Clear and warm.
The local troops did
not march until this morning, and no one supposes Richmond is seriously menaced
by Grant. I believe the object of the demonstration on the part of the enemy is
to draw our forces away from the vicinity of Washington.
The Chief of the
Signal Corps reports, on information supposed by him to be reliable, that Gen.
Early's captures in Maryland were worth $12,000,000—consisting of some 10,000
horses, 10,000 cattle, 7000 hogs, 4000 sheep, 20,000 barrels of flour, and a
large amount of bacon, etc. Also, that he got between 2000 and 3000 recruits.
All this doubtful.
Mr. G. W. Lamar,
Augusta, Ga., writes the Secretary of War that he knows, personally, over one
hundred men who have bought exemptions, and that they are
bought and sold every day at a certain price. Now will the Secretary order an
investigation? Mr. L. has, or had, nine sons in the army, and he says he could
have bought exemptions for all, as he is rich. And yet a poor ensigncy is
refused one of his sons.
