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From Suffolk --At Suffolk everything has been quiet since the late fight. The Yankee forces are again at their camping ground at Bernard's Mill, and their pickets are at Jericho Run. The negro forces engaged and scattered by Ransom, did not Suffolk everything has been quiet since the late fight. The Yankee forces are again at their camping ground at Bernard's Mill, and their pickets are at Jericho Run. The negro forces engaged and scattered by Ransom, did not halt in their retreat until they reached Portsmouth, and have not returned. In their retreat they burned the mill of Rev. A. R. Bernard, which was the main dependence of its owner for the support of a large family. No Yankee soldier has ventured to show his face to Suffolk since the thrashing Runsom's forces gave the negro troops. All who saw the negro forces in their retreat from Suffolk, are now satisfied that they will never make fighting soldiers. The officers, who were all whites, fare the thrashing Runsom's forces gave the negro troops. All who saw the negro forces in their retreat from Suffolk, are now satisfied that they will never make fighting soldiers. The officers, who were all whites, far outran their negro comrades.
The Captures of the Julia Saker. --On Friday night last Capt. Edenborough, with eight men of the signal Corps, boarded the Yankee schooner, Julia Baker, off the mouth of the Nansemond river, and, after bringing off her crew of five white men and three negroes, burnt her. She had stores on board valued at $6,000. The negroes el nged to Richard E. Riddick, of Suffolk, Francis Lowe, the captain of the schooner, was much distressed at the event, as a portion of the cargo was his own property. He claims to be a conservative Democrat, loving the "glorious" Union, but opposed to the war. He feels doubtful whether he will ever get "out of this country again"