NORFOLK, [VA.], May 11, 1856. DEAR HUNTER: I have just returned from a visit to my old (Hampton) county and hope things will end there as ...

HAMPTON, VA., May 15th, 1856. MY DEAR SIR: According to promises I proceed to give you an acc[oun]t of the proceedings of the District Con...

Bright and windy. The following telegram was received this morning from Gen. R. E. Lee: "Gen. Johnston reports that on the 16th Gen. Ha...

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

BOSTON, [MASS.], April 1st, 1856. DEAR SIR: I send you a copy of the French Tariff whose promulgation has reached here in the last mail. I...

NORFOLK, [VA.], April 13, 1856. DEAR HUNTER: Since my return home I have been so unwell that I have had no opportunity of mixing extensive...

POST AT MUCKLESHUTE PRAIRIE,           NEAR STEILACOONE, W. T., April 20, 1856. MY DEAR COUSIN: By the time this reaches you the excitemen...

Rained all night; clearing away this morning. Warm. Nothing positive from Sherman, Grant, or Sheridan. The enemy's papers say Gen. Early...

NEW YORK, [N. Y.], December 25, 1855 . DEAR SIR: We have been applied to by gentlemen of high standing and respectability who desire to pr...

RICHMOND, [VA.], February 5th, 1856 . MY DEAR UNCLE: The Kanawha River bill passed this morning, waiving the State's lien on the tolls...

BOYDTON, VA., February 21, 1856 . DEAR HUNTER: I have just reached home safe and sound—having accomplished the journey with no other disco...

(Confidential.) WHEELING, [VA.], 15th March, 1856. MY DEAR SIR: I arrived here on Thursday morning on my way home, but resolved to spend a...

CHARLESTON, [S. C.], 17th March, 1856 . MY DEAR BUTLER: I have rec[eive]d y[ou]r letter and speech. The best speech you have made and y[ou...

ALTO, [VA.], March 18, 1856 . MY DEAR SIR: You would be amused to learn some of the manouvres which have been resorted to in our state to ...

OFFICE OF THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE,           NEW YORK, [N. Y.], March 25th, 1856 . DEAR SIR: I believe I had the pleasure of meeting you o...

Frosty morning, after a rain last night. We have no authentic war news this morning, from any quarter. Congress is at work in both Houses ...

Another bright and glorious morning. I hear of no news whatever from the South—although I know that important events are transpiring—and the...

Another morning of blue skies and glorious sunshine. Sherman is reported to be marching northward, and to have progressed one-third of the w...

Raining. There are more rumors of the evacuation of Wilmington and even Petersburg. No doubt that stores, etc. are leaving Petersburg; but...

Cloudy and cool; rained all night. No news from the South, this morning. But there is an ugly rumor that Beauregard's men have deserted ...