be good news. I did not wait to see, knowing
the papers will have it to-morrow.

Mr. Hunter was with Mr. Secretary Seddon, as usual, this Sunday morning,
begging him not to resign. This is flattery to Mr. Seddon.

NOVEMBER 14TH.--Clear and cold.

Lincoln is re-elected, and has called for a _million_ of men! This makes
many of our croaking people despondent; others think it only a game of
brag.

I saw the President to-day in earnest conversation with several members
of Congress, standing in the street. It is not often he descends from
his office to this mode of conference.

Some one of the family intimating that stains of blood were on my
undershirts (second hand), I was amused to see Mrs. J. lifting them with
the _tongs_. They have been thoroughly washed, and prove to be a
first-rate article. I am proud of them, for they are truly comfortable
garments.

Gen. Forrest is doing wonders in Tennessee, as the appended dispatch
from Gen. Beauregard shows:

"TUSCUMBIA, ALA., Nov. 8th, 1864.

"GEN. S. COOPER, A. AND I. GENERAL.

"Gen. Forrest reports on the 5th instant that he was then engaged
fighting the enemy at Johnsonville, having already destroyed four
gun-boats, of eight guns each, fourteen steamers, and twenty
barges, with a large quantity of quartermaster and commissary
stores, on the landing and in warehouses, estimated at between
seventy-five and one hundred thousand tons. Six gun-boats were then
approaching, which he hoped to capture or destroy.

"G. T. BEAUREGARD."

NOVEMBER 15TH.--Fair and cold; ice. Quiet below; rumors of further
successes in the Southwest, but not official.

Congress did nothing of interest yesterday in open session, but spent
most of its time in secret session. There will probably be stringent
martial law, for the strong hand of unlimited power will be required to
correct abuses, repress discontent, and bring into the field the whole
military strength of the Confederacy. The large majorities for Lincoln
in the United States clearly indicate a purpose to make renewed efforts
to accomplish our destruction.

It is now contradicted that Lincoln has called for 1,000,000 men.

Three P.M. Cloudy, and threatening snow.

An attack upon the city seems to be apprehended. All men must now have
passes from Mr. Carrington, Provost Marshal, or be liable to arrest in
the street. Such are the changes, indicating _panic_ on the part of
official