Hot and dry.
Dispatches from
secret agents at Washington state that Grant and his staff have arrived, that
half his army preceded him, and the remainder will soon follow. The campaign is
considered a disastrous failure, and it is anticipated that henceforth the
scene of operations is to be transferred from Richmond to Washington. They say
President Lincoln's face expresses "great terror," and affairs there
are in a critical condition.
A dispatch from Gen.
Lee states that Gen. Bradley Johnson's brigade of cavalry was surprised and
routed on the 7th inst. by Averill. He has directed that Gen. J. be relieved.
A dispatch from Gen.
Hood (Atlanta, Ga.) says no important change in affair has occurred since
yesterday, except that Major-Gen. Bates is wounded. There are 5000 militia in
the trenches.
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