to-day from Gen. Bragg:

"AUGUSTA, Nov. 25th, 1864.

"Arrived late last night, and take command this morning. We learn
from Gen. Wagner, who holds the Oconee Railroad bridge, that the
enemy has not crossed the river in any force. He has concentrated
in Milledgeville, and seems to be tending South. Our cavalry, under
Wheeler, is in his front, and has been ordered to destroy every
vestige of subsistence and forage as it retires; to hang upon his
flanks, and retard his progress by every possible means. I am
informed the brigades from Southwest Virginia have joined Wheeler.
President's dispatch of 23d just received.

"BRAXTON BRAGG, _General_."

When I carried this dispatch to the Secretary I found him sitting in
close conference with Mr. Hunter, both with rather lugubrious faces.

Another dispatch from Bragg:

"AUGUSTA, Nov. 25th, 8 P.M.

"The enemy has crossed the Oconee; was met this morning, in force,
at Buffalo Creek, near Sandersville. His movements from that point
will determine whether he designs attacking here or on Savannah."

Hon. I. T. Leach from North Carolina, yesterday introduced _submission_
resolutions in the House of Representatives, which were voted down, of
course,--Messrs. Logan and Turner, of North Carolina, however, voting
_for_ them. A party of that sort is forming, and may necessitate harsh
measures.

The President orders detail of fifty men for _express company_. _I
feared so!_

NOVEMBER 27TH.--Cloudy and warmer; slight rain. Nothing from Bragg this
morning. Nothing from below the city.

When I entered the Secretary's room this morning, I found him as grave
as usual. L. Q. Washington, son of Peter Washington, once a clerk under
President Tyler (and he still remains in the United States), and
grandson of Lund Washington, who, we learn by one of the published
letters of Gen. Washington, was his overseer, with no traceable
relationship to his family, was seated with him. He is chief clerk to
Mr. Benjamin, a sinecure position in the State Department. He was placed
there by Mr. Hunter, after writing a series of communications for the
_Examiner_, as Mr. Pollard informed me, denunciatory of Mr. Stephens,
Vice-President Confederate States. Mr. Kean and Mr. Shepherd, the clean
chief clerk, were also present, enjoying the Hon. Secretary's
confidence. They are all comparatively _young men_, whom the Secretary
has not ass