To beat such a detachment would be of immense value.

All the troops you can quickly assemble should be brought.

Time is all-important." This dispatch was sent in triplicate, by different messengers.

One of the messengers happened to be a loyal man who had been expelled from Memphis some months before by Hurlbut for uttering disloyal and threatening sentiments.

There was a good deal of parade about his expulsion, ostensibly as a warning to those who entertained the sentiments he expressed; but Hurlbut and the expelled man understood each other.