WASHINGTON, May 4.
The War Department has received advices from Gen. Halleck,
which indicate that important events will take place in the neighborhood of
Corinth in two or three days.
This is authority for stating that there is not a shadow of
foundation for the rumor of French intervention for an armistice with the
rebels.
WASHINGTON, May 4.
The U. S. steamer Mercidita, on the 27th ult., near Hole in
Wall, captured steamer Bermuda, having 4,200 pounds powder, seven field
carriages, a number of cannon, swords, pistols, shells, fuses, cartridges, saltpeter,
saddles, tin, &c. She was taken to
Philadelphia for adjudication.
After the 1st of June all letters mailed in the U. S. for
Nova Scotia will be required pre-payment of postage.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, May 6, 1862, p. 2
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