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Gen. Stuart's recent Scout. In the account of the recent scouting expedition towards Fredericksburg, under Gen. Stuart, it was stated that the 9th regiment was ordered to the support of the 3d Virginia cavalry. A member of the last named corps informs us that it was the 4th, commanded by Col. S. S. Lee, that was ordered to their support. When Col. Thornton fell back with the wagons and prisoners, after charging into the hornet's nest of Yankee sharpshooters, the 4th advanced and took the front, and deserves full credit for the part it bore in the action.