The excitement has
subsided. No doubt small detachments of the enemy were seen at the places
indicated, and Gen. Elzey (who some say had been drinking) alarmed the Governor
with a tale of horror. The reports came through Gen. Winder's detectives,
one-half of whom would rather see the enemy here than not, and will serve the
side that pays most. Yet, we should be prepared.
I saw an indorsement
by the President to-day, that foreigners should give guarantees of neutrality
or be sent out of the city.
Nothing from Lee.
SOURCE: John
Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate
States Capital, Volume 1, p. 360
