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The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], Another Richmond letter in the London times. (search)
th one of the firmest that ever was set in mortal head. The President looks and worn, but speaks cheerfully of his health. There is nothing to justify the repeated allegations of Northern papers that he is physically at his last gasp. A month in the Confederacy has taught me what a tremendous power, beyond the unanimous resistance of the the North is contending against in the vest dimension of the area it is serving to subdue. I have hitherto but grazed the edges of the great State of Virginia, but in order to do this day after day has been spent in the saddle hundreds of miles have been ridden, and a notion of the difficulty of advancing an army has been gained from the experience of a single horseman seeking food and for his horse and himself. From Gen. Lee's advanced pass four days (three in the saddle and one on the railroad) are required for the journey to Richmond, though the distance is less than two hundred miles. But the rocky roads of the Blue Ridge make thirty m