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beautiful grounds surrounding the palatial residence of Col. Charles J. Faulkner, once member of Congress, afterwards French Minister, and now on the staff of General Ewell in the rebel army. We have kindly furnished Mrs. Faulkner with a guard for every door step, every potato hill, and every flower bed. The property, consisting of a princely mansion and 800 acres of well cultivated land, belongs to Mrs. F. and her heirs, being a part of a legacy bequeathed to her by her father, old General Boyd, who was a man of immense wealth. Mrs. F., and her daughter, a beautiful girl of some eighteen summers, are the only occupants of the house, and have been staunch Union women from the beginning. They are very kind to our soldiers, especially the sick, and contribute many nice things for their comfort, as well as furnish a great deal of reading matter from the Colonel's library for the boys to peruse. Col. Klunk is acting as Brigadier General over the infantry forces here, an