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government wagons the muses tied to anything that comes handiest, the owner a patriot says he cares nothing about his property so that the union can be saved, in an enemies country is the place to find true patriots. The fort here consists of five 32 pd. and one 64 pd. parrot gun. Yesterday we had quite an excitement in camp an Irishman that was working on the fortifications reported that there were two secechion spies drinking at a beer house sa possie of men were sent from our company there were arested and taken before the provost Marshall in Covington when they were released they being old sitisens, it was just a spite because they would not treat to whiskey