Went with George Anthon and Walter Cutting to the opera. Heard three acts of Martha in the Cutting box. Patti and Brignoli did fairly. Hous...

Wednesday night with Ellie, Miss Leavenworth, and Cameron to Tiffany’s shop in Broadway, where I had engaged a second story window. We inspe...

Our little Prince sailed . . . Saturday, and got safely out of our hands. Inferences from the phenomena that accompanied his visit are: (1...

Left Small-pox camp and arrived at Liberty, driving out the rebel General Breckinridge and all his forces, causing them to flee in all direc...

Nothing has occured today worthy of notice. Everyone is looking anxiously for news from three or four different points. From “Buels Army” ...

NEW YORK, April 3, 1854. Dear CRITTENDEN,—Herewith I inclose you a copy of General Smith's letter that you supposed would soon reach m...

NEW YORK, [N. Y.], October 18, 1856. MY DEAR SIR: The glorious results of the elections of the 14th Inst in Pennsylvania, Indiana and even...

Corinth, Miss. As it is seen from the last date, I have not written any for some time and I must write of the past from memory. Not getting ...

Yesterday a sentry fired on a man who was attempting to kill a snake near the dead line, but missed him, the shot taking effect on four othe...

[Special Dispatch to the Charleston Courier.] WASHINGTON, December 27, 7 P. M.—Secretary FLOYD says positively that he knows nothing offic...

Bright and cool. A violent southeast gale prevailed last evening, with rain. Of course we have no news in the papers from any quarter. Sheri...

Sunny and pleasant, but hazy in the south. Cannon heard, quite briskly, south of the city. The papers report that Gen. Hardee repulsed She...

Clear and warm. Apricots in blossom. At last we have reliable information that Johnston has checked one of Sherman's columns, at Bentonv...

Frost last night. Cloudy, cold, and windy to-day. Suffered much yesterday and last night with disordered bowels—from cold. This, however, ma...

Bright, calm, but cold,—my disorder keeping me at home. The dispatch of Gen. Lee, I fear, indicates that our late attempt to break the ene...

Raining rapidly, and warm. Again the sudden change of weather may be an interposition of Providence to defeat the effort of the enemy to d...

HEADQUARTERS ARMIES CONFEDERATE STATES,           March 20th, 1865. HON. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,           SECRETARY OF WAR. Gen. J. E. John...

HEADQUARTERS,           March 25 , 1865 . At daylight this morning General Gordon assaulted and carried enemy's works at Hare's H...

HEADQUARTERS, March 30th, 1865. GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE, SECRETARY OF WAR. Gen. Gordon reports that the enemy, at 11 A.M. yesterday, advan...

At 7 o'clock, another man had been shot, lay near the creek. Brisk showers in the night; the day is steadily hot. Rumor that 4,000 are t...