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[[start page]] 1863. July long remembered in that vicinity. Port Hudson is ours. The Rebels have escaped Gen. Meade & are in Virginia greatly to the chagrin of the Government. Sat. 18th. We have been greatly excited for the last [[strikeout?]][[week?]] days by the accounts of the terrible mob in New York. railroads have been torn up, houses & other property ^destroyed, & the lives of many of the citizens sacrificed to the fury of men governed only by their passions. Resistance to the draft had been expected but no such frightful scenes as these. There has been some [[trouble?]] in Boston also in Troy & other northern cities. but none in Phil. _ Victory has smiled upon the union arms this week besides the surrender of Port Hudson. Gen. Bragg has been forced to retreat to Altona Georgia leaving east Tenn. free of Rebels & Joe Johnstons has been defeated in Miss. Mon 20th. Bad news from Mr. Bell Father saw Mr. Welling yesterday who said Mr. B. was dangerously ill. He promised to come & give us particulars. Went to Mrs Hodge's to dinner yesterday saw the flag Capt. Rodgers captured from the [[blank space]] She was a very fine vessel [[strikethough]] & had been [[strikethrough]] which had run the blockade into charleston's harbour. had been iron clad by the Southerners & sent [[end page]] [[start page]] 1863 July forth with the confident hope that she would annihilate the blockading fleet. The flag is very pretty white, with a St Andrews cross in [[blank space]] with white stars on a square of in the corner. The rioters are quelled in N.Y. Several places in New Jersey have been affected by the discontent & even little Princeton assumed a hostile attitude & attempted to stop the passage of troops on their way to New York. T. 21st Carlotta Gerolt was married to day. She has been engaged for several years Madame Gerolt said she met Mr. Ward at a place on the Rhine where she had been invited to spend her first three months after leaving school. The 9 weeks passed under the same roof led to an engagement which the Baron consented to ratify at the end of [[5?]] years if they should continue of the same mind, holding no [[interview?]] in the interim. Their mutual constancy has been rewarded. He is in British India service. Fighting has commenced at Charleston by land & sea. The brave Weehawken is of the fleet she led the last engagement Wed. 23rd. Mr. Welling here says Mr. Bell very ill. [[G?]] gone on to see him. Mon. 27. Saw Baron Gerolt yesterday at Mr [[Kennedys?]] said the family would leave here soon. Went [[end page]]
