, 1863-07-31

The following is the correspondence which
has been referred to as captured during Lee.
Invasion:
NEAR GE1TFsBcRa, Pa, ,Jaly 8, 1858,
Maj. Gen: II. ". Halleck, Genesal-in- Chief, :~'
The following dispatches have been inter.
cepted b. our scouts.
Major General and Chief Of Staff.
LETTER FROM THE RER2L ApICTAST GES'L.
ADJUTAST GESERAL's OFFICE.
RICHMOND, June Is, 1853. /
GENERAL: While with the President last
evening, received -FOUR letter Of the 23d
inst. After reading It to the President, he
vas embarrassed to understand that part OF
1t which refers to the plan Of assembling m
army at Cplpepper Court House, under Gen:
be has f,ad that such a plan was ever in con- con-
temptation, and taking all things into consid-
Grafton, he cannot see how It can By any pos
slbillty be carried into effect.
fon Will doubtless learn before this reaches
you that the enemy has again assembled in
f1rcs on the Peninsula, estimated between
10000 and Sc, 900 men, from COCO TO 10000 Of
Nhom are reported to be In the vicinity Of
White House, and the remainder at Yorktown.
It Is impossible to say whether the estimated
number Is correct, as the several accounts
ya1y and are not deemed altogether trust
ance for errors, is,quite near enough tosatisfy
the most lncrcdu1ous that be is in This vicinity
in sufficient force In cavalry, artillery and in
fantry to do much harm, whether his pur-~
pose be to make a demonstration on
Richmond, or to confne himself to raids
n breaking, your communications and
devastating the county. His efforts in
the II n last case may prove more successful than
IN the first, # We may judge by what took
Phee at Hanover only two days ago, when
about goo or 200 Of his cavalry sutdealy
breaking the railroad and burning bridge,
some buildings, public stores, &c. 1t Is I'M
portant that this raid took place nlyabout two
days after Gen. CoEse's brigade had left there
tor Gordonsrille. Had it remained at Fl snover
Junction 1t is reasonable to suppose that most
er destroyed or captured, and the property
saved from injury, Every effort is being made
here to be prepared for the enemy At all points,
but We muet look chiefly to the protection Of
the Capital. In doing this, ne may be obliged
to hazard some otheE points. You can easily
consideration whether in this state Of things
you might not be able to spare 4 portion Of
four force to protect yourline Of c5mulunIca.
tien against attempted raids ey the emmy.
Very respectfully XooF XoopeS obeaiiIr as;ta ; :t
Gen R. E. LEE, Commanding Army North
ern Virginia, Winchester, Va.
LETTER FRou JEFF. DAVIS.
RICHMOND. June Is. 1868.
GENERAL Yours Of the SD was received
thia evening, and hasten to reply to the point
presented In relation to the forces on the
coast Of South Cufollna and Georgia, The
hopes indulged rs to our operations u time
which would intervene between the discharge
Of the enemv's trained troops and the subsff-
tuition for them by others haye been disap-
pointed by the very error against which It was
Sought BIZ warning to guard Grant reached
the liver. got teinforcements, made intrcnch-
ments, aad Gen. Johnston continues to call
for reiuforcements, though his first reouisi.
ton was more han filled By withdrawing
troops from Generals Beauresard and Bragg.
Gen. Bragg is Threatened with attack, has TIL
len back to his entrenched position at Tu11a~
homa, and called on Buckner for aid
Gen Beauregard says that no troops have
been withdrawn By the enemy from his front
since those returned to Newbern, aud that
his whole force Is necessary to cover his line.
This being in answer to proposition to fol
low movement Of me enemy, sa1d 10 oe TO
the west, with all his disposablt force, point
ing him, at the same time, to the vital lmpor-
tance Of holding the mississippi, and com.
m1nicating the tear that Vicksburg would
fall unless johnston WAS strongly and prompt
II reinforced. y. H. Hill ma snali force,
part of Whlch gas ueen & nfonsnt mere. Cnng-
mans orlenoe = near wilmington, Col4alt1,s
at hlngs19n; martlns, nominal, On me ra1l-
load AZ Nelqoa, ana ~ Cooks, hansoms,
ana Jenklns. havs oeea oEouSnt nese INC
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