, 1865-01-06
OUR NASHVILLE LETTER.
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whereabouts Of Hoods Army:
Arrival Of :Deserters. !.
An Important Expedition from
Vicksbnrg%Seyering Rebel
Communications.
The Military Situation and Pros
pcctS In tho South.
fl'roln Our Special Correspondent. !


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t, ."uJ Aao" "ne'nof Aooo' Win tae
ehall fefhfiaht oi Lila nrfny. Inns or l,us not
escarud. NCar rs VIC urc to tlo avonu Of nu.
Tim. nil Ia run{nsril with rcfercnnc n lin
tnnttrr. nnt thth. tc inn, In cvid.t,a. ,oat,ixa
Tint tl,r rcbr1 f,rro IA tnro instv,ttira,, i'm,
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Aae ueea .efsto'vio 'ePteseatea' "efo aha
sasan5 OF Hooa strong ONE, 1ts whereabouts
would lr no problem bttt as Il ID. II 1otrua
nil viii, raxn, Tin rrt,rrn1 ttn,,rf..tnn /. tst
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llls 'liuy 8c Il ili!stako. l'ut wherever II L.,
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Over tiu hundred tloerrtura affly0tl }pfo
yesterday, Ht,l WerU roleaesd on takluv f.,o
oa,l. of amnesty li,ry were ncarjy ali ran.
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I, ~ "' ~, "I.u 1.,ts sns ~ ~ W.T..
tnoy tmsy llut ~ oesscr a'alM.ee4 usWata t'!e
un SuVe' au'vstt Mt@t '"'!'os,y, M.t cr!Wlil u
~ tlls1 w tu''!noav'y e"paMea anD)tl'
enlcu' J. nhEo noxoI seeN !nen N'0fo highly
eaasa tnan tney Muo VA ~ snuf et1, scscus, aha
l. an' melMacu ~ tssank .uoy w! !omln "
l!oMc, havinG nau enoneh VI lug war, aaA ''e.
colnc sll@sneu Ia"t !ustAoF leslslahco ta ude"
less. .,., ..,,
n my MsI, statGu tnat haa reasons to
believe that tais CITY would not bc much
1onses tae cniel oaae u SUPPLIES lor tnc arMy.
AaVo soaae 1ui tnes eonarnlatioas =! o. tais, IN
movemen1s 1 ,.i tnat aas n9w ~ progress, though
11eas .1ls ~ noinl's e;Ssa.ny 1no"h ouls'ac Of
Official circles on LUG sun)cct.
IMPORTANT KxpED1T1oN.'
An important expedition ia In procrcss. of
which You have heard .1nt1uatfons, but Of
.f..fa
/ refer to the mid, or more properly, advance
Of the force from Vfcksbutg. Willie the reb-
els have been raising fuifous cry. for more
men to defend Mobile against Gen. Granger,
force has been moving out from Vicksb1l1s,
following the line Of tue railroad to Meridian,
alter the ! manner lsl o. sherman, destroying the
track as 1t goes. Nor Is 1t to stop at tho
point named 1t VIII proceed to Cahat,a
and 1llmo, and cut the communications IN
That region. 1t ta suttictenty strong for that
purpose its numbers will enable It to meet
hooa,s entire army, IN an open field and de-
AZ for Dick Taylor's force, It numbers but
1000 men, and with all the militia which can
be gathered It cannot be made. to- exceed
600o, and these VIII every man bot required
at Mobile, so that Dana's force, from Vtcks-
Hood, and fthat commander docs escare,
(o1lnyr him rlosa1v md forr,, . inr1f;o- ..-seE
mana iH,v" "'AA s'oS'' 'NAo 1o'a - Ja1e''on "4sn
o1n", I'n,.o-,,rt an tbo saror,nco oe ~.h.1 ..
,n,rat;a'as a. S ~ sn1 t,o raninn ~ y! sspea co~
,a1aa :. - ~ ~ ~ nv e,. ot y. ees'a an
I'LL y IT, T. ~. hsr .ae Hy u tne sxpedl
,1n ;on a w. mahe ~ w ~ VI ptH9aer
tns1e n9 n;G ~ ~ 80 diap possS. tney
aic said to number about 4, 600 men.
a., 1eel @ convinced tnas @ IL WI. De tne policy Of
,a.e ~ noselnmen. @ -, ~ r n,ahu 1"o ne" water
eascsi ous W W. aennessee} aau onc "
~ MntonsEulnsIy anu 10 acco'nrllsh lhe ihttef
luz a h.aoam ..I . fiver ,.ust oS opened ana that
hseNcs .l.G enl'tuiG Vi Mon'lc: lacre are
~ !'lin'uhulg 9aItoFtes ~ inc river oetwce1'
inal place hna Selma nn4 lev II anS oestr1ic-
lions anu one. onse Ect tae mouth ol tl'e river
opeh, anu "I1h shg co-olenlloh " TUG iAna
1ofees, oeliih ana montgomery VIII talt rs
nnv;,ro3;i.io Soimo f"r IL, 1art,o.+ n1asa - -,
bouts, all the year anu 10 tlc lIoutli vl tlc
Coosa, above Montgomery, ut least rfpl,t
months. son,c Of tic heaviest rebel run
boats atout Mubile were buitt at or ncur Sell
MA, aud thcy navigate tl,e river without tijiii-
Guilty.
Ii my one supposce liarc lnlrrrated Dick