Two or three Members of the House have had an opportunity to spend their wrath on me in relation to appointment of midshipmen. Calvert is q...

Of course I have not the time and space to give an account of the passing of the forts as it was described in the papers at that time and a...

Captain Boggs, of the Varuna, tells a story of a brave boy who was on board his vessel during the bombardment of the forts on the Mississipp...

Our skeleton in the closet has crumbled into dust, and nervous people inhabiting seacoast cities can sleep o’ nights hereafter without fear ...

The following incidents of the fight, from the correspondence of the Boston Journal, are very interesting: CUTTING THE CHAIN ACROSS THE RI...