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our inquiries. Every sentence is mysterious and indefinite, and winds up with a round guffaw. He talks with great volubility, telling us he has just come from the enemy's camp, and that we must get out of here, as the Rebs are coming with men enough to eat us all up. After this exhibition of wit, he rolls up his eyes with intense delight, and watches the effect of his remark on his auditors. He was a good-natured genius, and was never permitted to leave camp until he had danced and patted Juba, which he did in true plantation style, himself furnishing the music with his voice. The picture his ungainly figure presented on these occasions was ludicrous in the extreme. We could learn nothing definite from the man this time, which was the last we ever saw of him. Whether he really was a Union spy, or, on the other hand, a Rebel or an impostor, we never could determine. But whatever his testimony was worth, it tended, with other vague rumors which came to our ears, to show that some