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and which are now in possession of the military here — an amusing incident occurred. Lieut. Miller, ordnance officer of Gen. Grandall's command, hearing that Jeff. Thompson was in Pocahontas, went to see him.--Unaware of the presence of Federal troops, he rode quite unconsciously into town, by mere chance passing the pickets in tand a d — d big lot of them, too!" Just then Captain Gentry walked up to Miller, and said "you are my prisoner!" "Aint you joking?" asked Miller, still believing Thompson was "in command." "Aint he joking, General," appealing to Jeff. "Yes," replied the latter, "but it's a coutounded serious joke." Then the truth flashed on the benighted and confused mind of Miller that he was in a town surrounded by Federal cavalry, and that, in stead of Thompson holding those "blue coats" in the room as his prisoners, he was theirs. The Lieutenant resigned his sword without further parley. Progress of Burnside's army. The Cincinnati Gazette has the following fr