Rained last night;
clear to-day.
We hear of great
rejoicing in the United States over the fall of Atlanta, and this may be
premature. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation for thanksgiving in the
churches, etc.
Mr. Benjamin informs
the Secretary of War that the President has agreed to facilitate the emigration
of Polish exiles and a few hundred Scotchmen, to come through Mexico, etc. The
former will enter our service.
The "Hope"
has arrived at Wilmington with Sir Wm. Armstrong's present of a fine
12-pounder, all its equipments, ammunition, etc. Also (for sale) two
150-pounder rifled guns, with equipments, etc.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel
War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2, p.
279-80
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