by John Beauchamp Jones
JULY 22D.—Bright and dry again. Gen. Johnston has been relieved. It would seem that Gen. Hood has made a successful debut as a fighting general in command of the army, since Gen. Johnston’s removal.
A dispatch from Gen. Bragg, dated yesterday, states that the enemy is withdrawing fromArkansas, either to operate inMississippi, or to reinforceSherman.
Gen. Lee is opposed to retaliating on innocent prisoners the cruelties committed by the guilty in executing our men falling into their bands.
