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From Gen. Grant's Column

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Day
4
Month
April
Year
1862
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Public Domain
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(Jairo, Muith 28. I8a2. A gentleman returned b.ere this morning from liubiir{h anu SavaflikiIi, on the Teunessee River, and rep'its thaton Bundiiy a n 1 Mondny lust Gen. S herman mud) a reconnowoniue ín l'mvo t i't-ü IvíiIlíl', near llm line l' ilie Muti'lu and Oliin Ruilrrmd, where il had Ikh.'h ivporied thu rebeli vrore i'oruil vina. The i ei-rmioisanco v : i m i-omplelu ii! i-vi iy particular. No er.c Hiy asfíuiin!, however, tn llio neighliciiliood, alni i iio cxpedition returned lo Piitsburgh on 'l'iu'silaw Oiir torces :ii Pittsburjíh aro biji"g rapidly b-ujirciitud. Steurner afíer steu-nier s ;ruving eontinuully, Inden '.vitli freíli trnfipe. Jitest advicee fwra th cebel camp al Oui'tntb giv the strcnglh of the lorce thore at 70,000 Btrong; Reoerrt indiciiiions relutive to ttiii prascnt eft'nris of llie rehuís to fortuy ihe town oi Ooí'klth would stfiíin to d(Hi)(instr:ito nn inieniion to niaka vigorouti Fesistanee there. It ir1, howevpr, t lu? ge aera 1 bolii't f all pioiiiirieiit otliceis of Gen. Grant's coiniiiaiicl Üiat til rebelo ill ri'treat on our flpproaoh. lint sluínld a battle cui;r at Corintb, it will doubtIcss be ontí of llii.' bardost fonlit luid bloodiet nffiíirs of thü present war. (ïji Mondi.y last. nlonnaüoi) was reoeived at the headqiiarters of General (riant 4iat a considerable ainount of p i k was stori.il at a point on the river eulted NicboU' Landiiii?, sixty miles Boulll of rfaVannah. Major jlt'lanc hon Sn.ith, (! the Forty-iiilh Illinois, with nne Imndred and tifiy inl'antrjjmd C;.iptain O baod's cocnpany of the Foi.r hlllinoiH C.ivalry, was dispatchcd on a steani'. r o s.cuii' said property. Arriving at Xiihois' Landing, nibnr.a tion was given ly contrabande conoeruinii the locitlity of the pork in q oostion. Vi ilhiu a circuit of tiiteen miies, 15,000 pnundfl cf fresh pork, 40,000 potinds nf cured hains, shwulderCj &;., were dicoveii'd and eonli.-cated, placed on n steainer, brpught to bavannali and turned nver to the CoiTmii.s.-:ary department. Nichola Landing and vwiniiy has been a mart of pörk business for 0. S. A. for a long tiir.e. Immon.-o qnantilios have been bought nnd stcred there for tho use oi the Conf.derato army. Had informaMon uirived two wet;ks earlier, it wonld have sec u red to es npwards of two hnndred thou(and pounds of meats, as witliin that tiniu the rebtlii have transported largo quun:iiies soviihward by ter.ma. On Monday tlio gunboat Tvler went up the river to the vieinity of Eaétport, near ; wliich point a mnsked batterv oponed up,n them at a distanco of 200 yarda, one shoi striking Ibe smoko-staok ol' the Tyler. A Dumber of shots Were exchung'jd, with hal ciFeot on tho enemy's works is unknown. The engiigement was extremely spirited whila it lasted, upwards of lifty shots beiug fired. The Tyler reeoived no oÍTier injuries than those above stated, and nobody vas hurt. Captains Bedard and Carson, of General Smith's scouts, return ed to tíavannah from Nasliville, overland, on Tuesday night, as bearers of dispatuhes irom General noli. Generáis Nulson, Thomas and MoOook'a divisions, of liuell's column, reacbed Duck Creek on Sunday last. C:.ptain Bedard reporta a strong loyal sentiment in Bfeveral districts of TenDessee, between Colambia and Savannah. He overtook certain bands ol marauding rebels, but their identity not beingsuspeoted, they were nllowed to paL8 uianolested. - TJnion ntenlivu in extreme fear ot tli.ese marauders prowling about in llieir vi cinily, and are anxious tor the aj: proach oi' government forces. A man named Morris, one of the f'Jessie Soouts," was hung at Savannah on Sunday, ior horse etealing and Other depredations from private citizens lliereabouts. Gen. Grnnt has entirrly recovered fro;n his recent iliness. Gen. Smith is Kti!l cnufined at hia headqi wtere but iü convalesce:;t. C" 5Iui-!i crrpplüÍDt extéfa among soldif-ríi on íi i co'.ii.i of the lai"ge oum Ser ot Uie iwsof ufficers wnDoinü to ;Iie (í;i:::), ut)J e;it up tho dultc i unenciod lor the n., trnd tlirii talcc unibulaiicea lo travel in lo su? their hufbiindfl. It i.s nentii)iied Ihiit one wotníii) :it St. 1 ui lately liad sick íolJiürs turoecl out tri' au uml)u!iiice hui) utcd i herself.

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