THE season is excellent for military operations, such as any Napoleon could wish it. And we, lying not on our oars or arms, but in our beds,...

WASHINGTON, April 24, 1852. DR. JARVIS. DEAR SIR,— I have just received your favor of the 19th instant, and the accompanying volumes; fo...

CHULA P. O., May 15, 1885. MY DEAR SIR: I regret that I am unable to give you the information you wish. Your honored father, my friend, an...

THE emancipation of slaves is virtually inaugurated. Gen. Butler, once a hard pro-slavery Democrat, takes the lead. Tempora mutantur et nos ...