The Arkansas State Legislature had scattered, and the Governor fled the State. He is now at Jackson, Mississippi.
The Union army, under Generals Curtis and Steele, had been steadily advancing upon this city from two northern directions, the former arriving at Batesville on the 3d, and the latter at Jackson Port on the 2t. A junction was afterward formed between the commands, and they proceeded further south. On the 19th General Osterhaus, with about two hundred and fifty men, met a superior force of rebels near Searcy, on the Little Red river, and after a sharp skirmish put them to flight. The chase was kept up with vigor, and the rebel were finally routed. They, however, succeeded in destroying the bridges along the route to the city. It (?) therefore, to be very certain that General Curtis has overcome all the obstructions placed in his way, and now has possession of the capital of the rebel State of Arkansas.