The Radicals held a caucus last evening at the Capitol, to determine in relation to their future course, and also in regard to the adjournme...

COLUMBUS, January 15, 1870. MY DEAR SIR: - I congratulate you very heartily on the result of the election in your State. Having some knowl...

The N. York Commercial advertiser of May 23d. contains a very complimentary notice of my letter to the Whig Committee, 62 and extracts the ...

Fine day—At work in office. out at Cox's to tea. “Help me Cassius or I sink” received a long letter from Hon David Davis, Tho s A Marsh...

St. Louis       Reached St Louis at 6 A. M. went to Planters House and had short interview with Gov Morgan of New York. Also met Judge Bates...

Cloudy, cold day, but cleared off, and became more pleasant in the afternoon There was a large Republican ratification meeting held here t...

Went with G. W. Blunt to see the President this morning. Blunt wants to be Naval Officer and has been a true and earnest friend of the Navy ...

Dined with F. P. Blair Jr 25 — the first [t]ime I was ever in his house — invited specially with Judge Jno. C. Richardson 26 and C Gibson,...

Warm day—The convention was occupied all day on credentials, rules and resolutions. The platform was adopted late in the afternoon, when we ...

. . . though the House by republicans, is hailed with great enthusiasm in the iron districts of Pennsylvania. Meetings were held and salutes...

In presenting ABRAHAM LINCOLN to the National Republican Convention, as a candidate for the Presidency, were are actuated not by our great l...

The German Convention, about which there has been some unnecessary fume, in view of the fact that it was to be held at the same time and pla...

Editors Press and Tribune: The Nomination of Mr. Seward will necessitate the nomination of Mr. Douglas at Baltimore. If Mr. Seward is plac...

Opera tonight with Ellie and Mrs. Georgey Peters and her papa; Der Freischutz in an Italian version. The Germanism of that opera is so inten...

At the Cabinet-meeting an hour or more was wasted in discussing a claim of Madame Bertinatti, a piece of favoritism in which the President h...

But little of importance at the Cabinet. I had some conversation with the President after adjournment, and in the evening McCulloch and myse...

Nothing special at Cabinet. On Tuesday Seward submitted a correspondence between Schenck and Romero, the Mexican Minister. It was a very imp...

SYRACUSE, N. Y., August 22 , 1865. Strictly confidential. MY DEAR SIR: The political campaign is about opening, and from present appearanc...

CHARLESTON, [S. C.], 17th March, 1856 . MY DEAR BUTLER: I have rec[eive]d y[ou]r letter and speech. The best speech you have made and y[ou...

Mr. Smythe, Collector in New York, called at my house yesterday with Senator Doolittle, and both were much interested in the election of Sen...