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Great Pop-gun practice.--Toby is a high private in the First Regiment of the Mississippi army. His company is armed with the breech-loading Maynard rifle, warranted to shoot twelve times a minute, and carry a ball effectually 1,600 yards. Men who fought at Monterey and Buena Vista call the new-fangled thing a pop-gun. To test its efficacy, Toby's Captain told the men they must try their guns. In obedience to command, Toby procured the necessary munitions of war, and started with his popll; in fact, rather think it didn't. Mounted horse; rode back through the hole made by the bullet, but never told Captain a word about it; to tell the truth, was rather afraid he'd think it a hoax. It's a right big story, boys, said Toby, in conclusion; but it's true, sure as shooting. Nothing to do with Maynard rifle but load her up, turn her North, and pull trigger. If twenty of them don't clean out all Yankeedom, then I'm a liar, that's all. --The Intelligencer, (Oxford, Mississippi.)