Show WAR NEWS there haa baa not been much news of importance ta ace made public of late concerning the i ope operations r actions of the war there are no proba bili liili ties however of its having ended but on the contrary there are strong indications Indica tlona tiona th thattie atthe work of death and destruction is and has haa aa been going ahead a head as f abt fast aa as circum stances permit and axtens ve preparations are constantly making to keep up the belli greist erent operations for a along long time to come and many beem to be of the tha opinion that it is but litle little nearer its ita termination than it was in the oa on the of july general jim lane received authority from the president to enlist eol bol soldiers diers under tha the lat late law la lw 1 and having a preference prete rence recce for blacks blac ks he intended to raise two colored regiments and one white which 1 he thought C b he e should be able to da do in the Ir course lourse ot of three weeks after bis his arrival in kansas oe the enlistment ot PC recruits to constitute the I 1 increased force of the arm army y seems to be attended with some bome difficulty as men hesitate a little and do not mot readily in large numbers number f appear willing to place themselves in a po poi where the chances of a sate safe return to i their families and friends after the required a service shall shau have been performed perform edt are so precarious to encourage enlistments in philadelphia the city council on the he ait alt ap r apri i abed half halt a million of dollars for bounties of off yorty forty and fifty dollars to each man who 1 volun cerp eer till tilt the compliment apportion 1 J t that cily cly be obtained it was reported by col scott recently returned to new york from new orleans whit whither hen ber we vre had been en cil business connected with I 1 the post office department that bat the I 1 or alty of bf the citizens there notwithstanding alil aill all ali that has been said about the preference of the kaany for the old union is not of the first order and but for the rigid course pursued by general butler butier Bj llen ller the federal troops would soon bare lave to abandon the place I 1 guerrillas err illas ilias were at latest dates 0 as numerous nu mer as ever along the mississippi river between the mouth oe of the ohio and vicksburg the steamer which arrived at cairo on the ia is reported to have been fired into in passin passing brincton Princ ton bend above vicksburg from rom the cast side of 0 therber the river by cannon and nus musketry aus ketry and was waa hit bit about sixty times principally by musket baila balla one oae shell burst directly under her boiler j on the 22 i of july ss as reported a confederate force entered florence Ai alabama and hurn burned burn edail edall ait alt the warehouses containing army stores and rind all the cotton they could end find in tsie trie country chickasaw and waterloo were similarly Elmi Jarly visited they aiso also captured a small detachment of gen mitchells mitchella chella army another party made a descent leykand on and ald captured a large wagon trains train near lata IAta burgh landing 7 loaded with government sj orca abare A arge arce guerrilla gu irrilla force is reported to have save al tracked tacked the theah ia h ohio guarding the tho th ilem liem mem nem pl ab is Ls and end chaj Chas charleston leston railroad near decatur c on the tha killed some sonie forty men and tore 41 lis ch R the track as they had time to do 46 it t w is baid said however that the road auld ci uld and would toonie put in running order again A skirmish was also reported to have hav hal e occurred at bolivar tenn on the between a confederate foce and ibe the federal army sla eta there the federals federal it was alleged alleg ed had haj evac erac evacuated mated grand junction and the confederates f AP orates were their immediate irim successors in the ghe aup acy of that imp point sever I 1 al successes in in that ty ard in K stucky and tennessen Tennes Tennee sep boe are art reported but bub ut no decisive action acion had been fought tiie 1161 most ost perfect 1 t kii kli iriente iii sence bence ence ente ts Is observed in relation leibe to the mo lembs B of the army now BOW u lder of ant act t A large force frieu under ilder general kin king it is announced left fredericksburg va on the proceeded in the direction of gordonsville Gord onsville and advanced to within a short distance of orange court house which was occupied by a superior force and which induced gen king to retire the en ene 1 i my holy pursuing but the federals dexterously succeeded in effecting their esc pe without I 1 lossa loss which the confederates could not boast of as they suffered sever bever severely beverely elj the headquarters of the army of the poto roto i mac were at latest dates date at or near harrisons landing no advance had been made towards richmond lUch mond and io iio movement of the hinl kini was expected for some weeks both armies were represented as a being constantly increasing in numbers and of the two the I 1 confederates crates seemed not to be as stationary as the federal federate the ibe movements of the latter I 1 however were k pt secret no civilian reporter or scribe of any kind being allowed to enter their encampments encamp ments A good report of the doings of the army of ot the he potomac may however be expected before he the winter solstice |