Called with General Bolles on the President in relation to the case of Raphael Semmes. The call was pursuant to appointment. Secretary Harla...

Very little intelligence received from the armies to-day. The President still at City Point, or its vicinity, holding interviews with the ge...

Dry and pleasant. We have a rumor to-day of the success of a desperate expedition from Wilmington, N. C., to Point Lookout, Md., to libera...

A disagreeable, rainy day. Only a light Cabinet-meeting. As usual the dignitaries were absent, but Seward is not in Washington. Fessenden an...

Admiral Porter called on me to-day direct from his command. Had a long interview on his affairs. Received dispatches to-day from Cap...

On the morning of Sunday the 3rd, went with Postmaster-General Blair and family and my own family, also Mr. Fox, Mr. Faxon, Dr. Horwitz,   ...

Near Vining's Station, Ga., July 15, 1864. We are now enjoying a short respite from our exertions, which is very welcome after th...

Now we are in a cottage rented from Doctor Chisolm. Hood is a full general. Johnston 1 has been removed and superseded. Early is threateni...

Cambridge, July 28, 1864, My dear Motley, — I write you on a matter of business. You may have heard that Norton and I have undertaken t...

PORTLAND, March 31. The Jura from Liverpool, 20 th , and Londonderry the 21 st , arrived here at 6 p. m. GREAT BRITAIN. President Lincol...

NEW YORK, April 22. The steamer City of New York, with four days later European news, has arrived. LIVERPOOL, 9th. – Breadstuffs dull but st...