AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, October 18th, 1854. TO THE HON. WM. L. MARCY,           Secretary of State. SIR: The undersigned, in compliance with the w...

Vienna, March 17, 1864. Dear Lady William: A thousand thanks for your letter, which gave us inexpressible delight, not alone for its wi...

November 17, 1863. My Dearest Mother : . . . I shall say nothing of our home affairs save that I am overjoyed at the results of the ele...

We have recently journeyed through a portion of this free state, and it is not all imagination in us, that sees, in its bold scenery, — its...

Vienna, May 31, 1863. Dear Lady william : If I have not written of late, it is simply and purely because I am so very stupid. I don...

Vienna , May 12, 1863. My Dearest Mother : Since Easter brought an end to the Lenten entertainments which succeeded the carnival, ther...

Legation of the United States, March 3, 1863.             My Dearest Mother : As I have now made up my mind that our war is to be pro...

Vienna , February 17, 1863. My Dearest Little Mary : I hope that you will accept this note from me as the family contribution for to-da...

Vienna, June 9, 1862. My Dearest Mother : I am pretty busy now with my “History,” and work on regularly enough, but of course I am di...

HALIFAX, Jan. 26. – The Europa from Liverpool 11th, Queenstown 12th, arrived last night. A Cadiz telegram says the American Consul ha...

If all the ages of the times do not fail, there is a crisis approaching in European affairs, that will require the whole attention of the ...