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ear prospect of a battle. All quiet. The Massachusetts 16th had a severe skirmish with the rebels at Fair Oaks on the 18th inst. Loss, 17 killed, 25 wounded, 14 missing. The rebels were driven back one mile, with double the loss of that sustained by the Massachusetts boys. [A Yankee lie.] The Massachusetts 16th is the largest regiment on the Peninsula. Memphis, June 21.--Reports say that 5,000 Federal troops, with gunboats and transports, leave Baton Rouge on Friday for Vicksburg. Col. Slack, who still commands at Memphis, has issued an order requiring the Board of Aldermen, Mayor, Recorder, and all other city officials, to take the oath of allegiance within three days. Failing to do so, they will be arrested and treated as traitors. The Government is repairing the roads from Memphis to Cairo. Chicago, June 23.--A telegram from Cairo says that Gen. Hindman is among the prisoners taken at White river, Arkansas. The Herald, relying solely upon "rebel" accounts, cl