[St. Louis, October 1885.] The newspapers here now state that the Ohio election has gone fairly and conclusively to the Republicans, and p...

BROWN'S HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3, 1861. I hasten to write you this evening of my arrival, with the President, Alex., baby and ...

OFFICE ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY, St. Louis, April 4 ,  1861 . MY DEAR FRIEND: I promised you all to keep you advised of my whereabouts t...

ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 18, 1860. . . . I cannot remain here much beyond January 23, the time set for the state convention to dissolve the connec...

WASHINGTON, April 19, 1860 . . . I don't remember what I said in my postscript, which seems to have affected you so much, but in all y...

LOUISIANA STATE SEMINARY, Alexandria, July 22, 1860. DEAR TOM: . . . The fact that Congress did not admit Kansas must be a disappointment ...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: You are, as yet, the people of a Territory; but you probably soon will be the people of a State of the Union. Then yo...

[ Mound City, Kansas , November 20, 1860.] In the winter of ’59, after the second expulsion of Border-ruffians, a county meeting, duly ...

I shall here briefly recapitulate what has occurred since the last mention of political events. In the first place the South has been d...

West Andover , Sept. 8, 1859. Friend Henrie , — I yesterday evening received yours of September 2, and I not only hasten to reply, but ...

It is probable the landlord of the Gayoso House was a strong Secessionist, and resolved, therefore, to make the most out of a neutral custo...

On looking out of my cabin window this morning I found the steamer fast along-side a small wharf, above which rose, to the height of 150 fe...