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that a small party of Confederates had accomplished the destruction of Cape Charles light-house. The Worcester (Md.) Shield says: A bold and successful foray was made on Monday morning last on the light-house and Government property on Smith's Island, just outside of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. A party of nine men in a boat issued out from a concealment on Mockhorn Island and made for Smith's Island, where they landed. They gave themselves out as fishermen; but, after asking many qSmith's Island, where they landed. They gave themselves out as fishermen; but, after asking many questions, privately informed the keeper of the light-house, Wm Webb States, that they had come to destroy his light and to carry off the movable property in his charge. Setting hard to work, they removed four hundred gallons of sperm oil to then boat, and deliberately, and with some skill in the use of the proper tools, took down and similarly carried off the various parts of the lantern, reflectors, lamps, &c. They also possessed themselves of a valuable clock, their spoils altogether bei