The infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. The British government constantly checked the attempts of Virginia to s...

MR. EDITOR — I regret that the former account I was sent of your labors of our excellent brothers Thompson and Phelps, was so meager a stat...

Peterboro , October 23,1846. Hon. Stephen C. Phillips , of Salem, Mass.: Dear Sir — This day's mail brings me the speech which yo...

From the Washington Chronicle. General Cameron, American minister to St. Petersburg, now in this city on official business, is known to...

A feeling of sadness hovers over me now, day and night, which no words of mine can express. There is a chance for plenty of character study...

Breakfasted with Mr. Hodgson, where I met Mr. Locke, Mr. Ward, Mr. Green, and Mrs. Hodgson and her sister. There were in attendance some go...

Mrs. Trescot, it seems, spent part of her night in attendance on a young gentleman of color, who was introduced into the world in a state o...

I take my hospital duty in the morning. Most persons prefer afternoon, but I dislike to give up my pleasant evenings. So I get up at five o...

Headquarters 79TH Regt. Camp Advance, Co. K. Virginia, 1861. Dear Mother: A most delightful moonlight forbids my retiring at the...

A painful piece of news came to us yesterday — our cousin, Mrs. Witherspoon, of Society Hill, was found dead in her bed. She was quite well...

WASHINGTON, April 21. SENATE. – Messrs. Howe and Howard presented memorials from citizens of Wisconsin and Michigan, praying for a ship cana...