SEMINARY, Jan. 20, 1861. Here is another Sunday. I have written you often enough of late to keep you in a perfect state of uneasiness, but...

BLADEN, ALABAMA, Aug. 3, 1862. MY DEAR GENERAL:—I regret much to hear of ——— being wounded. I hope he will soon be able to face the Abo...

When the Senate had adjourned, I drove to the State Department and saw Mr. Seward, who looked much more worn and haggard than when I saw hi...

Today I explained to the Twenty-third Order Number 191 respecting the re-enlistment of veteran volunteers. I told them I would not urge the...

All eager for news. Seems as if we were on the eve of something. So quiet here that it must predict a storm. Once in a while some pesky reb...

We have warm, fair weather now; but the momentary gloom, hanging like the pall of death over our affairs, cannot be dispelled without a dec...

Still raining! The great fear is that the crops will be ruined, and famine, which we have long been verging upon, will be complete. Is Prov...

A dispatch from Gen. Johnston, dated 27th inst, says fighting at Vicksburg had been in progress ever since the 19th instant, and that our t...

FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Having been convened on an extraordinary occasion, as authorized by the Cons...

The Secretary of State came in this morning and gave me his contribution to the President's Message, relating exclusively to Foreign Af...

Camp Jones, Flat Top. — The warmest day of the season. The men are building great bowers over their company streets, giving them roomy and ...

This being Sunday and a fine day I went down with the President to have his picture taken at Gardner’s. He was in very good spirits. He thi...

Camp Jones. — A fine bright day. General Cox is trying to get our army transferred to General Pope's command in eastern Virginia. ...

Camp Jones. — Cloudy and rainy. Our water on this mountain top is giving out. Avery and I rode six miles towards New River in the rain but ...

There was skirmishing this morning on the line of the Rappahannock. The Chief of Ordnance is ordering arms and ammunition to Gen. Pemberton...

The respectable people of the city are menaced with two internal evils in consequence of the destitution caused by the stoppage of trade wi...

Legation of the United States of America, Vienna, August 29, 1862. My Dear Bismarck : I have been at this point now about eight month...

The European statesmen, declining intervention in our behalf, have, nevertheless, complimented our President by saying he has, at all event...