Show SOUTH southwestern WESTERN wail wait kew NEW there has been but little known for a long iong time concertin con concerning cernin the one operations rations of the federal and confederate armies aricdes in kentucky tenne see and adjoining states and what the two hundred thousand federal soldiers supposed to be in that part oe of the country were doing after the re ire lre rant mant of the confederates from kentucky to td the south side of the cumberland mountain mountains last fall was a ra astery I 1 nona none coull satisfactorily solve within th last few weeks ho however holever vever has baa bern beeri some intelli irence ence received from frota rno fro ta that par part 0 or the world indicating 11 that the oe war hasteen has been beert ceen progressing very stead steadily ity liy that destruction and desolation have been visited dpn up the people P oa 01 of those states to a great extent of late 1 te and that there ara are no more signs of peace there than in virginia ard other saed on the atlantic coast the state 0 of affairs in reng kent uc 71 especially in the south southern frn portion of the state is re represented jg I 1 to be mst myat deplorable the ci citizens tl of many counties have lave been visited by i bands of guerrillas who h ve taken from frona the tl people all their stock provisions and clothing leavin leaving them destitute 0 the means of D tach meats ments of bonfe ferate have within two or three weeks made ex excursions cur siona slona in different parts of 0 dihe the state stale causing as reported much alarm alarms the innabi ini abi abl tants tanta fearing fearin that another general raid would be made b by y the enemy overrun overrunning nini the coun country as before tue tae western counties bee see to have been greatly annoyed by tha incursions incur siona of the confederates confederates and man many y of the union ests lett left their homes and fled to cairo and other places for safety the toe object act of 0 these raid raids ia in reported to have been the procurement of provisions the state of 1 tennessee I ennesser enn essee his hia rece vel rel considerable sid erable attention from fro tu the confederates within the last month and they hive been concentta conc con centra entrain ing largle bodies of troops there especially in the vici of or nashville and several are report reported od to have taken place ooma resulting in favor of the tho federal and others in favor of the confederate arms in the western part of the state between the tennessee and mississippi rivers the enstry lla lia has made several demonstrations destroying the railroads railroad s an I 1 capturing several places laces including ciudin Tren trenton tn amount of property destroyed by them Is i said to have been im ini mense several en engagements are reported to have talen taken place mostly ii reselling sri I 1 biting in favor of at latest dates troops were being bent sent thene there in sufi sufficient numbers to tok ett eit either cither her bag the confederates or dr ve them out of the conniry gen divis rivis lett left co umbra on the morning of the tha 22 is with an army of beveral several thousand men for that purpose pur pose poss 0 the lohof 15 of december it was reported that a confederate erate force of about forty t thousand housand was between nasf iville and bro biro and aad about devent seventy y thousand in a the tha sate greatly emboldened by their re recent cent successes jee jeff davig davis who has las been visiting Tean tennessee essee and the gulf is re portel reported to have haire made a speech at al M oil on the urging argi DS vigorous measures for tor the prosecution of ahe the war and d claring thit that tennessee must be held by the conf Confederate edera tess a 1 at all hazards some big battles are anticipated 1 in the vicinity of nashville before long gen rosecrans is said to be very confident of his hia ability with the forces under his hia command to vanquish the enemy and geng gena Jl alinson inson and polk are eq bally sure of success when can get i a chance tofila to feht 1 at the yankees which I 1 timy they as aa represented much desire there has nothing been permitted to be pusi H hed for a ion lon long iong time 1 in relation to gen L me mississippi expedition and but little is known concerning the movements move mants oc of gen grant it is understood that he has baa been operating some lutle lutte against the con federates tinder under gen gon bragg in the vicinity of holly Springs miss but so far as reported there has not been imen much fighting done the tha heavy hedvy rains having rendered it I 1 impossible to movi move an army with any land raNd rapidity Ity and it was announced about two weeks since that immediate advance was anticipated grants Gran ls headquarters were at oxford at late latest t dates with the enem enemy y not far distant A recent repart states that the Confederate confederates a have retaken holly spring sprin P and news from 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