We are informed that
General George W. Randolph was withdrawn as a candidate for Congress on the morning of the day of election, and that his resignation of his post of
Colonel in the army was recalled before he was promoted to that of
Brigadier-General.
General Randolph has been assigned to the command of the district between
Suffolk, in
Nansemond, and
Weldon, on the
Roanoke.
Suffolk is the point where the
Petersburg and
Norfolk and the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroads unite.
The command is, therefore, highly important, as this is the point thought to be most threatened now by the
Burnside expedition.
