A bright frosty morning. This day I am fifty-five years of age. It is now reported that Gen. Early made his escape, and that most of his...

Bright and frosty. Yesterday we had no certain accounts of the movements of Sheridan. His force was said to be near Charlottesville—at Kes...

Bright and pleasant, but indications of change. The papers contain no news from the armies, near or remote. But there was some alarm in the ...

Warm and cloudy. My cabbages coming up in the garden. The papers contain no war news whatever, yet there is great activity in the army. ...

Little book, give me your ear. Close! There! Promise me never to breathe it! Blank loves Blank! Yes, he does! And she doesn't care for h...

Hot and dry; but heavy rains in other parts of the State. The 1st Army Corps moved through the city last night, via the Central and Freder...

DUNN'S HILL, NEAR PETERSBURG,           June 29, 1864—8.30 p.m. SIR: General Hampton reports that he attacked the enemy's cavalry ye...

Dry and pleasant. The city full of idle rumors that the whole brigade of local troops were captured yesterday—that Gen. Fitz Lee has again...

A fog; subsequently dry and dusty, but the sun in a haze, like Indian summer. As I feared; there is trouble with Beauregard. He drew off h...

Rained all night. Cloudy to-day; wind southwest. The Secretary of War must feel his subordination to Gen. Bragg. Gen. Fitz Lee recommended...

CITY POINT, VA., August 26 , 1 864 — 2 . 30   p.m.                   (Received 12 . 10 a.m. 27 th.) Major-General SHERIDAN, Halltow...

CITY POINT, August 16 , 1864 — 1 . 30 p.m.                (Received 6 . 30 a.m. 17 th.) Major-General SHERIDAN, Commanding, &c...

BERRYVILLE, VA ., August 17 , 1864 — 9 p.m. Lieut. Gen. U.S. GRANT, Commanding Armies of the United States: All your dispatches h...

CHARLESTOWN, August 19 , 1864 — 10 . 30 p.m. Lieutenant-General GRANT: All the information received to-day shows a large concentrat...

To-day the excitement was quite as great as ever, for bodies of the enemy are still in the vicinity. They are like frightened quails when t...

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has made a dash into Fairfax (near Washington) a day or two ago, and captured the Federal Gen. Slaughter and other office...

Such trifling! I'm tired of it! Must be we are waiting for something — aren't ready. I am glad to lay quiet, but such suspense keep...

Bad news this morning. General Early has had a defeat in the Valley, near Winchester, and has fallen back to Strasburg. Our loss reported h...

News from Fitz Lee's fight; it was not disastrous as at first reported; many were wounded, many captured, and but four killed. But four...

We are now anticipating a fight at Hanover Junction. General Lee fell back to that point on Sunday last, for some good purpose, no doubt. O...