... in the absenca of all real knowledge, or means of getting at it, rumour is manytongued, and guesses are as abundant as blackberries. It is said by some that the allies will first make their demands in writing upon each point, and a written reply from ...

... rarity of true friendship, but this must be a gloomy libel on human nature, for sincere friends, if not as plentiful as blackberries, are at least as numerous as newspapers. We put it to the experience of all readers of the public journals—either daily ...