RICHMOND, April 17, 1 1861. Well, my dearest one, Virginia has severed her connection with the Northern hive of abolitionists, and takes...

Dark and raining. As the morning progressed, the city was a little startled by the sound of artillery in a northern direction, and not ver...

 At the Cabinet-meeting to-day, the President brought forward specially the riot in Coles County, Illinois, and the controversy between Gove...

The air is filled with rumors—none reliable. It is said Gen. Lee is much provoked at the alarm and excitement in the city, which thwarted a ...

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

FORT MACON.  Martial law not being a very favorable institution for pleasure parties, I presume the usual May day festival is dispensed with...

PROCLAMATION. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,                    New Orleans, January 11 , 1864 .   TO THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA:...

No news. I saw, to-day, Gen. Lee's letter of the 7th instant, simply announcing the capture of Hoke's and Haye's brigades. They...

Headquarters Del. Dept. Wilmington, Del. , July 20th, 1863. My dear Mother: You have heard before now, I suppose, that I was in New...

You will observe that I propose no crusade for abolition, or, according to your language, no change of programme, making it a war of abolit...

W——ll, one of the Winder detectives that fled to Washington last year, is back again. But the Mayor has arrested him as a spy, and it is sa...

It is represented that the mob in New York is about subdued. Why it was permitted to continue so long and commit such excess has not been e...

The enemy bombarded Fort McAlister again yesterday, several gun-boats opening fire on it. It lasted all day; during winch one of the iron-c...

The resignation of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith has been accepted by the President. It was well done — the acceptance, I mean. Who will Gen. Wind...

To-day we are all down again. Bragg has retreated from Murfreesborough. It is said he saved his prisoners, captured cannon, etc., but it is...

Detailed for picket duty. Located out on Tuscaror road, in charge. One duty I had to perform was to examine all citizens who enter town, as...

camp Near Winchester , March 15, 1862. Of all the platitudes and jingles that ever amused and deluded a chivalrous people, the asserti...

There is no confirmation of the reported victory in Kentucky. An Englishman, who has been permitted to go North, publishes there a minut...

Congress adjourned yesterday at five o'clock P.M. I have heard nothing of Mr. Brooks and the Passport Bill I drafted. The truth is that...

Gen. Wise was countermanded in his march against Williamsburg, by Major-Gen. Gustavus W. Smith. He had 2700 men, the enemy 1500, and he wou...