FALL OF FORT SUMTER. The ball has opened; crowds of eager citizens may be seen gathered together at the corners of the streets excitedly d...

Mr. Bruce has the floor for Monday. The Peace Conference plan has gone the way of all the Capulets. The committee makes it the basis of a ne...

RICHMOND, April 5, 1861. MY DEAR COLONEL: After great delay my speech in the convention has but now seen the light. I hasten to send you ...

An amendment implying that without it, the constitution would authorize or even tolerate slavery, would do great injustice to those who ado...