The smallpox is prevailing to a considerable j ox tent among the colored population, and a ! number of deaths have occurred. Several have i been picked up in the streets in an advanced ' j stage of the disease. The Freedmen's Hureau j ]is energetically attending to the matter, aud ; adopting measures that will obviate aU cause ' I for uneasiness.

SECRKTABT STAXTOX.

Secretary Stanton left the city on Saturday