The Arabia brings the news that Secretary Cobb has resigned. He goes then to join the Disunionists, who, in Georgia, object to joint, but ar...

Christmas. Fahrenheit stood this morning eighteen degrees below freezing point. A rare degree of cold in England, exceeding any we have felt...

 Bright and cool. Gen. Early is still falling back; on Saturday he was at Port Republic, but he will soon be reinforced, and may turn the ...

ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 1, 1860. DEAR BROTHER: . . . The quiet which I thought the usual acquiesence of the people was merely the prelude to the ...

The Santiago arrived at the Navy Yard, Washington, this day, shortly after meridian. My two sons, Edgar and Tom, were awaiting our arrival a...

Hot and dry. There are rumors of battles near Winchester and in Georgia. Mr. Benjamin writes the Secretary of War for a passport for who...

Bright and warmer, but windy. Letters received at the department to-day, from Georgia, show than only one-eighth of the capacity of the ra...

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...

Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 9th, 1848. Dear Crittenden, The telegraff being out of order, you may get our glorious news by this before ...

It has begun to rain again; and yet the clerks are kept at Chaffin’s Bluff, although the roads are impracticable, and no approach of the en...

Athens, [ala.,] 23d Octr., 1848. My Dear Sir : What the diel have you been about? Why have you let the Whigs gain so in Geo.? We have ...

Confidential. ‘Wabash’ Dec. 6, 61. Port Royal, SC My Dear Sir Raymond Rodgers returned this morning from a splendid reconnaissanc...

June 14, 1864. Four officers and 28 men deserted from the Rebels last night. The Rebel captain told one of my corporals that in their b...

Monroe [ga.], July 9th, 1848. My Dear Cousin , . . . In reference to Politicks, the state of feeling could not be better in Georgia th...

June 12, 1864. It commenced raining before daylight, and has not ceased an instant all day. We are lucky in the roads where it can'...

Savannah [ga.], 21st June, 1848. My Dear Cousin , Since the reception of your last letter I have been so constantly occupied with some...

Milledgeville [ga. ], December 1, 1847. Dear Sir : After a four days’ discussion in the Senate on the Wilmot proviso and the war and th...

Athens [ga.] , May 22,1846. Dear Howell , We are pretty quiet here in the midst of the general war fever. I believe there will be an e...

Nothing new from the Rappahannock, but a battle is looked for soon. Rosecrans, who had advanced into Georgia, has fallen back on Chattanoog...

Gov. Vance writes that he has reliable information that the 30,000 troops in New York, ostensibly to enforce the draft, are intended for a ...