New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-20
FROM MOBILE.
Movements IN Ainbama-The Hcbeh Nor-
p.usred-Probrble Fall OF Mobile.
From Our Special CorTeipondent
CAMP SAND RIDGE, Jan. >. ls,

From Our Special Correspondent.
CANT SAND RIDGE. Jan. >. 1868
Outside of the rather contracted limits OF that
section Of "aetud occupation In which your CORE
sponisnt Is domiclec for represent the spcrscrpoh
10 this letter s as far from indicating is own locality rs
the name Styx "a f.om defining the liquid boundary OF
the hither side Of the Internal regions use i. how
ever FIRST because the boys combining the elements OF
fancy and proprety have so named , and second Tor
~, reason that whole Carp either because It TOO
big or too little, he's not yet been chiistened Htho
reader will take bis mep aud look a0out twenty h'e
nile, south west Of Mobile he viii see the mouths oIthe
Pusosgouls River. SOue twelve miles above Is The
present location Of part Of the and forces operating on
tire west side Of Mobile Bay. Concerning these fofees
everything not conceded under the military bali oushe
nor crossed BIZ the Provost Marshars thumb-nal was
gl7eu IN sufficient detail in my last letter Beyond ihis
I can Only cay that orders from Gen. Candy have
stopped tac main body at and around West Pusoagona
While this par. Of the army IS here to await develop
ments C1hese developments 1 VIII whisper In Tie
plbllc car likely 10 result from operations OF
our army than anything the Corfederaes viii a.toWp)
boy once went to q menager.e. and. as Is rsuai
With little folks became wrapt In deeply Interested
patons Of Ito elephant But never having seen
one before 10 very naturally supposed that the grea
,~.s.nt trank, swinging loosely ~ and fro VAS 'he
,o,s,er,. tail. Just wbIo he was thinking thil anc
worderips WIZ they did not turn the almafs heah "
Oh. audience the elephant extended bic trunk took Al
anna from tic hand Of bysiaadar and put IL In bis
mouth. It'll. said II required the growth snd expert
epee OF several years to tie impression made o
~. ,-s,,y Incident upon tho unfortunate lads mind.
No less mistake than this vas nsdo BY the enemy re-
Z "A I.aft matt II
redo .Arough Mississippi Fully impressed that Tie
TAer,, ate, the great success, Of Shermans march TO
savannah would now stop at nothing short OF making
i,s across the whole oonf,deracy. and would replace
e,er track heretofore destroyed with ar underground
railroad concentrated considerable force CT Meridian
ppdcr Gen Dick Taylor sent for Forrest 10 como AMI
holm ,top tie Yankees AID drew largely on Hood 'or
rco1forcemonts.
Gen Beauresird Il is also stated good authority.
"a ordered to tho command Of .hs forces protecting
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. and tho entire inlard
communication Of Mobile (snd il Dow hes 10 other has
fallen Into temporary dsusc. This was precisely That
was expected Tor although TIE ultimate object OF these
EXPEDITIONS excepting tic .het LEI, he1phs) vas
10 take part IN the beeagucrmcnt OF Mobile, they hac
also tie intermediate object OF diverting the Rebel
frees further North from well understood prospective
campaign. OF this. however you viii be Informed
long before tho news can reach it seems that our
demonstrations were mistaken for a Increment upon
Montgomery or some poiat on tho Alabama River.
where ia navigation could DO stopped and that city and
Selma have becn AID are now occupied By the enemy In
strength This nows whch Is trustworthy. has reached
us while am writing and Is very important when Goa
sdercd IN connection with the inquiry, nom whence
do these forces come or this however need say No
more. While cur forces were marching straight. 10 the
Guli the enemy, entirely mistaken az 10 which end OF
the Union elephant was confronting him. concentrated
his strength meet Just where we had no intention
Of going thus leaving tho region which was passed
over by Gen. Davidson, during tho first half OF last
month entirely reclaimed On forces can now traverse
| IT free from medication.
THE SITUATION.
Asmntters now rest the advantages OF the situation
are largely on our side Deceived as u our original In
ten,ons most Of the Rebel forces designed TO protect
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the navigation OF the
Alabama and Ton.bigby rivers fr up in the into
ror OF else scattered In their endeavors 20 cOscr the
Venerable points Of the railroad 10 have great
strength Furthermore fear Of another raid from
Yicksburg or Memphis MI. not pcrmIt them TO alter
tho present disposition Of their Troops They cannot
make a movement without endangerlng the communi-
cations OF Mobile or course this state Of affairs 10 be-
Ing taken advantage o. and such movements and dis
positions are being made promise speedily TO com
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