Captain S. P. Lee called on me to-day respecting his orders to Mare Island. The President on Saturday showed me an application which Lee had...

Events have crowded thick, and I have been unable to find time to record them. Judge Blair called on me yesterday with a request that I woul...

Moore, the President's Private Secretary, came to me on Wednesday, the 9th, by request of the President, who desired him to consult with...

Senator Doolittle came yesterday. I told him I had seen the President on Saturday and learned from him that he (D.) had been at the Mansion ...

Foggy, and raining. F. P. Blair is here again. If enemies are permitted to exist in the political edifice, there is danger of a crash. This ...

Clear and cool. It is now said Mr. Seddon's resignation has not yet been accepted, and that his friends are urging the President to pers...

Clear, and very cold. We lost gun-boat Drewry yesterday in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the enemy's pontoon bridge down the river....

Clear, and coldest morning of the winter. None but the rich speculators and quartermaster and commissary speculators have a supply of food a...

Clear and very cold; can't find a thermometer in the city. The President did sign the bill creating a general-in-chief, and depriving ...

Bright and beautiful, but quite cold; skating in the basin, etc. The departure of the commissioners has produced much speculation. The e...

Bright and frosty. Gold at $66 for one—yesterday, at auction. Major R. J. Echols, Quartermaster, Charlotte, N. C., says the fire there des...

Cloudy and cool. The news that Goldsborough, N. C., had been taken is not confirmed. Nor have we intelligence of the renewal of the assault ...

Clear and frosty. Guns heard down the river. Dispatches came last night for ammunition-to Wilmington, I believe. We have nothing yet decisiv...

Clear and cold. It is understood now that Gen. Hood has crossed to the south side of the Tennessee River with the debris of his army. Ge...

Rained yesterday and last night. Clear and windy to-day. It is said the Blairs (who have been looked for on some sort of mission) turned b...

I took a ride yesterday with Governor Dennison to Silver Spring and had a pleasant interview of a couple of hours with the elder Blair. He h...

Received mail from Admiral Farragut. Among his dispatches one confidential, inclosing a letter from General Canby, who had received a singul...