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report or rumor. Mathias Point, on the Potomac, is now watched with the almost vigilance by the Federalists. The propeller Resolute has been hovering about there, and, as we learn from the Yankee papers, has succeeded in carrying off a number of negroes, from plantations along the river. The Fredericksburg train, yesterday morning, brought us the following intelligence: A boat belonging to the Federal steaming Resolute, containing six men, attempted to race near Mathias to-day, (Aug. 15,) when she was fired into by a guard and five of the enemy were killed. This was followed by a severe cannonading from the steamer, which resulted in the almost complete destruction of the residence of Benjamin Grymes. It is believed that these depredations upon the property of our citizens will soon be checked. Farther than this we make no revolutions. The Federal accounts of the great battle in Missouri, which we publish in full, exhibit a studied effort to conceal the exte