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Flag of Truce.

--The U. S. flag of-truce steamer New York, in charge of Major Jno A Mulford, arrived at Varina, in James river, on Thursday afternoon, having on board Capt McLane, five hundred Confederate Surgeons, three enlisted men, Mr Lamb and wife, of Norfolk; Miss Dobbs, of Richmond; Mrs Fauntleroy and family; Miss Mildred Lee, from Shirley, and a large letter mail. No freight or packages for prisoners came. Capt Robert Baylor has been sent on parole, to effect, if possible, a special exchange for a Federal officer of equal rank.

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