The Hon. RUSSELL A. ALGER, Secretary of War,

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PART II.-VOL. LII.

CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS,

RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, WEST FLORIDA, AND NORTHERN GEORGIA.

SUPPLEMENT

EMBRACING DOCUMENTS FOUND OR RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR INSER

TION IN VOLUMES 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 38, 39, 45, AND 49.

January 1, 1861-June 30, 1865.

WASHINGTON, January 7, 1861. COLE SAUNDERS,

Paducah, Ky. Etheridge-Crittenden bill voted down. All hopes lost. Disunion inevitable.

A. L. SAUNDERS. [4.]

WASHINGTON, January 7, 1861. . Hon. D. B. WRIGHT,

Jackson, Miss.: Hope is dead. Secedeat once. To-day is the darkest yet. Telegraph the ordinance. Pay here. Letter of Governor by mail.

A. G. BROWN. (1.)

WASHINGTON, January 9, 1861. General C. J. MCRAE,

Mobile, Ala.: President's message* is a recital of existing state of things. Says he is bound to execute the laws, but is powerless, and refers the whole