To His Excellency John A. Andrew . Dear Sir : — Last week a deputation from my Philadelphia committee visited Washington to confer with ...

We had company drill this morning. In the afternoon we had a big loyal mass-meeting in town, and we had speaking by Captain Stearns. He ta...

Captain Stearns of Company A of the Eighth Iowa arrived today from Davenport, coming to encourage enlistments. Several new men enrolled to...