Major Ruffin, in the Commissary Department, says the army must go on half rations after the 1st of January next. It is alleged that ...

To-day I was examined on arithmetic — “Denominate numbers, vulgar and decimal fractions, tare and tret,” etc., etc., by Major Brewer, of th...

My appointment to a clerkship in the Commissary Department has been received, with a salary of $125 per month. The rooms are not ready for ...

Just received a visit from my nephew, Willoughby Newton, who is on his way to Fauquier to be married. I had not seen him since he lost his ...