The New York Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1862, Page 2

it, part of the , Colonel Lae; Second brigade, Colonel }—moved forward. Colone! Lee took the Pittsboro and Toad, cavalry division—that is, to cross ext morning, having miles below, when a sudden charge gave possession of the bridge ‘be enemy bad Colonel Hatch then moved upon yy way of the Panola road, driving the him. Colonel Lee, having crossed the ‘Yookens, sncamped for the uight about one mile and a ‘halt south the About sixty priso- . Barly on the morning Lee moved forward upon the Water ley road, upon which a large force of the ememy had fotired. During their flight they destroyed about five {ents in order o expedite their movements. ‘Whoa about two miles from Water Valley two licute- uants of the Fourth iltinois, engaged in flanking, were eaptaret by squads of revet cavalry, but were shortly , together with their captors.” A lieutenant of the Soventh Hlinois, who had been captured a short time be- fore, whtic ondeavering for Colone! Hatch to open com- faunication between himself and the column of Colonel Lee, was rotaken oy Colonel Lee's command and the re- els in charge captured. Later in the day, Col. Hateh, when with ina mile of Water Valiey, encountered column of revelcavairy, at the inter. ‘section of the Panola and Oxford, road and dispersed them. Our loss was three killed aud five wounded. The rebels lost fourteen, buried by our own men, and the same number wounded. Doubtless many were carried off, Colonel Hatoh soon experienced a fire in his rear. Upon examina tom it was found to come from the column retreating be- fore Colonel Lee. Colonel Hatch withdrew, forming in Mne-of @aitic across the l’ancla road, and repelled the as- waault of tne cnemy. In Water Valley Colonel Hatch aptured a rebel quartermaster, train and howitzer: also atrain of cars, rumping at the time, was cut off and sbaadoned by the rebels aud captured by our forces. Tho per er fe re pre bridge, but left the railroad my 4 complet is day our forces captured about oe Atty iaoteee. 7 morning of ber &the entire cavalry, un- der Cétsns! » moved out on the Colfeeville: Foad , olensl Lee's command io advance. Five miles from Cofbevilio the rebel pickets were met by ourtadvance. as forom: advanced the piekets accumulated streagth, and oon offered very strong opposition. within a mile and a hal! of the town the enemy @0 groat arcsistance that Colonel Lee brought his ‘plooe OF artillery to the front and threw three or four among ¥ omy. They now fell back slowly. ‘Whee withia X nile ¢ own the gun was again brought forward, and the alae the Owerhiy’e Gkirmishers sholled. it was ie a battery, cipeg ay frog an ogg than. a mile istams, opened fi han ao > ire uy As At the same moment two re; meng try, until now concealed over the Hand the Ml im advance, rose before our line of & {ng tnto thom a stunning fire of musketr: Our skirmish- ors Pein pal ‘Tho guns of the enemy were excellently ton was soon no longer tenabie.- Col. Yee thon fell back to his first gi He ad bar get his gun tn position before two squadrons. whiok wore left to cover the movement, were rapidly ane prea tao tat iecpaet e terrible moment. Plainly in sight fromt five regiments of infantry were setar press ecroaa ® clear, narrow valley. Two regiments in line with colors advanced on the right, oneon thecentre, and two i column te flank the left. ‘Several discharges of Caalator delayed the charge momentarily. Again they ward with demoniac yociferations. The gun was Row Ordered to the rear, and a severe fire opened from ur revolving rifles. This was of no avail, and we slow}: retired, oocasionally firing a volley. 4 < ting back x quarter of @ mile, a line of dismov~* ion, under Col. Hatch, of the Second brigade, w- _ ated ready 40 receive the enemy. Colonel Lee ” su and again formed in lime " fess the enemy with a ge” im; but ae goon in adyep* bout to Call back he found B wed. irmishers, pour- ing fire and stayed As Col. Hatch was Fodel infantry, formed aor —_.g retreat cut off by a line of ied Cot, Leo. Under~ oss the road between himself nome by they maas~ cover of the railroad embankment wore to be lost. get to file in unseen, No moments patents A close fight ensued, in which the com- ofectivelr —_ vut fifteen feet apart. and revolvers were & used. After a most stubborn contest, Colonc} cut his way through, but paid severely in the loss .aaay brave men. His loss amounted to sixty-two liled and wounded, also six officers. The Colonel bad is horse. ehot from under him, avd ber for several laours on foot. Our forces now lett the Held. ‘The ground upon which the fighting occurred was very nitty, with numerous ravines, well covered with timber. The cnemy suffered severely, though unknown in vom- Bors, Our tiro was well directed and heavy. Lientoant ‘Golgnel McCullough, Fourth Iilinois cavalry, was killed, as also was Lieutenant Woodburn. Both were brave men, and wp.to the taat wore foarless in whatever exposures } uot Guty te their country called them. Captain Townsend, , ana Lieutenant Col \ Wort, Seventh Kaagas, were both wounded while doing thoir daty. + Lagut@uant Colonel Herrick, Seventh Fansas, mannged va command cxcotlently. The same may be said.of Major herstmrw ge Towa battalion. Capt. 7) B. Gaw, engineer officer on Gen. McPherson's Call aafordod iavaiuable service in delineating the coun. try. Hin knowiedge of the country made his presence very uaelul to the operations of our forces. Capt. Gaw is now cagaged in the compilation of a map, from actual ob- aervetion or information as far as possible, and froin reli- able charts when necessary. It is intended that the ma; tlaali be lithagraphed. It will be completed in a few days, and will be of iuestimabie service to our officers. Tu this ight the enemy had at least five regiments of infantry and two of cavairy. They largely outaumbered ‘ovr force, which, furthermore, was cavalry, unsustained by infantry. By command of Col. Dickey the cavalry feil back north a (he Yockona river, fifteen miles southwesterly {rom lero. Al this point our cavalry now rests. Ina few days it will again got forward. Oxvord, Miss. , Deo. 11, 1862. OUR ARMY STILL MOVING. ‘Mac advance of this army was renewed to-day by pur ing forward part of Major General MePherson’s command. ‘als evening they are in camp fourteen miles from here at Prophet's run. At this point a bridge has been de siroyed, but is now being rapidiy reconstructed. To morrow they wili probably move to the Yockena river and replace tho bridge over that stream. The remainder of the General's command will start to-morrow. The troepa under General Hamilton will remain here several daya louger The division of Geaeral Denver was yesterday trans, ferred to the command of G rai McPberzon. MOVRMENTS ©: sonoral Shorman, of regimeuts , fas been ucdered back to Mempiiis. He bas nearly reached there by this time Ap important po mo is awaiting hin Viere Ho is to operate along the river. Railroad co: amunicatiou will be reopened to-morrow avoning. The work is finished both sides of the Talla siobie river, and now awaits the completion of the bridge at that pomt. The train is expected hore to-tnor row The road below here as far as Grennda is said not & be soveroly injared. General Thomas Kourth division. dared to report at MoKeaa, late in command of the McPherson's corps, hus been or- 1H anpolntin thither oral Meiean, in the opening al Lanma comuutuded th present movements Vin rotiably known bere that Gen. Steole has cut the ailromd below the rede! tion, It is also said that Wf aud Gen Price had % stnall fight, without advan sto either party. Gew. Steete holds his jx A prigoper, taken from Col. Hatch’s cavale as Os Ho rey Coffe raent at ville, Succ and rejoine Price on march suada, and Last very fe He enys the off rinn, Van Dorn, Pric He places their annbe Great demoralization prevails, and t umrdesible ¢ Oni ) prisoners capt 45 with the enem > wore today wont north to Columbus, Ky. whence they ickaburg to be exchangert condition for marching. y suvsided. The will bold ap, £ The rartroad to Me pirat, to al Paired hefore we From that 1 es Wilth@s teach us by that route Oxvono, Miss. , Dec. 18, 1562. OPORD, MIN. Geveral Great still makes tuis place bis beaiquarters. an:wation ube the aad ary MLV Al! obw " Advauce 0! ten days ago, thoy foun an ariny Why dase" ba greater portion of it inbabitaut:, wh a4 foi, tu suck haste that a great deal of pro * easily p left bebind, This, of co fell « yuitk proy lo the soidiery, but ina brief period of time Qusrds wore placed all over the ctiy and the ghue of pillage was nipped in the bud. Unfortesstely for tuo eredit of the aimy, many how y entered and plundered a nmates, who were couddent enoagh im the good belaviov of Union soldiers to remain be hind, They complain .rwvously of the outrages petpe- trated by tho a6 troops, wro seem to have on this Sovaxiiom sustained their un uviible repatatios for jay Dawkrng and general (awlessuess Oxford isn verg pretty ety, nid onc oa the rectilines pian, with a vast bub ti pretentious coart house in th centre, on the intersection O two crom streets. A Ove college waa in sace: 691! Operation #t use time our troops took poesession. ‘Th people appea* to have been pre porous and happy, and there ar@ mo Signe visib oof the want and misery repe revnil ta the South people are all wel! ¢ Aaualy appear as contented a biy be imagined. ‘ley are ev falinfiod with their condition trou of the South are scanty this season, there sceme t be a0 inconvon'ence from want of food. True, it is of « arse deetription latable jv the refined tastes of Northern men, b ore seems to gel along weil @nough with it b brawl ,awoet potatoes, rise ana pork are the rtaples their mode of 100 constitute voarly their cnisine either core nor wolton has by usoal, and, consequently both s around hore thousands of acre fy pay for gathering potw th: Fatew, The greater portion 0 foi above three Inches in he olis lie on the ground, or Dusily engaged in garbering it will be traine-will be rr back cotton. tion comparatively in, and from preséut the pressure in the tion alone be the foundation of its bought up areedily at fifty to fifty-five: be much delay in its shipment at chasers will probably be minus not only their expected profits, but ® good per cent of their investments also. WHAT THE REBELS 84\ The le of the South do not appear to ened for theircause. They still talk tinutng the war for tweaty years, if not soouer They are better informed than they were as to the feeling ot the North in regard to slavery, but are none the leas anxious on that account to gain their lence. It seems rather be a Lena their . They express very great cou! that six months from new will show @ wonder(ul advancement in their prospects. INTENTIONS OF 4 £: certainly if they so intend powerful obstacle fo the fortifications erected by ut render Uae peat abtamee ca bea ray must have had a good how wm te ° aed vant If, as appears Gate mye! aeons couselve where tho. rebels" willnnais_ @ny prospect of success. Robeldom will then seem to be the inevitable result. = Our Water Valicy Correspondence, Warrn Vatsxy, Miss., Dec. 13, 1862. ANOTHER ADVANCE. Orders were received early yesterday to prepare for an immediate advance. The cavairy division under Colonel Dickey, and the three brigade commanders, Colonels Lee, Hatch and Mizner, accoraingly began at nine o'clock the work of pre) paration, and by noon the whole command crossed the Yockena, and lato last evening encamped in the vicinity of Water Valley. Weare here quiet in camp, and, beyond the ordinary routine of field duty, there is nothing of interest to talk about or write about. Ali the approaches to the camp in every direction are carefully guarded, and although we know that the enemy is about us and vigilantly watching our movements, we rest in perfect security. Why weare sent here has not as yet been allowed to transpire, although it is doubtless for qfome righteous purpose. PREPARING THE ROUTE OF MAKCE. The infantry divisions will speedily follow,1am 83° sured; put whether they encamp at Water Valley or elsewhere 1 mg not know, The probability is that no f ~* willbe made until the rail- a. ——_—w aera’ at te ‘advanced towards @npielen te this point to be depended upon ii the maitor of th transportation of supplies. From Abbeville, in each di- rection, large gangs of workmen are engaged In rebuild- ing the bridges destroyed by the enemy when le re- treated. That across tho§ Tallahatchie will doubtless be finished to-morrow night. Below Oxford there are sevoval small bridges and culverts burned, and a large ope across the Yockema, at Springdale, another across the : i 2 Otuckaloffa, at Water Valley, and atill another at Coffee. t ville, ten miles below. These are the large bridges, be- sides innumerable smaller ones, and it may well be that the Isbor of construction is by uo means a one. I do not suppose that during all the time required to rebuild them the cavalry will remain idie. ‘here is too much necessity for vigilance. We have a vigorous and enterprising enemy to contend with, aud the country Tust become thoroughly familiar to our officers. We ust scout and forage. make maps, feel of the enemy, shcertatn his plane and latentions—work which the ia- fantry cannot weil perform—so that when the order forward” iz given it can be execnted understancingly. The cavalry campaign must, therefore, be an intcresting one, and I propose te take part in it. ABOUT GREXADA, MISE. c The community was clectrifed a few days since by the nohncement that the Union troops had fall and com- lets jon of Grenada. We have the best evidence that this isnot true. Citizens who camo in yesterday say thas the enemy is atill there; aud this evening Capt. Pitts ot Cor y A, Seventh Kanzas, who has to-day becn on scout towards Pauola, brought ina bearer of despatches from General Pemberton to Major Blythe, commanding at Horn lake. The following is a copy of the communica Hrapquantens, Dsraxrurxt Missssirrs anp Ea: EN on: — SIrEN Tesseseir, f Ma,or Burtae, Commanding, &c.:— Masor—I aim directed by the Major General commanding to say you will destroy all the cotton between the Talla- hatehie ‘and , Water, and all other pointsaccessibie. I am, respectfully, your ébedient servan fe, hs MEMMINGER, AJA. G. R. W. Tho bearer of this despatch ts a young man from Wes’ Fort Pillow, and is Teunessee, from the neighborhood of one of the escort of Major General Pemberton. command. the rebel iorces at Grenada. From him J have re- ceived a variety of information concerning the rebel position and garroundings, which I reproduce in the order in which it was received. REBEL READQUARTERS. He says that General Pemberton has his headquarters at the Collins House, Grenada; that General Price's army, numbering fifteen thousand men, are encamped five miles west, and that General Van Dorn's army—at least equal in nambers--is in camp three miles east of Triune. Major Blythe, for whom the despatch was intended, commands # Mississippi cavalry regiment at Horn Lake, ‘and to him is committed the duty of burning the cotton in this region. General Lovell left for Richmond on the Tuesday follow- ing the Cofieevilic fight. General Pemberton, General Lovell, General Van Dorn and Genera! Tilghman were all engaged in that affair. Tilghman commanded the infantry column advancing br the main row. Lovell and Rust each had command of one of the flankiog columns. The rebel generais did not know how lerge a ferce was en- guged on our part, The prisoner claimed that the rebels took fifty prisoners. oot Killed twenty of the Untouists. Their own loss was Ue jilted and fifty wounded. Geu- eral Lovell desired to continue the pursuit; but General Yan Dorn (wwrod we bad a iarge infantry force within sup- portiug distance, and ordered him to return. The rebels jost none of their ficld officers, and but one or two cap- tains and lieuteuauts. ‘The Unio , under Steele, were said to be in force eleven miles from Oakland,’ between that point aud Panoia. is he learned from the rebel pickets eeven milos north of Grenada. The country between the Yallobusha and the picket lines is patrolled constantly by Jacksun’s brigade of cavalry, consisting of five or six regi- mens. ‘The Yallabusha is a stream about the size of the Talla- hatchie, and can be crossed at Grenada by 4 flatboat, which lies moored at the south bank, and is fordable for cavalry only. POSTION OF THE REBKLS. Thore are ne Confederate forces soath of Grenada, and | there is a prospect of a fight there, The rebels are v.gor- } ously fortitying the farther side of the river, and have | impressed all the negroes of the surrounding Country to construct work ould seem hardly probable that they | wonld make @ stand there directly in front of the town | with a certainty of its destruction incase of an ati | vat the v as fortifications Dow in course of construe. | tion would iudjrate (hat Such is their intention. The po- .28 tho bottom land ex uth, and no considerable phreaeb it froma that direction withent being toe raking tire from the'r ieee gnna, of which, ‘eeuer says, they wave numbers, r the porition { a prepare! to say. 5 that they have cod from some quartor.ang re orke: bodves oF troups are HOW on tuelr Ww ts fin m not ia other large » that thither ‘The prisoner reports that far, from Teune@rec and Mise in equads, ant thet uhis i From bis own company sia: forage are plenty jn the region round about d the enewy are gathering and storing it in @ quantities there, evidently intending to quarter there perimaneatly. ‘This afternoou 2 p: twenty horsemen were dis covered in the act of tearimg up tho railroad a short dis- tance touth of Water Valley. A company of cavalry was gent to interrapt their pastime, with what success f have not yet ascertained, yorn'ng Colonel Hatch’s brigade moved out in the of Paris. Thavo not yet learned the object pro- posed to be accomplished, KING COTTON MOVING An immense quantity of colton is arriving at Abbeville, government account. At least five hundred Teady atthe depot, or what was the depot rebels burned jt, and Lam told that there are sand bales besides which the government has eon- . Dears the tahiti characters A.,’ and is supposed to be a portion of that contri. buted by wealthy planters hercabout to the government. Cotton Duyers ed speculators are not yet ailowed soath of the Tallabatehie, and it Is to be boped they will nut be for the present. Daving the recent retreat of the rebel army from Abbeville | hyve no doubt but (bat tec thon were burned. From @ somewhat extended pluce peville, 1 believe there are ten thousund bales cotton barnere did not destroy net Tn bes. commandant. of the Sprivgs, hag taken tho bull by Che hore ‘with the cotton qnestion there by issuing the following visions, at! Cotton eye or va haviag no hom tyading upon the miseries their country and jn-genoral all persons from the Nortt: connected with the arme, who have ®o permission from the yeneral eommandiug ty temafn in this towa, wil! jeave ip twenty four hours, or they will bosent to doduty iu the trenbes. It ie proper to say, a4 Taro tmtormed, that General Grant did hot approve of the order, mod it was rescinded. I heve pot yet heard of the order for an adva On wecownt of the » cutlators, Jews aad means of suppor though the indications aro that we may be orde Vat any moment, - When that dedor fs iasued your correspomteus wil} be with ¢ a? he has ever heer @ extreme advance oO Navai Correspondence, Usiren State Gow rau, OvF Varoo Rives, } Near Vicxanvat, Nov. 27, 1862. 5 APPEARANCE OF TIUNO8 ON THE YAZO, We are about seven hundred and fifty miles south of Cairo, with cotton Gelds om every side aad ia full bicom, . | Rebel cavairy still scour the country for a distance of twon- and but six miles above Vicksburg. I think now T am fairly in the bosom of the South. On one side is the Stato Of Mississippi, om the;other Louisiana, The weather is warm end delightful, To-morrow we aacend the Yazoo Fiver, Whore we may remain tea days Dyeteving the eu0- my and preparing the way for a successful attack upon ‘them and Vicksburg upon the arrival of the entire Mis sissippi equadron under the heroic Porter, and the army under the indomitableGrant. We are all impatient for ‘ne moment, and desire to have ® hand in the capture of ‘he rebel stronghold. ‘Toll the good preachers in the North fo pray for rain and the speedy rise of the. Miscissippi, 4nd, should their prayers be favorably answered, I will guarantee that our army and navy will ride triumphantly into New Orloans with the flood tide. We have not fired a gun since we left Cairo. The rebels keep at @ respectful distance, and seem to havo a‘ holy horror” of shot, shell and big guns. The men on this ‘Veasel are learning rapidly and becoming well drilled, and ‘will give @ good account of themselves. For the last four nights I have slept in my clothes, to be ready for any emergency, as we may be attacked or ordered to move at any moment. Each night all lights are out, no bells are struck, and every man on the ship is “piped” down. What « beautiful country the South is, or was, before the breaking out of this wicked rebéllion, But now you see nothing but the ruins of what once were ial man- sions aod well cultivated estates. Desolation and ruin mark the footstope of rade war ; and the shrill cry of the crane and the melancholy wail of the pelican is the only sign of life which disturbs these solitudes. CONTRABAND NEGROES. i pian ipped some ives, found them useful in various wed eakairovtiont from them im and reliablo information. They gave us int the residence of the rebel General Grundy, who owned 2 beautiful mansion and a largo plan- tation well stocked with choice live stock. The flagship Carondelet sent. out reduced the rebel’s mansion to ruins, apt etock,and told the which all his sinyes they were uot bound te serve traitors. .This is the - way to Uribe the war home to the hearths and pockets ol All the gunboats aro at Helena and above, and we are the firat that have gone down for six months, except those acting a8 conveys to prisoners of waren route for ex- change. Duo. 16, 1862. As I had no opportunity to send off my letter 1 bayw, now much to add. But I must first toll youthat I be ,, been in one fight up the Yazoo river. I have now “gmeit powder. Nots man was wounded on our shify, and but one on the Marmora—Ensign Walker, who was‘ theformor commander of the Laella, His wound i9 only 9 flesh wound , and he will certainly recover. ADDITIONAL OF THE LATS RECONY orscance, Well, to explain the position of mat’ ors, tho gunboats @rrondelet, Mound City, Signal and yarmora were-lying in the Mississippi observing the w outh of the Yazoo. The re a ae orale from thetr fortifications e moult ‘az00. returned hrowiox shot and shells atl they were driven fron their position, wath the O amodore ordered we Sigaul and Marmora t/s push,up Ye Yazoo, which they did, under & full head @f steam. The Yazoo is @ narrow, winding Tiver, wit's Sharp beud® and short turns, and the robels nave 37tY commagding point manged with heavy ganz. 8 @ torr) a e Tue ete tat SE SETHE aay ta an often, ng the shot al! little vege. “The meu of this-vessel | Seuaved ad ols, and fotgne Uke veterans. We rap up the river somé distance, drow the fire of the revels at various points, discovered where their guns were planted, and returned, , after making quite successful reconniogsance. We were only five miles from Vicksburg, where the rebels Lave six miles of fortii- cations, and we could distinctly hear the steamboat whistles off Vicksburg. Our Memphis Correspondence. Memrais, Dec. 8, 1862. ‘HE GRBAT MOVEMENT, Affairs of a military character in this vicinity have undergone quite a change recently. But a few days ago, and every beat which reached our landing was crowded with troops, en route for the ecat of war; now those troops are, under the siilful aud intrepid Sherman, pursuing, as well aa the nature of tho country will admit, the rotreat- ing rebels under Pemberton and Price. Only a few days ago, and Southera sympathizers asswred us that Pember- ton had an overwhelming army, and that Grant aud Sherman woutd'bo ‘cleaned out” as soon as they got in sight of the valorous rebels; now, these same rebels are retreating before Sherman’s advancing column, with the hope and expectation that at Grenada ticy will be able to make a stand, at least until the fortifications at Jackson are completed and the reinforcomonts ~ which they expect shall have had time to arrive. For~ tunately for the Union army, they are wel! clothed and well armed, and are led by generals not only of ercat skill, but who have never yet been whipped, and who go tothe work before them with the zealana onergy ‘that never fail of auccess. ‘THE TRB TACTICS. There i ye — = Rory sg i — papier cam- ign in Mississippi, and that is o enemy as Papidly as possible. "Ho i already on the wing.” Ito confesses, in his rotreat from Tallahatchie to Grenada, that he is not prepared for fight. He seeks to gain time to bring up his reinforcoments. has accurately culea- lated the winter prospect and the advantages which it will give. The weather now is too unfavorable for him; aud if our army shail needlessly rest by tho or fail to follow wherever he may lead, the probability is that it will suffer and pay for its inertness by heavy losses, Tho army under Price and Pomberton is reckoned by rebels at iorty thousand effective meg. Grant has with hima force capable, without the assigtance promised from other sources, of inflieting very severe punishment upon them; and this he will certainly do uniess tie loiters by the way, and thus mieses, perhaps forever, the opportunity for as- sured immortality. GENERAL HOVEY'S EXPEDITION. ‘The expedition from Helena, under Generals Hove: Washburn, did not accomplish al! that was expected. cutting the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad near Panola, they on'y made work for Union troops when Grenada shall become our base; and im cutting the Mi: sissippi Central Railroad, six miles above Greuada, after Grenad: had been evacuated, they likewtse pe:formed 2 very unnecessary labor. But im failiog to take posscssien of Grenada, after the peeple had left it and gone to Can- ton, Miss., and thus enabling the rebels at Oxford to re treat to and reoccupy it, they most unmistakaoly showed their want of military skill. Great things were promised of this expedition, and great things, look- and ing to the campaign in that section, were cer- tainly attainabie; but the event has proved that Washburn, however gallant, is certai not the equsl of Morgan, or capable of the successinl dash of the rebel Stuart. Washourn went near enough to Gre- nada to create a panic which evacuated the place; but they failed tv go aod take it MATERS IN MEMPHIS. ‘The recent activity in this soction has inducod many changes itv our military rulers. Gen. W. T. Sherman, formerly in command of Memphis, has taken the field, and leads fifty thousand brave warriors as the right wing of Gen. Grant's army. He is succeeded by Gen. S. A. Horlbut, of Mkinois. Our formor Provost Marshal, Col. Anthony, has left bis postfor @ visit to Indiana, avi thence perhaps to the Geld, and ts succeeded by Major C. M. Willard, jate of Cn: Capt. Heary $. Fitch, late Post Quartermaster, the duties of which he so faithfi:lly discharged, has beea made Lieutenant Colonel and Chier Quartermaster of Sherman's division. He is succeeded by Capt. Eddy, an old United States officer of great expe- rience and much ability. Major W. H. Terrell, paymaster of this department, hag been relieved and given an im- portant charge in the field, and ig succéeded by Major Nunes, Wilh the change of officcrs comes @ chango of policy. Geveral Sherman hod abolisied the pass system, aud per- mitted persons to go aud. come without being required to take the 0. All thie has been changed. No ope out- side the city limita ean now get permite for any article of necemeary Consumption without first taking the eath. Nor would this policy be considered rigorous if our troops were able to avlurd them the protection which they nced. Gue- rilla bands hover arocud the rots leading to the city, and rob the people of the little which the rebeis le/t them. | ty aifles out, und force every man between eighteen and forty five yoare of age into the robelarmy. Ail whom they find have taken the oath to the United States government pay the penalty of haying thete houses | burned, their property destroyed aud themselves made prisowers. Under such circumstances but few planters come to town, Our receipts of cotton have greatly fallen off. Ail branches of trade have folt the shock, and all tradesmen deplore the disporition among mililary authorities to look back to the vperations of trade, instead | Of onward to the end of tho war. | A petition is in ciroulation asking the constituted an thorities to re-establish the courts in our midst, aad the ' —s that the request will be acceded tu at av early ay. A MISMANAGED CITT. Of all Cho mismauaged cities iu the world, Memphis 1s seen) unfortunate. Thore whe have hed municipal | honors thruat upon them do not seem to be gitted in ay | eminent degree; aud tt would bo @ consolation If their i+ tentions wore equal Wo their meagre caparities. 1 was such a laxity of police regulations that the authorities had to take the tmatior into their a and sluilar inefliciency and indifference seen nara torize every department of municipal government. fast week the Mavor remeved the Street Comtate*ioner tor alieged inattention to bus: auid this week, ft is cu moted, the Board of Al n will endeavor to romave the Mayor for derelictions not lesa glaring. Oar Helena Correspondence. Fieumya, Ark,, Doo. 11, 1862. ‘THE TALOO REXPRDITION. Toere arc &few Additional \tews Of interest connected with the lato expedition into Mississippi, wiich it may be | worth while to allude to The opinions ay to it» condwot | and success are as various as the mon who express them | Some denonnee thd whole thing as « misurable failare, be. ative this thing wae oot done, others becauré that was | nor In one thing, however, thera seomé'to be « very | generat concurrence of seutimemt, That je, that less was } Adoomptished than might have been In this opinion | Your correspondent also concur, without seeking oF pro | Posing to lay the blene of the partiat failure upon the shoulders of any company regimental. bfignde (OF divi sion commander, From personal observation, ae Well a | from what I bear, I candidly believe that each and every | one endeavored to do all that be contd, and that | the errors, if any wore marie, were carved simply by that mistaken judgment to which we all, aa human beings are liable, Tot me recur to one or two instauces a a? See x | unimproved, and try to account for them. GRENADA, 6188. “Why did they not take Grenada?’ is @ question heard ‘qvory day. .. Fer the simplo reagon that thoy bas he ps steong: enough, Washburo’s cavalry), which slone penetrated to within five miles of Grenada, num. bered less than two thousand, and had no artillery save: afew mounted howitzers, AtGrenada, they had satis- factory information, wore stationed four full regiments of rebel conscripts, with large reinforcements within « fow ‘hours’ distance, by rail: General Washburn was deal" rous of dashing into the town, abd had ne been properly Supported by infantry and artillery would certainly have done so, As it was, though ho might have taken the place, he could not have held it long; and, in bis optnion, the risk was too great to run. Whether he was wige in his dooision or not {s for each one, on & knowledge of al! the facts, to judge for himself. That he acted \ ‘best of motives no One has a right to doubt, en ee iy cunnEs 7 GENERAL nore 4 jain, many severely censure General Hovey Pf; maining (Me, with the Ynfautry and artillorys at the mouth of the Coldwater, in: of advancing F apidly to dr ph rye y oo thus concent jin a force ‘enough to have captured several ply” ses of import- auce. What particular reasons may have’ induced General Hovey to his course I cannot under’ axe to gay; but it 1s easy for any OF.9 to find out @ few arguments in favor of his action, as s. wise and prudent one. They wero in f’n9 heart of an enemy’s country, comparatively safe Wore they halted, but ex- posed, with their necosserily’siow movements, to immi- ‘nent of attack and ¢»’pture ahould they follow the cavalry in their perilous %,aventureg, , When it ie consi- dered tat the main body, of ‘army was but fifteen miles diStant from ou: ope time, it wit beseen that oaly rapidity of Znotion, ible for iatantry and mabey of could aye the gefmand from annihilation, should the enemy ‘awaro of their exact position, as seiner able, Instead of thus rasitly rush- patie ul | General Hovey, as it aeems tome, wisely thr “forethought of a good commander establist- 4.4 D889): operations from Which the cavairy could ad- vance nd thoroughly accomplish all it’ was intended they Gr. 14, and upon which they could fall back in case of ‘anger. This base was also near enough to the river to insure a safe retreat of the whole force, should it bechme necessary. ‘THE EXPEDITION ON THH TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD, As the column was approaching Oakland—a station on the Mississippi and Tennessee ilroad—jogging slowly along by twos, up a rise of ground overlooking the village, Gen, Washburn, who wasgin the extreme advance, leading the column, in fact, ied a rebel picket on the brow of the bill. He immediately ordered the gun forward, and the order was obeyed 4s promptly as given. Tne position not suiting him, he ordered it stil! further forward, never dreaming that this picket differed in any respect from thosc whom frequent sight had made familiar. No sooner, however, had the gun been pushed to the head of the column than some eight or ten hundred rebels, who had disinounted and hid in the woods, roge to their feet and poured a flerce volley into the column. Que of our men was killed and eleven wounded. Thehead of the column was turned back in some confusion, and retreated, per- haps, a hundred yards. The howitzer, being thus left un- Supported, fell an easy prey to the enemy, and was soized and carried off before our men could ‘rally from their temporary rout. It is a wonder that Geper: burn was not himself captured, a3 he was some distance imadvance of the gun. The bullets rained around him thick and fast a3 he made his escape; but he only took of his cap and smilea. Tn ® moment we had formed ourselves in lino of battle, and were ready for them; but in the meanwhile they bad axel apportunity afforded by our disorder to make good (het? egape with their prize. We dashed after them into th@yown, @nd succeeded tn capturing a few prigon- e em oye lieutenant—aud a number of horges, ‘This is tho'trne story, and the whole of it. The loss of the gun tenothing tous, but it is a prize tothem. I doubt if they had one before jn all the West. ‘They are the very things~to, use. against our foraging parties, and, ‘sufficiently supported, will pretty effectually “‘ciesn out” or scare off any moderate sized train. ‘*What has been the result of the whole expedition?’ some one may ask. We have mado u march of nearly one hundred miles iuto the beart of Mississippi, through a portion of country hitherto untouched by the feet of our soldiers; have be- come ucquainted with the topography and geogra- phy of the country; have burned ur or five vale, bridges, toru up important railroads in as piaces; have inspired the inbabitants ‘with a-wholesome fear and dread of the strength and power of the government; have captured noarly iifty pri- Soners; have taken somo two or three hundred head of horses'and mules, and have demonstrated that sve can make swift, daring, bold marches as wellas the enemy. ‘To counterbalance allthis we baveyost one small howit- very had one mao killed and eleven woundod.. Au appli- | cation to the problem of one of the simple rules of arith- metic will shew ou which side, and how great, the ba- lance of benefit is. To me it seems, if not ail it might have been, @ groat, success. ceutd, indeed, have ‘Deen done; but more could nut have been reasonably -ex- pected. Hud loss beca accomplished we should uot have deen disappointed. CHANGE OF COMMANDERS. Those of us who had settled down inte the boliof that the new regime of General Steele was t0 bea permanent one, and, a6 far as possibie, a repetitionof the vid, were not alittle surprised by the sudden arrival in our midst of ier General Willis A. Gorman, of Minnesota, order- ither to assume command of this army. Of course all calculations and initiatory steps for movements of the forces here were upset at once, a Dew order of things |. General Gorman arrived day before yes- terday, aud immediaicly sot to work to learn something of the nature and condition of his command. He assumed command yestorday ; but as yet has issued no order. Of the improsvion which he has made it is yet bardly time to speak. Though known to but few of us poraon- ally, we all know him by reputation. More than a year's service on the Potomac and peninsula, beginning with the first and most disastrous buttle of Bull run, had made bis name familiar tous, and we knew bim a3 a brave and capa. ble officer. His appearance and manner did not disappoint the good opinion entertainod of him. Thoroughly sotdierly in appearance, quick and prompt in what he has to say, with a pleasant word for all,he has made, so far as I can learn, {rotn those with whom I have conversed, a highly favorable impression. The alacrity with which ho entered upon his duties, without wasting time in formal ceremo- nies, without even waiting to establish pormancut head- quarters, but making use of the nearest accommodations that offered, pleases and gladdens oth officers and men; for it gives promic ot work, of an end to idleness, and of opportunities to’ wim imtnortal honor and fame. That he will not long re- main bere waiting for the enemy, but will go out dund mect them. J have from the best possible au tis, hisown. Already he is inform fi ‘treigth and perfection of the army ion.” Yesterday he reviowed the Second vision, comprising nearly one-half of the arny 8 brilliant affair, bus too similar to the many occurred on the Potomac to merit any extende General Steole is too highly esteemod by the rebe! too lenient in his dealings with them, to be popular w our own men. Since he assumed command Heivus las literally awarmed with citizens from ail parts of the coun try, who come in their carriages, heir wagous and on their horses, and go home with thern all laden ¢ Yankee manufactures and Yankee t ‘one of these to take the oath of all) she—for the women here, as cisew Ditter—would resent it as a Whtlo Gencrals . Carr and Hovey it was difficult to obtain permission to enter ont lin and it was seldom that we saw a citizen's face, Ni pass up Main streot any flue morning and it will be hard to tell which outnumbors the other—citizens or ruldiers. No officer who aliows this state of affairs to continue can ever hope for popularity in our army, aad thir, more than aught else, has projudiced public opinion against General steele. TRADE ON THE RIVER, In gome of my former lottors I have called attention 10 seme of the evils resulting fromthe opening of trade wong the river. What was then a seriour matter has become a great wrong and ontrage, demanding at once iuvestigation and reform. While thousands of brave men are sacrificing time and money, endangoring their lives and health, and undergoing hardships ot every de scription in the field, it is a cruct wrong, a burn ng disgrace, that ‘others, in whose eyes o a liar is of more valine than the country aid the government. should be allowed to make the as deadly ene: jnends and neighbors are soe 1 ere. Boat after aiex. Aud yet ibis is done every day boat, ionued With provisions, clothing, salt, the necessaries and In xurtes of Iie, arined with w permit from the gury (oyartment and protective papers from the admiral ecomruondng the sotitia, and occasionally from ome one of our taapny conimanding generals, ‘passes down the river and @xchanges ita catgo tor cotton, Why should we Iecd and fight the rebels at ono timer Why should we clothe wed shoot at thomy One or the other is use- lee. It is a waste of food and clothes or of powder and leai. Leb one thing or the other be done. The cumutt is that they are fast supplying themselves with a!l thove articles without which they woutd sufle: terribly daring the coming winter. A fow months move Of uiifuited trafic aud they will be ready to hid ue de fiau# for anether iwelvemonth. All are me arraut rebels as ever Not one of then but would murder and rob you if he dared. ‘Thero ig uo snch {ing ag gouciiiation, awd it is only a pretence to tals of it. “That i¢ the Indtehing thought of. —Movey ia at the bottom o, if sil, and only money. The rebe's nnderstana thie ae wellaswods. They know that cotton will bay angihing, withont reierence te their Unionism or vou Vowoniem. tf it hkely that under such ciroumatances thoy partioaa rs, ag well ag do violecee to theit own | penttmente, by proelaiming thomesives Union men, for the sake Of obtaining what they can get juxt ax wall with. ont? Th ts Ponsense to think of it. Ail trade should be topped. None Deri thove who are willing to swear alle: glance to the Union, and keep thoir cathe, should be al joweu (4 parclvose (he vmalleattrifie, All others ought to starve, cud sheilt he allowed to This solene t hope (ast any restrictions will be put uptin ins trade wy the goverament. Bot the rebel themseivea have -e@raowhat cheoked it by « vandal wi such ar ey only comd commis, .Aniong the steamors engoged in ihe down rivor fraMe was the Lake City, a sumall, sterm-wheol, but rotuor weat, boat, She recen started down with a cargu of assorted goods, worth, prices, About $24,000, and lad also on Board some bin money , all for the purchase ot coitou. Monday , While lying at Parton’ Landing, on the Missiaaipps whe was attacked by rillas, robbed of beta goods money and then burned, The loss falls hewvily upon owner, but the general verdict ji the army in trading with re- But unies soon forget it, and trade will be as brick my Imraniesy fo ilove. . Kor six weary months i: bas I the rust bf inaction has begun ! sadly upon it cods something to do to bring it back to its former drill and discipline: for thore is Lo do- | nying that it, with somo hon: lo exceptions, 19 sadly | deficient in woth (hese desirable characveriatiga. all it prin fortunes by focding and clothing those whom | it will again oover ideale with Mficent. Warm and ploagent as 4 ithardly seoms possible that it ie almest the of December, The air is 6oft and hazy, giving to ‘an ethoreality which es it seom unreal, . The roads, however, remind us that we are Stil in the world—of the earth earthy. Though not bad, in a Virginia point of view, they are not good. By no ‘means impassable, and fast drying up, they afford no se- ious obstaoie to that forward movement of which we al! hope to see the speedy beginning. Cane Herana, Ark., Dec, 12, 1362 A Umow Rar. ‘We have just returned from indulging in a short raid {nto Mississipp!, and are now resting on our oars awaiting the result of oureadeavors,.. On the 26th ult.a force of perhaps twelve thousand—horse, foot and artillery—left ‘his point by transports, under command of Gen. Hovey, %ndiana, Wodisembarked twelve miles below, on the “Mississippi side, at a place called Delta, a city probably otherwise unknown to history, and with hardly a suffi- ciency of dwellings to make its existemce more than pro- blematical. From thenco we marched some forty miles i® & direction south of east, whore the infamtry re- mained, while the cavalry, with mountain howitzers, went seventy miles farther to dostroy some rail- road bridges—the object of the expedition, They succeeded admirably, destroying track and bridges on both the Central and Memphis branch. The inteation was by this to prevent a rapid retroat by Pemberton, Price and Van Dorn, ere encamped on the Central, near the northern part of thagtate, and whom Grant and Sherman were’ about: to I destroying the rall-« roads and compelling the enemy to’ retreat in the same .manher that General Grant would purgue, and in lessening” | i j ) j | | considerable e: | nothing more than the «beiling ‘his facilities for brit accomplished alll tl now safe back again, “as geo agnow.” This-has boen tho best conducted enterprise that has occurred jn: this sepa ment, one not supérlatively famous for briltian, Maneuvers of any kind. The country through which we marched was, like all “that adjacent to the river from tere southward, liable to anny innndation. x fact, throughout the whole march, the high water mark was visible wpon the trees atan elevation varying from two to ten feet from the surface. The country all been originally heavy tim- bered, and is now sottled exclusively by large cotton planters, who of course are ‘‘off to the wars,’’ leaving their matters to the care of the women and slaves. The usual! cotton fields are this year planted chiefly with corn, avery happy circumstance for Uncle Sam’s mules. In such instances the soldiers are apt to make rather more free with the persona! property than a just discrimina- tien between meum ef tuum would seem to justify; ‘but, while the Western troops are more habituated to plundering than the Easiern enes, nothing more is generally taken than would be deomed necessary to the army. Afew cotton gins were burned, the new troops ‘appearing to have ® peculiar antipathy to these instity, 18 sate) OE seat: The guerillas hung aronnd us during the wholo it in too small numbers to attack. Their prin- cipalambition is tocut off stragglers; but, ip sane Jike reasonable marching, few opportunities are aflord them. Ono of the finest displays of military gouius took place bere somo four weeks ago, although not entirely in the military line. Ten thousand éroops and the propor- tionate quantity of horses, artillery, mules and negroes, were loaded on the transports here, and great was the tayatery as te their destination. Speculation was rife. Some thought Vicksburg was to succumb immodiately, while others were px Little Rook was doomed. Matters continued in tate of inogrtitude until agsand ber in White river, two miles from its .mouth, put an cad to conjectures in that behalf. The expedition took the soundings there, and, finding am insufficiency of water to float a yawl, returned. These might be congidered rather heavy Oe aries for merely ascertaining the depth of water in White river; but all knowledge in war times is important, and now the country bas roliable information that at this time thero™is net above three tect of water ia pi interes ing stream. Some knowing ones inti- mated tl touce ofa fort somewhere up the stream; but ‘a8 the rebels have enough to do without building forts on streams not navigable, or where, when the stream should EE be navigable, they would be at the of our gun- Doats, 2ud aa there was no oviderive to to such 4 con- clusion, it is {air to presume it fabuloug, The new troops have been arriving here Jately in large, numbers. An ill feeling has sprung up betweon the old troops and the new ones, the former calting the latter “conscripts,” ‘hundred deilar men,’ kc. The fist repiment here at pre- sent is the ‘Thirteenth Minis. Although over eighteen months in the service, at’ the last review it torned out as many men as the now regiments. This regiment has been in Missouri and Arkansas since July, 1661, and bas over thirteen hundred miles. $ Hrresa, Ark., Dec. 17, 1882. A BUCCESSIUL. CAVALRY RAM). Shortly after I last wrote you Colonel Grierson, of the Sixth Llinois cavalry , with a: escort of reventy-five men» arrived on the opposite bank of the river direct from Grant’s army. Coverc:i from head to foot with mud, he had evidently madé a rapid ride across the swampy soil of Mississippi. ‘With six hungeed and forty picked cavalry, he left Genor@iGrant’s -leadquarters at Oxford twe days before, and started om his daring and adven. turous ride. I’ushing rapidly ahead, he met with few or Ro incidents of interest until Le reached Coldwater, when ho surprised and, attacked a rebel eamp, aud after ashort and decisive skirmis!) succeeded in routing their whole force, killing a number, tating some thirty or forty prisoners, end also capturing ard ¢cstroying ali their wagons hordes and camp equpage Leaving here all bat seventy-tive of nen, Col, Grierecn rapidly pursued the remainider of his journey, and on Friday night reached this place, Thenext nigh le starte his return, wh ch promised to be of even 9 mors daringand dangerous nature than his journey hither, as tae rebels witi do tess gather their scattered forces for the purpuse of tacking him. Doubtlors, by ¢ e this reaches you, ‘will have heard from other sources the tml partion: s Of this brilliant daeh across and throuch a hitherto untravelloa portion of the ener try A FAM! % rat Hovey’s expedition from Since the return of € it Mississippi the with which long acquaintance ae familiar he beoa broken only by un occa sional skirmisk, in Whigh eouetiae: one or two on either side are wounded or t rs. few nights’ azo ging to the Sixth Missouri ured on the St. withstand the wae of our gua. af Tittle interest was sed they had in view wood and bavks. In e timo that has elapsed since their departire we pad tforgotlen them; but yesterday we had news from ad news of anot very gratifying character, which a of elsewhere. EN, PRANK P. Dit, JR Brigadier General Frank i’. Diair, Jr., arrived here this morning to take command Of his brigade, the greater portion of which has already rea this point. ‘The General looke well, and will doubtless prove ag able in ‘the field as he bas in Coupress aad on (he stump. ACHIVIEY AL MBALUCARTERS. All is bustle and activity at headquarters on the wharf boat. General Gormag’s rooms are constantly thronged with visitors, secking him often on businegs, and full as often on trifling pretoxts. Everything denotes aci.ve pre: parations for something, a certain what that rome- ‘Shing may be is just now excreizing the wits of more than one inquisitive individual oud partially in the secret, your correspoudent is not.at liberty lo divulge it, farther than to say that an expedition, on a larger scale than any yet sent out from Helena, is being preparcd. When it will start is @ mutter of uncertainty, and nume- Tous unexpected trifles may delay it beyond the utmost limit to which we now look forward. Whither bound? ts the question everywhere asked. ‘iime only will deter- mine it Cor moet of those injuiriag, and I doubt if any one but the Commanding Genera: knows more than the direc- tion of the proposed movement. THR MISSISSIP#! TOE UNLOCKED, Though not so inforimed, i have littie doubt that it is tutended to be one of a revies of movements which shall unlock tho gates that bar the Mirsisstppt and open wo t! commercerof the nation its broad bogom, from the of St. Anthony to the Guif, Whenever and wherever it ty go L shall accompany it, end possibly may date my next from the only rebel strougheld in the Southwest— Some time since, one by one, bouts passed down the river. By manifested in them, as it waa | Vicksbarg. | Gone It makes uo Union mon. | will expowe themeolves te the enmity of roving bands of | | sioually corves a6 an unneeded Go whore we may, we cannet possibly be more out of the world than we are here at He'cna, Mai! commuuica- irreguiat enough to be the product of:a rebel portal department. Sometimes letters come from St. Loule ia siz days, and » tires im forty five. To-day, ‘orthera papers of a jater date , for ar wo know, great Dattlee may Lave been fought aud o- ties won on the gacr soll ol nia. Addon to opher discomforte—for discomforts they are iu trath——we bed tier day of ri net gentle, ehowory rain, but deriving, pelting terms , im which the heayone seemed to have opened all their windows and let down pon our uel bende torroats unequalled since the days ef Noah. As @ natural Gousequence we have taud of untold depth and of every variety of kind, quality and consisteucy, from the thio slosh oo which a pvat might with eace be floated, to the stiff mud which occa. kK; we Lave overy intermediate grade iM varied abundance. Tue sun har however, ehone for twe entire days, and § rain for ae inany roore—of which there is nofearthly pro- bability--we will have not nbeolately impassable roads. Our Cairo Correspomience. Cain@, Til., Dee, 18, 1862. A GUNVOAT RRCOWNOLMANCE UF THE YAZOO, Lhe aerival of the light draught gunboat Marmora from below puts ue in possession of news of the highest impor. tance from the Yaroo river. The water in that stream j. how well up and adapted to any manner of operations de. sired On Thursday last the Marmora and another vesse were sent up the fiver to recomnoitre and watch the operations of the enemy. They asconded a distance of | about twenty miles point provionely frequently reached. | At Drtimgool’s Biams, twenty-three mites Crom the mouth of the river, the rebels have q formidable battery, of which ovr vosola Rave && yet considered it prudent to keop aby, atid none of them have yet approached near euongh to it to ascertain ite the character and row strength. All our operations thug far have heen confined! to simply keeping the river open below this battory Pousibly the battory ig DOL in the way of Admiral Porter's contemplated operations, and he does not therefore case to waste powder, life and boate in taking it. At all events thp Marmora and her censort cruised om Thursday only about twenty miles up the stream, and then run back. On their trip they discovered that the rebels had busied themselves in planting torpedoes in the river, with the design of destroying"our boats. This faot was Guly reported to Acting Flag Officer Walke, who, om the fotlowing day, despatched an expedition to remove these destructive inventions. The expedition cepsiated ofthe Cairo (iron-ciad), Lieut. Commanding Selfridge; Pittsburg (iron-clad), Lieut. Commanding Hoel; Marmora (light), Lieut. Commanding Getty; Signal (light), Lieut. Commanding Scott, and ram Queen of the West. INFERNAL MAQHINES. ‘The expedition left the mouth of the river at eight o’clogke and moved up very cautiously, feeling its way, and not reaching the vicinity reported infested with torpeaces it does wot | until nearly noon, After ascending about seventeen miles he firat submarine infernal was discovered. It was simply a large demijoha onclosed in a rude box. ‘This was stink in mid-channel,and secured by & etout cord leading to tho northwestern bank Of the stream, and by a mys- terious wire loading to the southeastern bank, generally traceable over the levee to some p place of concealment and observation, rembved from alt @anger, whence the machine could be worked im safety. The demijohn was filled with powder and various kinds of projectiios admirably adapted for execution apen the bottom of a vessel. They were clearly designed to befired by band, but whether by electricity or a friction ‘tase ‘not appear. ’ Two of these infernals had been successfully removed ‘an appalling accident occurred that sadly weakened ant.tiftle Sect. The Cairo ran. directly over ono—the bavatter'et the water concealing them—when suddenly it jed, tearing 8 bad hole in the bettom of theill- fated gunboat. The wound was considerably forward of the wheels, perhaps midway from stem to midship, and was from six to eight feet in length and very rough and seraggy. Water poured in ata terrible rate, and it was at once apparent that there were ao hopes of saving the vessel. Boats were therefore lowered away as fast a8 pos- sible, and boats from the other vessels wore sent to her assistance, Thus the crew, consisting of one bundrea and sixty mon and eighteen officors, were allsaved. Bus in seven minutes from the.time the exploded beneath her the Cairo went down in six fi of water, nothing whatever being saved from her but her officers and crew. Her maguificent battery of thirteen hoavy ung, with her well stocked magazine, together with her engines and boilers and all her furnituro, with the per- sonal effects of her officers and crew, are a total snd irre. ceverable loss. * 10am OF THR Garo. The Cairo-was ono of the old class into service about a year ago, gad it activel gaged at Fort Henry. She has ‘been in all the ‘Actions on these waters since then, and, while doing val- haat oe ser. anders, has beon ox- coaagly Petals ineseasl Secldsnta” Be was pated with three-eighth inch iron on ber bows and stern, and the same on her sides, abreast of her boilers and ma- ohinery. In other places she depended solely upon the anboats,, om. pal thickness of ber for. tion. * The following is a list of the officers of the — Lieu'enant — O. Selfridge. . Baziett, |. C. Moore, John Swaney, Thomas rns. Acting Assistant Paymaster—J. H. Benton. day there were taken twel rine destructives, all within A hitle experience developed plan for finding and getting hold of A smnall boat w Hh = . 5 é 3 F i : E. s tilt in the of ite mission. 4 Camo, Ilt., Dec. 21, 1862. REBSL GUERILLAS AT WORK. the Yazoo ea! ‘ment of the ol seem to have taken a now lease of life; at least, to have ‘been warmed into greater activity, and scarcely a day passes that we do not hear of some of their dastardly at- tacks upom unarmed steamers passing their murderous ambuscades. Thinking, perhaps, to enrich themselves at the expense of at least ‘‘honorable men”’—a name te which I dare say no individual, no beast in the bush- whaeking catalogue can lay claim to—they gather in small Ddodies of fifty or sixty, and, coming upon a boat ‘unawares, fire upon her, kill two or three, or more, her non-combatant and unarmed passengers, or perchance afow cf the crew or officers of the craft, and then either allow her to escape, or compel her to lay to, be triced toa tree, and her cargo carried off, the passenger's baggage overhauled, and tne steamer gutted of provisions and furniture, when the incendiary match is applied and the itl-fated boat is consumed—a sacrifice to the basest pas® slons—revenge, avarice, and @ reckless desire for th® destruction of something. A case of this kind, somewhat similar to thatof the | burning of the steamer Lake City, took place about forty miles below Memphis, on last Wednesday. The particu’ lars, as far asI bave been able to learn them, are as follows:— 4 UNION BANKER AMONG REHEL GURRILLAS. It would appear that a banker in Memphis, by the / name of Mix, an old resident of the city, and naar known a3 a trader in cotton throughout the States Tonnossee and Mississippi, some months since made a contract with a man named Coggesweil, overseer of ® plantation belonging to Judge Banes, at Commerce, Miss., for a quantity of the staple at e stipulated price—then considered a fair ene—and paid a small sum down to hold the owner to the rate agreed upon. The papers were duly signed, sealed and delivered in. Memphis, and the purchaser merely awaited a steamer to go after his pro- | porty. What was the surprise of the banker, when he visited [/ Commerce, to find Coggeswell had ‘fallen back upon his dignity’ and repndiated ai! contracts, alleging as a reason for such conduct that it was ‘a time of war, and thay civil bargaime had givon way (o those made by terms of war.’ This the banker was totally unwil to admit. He had bought tho cotton at a fair price, p part of the purchase money down, and wax not customer to swindle him out of hie ta. was inst bim then, however, well being sur. rounded by his neighbers and friends, Mix returned to Memphis. He remained not long id he piaced a force of armed men himself, armed with his cont demanded the cotton at the ry | course Coggeswell caved in. otild not hold out under such a pressure of muskets and muscle, and the result |) wat bet Lag tr to bey meer yortny re porty, leavi bafiled , Coggeswell, rav' toarlng abouts like a madman, because he had not sooner |e the property in Cpl ke arate distance ipod unmerce. Coggenwel vowed vengeance upon tl banker who bad succeded in enforcing his right.” Tous, | for a time, che matter rested. | Atew days ago this same banker, Mr. Mix, received a letter from another cy | in Commerce, Lor] that be had four hundred balos of cotton whick he oould have avy aetuted price if he ee Best tocome and remove ee Lay: aye rene = troache aud perhaps a hi utting money tee prse,”? for, in the excited state of the Sountey ‘even the trapwportaion of @ cargo of goods from Memptils to Helena would be rated by an insurance office as | Sextra hazardous," be hired the steamer ‘Mill Boy, upon ber cargo of such goods an 0 know would be saleable there, M4 $75,000 in the safe, |] and, accompanied by several friends and some other tra: || dors, he started to secure the cotton. But upon asriving |) a¢ Commerce be found no cotton there. Tt had all been |] removed. fe found the party, however, who had sent|| him the letter, who stated that the cotton was in the comntry about four miles, and invited him to go out and look at it; saying it could very goon be hauled to the river if be determined Led gm A fine horse waz brought out, aud Mr. Mix and the quast cotton owner set out for the interior, the wee ae ae that a man! there than he had they were arm i! sixty 10 number, Fierce, sturdy, bloodthirsty raacale they were, too. But finding he was fairly caught the banker shook baods with several of the bana, whose eountenances he remembered as former customers of hie iu Memphis, and after taking ® sup, walked around and examined the cotton. Meanwhile the thoughts of Mr Mix wore not altogether clear as to nie persom eafety. He remembered tho throats of Coggos | woll, “to geo him kauged on sight,” and made up his mind to clear out and leave the cotton to take care of itself. Astuming a feeling of tree dom ene ery he was very free experiencing he joked an with the guorilia®, Invited them a! ‘the boat at cight in the evening, when he proposed | {ng them to « suppor, the Tike of which they had tasted in months, and ended ‘not by Lpayiog Ue Gad «Ceload viBe Wil Mprpad, in ibe ner” In no