Show from texas doings on the mississippi CAIRO jan ath A gentleman from texas who arrived hero monday represents the union feeling very strong where lie he lived also in arkansas provisions are plenty and cheap corn particularly abundant groceries are scarce the notorious quantrell has men back of lake providence bayou bartholomew coffee is in same neighborhood with about the same number the third regiment is being raised and will rendezvous in the same vicinity marmaduke and price have from 6 to men mostly cavalry near rockford between Ark arkadelphia adelphia and little rock the rebels are arc very active raising and equipping men the object being to attack little rock feeling confident that they will be able to capture that place unless the garrison is reinforced kirby smith lias has superseded holmos holmes who has been ordered to richmond smith is in command of the forces west of mississippi on oil the of december his head quarters were at camden Ca inden lie ile had under men gen harrison was admi at monroe onrod on tile watchie river with fifteen hundred effective mounted men his command is much discouraged he had told his men that if they should be driven out of monroe lie he would disband the forces and give up the cause as hopeless his troops are arc almost exclusively from louisiana and arkansas the government is taking every measure to afford protection to commerce on the mississippi and render navigation of that stream secure from guerrilla attacks in III addition to the fleet of gunboats gun boats and ranis rams which the river from orleans to columbus the marine brigade is now doing service below napoleon in contemplation of establishing a line of signal stations communicating with each cadi other from cadjo south in order to give instant information of any outrage that might be perpetrated A short time since the secretary of war sent orders to col myers signal corps to cause to be made a careful exploration of the route between memphis and cario col myers entered zealously into the work giving it his personal supervision the plan is entirely practicable and can be carried into effect effice with comparatively little expense it is proposed to establish twenty stations at distance of nine miles apart by avoiding bonds in the river the distance between the two cities will be thus material materially lv shortened these stations will each 1 bave a small garrison for defence and in case of attack can call easily call to their assistance the gun boats |