Post, just exchanged, walked along
with the column, and kept repeating these words: "Now you know how _we_
felt when you marched us through your cities."

But generally a deep silence was maintained, and neither insult nor
indignity offered the fallen foe. Other columns are on the way--and how
they are to be subsisted is a vexatious question.

The Washington papers of the day preceding the first battle contain
Hooker's address to his army--how different from Lee's! It is short,
though:

"HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,

"Camp near Falmouth, April 30th.

"GENERAL ORDERS NO. 47.

"It is with heartfelt satisfaction that the Commanding General
announces to the army that the operations of the last three days
have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come
out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground,
where certain destruction awaits him. The operations of the 15th,
11th, and 12th corps have been a succession of splendid
achievements.

"By command of MAJ.-GEN. HOOKER.

"S. WILLIAMS, _Ass't. Adj't.-Gen._"

Another column of between twelve and fifteen hundred prisoners marched
in this afternoon. It is said a copy of the New York _Herald_ is in
town, which acknowledges Hooker's loss to be fully 40,000. There are
rumors, also, that our army in Tennessee has gained a great victory.
Rumors from the West have hitherto been so very unreliable, that I shall
wait patiently for the confirmation of any reports from that quarter.

MAY 11TH.--Lieut.-Gen. J. T. Jackson died at 3 P.M. yesterday. His
remains will arrive in the city at 5 P.M. this afternoon. The flags are
at half-mast, and all the government offices and even places of business
are closed. A multitude of people, mostly women and children, are
standing silently in the streets, awaiting the arrival of the hero,
destined never again to defend their homes and honor.

A letter from Gen. Lee says, emphatically, that if cavalry be not
brought from North Carolina and the South, the enemy's cavalry will be
enabled to make raids almost anywhere without molestation. I recollect
distinctly how he urged the Secretary of War (Randolph), months ago, to
send to Texas for horses, but it was not attended to--and now we see the
consequences.

The exchanged prisoners here, taken at Arkansas Post, are ordered to the
Mississippi. Gen. Longstreet urged the Secretary to send them off,