HAUTEVILLE HOUSE, Dec. 2, 1859. SIR: When one thinks of the United States of America, a majestic figure rises to the mind—Washington. Now,...

Charlestown, Jefferson County Prison, Va ., Nov. 29, 1859. J. Q. Anderson , Esq. My Dear Sir , — Your letter of the 23d instant is re...

There were some six or seven in Brown's party who did not know anything of our Constitution, and were also ignorant of the plan of oper...