The Cosmopolitan Press says everything seems to be quiescent in the South just uow, as both the insurgents and Imperialists to have mutually agreed to defer hostilities during the warm months and enjoy the dolce far niente at the expense of the country, The Satsuma folk, however, seem alive to the wants of the inner man, aa we hear that they send outs to watch the approach of any ships coming towards the coast in their neighborhood, and then sally out in force and appro-Rave been landed for the tne of the troops, and isto all the provisions and ammunition that then retire to the mountains in Hiuga where they are impregnably entrenched.
ists are in fact bunting a will-of-the their chase after Saigo; he seems to be ubiquitous, and his forces spring up like mushrooms, where none are supposed to exist, They are, however, quiet now, and the Imperial troops will have become considerably strengthened for the antamn campaign, On going to. press, however, we bear that heavy skirmishing has taken place in the provinces of Hiuga, Bungo and near Kag shima, and that the whereabouts of Saigo are unknown, The Mail says it is now pretty clear that Saigo is at Takahara in Bungo, while Kirino and Ki re at Miyazaki in Hinga, making every preparation for a desperate defence, The port of Zadza (?) has been thoroughly fortified by the insurgents. There seems to be a general feeling gaining ground that the worst will be over in a few weeks, and the Government is industriously spreading reports to the effect that the insurgents are disheartened; that they are defeated at every point; that Saigo has committed suicide, and so forth. Such rumours are not to be credited for a moment. 'That the war may come to a termination within a short jerled we sincerely trust, but it will not by auuibilation' of the Satsuma forces that it will be brought to an end. Any. who reads attentively even the most flattering accounts of Imperial successes in the native papers will see that in the so-called engagements, although they retreat from point to point, the insurgents suffer no Joss worth mentioning. Every effort is being made the Government to bring Saigo to terms, wen at this late hour to effect a compro ud "prevent further bloodshed. information gives full warrant for
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