I will return, after many drinks over the course of the day, to decipher that statement.
Marx To Engels
In Manchester
[London,] 7 June 1864
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1864/letters/64_06_07.htm
“The American news looks very good to me; I was particularly delighted by today’s leader in The Times, in which it is proved that Grant has been continually beaten and may perhaps be punished for his defeats — with the capture of Richmond!
Salut.”