Show i gen Smi fas MEl MEMPHIS iPHIS feb general Smi smiths tills cavalie i expedition which left here three weeks since returned from in an officer we I 1 ha I 1 av 81 ti I 1 c following C particulars on oil the the expedition reached okolona on oil the maechel to egypt station on the mobile and ohio raili railroad rai hoad oad where they captured and destroyed a large quantity of confederate coin then thence C 1 1 tu to Pi Pio eric cerie they destroyed a hundred thousand bushels of corn a laige jai ge lot of confederate COD federate cotton considerable sid de skirmishing D occurred near this place on oil the our advance skirmished heavily with the enemy until 3 in the afternoon when our column halted within a mile of west vest point on oil the twenty first i w we e moved west and round found t lee and chalmers ivady to combine ao against agrist us and attempted to fo catour cut bur column in two but without success i very heavy fit fighting 0 occurred both in the advance and rear two to tillee alnee tho thousand wiand rebels on oil eich flink flank our conr rear were constantly chaining chai ging we ve lost three 4 steel guns which were spiked mule beino being captured cap tined all the ammunition was saved smith now ell back bushing ambushing am the rebels rebel as they advanced rebel loss quite ligawy h eavy 1 smith burned every ti estic on oil the mobile and ohio Rail railroad Load anddew 1 aloyed several miles of and anal a laige amount of corn as it lie 0 f fell e 11 back on oil li oke camp it at one in ill tile coining 0 after testing 0 only two hours horns severe fi fighting ditis in ill tile the reir rear all 11 11 day diebels losing I 1 heavily as the loads load in evea availably available point I 1 volley after I 1 volley poured e into L thop then at shut choit t 1 lange ange but having much lar larger larer er fol foice cc the aliey pi pressed bcd essed our I 1 idarhea car heay 1 moving onea oil each cli flank with the evident design of i caching it in tallahatchie in advance of our fai I 1 ves ces and forming 11 a junction to prevent our crossing and skirmishing 0 continued continue on tile column marched fir clied fifty two miles geri gen smith sinith readied reached memphis at eleven ocl ociz in tile ev evening elling most of the expedition that stop stopped pod 1 at I milic ji r vill estimated that the expedition destroyed y c r oa r I 1 C 1 million bushels of corn toro tore tp and i nd calestro destroyed a number of miles of tile mobile and ohio railroad Raili oad burned anany arld es and t I 1 est les AM drad firkal drought lit in fifteen hundred bundled boises mules two thousand no ne grues roes and thieo thice prisoners prison eis cis the ep expedition edition tion was sue suc 1 boim 4 cepl pa an im one that of for forming ining a 1 1 I tion with Sli eiman which is attributable mainly to tile the slow movements of new jersey and pennsylvania cavally re regiments lillenas causin causing delay of oll ono week ills fal ud g I 1 j |