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d ultimately, it may be hoped, to Yorktown. The gunboat Mount Vernon has just arrived from Newport News with two deserters from the rebels and two prisoners, all belonging to the Louisiana Zouaves. The former came into the camp at Newport News yesterday morning. They are intelligent Germans, and state that having been impressed into service they escaped on the first opportunity. Most of the company to which they belong serve unwillingly. Their uniform so closely resembles that of Col. Duryea's Zouaves that the deserters came into camp without being stopped by the guard. The other two were taken prisoners about 5 o'clock P. M., and were stragglers from a scouting party of 200 who came within three miles of Newport News. The four agree in the statement that an attack upon Newport News was intended the night before last, and only prevented by the incessant rain. About 4,500 men, including a strong body of Cavalry, with some 12 pieces of artillery, advanced from Yorktown,