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Political maneuvers loom over Seward and McLean at Chicago

Dispatches from Washington discuss Democratic pressure on the Chicago convention to back Mr. Seward and the lingering hope of nominating Judge McLean. The piece outlines party strategy to induce disunion over radical Republicans and notes McLean’s liberal record and Buchanan era credibility. A separate Ottumwa homicide report describes two men killing a woman in Des Moines river aftermath. The Church offertory at Advent reportedly reached twenty five thousand four hundred dollars. The text also lists historical temperature figures for March 1859 and March 1860.