AUGUST 8th.—Hot and dry.
There are rumors of battles near Winchester and in Georgia. Mr. Benjamin writes the Secretary of War for a passport for ____, who is going to New York, “for our service.”
In the assault on the fortifications near Petersburg last week, it is said Hancock’s (enemy’s) corps lost half its men.
Watermelons have sold at $20 each; corn, $10 per dozen ears; and everything else in the markets in proportion.
My yellow tomatoes are just maturing. The dry weather has ruined nearly everything else in the garden.