Franklin County, Pa.,           June 28, 1863. We are in Yankeedom this time, for certain, and a beautiful and magnificent country it is t...

The offices are closed, to-day, in honor of Washington's birth-day. But it is a fast day; meal selling for $40 per bushel. Money will no...

Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home by Richard Bell A gripping and true story abou...

To-day we have a cold northwest storm of wind and rain, and we have our first fire in the parlor. The elections in Ohio and Pennsylvania...

The free colored people of this country have lost their self-respect. Hence my gravest doubt of their redemption. Hence too, my gravest dou...

Gen. Lee telegraphed last night that our cavalry had routed the enemy's horse on Monday, capturing some 200, etc. etc. The Legislat...

The subjoined table, compiled from the census of 1860, is interesting at this time.   It will be seen that the free negro population of the...