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as the Colonel of the station (Gilham) may select. On Saturday last the First Regiment of Virginia volunteers, or rather a large part of it, pitched their tents there, and are now enjoying all the delights of camp life. There are also a number of companies from the interior of the State encamped there, among them the Danville Blues, Capt. Graves; the Danville Grays, Capt. Claiborne; the Lynchburg Home Guard, Capt. Garland; the Lynchburg Rifle Grays. Capt. Langhorne; the Spring Garden (Pittsylvania) Blues, Capt. Luck, and a large number of other companies, whose Captains we do not now remember. Every evening a large number of the ladies and gentlemen of Richmond make a visit to the encampment, where they are permitted to examine the many interesting features of the military life. The large number of soldiers upon the ground, in uniform, makes the scene truly one of life and activity. Their hurrying to and fro increases this appearance of activity, and all combined serve to gi