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We give below some additional extracts from Northern papers of the 7th:

A dispatch from Washington of the 6th says.

‘ It is assorted here, in well-informed Republican circles, that General Fremont will withdraw his name from the presidential contest within ten days. It is also stated that Hon. B. F. Wade is shortly to take the stump for the Baltimore nominees.

’ The Georgia capture is thus settled by a Washington telegram:

‘ The seizure of the late rebel pirate steamer Georgia, by the United States steamer Niagara, was made in accordance with the well-established principle of English maritime law, that belligerent vessels cannot, during the continuance of hostilities, be legally transferred, as regards ownership, in neutral ports, and are liable to seizure wherever found, notwithstanding they may have been actually and in good faith sold to neutral parties. The same principle of maritime law has been declared by this Government, and under it any vessel that has been used for belligerent purposes, under the authority of the so-called Confederate Government, will be seized whenever it can be done, whatever may be her actual ownership at the time. The English Government has recently re-asserted this law, and issued instructions forbidding the transfer of such vessels in British waters; and there is no chance for any complication to arise from such seizures, it only being necessary to identify the vessel to render its seizure legal and valid.

’ The newest dodge now in Yankee land is to represent the enlistments as very rapid and heavy. A dispatch says:

‘ During the last ten days the number of men mustered into the army has averaged three thousand a day. On the 2d instant four thousand one hundred and thirty-six were mustered in, and on the 3d six thousand one hundred and sixty. These are the latest reports received. The number mustered in on the 3d instant is probably greater than has been mustered in during any other one day for nearly two years.

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