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their camps are cheering loudly over it.
Halleck is reported as having taken 13.000 prisoners, 15.000 stand of arms 100 cars and 23 locomotives. If this be true, then Beauregard's force is probably dispersed and we have an unobstructed road to the Gulf. Their army before Richmond will be disheartened while ours will be to an equal degree encouraged. Under the circumstances I should not be surprised if the city was Evacuated without another battle. Everything portends such a result.
(Contrabands still continue to arrive in flocks many of them tell interesting experiences. Some however are surprising examples of mendacity. One had seen all the well known rebel generals in