MOBILE, August 11, 1864. Hon. J. A. SEDDON,     Secretary of War: Raid preparing at Pensacola Navy-Yard; quiet elsewhere. Nothing late from...

Hot and dry until 4 P.M. Gust, and 15 minutes' rain. Good for turnips. Forts Gaines and Powell are lost—the latter blown up. Gen. Maur...

Cloudy and warm; light shower at 3. P.M. Gen. Lee's dispatch, giving an account of a victory last Sunday, near Winchester, has diffuse...

ATLANTA, July 26, 1864. Col. JOHN B. SALE: Leave to-morrow to confer with Major-General Maury, in Montgomery, and urge matters beyond. Lie...

Cloudy——rained in the afternoon. This is the anniversary of the first gun of the war, fired at Fort Sumter. It is still said and believe...

There was ice last night. Cold all day. Gen. Maury writes that no immediate attack on Mobile need be apprehended now. He goes next to Savann...

 Bright and pleasant. A letter from Gen. Maury indicates now that Mobile is surely to be attacked. He says they may force a passage at Gra...

The air is filled with rumors—none reliable. It is said Gen. Lee is much provoked at the alarm and excitement in the city, which thwarted a ...

A few weeks ago Gen. Cooper wrote to Bragg, suggesting that he advance into Middle Tennessee, reinforced by Gen. Johnston, and attack Rosec...

The rumor that Gen. Lee had resigned was simply a fabrication. His headquarters, a few days ago, were at Culpepper C. H., and may be soon t...

We have no news this morning. But a rumor prevails, which cannot be traced to any authentic source, that Texas has put herself under the pr...

Spend most of day writing, at 12. m. a salute of 200 guns fired by order of Genl Canby in honor of the surrender of Genls Lee to Grant ...

Were waked up at daylight & most of the men had made coffee when the Regt. was ordered on board the Gulf Steamer. Genl Banks, Genl Gran...

Rested tolerably last night, At 8. A M. The batteries open on the Forts & keep up a vigorous shelling for 3 hours. P. M. the felled tim...

I was disappointed in the aspect of Mobile. It is a regular rectangular American city, built on a sandy flat, and covering a deal of ground...

Headquarters District Of South Alabama, Fort Gaines , Ala., April 19, 1865. My Dear Daughter Bettie: I have just returned from Mobi...

RICHMOND, September 5 , 1864 . General W. J. HARDEE: Your dispatch of yesterday received. The necessity for re-enforcements was rea...

HEADQUARTERS, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, March 17, 1865. HON. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, Sec. of War, Richmond, Va. SIR: A dispatch from Li...