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ions made on them from Suffolk. On Thursday morning, at an early hour, Major-General John A. Dix wishing to satisfy himself in relation to affairs at Suffolk, left Fortress Monroe on the steamer Metamora for Norfolk. At this place Captain Ludlow had a special train in waiting to take the General to Suffolk. General Dix was accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Lieut. John A. Garlins; Lieut. F. U. Farqebar, of the Engineer corps; Col. G. M. Alvord, 3d regiment New York volunteers; Brigadier-General Wessel and aids; Mr. Alexander Worrall, Superintendent of the Roanoke and Neaboard Railroad, and several others. As soon as General Dix arrived at Suffolk, he immediately rode around to the different places where there seemed the slightest possibility of an enemy's approach, and made the most judicious disposition of forces. From the arrangements thus made, it would be a difficult task to take Suffolk with a force of less than fifty thousand men. Heavy reinforcements have also been sent