22 AUGUST 1863, Page 1
The latest telegram from America brings a rumour that General
Meade has tendered his resignation for the third time, and now insists upon removal, and that General Grant is to be appointed in his place. It is very possibly a false rumour, and there seems no sufficient reason for Meade's distrust of his own powers. But if true at all, the constant change is bad, but the individual successor named is good. It is rumoured from the South that Bishop Polk has superseded General Bragg in Tennessee.
