FEBRUARY 20th.\u2014Bright, calm, but still cold\u2014slightly moderating. Roads firm and dusty. Trains of army wagons still go by our house laden with ice.<\/p>\n
Brig.-Gen. Wm. Preston has been sent to Mexico, with authority to recognize and treat with the new Emperor Maximilian.<\/p>\n
I see, by a letter from Mr. Benjamin, that he is intrusted by the President with the custody of the “secret service” money.<\/p>\n
Late papers from the United States show that they have a money panic, and that gold is rising in price. In Lowell not a spindle is turning, and 30,000 operatives are thrown out of employment<\/p>\n
From England we learn that the mass of the population are memorializing government to put an end to the war!<\/p>\n
I saw a ham sell to-day for $350; it weighed fifty pounds, at $7 per pound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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