VresbOtriai Nanter. PITTSBURGH, MARCH 18,1863 The War. 'We have but little of importanets to an nounce in regard to field operations. The enemy is repreFentcd as appearing in greater force on the Rappahannock, and to be materially strengthening his position at thi's point. General Hooker seems ac tive also in preparing for important move ments not far distant. It is to be hoped that•tjio increased stringency of the regu lations in•regard to furloughs, desertion, and discipline generally, will tell favorably on the efficiency of the Army of the Potomac. Our troops experienced a slight reverse recently' in the Department of the Cum berland near Franklin,. Ten s p.; though, in consideration of the odds of the engage merit, our men did nobly. — The iebel forces numbered nearly 20,000 mem, ours searoely 4,000; Our loss was about 1,300, of whom 1,000 were taken prisoners. The rebel loss was estimated at double that of ours in killed and Wounded. • We have cheering reports from the Ar my of ‘the Mississippi, though we cannot represent them as wholly reliable. They are to the effect that the Yazoo-Pass pro ject has been completely successful, and that we have taken Yazoo City' and cap tured twenty-six of the enemy's transports. It is also rumored that the evacuation, of. Vicksburg will very shprtly take place. The abandonment •of this stronghold can not, however, be counted on except as a dire necessity forced upon the rebel occu pants. Oar South-Eastern naval expedition scorns thus far to, have accomplished` but little. Fort McAllister has not as 3tet been taken. We hope soon to hear good news from our ironelads. Free the Blacks and Save the Whites. We , have a great antipathy to the shed ding of human' blood.. :We oanapprove of it only tinder 'the pressure of the sternest necessity. We feel bound to avoid it when ever we can without declining a solemn ditty. We have advocated-the prosecution of the existing war under the idea that it is strictly a defensive war, needful to pro tect our national life, and prevent still more fearful strifes hereafter. But the war is proving very destructive;. Is there no way of making it less se ? At the beginning, the enemy told us that slavery was an element of ids strength`: Many did not believe him.. But he bleb proved it. To deprive him of his slaves, then, would be to 'weaken him; and so to save the effusion 'of blood. Why then should any of us object to the Proclamation of freedom ? It makes our 'foes more de termined, say some. No. This could hardly be. Their purpose., fixed and:nt tered from the first, was, success or exter mination. But it divides the North, we are told, and so weakens us. Why should it divide the North? 'lf it does so, with reason or without reason, it is bad; and should never have been uttered.. But.why? The Christian surely ought not to objec i e to the annulment of the odious things which belong to slavery. And the patriotic American, the chanipion of freedbmi can not consistently object to the granting, to all men the bleesings of " lift, liberty, 'and the pursuit of happiness:" Why then- . should Northern freemen be angry with the Proclamation ? .0, say some, it is im practicable. Then laugh at it. Do n't get angry and divide and ruin your country about a thing as inefficient as " the Pope's bull against the comet." But possibly it may not be entirely im practicable. Try if united effort •at the North will not mike it Work. We, thinlc that such an effort ' would make it wonder fully effective. And union lit a duty: Then, enfbrce the Proolamation. Enter • the enemy's country ; free his idaves at every step, taking them- from. .him and making them your helpers ; secure your position, and press on . Thus'your'foe•will• grow weaker every day. will be less able to shed blood. Battles y will -become fewer and - feliter, and lesit"•deitiiictive of life ; and soon they will cease. ; Thus will, you have, extended 'OW area, of freedoni; while you, have gained your. victory. • • Try it There may.;;be wisdom in it There. is, benefieence in it, and humanity ? and religion. Try it. Free the blacks, and sake the whites. •.„.,„•• • " Death Ikea' On Monday morning,. at 2 o'clock, Reese 0.. Fleelott, Nsq., one of the editors and, prtrprietors of the Pitteburgh Divatch, expired , at his resi dence in Manchester, after , a lingering illness. Mr. FlesSon's mother B wat! a sister of the late venerable Neville . Crai g, irlkise death we re cent!) , annourioed. , was ii.natrire Of 1111113i8- sippi, but in early life came 6 ih s State, end served hie etirpreutioeship as a "printer irfirMr. Fry, of Philadelphia. lie subsequently'removed to Greensburg, Pa., where, from about - 1880 , tot 1886, he publishqd the Westinorelartd Ilacelligen cer. He wailiubSequently engagetTin other pub lications more or less sueceseful, till 1850, when he and Col. 3 6 ;,.110rr0n Voster purchased the Dis— alch. Capture , of Yazoo Pass. • Calculi° March` il3. —A special v tozsourg dinpateh, dated tile 9th inet.i days that , General MoClernand s e troops were compelled to, embark for Milliken's Bend, sixteen miles above this point s the laves having broken -through in several places. The Yszati Paisifproject is a complete success. Our gunboats arrived above Haines' Bluff,, which is fortified against attack from above. Our fleet rdaptured twenty-six transports up : the Yazoo. • Railroad Changes,--Two Hundred Union Sol 7 dim Captured. —Tho.ngo of Rebel Com mandem CiNoiatirl, March 11.—Ttle.,RPInniercial says he Little Miami Railroad Colitiani lute secured ' he oontrnktrf the Dayton and We4erriNßailroad,t .:nd will takiposeeealon April 12th.