Snow fell all night, and a depth of several inches covers
the earth this morning. It will soon melt, however, as it is now raining. The
Northern invaders who anticipate a pleasant sojourn during the winter and
spring in this climate, have been very disagreeably disappointed in these
expectations.
A surgeon was arrested yesterday for saying there was “a power
behind the throne greater than the throne.” Upon being asked by the mayor what
power he alluded to, he answered “the people.” He was released.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 287
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