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Richmond, Jan. 4.--It is not generally known that by the flag of truce which leaves Norfolk almost daily for Fortress Monroe, persons in the South may communicate with the North.
Hundreds of letters are frequently carried in this manner; but all are carefully examined both by the confederate and Federal officers.
To prevent the abuse of this privilege on the part of those who are inclined to fill twenty or thirty sheets of letter-paper, Gen. Huger has issued an order that hereafter no communication will be sent which covers more than an ordinary-sized page.
All reference to political or military affairs must be carefully avoided, and an inclosure of three or five cents made to secure transmission.
The outside address of the epistle should be, “via Norfolk and flag of truce.” --Richmond Dispatch.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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