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hore on passing the batteries. The contrabands report many more being on board the vessels of the lower division of the flotilla. The Stepping Stones passed a pudgy also bound up. The Stepping Stones brought hither six contrabands, who were picked up by the tug Bailey, in the lower Potomac. They had escaped from Northumberland county, Virginia, in a dug-out, landed at Point Lookout, and it is evident from their statements that they had planned their escape long since. The Island Belle had fourteen contrabands on board at Cedar Point, and about fifty were sent to Old Point a short time since from the flotilla. The fugitives represent that there is great suffering in the Rappahannock region of Virginia for want of food, clothing, shoes, &c. The steamer Pusey arrived at the Navy-Yard this afternoon, reporting all quiet with the flotilla. The Harriet Lane had transferred her officers and crew to the Powhatan. Both vessels are now lying off Geesborough Point.--Five c