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Clear    [[preprinted]]SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1865.[[/preprinted]]      Beautiful day

5 The forces which the sand assumes may not be that which is of the least resistance. A sharp edged knife offers but little resistance in entering the water into wood but the edge soon gives away
6 [[diagram]] in some cases a perpendicular wall offers the best protection and in others a [[diagram]] wood surface.


News of severe fighting on the front - The union armies successful
visit from Henry Smith who has been for six months a prisoner in South Carolina
Gave a sorrowful picture of the effects of the war.
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Hazy     [[preprinted]]MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1865.[[/preprinted]]  Rain last night
Mr Patterson leaves us - - wrote to writer Davis again relative to the Eulogy on the Chief Justice
Admiral Davis called to discuss the subject of registers on the arenas of Meteorological Phenomena.
City in great excitement - news that Richmond has fallen occupies all thoughts - subsequent accounts state that Richmond was evacuated and that Lee's army had escaped.   Intelligence of the evacuation of Petersburgh.
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