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is well supplied with the necessaries of life, but their spirits are not as sanguine as might be required. Those six thousand troops are all veterans.--Their discipline is described as perfect. The general feeling in the city up to the 8th of January was that a stern defence would be made. General Maury had remarked that, even if the place were surrounded by a network of the Union army, he could still hold fast for at least two months. The rebel commander, however, is confident that it wed. This looks as if the rebels did not have very strong hopes of holding the city. In case of evacuation, they do not think it prudent to leave the cotton after them for the benefit of Uncle Sam. Our news from Mobile dates on the 8th of January. From reports which reached us on Monday last, it would appear that the city was evacuated on or previous to the 16th of January. The ordnance, ammunition, provisions, &c., were being transported to Selma, and the inhabitants were fleeing for