had burnt all the Government storehouses, depots, and public buildings in the place; but we could trace this report to no reliable source.
On the other hand, it was confidently stated that the Yankees had not yet occupied Staunton.
We have every reason to believe that this is an error.
We heard last night, in a perfectly reliable quarter, that the enemy had left Staunton and gone in the direction of Lexington.
In this connection it may be stated that a letter from a lady in Lexington, dated the 3d inst., mentions a report that Averell, at the head of a large cavalry force, was within three miles of the place.
There was probably no foundation for this statement, though Crook, who was reported advancing by the Warm Springs road, was at Millboro', in Bath county, on Monday last.
Lexington is in Rockbridge county, 146 miles West of Richmond, on an elevated bank of the West side of North river, and is the seat of Washington College and the Virginia Military Institute.
