(Private) New Orleans , December 25th, 1862. Dear Sir : The mail has just arrived and I see that, among other charges, Gen. Butler is...

A melancholy pause in my diary. After returning from church on the night of the 13th, a telegram was handed me from Professor Minor, of the...

There are several young officers who have sheathed the sword, and propose to draw the pen in the civil service. To-day I asked of th...

Unofficial. November 16, 1861 Dr. Coxe, one of the most distinguished of the Episcopal clergy in this city, is a strong Union man. Hi...

Spent yesterday in the hospital. I am particularly interested in two very ill men. One is a youth of seventeen years, who has been seventee...

This morning as we sat at breakfast, we got news that Mr. P. was coming, and oh! with what joy we soon received him! Thank God for his deli...

It is related of a couple of raftsmen, taken by the current into deep water, that one of them, whose religious education in youth had not be...