The speeches of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Hon. Owen Lovejoy, Hon Galusha A. Grow, and Mr. Carl Schurz in the German language...

The Jackson (Ill.) Journal says the severe frost of Thursday night has destroyed the prospect of the fruit in the vicinity. The farmers say ...

It has been some weeks since I have opened this book. Such time as I could spare from exacting and oppressing current duties at the Departm...

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D.C., June 14 , 1862 . Hon. GALUSHA A. GROW, Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR: A res...

Colonel Washington called this morning but could not see the President. It would seem like a happy chance to have a General Washington ...

GLENWOOD, May 5 , 1861 . Hon. S. CAMERON: MY DEAR SIR: Reached home last night by way of New York. You have no conception of the dep...