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nary Ridge. The report here alluded to reminds me of another which has been put in circulation outside of the army, to the injury of a very worthy officer. I refer to the statement, said to be circulating generally through the press, that Capt. Bain, Chief of the Signal Corps in this army, had deserted to the enemy. There is not one word of truth in the report. I saw Capt. B. yesterday, and learned from him that Lieut. George E. Tabb, of the Signal Corps, had disappeared under circumstances which left but little doubt of his desertion, Lieut. Tubb is a native of Virginia, and his connection with Capt. Bain's corps may have led to the mistake which associated the name of the latter with the transaction. It is exceedingly difficult for one who remains with the army to get at the exact truth, however industrious and conscientious he may be; so difficult, indeed, that I have come to the conclusion that there is very little truth in history. The prejudices, partialities, inter