Raining hard, and warm. We have vague reports of Early's defeat in the Valley by an overwhelming force; and the gloom and despondency ...

Bright and cool; some frost this morning. I saw an officer yesterday from Early's command. He said the enemy entered Charlottesville o...

A clear night and frosty morning. We have no news except that gleaned from Northern papers. Gen. Hood is unable to cross the Tennessee Riv...

Bright and beautiful. All quiet below, save an occasional booming from the fleet. Nothing from Georgia in the papers, save the conjectures...

Bright and beautiful. Still all quiet below, the occasional bombarding near Petersburg being beyond our hearing. Yesterday, Gen. Preston...

Cloudy and showery, but warm, and fine for vegetation. My lettuce, cabbage, beans, etc. are growing finely. But the Yankee corn and lima bea...

A cool day, sunshine and showers. To-day Congress assembled, and the President's message was delivered, although he buried his younges...

Bright and hot. The tocsin sounded again this morning. I learned upon inquiry that it was merely for the militia again (they were dismisse...

A letter from Gen. Johnston says he received the “confidential instructions” of the President, from the Secretary of War, and succeeded in g...

Night before last 109 Federal prisoners, all commissioned officers, made their escape from prison—and only three or four have been retaken! ...

Bright and cold. A resolution passed Congress, calling on the President to report the number of men of conscript age removed from the Quart...

Cold and clear. Gen. Longstreet telegraphs to-day from Rutledge, Tenn., some fifty miles northeast of Knoxville, and says he will soon need...

It is supposed our loss in the surprise on Saturday did not exceed 1500, killed, wounded, and taken. It is thought that a battle will occur...

At this late day the Secretary of War is informed by Col. Gorgas that, in consequence of the enemy's possessing the coal mines in Tenne...

The President returned Saturday evening, looking pretty well. Yesterday, Sunday, he was under the necestity of reading a dispatch from Gen....

After all the rumors from Northern Virginia, I have seen nothing official. I incline to the belief that we have achieved no success further...

Nothing additional has been received from Gen. Bragg, but there is reason to believe Rosecrans is fortifying Chattanooga, preparatory to cr...

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

Lieut.-Col. Lay, “Inspector,” reports from North Carolina that some twenty counties in that State are “disaffected;” that the deserters and...

There is a rumor that Gen. Lee (who is still here) is to take the most of his army out of Virginia, to recapture the Southern territory los...