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Trihen for tie Pres:
Grown Old.
sOf en- ! think OF the b, au iful town
That Is s ed by the
ofe thonl h go up a, d d. wn
line p at stIees hat aear d town
my youth comes back TO me
L3nafs.ior.
OF otiu IN, SO emo cred streets,
Mt in tue r. stless
Not from tis far oilsianos.
Err comes ny youth 10 mo.
o! noblesi poet ofiIe brain,
Loved p ct o. the cart,
Not O. II thy magic minsireisy
Ca. bid mye es DEPART
For cares aud grief, have brought il,
And not tie eIeei ing years;
The chesss that Tim hath left unmarked,
Are wora with many tears
But here Is auii nj oi Y,
Whose sprss 500 shal see,
Where al. ealth's wrons gifted,
Aud my youth will me 10 me.
NEW GLouo STIR. 1884.
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CODartnersI.iD.

THNHE undersigned have this day formed copart-
nership under the firm style Of STUART & Co,
and viii continue the Stove and Furnace business
all branches at the old stand, NJ. III Middle
street: CHARLES II. STUART,
Jan2l dtf ID. r. STEVENS
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POETRY.
Writtsn for the Press.
Tie FftSg,
might Have Been"

Written for the Ffess.
ssMight Have Been"
With heart that wanders backward
To happy days gone by,
And sitting In this hauAted room,
With memory's misty eye,
Ising my sweet babes cradle song
AID aream what might have been,
The mother s crown is on my brow,
10 love thee n4ic were SIM
Thy loftincss ofheart and soul
Is not my strength and guide,
may not walk the upward path
serenely by thy side
As mi sht have been, perchance,
Searching my heart Within,
walk Ia darkness and Ia ears,
To love thee now were snl
We go alas! dive ging pats.
Aud hou hast other friends,
Thy soui sha / way the mass of men
To its own nobl ends
And sh who th heart, .hall hold,
great mans brilliant f.te.-
Iwaik a wea y way alsue,
Nv waking cane To- latel b.
NEw GLDt Cast Il, is l.
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MEDICAL.
Elixir! lixir
DIR. WRIGHT'S
REJUVENATING ELIXIR!
OR, ESSENCE OF LIFE.

OR, ESSENCE OF LIFE.
PREPARED PROM PURE VEGETABLE EXTRACTS,
CONTAINING NOTHING INJURIOUS TO THE
MOST DELICATE.
VyHE Rejuvenatng Elixir is the result of modern
n discoveries in the vegetable kingdom, being an
entirely and abstract method of cure, irrespec.
tive of all the old and WORKOUT systems.
This medicine has been tested by the most emf.
nent medical men of the day, andby them pronounc-
ed to be OF the greatest medical discoveries Of
the age.
One bottle will cure General Debility.
A few doses cure Mysteries in females.
One bottle cures Palpitation of the Heart.
A few doses restore the organs of generation.
From one to three bottles restores the manliness
and full vigor of youth.
A few doses restore the appetite.
Three bottles cure the worst case of Impotency.
few doses euro the low-spirited
One bottle restores mental power
A few doses bring the rose to the cheek.
This medicine restores to manly vigor and robust
health the poor, debilitated, worn.down, and de-
sparing devotee of sensual pleasure.
The listless, eneryated youth, the overtasked men
Of business, the victim OF nervous depression, the
Individual suferingfro general debility, or from
weakness of a SINCE organ. will all find immediate
and permanent relief by the Of this Elixir or Es
seDce of Life.
dIoIs % per bottle, or three bottles for SIS, and
forwarded by Express receipt of money to any
address.
Sold by all Druggists everywhere.
DIR. w. R. MERwIN & Co.,
SOLE PROPRIEToRs,
No. SO Lberty-st., New York.
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They cure or obviate those numerous diseases that
spring from irreguarity, by removing the irregular
ity itself.
They cure Suppressed, Excessive and Painful Men
situation.
They cure Green Sickness lChlorosis).
They cure Nervous and Spinal Affections, pains in
the back and lower parts of the body, Heaviness.
Fatigue on slight exertion. Papiaton of the Heart
Lowness of Spirits. Hysteria, Sick Headache, Cid
diness, etc.. etc. In word, by removing the Irreg
ularity they remove the cause, and with II the
effects that spring from it.
Composed of simple vegetable extracts, they con-
tain nothing deleterious to any constitution, how
ever delcate-their function being TO substitute
strength for weakness, which, when properly used,
they never fail to do
All letters seeking information advice viii be
promptly. freely and discreetly answered.
Full directions accompany each box.
Price 81 per box, six boxes for So.
Sent BY mail. free of postage on receipt of price,
Sold by all respectable Druggists.
DR.. w. r. MERWIN & Co.,
SOLE PRoPRIEToRs.
No. 90 Liberty-s... New York.
feb6eodaeowly
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STEAMBOATS,.
International Steamship Company.
FIR ST RIP
PASSPORT and st. John, N. Ii.

- The superior sea-going Steamer
~ INV BRUNSWICK" Capt f.
b. Winchester will leave Railroad
s-rz=szzS--zzSE Wharf. foot of State Street Tor
asipoft -su et John, N. Is every Monday at 6
O'Clock 7. NJ, EN- and after March eth, unti fur
ther notice.
Returning, she wi leave st John for Eastport
Portland snd roston every Thursday morning
Al freight for ST. Andrews and CALAIS will 20 from
Ia tport by ailing els for the present.
Freight received up TO o'cloc +. NJ MONDAYS
feblO DIN e. G. EATON, Agent
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MORE TESTIMONIALS +!
O
n r s. MANCHE STER


Isconstantly receiving unsolicited testimonials Of
the astonishing cures performed by her. Among
many recently received are the following which are
commended to the notice of the afflicted. Mrs Man
chester may be consulted at
No.Il Clapp's Block, Room No. 6.
A CASE OF SPINAL DISEASE CURED
This is to certify that went to see Mrs. Manches-
ter last March with daughter Of mine troubled with
spinal disease. for which she had been doctored for
i've years, and BY q number of physicians Of all
kinds; and she has had twenty-one applications Of
electricity applied, but all to effect but she conl
tinuaily grew worse. came to the conclusion, IS
the last resort, to 60 and Mrs Manchester, and
did SOL and to my great surprise she told the Hrst
OF the disease, and how she had been from time
to time, which encouraged me to try her medicines.
Ididso. and now my daughter is able to be around
the house all of the time She also rides ten If
teen miles without any trouble Inconvenience and
think in short time che will be restored to perfect
health. Since my daughter has been doctoring.
have heard of great many cases that Mrs. Manehss
ter has cured. think If any person deserves pat
ronage it Ia the one who tries to preserve the health
Of the sick and suffering; and know that she uses
every effort which lies in her power to benefit her
patents. SARAH L. KNIGHTS,
GHoRaE KNIGHTS,
ABBY e. KNIGHTS,
EMMA KNIGHTS.
Brsnsscsek, Maine, Aagnst STA.
ONE OF THE GREATEST CURES on RECORD.
MRS. MASoHnrKR-De0r Madam Thinking .
statement Of my case may be Of service to others
similarly afflicted hasten to give il to you.
This is briefly my easel was taken sck about IS
months ago with the Liver Complaint in very bad
form. applied to four different ply scians. bat
ceived no benefit until called you. At that time
had given up business. and was in very bad state
but after taking your medicine for short time be-
gan to recover. and In two months was entirely
well. and had gained several pounds of flesh. and
truly say that BY your skill am perfectly heal
by man JoszPH DAVIS.
Rosfoa MaiRs D<pof PorflnEd Ne
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RAILROADS.
York a. Cumberland Railroad.
WINTER ARRANGEMENTS

The l5O z NJ train out and the 600 A. NJ. train
into Portland will be Freight Trains with Passenger
Cars attached.
Fares cents less when tickets are purchased at
the office than when paid in the cars.
Oct ". 1853. dtf DAN CARPENTER, Sup't.
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a German i,urnal .sives the f,.owug az
count of the ei;sa .reeable consequences after,
ling practical joke;
a young student of the University o,
Prague. Baron Charles de klavers berg, when
on his way to vienna towards the end of las
month, stopped for the night at the Biark
Easle Hotel. in the small town of Ares. dt
near Banzisn, in Bohemia. Having been ye-
quested by the LANDLORD TO inscribe his nane
on f;ie Travellers register, the young gentle
man ha.. ,,'e inputierice 10 write i. the col
nian headed ''abjact- Of jonrary,' the words.
St blew n1' : brains The landlord
oi hon. r..-4j { = tf .-e Bsror: had s~-:4ser,
sent Tbs i"tk On es,> Ht.~ro:fs..te ~ Tie
evening. = confcr,niE "iti' tie t..iiae re,iis
items. abnIt t.n o'.luek after the traveller
had gone TO he'd, soldier entere;i bis room
drew his sabre and sat down in chair oy
the bedside. On the Baroai'5 asking the rea-
son of this intrusion, the soldiers replied, IL
am sent to keep watch over you, and shall be
replaced in two hours ty one of my comrades,
who will be succeeded by others till ten
o'clock IN the morning, when you viii, be
sl,sn 70 3 ri en-"
Asehe soldier had said. tie young ba son
vas ncxf rnor:lng put inIo {. cart as-c ms
taken Banzlan, V here hy order Of the
director of the police, he WAS exau1ingu by
TWO physicians who declared THAI he was
not insane He vas, nevertheless. Constantly
watched by sentences, one of wlaome, in an
Swer to his inquiry why he was thus treated
as criminal, Said: Because you declared
your intention to Kill yourself, and his mag
nificcncelsiene azsaain:ricenz) the burgomaster
has forbidden suicide under any pretext what
ever. In spite fall the Baron could say in
exp ianation of his joke, he was detained IN
'close custody and in due time brought t.
trial on the charge Of writing what was i'm
moral in public register. The tribunal de-
clared the offence fully established, and con-
Iemned the accused to months ,mnrisnn
inent, a fine of 20of. (2f So. eac'1), with a
the exPen-es attending his arrest, custody
and trial
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A NoyE:. ftoDs eF. o.'lEcr!.,:s WIFE =
The Paris cores a.onie.it O; tho Lp,.d;,n
fines tsr II, date II No..s.loer l5sl, writes:
The count de al livel in style of
single and Independent ole;setllesS. H was
vet Young. very ieI,. and V as surrounded by
every thing thai could give enjoyment to liIe
except wife. He had frequently thou g;.t
Of becoming a husband. but always declared
of before the iinot was tied
Once. however, he iountl himself very nearly
committing the ioil4- of natr.nony \ young
pef.aoa. the daughter Of one Of is friends
loleas- Iiiss,; her f,rtune bivase ilin 10: less,
Drrl!al-s. .}g.a ;tt perntv aud <ccrnlpli =
u,ents ald t.t*-a s-sr6 ather reasons + ION
iver}irnce. ~ 70 :assify tfsc.ni.r,. Ire Count
=. h. ,,aI frequently 4nado he ,ir>5 step t.
wards 5aetrisaans-. hut as freq lentiy eira"
b OK had n"t. Jet decided upon t.,e course he
shouli adopt II t'iis case; he had promised
The friends of the lady repeatedly, but he had
4nade no sign Of Performance. ais future
mother, howeyeF, knowing his weakness in
this respect, rt-snssed TO bring matters to a
terrninaton, and therefore demanded Of the
'o,tnt whether h you,ti No;s'i not marry
her .tau-ht,r, az .ecuestet! IL i:n.iieula, e
reply 'ii,>. Caa.; if.,1 q i 1seis ii: gret !,
e:11barrass,nent.i II this n.onlent hi- fears
AMI .a~itatio rfsur:ce. with more force than
ever, tseaa.s - tie consequences 20
give up his cfie-isi. habits ri b..cheior.iood,
! Ile found was hard; il ~w.s almost Impossible
to aban3oa them. Inth,s emergency be re-
solved TO appeal to chaace. He wrote TWO
letters in the one be accepted tue hand OF the
youns lady, in the othor he refused It. He
then put them into a hat and called his ser
yant. "T.i1e one Of these letters said he
''and carry it to the Chateau de-
+ "W tich, sirs"
i (which Won nIease',
The servant chose letter. The count
burnt tue other without opening It. A dis
tance OF ten leagues separtcd the.two cha
teaus The domestic must be absent tWen-
~ four hours; twenty fous hours must o,apse
before the Count could know his fate His
situation is anything but agreeable; he knows
not during twenty-our hours whether he is
q married mal or single one whether he
has still the power to dispose Of himself, o1
whether he is already disposed OF.
! I he domestic returned; he carried the
letter of acceptation, and ii. de II IT
even at this time the happiess husband "a
this par O! the couS5.y.
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AL ACCOUNTED FoR.-Of the one hundred
and nre runaway Federal officers from the
Libby prison, some two or three weeks since,
all of them have at last been accounted for.
Sixty-five have been re-a-rested and brought
back, while according to our Northern ad
vices, forty-four have arrived safely in the
Yankee lines.
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THE RICHMOND Dispatch says-It is un-
derstood that the fag-of-truce boat, which ar
no proposition from the Federal authorities
for an exchaing of prisoners. A number of
passengers came up on the boat, among
them twenty-five ladies' hom Norfolk.
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8 He who giveth to the poor !endeth to the
Lord. T" From the misere y manner in which
charity is d0led out, we infer that the world
is not satisfied with the security.
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e e = g & e a x A Z 9.


Entered according to Act of Congress in the
year 1865 by J. S. Thrasher, iu the Clerks ONCE
of the District Court of the Confederate States,
for the Northern District OF Georgia
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Ills Excel .}uI0n = Vance El,lcn,nI,a
i;arern, 0A'''0
"oI Dar. mos >-oetI,,,,,+o-, 49,,
t.ftla W.. '01'
t:atfIe. .Ir An.c, pci,sta Ca
~
jJr i lWard Warren. Cbovan c,,rofo, Canu
Jonathan lFort, ftsr,, 'pl %. ,9t.'Se.
Curtis II Ero.r len W>,app ,n'ntr,l ~ q
Samuel T PhTil:ns 9~2or, ,iili;t11 tiu''0''
E,anozer EnlInons. GtaI6 q nIapi1t
Oliver II !I,ryv walk c41Ia ij7~,;
Major General !, {, Et,t; ~; -;
General
Captain William & Cnlialz R.,.,fa~{ Paw
La4s4er. ~
Captain Thomas y IYogr WAL. f7on,,5sorrs
ana Ordnance Officer.
Ctp'aia James Sloan. Griltord. Onartcr,o aston
Captafn Henry Dowd. EI"eonl,e Do
James II iFoote. Ircdclis Ass,t sIit Con
Rolf Of iIouors
William 4 Graham. Jr.. Or,ngo Ass,t .d,-t
General.
Lieut. foh, r Noat,,o WI, =. a..
General >-'''
Lieut.. Thomas Il hite Franklin AZ. Onartor-
master.
EsssscS-as
e.,.7,,,.,,,, c.,
Yaal,in Cb7of 10y Wii''! uiioiu VI carson
0ry,u,rn ,,,I h,,.'i;i, H!i'lHh Il battie'
Jf!4,,s <.t - - - = Vi olaSeh
craI. Ramiltan - D., Gen
1,;7,.,n,; :, -, ., i.Spol'et
iI \; olfrh. lHeets II thls city
'Fbn ,I.r,,,t t. - ofte e.ch ~
SrrlTnr, (n,nrs 1ev'i u'31 y
punleor,I i{cm,,i', a, ',.., = '1
y Ucatfb ftoy.n 49, : - " d. l'oo
Jumes " q. Q.hornn = I!'.". ~
ara Wi,n, niI : - i.,*s 'feIs - ,,, IS NV
William II Shinns IJcnIorol, '''' '''0
SoLr.Iroqs ~ - f!ir,,,;f To"cor 1-,4os H..
Cd, ., :, - "'t, }essto ateS, ttrt
Crcn;f ~ !, = ,.'I'es |iaik NfsVef; I'
~, 1.,,,. : wake Attorney t'eh-
S+h ~;...,;+ no'll' ~ 1et, S"alh
.irc,.ft y ,iat D".i'on, Su'f oei AM ".n
~. ,"'I,' I t1l!HaeLd AadFin. IA Cir
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4 NEW ALABAAA.-He have information
which leads us to believe that another swift
heeled steamer, armed and equipped for her
peculiar vocation, has made her escape from
British clutches, and is by this time playing
havoc among the Yankee merchantmen. She
is said to be under the coE.mend Of Captain
North, with Capt. Hamilton, of this State
familiarly known as Jack Hamilton, as first
Lscstenant. The latter, we believe, went to
england to take charge of the Alexandra,
when she should be ready for sea, but finding
probably that he still further delayed by the
qnibules of Engslish and Yankee diplomacy,
has started forth in ti,isnew enterprise. raorc
gallan; brace ofspirits is not afoat than North
and Hamilton, and if they have craft worthy
of them, we doubt not that ere long we shall
hear New York, Gideon Welies, and his
horse marine bowling with new rage 1t the
exploits of ''another Southern pirate.'
South Cur0lin;dn
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PARDoNs BY THE ExscUr1vB.-Since the in
|auguration of Gen. William Snith as Cover
nor of Virginia, a little over forty days ago,
he has pardcned out from tho pen'tent'ary
sixty.five convIcs. This number exceeds one
for every day since he entered upon the du-
ties Of his Office. -" H'
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How THEY Coz H1M.-A fellow was brought
into the coneript Office the other day who
pretendel to be totally leaf They tried all
sorts of sudden and unexpected noises on him
all to no purpose Just as they were about
to dismiss him new plan occurred to one Of
the examining board: He took two silver
fquarters in his hand and ratified them be-
bird him No sooner was the sound made
than the fellow turned around and exclaimed,
6 I'll give ye ten dollars fur them!'
Nacon Oar7e1eratc.
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GEN. ConB's WsA.rH AND LlaERAL1rr.-We e
see it is stated, says Georgia contemporary,
that General Cobb proposes, III his speech at
Americus, to sell to the Government 90, 900
pounds of bacon and 10000 bushels Of corn
at whatever price the government might put
upon it; also 10000 pounds Of bacon at %
cents, to soldiers families of Sumter, and 40
900 bushels of corn at 50 cents per bushcl,
to the soldiers families in the same county.
We had no idea before that General Cobb
was such large planter, 900 pounds Of
bacon and $4,000 bushels of corn, above the
Of his plantation, is a large
amount, and shoHs that the geneFal's pro-
vision corp, including what he has to,~keep
and what he has to spare, is tremendous )"
Thirty Thousand pounds of bacon, if net now,
soon would command $1,000 Eighty
Thousand bushels Of corn will bring in the
market S4u0, 900. Here, then, Gen. Cobb
has half mil ION dollars worth Of provision,
which he is, willing to let the government
and soldiers families have for about $50
OO0-thus gives away $3.50, 900 sat one clip
Ii the General or his overseers have made nc
mistake in gauging his smoke-house and Corr
cribs, his liherality is without parallel
His crop, too. -rnkst be without parallel
tor, allowing him to keep Oh hand just the
same quantity of provisions which he PR.
poses almost to give away, bis provision crop
is worth one million of dollars, and j
whole property must amount to five or lei
millions.
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FROM mEAD,s ARMY.

ORANGE G. H., Feb. 25.-Deserters who
enemy sending their sick to Washington, pre-
paratory to a. forward movement. 1t is also
reported on the contrary. that the enemy is
fortifying as if expecting us to attack. They
have received no reinforcements lately.
LATER FROM THE WEST.
B@mbardsnent Of Fort Powell,
MOBILE, Feo. 23.-The enemy opened fire on Ft.
Powell at half past ten o'clock: A dispatch this
evening ssys: Six mortar and four gun boats shell
led all DAY, and fred Ave hundred and four shots
Eo casualties and damage done
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ANNECDoTE OF GEN. WIsE.-We heard a
day or two ago, says the Petersburg Express,
good story told upon Gen. Wise. which we
believe has never been in print. Whilst en-
canped on the Peninsula he ono day was
riding along some read III the vicinity ofhis
quarters, and came upon one Of his wagons
which was fast stalled. The driver was a
white man. Upon seeing this spectacle he
said: :'ttere Is a fine wagon and team 60
ing to destruction for want of driver
The latter, fixing his eye upon the General,
insanity retorted: "Yes, and here is a very
fire brigade, too, gong to destruction fol
want of "a asBrigadier.' The General soon re-
'sumed his journey at a quickened pace.
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N4s CURE FOR SMALLPox.-To the Editor
+ + he Evening Mail, Lo:'s'on, England, !.
Sir; 4
Some tiase ago, seerg paper written ny
Assistant Surgeon lies, Of the Royal Artlii-
cry, tue efficacy If the North AInerean
plant, called the sorGcen la paaI,uTeG or pitcher
plant, in the treatment of small pox among
the Indians my colleague Mr.. Agnis) and
myself have given ti,is remedy, which has
been imported into this country by Dr.. Mics,
Ia tair trial, and I am happy to say the eleven
peculiar influence.
Thisrernedy consider boon to the pub
lie, for this rason--it is SO easily managed
any one can make a decoction OF infusion of
the root, like tea.
An ounce of re root Is sliced and infused
il g quart Of water and allowed to simmer
7vil to = pint and 9 zen in two tablespoon
fu! tose every few hours, while the patient
is well nour;shed with beef tea and arrow
root Fon1, ,ef N cases in NV hospital have
means where thsta.sad, face mad neck are
swollen Into " r,lses-shapen mass, and the pus-
tues thicklY running into each other0 they
have. throug ghout thc disease, all been perfect
ly sensible, have hal excellent appetite $,
, been free from pain, and have never felt weak.
| The effects Of this medicine, which | have
carefully watched, seemed to arrest the
dev elopmcnt Of the pustu!es, killing, as it
we're, the virus from within, there by chang
ing the character of the disease aud doing
away with the cause of parting Gf may SO
express myself to the unnijiatedD and thus
avoiding the necessity of gutta percha and
India rubber applications, or Of opeaing the
pustues. In my opinion. all anticipa:ions
of Disagreement from pitting may now be
caln,ed, if this medicine is given from the
comm sncemeent of the disease.
Before leaving this subject, I m.y here
caution the public that the useful part of he
plant is its root, as recommended by Dr..
Miles 18th the usual kindness of DR.. Glib
son, the Director General, have b. en- amply
supplied with it fer the use of our regiment
So much am impressed with the efficacy
of it in small FOX ever the old mode of treat
ment, that hope to hear Of it in every coun-
try gentlemen's medicine chest and before
long that we shall see no more faces, as
described fly Dickins, like the interior su
faces Of sliced mullins
l am Sir, yours faithfully.
(SisneD Cosmo G. Logic,
surgeon Maj. Royal Horse Guards, (Blue. }
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Highly Important from the West
Forrest Engages the Enemy.

RICHMOND, Feb. 25 Official telegram
from Gen. Polk transmitting a dispatch from
Major General Lee dated Starkesville, Missis-
sippi 23rd, received this afternoon. Lee says
that Gen. Forrest reports severe fighting all
day yesterday, ten miles south of Pontotic.
Forty OF the enemy were killed, and one
hundred captured. Our loss not so heavy.
We also captured four or Eve pieces Of artill-
cry. Fighting commenced near Okalona,
late this evening; the enemy was forced to
make repeated stands to hold us in check, and
save their pack mules from being stampeded.
Tho fight closed with grand cavalry charge
By the enenys whole force. We repulsed
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tE,e1a ".t4 1saa- loss, completely routing
,,.sta
10 Enquirer this morning states editori-
ally that the assignment of General Bragg to
duty at the seat of government under the
approved of Generals Cooper, Lee, Johnston
and Reauregard, all his superiors in rank.