Show shermann object cincinnati A general g cheral officer who aba arrived hero here yesterday states that the object of gen shei mans expedition is not an attack on oil mobile but the capture of selma which is a most important manufacturing point for cannon achs a am mali a III a arms rill S forthe confederacy lie lils 1 l so 6 designs C siang J to railroad lail road communication with mobile and the navigable by mateis by which supplies and reinforcements can bs be forwarded to it after the c capture of selma Sh mans eimans movements ate aio discretionary and as lie he cannot procure forage 0 sufficient to maintain himself while besieging mobile it is scarce scarcely y probable that lie will make any real demonstration against the city |