. They
4 were marching rapidly with their front and rear
In their advance, the enemy divided their forces
at Or Morton. The main body DETECTING 10
the right and taking tho direction Of Mobile, the
e other column bearing to the left and pursuing tho
route of the retiring forces of e:eg. Polk.
Gen. Polk, With Forney's and Trench's diyisions
was west of Meredan, near The Chunkey river to
force is being rapidly transpezted down the road
to meet any threatened movements IN the direction
of Mobile.
Per Contra, the Selma lAlabamal Reporter
We of opinion from circumstances, that
: fighting has been going on for the last two day.
IN order was received here yesterday to prepare
hospital accommodations for three hundred VI ound-
ed. This proves that there has been fighting -
The Selma Dispatch saws:
Passengers by the Alabama and Mississippi train
and near Meridian. These reports are not credit
ed General Polk has very properly closed bis
lines for ttcrresent
The Tribure, referring to th. movements Of the
armies, SAYS:
Gen Loring's division had behaved most gallant
ly. and made the most rapid march during the war.
It had reached MERIDIAN, and expected to be
at Enterprise this morning by ten o'clock. There
was great excitement all along the road
S The Montgomery Mail, in speaking of the 'i'ua-
| Gen. Polk's troops were in line Of battle Sunday
lat Chunkev river, twenty miles west of Meredian.
The enemy were reported at Lake station, about
e twenty five miles further west. Up t0 yesterday
iMeredan was still Ia possession, though all tho
,. stores had been removed. This' cmbrsecs every
thing of reliable nature we dan gather in the way
of news from the Mississippi front.
PARDoNs BIZ THE EExscUr1vB.-Since the In
auguration of Gen. William Smith as Cover
q nor of Virginia, little over forty days ago,
he has pardoned out from tho penitentiary
Isixty.five convIcs This number exceeds one