Points out the difficulties involved in Lee's proposed attack on John's
Island, [S.C.], offers assistance if Lee and Col. [John] Laurens decide to
attack, and comments that if the attack fails "it will be laid hold on by
our domestic enemies" and "the consequences would be dreadful from the
effect it would have upon the Country"; [docket]: notes that the attack
proved abortive when Laurens's column lost the road in the darkness.
