...rible one before they can be convinced that a reduction of the rebellion is not a practicable thing. To-day Mr. Walker inquired where my son Custis was. I told him he was with his mother at Newbern, N. C. He authorized me to telegraph him to return, and he should be appointed to a clerkship. Col. Bledsoe has a job directly from the President: which is to adapt the volume of U. S. Army Regulat...