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section of society. In the lower classes of the community there appears to be beginning a dim consciousness of the real state of things. The mass of the people have filled the ranks of the army again and again; they have fought bravely, and given their lives freely; but they cannot endure a continual effort that has no result, or brings only calamity, and they now begin to shrink from the useless sacrifice. Movements of Union and Confederate war vessels. Galignani's Messenger of July 20 says: An Ostend letter in the Independence mentions the arrival in that port of two Confederate war vessels, the screw-corvette Butterfly, Captain, Russell, and the paddle- corvette Paul Jones, Captain Engelid. The Vigei de Cherburg says: Three vessels belonging to the Federal States of America — the Niagara, the Sacramento and the Kearsarge — and four belonging to the Confederates--the Georgia, the Florida, the Nouvel Alabama, and the General Lee — have recently been met <
Five hundred dollars reward. --Ran away from the Richmond Arsenal, where he was hired, about the 20th of July, my negro man, Peter miles, sometimes called Peter Redd. He is twenty-two or twenty-three years of age, five feet eight or nine inches high, gingerbread color, rather a long face, nose rather long and flat, and carries himself very erect. When he left the arsenal be wore a grey jacket and cap. He is no doubt making an effort to pass through our lines. I will give the above reward if caught beyond the limits of the city, or two hundred and fifty dollars if caught within the corporate limits and secured in any jail so that I get him. Neal McCURDY. au 10--6t*