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loss Of another Of the trne and tried soidisrs
and gallant officers who had clustered around

loss Of another Of the trne and tried sodisys
and gallant officers who had clustered around
the banner Of cur country
CAPT +. w. Middleton. an exceEent gentle
raau snc sfieient officer Of the l7t Mississippi
regiment, died in Winchester few days since
under moss peiancholv circumstances
Wounded severely At Gsttysburg, he was
taken to the hcspita, at Winchester, and thence
to q private house. The surgeon in attend
ance hsd prescribed some nsdicine, with di-
rections for administering il; bot By an unfor
tuuate miatake Capt. M. took the wrong vial
which proved - contain poison, and before
medical aid could reach hir1e was bsyoId
tie reach Of the sorgeons sstl
subioin few additional names of killed
and " oundei officers at Get'vs5urs: Col. Fry,
I3.h Ala killed; Col L. Pincksrd, 4th A'a
badly wounded Adj. j. E. Williamson, taigh
broken; Col. Fornsy, l0Eh Ala, wounded /;
Cole Saunders, ilth Ala, weunded Lt-Col.
NJ. J. Balger, 47sh Ala, killed; Cot r. o.
Whisehead. 10Th Va. Wounded Msj. o ser.
9sh Va, killed Aci. Jenkins. l4sh Va, kiiisd
or the First Mary land Battalion, Cot. Hnb-
bard was wounded; Major Goidstoro ush,
wounded; Capt. Murray, billed; and 1t Viii
son, wounded; Col. Wm.k Terry, 24sb Va,
wounded Maj. Hambriek, 24th Va, slightly
wounded. The fate Of L., Col. W. 5. Luce,
18Th Miss, is yet unknown; 81 the last voiisy
from the enemy be was sesn to fall and has
been missing since. Among the miss:ng Of this
regiment are Capt. r. Y. Brown, SOB of Ssaa
tor Brown, and Capt Sessions. 49,.
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mort OF her life in Yarkesdona, and never, since
che left the s.sge, has been coneidsrsd per
con whose sayings and dcipgs were Of inpnrt-
sncs on any sutjsct Bat the AtAsaepm IL
one OF the o.aeIee Of English literature. and il
is sad and Astounding to ses how rejadiee
and Ligo.ry can blind the eyss Ct those who
ought to bs instructors Of the people. Eng
lish abo!itioDism is the moa. rAaid, invsterats.
aud insensa.e Of al! aboIisionism. II Ia to
tally blind 20 the fac! that Eagland stoeked ihe
South and the whole world VITA slaves, forced
them npon the Sogth ia opposition to her re-
nnone.ranees, and never aboliahsd slavery till
che hoped by 40 doing, in the little island OF
Jamaica, TO rain the negro labor which she
had herself introduced into the United S.asss.
she ignores, what all the rest Of mankind
knows, that, whether 70 negro slaves, Coolies,
or Espoys, she has ever been the hardest r1as
ter Oh the planet. To thene things, which
ought to maks her at least charitable and tol-
Grant to thoss upon whom she forced slavery,
and who treattheir slaves bsttef than she did
shs seems perfectly insensible. She has useo
the slavery issue 10 break up the United States
and avenye herself for the Revolution and the
late war One would ,hiuk she might be sat.
isEsd Low with her work, but blood enough
hss not flowed yet. Well, ist her go ahead
and bug the negro 10 her heart, and hound on
the Yankee villains to their deeds of robbery
and rapine. The end is not yet Whichever
way ths war terminates, sha will not be the
gamer. She has offended the North MORALLY,
and, should the North succeed, there will be a
debt to pay which will bankrupt the prime
aaert Of this Exeter Hall war. Should the
North fail, which all enlightened Englishmsn
predict, the South will remember who it was
that prevented other nations from recognizing
her Independence, and give to Franee-cbival-
rio and generous France-every advantage for
obtaining the trade, commerce, snd manufac,
turss Of this country.
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RAID ON WYTHEvlLlE.
sha p lsirmish in the Street The Yankee
Field Offers Killed Several Hsusss Bars {
Retreat of The MaruuderS
Tho following official Dispatch was received
al the War Department Yesterday:

Tho following official Dispatch was rscsiyed
at the War Department. yesterday:
DuBLis, July l9. To Gen. s. Cooper: The
enemy---one regiment Of cavalry and parts Of
two regiments of IN fantry, about one thousand
stforg rode into Wythevills little before
sunset yesterday.
Almost st ths aapls instant two newly or
ganizsd companies and the employees Of this
plsea-in Ill about enc hundred and thirty
msn-with two field pieces. whom had dis
patched undsr Major T. NJ. Bowysr, BY tho
passenger traiu, arrived.
4 sfarp skirmish Immediately commenced
in the street, and continued about three. quar-
ters of an hoar, when Major Bowyer retired
with part or bis Iasn, aDd brought them cit
ia tho tr.:9. Capt. Oliver and two citizens
were killed, and Ileut Rosany badly wounded.
Ths enemy LOFT Col. Poland, commanding
the brigade, Que other Colonel, one MAJOR, and
seven sfivssas kiile.s ons L. Colonel, and
about - man wounded, ard ia cur hands. The
,wouudsd' | am il formed they lost every one
Of their field o:dc-rs. Tae command left
Wytheviis about r0 O'Clock lsst night, retreat
iug to wards T@zawell Court house.
Ii is' inst now reported they are coming
down Waikor's creek to this place. Ii they
retreat by the way they came they will pro.
baby te Intercepted and cut up.
men, waon, | s0ppose, they found it inconye-
nieat TO carry lit. Or course the parole, un.
der such circumstances, is worthless, under
thsir own order.
The damage to the railroad can be repaired
in au conr or go. The j,il, commissary aud
qnartermasisr s.orehouses, aud several pTi.
vats houses, were burned.
lSigned,) SAML JONES, Major Gen'l.
Dublin is in Pulaski conn.v, { n the Virginia
ana Tennessee IL .iiroad, % miles east Of
Wythsyiee]
SECOND bisEATCH.
LYscHsURG, Ju'y 2O--The following pYi-
vass dispatch was received last night =" Later
information leads to the conclusion that other
demonstrations sra threatened, and the force
at Wytheville was only a detacnmsnt from the
ni4in body, Advancing from other points. The
enemy carried of ons piece Of our artillery.
The parcled prisoners have arrived ct Wytho.
Ville'
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III. Yankee Raid On WytheviIle.

The repulse Of the Yankee brigade Of ma
~.otsrs st Wylheviiis, with the loss Of all
,h,;f .,sd officers, by 1870 n,en, was one Of the
,.ayt b.Illiaut little ssf.irs of the war. We
,.ooa il will have the effect Of stimulating the
.,-,ra,s Of oar people to meet thsseSrascals III
III. saus way whenever they come on their
plun.lsriog expeditions. Had similar spirit
hs.n rDapi tested by the population exposed to
Stone aaau 3 expedition, not man would have
escaped Men who go upon snch srrands ars
slssys 10 a state Of alarm, and can be put to
ron. BY the slightest sho " OF resistance. We
snuos bat hope that the example Of Wythe-
vIs vii! not be lost on the rest OF the State,
Oar loss waa very slight, in comparisoh with
inst of the enemy We trust that they may
vet lie intercepted and entirely annihiiated-
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FROM THE VALLEY.

We have comparatively little information
with reference 10 affairs i6the Valley region.
where the army Of Gen. Lee is now believed
t., be located We have assurances from those
who have lately arrived from Winchester tha.
tas condision of cur troops was never better
than a. present, and IL it should be the policy
Of the Yankee commander TO engage g sneraI
Lse, Ittls fear need be spprehsnded tor the
reault.
Tae passengers by the Central train las.
night do not confirm the report that the Fec
eral troops have crossed in f,rcs at Lsssburg
The opinion is expressed tha: nothing more
Anan the cavalry Of the enemy have ventured
TO the South side Of the Potomac.
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BALL The steamboat
Iberia started from Nav O.lssns recently on
a pleasure excursion with largo number Of
Yankee officers and ladies. The Co1federatss
were on shore aud gave her salute as she was
going up the river. A Yankee letter says:
At the time the Iberia was attacked, her
passengers (amone the Eumber several iadies)
wsre daucipg in the cabin. The CONSERVATION
when the first shot passed through the vesse!
is said to have bsen frishtfal. Regardless of
the screaming of the women and tie evident
fact that the boat WAS loaded with passengers,
the enemy continued to pour vollsy after vol
ley among the people. Although several balls
pa sssd through the clothes Of the passengers,
in all Of the firing, strange to cay, but Que
person was wounded.
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Mayors Coart.-A number of trivial cases
came before, aod were dispossd of by, his
Honor yesterday morning Michael Fiizgsr-
aid, breaking and sutering the house of Mary
complainant refused to appsar.-Osear, 8 free
negro, for using profane language ia the street,
was tiosged, sud then sat to work On the ba.
teiiss-Jobn Riley, for being drunk, was held
to bii.-Danisl Sullivan dsnnk and disorder
ly aad being a de.egter was handsd over to
tee Proves. .Mnsaal.-Henry ncNaulty druuk
aud assau!tipg d.. john Dove in the s.rast,
was committed in dafanit Of bail 20 answer an
indictment by tho Grand Jury.-M. u Sims, a
patient frem Camp Lee, drunk aad tsespsssing
Or Dr.. Burrows, Was sent to the Provost Sasr
shaf
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RErALIATloN.-"L lightning" writing from
McMnnvills to the Atlanta Con(ederacy, says:

Capt Davis, Of Morgan's brigade, with $50
men, crossed the Cumberland a few days ago,
and went within q lew miles Of Columbia,
KY, where he found a company of the enemy
strongly posted in q house, which Davis sur
rounded, and after a short but hotly contested
fight, succsedsd in capturing some 25 or 30 of
the enemy and about so horses The enemy e
loss in casualties was several sevsrely wound
ei. Capt Davis sncceedtd in rscapturing
nins of our men who were plisorers in tue
enemy's hands, having been captured near the
river the night before. The Yankees had
stripped our men OF their boots and ehoes aud
forced them to walk bare footed. Capt Davis,
learning this, ordered every faukse in his
hands served likewise, aud compelled them TO
walk to this point, nearly $50 miles. The
Yankees complained bitterly, bat it was only
".is for tat" and their complaints were not
listened to. This is one instance in which re-
taliatiou WAS metad ont to those deserving IL.
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G. $. Coa,t--Jadse Haiyb held ses-
sion of tbs Cours yesterday 10 hear {. hotea&
corpus case. The party interested was Joha
L Lane, 8 soldier, who has ia.eiy bac,ms u
mail contractor, ard. who is suing fer dis
ai contractors from military service. Gen.
q. w Randolph represented tbs e 5. Attas-
ney in Iis abss nee, and Judge Caskis ap-
pearad for Lane. Altar hearing elaborate
arguments, tas Judge took natil Thaysday to
examine the various acts Of Congress re'a.ivs
to exemptions. waan hs will give his decision.
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VOLUNTEERING IN GEORGIA FOR HOME DE
FENCE The volunteering in Georgia for
home defence is progressing with great ra-
pidity. The quota of troops required Of Cobb
county for local defence, under the Governor 3
call, has been filled, and = movement 10 on
foot to raise battalion. Banks county, says
tho Athens Banner, whose quota WAS oo mea,
has raised l25. Lumpkin county, whose quota
wss 80 msa. has raised 227. A. a meeting in
Atlanta, on Wednesday, the Contederaey say .
there were not less than 4,0UU people who
made their appearance, 2SOO Of whom were 10 2
line, Old men Of 70 and boys OF IA or 10
were there, all ready To do or die.
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TIE PEOPLE OF RICHMOND DURING THE
RAIDs-A correspondent of the Atlanta (Ga.)
appeal, writing from Richmond during the re-
cent raid or advance OF Gen. Dix on this city
has the following:
If the disembodied spirits of those who have
passed away fran rs have any cogniZanee 0:
what ia traHsscting III the sphere they once in
hatited, then may wa suppose that the de
parted patriots Of tha Revolution Of l776--the
l.ses, aud lieurys, and Wsshingtous, and the
noble array Of their coUpeers-l0Ca down ap
provintIy npon The scsues presented IN the
capital Of Virginia ,h;s "a day eff July, 1863
All tho stores ere closed. Even the Post o.!
tce has been emptisd of its clerks The haun's
of trade AKA hcshed, and the baua,s Of vice
and wieke0nsss are awed into dscornm. A
mora than Sahha,h stiffness reigns over the
whole city Everything sordid sesms to have
fade. e1. III the light Of p.trssis.a Every
thing vie has crapt away into the darkness il
lovers.
Yesterday morning the suEmona ams foI
all men capable of bearing :asma To sssmbie
without ioss of time, st ths places of rendez
vous that had been previously agreed upon
In less than an hour fioa the frat stroke o.
ths bell, Il forcs of several thousand men
fully equipped and ready for active service
we're in ine Ali classes of citizsns came for
ward The merchant left his desk, the lawye eI
pus aside his books, the judge laid down hii
papers, the divine deferred the completion oi
his next Sunday & sermon ito a more convent
ent season. one aud all taking up the trusty
mcskst and looking out tar bis company. Wa,
brings cut the u0blest qualities Of manhood
after ALL II induces tho most precious of al
Eacritieea, tia: of selHshnesa 1t was, indeed
q snbime spectacle, this prompt and cheerful
conaeoration of self and all material interests
to tns safety of The Confederate capital. No,
less beautiful was the calmness of The woneD
whose cheeks took no psllor from the solemt
toll IF the eienal bell, and who wsot to their
accustomed rest with a prayer for the protec
.ivn of their homes and hearths, prepared fol
a1y emergency that might sriss. There has
been no running OF from Richmond, 10 hnr
ried sending away Of valuables; in short, ne
thought of anything beyond the defence OF
the city a. all hazards, and to the last .ex
iremity
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RAID INTO NORTuCARO

RAID INTO NORTH CAROLINA.
Isis believed that the Yankees from the
coast have made another raid into North Caro-
lima. The wires, yesterday, between Weldon
and Wilmington, N. G., were cut by party of
the enemy, but at what point We could nos
iaarn
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Iatemp sespa steadily on the increase,
If We afs 70 judge by the naaber of drunken
inaassa Of ths two station houses every morn
ing Yesterday the Mayor tsd i've or six men
before him Tor bsing druak. aad ~ most Of
them wers soldiers no tarusd them over ~ the
Provost, tote disposed Of.
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BorS and Arr0ns.--Yes.srday morning, q
lad at play ON the Capitol Square. fired spiked
arrow, which paessd thropgh the bonnet Of .
lady, in el,ss proximity 70 her eyes. The little
fellow was very much alarmed at the naishap,
and breaaing up his bow, pro mised faithfully
never to Iss one again The polics have been
ordered to take pcsseseion Of all such play
things found in the streets, ard to take the
boye to the Mayor
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Intervention

g'ae New York World takes, In one
ssfse, the right view Of the intsrven'
ton question. The powers of Europe do
no. intend tha: the Union ever shali be re-
s:ored OF that Yankeedom may rect assured.
They may as well hope to zee Jerusalem re
built a.. the Old United States restored. We
are fully able to hold our own, and we will
never enbmt to any intervention which raisee
the question OF territory. We must have tSe
whole Coufedsracy. We ara able to make our
claim good, and We will do it. But were it
otherwise the powers of Europe are not going
TO let Yankeedom sutjagate us. Let the
World ho wi over that.
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DISTINGUISHED DocroRs.--Ths Prince OF
Wales and the Daks Of Newcastle have been
created Doctors of Civil Law I'd. G. Ii "
0xford. ORA Wales en1 Newcastle arc,
there fore, their perfectly correct sities when
they don't use any 0thers
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Haekatering.-J. b. Hayes was fined by the
Mayor yesterday for buying eggs IN the mar
ket pieces and s-iiing them at i's grocasy, Ca
Sncckoe Hill. The ordinances Of the Council
are dssigus,d TO prevent q fareetaliag" and
exter,ioL, bns thsy signaly fail Of their pur-
pose. Ssorss of men 10 ihis cry laake nousy
daily by specializing On tie necessities Of tbs
pct Die, al will continue TO do % as kong Is
money Ia more dear to them than home and
ennulry
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/ n, Movements Of the Federal Army Of the
IOt0Mac
l:PxslL nrsp ArcH 70 oTHsFIcaMosD Dl.PArcr

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, July 49,
The enemy in fprcs is reliably reported to have
crossed into L9udonn county, and ars making
demonstrations at Smokers Ferry, oa the She-
nandoah, and a. Sacksr's Gap.
Yesterday several hundred Yankee cavalry
advanced from the river to within four miles
of III Msrtiasbnrg, and wers driven back by
81 reg, ,me mt of our cavalry.
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Frem Gen. Lees rMy he ported Removal eR
Meade
WIscHEsTER, Jnly 20 -Al qnist to. day
Tbere-Ws.l slight cavalry skirmish near Mar.
tin sbarg yesterday.
IL ia rumorsd bat Gsa. Meade ha1 been su.
pereeded by Gen. Ssdxwick.
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Judge Lyons, owing to his impaired health.
caused by The ardaous labors OF his official D.
sision, Gid not commence his Jnly tsrn on yss-
tefday
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frem ehaylesssa ~ Assanls - D4taosy
wasxpg xs

CaARIEsros, Jaiy l9-Ths bombas1nent
OF E2x.ery Wagaer yesterday was tssstee.
+. .noai:oss, ths Ifs ngidss, ssvsa woeoea
.uabssss. and swo land ossasEiss maia1atae1 3
conesngfsssei IRE for elsvsn heure-
At dar. he snsmy, numbssiae ~ reel-
nesls, made tsssrmined alsark - ear
unsa ii o'clock r. H.. tAsy were lspnk1sd WiGn
heavy toss.
Oar toss IL sbsut ona hundred kiliod ~
woaaded The eusuy : . ssttaaaeA = aAesn
hnudsed-
We captured over two hud1ksA psiaeup i
irc'aai0g soms tisct tfsops snssgsd - sAAnp!
ssalt.
Ali qaiss y da1-hsfsies ~ -
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Yankee Prisoners YsstsFday morning $40
prisoners arrived In this city, Of who. l2a
were from Jackson, Miss, and the balance
from Geitysbarg.
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MoRros, Mss, Ja.y iS.-GsnA PsEbertou,
Sseysnson, Bowen, Boston, Smith, and Cum.
misgs, aud al! the field oihesrs eapsarsd ~
Vicssbusg, hsys been exchanged The mem
had ssragsisd ell over the counSsy. Cen
Bowen is lying dangerously III, aashis 70 Be
brought TO Ls.is.
Gen. J4ckson's cavalry has just retained
from Grams rear. IL captused md Destroyed
q train of 100 csnmissAsy wasona IL r.
ports au enormous fpree at Cantoa.
Grants arc crossed she river In heavy
foIce yesterday and i sowing % -
Mo,.en, where this discsteh 10 daAed, = s3
the Southern tAississippjl kilSoed, - naiea
from Yscksbnrg and q from Jackson
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Gen ychastoa's Retreat Grant PsFsning In
Heavy. Eef.e 49, Tae Vik,bufg Fusslod

MORTON, Mics, Jniy ls.-Gsn Johnston's
array ia sill! slowly falling back. Up 10
o'elGck Yesterday mono Of Grs ns's troops, sx-
river. Oar cavalry IL stismishing with theirs
beyond Brandon. Citizsns who eams out
since tbs evacuation Of jackson, cay that tho
e.,izana there hsd sent dag Of truce TO Graus
formally etAfendering the city. Grant ss.uFsd
them tnat private property would b rsrpaot-
ed. Thsir cavalry came in at O'Clock ana
took possession.
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GEN mK.nr .oK,ss THE POTOMAC.

The Baltimore Amerieaa, Of the evening Of
the I5.h, hss the folio wing account Of Gan
Meas.s cree siEg the Potomac:
We iearu from gentleman who lefs The
front LAT night that Generai Meade. iDmsdi.
Steiy on ascertaiEiug the es:ape Of l. ,e, put
tue whole army In motion tor ! nsw tase CT
operations calculated to check ths rebsl rstrest
ON its way to Richmond. Having the lamar
line OF movement, ke viii be able 70 secure All
tha m0uutaia passes on tbs Virgiaia sfes OF
the Potomac before ths enemy can ,eaesi n -
H,a arny Ia in iao eoHd i'm, and ready 10
follow rapidly. Ponsoons wese seioss the river
last sysniug, sid - haSa 10 deab. that biz
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hostile meeting between NJ. E 4 boi,..s 80
Nj. +. w. MsMahon In TIE sNts- . ~.
was used upon NJ p, who rscsivsS sc.ss
slight inj9rY in ,hs arm, aud q pissol shot -.
fred az Mr.. McNahon, which failed 70 NJ
feet.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-13
Rebel News.

FORTREss MONROE, November I2.-The
Richmond Wing of Nox. IL contains the
following:
CAGrIestOa, November 9.-slow firing
has been going on all day on Fort Sumter
So shots were fred from Battery Gregg
last night, ali directed at the southwest
angle. 60 rifle shots aud 25 mortar shells
were fired TO day, Of which missed. The
whole number Of shots fred ~ Sumter
during the bOmbardment is ,346, Of which
1900 struck.
One Monitor only was in the action To-
day. No casualties transpired.
ChGrIestOn, November lO.-The firing
from Gregg on Sumter to-day was ut in.
terVals Of bait an hour.
Two Monitors came up and ired 80 shots.
No new movements have been made.
The Confederate steamer Gornubia was
captured yesterday morning at Whining
ton, N. c., by the blOckadiDg squadron, as
she was coming in.
Joseph Z. BrOWR was inangurated Gov
ernOr Of Georgia on the 7th inst.
North Carolina election returns throw
Gaitter ahead Of Lander.
The Richmond Examiner admits a rebel
defeat on the RappahannOck. HOke's and
Hayes brigadss were captured.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-13
From Chattanooga.

CHATTANOOGA, Nov. l2.-AIl quiet in
and around chattanooga ei.
We have reliable intelligence from
Bragg's army up to A. 81, at which
time the rebel picket posts, Twelve men),
deserters to our lines arrived equipped.
DisafectiOn among rebels no longer con-
fued TO Kentucky aud Tennessee troops,
bat wide spread among others; our daily
receipts average from twelve to fourteen.
Hardee has been assigned 70 the COM
mand of Folks corps, and has relieved
LOngstreet on Lookout, the latter having
gone with 10000 troops, part of cavalry,
to East Tennessee; the balance, (eavalry),
gone TO IukH.
Oheathanl's and Stewards divisions have
returned. Bragg now has three full corps,
Hardee, Breckenridge and Burkner, &C, 900
men, o low estimate.
There was a report Of a duel detWeen
Lookout and MOccasiu Point batteries this
noon, our practice fine, several shells burst
ing directly over Point Lookout The re-
ply was vigorous, but no casualties.
Thirty days furIOugh has been granted
to Farmers Georgia State troops, to allow
them to SOW wheat. All quiet with Gen.
Hooker.