Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-18
TIE deSsss VS. c,l.iaued at fsnstS, being paTtici'
pated in y 1say m4a'a's.


Peadirs thr irea'ii3r,'h afi'u'ned.
TIE CAMPAIGN OPENING tx rae SOUTHWEST.
Tee St. Louis Republican says tfe fir ns9'esia he
new military ameS'ga OF 1864 >ov being made,
aud adds:
Promising sctiyi.y IS observable in Gen. Ssermlns
and General Banks dpsttcen'. Qiite number Of
troops have been'coneenualed IL toe Tcigiy Of ckf
burg, and already our lines have bcn aware ward
jackson, as far as the Big Blsos. Poslso ZEN
piis aad Charleston Railroad Lave IL en- aseo 81, and
The garrsons. including those q Cosipt aud Iaks,
brought in Tas 10Th amy corps, Asjr &c Huribu',
has been organized Tor field dutJ into four cisisios
cemuaudei respectively by Generals Taale, Djsge, a.
J Sni b and Vssteh. Be:id.s tie 10th, ITepaato
for the campaign hevs bsas made IN the Is End 7h
corps. 4 great cavity eXpsdiuoS has sso been ar
ranged uader General w. L Smith, General Cratic
Cbei Of Cavalry, for raid into ne interior OF Ms
sissppi Alsb ma and Georgia, and has, learn,
sr.ady moved upon Holy Springs, going down heline
OF "a Mlsf% op Cenfral abroad. Troops from Uaro
cOunbui, Aosco~, Grand Jdncson, Memphis onF
othes prints have reached Vicksbufg. fbey ire ex-
pec;ed 10 20 essj~frd and sollhFeT1 snd form juno
lin With the cavalry column, and with force setting
on. frcm NatcSsz Jackson, tie capital Of Mississippi
will probstly be abandoned by The enemy without
| fight Some formidable stss a1ee might D. made to
occupation Of the city, the works are said 10
have been considerably Strengthened sncs the rapture
OF Vieksburg bu. me rebels will scarcely permit them
selves to be invested particulay when Trey nut know
by this time that their presence Is Aanted Ia another
ian t.r 1t must be bcrne IN mind, however that he
progress OF Gen ShcrnaLs cohman1 viii be necess re
II sIos fer two or t1iee weeks yet Nor though sp
pearances sc nov TO po Mt TO Gob The ultim &c
destination, is It sltozehr cerain that The movement
T. in reality de igGsi f) vice so ar away In ihe
& sting uncertainty WITH egsri to the paus Of tie
Con- cerst e. AID white there g az least poss billy
that the whole sbe strength r ibs euemy pFes-
ent in Virginia may III own mo Geo:gis and Eist
| Tennessee, Gsi ersl Slermn vii b. ous IN gOpg
souihsard rem la; which interests jackson Ne-
? d an'Ss'ms, and Montgomery l. ssemI plain at
| Gers al Siermans troops in TIE Gald hopld, after
seeming Jack On proceed due cast % Meridaq. the
Junction OF tbs Noble 06ic railroad With tie Soah
ern Aississ pp From Vcksbufg - Merriam the dis
lance 40 niles whoa is about equal 10 he data
from Meridian Noble Wo sugposo that The railroad
connecting EeTi6ian t. the tase Of EuDpss a. Yicks-
burg b rapidly placed in ru-Ding order and there
is sufi. EFT folny stock, locomotives *, a. hsnd 70
make Il avail able for transportation. By the time lie
| r sd Is opened even viii PROBABLY have SO shaped
themselves as 10 delcrm nst.e ROY doubtful question
wa ,tbsr SseTnau should SO down 20 Mobile pro-
coed to Sslne aad Sion gOmsry der 10 co-cperae
With General Thcm 10 hsnk m0vsmsnf, with Atans
Ia view Oar can belief which may 60 f.r Wbs. Il Is
worth Is tia. Nth the ndirfc isiarcs OF Gen Sler
man in oecGp rg the as ent On 0. he rebels ia Asss
sippi, General Banks vii & him5l amply Flrorg
enough aided by The e. il the Cali 10 contend against
the enemy a. Mobi sod cpure that city. Shouli he
d. 81, a1d vessel, EecnSs the plsSag. oil tn sAla
b,ms and Tomoig6ea rivers, can OF communication
be stsbhed OF the grsa cat importance in curing
eff the ates Of Mississippi aud Aabapa rom the Con-
fedeTscy, aud aGordiBg means for grand c3ncenTa-
OF and CO china ion ailst the sniEg parts Of tie
rebel domain The campaign is ope ms very hand
soney, aad likely to Eisaess magnificent exbi-
bitten of military sIG6gy on both tides.