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n years of age, son of Dr. McClung of this place, and the wounding of a Third Adjutant, Smith, a graduate of the V. M. Institute at the last session. The circumstances are briefly as follows: The stage from Staunton reached here about 11 o'clock, P. M., and quite a large crowd had collected in front of the "Lexington House," eager to hear the latest news from the seat of war. Among the passengers was a young man from Baltimore by the name of Sturman, who came up from Winchester with Colonel Wm. F. Wilson, for the purpose of recruiting a guerilla company in this and the surrounding counties. They both brought with them Minnie rifles, which were loaded, but the caps removed.--When the stage drove up, young Sturman stepped from the coach to the platform, which was covered with people, with both guns in his hand, but, in the act of stepping out, the cock of one of the guns caught on the middles at, and firing back, caused the explosion of the piece with the horrible results above-mentio