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From Gen. Lee's army.
There is nothing of importance from the Army of Northern Virginia.
A cavalry fight is said to have occurred near Charlestown on Thursday last, in which our troops are reported to have captured two hundred prisoners.
Our loss is reported at 16 killed, about 40 wounded, and 20 missing. This news reached Lynchburg on Sunday night. Everything was quiet along the lines on Friday last--Colonel Edenborough, who was present at the shelling of Charlestown on Wednesday, who arrived here last evening, states that the enemy only captured one captain and eight of our men wounded.
The Northern papers report this officer as Captain Smith, of the "Richmond Artillery." It is probably Captain Benj. H. Smith, Jr., of the 3d Company Richmond Howitzers, a section of that company being on picket duty at the time of the Yankee advance.
The Captures of the Julia Saker.
--On Friday night last Capt. Edenborough, with eight men of the signal Corps, boarded the Yankee schooner, Julia Baker, off the mouth of the Nansemond river, and, after bringing off her crew of five white men and three negroes, burnt her. She had stores on board valued at $6,000. The negroes el nged to Richard E. Riddick, of Suffolk, Francis Lowe, the captain of the schooner, was much distressed at the event, as a portion of the cargo was his own property.
He claims to be a conservative Democrat, loving the "glorious" Union, but opposed to the war. He feels doubtful whether he will ever get "out of this country again"
Castle Thunder.
--The captain and crew of the Federal schooner Julis Baker, captured on Friday last by Capt. Edenborough and eight men of the signal corps off the mouth of Nansemond river, arrived in Richmond yesterday and were confined in Castle Thunder.