est.
The Memphis Bulletin, of the 13th, says a dispatch from Washington to Missouri calls for troops to be sent to the frontier as soon as possible.
Gen Sherman had previously telegraphed to Nashville to send on troops, saying not a moment should be lost.
The Bulletin, of the 16th, is received.
The headquarters of the left wing of the 16th army corps is at Athens.
The headquarters of the 2d division is at Pulaski, and the headquarters of a detachment of the 4th division is at Decatur, Ala.
Brig. Gen. Dadge, of lowa, is in command.
The steamers Emma and Hillman have arrived, and report Fort Pillow evacuated by the Confederates.
The Emma was fired into above the fort.
The direction in which the rebels with Irew is not known as yet, although it is surmised that they took a northern course from the fort; that the party which attacked the enemy, supposed to be the rear guard, kept up the bank of the river as far as could he seen.
From reports that reach us
op its object.
The account given above may be somewhat exaggerated by those persons who have retreated to this city from the threat
ened district; yet the main points are partially confirmed by reports received by military officers, though not of an official character.
In the meantime reinforcements are being forwarded, and there is no feeling of insecurity apparent in military circles.
The Rousseau raid.
Gen. Rousseau, in command of 2,700 Federal cavalry, started for Decatur, Ala., on the 10th inst, on a raid, the object of which was to destroy the bridges and break up the railroad connecting Columbus, Ga., with Montgomery, Ala. The distance to be travelled cannot be much less than a hundred miles, and the line of the routs is one which has heretofore been untrodden by Federal troops.
After destroying the road and bridges alluded to, Rousseau was to endeavor to join Gen. Sherman on the Chattahoochee river.
The expedition thus undertaken is a bold one, and is
From Georgia. Atlanta, August 16.
--The party of the enemy's cavalry that passed through Decatur last evening, after reaching Cobb's Mills, returned at night.
It is supposed to be only a reconnaissance.
Another party, which moved simultaneously from Owl Creek Church, struck the Atlanta and West Point railroad at Fairburn, burned the depot and fore up the track in several places.
They then withdrew three miles and went into camp.
The force is variously estimated at from two to five thousand.
The track has since been repaired, but trains are not allowed to run in consequence of the proximity of the enemy.
Unusual quietude prevailed yesterday and to-day along the lines.
The enemy's artillery is remarkably quick, which is generally attributed to a scarcity of ammunition, caused by the interruption of his communications.
But few shells were thrown into the city last night.
One set fire to a frame house in Peachtree street. Loss small.
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fforts of our wooden vessels, unless some accident occurred to her which should prevent her steaming.
None of the light draft monitors were ready to confront her, and she threatened to clear our forces out of the State of North Carolina.
From General Hood's Army.
The only intelligence we find of General Hood's movements, as far as the Yankees hear of them, is contained in the following telegram, dated Nashville, the 2d instant:
also far as heard from, the rebel attack on Decatur, Alabama, has not been renewed.
the rumor that Hood's entire army is in that neighborhood is hardly credited.
We are, doubtless, prepared for anything that may turn up. General Rousseau is displaying his characteristic energy.
General Barnard is in town.
The murder of six Confederate soldiers at St. Louis — Particulars of the execution.
Several paragraphs have been published from the latest Yankee papers, announcing the intention to shoot six Confederate soldiers in retaliation for s
tack Atlanta, and adds:
Now, Sherman is averse to permit Hood to have the planning of his fall campaign; and so, day before yesterday, he broke up camp west of Rome, and while the — took up the line of march for Chattanooga, the — treaded southward for Atlanta, where they will arrive November 1 or 2.
Sherman therefore ignores the existence of Hood's army to the extent of five heavy corps, which, we may be sure, will not be idle.
The Fourth corps, General Stanley, will be in Decatur, Alabama, by the time this reaches you. It proceeds on foot, via Lafayette and Rossville to Chattanooga, where trains for Decatur await it.
The paymasters have reached Atlanta, and will pay the troops there before they embark in any further movement.
The late pursuit has convinced Sherman that he can move a great distance into the enemy's territory and subsist mainly on foraging.
Hood, hereafter, will fight troops under command of General Thomas (who is still at Nashville), if he figh
We have received copies of Northern papers of Wednesday, the 4th instant, and the evening of that day.
From Thomas's Army.
A telegram from Nashville, of the 3d, says that all of Thomas's sick and wounded have been sent back to that place, and that he will soon be heard from in another direction.
We find the following telegram:
Decatur, Alabama, December 29. --General Steadman transferred his command to the south bank of the Tennessee, above this place, night before last, and threw it quickly upon the town.--The enemy; under Hood, rapidly retreated.
Our cavalry, under Colonel Polly, Tenth Indiana, captured two 12-pounder guns, with their horses and caissons.--They also took a number of prisoners.
The trains run from this place to Chattanooga.
Sherman's movements.
A letter from General Sherman's brother, at Savannah, says that, on the 26th ultimo, a portion of the army commenced moving.
Completion of Butler's canal — the bulkhead blown out--f
