The British minister, Sir Claude MacDonald, was chosen general commander of the defense, with the secretary of the American legation, Mr. E.G.

The general commander-in-chief expresses his warm approbation of the conduct of the two battalions of the Minho regiment of Portuguese, commanded by Colonel O'Connor.

Halleck has been transferred to Washington as a sort of general commander and adviser to the President, and they say he doesn't like Grant.