Two letters from Mr. Davis to General Lee, intercepted by
the Federal soldiers, have been published. In the first, dated June 28, S. Cooper, Adjutant-General, informs General Lee that it is impossible to form a reserve army at White House to protect his communications, and that he had better detach some of his own army. In the second, of the same date, Mr. Davis declines altogether to send General Lee any reinforcements, on the ground that all available brigades are fully employed, and Richmond itself liable to attack. The general impression left by the correspondence is that General Lee invaded Mary- land with the intention of capturing Washington, while the old regiments were being exchanged for new recruits ; that he left his communications in a very unguarded position, and that the South has almost exhausted its resources in men. Indeed, the Southern papers admit that the levy en masse recently ordered will not produce above ninety thousand men.
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