Bright and frosty. A fine February for fruit. Yesterday the Senate postponed action on the Negro bill. What this means I cannot conjecture, ...

Raining; the most inclement February for years. It is stated that Gen. J. E. Johnston has been replaced in command of the army in front of...

Rained all day yesterday; cloudy and cool this morning. We have no news-only rumors that Wilmington has been abandoned, that A. P. Hill'...

Raining; warm. The Northern papers announce the capture of Wilmington. No doubt the city has fallen, although the sapient dignitaries of thi...

Clear and pleasant. Cannon heard down the river. Mr. E. A. Pollard, taken by the Federals in an attempt to run the blockade last spring, h...

Bright and frosty. Gold at $66 for one—yesterday, at auction. Major R. J. Echols, Quartermaster, Charlotte, N. C., says the fire there des...

Clear and frosty. Guns heard down the river. Dispatches came last night for ammunition-to Wilmington, I believe. We have nothing yet decisiv...

Clear and frosty. We learn vaguely that the attack on the defenses of Wilmington has been progressing since Friday, and that the enemy...

Cloudy and cool. Cannon heard down the river. No war news. But blockade-running at Wilmington has ceased; and common calico, now at $25 pe...

Notwithstanding the alleged ceaseless vigilance of the Yankee navy in watching blockade-runners on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the Confed...

Cold, and indications of snow. Offered the owner of our servant $400 per annum. He wants $150 and clothing for her. Clothing would cost pe...

Calm and quiet; indications of snow. By a communication sent to Congress, by the President, it is ascertained that 500,000 pairs shoes, 8,...

Bright and cold. Snowed yesterday, and windy. Gen. Whiting writes that he had only 400 men in Fort Fisher, and it was a miracle that it wa...

WILMINGTON, December 20 , 1864 — 10 a.m. Col. JOHN B. SALE,           Richmond, Va.: The head of the enemy's fleet arrived off this ...

WILMINGTON, December 23 , 1864. Col. JOHN B. SALE,           Richmond, Va.: The fleet which drew off in the rough weather is again assemb...

Clear and pleasant; subsequently cloudy and chilly. All quiet below, save the occasional booming of our guns from the iron-clads. The ca...

Raining; rained all night. The following dispatch was received this morning: "WILMINGTON, December 20th, 1864, 10 A.M.—The head of ...

Clear and cold. We have nothing from below. From Wilmington, we learn there is much commotion to resist the armada launched against that por...

Bright and very cold. A storm has driven off a portion of the enemy's fleet before Wilmington. The raid toward Gordonsville and Char...

Christmas eve! Clear and cold. A dispatch from Hon. J. L. Orr and H. V.     (on their way home) informs the Secretary that from the delay ...