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Affairs on the Peninsula — Seizure ofcontraband goods, &c.
A correspondent, writing on the 4th instant from near Williamsburg, Va., gives us some account of affairs on the Peninsula.
We give some extracts from his letter:
Owing to the utter demoralization of the Pennsylvania regiment of cavalry picketing in and out side of the town, it is avowed by the officers that the men are unfit for duty at any other point.--This verifies what Col. Campbell said of them on the occasion of the Confederate raid into the place, when Col. C. surrendered to our forces under Col. Stingler. Col. C. said: "I surrender, sir. My men are a act of d — d cowards" The Yankees acknowledge that the cost to the Abolitionist Government of holding Williamsburg is upwards of a million of dollars a year.
At present they do not picket more than a mile from the town, and that is on the main stage road.
I have frequently been within sight and hearing of their pickets at Waller's Mill and other points aroun