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er who was stealing whiskey of him, in his own house. "Big thing," but the boys are not proud of it, I am happy to say. "To what base uses may we com at last." A Virginian at Elkhorn. The following is a copy of a letter written by Gen. Van-Dorn to Col. Jordan, A. A. General on the staff of Gen. Beauregard, referring to the good conduct of Lieut. Leftwich, of Lynchburg, Va.: Headquarters Army of the Mississippi, Memphis, Tenn, April 21, 1862. Colonel — I regret to findre to bring him to your notice as a gallant and meritorious young officer. I am, Colonel, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Earl Van-Dorn, Major General. Lieut, Leftwich is now established in the office of the Chief of Ordnance of General Van- Dorn's Division, at Memphis. A remarkable report from Cairo. The following, which we take from the correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial, contains some news about the Union feeling in Memphis, which will astonish the people of