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Interesting from Mississippi--the movement against Mobile. The Meridian (Miss.) Clorian, of the 9th inst., says: The enemy is steadily advancing, and policy has thus far prompted us to retire before them. Saturday they crossed Pearl river from Jackson, and Sunday night found them at Spear's Cut. Monday evening they reached the vicinity of Morton, where the advance of both armies skirmished sharply for few minutes. Our army was formed in line of battle about one mile east of Mortof not checked, attempt to break our railroad communication, which, if successful, will aid them materially in their advance on Mobile. Gen. Lee returned to Jackson on Sunday night, and there is no doubt are this he is on the wing east of Pearl river. The Yankees, we hear, are committing all sorts of atrocities — sparing neither age, nor sex, nor condition. They have nearly destroyed Jackson by fire. It was also so at Brandon and Clinton, both of which to was are said to be in ruins
Affairs in Mississippi. Atlanta, Feb. 26th. --A special dispatch to the Appeal, dated Artesia, Feb. 25th, says the Yankees have left Pontotoc. Gholson following, routed and scattered the enemy. Gen. Forrest had two horses killed under him, and killed two Yankees with his sabre. We lost as many officers as men killed. Shermen's advance has reached Pearl river.
with the roar of the cannon there mingled a merry and jubilant peal from the church bells. Gen. Sherman's official report — what he accomplished. Major General W. T. Sherman, in a dispatch dated Vicksburg, Miss, February 27th, by way of Cairo, March 10th, has addressed the following to Lieutenant General Grant, care of General Halleck: General: I got in this morning from Canton, where I left my army in splendid heart and condition. We reached Jackson February 6th; crossed Pearl river, and passed through Brandon to Morton, where the enemy made dispositions for battle, but fled in the night. Posted on over all obstacles, and reached Meridian February 14th. General Polk, having a railroad to assist him in his retreat, escaped across the Tombigbee on the 17th. We stayed at Meridian a week, and made the most complete destruction of railroads ever beheld. South from Quitman, East Cuba Station, two miles north to Lauderdale Springs, and went all the way back to Jackson
What Forrest has done. --The Jackson (Mississippi) papers of the 18th ultimo contain an address of General Forrest to his troops, recounting the result of his operations during the past year. He says they have fought fifty battles, kills and captured sixteen thousand of the enemy, captured two thousand horses and mules, sixty seven pieces of artillery, fourteen transports, twenty barges, eight hundred wagons, fifty ambulances, one hundred and five stand of arms, forty block-houses, destroyed thirty-six railroad bridges, two thousand miles of railroad, six locomotives, and one hundred cars — amounting to fifteen million dollars' worth of property. In accomplishing this, he says they were occasionally sustained by other troops, but says their regular number never exceeded five thousand.