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He chose the former position, on the northeast bank of the river. It was agreed that General Logan should move from Huntsville, and form a junction with Sherman on the Alabama. Sherman moved promptly at the appointed time, and outgeneraling Polk, threw his forces between Mobile and Polk's army, and falling on the forces of the mitred General, scattered his army and moved directly forward to Selma. The War Department has trustworthy information that Logan's cavalry has made a junction witPolk's army, and falling on the forces of the mitred General, scattered his army and moved directly forward to Selma. The War Department has trustworthy information that Logan's cavalry has made a junction with Sherman's forces at Selma. Gen. Johnston, being alarmed for the safety of Mobile, sent one division of his army to that city. As Sherman's orders are to destroy the Mobile, Montgomery, and Atlanta railroad, it is patent that Johnston will also be cut off from Mobile, and must, if pressed, fail back toward the Atlantic coast or to Lee's army in Virginia. The army of Gen. Sherman is of sufficient strength to warrant success in case of attack by the combined forces south of his present