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was as the vivid glare of lightning. Reports came booming across the smooth surface of the splendid roadstead like the deep, sullen roll of distant thunder. A schooner is lying at the wharf at the Rip Raps, just in front of the Sawyer gun. There are two sentinels in sight from Seawell's Point, on the fortification at the Rip Rape. Those posted on Saturday were, in blue shirts and pants, and carried Minnie guns. On Saturday the steamer Hunter Woodis went up to the wharf at Fort Calhoun, but for what purpose I did not ascertain. The weather is hot here again. Yesterday the various churches were well attended. A considerable number of soldiers were in attendance in the morning and at night. Yesterday, by the way, was the 125th anniversary of the Royal Charter of Norfolk Borough, which was granted by William Gooch, Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, at Williamsburg. A vousiderable trade was done in the town before th