New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-11
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The interest ~ The situation IN thr south
West doc, not cease with The cscrp" Of lioodo
army acro.s the tennessee. II is probable that
.po,sr~ion OF Tennessee aud Kentucky pretty
thoroughly iini-hcd; and be may cherish some
views a. 70 qlir Jud Winter quaurrf. Bnt ail
,gnf SHOW tha. Con. Thomas H. mcditnting
active and ,ouiuuou, operations. Charged by
Gen. sherman when thr latter abandoned Al
hn'a with tire drf,n.c Of the country be lril
behind him. Gen. Thomas hl. COM ictclv aud
elnriog-y fulfilled us iustfuc ions We pr.
sumo llli Araceforth BE- and his army are
separated from the command of zen. sherman
and vii cn'c- upon $40 immediate aggressive
campaign under The direction Of Licg'.-G"n.
Grant alone.
Gen. Thomass present hcalWstcr. are 90
Eafport, Miss. little town un the southern
hsyk o' 'bc Tennessee. inei ut the Alabama bor.
der. 1.iih,r has bccd concentrated III" 'rrr--.
lad 81 Thpmp-'s infantry. while ihc cavalry
under W.lson are AZ Florcncc. at Bapbridge
eight miles oboyc. and covering good deal OF
lin, adjacent country The main body a' East.
mort T. 10 b" reinforced b. 1900 men from
Ncmphi.. whieh will augment thc number Of
I homa,', c"rrmaldtomorct that ~, 0o0hayoncts.
To that veteran and victorious force the states
of Alabama AMI Mississippi can oppose per.
nap, $500 men, defeated and desperate, I'M
der radcr whose career is an uubrokcu Sue
cr.sion nf disasters and who j. neither trusted
nor liked by his iIonps. All That can bc added
10 that strength wi be- the slender force under
Dick TJglor, and the rlwc,t Oi raw militia and
unwilling concrpts who may be swept into the
ranks from the countries through which Hood
will continue his retreat lUst whore he
hating 81 NH, moment. Vs. viii not undertake
10 sag.
Tie position now held - Ea-tIort and Flor
cucc viii be- permanently held; serving equally
~ bgsrf OF supply for the force operating south,
AID Is frontier earri.ou.po is Cor Trnres,cc. 1t
j. rely stated in the Western papers that Gen.
Taoma- coutcmpiatcs 20 gigantic expedition
across A9bamq or Mississippi, or both, and that
eventually he Will not stop short of Mobile.
S1ch merch prc,umos that he shall
cnt loose from an bases and seek for
rev ones on The coast, ~ Sherman did.
TO cooperate with such AL adyll.,c. strong
force + reported 10 have already left ticksburg
underGcn. Dana. Following the track of Gen.
Shernn's famous expedition q year ago, Gen.
Dana sill move Oh the railroad to Meridian,
DESTROYING as hr goes the line which the Rebels
-chGilt after Sherman. Irum that point he
is Ia make Tor Cahlwba. an important
town IN tho Alabama River, 2lb miles
shove Mobile, ~ below Selma, and ~,
below MONTGOMERY. The possession of
those tree towns will ensure the control Of the
navigation OF the Alabama River for almost It's
whole enrth above Mobile, and viii rcldeg
easy tlccapturc OF Columbus, Georgia, tho head
pf nayintiou on The Chattahoochec And il the
rivers aid principal towns Of Central Alabama
TALL ntoour hands, the State goes with them,
for it is lot to be supposed that Mobile can re.
s.t Thomas, should he march ththcr, any more
than Savannah resisted sherman. II is threat
eucd It'll moro nearly by tho advance OF force
under Gordon Granger, which. like that of Gen.
Dana, coopcra,cs directly with the forces under
Gen. Thomas. The three armies aim, appa.
rcntly, Ut nothing less than tho complete occu-