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rovided with all the equipment necessary until they arrive in Washington. The Company received a cheering reception and hearty Godspeed from the citizens along the route. The Tenth Battery. (Special despatch to the Boston Journal.) [Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1862.] Jersey City, N. J. Oct. 15, 1862. The Tenth Mass. Battery arrived here safely at 8 o'clock this morning and left on the New Jersey R. R. at 9.45. At the Old Colony station occurred the final leave-takings from a few of the wiveOct. 15, 1862. The Tenth Mass. Battery arrived here safely at 8 o'clock this morning and left on the New Jersey R. R. at 9.45. At the Old Colony station occurred the final leave-takings from a few of the wives, parents, and friends who had succeeded in eluding the vigilance which would have denied them this last privilege. There were brave struggles made to appear calm, but the tears would come, and as the train moved away, the last view of a wife or mother to some, was a frantic gesture of the hand and streaming eyes that told how great the sacrifice to those who must stay at home and wait. We arrived at Fall River about dark, and found the steamer State of Maine in readiness to receive us. A