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hree guns and a mortar, and are determined to capture and hold every Cincinnati steamboat till the arms belonging to Arkansas, and held in Cincinnati, are delivered up. Messrs. Quimby & Robinson yesterday made a shipment of a quantity of six-pound shot to Helena — the first shipment of ammunition of Memphis manufacture ever made.--In a few days they will be making shot and shell of all sizes. The cannon recently cast by them is getting along well. The Sappers and Miners, under Capt. Pickett, are progressing rapidly with their work at Fort Harris. One gun has already been mounted, and the remainder will be placed in position to-day — after which they will be engaged in a similar service elsewhere under Gen. Pillow. The Coahoma Invincible, from Friar's Point, Miss., reached the city last night, on the fast steamer Mary E. Keene. They are a fine looking military corps, and are to rendezvous at Corinth, Miss., at which point there will be 2,500 troops by this evening.--Th