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. ...

Clouds and sunshine. Nothing new of importance from the army. Gov. Smith has been writing letters to Gen. Lee, asking that Gen. Early be s...

ALEXANDRIA, LA., Dec. 15, 1860. DEAREST MINNIE: I have been intending to write you a good long letter, and now I wish I could send you all...

Clear and warm. No war news, except reports that Gen. Wheeler has destroyed much of the railroad in Sherman's rear, and that Early has...

A bright, pleasant day. No news. Walked, as usual, to the department to see if any important letters had come, and then hastened back that...

Dry—the sky bright and brassy—the gardens almost ruined. Last evening definite news came in the  Washington Chronicle  of the 14th. Gen. E...

Cloudy and warm, but no rain up to 5 P.M. There is no news of importance; but a battle is momentarily expected in Georgia. The  Examiner  sa...

Clear and warm. Bought fifty cabbage-plants and set them out before breakfast Gen. Early met Gen. Hunter at Snicker's Gap, and whipped...

The drought continues; vegetation wilting and drying up. There is no war news, save some shelling by the enemy at Petersburg The raiders h...

Bright and cool-a little rain last night. The Departmental Battalion is still kept out. They have built a line of fortifications four mile...

Thunder, lightning, and rain all day. The report of Gen. Lee's victory was premature, and Butler has not gone, nor the raiders vanishe...

Another bright and beautiful day; and vegetation is springing with great rapidity. But nearly all my potatoes, corn, egg-plants, and tomatoe...

A clear, but cool day. Again planted corn, the other having rotted. There is an unofficial report that one of our torpedo boats struck the...

It rained furiously all night; wind northwest, and snowed to-day until 12 M. to a depth of several inches. It is still blowing a gale from t...

It rained moderately last night, and is cooler this morning. But the worst portion of the winter is over. The pigeons of my neighbor are bu...

The breach seems to widen between the President and Congress, especially the Senate. A majority of the Committee on Military Affairs have r...

Troops, a few regiments, have been passing down from Lee's army, and going toward North Carolina. A dispatch, in cipher, from Petersburg...

General good spirits prevail since Northern arrivals show that the House of Representatives at Washington has passed a resolution that 1,000...

Another dispatch from Bragg, received at a late hour last night, says the victory is complete. This announcement has lifted a heavy load fr...

The President rides out with some of the female members of his family every afternoon, his aids no longer accompanying him. In this he evin...