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the keys. They immediately commenced breaking open the locks, and took all the meat from the meat house, and killed and carried away two hogs they found in a pen, carried away a boat, sail, and some bed clothing and wearing apparel. On Tuesday they came up again in a large steamer and tug. The large steamer stopped at Freeport, and the tug went nearly to Turk's Ferry, where they went ashore, and one of the men stole a piece of meat from one of Dr. Nicolson's negro women. They went down again in the afternoon, and about two and a half miles below my house they were fired on by artillery from Matthews. One of the steamers was struck three times. and the other twice. Two of our men were slightly wounded. After being fired on, they continued on out of the river, and I believe have not been in since. Prior to that, their vessels for several days had been laying in Fishing Bay, about opposite to Sandy Bottom. The Prankatank at my house is about three eighths of a mile wide. R. H.