CHICAGO, ILL., October 21, 1850. MY DEAR SIR—Your kind favor of the 3d inst. has reached me at this place, having been forwarded from Wash...

RICHMOND, [Va.], February 7, 1852. MY DEAR SIR: For some days past, I have been suffering serious inconvenience and confinement from my ve...

SARATOGA, [VA.], May 8th, 1852. DEAR HUNTER: I received your very able and valuable report on “a change in the coinage,” and was highly de...

BROWN'S HOTEL, WASHINGTON, February 13, 1861. I have a moment to myself just before tea, and I may have time to write you in haste som...

BROWN'S HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3, 1861. I hasten to write you this evening of my arrival, with the President, Alex., baby and ...

WASHINGTON, 13th June, 1860. MY DEAR SIR: Do you wish me to place the letter of Captain Maddox to yourself on file? Also that of Mr. Ivers...

VILLA MARGARET, 1 July 22, 1860. MY DEAR ROBERT: . . . We begin to have more numerous calls by visitors to this region, and I become dail...

VILLA MARGARET, August 14, 1860. DEAR ROBERT: The country is undoubtedly in an alarming condition. While I think you are too bitter on Dou...

SHERWOOD FOREST, August 26, 1860. MY DEAR SIR: Your letter of August 21st was forwarded to me from the summer residence of my family, near...

SHERWOOD FOREST, August 27, 1860. DEAR ROBERT: I think it best to enclose you these letters. There are parts of mine you may not be able t...

VILLA MARGARET, Sept. 14, 1860. MY DEAR ROBERT: I see the election is gone in Maine, although Douglas confidently calculated on carrying t...

LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS AT OTTAWA. [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] CHICAGO, August 27, 1858. After Mr. Douglas spoke at Peoria on the 8t...

When at Ottawa, Mr. DOUGLAS flourished that resolution out of the Platform of the State of Aurora , over Mr. LINCOLN’s head, declared that i...

We publish in this morning’s TIMES the speech of Senator DOUGLAS in full, on reaching Chicago. His entry to the chief city of his own State ...

LANCASTER, OHIO, Sept. 30, 1860. MY DEAR FRIEND: I am much obliged to your letters which have kept me easy. Time now begins to approach the...

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 10, 1860. . . . We have had a week of cold rains but it has cleared off, and to-day is bright and warm. I am going into t...

We find the following in the Baltimore Papers. With regard the Sumner’s statement, we may remark that it disagrees, in important particulars...

LANCASTER, O. (Monday), Aug. 13, 1860. MY DEAR FRIEND: I arrived here yesterday morning, and found my family well. I left Miss Whittington i...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sunday, Aug. 19, 1860. DEAR MR. BOYD: I wrote you from Lancaster. I left there last Wednesday reached here Thursday even...