We translate from the “Almanach du Magazin Pittoresque,” the following paragraph contained in an abstract of events of the war in the United States:–

May 23.–The Federal troops assembled at Harper’s Ferry, cross the Potomac, and after a first engagement occupy Alexandria.

May 27.–The Federals commanded by Gen. Banks, experienced a first reverse. They re-cross the Potomac, and fall back upon Williamsburg.

May 30 and 31.–A great battle is fought near Richmond; on the first day the advantage remains with the Confederates; on the second day they experience considerable loss, and abandon Corinth.

After seven days of bloody fighting near Richmond (June 22 to 29), 95,000 Federals, commanded by McClellan, retire before the Confederate army, which, with re-enforcements brought by Gens. Beauregard and Jackson, have been increased to 185,000 men. They take position on the James River, 17 miles from Charleston.

On the cover of the book it is stated that “the Central Committee of Primary Instruction in the City of Paris has placed the ‘Magizin Pittoresque’ on the list of books proper to be given as prizes in the public schools.”