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ding parties. Another officer, in reply to a question, stated that Grant's army, when it crossed the Rapidan, numbered something over 149,000 men. Many thousands of these now lie on the soil of Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor, and the future will tell a similar story of the reinforced remnant at present in Prince George. Mysterious movement of the enemy. A citizen of Matthews county, who has arrived in Richmond, reports that before he left he saw an immense number of transports passing up Chesapeake Bay, heavily laden with troops. It is conjectured that this may be a movement of Burnside's corps on the way to reinforce Sherman in Georgia, or possibly to make an attack upon some undefended point. From Deep Bottom. The enemy, with about one brigade, still hold a position at Deep Bottom, on the north side of James river, under cover of their gunboats. It is reported that the Yankees are removing the obstructions which they recently sunk in the river below that point.