Had an interesting half-hour talk with J. M. Forbes, a sensible man and true patriot. He wishes the President to make the issue before the ...

Washington, 25 August 1864 Hell is to pay.   The N. Y. politicians have got a stampede on that is about to swamp everything.   Raymond ...

Wrote a line to Seward that I had not been officially notified of the raising of the blockade of Brownsville, Texas. The whole thing has be...