Clear and pleasant—but little frost. Beef (what little there is in market) sells to-day at $6 per pound; meal, $80 per bushel; white beans, ...

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...

Cloudy and pleasant. Still we have no authentic account of the details of the fights on the north side of the James River. We know we lost...

Clear and pleasant, after a slight shower in the morning. The raid is considered at an end, and it has ended disastrously for the invaders...

My birthday—55. Bright and frosty; subsequently warm and pleasant. No news. But some indignation in the streets at the Adjutant-General'...

Major-Gen. Breckinridge, it is said, is to command in Southwestern Virginia near the Kentucky line, relieving Major-Gen. Sam Jones. Yes...

The Examiner to-day discovers that if the President's project of enrolling all men, and detailing for civil pursuits such as the Execut...

Bright, beautiful day—but, alas! the news continues dark. Two companies of cavalry were surprised and taken on the Peninsula day before yes...

It is clear and cold again. Custis came home last evening, after a week's sojourn at Chaffim’s Bluff, where, however, there were tents....

The weather is clear and bright again ; but, oh, how dark and somber the faces of the croakers! The following dispatches have been receiv...

All is reported quiet on the Rappahannock, the enemy seeming to be staggered, if not stupefied, by the stunning blows dealt Rosecrans in th...

No stirring news yet. The enemy's fleet is at Port Royal, S. C. Everywhere we are menaced with overwhelming odds. Upon God, and our own...

The Northern papers say Hooker's grand division crossed the Rappahannock, ten miles above Falmouth, several days ago. Burnside h...

To-day I was requested to aid, temporarily, in putting in operation a new bureau, created by the military authorities, not by law, entitled...

There was skirmishing this morning on the line of the Rappahannock. The Chief of Ordnance is ordering arms and ammunition to Gen. Pemberton...

We must give up our rooms by the last of this month, and the question now arises about our future abode. We are searching hither and thithe...

There are skirmishes every day, and we can hear both the artillery and musketry from the hills on the outskirts of the city, whither some ...

The President's family have departed for Raleigh, and the families of most of the cabinet to their respective homes, or other places of...

Tom Ferguson walked home with me. He told me of Colonel Dahlgren's 1 death and the horrid memoranda found in his pocket. He came with ...

There is an outcry against the appointment of two major-generals, recommended, perhaps, by Mr. Benjamin, Gustavus W. Smith and Gen. Lovell,...