OFFICE OF THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE,           NEW YORK, [N. Y.], March 25th, 1856 . DEAR SIR: I believe I had the pleasure of meeting you o...

It is truly appalling to see the swarms of men who come on here from the North—and a full proportion of them are from Massachusetts—to re-en...

Between Chickahominy and Pamunky Rivers, Va., June 1, 1864. Your letters of the 24th and 26th ult. both reached me last night. The mails s...

The commissioners, appointed for the purpose, have agreed upon the following schedule of prices for the State of Virginia, under the recent...

Springfield , March 12, 1847. Dear Son John , — Yours dated Feb. 27th I this day received. It was written about the same time I reached...

Hudson, Ohio , May 20, 1851. Dear Son John , — I learn by brother Jeremiah, who has just returned, that you have engaged yourself to bu...

SPRINGFIELD, MASS., Dec. 4, 1850. DEAR SONS JOHN, JASON, FREDERICK, AND DAUGHTERS, — I this moment received the letter of John and Jaso...

WHITEHALL, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1850. DEAR SON JOHN, — I was disappointed in not seeing you and Wealthy 1 while in Ohio; and not till within...

LONDON, Sept. 21, 1849. DEAR SON JOHN, — I have nothing new to write excepting that I am still well, and that on Monday a lot of No. 2 ...

LONDON, Aug. 29, 1849. DEAR SON JOHN, — I reached Liverpool on Sabbath day, the 26th inst., and this place the 27th at evening, — a deb...

RICHMOND, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO, March 24, 1846. DEAR SON, — I am out among the wool-growers, with a view to the next summer's ope...

AKRON, Jan. 27, 1846. DEAR SON JOHN, — I arrived at home December 2d; had a fatiguing but I should think a prosperous journey, and brou...

SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 5th Feb., 1849. DEAR FATHER, — I write you at this time more because you said in your last that you "love lett...

SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 16th Jan., 1848. DEAR FATHER, — It is Sabbath evening; and as I have waited now a long time expecting a letter from...

SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 29th Oct., 1846. DEAR FATHER, — Yours of the 22d, telling us of the death of brother King, is received. I must say,...

No. 229.] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, London, October 3, 1862. Sir: Since the date of my last I have received despatches from the...

We conversed yesterday with a gentleman who left Memphis only a week since.   He says that extensive preparations are being made to receive...

This is owing to the large demand for army goods, and the advanced prices of cotton.   It will not soon fall so low again as it has been of...

So great has been the demand for army woolen goods, such as cloth, flannel and blankets, that all the woolen mills in the country have been ...