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it : « Columbus (foiquirfr. Much The F.xetnptlon I.a ' 3 fias a,,.. 1 explain the enactment* pf Con- i.iiitor. I K r<< * on tho subject of exemption from j military zorvio, it aermt that there i* 1 much perplexity and tnifundcretnnd- an* to Urn clause* exempt NVe have Tin SrwDfleani Itcihgei H. ! pUbliriiod Urn a » of Dm lad l'onj;r* - circumstanced under v’Kffth u for-** ■ modifying tho former Exemption law, ut vr. t>f tho' citizen- of $if?r Orleans I t-.rplfiin* I it' provision! 4011.Si II. ill A KTI iX COLUMBUS:’ Tticaday Morning', June 16. 1866. pd fro l.lir r prop 1.1. Tl.r drive td< 1 . I hut" t find * capital i»y to them, me- of (hem have ml iv? ienrn will, i h dillh'ntyly in nMoi/ "flrd hi pi'iviil»• hpnw*» hr We kn«i«r Ihiftnijr city i of nearly nil (he bmi ... • hoarder* mv-Jntf;.Inti lii s, and theii , hrramo they refn o.| (. alfo/rian'c («. fiie Undo* art now icatfererf Atn->nf mfns of oih.-r portion* o; ♦ and genermu' prrfvmor for them by Alobfln, Mont i r ejfien. Ifoi they could ler or employment ,n the | • thus •'*tended deserved I . I "‘ l W 0 UTiilnrDaiid ().«! reached (join mini grfo that they Un , ddoi/dn.r (ir Dint exempt hrec times, hut wo ©kly applied to hy for light on son e. The folldwlbffinquii hi lily, addrer '.*d to u a, tf-vend day*. and wo > trill wl publish Hus tv: strtjetimvH officially. and hnvo ua appear in »»ur adyertj'i id .leal < (hi lo Think t «jmry and m large difference of opinion with regard-to the Exemption bill. iforne ( j ay that (fopgre-w hni repealed the clriiso ccaii.i! they .rwn tho r j required nutule r of negroea, and that .;. J"),und I *** *»"■ <«'*"• -»y tlml ..pen ‘ ‘ •.!> d to make any alteration, a exile* ore- ‘ f* n d that ii -Utiid- now ns it did at find. 1M claim? upon Tliotc nrc nl.o fUlftranctw ini...i all pur" of ih..| *K“ rd *" >" c »l in llm the lns«e« H.QV MotfWHlM church -whether ’ *' live ! I lx Ct the id all for \ of Columbus •I. such strong claims i:y mrd patriotism, it is <• »ru f-.r them will ho r* srp net Already too < (Orff mption "Will.you Wo ID tul *■ to get up the fncU in these I wo case* and put them in the Diwhr Enquirer for n few dnyi- lit! all your readers enn gut posted on them?’ Wo refer to the act pa*-*ed hy the 4'on* grc-s.J. amending the Exemption law, ft may lie found el newborn in tliis paper.- - It will be seen that it repeals tho “ovor- iuiIc 1 l * p{ ' r c ' rtl,;< *’ *^ u ' n'-l'. »nd suhstl* yil t tutu, one much morh rostrieted. and tin* nuv- i ‘^’ r w ^' c ^ ‘ l w - ill lie more diflleull to oh- lM|h In th» .iiv tnttt, I , » i " »M m lHl»i>. «•*•««• h»*l»* I.K .minify, ulm hm'.- to I l » onl .'' or m.,ro.l*v». ownotl l..v « minor, I. .vim, thpuKh hrorruto “(nWin* j » |, " r ‘" n ,,f l > ns ‘ , " n '' mln ' 1 . " orcllnarity, will t.mlio n dh. I »«*™ “ l,innl . lrom hom ‘> 1 " i tl i. can. and allow room for j Uiry or nnVlii 'ervieo of the Confederacy, lag a fie--. Wc ledicve that :,,,J entitled to an ovorsocr or Agent with- fl inen will Mi-tain the pood * conscript ago: and there aro f-cv- aking provision I orn ^ provisos to exemptions even for mpor/iry homes I MCh ctHfe' - i-i, the person exempt ruld it not ho ad* j have been acting an overseer pre vious to tho 10thof April, IW12, Vld, there imul bo no white male adult on the plan tation net subject to ndlitnry duty; id, it must he hewn that an overseer not liabhl to tniliuuy duty ennuot lie pro. cured ; 4tb, u form or plantation e^tab- !l.ahpd by division or Hopnrution of the negro forco from any other plnnlntion ninet tbe I Itli <d October, i. not entitled to tho exemption; fob, for every person exempt, there shall In paid in to the Confederate treasury by the owner ot the negro.« tho sum ef :>^00. (t, iw plain that in very lew Cfluesoan an over seer under the conscript age obtain ex emption by virluo of this not. All miinntov? •»( tkuCuspol ar* w mj.t ► o <l« • r\ lag. a < Ins*. <nrli jtonibmwj will name of ( idumbtH hy for the exiles tecking' among us . but If not, vi r nhlp to hold a meeting-and appoint a mo fo mitt ms i.» llnd them aeonmutodaUnru V m ., on the Verge of a condition that lift* loeg been apprchr.nde't by rngflejous iiifn. It l« 1-'iug in civilized form, and tin. ce . ton'', unto hill 1 more that of the barbarian and the savage, Tho cessation of the rx.-hnnge of pri. onor", who aro to be held for the purpose of bloody rot a I In* tton. Mild t ho llir.xd" mode in swell loiters in that of Oen. Huutor to President Da* i is, ndmonl -h us that it will notv bo dllfi- cult to j < drain the exnaporatod passions of the belligerents and govern tho war by the tuler, recognized by civilined nations. Jtfvulr.ive and tVartul an this mode of warfitro must, ho to iho authorities and poop I o of Iho Oonfedprot*' State*, it is p^nin that if has been foiceil upon them by the conduct of the enemy. It has »'••vn cut of tho policy ot tho federal Administration In organi/.in/r regiments . t ;.<n lie,*' ■ mid endeavoring b> in* ...to a lorrib* iorurrcctioh In the flouth, 'i'linf ilie people of tho f'unfodoralo'Stntea Could or sjiould treat inch ii .op-, and os* piciftl'.v their otflrorj, ^/Iththr.ronsldaru- i'"u duo to Jogitimut* and i.i.junl fons, could not havy been expected, The din* inb r.vyod world fotcSnw and predicted tho new and lieico character 'which thin p.'li*uid give to a war already ng. I’ruvated by numerous breuelici ol good laith He I < bltalry by the Yaiikn. Tl.e ; t*ir.c cf the ispofl'ct into which v.e appear to b>* ont.'iliijr was unavoidable when the >,v’’'n <>f negro enlistment* r«> put into executlort- ii#vs a m-c* ary »ncld«M of tha*mode ofv.nrfaro. It nvoid.«.fnow l*v a return o: 1 theYanhaeAdiuiniriialjon i of in lighten 6d Christian n« i horabtci i-tic. of honorable which their conduct *•* for llttlo cnciiuragcmcnt t.» hope for. 'Mils foroeliiiiH charayter of tlic war Is wall ealculatorl tn hn-iteu thn event b > which many have I.Hiked, a-, the pn*l i hlfl nicah* of fM lerndnalfon, ever ,n< o the . oiumeneemrnt of bosliliti. wo mean tin* intervention of MuropPan im* lion li i* «*hUhfactory u» know .that their ' I'lloMmin and presses fort'saw the Mud of waifare which Iducohi’H negro orUUtnif'ntH would inevitably bring /up and pretexted ngaiUMt it. It would bo but consilient and humnno for thn Uov* emuichfo.fm'v to enter j» formal proie-t against, a > peeies of Wipfnre disgraceful to the elViH.mlion of the pge, dinckin^ to litimutil't. and rin outrm'C to ebristisi. mi only l< tho parti .soflr* Memphis papers of the .ah . •.ot*' that Grant, is mounting licav,y rilled par apet guns on his parallels, within JiliO yards of our oT\ltciichroorrf u at Vicltshurg. Yankee reports also ray that fheir :.harp- glioolora prevent any of our mon from r.liffwingtharnrelves in one*works. It i 1 - rtvident, then, that (Irani nonlcmjilates a bombardment, and regular apprhuebe and fhl; preparation lor it tends to di credit the other Yankee report that they had captured dispatches from Pemberton to .lohmAun, informing the latter that the garrison wn» on very short ration", and could not hold out ten days. If it can only hold out an long, why do they not wait tu starve it < d, instead .-f spend ing the ten day tn hoary and hazardous work, with a view to .an a 1 lull at tho rhk of-Immense l< And, if they in’* Urceptod the di.ipatohtw, and thus pre vented de.hnnton from learning from 1'iimberton tb* trail of the latter, have th»,v n °l noted very foolishly In publish ing their contents and thus giving John* •ton tho Very information which Pom- bcrtuii desired to convey to him 7 Ktnv.r Amhu The report that Kirby • un it h l.fc occupied Millikcn Itencl t- <>treiigtlienc«l by tlm statement of a gen tleman who recently crossed tho Mit$ds» sippi at Natchez, lie reports that (Jen. Smith, with his army, ntartod up lbo Ten«as on tho ith in»t M on tlfleen trims* port*— destination unknown. irtlmTwu- *!»■; was iiavigablons high up as it often i* in the spring, (Jon. Kmilh eoijld have landed hh army from these transports withlb^twenty-live iw thirl\ mil.vs of Mil- llkon's 11,-nd. Till* IVa.lilelI Hatters, II n. (I II. Waddell, in a m.tc b. the Interesting (non Port lludton. ■ 'liit- I Mowing brftor from our Port iTudfon correspondent has been long de layed -prohahl.v hy circumstances indi- j cated ]»y the writer: but as it gives a rc- I liable statement of the condition of affairs I at tb;• i point jn-t before tbe Into engage* 1 men!, the reader will no doubt pfotihunca j it Worth the spnee it occupies t'AMI* 1*1 Ai.aiiama ItrfllMRNT, 1 J'ort il.idson. La., .May IM, 180-1. ] I'.'Uiui ICnt/'iii»r So inueh h/w trans- I pi’rod in this department within tlm |»nst j two w. < k , that it will ho a ditlieult j undertaking l*. attempt to give i hndetailp. Tim enemy Imv'e advanced twice tn with in a few mile; <*f the hrcaslwurks during 1 llm last, week, but with what force is un known There i* onu brigade of negroes and (• i id - on famous cavalry rommarid j now at Plane s Htore, a ,-Jn.rt distance I from here Our telegraph wires, wore cut [ two day* ago between this place and | Clinton, leaving ih completely in thn 1 dark so fur a* new* is concerned. What j thy enemy'.- intentions arc noonoknowv, but it i* the general opinion that they i intend starving vr- by preventing our wagon train- leaving tin* fnrtifientions. There is but little doubt that our mail will bo entirely cut off in a few days. All tin* mail.s due for tiio last three weeks cam.* in y*terdny. I am informed that ninnd will b .: !>. m hero in two or three day*. t, t it if i* .|iiito probable it will foil into the hand* <-i the enemy. It -conii that they make ralds'with impuni ty now. ♦ Wo received u encoring report from the tmn M i--i--ippi department yester day. Panic* has been routed nnd'is foil ing back in double-quick time. If not routed, it is eorinin ho has sustained a revor-e, or he would have reached Alex andria before this time. He has laid waste the entire country through which his army pnsovl, driving ctV stock, burning fences nml destroying provision?. Thn property of thoso who tnko the oath of allegiance to tho I'. M, government is generally spared. That induced a great .many who would not otherwise take it to do so—quite a common practice in Louisiana amoiig certain rlas-. ..f tho wealthy The bombardment .« mmcncod bore eight days Ir.un Iho mdrtav tiotilla below, and they have shelled nn hour or two every night since, doing but Mule damage. Wo moved two or three riflo siegu ytills down the river a few morn ings since, and opened (ire upon thorn, but I think without much effect. We had one man killed and two or three wounded. The expedition I think was a failure. There Imyo boon army movement*! of importance since my lost communication, but rh'iidcncq forbids their being made public. (Jriorson. in hit raid through Mi* ,i ip. P'. hurtled up two conscript camps. They ought to keep out pickets to pre vent mrpri/c Nineteen deserter- liqvo arrived in Iho ln»l two nr three day*. J. .1. (». He fern the I ale l* a lglif -T hr lAlciny ('roHHliig T'liRnK.nioKflUtMiu. X \, t .lurintJ.- The two nrmio-i are again a.-uininga hellig- (•rent attitude on thi. Iine.it vse lire t’.. rely upon the Indications <.f t| M) last two days. Vcdcrdny, nb <,i id n. m., i was told that tbe em iuy hud large pontoon trains ilnui. dird' lv ill re ir ■ : •. hill* just be low the gas Iioiim* ill I*'re leri. ksbiirg, on llm opposite dd... ,o:d mar Icbr c Vargn 1 uodic. Ol Milai.tiy t.'oop* l(o|miring »t once to the height' above t.ovn. I was enabled by t he aid of a pownrfhl glass, to get a most excellent view of tlm whole Ailiinti .n. At the puint iud’.ented, there were, hy ortlv l*«I Iron eiitle itlici Tho bat initniied, and in but beyond thi i under the loll io river fol- wagon*.— o dfitai threo nmuuinitio e* Mow town . idition fora tight, preparations were About 2 p. in., I returned hack to the eil \, and an hour b ter there wa* a ling of truce for tbe purp ( bringing over Mi- l.'Vii. n, of ( Inirlette-villc . all at this time being perfectly quiet. fired, dov the , the I the link. In 11're'A fug from Tyvna, *Wo rcciMved, yasterday 1 , the (Vii/cesO. V, -(publish*'. 1 at, Houston, Texas' « iho 20th May. Somehow, thi* "rtn upv* to get across the Misaktsippf t ns often, but h generally of old dal when we receive It. . Tho .Vn- f lentil* from Mai.,1. T Ware, j . who had rocvnUy refurnod tVom Brown- " tille, that u detachment ot (1.000 French troops wa*« evpeeled t*» (hVupx Mntamo- • i , and place the cuAoin u-*' undei I'lonch direction. The Ac., glenrih tin; i , «'!l>»wlng from Mrown* vlllo pnpcf following as tin* cr laltic in the Mattel \ (.'reek (c ' reel list of the in tho light at only palled Hd- i- he could learn I before and sitU'C from close invosllgatu ho sent ills I At o di-pa*. I, Killed i-iae I'aec Milker. Ilavrall, Mn-mi Morl'dlv wounded :.ml since dead Arch l‘.M e. U A Mnitl \\ \ I ion . led— Micluird 1'atliuell -everely hip, (and now in daeJ.-Mii, Mi Duval ‘ lightly in la< e, \V A Ht-Utnny. •lor.Bs, Un* two latter unable n* nieaiiliiae laving under cover of the readily t'oiiimniided the rfver sh'i.re, m.t however, with, 'll a un t gallant fight bv the pi. kei- . t Me-ev and l’e y M • i j * • • i nml Florida brigade-*. d la- cnein.v -oeceoded in making his bridge,., it cted a creasing, and captured, it is reported, about sixty prisoners our h--- in killed and wounded being vcy "light tb** 1 f the enem y in killed and wounded mu«t have I ".-n very coiieider- 'd* •• * 1 nr bos i “ured upon them, vvliuo imdsing Un* bridge., tl heavy and well directed lire „f * r v The ar- tile’iy on tin* hill* w.-ro a! * ilrought into actii'ii, but from the concealed position hardly prolm- that i . I. da lag.* ' * do ••II directed, John Tho battery number of ho Tho Flag of the Ut v hen tieuevaU Magi u !> vi. il to the (Tk Him tbe autboi'itios in Minim • is honoy of tin* distin, v.tierouponnhi i,.'.i.*«vln ed Ills passjMO't. rial olutnhus I'ltufuinr credi ew . to the wrong paper. I .«. * coiifirirn the ub< The YankovC cd his |oi--port ,* lbo on tno gr trcntinl the onfcderacy w ith nile Unit the It a van a tin* (.'oufederi 1 thn from t.'iibn inform ne public .sentiment I* entirely ii* fovor tt is no pleasant m • irvliAYoen, and ( vi N iio If ’ 1 , ... 11 ! i* i.y mistake \V,« are i ‘•cnmini- particularly i rviefid in such''‘mailers,.and HmtcUero ' ^ ^ once in n year that any of our { cotvmporariivi copiplain of our nogK*ct r, demand-: to give duo creffit or giving it b* the ccnlofDie i " ron<r fnper. Tin* Tribune ban excellent and no doubt oxpeipive 'Arrangement* fur obthiningenrly news, and hi entitled to credit In every way therefor «•« they crossed a -utlk-iont fore.-, advanced and took po«- ses-ien ot Hie river road. tluring nil tin* lime there were no do- nn»n»lration** iinnn*dint**lvopposite town, no gun bavin- 1 «... town. In lb cd tinring the nigli 1 1 : ! * p "d that tlie onomy cross ed inofothan eight thouvmd men on yes- ter.l-.iy. To-d:»y other troi ps have been *vmlng over, bui ns yet tbe enamv are indisposed t«. .put the river bunk; and the wlu>k* uliiur bcems very much liken All to-day immense,*mokes and heavy * j clouds of dust have obscured the Stafford I There luu been occasional artillery tlr- j ing all day, resulting, however, 1 beard ' i in no.damage. I mu Informed that one line of skirmishers, thi-, morning, drove regaining P«.lHl | yrf1 I. IflMW,.,...* From tb© Moliito Tribune. *1a<j. .ItinoO.—For die first time in ten day? tliorc has been no firing *t Vick*a- I burg for lix hours. ( All eyes an* turned to Gen. Johns ton, who M now in (rout superintending* in person, riucli i« (ho loc.resy of liis plans that it is staled they are not known to his division commanders. Tho next five dn^r. wiil * J vU,i,iiiie U*e fate of (Irani’a army. To Hie A-*-.,rioted l*rr - N’crlb-1 (Tncinna rt, June 2. Governor Tod*! npjieai<*i| bnb.ro the Fairfield county Conn of Common Picas yesterday, in obodienco (*. hi- recognizance, to answer to tlm charge-* filed against him bv Pr. of the enlUted F.*b**ii M. Old?. * . 1 * ‘ ' 'I’li-* attorney tor Covernoj ToVhTAlPf d a motion declaring that, ns he (Todd; was the chief execiltivo of the Stale, he v.*nx not liable to nrre-t until hi* vn< atoil i.i- office, either by expiration of hi- term or by impeachment. Ii•» therefore could not b't punished now-. Tho .« • shouhl fo- removed to the Federal court, under the pnxridonn of the act pusied by tbe b«-t Ctmprefts. Tlu* Governor'flcase was then continued by consent, be entering into « niannee to appear ut the next court. •| ht* Hitch in the ICxcliangc ol I’i ir- The New York papers oonlain several yc i< rd;* > • fita'.enmnts about tbe stoppage of tbe , l)% w.- - - exebunce of prisoners. A Washington j 1,,,‘nri'" !*••! tcb-grani to the Now York Herald say- t | tJ g rill- pit- The fact is that the rebel authorities t <» tho Mernai rtf use to parole Dr exchange the officers variously .* of Col. Straight’* command, captured j thom*atel. recently in Georgia, they having been , regiment f i the Itappahaiinock- H - • ill :r,i l< a rom Jarkaoii. The following paragraphs a Mb-i-sippian nf Saturday: * front the r directly informed h, .... i ... from tbe Trans-Mis^i-,-ippi Department that Get*. Price had ordered hi** troop t*> keep five days' rations prepared and be roHny at a moment'.- uatmng i move. It is supposed that the veteran general is now «lo.-n upon Helena, threatening t*> cut off the enemy’s supplier Lttf-l Sunday a body of Yankee** wont upon the plantation of President Davis and rilled it completely, destroying every imiifoment of husbandry,-ill his hoi:»u- boid and kitchen furniture, defacing tho prernisa,-, and currying and driving off every negro on the place. The plantation of Mr. Jo. Davis, brother of the F«•«.»- dent, was treated in the same way. if wo except four or live domestic servants which tho rubbers left. FKOKUAI. FoKAUINO PAIt7V (.'A I'TtfK- ki>.-—Our cavalry, yesterday, brought into JaCKson a ainall pm tv of Yankee cavalry, captured near Kdwards’ Depot. piloted by a negro who had volunteered for (hat service. Two other negroes, that were pressed into servieo. were brought to thi- city , lult tho guide, ex proving reluctance at coming to Jackson, was hung. From St. A rorariNK.—There is n ru mor from St. Augu*tine that all tbe * iti- z.ero- who had been allowed to temain in St. Augustine, nio-tly old men, women and children, have been compelled to leave that city by the Yankee^. Hince tho uhove was in type we have been furnished with the following private telegraphic di-patch, confirming the ru- eport tha*, th* * uc ..ii fbi- -idoof the Ka|.|.a- •a J'rwiericksburg. nml lia't \li-ruling from Deco Kill' I House. Their number b*j at: J at from six t" twelve j On .Sunday they advanced a j . ... .. „ , .» reconnoitre, but a volley I ded by tho Governor of the State, i from -"im* .Jour troop- pro*Iu.'»:*l a rapid under tiie retaliation act pn--ed ut the | retrograde movement. They have 12 .fw.jon of tiie rebel Congre-*?. In 1iiece-of fi«•!• I artillery, and occa-ioni' > consequence of this rcfu*al no morn rebel j M »n,J a fow-iiells in tiio .*upp**sed direc- ofli. iT- will be released <>r paroled until tlon of mir force-. It is not believed that an arrangement can Im? made by* which they will long remain on this side of the nil of our ortic.-r- that may foil into their < river, and th**v max* have returned lM-t hands shall t*«* released. Tbe exchange: niglit.—Rirhm. UOth. II bo continued as -»■ ♦«»— - i f . , Ui7.»A«is.-W*‘ saw a solitary buz The larp number of prisoners taken ( ^ ^ rd&y> the fittl r „ r a | 0Il g tin.-; by (Mm. (irant and Gen ifonks in their | Wu , .t,.,. r ;ng nortliwe«t. A gen- — 11 "<■ daii .t br.nff ttie re'.. 1 . t| n in f„ rill . that ho .aw cmn „ t-w equitable arnnRMnnnt , BV , ,i„.„ aHeht up-.n „no of the e l.it,,- 1„.. ( ornmiMloner, ■■ II andaflsl . f ingawhile (he -eeraed to be very much ■ k*i Tcclie Country« irrexpoiiden TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES ** • Orleans, give. - ->f matter,, and , in- urn.hur. Pm- - •-.untry. La o» ! _ ^Vnr* K0ltjn K oouon anrl .Mobil.., lltii The Y,„t.„ • with duo a.low- (,Q r u 0 £ lor#> arrived here thi* n,!! I hail hoped that the immenso amount | wa f - cn Ptured by a party of i, of-cotton i* 11 d -ugnr of the Attakapas j from this place, near Pjm 8 f* Q .. ’ t,,(r iB-rtalion I,-.- |.r,-v,„y iL» being 111 ' before our i-f? the country, and I mouth ot tho Mississippi; both ».*, > , cd by the rebel iiii'lioriti*-i for I be flit the *-\change of prisoners, Cols. laiidl- aiol i mid. have agreed upon an exchange which covers a large number *of prisoners Inc iofore rulea*«**l *>n both sid*-?. Thu official announcement of the clause*- of prisoners of war restored to duty by this exchange will im made in a few days. Tho Washington Chronicle attempt- thejfollowing explanation aboutStreight's fatigued, j di* ’ have • hi? fiighL in tht ii-** are the only ones wo u-ardoftbr a considerable we have made particular <• iriosity being auggestud disappearance. ofilcor- kno ‘.uvv'j*, | rather think they have gone to a mg I ha tetentmn o. the officer?, on the re_^ Ljj n( . r imrlv Mi'-i-«ippi. given by niisition of Gov.Shorter,an the charge of Wr | uil : the delirm ies of the toa-t has j their arming negroe-, is the rtim^iost po-cibla excuse, and «n- based following; A member of the ?3d I (aptured a silver-mounted carhin- one of Koddv'» officers, and pres** i Yankee and ro:»»t Y llliickailen* Itislde the Har. things, and from this the charge origin a- i light draught wa*ulun gunboat?, have had ted on which they refuse t-i exchange the j the t»-n • offi' i.rs of that brigade. j bar, • od KioiM'iM), Saturday, .Junchtb. • i- 1 it to h..m- J.hnnUn. I.fr Moving - \r- tho blnrknd O' /•/». nto.ii — Mr Moore, th• ft <• I t«• r< in tin. tl post'ion inside th 1, Sunday night were lying ...ohiu tlill and Swash ClUi.- n(ip‘ •••Hiif e indicates them nod M-mingly fa-t < rui- 11 new effort to render If allowed position will fei —-Yi-» *i>rrpera, $c. Dlstre-.“< d by tho maddening telcgraniri from Jackson, we nmko out that Vicks burg hold it? owii at last accounts. It in said that telegraphic dispatches always grt in »jumble-ni Mncon. lfs>*. aclmng** is needed there. Johnston ought to have by this ti(ii« mon ; -**omo say »■* high as , enough to justify him in striking 11 blow. Hut hi? career from Harper - Ferry to .Seven Fines shows that Im is never in haste to deliver battle- The Government lias been in h great hurry about Vicksburg, ns dispatches from to show. It is believed here that a grout deal will bo riskfrd to ensure Fem- I toll a secret well known b> Hooker, when I inform you that a part, and per- hnp*- all of Lee's army i* mov ing—not »f will :d. ho ijoull pro will -ta.v long, iin moasure* taken t‘> relieve the barb • N v*. vc. CiiANtii:?.- Several important - ehaiige** arc announced a** abdut t*» take! place in the Kcdnriil navy department.-— Admiral Dupont, nowin command of the j shading Squadron, is left'will be destroy, otton still continues dpelusas ltallroad at the rate of about tlir.-e or four hundred bales a day; but the supply w^ll cease m*i< ii so*u • than it would hnvo done, bud w-* oniy 1 een able to send all we hi** ' r. I t*» th** depot at Brushear City. It'wotr- - i-■ • "ful at F*irt Hudson many thousand bale* from tlmt region will re pay 11? for what may have been left be hind "ii the Tec he. I hear that on one plant:*!fori, opposite the mouth of the lied tir- r, there; are five thousand bales stored all n-jdy for u market. The guerillas are attacking our bouts on the Tt-cbo and Atchafalays rivers. Thu same correspondent states that •very available man was to be sent to aid Gen. Bunk** in bii attack upon Port Hudson. Akotiieh Tuaitou.—The Chattanooga Ib bel i» informed that John J. McCau ley, the telegraphic operator, who so mysteriously disappeared from that place, about two weeks ago. has turned up io- 1 -id<» the Federal lines. The Inst heard of | him lie was at Murfreesboro'. If this 1 account lie true, he will bo able to give much information to Hoaencrans thut ! Hint crafty individual ought not to bo in po-.-c--iua Montgomery Moil. I*'h I'M; U. ia-Hs .\T # VlCKl*Ht»K«.-Our private -1 i-pal*'b*•- from Panola state that .the nuUio; ilie.- at Memphis were ordered i to pi'i-pnr.** hospitals for thirty thou?and wounded from Viokshuig. A gentleman who lately lefl tho eneinv’s lint** .-ay.? that tb ground i* literally covered lor in. - •. .11 the Yankee dead. They no- ki.-.wle a ,.f 1 o, ( i(iikilled outright. This ttciid make their lo„ in killed and •—to ?ny nothing of the probably intth Atlantic Bl to lie relieved by* Andie ol bureau of eipiipruonfa Admiral Gold-borough, II. Fo id - to,4XIff. thousand' tt • category. Tho RH'-e i«i.s "f the enemy must, therefore; ." It oO.um or t»0,(KJU men At such u ' long will tb** niege of Vicksburg tho. latte u 1 ting. elm VVi ragut, tb tain ‘ liarbr* Wilkes, » .MV...... now In command of tli ker has already '* ,u "‘pu'drii thrown forward a force to moot Longtret i, 1 ' IV * Lnt < nml i- making cither a feint to cover tho j will »n* <•< departure of id* whole army, or else pro- I no.tiding *>i pnni g to call Lee back < by makitig 'ii- '11. A * ertifthi James L. Lard -quadron i» tiig Ail th initiated up at V ' ' iSStShippj ; both had liable cargoes for New Orleans T crew of the Boston and part of *\, . ' crews are prisoners here. S vu m IT, IStb.—Gontlomon from «•. villa report Banks fortifying ,. r , T ‘‘ son’s creek, northwest of Port Hu 1 planting heavy seigo guns. B ark , ' tored out several regiment*. Sh,. ' left arm has been amputate I ' Sr Jack sox, 18th.—An officer j u < t f. Natchez reports the gunboat Ars^ aground on the bar four mil,., t ', ri NutcbM on th"llth. The river h.,1^ en threo feoUinnr. Ho „U 0 -„„ann [ sinking of tho Essex and two othe r boats, at Port Hudson. Jackwik, IRth.—The enemy |« r . thJ 75,(NKj Strong, at Grand Gulf, 0 "n the *• of April, attacked hy Bowman -, and Tracey,'s Brigades, who fell b h( . k ' ter a gallant resistance. The enemy .V vanced in the direction of Jackson \\ fought them on tho 12th and 1-TthatC - ton and Mississippi Spring-. Th-v, pied Jackson on the 14th, and ?*,*,■ k.,’J. ' place, and evacuated on the ‘ the 22d P. rnberton gave buttloat Us .• Crock. Our forces fell back, nml --nr,, ed the attack On tho Ski at f»! bridge. Again our forces retired. a number of guns. On the 24th Gra ■oigoto Vicksburg. u n the'JOih |,’„ , n ',^ nsraulfo on tho works Mid was repu , every time with immenso slaughter n the 80th ho renewed tho assault with • eame success. On tho 3Ut the tr-x-n, fused to renew the n?snult, and the 1 1 ' of taking the place by norm w«s a h a ,. doned. Ho then commenced di'.- hi:, * • parallels, and has at present gotten w in-TOO yards of our works, and , ] liurg alone, '/lie’inagnili-i riego guns. He opened fire witJm .m.or Goo. J*»hnati.« lies not damage. So for our loss in tho sori... • : !l,: ^ *H.j uttark.s is (i,000—the enemy - bei* ...•. i ~ ! and 50 000 the ItnppaliRiinock. ’ gence from Gen. Lee’s army, go train last night, was in- t ii no longer necessary to that this gall: Kicbmond. . .. .. . . . ,, ,,, , thinks t way < pen. , ' V'.-‘ * j.^ * June •}, Some of the ban- I l,ori/.ir**et (.•mriiHnds the leftand cen- Hlie.t families have arrived here -Ihey tr ,., »nd Fwell thelightoftlmarmy undvr yedonlay * train Mr . Paul the new organization, so 1 hear. Hill Andrue and childtcn, J beenmea Livutenant-General becuusotbe I underatiuid lh(kf ( re-| Senate rofu-ed to eonlirm Holnn - Tbi- lienrsay. Tho law limits the ntnn- det A mini, and M and some otlie port all sent out. •< rn** Hilton Hi-nd and nih Arnau and Andrei ba\ reetion ol (inincsviile.— Tutinh P "‘ f ib«?Vl More Money. po?tngo stamp of tlm denotninn- ‘ ‘ 1 hos been put forth The stamp , 'V ith th»* tin* In* «*. rich dark medallion of Wadnnpir encircled hy Hm word Static -.f Ainerii'u, nud the designati "flwei.lv Ht the top mid bottom, I former in figure**, and th*- ln(t«*rin letle The engniving is 1 in* be 1 that Im- v Dim postage currenr Le f Lieutenant (*■ r*. PaUni r British ("n n parts. Mr. M«i erals roking the i'in* niiulallio lent, with *.-n tnd niiiunil ii f W»* -bins** liing peculiarly -triking enunee, not loiind ~ cr of V*! picture* of tlm “Father Tb* tnmj>, if issued in any number, will be a good medium of change, and hccim-c of it* high fractional value, will, we hope, drive from general circulation Homaol tho dirty five cent stamp*- (hat lay A’"'/. ling a greater 117.,. The L lew York I lie e.aptionof * I rpool correspondent the ha* the following under ’irate*, in their ('rn«llr*« ’ i bv I lie Brili-h Govern -nt of tho nlledged cr A (••xandrin, < whoso namo is a very iveb'ouie conipliment !•* the Princess Wn], drawn cui.-l,iernhle ntten- •li t • Ifiat v.'-'**! ns sh»» Ii"? at Toxelh "1. tb* ln-t We-twnrd of the many - which jr in go the M**r* ry at ibis a* *• \ yet. Die Alexandria *1**- not ok very l<*rniidnhle. Slic i* not large, ut, though to cased within \Min iron. 1 lie nm-l * are rai?< I and tl.e deck i? laid. Blit here tho wt)rk Iih • bi . n dopp*»*l, and instead *»l n>.i-y «hip*v riglit , only a sedate custom houso «*tlln r »-it*««*n board and prevents the euriou- I'rmu in- tru*ling, vet many conn* to the dock io ?«•»• tic Alexandria lying gracefully in The workmen lately employed oft Iho \a* "I arc naturally indignant at the Go- - erninont injunction, which, by interfering with tho progress of the ship, has thrown two hundred men out of work. Th. y declare thu the South only need- tw<< ..‘r three such Mr.mg. rwift UtU** ?'< "Ui • t . ■Icbtroy till* whole Federal navy Yet the-*- s '"i>e men would b** entirely .>n tin otln-' ' it employed on a Federal v* -- -••I. lln* I net i? that Liverpool ship builder* and workmen w ill very much like people all over the world be on tho side Don pav.« Diem best. -At Laird's celebrated dock at Birken head, two t'onfedcrRtu iron clad? are ap proaching completion, andean he readily seen from the terry boats w Inch < r,*-s tho Mor.-ey to Tranim-e. They are luiiiding under the sHperlniondctieo *>f VaiAaiu Bullock. Tho famous pirate Sumter- now the Gibraltar--has been lying for gome timo past ut Birkuuhcad, undergoing 1 • »n»r- More Negro H eg Intents. The New. York Herald, referring to the roRtng of negro regiment.*, -ay* \Ve are glad to perceive Dm (i vern l"*bl. "I Oldo, a lid G ivertinr Andr* w. Msasavlui-ett*, and olhor individual- a exerting tbem-elvex w* raise negro tr*. 1 whole line m—ion of the r rd« fell 1. they do n>* any Yankee w»ut polilenats "Tl.e Flue 4 ay a G* leavn In a rose.«lay« ti, n of aibui in j,o of IbeTlopsri j Lute Yankee account? show that _ „ they nro apprehensive that Go«, John- \\ ili.**. r > di-i ‘Yin*! that ho wau ; leaving tho garri.son of Vicksburg lSir1l , h'i.*'SS* viA'”i l 't! v w '«'."C3"ipf Oiommlvi", will kb uorlli- foma n\iuui'"'=t th»*ir .Halilie of V* ilk*** on Al1 ^ or *l’ ,uro Mom phis. They no every occasion and in omiy wuv ; and ; feel keenly the difficulties •!’ their chiur pains Vo rival “situation," and ar«) in dread of the rob- ore than ordinary J els turning up in strong force anywhere Mftgrmler would UcUop, ‘ ,1 ‘ < * 01,io !iml thcGnlf the critical litua- • itti a d*»uiand«d his The I.ste Fight on the Happuliaiinock. 0ur informnlion concerning thi fight Tw*a.v* K ' r ; ' B VPr >‘ meagre m yol—tho Ki. hmor d —■ ■ ■<i»m»' < j papers hy last night s mail bringing us I vcm-mt nt In AuguMa. no particulars. \Ve have rca on to b* 1 Tbe goed people of Augnrtn, Ga., wors \ kowevev^ that tho engagement wa- mnehexcitod. on ‘Wednesday, by • rc:»ort j a *" rio,M » ni l bloody one. nml that the that a Yankee ! i* e. on u iald. bad 1 61, ® n>v ^ " ,>t wipe without aorere reached Elbert county and worn within ; P UM J' b,nent fifty miles of Auguua Fnergetio pro- ^\o dip the follow ing private dispatch p«rations to moot the foo were at onco '-.•t 1 ^ r ' ),n Columhl* South l\iro‘inian on foot, apd it va» ,-Htfft p, and euiniur- ‘ T'ummovp Juno P* -tfol J' Ham*- ■ “'".r ";••••*•• 1 ‘T-VTTT.xrv„- rh- - *?:..-ab.oto bear arms rcMumdod 1 ly, :<• mi. kilfo.1. ( ,! M . Butler ?i to the cull to organ!** for home defence- “Uinutated 'i he Brook*'Troon are safe, H turned out, however, that Iho alarm , a* »* aao«rt*ined. I. A. I.idohi 'to , Jr-, _ Tho twi. u.ti- 1 . . tuiseranle trick of I Iddtnghlgh tor wb* *\t lnii littie alarm, though uuf*)uodfid. resorted to bv such tp culstors h* ! )NVl . should admonish our people generally to ; largo lots of flour on hand, cannot .fo anybody. Tbe shalloweet pated noilalv in all the land can underatnna such 1 .*"« H tranepwiiiu trick. Speculators in pro previous | v* .in - had better "dry up" at 01100 * ' THj« late impn* to fill the places of the white w returning home from bard fighting f tho negr* the South, requ* *tfd, but I*is claiming power P» t*r«i- tect British KiUijoctH, wh*> hud forsworn their allegimi* •■. voted and acquired pro perty here. Nobody knows or aoetna to car-.* what will bo tno effect of M(lore's .Ii-iui -'il. Ho wu-not unfriendly to our « i'i-c, hut rather the other way. Hunter'- impertinent letter to the Pres ident, Die hitch in tho exchange of prison er-. mid nn article in the Enquirer of this morning, ii" lino ono to think that retal iation * • be Di*' order of the day. When ti>.- 1. iiug i- rm-L'd on bpthaides, there Tlm Ludics' gunboat, to be launchc*l to-day, will be a formidable affair if it i- over finished. \ allundighHin arrived in Lynchburg Thursday night. \t i> *uid hi* will go to Speaker Bocock’s reaiden* •• in Appomattox county for the present; but lie may n«»l like for tliiH t<> bo known, a- I -*•<■ he 1- keeping out of the Lynch burg paper?. There 1? talk of a new daily paper hove; hHo of a weekly, to be edit'*.l by •!0I111 It. Thompson, and owned by .lodge Jh-rkina, W. H. Macfurland anu other capitalist* Mr. Fuller, formerly of Die N**w Urlean- pre* *, is cditoriullv coiiiiectmt with Dip Dispatch, and Hugh Pleasant* goes * *' HrltNIi Ceiiaiita. The Governmcn*. nt Richmond aooms t> have made up it- mind to repudiate ntirel.v the consular authority which ha? boon hitherto undisputed. \V0 learn that midi i* tho caae nt Mobile. Order* 1 received here Inst Sunday to thin wl Richmond, bus i wore 1 ..I aware before that our Govern- uicnt had granted liny instrument of tin* kind, or how it could prior to a recogni tion .if the independence of thi* county by Groat Britain. Certain consular oilf- cos were permitted by sufferance, but nothing **l-*. If we unaor-tiind thu mat ter, a- telegraphed from Richmond, the (’or.»ul there, apparently presuming on thi- tolerance, overstepped tin* bound*of mode-tv. and has been brought to task. . Mr. Crjdlnnd came l*» Mobile porhap- with a -iniilar intention He also has I ch.oked. l itiicrio this matter of consular nu- Dmriiy h*«? not excited much attention. A*t (**-•. . w-m* . "risiderod of small i in- poftn:.* ** rind Di" Government seemed t*> la* iidiffercnito i it has changed it? policy, but 1 not vet boon Trih. A Tex AY e le stead, that the ladies of that a fair on la-i Tie- lay night in fiemp- -t. -.*l :.>r tli< heio-lit of Waller's Battal ion. tie* proceeds .if which amounted to upward* of ton thousand dollars. This i* Die largest contribution wo have yet bend of nt any 0110 fair, and speak* uti'oi./er tnnn any language lor llm pa in- "i of Au-tm < aunty. W 1 ii’ik Die greatest danger to bo up- »i ' l*sl ir« :-q>-iH tew from nr» i v - ..f rain, for the present indication* are that this is to be one among the few y 8oa»on* of Texas. The chief danger g officers at Washington have selected the riglit officer to command :i squadron -*• «*->entiai to our naval arm. In all probability Admiral I). (». Fnrragut will -o..n I.h r.iicved. At the present; writing w** have nut board lii* successor \ named. Tho immense amount of labor ! this gallant officer lias done entitle 1 with it* front turned W li.it (Jen. I^*u - design* ■)". but the. country may ■ • . ' to Inin and repose in tho ui- nifidei;*'.* that w hatever he u , *- ,< *"- » do will be dono right. Int j Qrant’a present force does not 0Xf0( . I 00,000, uotwiihsUndlng the largo r. v forcomonts which hnvo reached him Numbers nro being swept off by sickr.-v j and desertion. With regard t*> tho foam cntertaincdi to tho subsisting tin* garrison, below 'd<n'- statement of tho daily rations n -w i-t UN; ^JPfor * M> of b %P°n, h 1b beef, « lb meal, an i t from the army allowance of pen?, rice, sugar and m rhbu ) hi*: ) a little id 01 A tin l*'r*>m Virginia. TV e Richmond Sentinel give lowing in reference to 41Io«by’s ploit. On Sunday. May 80, he and ••fiVctuiilly destroyed a tin O. A: A. R. U.. consisting the eng« 1 hoHVily laden w ith ! countortal live regiments of the enemy | cavalry in a narrow lane in columns of; four*, which he repulsed with great Alaughtoi Approved by Gen. Mhkck arrived in Texas from tho Federal trooiis at "*r*. under marching Tll'jy nr.: in (.arieton s Command The object of this , to be to cut off the h-racy is receiving hy 1 I through M.-.xbo. ft 1 "in. cr . 000. including l. T . ,S. Tho siego of Vicksburg .. P ro l> r "' > ' n K ttilniirably. Y Riciimoxp, 12th.—Nod hern date-. thG 10th Im vo been received. Bunk* admits a lo?* at Port Hud* from the 28d to tha 30th, of 1,000 nm- among whom nro many very valuable reported * id the, 1 howitzer \ eighty airy I Ilia nmun- endacharm- ' timule* the 1 hundred killed and a nded; hi* Ions thru** >-»-d to bo mortally ■ad at a fork, tile one- tho limber, the enemy pursuing m* further. Tin* Kedci:* - ut lfi-alton, hear- i ing tbi* firing in th"ir r.-nr. burned their ! eoinmi*«!iry ^t*»r**? and other -uppHe*. I»ri*k** up tl.cir camp, sending their Wg- j gage and d >-mounted men toward* Kul - nioiitb, and bur■•■:**d ..ith their available , forco in the direction of the firing- 1 From thk Coast Wm arc informed liiat five men from Uapt. Buckner’sC**m- I pane. Phamix Riflemen, of tin* Picket on j the riv.-r Tuesday niglit, could not.bo 1 found wh«n the relief went to tako their ' place*. It i- believed that they were sur prised and taken by th« enemy. The Yankees yesterday were practicing a‘ shelling one -f th*.- small island* near | Wilmiugton Island. Wo are infer the Gulf train 1 be raised ... _ T a side of the Bio ion will probably 1 D." boundaryjihaU beontiro- 1 #*rnI hand*. They-'believe ' » "I probably -l ; ,rt from El i lk.- po.M-*sit>n of tho chain of • itg tow ard- S«n Antonio, and 01 -ticccaaion the base ufope- in-i tin* next, until the army is ■ uuinmuniCHtion with a Vo- ii *'C upon the Gulf. Rusidcnl* ay that, even if they should 1 in< n- which we know lull annot *lo at thi* timo—they be able to guard u lino like Bio Grande, eighteen hundred exclusively Northern News. l'l>ci'iitl tn Middle Adv. ,V Reg, v a-ov Jin,.■ t Dispatches of the ■ i t luto fr iii Panola contain tho will* bo foi The Mi- that i up tho Altnuih- • morning, for the purpo**-. it of pillaging .tin* plantation* ng property.— Sav. 7**71. ID/.. I dreamed '*" r, ". v - (he Republicans are d it i» thought the Democrats **d into rovo.ution. ->ippi Ship Canal Convention it Chicago on the 2d. Hanni- \v « present. \ iolent p ditical ' ’ made hy th** Republicans, on who ; tb. 'l'h>* Savannah Netf- learns that a udcrablo number of negroes have 1 iped luri.ig the pa«t month from th*‘ of IJberty and McIntosh, and have mic- c-'cdod in making tlo-ir whv t*> the ene my- A «lu*rt time since a number of the servant* of Mrs. Peanfiot Liberty county, took her carriage and horses and drove off. Some of (’apt. Law s negroes wore not *0 choice in their notion*, and ccn- 1 themselves with taking his ox curl Brngj and a cav» Vicksburg on law had better never been iii'orvali.-tri was denounced, fosortion 1? reported from (i*-n. nny. 'I us* divisions of infantry rp» had been sent to which tho. >* k. ttwfvd ennmgtt, and the defeat i ,ot ••■■m** divi-ion* of tho Army ' • itoinac.* H**ro tiio news loaves j a** must remain four or 11 vo days | ns.* a? t-» tin* final result. A battle i ith rout limy end with victory, i cd not say that few in England ■ suppressing the Chicago « ffleera went to .Camp l « u “ ' ; •' ^t’orce to carry out the h” ' link*-.-- - hurn a victory At Port d.-ort on tin*22d of* May. h- London ’I inn -, of May 15th, hay* ng* nt fn»in North Carolina at Man- ?tor lint i-sued an invitation for sub- ption to the Cotton Bond* of the .State Sl.fltKi.utri; the procood* to beapplied ids. f English manufactured still being sont South from - reported that San. Houston runs "V.'iiio! of I'*xas with tho design of ug auothcr Republic. i!u;<T now commands at Nashville. c m 11 i? organizing raid* into Geor- id Ali.bama. ■ N ivnk* .'> undei Lipport have foully vvbipr.ed by the Confedoi beginning to toll < render of tho place is considerc.l cortalr Tho news of the fall of Puebla, andt* capture of the entire Mexican nnnv shadow of hop? will long oienp- ved with 1 >n Li m firmed. Ihut the ci:y of Mexi tho fate of Pueblo. The Africa hn« urr Europe Vo May dlsv. It.fo expected that Franco will nizotlm Confederacy, and other Eu powers will not ho slow to follow ample. Mr. Roebuck will *000 move 1: : House of Commons that England "jvr, * negotiations witii other Government - f the recognition oft he Confederacy The Daily Post, Liverpool, announe- tho fall of Vicksburg, and calls up,: Lord Palmerston now to offer tori:.- penco acceptable t*» both parties. Mr. Muson has arrived in Pan-p.c, operate with Mr. Slidell. Tho London Times opposes Roebuck scheme. Cotton closed at 4 advance in tho wee Fntr upland* 2tJ; middling* 22. Consols ‘.fill—93 for money. Gold closed in New York on the 3th at 142J. Jackson, 12th. via Mobii.k, 13th.- An officer who left Vicksburg on Wednesday night, 10th, report* that tt.l is wurki ig well. Tho garrison nro in fine and well supplied with water and provi sion*. So fur but little damage ha h**or. done by the enemy’s tiro. Tho total I" ( of the garrison, since tho Batgc marching near New Orleans, out th?.' an* r*"t 1 rcdi’.od in official circles. N ■ firing ha* been heard this after:) in the direction -*f Vicksburg. N thing ha? hoan such of Dio enernv cuvalry since the sk.rmisii ypst**rday Sine** uieoting Jackson, it is thought “e. he ha* given up tho idea of another rai * A Caaii* Belli at V.aftt. The Island of .Sombrero, an enormoi. guano dunghill lying in tho Caribbean Seat has for years pi»*t Loon worked by Yankee shipowners and searchers for tbe great modern manure. Tho United Mat"? tlag husbeen hoisted over immense d* filth, and umier it the lab: to he prolonged. ersul .'ri dc- :o river road, but nftor- S,*vi *•;*! 'li*.**ric* H Imve entered our line* in Dm I.*** 1 i'*\\ day-, nml they all agree in *.I1. statement. \ • that Monde, (6th corps) i? the only one now remaining in .smiford county the others having gone j TtMilflu "10 enrs trc.running nil tl». lime, making tr* quoiit trips; and drum- ining must ho nn important part of their u*'. ns it has boon kept (vaantlv since sunset. Hamilton I'ho-mSii, dune 7. It U j stated to-day that l’osoy lost Ol)prisoner* and Perry vine foi prisoners. The loss j of those two brigades m killed nud \vov\n- ded is reported very alight. 1 The shelling yesterday from tho ,St H f f*rd Height 1 , rcsulicl in killing and wounding somo four or live mon. j Tho Yankee- have not n 1 vet entered j the town, oral len t had not late hi t nielil. 1 This morning, all is very quiet, both aido* being in line of battle, but beyond ! (hi*, nothing ha:, happened. (Hie or two heavy guns Were tired e.-.rly, but rim e than nothing ha* been done. "Watch I and wait" r.ceni** to he the motto of tlic cncmv The cann- muling or Fri*lay evening wm- m .si furious. During its ccniinu- ' hiu*«* aiidsinder ii a tire, Du* cn**my of I course could readily lay down thair pon- * Pf«> Jackson the following .* the 1 r hen 1 ominnnu prapari °V em j lino of flat?, which cannot b* , oil hy artillory from our side. Indeed, t from tho nature of the banks and iho flats, it was impossible, I should Diink, ; m prevent the laving of pontoon.-, when ever they hoc til to put them down; but when they advance they will mo«t surely driven bael. notice, and v preparation 1 approaokirg ter ho eruioed ,they i net of Congress will lay them up ire most ernpharicallv “played out ' ' At A***.. noVcWfs (OrA. j maha on Wedne- ! doing any danj*f- rich went up the Alta day returned without • ) far as hoard IV,un. •STr. Xtp., 12 olured by the radical- to bo the main ob ject of the war. It is but meet and right the tree negroes should lend a hand in such a work. The blood of white men lias been shod very copiously in tho cause t!, 1 V.°*. r ° 09 ' , '° l ,ho negroes now bleed n little, it only for sake of variety It is very hard to catch them, hut let them be brought speedily under tho constraint «>l the conscription act. and wo shall sdrfn have an ebony army to march Southward. • "nuition ol tho exofcni.go arr AN *> hall thus get rid of the black*, and I Coinmi*rior» r Ludlow an*! the rebel Oo;n- I ’ " their places will be supplied by theatur- missioncr, Mr. Ould. The rebel paper- ' hlr '' : ‘' u . Tiik PiusoxEns from thk Latf. R \t- i.f.s. — All tho prisoners taken in the hat es on tho Rappahannock have been ox- ... , , , changed, and it turnaout that tho number | 'i,i. _' r cn|>turcd b.v us isjust -bout hulf of that Ju,'/’, ,1. '! taken b.v Uu>aaoKv. They claim- to pro- «*“:.!" taken by the aiomv, They claim to p. .sent a list in excess of eight thousand, while our-is little more than forly-flvo j hundred. This is understood to be tho I •ondition of the exahango arranged by 1 say to tlrem he ' Upon going rotmd ami fimiing Lis house gutted, did he . «lv and more iuteUigont labor of healthy lvi-li and German emigrants who w ill be en mo good citizens in livo v, nr?. N\\. have no need of negroes at the North. Let the whole race bn sent South, and let some thousands of mean whites of the stump ofThoodoro Tilt.n go with them to take command of those fellows who will not tight ; they will do well enough to run away, but we hope they will be ORiight hji tho enemy and never'oxchang- od. rho country will have a good rid dance of them. A strange Story. Naturalists are delighted to read that at lari * Mon has been seen iu New Zealand. The M"» is a walking, not a flying bird, supposed, from numerous skeletons which have been found of it, to grow from eight to nine feet high. Il La* hitherto been W bevel to be extinct, though it was known that witbiivthc luetnoiy <•! men now liv ing it had been killed and eaten by Die native* It was alway* hoped that in tl.e open and unexplored parti ot the island .-mno lost i-puciiuno of this nearly extinct race might yet be found alive j and u*vk il seems that a good tipper silting bv bis camp fire saw one peering at biui from tbe edge of a near hill. He took ii at first to be a man, but pre-eiitly saw ii gravely startiiig off. Tho track or f*K»Vprini of this *r**at bird showed "three claws, and about a foot behind, tbe mark of a ped, and behind that again of a spur " A re ward of twonty-fivu hundred dollar- has boen offered for tho bird alive or dead, and if the miner told the truth w« may yet see a living Moa—a member nf a tribe once sufficiently numerous in New Zea land to be a source of dread to the oa also boast of the fact, while the robel i thoritm intimate that now they should . dictate some term regulating the exchange *d prisoner* in future, which would lead to a bloody retaliation if not conipii"d with. AY.w J’erA 7W i- greatuctivity in New Uric Thi* latter nbithor native n resist.—Mobile Triho.o. AYc will pro heat. fully satisfied that the e to be mio of tiio host, best wheat year over uthorn Confederacy. In talk of speculator* and i* (..on fed * •rut e Yankee love has boen plied industiio'i- iver, Mo,, with jy „ r ,«l profitably since 18oti, witli.»m Ml . , . nemnari Corq- ^ ,, r hindrance from her Majesty- . , ‘ ' 1 kiil*d and J Government. All of a suddon Capta I , 1 ‘’ r ‘K'lm'i't Tathftin, of II. B. M.'5 ship Plueton, poru t Jr.n n n fon,'J wl r °* P rokoxl ll »at Dm iriund had been *ur- andsavs v;^^1 , J . „ wiT 'eyed in 1SI0, and again in I8*K». by -o'i liiin'i, i :u’ \ r ® ’.‘."l i< >r t.Hud-1 British officors, and thinking, to u?e Mr. of i u cml" ! , h " b,,ff,nn ' n « Lavaid * language in Parliament, “that, n 1 1 vill 1 n . I by allowing Die United Stale- ting t- rc- main hoisted while ho w t-there, ;t might Tin* l !*.U,d S'tv ico Magazine, Die 1 bo inferred that he thereby ucknowledgoJ organ of th«* British Army And Naw, the sovereignty of tho United f>tat**'. be ?**y - editorially 'ft has become tne I landed on tbe island, and politely "re- boundcr duty of our stuteemon to pro- quested that it (tho V. S. flag) should t>-* ••ur.'a -uppiy "I c ttou by any andevory • hauled down, mid on sefiisal, ?o*l.wJ* , mentis in their power. Something may! be put (eJ down. ''"no wit:, other countries, no doubt. I This settlos the mattor. Capt- Tatbani but.the most effectual, a? well as the safe bn* gone a* for in lii a way a- Admiral and honest cours.'. w uldbethe recog-i Wilkes dtd in his. Yankee Doodle rn- * nitlonof th*.* Confederate States, when AfflU now. Impugn Ills honor, hi* truth. th< Yankee blockade would at once j hi* conscience, hi*'religion, *cotf at fin • cn-t* to bn the incubus on the manufac-' ruvilo, jeer, sneer arid ridicule him, luring industry of Europe." j mattor- not, for be has neither honor n- • -cn«o of ehanm ; but touch hi* guar Tht, York ll.rnl'l turn, in , pM „. ; » ld ' 10 wi J! nou , r '‘ h **. *"«'»<«' “ s » ’f" bitif.ir i.:.l ' I tor (temanaing the direst vengeance.— k will fight on his own dung A touching incident occurred in Co lumbus, Ohio. A nogro girl, with her cloth*"* packed in the satchel, ran to the cars as tho prisoners were about to start and begged them to take her with them. She said she had boen trying to get back to her matter for many months, .ml novl i n » „ m l mi,urine until was determined lo accompany them.— harvested w ithout a »o The guards drove her back, and they left j inju'ed by any disaster ho wringing her hand* and shriking that | \\e traveled to Augusta and back since f Die wheal had known in the .' spite of all tb croakers about ''rust" and other di.-aster.. wheat has persistently gone forward grow- Banks had “settled' II idson" Uur later. 1 rum 1 * to the effect that, while G I** had reached tho joined by 1* .. , , ; riverv rock will iigni on ins ow n uur t- with V*' 11 ,-'! • hill* I-hnrile will prove no exception with * "ft j t j |0 ru j c jjj^ Hiid his guuii*) li« from Port nud- the rule. Ilis tlag mid hL guano utrttgod. Captain Tatbam Le- ,s?d a stir and a stench, tho extent of stalk being I from th _ of that stronghold, In* had be Col. Grierson -■* cavalry fr, side, after tho destruction by that office j w j,i u h he little dream-.' Groat Britain " “ ir cannot recede, for tlm .Sombrero guano I’ is British property, and must bo protected This hauling down < bo wanted to bo taken ho The Richmond Examiner says frac tional Confederate Treasury notes of the denomination of fifty cents will soon be issued by tbe Treasury Department. suppli ot* 1 tho Ymikeo flag currence, and pondence Lh- Ma , Mi -\Vo have been cut uml tbe balance will be harvest ed by tbe close of the present week—it is now too lute for ru“.--and wo have never before -cen such wheat along tiiat road. A pti Admiral Fai counts with makunnntbe pel Gen Joe M of Mo his line of march. AVo j 1 passed on the subject. 11 is an uu*«* and irreconcileubln ca*i>* i>'- AVo await with tho liveliest satisfafU the declaration of tho war for dung- war in which the staku at issue is in 1 load of Vicksburg- I of lho b,lli * tr ’ ,I “ l ear that Gen. Banks and > ’ have settled their oc- 1 Hudson |n season to merit which will com- for the uoune, msieau 01 \ leKtburg— | A 7 Vi for he is charged with tho defence of i men both njacps—and if the one cannot b< saved,must move in lime to the de BV,,. uigton, an*l resolution* ad«»pted ap- aptured tht* E—*>x. ° proviiyc tbe course n| Win. AY Clark in Dk. E At. Hkrkkokd, Cong iv and Toqutsiting him to offer tor in charge of ja*st. I re-election, which hecoiiacniod to do, but j [Mjkrnolia is the ucarcst pOf,t ,n* the declines canva^iug tin* district Iron*! U» Port I Jacks, N O Hudson with that place.) Why do so many of our brethren of the press persist in the error of speaking of tho steumship* "Alabama" and "Florida as private* rs • They are Confederate States raen-of-war, inregvilar commission, aud not “privateer*." Tho Yankees call them "pirates, Pray give them their right names They are the pioneer ships of a CcufWerate navy.—Mobile Adv, Rnsccrunz was dining at the .St. Cloud. ... Nashville, the other day, with hi- -t*fl. 1 when u plate of strong butter was p!*‘ • • 1 Hogs—•Itcaieity. before him. Tho Dutch Hidalgo la-te** w i* hn* as-iir.-.l i- a mr. I 'R looked as dismal as a man after tnk- of strychnine, turned up ui» tho table and saluted Mohii.k, June 10.—A *n to the Tribune, from Jack Kirby Smith is undoubtedly ial dispatch ; Rrkcu Trek Leaves.—The leaves 'of; the beech tree, collected ut autumn. In I dry weather, form an admirable tilling for bed*. * ' " whuloMira are very eU*ti<\ and ms annually without cost. 1 ty-l'our hoi; iwiee a day—say pint to each hog. NN ure indebted t., Mr. NV. L. Burga.v of this county, t**r the foregoing. After losing forty hog* with cholera, and trying every other remedy ho could hear of, in vain, he found that the above arrested the dis ease immediately. He ha* not lost a hog since using it. All his neighbors have ■ Uo tried il with equal succew* Lei our exchange* pau it along.—Macon Tel. Dio butterdish with mock gravii 5**aK 'hello* 1 1 •oi.jotlemen, the* Chaj. Rebel. flneaQ loiwan- 1 "UmthmOT. that '.uif d feed with the o*>i- ‘ ro ' ,A * ,ue When Mrs. Jack* *n reaoked (iencr*- Lee's headquarters in search-of her woun ded husband, she is said to have remark ed ; “lam told that Gen Jackson In** lost his loft arm." “Yes, madam,” wa* Gen. Leo’s reply; "and I have lost my right. What a just and touching tri bute to the trfaa suffering, but no«