There was a rumor on the street last night that Gen.
Johnston had telegraphed the President that it would be necessary to evacuate
Vicksburg. This has not been confirmed to-day, and I do not believe it. It
would be irremediably disastrous.
Mr. N. S. Walker writes from Bermuda, May 11th, 1863, that
seventeen additional British regiments have been ordered to Canada. A large
amount of ordnance and ordnance stores, as well as several war steamers, have likewise
been sent thither. He states, moreover, that United States vessels are having
their registers changed. Does this really mean war?
Strawberries were selling in market this morning at $4 for
less than a pint. Coal $25 per load, and wood $30 per cord.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 329
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