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Capt. Ward was killed at Matthias' Point by James Sthreshly, of Stafford, Va. Young Sthreshly was armed with a Sharpe's rifle, and was a little nearer to the Freeborn than the main body of soldiers. He took deliberate aim at a distance estimated [100] at between 400 and 700 yards.--Baltimore American, July 10,

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