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bout an hour, and, being camped in "pine huts," constructed by the ingenuity of our boys, which were not water proof, we obtained a considerable "ducking." We are sorry to say that, in the whole of Col. August's regiment, there are only four tents. Can not something better than this be done? To-day the whole camp is engaged in burnishing arms and drying blankets, which will prove to be a good day's work. On Saturday morning last a detachment of the "Young Guard," under command of Lieut. Vannerson and Sergeant Wade, mounted without saddle or bridle, save a short piece of rope, proceeded down the road leading to Hampton, about twenty miles, and took possession of a large lighter capable of carrying three hundred men; and after encountering much danger and trouble, at seven o'clock on Sunday morning landed the prize safely at the wharf at Yorktown. This party were in much danger during the whole of Saturday night, being within range of the guns of the blockading steamer, which lie