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Bask's operations at Port Hadeen.

Summit, June 13.
--A gentleman from Woodville reports Banks fortifying on Thompson's Creek, northwest of Port Hudson. He is planting heavy siege guns. Banks has mustered out several regiments. Sherman's left arm (leg?) has been amputated.

Jackson, June 13.--An officer just from Natches reports the gunboat Arizona aground on the bar, four miles below Natchesz, on the 11th. The river had fallen three feet since. He also confirms the sinking of the Essex and two boats at Port Hudson.

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