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from want of food . The news has been happily confirmed by a despatch from General Cameron , transmitted by telegraph from Cairo , and received at the War-office . In this despatch , which is dated at Tauranga , General Cameron states that on the ofch and Oth of August there was a meeting between the Governor of New Zealand and the natives of Tauranga , who submitted

unconditionally to the Queen's authority , and placed their lands at the Governor's disposal . They were permitted to return to their lands , of which only a small portion will be confiscated . AMEEICA . — New York telegrams of tbe 1 st instant have been brought by the Arabia . They announce that General Grant ' s army had undertaken important operations both on the north and the south banks of the James river , though their precise scope and result are not yet very clear . It appears from Gen . Graut ' s reports that on the morning of the 29 th ult . General

Ord ' s corps advanced and carried the " strong fortifications of Chepin ' s Farm , " in which he took 15 guns and 200 prisoners . At the same time aviothev Federal division moved from Deep Bottom , and carried tbe entrenchments which defended the Newmarket Road , " scattering tbe enemy and taking a few prisoners . " This division afterwards advanced towards Rich

mond , and arrived at a place called Junction Hill . In a sub - sequent report , apparently furwarded on the evening of tho 30 th ultimo , General Grant stated that " the operations on the north side of the James river were successful . " He further added , as to his movements on the south bank , that on the 30 th ultimo General Warren's corps " carried the enemy ' s line on the right ,

and was following up its successes , " and that General Meade had " moved , from the left , and carried tbe enemy ' s lines near Poplar Grove , " while General Butler had " repulsed an attack on his line . " General Sheridan , whose victory at Fisher's Hill had given him 20 guns and 1 , 100 prisoners , had pushed his

pursuit of the Confederates up to the Shenandoah Valley ; and had reported that "he thought there never was an army so badly ¦ routed as that of General Early . " For several days no further despatches bad been received from General Sheridan , as guerillas in his rear bad captured his couriers ; hut the Southern papers stated that his cavalry had reached Staunton and Waynesborough , on tbe line of the Charlottesville Railway .

There was no fresh news from General Sherman ' s army , though there was a revival of a rumour , altogether unfounded , that the Government of Georgia had tendered General Sherman propositions of peace , and that Federal commissioners bad been sent to treat with the Georgian state authorities . The Confederate cavalry and light troops " were very actively employed

in harassing General Sherman's railway communications . A brigade under General Martin had torn up the railway track between Dalton and Atlanta , while General Forrest had taken the Federal garrison at Athens , had destroyed tbe railroad between Decatur and Athens , had captured two trains on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad , and had done more

or less damage on various parts of the railway . The Confederate General Price , who was aided by Generals Kirby . Smith and Shelby , had invaded the state of Missouri at the head of forces estimated at 30 , 000 men , and had advanced at least as far as Potosi . The invasion had caused great alarm at St . Louis , where the Federal authorities were preparing for the

defence of the city ; and General Rosecrans had issued a proclamation calling the Union people to arms , and had actually succeeded in raising 12 , 000 Missourian militia . The report of the capture of Mobile had been revived , but was disbelieved in New York , and was no doubt unfounded . It was announced by the Southern journals that General Beauregard had been appointed to tho chief command of the Confederate army in Georgia . Secretary Stanton had issued a circular , urging the

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people to promote enlistments , in order that General Sherman might be enabled to hold Atlanta and to advance further south . There had been immense and frequent fluctuations in the prices of gold and stocks at New York . New York telegrams of the 1 st inst . have also been brought b y the Hibernian . They contain some additional intelligence ,

though they only repeat tbe accounts already given by General Grant of his operations on both banks of the James riveradding , it is true , an unofficial statement that on the 29 fch ult . the Federal forces on the north side of the James river were within five miles of Richmond . General Sheridan had reported , apparently on the 23 rd ult . that he had pursued the defeated

Confederates to Port Republic ; that his cavalry bad " destroyed much property" at Staunton and Waynesborough , on the Charlottesville Railway ; and that General Early's army was said to be " demolished . " No official accounts had been received from him ; but tbe Richmond journals asserted that on the 2 Gth ult . General Sheridan unsuccessfully attacked General

Early at Broom ' s Gap , and thab General Early then re-assumed offensive , and drove the Federals back six miles to Port Republic , and it was believed across the Shenandoah river . Ifc bad been rumoured in New York that General Hood ' s army was in General Sherman ' s rear , and was interposed between him and

Chattanooga ; hut it was added that the Federal Government felt no apprehension concerning Sherman ' s communications . President Davis , in a speech made by him at Salisbury , in North Carolina , declared that although reverses had been ex perienced by the Confederates , the spirit of the Confederacy was unbroken , and it would yet wring peace and independence from a

bated foe . He vehemently urged all Southern men to join tbe array , and all Southern women "to marry no man who has shirked the duties of a soldier . " Captain Semmes , who commanded the Alabama during her eventful career , left Liverpool on Sunday in a ship called the Laurel , which cleared for Nassau , Havana , and Matamoras . The Laurel ' s cargo is said

to consist of munitions of war , and Captain Semmes is accompanied by eight officers and 100 men , most of whom , it is alleged , served under him in the Alabama . It is not pretended that the Laurel could act as a cruiser , but the report goes that she will meet at some convenient point a new and powerful steamer , called the Banger , to which she will transfer

Captain Semmes and his companions , as well as the , stores which she takes out with her . The Governor General' of Canada has summoned the Governors of the British American provinces to meet at Quebec during the present month , for the purpose of considering arrangements for a federation of the North American colonies .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

THE BAEOX BE COMIN . —We have received 7 * . on behalf of the Baron—whilst , at tbe same time , we have received communications relative to his past career which it will he necessary for us to inquire into . P . S . —Wo have no recollection of the question . B . B . —We believe not .

ADAW . —You may forward us the particulars of the case to which you allude , and we will make the proper inquiries . S . S . —We have no doubt on the subject . H . T . B . ( Suez ) . —The money order alluded to in our issue of September 17 th has come to hand , P . M . 's communication and the report of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire arrived too late for this week ' s issue , hut shall appear in our next .