p.

I can conclude nearly what the clamor
of the north is, now, in relation to [us?],
but who, looking at it with candor could
expect it otherwise. Lee has made one
of the boldest moves on record (remem-
ber I say "one of the &c) and because he
is not entirely annihilated, [underline]we[/underline] are blam-
ed. Lee crossed into Md. from the Rap-
pahannock, by the shortest and safest
rout, to be found, procured there more
and better supplies than he had enjoyed
for nearly a year, got reinforcements for
his army, in that Loyal (?) State in great-
er numbers than we have ever found for
ours in any country: by the aid of these
and the knowledge which he had of the
country before, he was enabled to maintain
as the Sporting world, would say, the "Inside
Track" keeping South Mountain ever be-
tween his army and ours, chose his own
ground, engaged us and, with all these
circumstances in his favor was [underline]beaten[/underline],
and driven from the state with greater
[underline]loss than the Southern Army[/underline] has ever
sustained, [underline]comparatively.[/underline]