... whither they had come from Smithfield. They report numberless rebel soldiers above Newport News, and that they have had plenty to eat; but their stories are not reliable. The death of Lieut. Col. Elder , of the 10th regiment New York volunteers, (Col. John E. Bendix,) has cast a gloom over the members of that organization, inasmuch as that officer had been very energetic and always working for the a...