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oy throughout the entire Confederacy. Since the "evacuation" of their position at Pittsburg, they have diligently fortified Corinth, dug rifle pits, thrown up abattis of trees to impede the progress of Federal infantry and cavalry, and planted heavy guns upon the eminences by which Corinth is surrounded, and are confident of success. Our informant insists that the enemy's force at Corinth numbers fully 170,000 men, and are confident of running the "damned Yankees" from Tennessee. Captain Madison, of Clark county, Illinois, Siege Battery, is entitled to the honor of killing the rebel General Johnston. A shell from his 64 pounder exploded in front of a tree near which he was standing, and killed him and six of his Staff. [The concluding paragraph of the above is untrue] Will Beauregard fight again? An escaped prisoner thinks that Beauregard had about ninety thousand men. They were well armed, and from their appearance the best troops of the Southern army. Beaureg