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Show i. ;;Spub gcnitcm'!n fromthI?.City.)mTThg,i(i drslrd to fcbjervo iiha' Atate' ofp (fairs ftt Ilarpcrx Vanjl lcflicreTatlaA early hohr this; morning lor thf placo; Wwdrhatojust rcturhed, ffhfcj', report pveryiIng'JiViot, bat jihetroopslrf aj petfcctta.tjs OT.dfsp.i-Xiliiie, OT.dfsp.i-Xiliiie, piVd 'prepared tor. 'Mrrtco at np-meuts np-meuts opllce..Tho bridge tswellgoafded at both etuis) am), nu addltiprtat guard placed at'short distances fur hair n' mllp on the Iaryand side. The .hclgjita oo thVsltIreath extensively fortified by Col, Blanton Duncah'tf Kcutucklans, Who will be reinforced to-morrow by mi addition of Hvo.burtdrcd bicui At the Point , of Rocks, ipnie eight pr tenf miles "further do.ivn, on this, side, several Virginia comjian'tos Of arliilery ami Infahtryi and the Vrtderfck volunteers under Capt. Bradley John soil," viiro.strpngly eiitrcnched4 with brcasit-wpiks brcasit-wpiks thrown, up; nod batteries planted, There. fa now tit leaat six thousand t'ro6pSt, thp Xerryj Hhij, largo reinforce-meiitiJara- constaHilynrrlvlng. Only oho .or two flf.thc work-shops werd: desiroytd by, the lire; and jtbe. rest are Used as baf-racksfpr baf-racksfpr the tnwpa, onii servii adiiiirably for that : purpose. Colonel Jdckspn ts.cbief iii comnhimd here. The.'peroouel of theiic troom reflects credit, nnoif Old;Vifgiitla.-By far thoflamerpOrtlpH of.tltetncn are: young; p;b"tc-bodiedf .Pud splcodlil; looking who WoilfdibXpf'ml.ddbtu a'ptagpiilst's 'fpray enemy .ta.tiiUoanlei'. They ore nil well ,fed aiidwell clpihtdjaiidprogovcrde'd by us strict inilliury. tnct.ics'.ai prcrniliiuHhe regular army., . 1 ,Ttte nro.takiiig every advantage of the natnral ,condltioii;of ,tlie. placo, nud it may bo safely". said thai' in o few days Harper's trry-will baa secoiHl Gibraltar,. Largo ImdjcVf eii .urjt distributed, formiles around, tn.eye.ry 'direcViot! that nn encniy cbtild'bo .expected to.advanco.-lrtfisr Jejiailiian.-Mi!'VMh, -j ; : : , |
