Only three of us were at the Cabinet council to-day. Some matters of interest were touched upon, but there was soon a discussion on recent ...

The President read the paper which he had drawn up. Mr. Chase proposed as a preferable course that the President should, pursuant to the ac...

Admiral Foote still lingers, but there is no hope of his recovery. Dahlgren took leave this morning for the South Atlantic Squadron. I admo...

We have accounts of farther and extensive depredations by the Alabama. These depredations were near the Line, where the Department, in anti...

Received a long dispatch from Admiral Porter at Haines Bluff, Yazoo River, giving details of successful fights and operations for several p...

Admiral Du Pont arrived to-day; looks hale and hearty. He is a skillful and accomplished officer. Has a fine address, is a courtier with pe...

Tom Ferguson walked home with me. He told me of Colonel Dahlgren's 1 death and the horrid memoranda found in his pocket. He came with ...