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ion, it is interesting to state that every house in Petersburg lies in easy reach of our works, and that we also posses guns which are able, from our advanced position, to reach the very heart of the city of Richmond. It will thus be seen what we can do, and it may be my province hereafter to state either what we will do, or have already done, toward causing the rebels to feel the hardships of war. The other day a distinguished party called on General Butler, consisting of General Grant, Meade, Crawford, Warren, and a number of stars of lesser magnitude, and while here of course paid a visit to Dutch gap. While there a shell sent by the rebels exploded so near that fragments of one of them fell in the midst of the party, but luckily without injury to any one of its distinguished members. The iron clads in the James river have been provided with a large-sized locomotive lantern, which is placed on the bow; and its rays, thrown ahead on the water, enable the men to see if the r