Show A rc rebel bel NEW YOI K match maichi ad the Eichi nond examiner of the says iu an official dispatch was wag le ic by the var last ili night front polk stating that slice nian mans I 1 s forces had evacuated meridian aud and wel acie iati eating in two columns towards vicksburg it is supposed that finding ins is designs on oil mobile was th waited and his cavalry lein reinforce force ments intercepted and beiji being in dib ti ess for supplies ho was fol ced to abandon the expedition and take ake t tile desperate e expedient of bioti eating till ou it a country sti shipped dipped of supplies and laid w waste a s t c by liis his advance whether lie he can call retreat successfully to bo be seen |