The last impressment of importance is that of 500 barrels of flour purchased by the city of Wilmington, N. C., for the poor of that place. It was seized by Capt Myers, a commissary at Salisbury, N. C. News has been received at Marietta of the death of Capt. James M. Johnson and Lieut. A. F. Johnson, of Phillips's Legion, brothers and residents of that place, in one of the late fights at Knoxville. They were killed in four feet of each other. Capt. S. H. Hall, Captain of the Rome Light Guards, 8th Georgia regiment, was wounded in the fight at Knoxville on the 27th, and died the same day. Capt Moore's company, 3d N. C. cavalry, was gobbled up entire by the Yankees near Greenville, N. C., Wednesday night. Hon. John E. Ward, who has spent several months in Europe on financial business connected with the Government, returned through the blockade, and arrived in Savannah a few days ago. Gen. Joseph E. Johnson is now making Brandon, Miss., his headquarters.
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