Clear and pleasant; subsequently thawing and foggy. Gen. R. E. Lee has been appointed General-in-Chief by the President, in response to the ...

The report that the United States Government had appointed commissioners to meet ours is contradicted. On the contrary, it is believed that ...

Clear, but rained last night. From the South we learn that Sherman is marching on Branchville, and that Beauregard is at Augusta. The gr...

A snow four inches in depth on the ground, and snowing. Last night Governor Smith, President Davis, Senator Oldham (Texas), Rev. Mr. Duncan,...

Cloudy and cool. A dispatch from the West states that the enemy have made a heavy raid from Bean's Station, Ky., cutting the railroad ...

Clear and pleasant; subsequently cloudy and chilly. All quiet below, save the occasional booming of our guns from the iron-clads. The ca...

Warm and cloudy. Quiet below. The President was reported better, yesterday, to my wife, who called. It is said Gen. Cooper, R. Ould, e...

Raining. The old dull sound of bombs down the river. Nothing further from Savannah. It is now believed that the raiders in Western Virgini...

Seward presented some matters of interest in relation to the Spanish-American States. Spain is getting in difficulty with Chili and also Per...

A very warm day. Thermometer 90 and upward. Chief subject at the Cabinet was the offense and the disposition of J. Davis. The President, it ...

A dispatch from Gen. Johnston says a battle has been fought between Pemberton and Grant, between Jackson and Vicksburg, Mississippi, which ...

The papers contain the following order from Gen. Lee: “headquarters Army Northern Virginia, “May 7th, 1803. “general Orders No. 5...

The excitement has subsided, as troops come pouring in, and many improvised cavalry companies go out in quest of the fox — who has vanished...

We have no further news from the army, except the usual skirmishing. A number of our wounded arrived last evening. An officer reports that...

The President's health is improving. His eye is better; and he would have been in his office to-day (the first time for three weeks) if...

The President is reported to be very ill to-day — dangerously ill — with inflammation of the throat, etc. While this is a source of grief t...

From the Northern papers we learn that the defeat at Charleston is called by the enemy a  Reconnoissance . This causes us much merriment he...

The Federal papers have heard of the failure to take Charleston, and the sinking of the Keokuk; and yet they strive to mollify the disaster...

The President is sick, and has not been in the Executive Office for three days. Gen. Toombs, resigned, has published a farewell address to ...

The President is thin and haggard; and it has been whispered on the street that he will immediately be baptized and confirmed. I hope so, be...