[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Great Rebellion: Return of the Rebel Emissary from Washington – 2
Affairs in Western Virginia: Active Movements of the National Troops – 2-3
Gen. Patterson’s Column – 3
News from Denver City – 3
Interesting from New-Mexico: Military Affairs in the Territory – 3-4
Editorial: The Culmination of the Rebellion – 4
Editorial: A Crown With a Cotton Lining – 4-5
Editorial: Military Police-A Contrast of Systems – 5
The Programme of Gen. Scott-Why an Immediate Advance is not Desirable (letter to the editor) – 6

[BroJoeK]

"Editorial: The Culmination of the Rebellion – 4"

"Within a few days unmistakable evidence has been forced upon us from every quarter, that Secession is really in its last throes.
Hereafter, it is to oppose no formidable resistance at any given point, the peculair institution requiring all the able-bodied men in every portion of the South to remain at home as a local police..."

I'd call that whistling past the graveyard.
No doubt our good editors will soon sing a different tune.