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The charges in reference to the "Fort Pillow massacre" have been several times fully met and refuted, but they are reiterated again as often as they can serve a purpose. General Chalmers recently made on the floor of the House of Representatives a triumphant vindication of General Forrest and his command, which we would publish in full but that we expect to get the facts in another form. In the meantime, the following letter from Dr. C. Fitch, who was surgeon in charge of Fort Pillow at the time of its capture, ought to settle the question, even with the most ultra partisans: