number, a good many are old and infirm. The effective strength, in consequence of disease, does not at present exceed 800. The destruction of these southern Pahs would very much embarras the rebels, by depriving them of their homes, and harass them, if attacked during the planting season, to such an extent that they might be glad, especially if they sustained any considerable loss of life, to relinquish the war. The natives, South of Tapuae, are at present supposed to have disposed of their different villages to cultivate, and are in small sections of from 10, 20, 30, and sometimes as many as 60 at each Pah or village. But all of them could collect, to the number of 300, in two days, and the whole force of 800 in a week.