Clear and pleasant; subsequently thawing and foggy. Gen. R. E. Lee has been appointed General-in-Chief by the President, in response to the ...

The report that the United States Government had appointed commissioners to meet ours is contradicted. On the contrary, it is believed that ...

Bright, windy, cold, and disagreeable. There was nothing new at the department this morning. Nothing from below; nothing from South Caroli...

WHEN arrested in the progress of my remarks yesterday, I was about to say that I approved of the main object of the bill reported by the Com...

Cloudy and thawing. No war news, but it is known Sherman's army is not quiet, and must soon be heard from in spite of the interdict of...

Raining. The old dull sound of bombs down the river. Nothing further from Savannah. It is now believed that the raiders in Western Virgini...

Clear and frosty. Ice half an inch thick this morning. All quiet below. Col. St. John, Niter and Mining Bureau, required 13,000 men to fur...

Bright and pleasant. The rumor is revived that Mr. Seddon will resign. If he really does resign, I shall regard it as a  bad  sign. He mus...

Clear and pleasant. All quiet. No doubt, from the indications, Lincoln has been re-elected. Now preparations must be made for the further ...

Rained all night, but bright this morning. We have no clear account yet of the fighting yesterday; but we know the enemy was repulsed on t...

Cloudy and somber. We have authentic intelligence of the defeat of our forces under Gen. Early, near Winchester. Two generals, Rhodes and ...

Rained all night, but clear most of the day. There are rumors of Burnside landing troops on the Peninsula; also of preparations for moveme...

The snow has disappeared; but it is cloudy, with a cold northwest wind. The James River is very high, and all the streams are so much swolle...

At mid-day it cleared off; wind still northwest, and cool. Beans (white) were held to-day at $5 per quart 1 and other articles of food in ...

 Bright and pleasant—dusty. But one rain during the winter. The “associated press” publishes an unofficial dispatch, giving almost incredi...

Yesterday was the coldest day of the winter, and last night was a bitter one. This morning it is bright and clear, and moderating. We have ...

A memorial from the army has been presented in both houses of Congress. The speech of Mr. Foote, relative to a Dictator, has produced so...

No news. I saw, to-day, Gen. Lee's letter of the 7th instant, simply announcing the capture of Hoke's and Haye's brigades. They...

We have nothing new this morning; but letters to the department from North and South Carolina indicate that while the troops in Virginia ar...

Hon. G. A. Henry, Senator from Tennessee, writes to the Secretary that it is rumored that Gen. Pemberton is to command Gen. Polk's corp...