SHERWOOD FOREST, CHARLES CITY CO., April 25, 1861. In these times you must write often, if only a few words. I have no letters to-day from...

SHERWOOD FOREST, May 11, 1861. I only write you one word this morning to say all continues well with us, and that I receive punctually you...

Bright and windy. The Virginia Assembly has passed resolutions instructing the Senators to vote for the negro troops bill—so Mr. Hunter must...

January 10, 1861. DEAR ROBERT: The pressure on me for my opinions on the crisis leaves me no alternative. My views will be published in th...

SHERWOOD FOREST, January 18, 1861. MY DEAR ROBERT: . . . . . . My paper did not come out in the Richmond papers on Tuesday as I expected....

Snowed last night three inches. Clear and cold this morning; ground frozen. Had a dream last night—that meeting a few men in my wood and c...

SHERWOOD FOREST, January 19, 1860. MY DEAR ROBERT: To-day the General Assembly give a complimentary dinner to Gov. Wise, and I have been i...

WASHINGTON, 13th June, 1860. MY DEAR SIR: Do you wish me to place the letter of Captain Maddox to yourself on file? Also that of Mr. Ivers...

VILLA MARGARET, 1 July 22, 1860. MY DEAR ROBERT: . . . We begin to have more numerous calls by visitors to this region, and I become dail...

VILLA MARGARET, August 14, 1860. DEAR ROBERT: The country is undoubtedly in an alarming condition. While I think you are too bitter on Dou...

SHERWOOD FOREST, August 27, 1860. DEAR ROBERT: I think it best to enclose you these letters. There are parts of mine you may not be able t...

VILLA MARGARET, Sept. 14, 1860. MY DEAR ROBERT: I see the election is gone in Maine, although Douglas confidently calculated on carrying t...

SHERWOOD FOREST, November 10, 1860. So all is over, and Lincoln elected. South Carolina will secede. What other States will do remains to ...

SENATE CHAMBER, December 16, 1859. DEAR TYLER: The excitement seems to abate slightly in Congress, but it is on the rise in nearly every S...

SHERWOOD FOREST, November 23, 1859. MY DEAR ROBERT: I scarcely know what reply to give to your last letter. If I had the means to make you...

SHERWOOD FOREST, December 6, 1859. DEAR ROBERT: Your letter of the 28th November is before me. I was far from inferring from your previous...

Bright and beautiful. As I walked down to the department, heavy and brisk cannonading below assailed the ear. It was different from the or...

Rained all day. Lieut. Tyler, grandson of President Tyler, is here on furlough, which expires to-morrow. His father (the major), whom he h...

There is nothing new to-day. The weather is pleasant for the season, the snow being all gone. Custis has succeeded in getting ten pupils...

A scout, from Washington, has reported to Major Norris, signal corps, that 10,000 New York troops have recently left Meade's army, thei...