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to reach the city by land. Attempting is not always doing. Negro stealing. A Tennessee correspondent says: A Confederate officer from Camp Beauregard, now in this city, informs us that Gen. Grant's division, in its retreat from Fort Henry to Paducah, stole 300 slaves on the route, and took them to Paducah! At Mayfield they uniformed and armed 150 negro men, and placed them in their ranks as Federal soldiers. Gen. Bonham's resignation. The Charleston Mercury, of February 1st, says: We learn from Richmond that Gen. Bonham has resigned his office as General of the Confederate States. The reason of his resignation we understand to be as follows: Gen. Bonham was Major General of the forces of South Carolina when he received an appointment of Brigadier General of the Confederate States, and was ordered to Richmond. He was appointed a Brigadier General of no particular regiments formed into a brigade. Indeed, there were no regiments in the Confederate
w days ago the dwelling of Mr. Wm. N. Brown, on Fairfax street, was searched by military authority. It is said that the search was made to secure a gentleman from Maryland, supposed to be in this city. The search was unsuccessful. A bill "incorporating the Mount Vernon Insurance Company of Alexandria" has passed the legislative assembly at Wheeling, and in the same body a bill has been reported to amend the charter of Alexandria. Expected attack at Yorktown. Fortress Monroe, Feb. 1.--Contrabands who have recently come on board the Young Rover, stationed off York river, report about 1,500 troops at Gloucester Point, and 6,000 or 7,000 at Yorktown. An attack is constantly expected from Gen. Wool in the rear of Yorktown. Loyalty of the Eastern shore of Virginia. The Baltimore correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer says: I have had a conversation with Col, Parsall, Shore of Virginia, where he has been for several weeks. The Colonel gives a highl