Wilson, Chairman Judiciary [Committee], called up Kelley's bill, providing for universal suffrage (colored) in [the] District of Columbi...

It seems, from the following letter, that the Secretary of the Interior has reversed his decision in regard to Swamp Lands.   The Governmen...

We remained in line of battle all night. Our brigade lay in bivouac all day. The Governor of the State of Iowa made a speech to the Iowa Br...

WASHINGTON, April 1, 1862. ED. HAWK-EYE – Dear Sir: Our great army has a multitude of representatives at the hotels and “all quiet on ...

Mr. Wilson of Iowa has made a report from the Judiciary committee, upon the censorship of the press.   It speaks of the Censor as almost en...

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Washington City, D. C., March 12, 1862 C. DUNHAM, Esq., Ed. Hawk-Eye. Dear Sir , – I shall in the cour...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 1862 FRIEND DUNHAM:   You may have noticed in the Senate proceedings yesterday, the introduction of a resolution by Se...

To Hon. Jas. F. Wilson, of this State, belongs the credit of introducing the resolution which instructed the military committee of the Hous...

Special to the Chicago Tribune. WASHINGTON, March 13. Leonard F. Ross, Col. of the 17 th Illinois, and Capt. Ricketts, of the 1 st U. S....

It seems, from the following letter, that the Secretary of the Interior has reversed his decision in regard to Swamp Lands.   The Government...

A letter from Washington to the Chicago Tribune says: One of the most important measures introduced at this session of Congress is the disf...

JAMES F. WILSON was born at Newark, Ohio, October 19, 1828. His education was obtained in the common schools and he learned the trade of har...