From The Mississippi

Memp'uH, Feb. 2C. Reporls of stragglera tliat Generul Smith's cxpcditinn was out up, proves false. Tliat General arrived hei'e at 11 o'olock lust night. Fiom. tbo officers diary e]t du ring the proffress of tko oxpodiiinn, I coudense the iollowing purüculars ia addition to Üicüsb alroady furnislied : On the I8tli the oxpudition rencbed Okalona, on the Mobile and Ohio lïailroud, neventy-five miles sonth of Corinth, and one hundred and thirty miles soLitheast of Mempliia. Hero they heard Sliennan had captured Meridian, and was advanoing eust on the lOth, and inarched to E.sypt Station, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. vliure they eapturtd and destroyed a vast uaantitv ot Confedérate carn. One column went through Absirdeeu and anothor west of tho railroad, concenlraling at Prairie Station. The Aberdcen column, under Gen. Grierson, had considerable Bkirmishing near that place, and destroyed over 100,000 bushels of Confedérate corn. At Prairie Station also a large lot ot Confederóte cotton. On the 20th broke camp at 5 30. Forest is reported in farce at West Point. At 11 P. M. halted within one mile of West Point. Lost one Lioutenimt killed and five wounded iu the ekirmish, killed one rebel Captain, captured and wounded a rebol Major and a private. On the 21st moved west, found Forrest, Lee, Chalmers, and Eoddy combined against us. They triad to cut oit column in two, but without success - Very heavy ñghting occurred both in the rear and advance. The ïwentyeightb Iowa had a nuinber killed and wounded in a gallant charge. 2,000 to 3,000 rebels were on each iliuik aud a heavy force in our rear constuntly charying. We have lost three pieces, four-pounder steel guns, which were spiked before being captured. Al! their ammunition was saved. General Srr.ith bow feil buok slowly, our trpnps arnbushing the rebfalti as they advanced. The rtóbel losa was quite heavy. Gen. SmiUi bnrned every trestle on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, destroying miles of the track, and a. vory large amount of corn as he feil back. Un the 22d broke camp at 1 A. M., after resting only two hours. Severe fighting on tho roar all day. The rebels lost heavily, as the rfiads were ambushed at eyery avaüablo point, and volle}' after volley poured into them at short range as they advanced, but having so much the largest force thev continued to press our our rear heavily, a rebel column rnoving on each flank with the evident design of' reaching the Tallahatchie in advanco of our toree, ining a junction and prevent our crossing and capture the whole command, but by forced marcliing, Gen. Smitb píi3?ed both flanking columns, and marchiug all night, erossed safely at New Albany at noon on the 23d, the rear gunrd nkirmishing all the way. - On the 24th skirmishing eontinued. - On the 25th marched fifty-three miles, arriving at "fl P. M. Most of the expudition, howevor, stopped at Colliersville. The following are the estimato resulta oí the expedition : Destroyed over a million busbels oom, tore up and destroyed miles of ' track of the Mobile and Ohio Bailroad, burned many bridges and trustles, captured and brought in over 150 nuiles and horses, about 2,000 negroep, and over 300 rebel prisoners, who are pow at Irving Prison. It 3 impossible to give our loss, luit is muuh less than thts eneniy's. The expedition was succi-'sstul in every point and in every particular, except the important one of tnsikiug a junotion with Sherman, which is attrib utcd mainly to the slow movement of the New Jersey and Pennsylv. nia cavalry reginients, oausing a dehiy of one week in Btarting tho expedition. The retreat was not at any time a roqt, although there was sonic straggling.