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 ...

Showery. Atlanta has fallen, and our army has retreated some thirty miles; such is Hood's dispatch, received last night. The cheerin...

Mr. Chase called and took me this evening for a two hours' ride. We went past Kalorama north, crossed Rock Creek near the Stone Mill, t...

The Eutaw House is not a very good specimen of an American hotel, but the landlord does his best to make his guests comfortable, when he li...

Boston , December 10,1861. My Dear Me. Senior, — I have yours of the 20th ulto . I shall read with much interest your article upon the ...