Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-24

-, n.ra has been taken by Gen. van Doin' pa'on ioao also ca1tured ,500 prisoners. "no "i'o Iulv 9.-No intelligence has been RicHMosso, so,, the lines to day. The city IS per receiVeu and the heat to-day has been very op- fectly qulee, ''i
 T,oxvtr5E. July 4.--Gen Bueii's 1orces, Ton
 4od at 20 GOO strong, have all crosseo lno ,assee, it is supposed, to ats make le hv North i'e Chattanooga, to cover movements Y! f tho on ,so or Rome. Ga. A foraglng parry oi 'ne Alapaii' o o-,otad to have reached Willis Vaile!' enemy shoiI si Mound. The federal forces uhoet aoo'o a',o.aI Morgan. still hold Cumberland cap ebarn cavalry skrmish occurred at Cillcl ara on Wednesday last. Several oi 'he .'5oa nonorted lilled--oug loss was oniy TWO "oun'
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 MocIarnard's command, says the OaiIo coaotto ;s now at Jackson, Tenn. me euleo. ,a o tbe Baltimore American has been arfesteu oy 'au an the 4tnrities and confined for preparing an .t of tbe late battle The Savannah hepuo noys Gen. Humphrey Marshall has res'g@neu @ o"i i. ito command was turned over to Oeh' ,', 7" ,;rs who with his forces, is in Mercer UT no'1nty Va. A letter from Europe to tne o lloia Iobr A Gurley, abolition member oi Ua7;nn from Ohio. contains, among othets, tn. roxt F nnd;ct;on. sixth The first of October heA'' ; Pat of an earlier date, will find the french any T,,sl;sh fleets on our shores, unless our army .'
 ;ooso,;ons in the meantime, and the reueis tI; od The visit of Lord Lyons to Ensiano' as .h .h; ti,o is in accordance with the necessity VI sn I+tor nrooramme, to confer with the gov ~ nf hotb countries, so as to arrange the oe'ahS the expedition: c,. E., .astern Virgini or ba surmised from the following dspa'cn : which shows that they were preparing 'o "'"''''
 James river entlrelF' o, rr, yor,, river t Fopr MONROE, June 30th.-1he ofk ilse. bainq completely cleared of eFerythlis lnUr evc Steamers and tugs are cons51Atiitg and during tn Q ms morning the steamer Spaulding ar ! rived, having eight barges and schooners in tow She reports that l50 barges, schooners and toy
 boats were at Yorktown when she left, but al were making preparations to come down to-day. l The federals have evidently abandoned any idle. of immediate attack upon Charleston. Int signal repuse they met with on James Island ha
 made them fearful. Parties who have arrived a Savannah from Hilton Head, where they had beer confined since the 18th of May, say that the fede rals acknowledge loss of 100 since the battle of James Island also, that $50 of the wounded are now in the hospital at Hilton Head. There i: no doubt of tke fact that the ederals removing their batteries from James Island. Two regiments had arrived at Hilton Head, which looks as if they were afraid of moving on Charleston, as they origi naly intended.
 FROM FIcKsBURG.-The federal organ at Mem phis has information from Vicksburg received by oae of the federal steamers. It is stated that the town and batteries are beng played upon ytwenty mortar boats from below and six of the Mississippi fiotlla from above portion of Farragut's fleet | seven vessels, are above the town-thc remainder below. The iron gunboats Benton, Carondelet, Louisville and Cipcnnasi are also above
 It is admitted that the city has been far less seriously damaged than was expected. and also that the defenses are far stronger It stated that 1 the batteries are found to extend along the shore some 'ree miles, completely covering the river in front of ths town, and believed to number from 70 | 80 well mount sd guns These batteries reply ir- regularly to the boats
 The additional fact is mentioned that the city is now occupied by Gen. Lowell, with from fifteen hundred to two thousand troops, besides which, that General has quite corps d'arme some miles inward, and their proximity continues to be the sole bar to the immediate occupation of the posi- tion, the naval armament being unaccompanled by any land force adequate to the holding of the | position. The canal is ill rapid progression