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Munitions of war.

--1,800 kegs of powder, weighing 55,800 pounds; 120 10-inch shells, 10,680 pounds; 152 9- inch ditto, 13,162 pounds; 60 mortar-shells, 5,340 pounds, and 60 Columbiads, weighing 8,000 pounds, arrived by the Richmond freight yesterday, and were conveyed to the Southern depot. As to what disposition will be made of the missiles is yet to be learned. Fort Sumter has been evacuated, but Fort Pickens "ain't."--Petersburg (Va.) Intelligencer.

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