Clear and cold.
Grant has attempted
nothing this week, and it is probably too late for any demonstration to affect
the election. I infer that the government is convinced President Lincoln will
be re-elected, else some desperate effort would have been made in his behalf by
his generals. Will he float on a sea of blood another four years? I doubt it.
One side or the other must, I think, give up the contest. He can
afford to break with the Abolitionists now. We cannot submit
without the loss of everything.
It is thought Grant
will continue to "swing to the left,” making a winter campaign on the
coasts of North and South Carolina mean time leaving Butler's army here, always
menacing Richmond.
Gen. Beauregard
writes from Gadsden, Ala., October 24th, that his headquarters will be at
Tuscumbia, Ala.; will get supplies from Corinth to Tuscambia. Forrest has been
ordered to report to Gen. Hood, in Middle Tennessee. The railroad iron between
Corinth and Memphis will be taken to supply wants elsewhere. Gen. Dick Taylor
is to guard communications, etc., has directed Gen. Cheatham to issue an
address to the people of Tennessee, saying his and Gen. Forrest's command have
entered the State for its redemption, etc., and calling upon the people to aid
in destroying the enemy's communications, while the main army
is between Atlanta and Chattanooga, when the purpose is to precipitate
the whole army upon it, etc. Gen. B. doubts not he will
soon be able to announce good tidings, etc. etc. This letter to Gen. Cooper is
“submitted to the Secretary of War,” by whom it is "submitted for the
information of the President,” and sent back by him—“Read and returned, 4th
Nov. '64.-J. D.”
Gen. B. was to leave
that day to join Gen. Hood, in vicinity of Guntersville, on Tennessee
River. Sherman's army was between Dalton and Gadsden, 15 miles from Gadsden.
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