No Extra Session of Congress Evacuation of Fort Sumter
The article argues President Lincoln should reinforce Fort Sumter and hold Fort Pickens to deter secession. It cites urgency to defend United States property and warns that submitting to insult or delay could imperil the Union, with references to secessionists and international reactions. It also lists local court matters, editor ailments, and small-town notices.
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Congress
Fort Sumter
Lincoln
Fort Pickens
United States
Buchanan
France
Spain
Sumter
New Goods in Contemplation in Our Village Stores
Merchants plan to travel east soon to purchase new goods as the dry goods trade expands rapidly. Local retail business shows a marked increase with crowded stores and active commerce. Our office has added fashionable type for job printing and offers high quality services.
Weather and travel notes from the Mississippi region
A winter update reports open navigation between La Crosse and Reed's with a steamer expected within days. A brief snowstorm last Tuesday and sleighing conditions near end for the season aside from Lake area. Mentions maple sugar producers exchanging presses for the paper, a St Louis correspondent, missing Dunn County Lumberman, and a new wagon maker Good Templar in Winona. Wild geese sightings hint at warming weather.
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Mississippi
la Crosse
Reed’s
Reeds Landing
War talk and farming hopefuls from the Civil War era
The writer notes secessionist sentiment in the South with militia formations and hopes of border states rejoining. Mississippi River shipping surges as Cairo shows high water, while the Illinois Central Railroad reports eight freight trains daily and January earnings around $200,000. Wheat prospects look good despite prior dryness shaping expectations for the coming harvest.
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St. Louis
March Sth
UB Strayer
Mesa
Dian Stri
Lone Star Republic
Lincoln
Mississippi
Bank Fuld
Cairo
Earoy
Abindy
Tilinvis Central Re Rk
Hag
Northern Time of Packets Return From Winter Quarters
A recovered letter notes hopes for resolved troubles since 1856 and a peaceful settlement without armed conflict. It reports the Northern Time of Packets returning from winter quarters to run Dubuque, with river travel reopening if warm weather holds.
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Dubuque
Steamship Arabia arrives with news onmissing steamer
The steamship Arabia, with Earn, arrives in New York on Saturday bringing news of the missing steamer Astralasian. Astralasian broke both flanges of her screw on July 23 and resumed course until July 26 when a heavy gale forced her to turn back toward Queenstown, where she arrived safely. The Liverpool breadstalls market closed dull on the 2nd but not quotably lower. A clause legalizing the Africa slave trade was vetoed by Jefferson Davis. Secessionists in Baltimore reportedly will resist a Republican take of government offices. The Bank of Ireland bills were rejected by bankers. The River Walls Journal has suspended and its list moved to the Judson City Times. Wabasha County’s feral shows enlarged, prosperous indications.
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York
Queensty
Liverpool
Montgomery
Jef. Davis
Baltimore
BarThe
Bank of
Ms. Claire
River Walls Journal
Judson
Evacuation of Fort Sumter Dominates Confederate News
Reporting from New York notes Gen Webb refusing a Turkish mission while orders push Anderson to evacuate Fort Sumter. An armistice of ten days is reported between Southern commissioners and the Administration as naval officers receive silent orders not to move. The Herald cites upheaval in Charleston amid Beauregard's control and suspicions of further action by France and Spain.
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New York
Webb
Turkey
Anderson
Fort Simter
Michel
Washington Dispac
Penswla
Adinistration
Herald
Charleston
Uutten
Sumter
Maj
Emma
Columbia
France
Spain
Republican Party
Union
Ingram
Testine
Ib North
Excel
Roe
Tribune
Carl Shura
Portugal
Sie
Beauregard
Town Supervisor Candidate Announcement Pepin 1861
At the request of tax paying citizens of Pepin, Samuel Miletrun announces candidacy for Town Supervisor. He is Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors and notes the election will be held on the 2nd day of April. Pepin March 22, 1861.
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Dsch
Patrivis
Pepin
Cnn
Samued Miletrun
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