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ut. A man in petticoats, it is said, has been roaming about our city. If he is caught he will be stripped and turned over to the secular arm. The Young Guard, a company of 87 young and fine looking men, from Newton county, Ga., reached here at one o'clock last night, and were temporarily quartered in the courthouse. Sixteen thousand more from the same State are said to be on their way to old Virginia. Five companies came yesterday morning from the adjoining counties of Nansemond and Surry, and went over to Norfolk. The sloop-of-war St. Louis is said to have mysteriously disappeared from off Pensacola. She may have been ordered on some special service. Her commander is Poor, a Southern man, and she may turn up in some Southern port --quien sabe The weather here is quite cold, and blankets and fires are comfortable, though the day is bright and the sun is shining gloriously. The work of saving the property, guns, &c., in the Merrimac goes bravely on at the Navy-Yar