Some slight indisposition and pressing duties have postponed my daily remarks. The President had expressed to me his intention to go to Rich...

If we are in turmoil on the western side of the Atlantic, they are not much better off on this eastern side. The King of Prussia has just sa...

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,                    Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, April 29 , 1862 . SIR: I have the honor to rep...

New Orleans , January 29th, 1863. Dear Sir: I have to-day transmitted my bond as Special Agt. and Acting Collector. The sureties are me...

(Private) New Orleans , January 26th, 1863. Dear Sir : The situation is the same as when I last wrote. There is no movement of troops...

(Private) New Orleans , January 15th, 1863. Dear Sir : A fight is progressing on Bayou Teche. Gen. Weitzel commands. He crossed Berwi...

(Private) New Orleans , January 8th, 1863. Dear Sir : A disaster has occurred at Galveston, similar to that near Fortress Monroe when...

Near Wilmington, Del. 29. Sep. 61.      My Dear Mr. Fox, After mature deliberation with Drayton, and for reasons public & perso...

My plan for reinforcing Fort Sumpter was this— From the outer edge of the bar to Sumpter through the swash channel it is four miles in a...

Baltic, 17th April At Sea, 1861    Dr Blair, As I have no writing materials and wish to save tomorrow's mail I use a pencil. ...

Navy Yard,      New York, April 6/61. Sir: I hastily informed the Department by mail to-day of the circumstances under which the “P...

Navy Department April 5th, 1861. Captain Samuel Mercer Com'dg. U.S.S. Powhatan, New York. The United States steamers “Powhata...

Navy Department, April 5th, 1861. Capt. Faunce, Commander of U.S. Revenue Steamer "Harriet Lane" New York. Sir: The r...

[Telegram—Copy] Brooklyn, April 1st, 1861. Secretary of the Navy, The “Powhatan” after landing her stores went out of commission a...

ST. GERMAIN HOTEL, New York , February 6, 1861. Since the repulse of the steamer Star of the West at Charleston it may be assumed tha...

Feb. 8, 1861 The proposition which I had the honor to submit to you fully in person is herewith presented in writing. Lt. Hall and ...

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, May 27 , 1861 . SIR: The expedition (of which I gave you information in my former dispatch) to N...

From intelligence received yesterday evening, it is probable the Alabama, Harriet Lane, and Florida have met off the West Indies, and turne...

We have dispatches from Charleston, to-day, which reconcile us to the loss of the cargo captured by the blockading squadron early in the we...