Lincoln wins state electors in unseen Wright county breeze
Official returns for presidential electors from all counties except Wright show a Lincoln majority of 78. Republican elector totals average 15,246 with Warren 70,812 and Chapling 70,306 among others. Douglas ticket entries note Clark 55,069 and Dean 55,088. Bell and Breckinridge lines list scattered small votes. Congressional and state officer canvass delayed to the sixth.
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Wright
Lincoln
Warren
Chapling
McPherson
Pomeroy
Douglas
Clark
Dean
Bennett
Byington
Bell
Pacific Slope News Offers Odd Animal Tale
A quirky item from California and Oregon describes how Old Ape is favored by a force called the Farty and the peril it faces as the innocent Unica is drawn into a strange predicament.
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California
Oregon
Old Ape
Unica
Despondent Virginia letter warns South Carolina secession
A private Virginia letter argues South Carolina’s secession threats are unjustified and notes the burden on the federal postal system, wage demands for Northern officials, and the limited impact of slave escapes. It identifies Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri as key states tied to Fugitive Slave Law enforcement.
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Virginia
South Carolina
Buonanan Or
Lincols
Lancets
Delaware
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Renewed border tensions loom in Missouri Kan as militia deployed
A dubious account links renewed friction to ejectment threats on the York Reservation and outlaw incursions from Arkansas and Missouri. The Arkansas law driving exiles to leave the state prompts retaliatory actions, with a pending border conflict. A Missouri governor dispatches 700 militiamen at great cost, though witnesses say no real enemy exists and taxes bear the burden as a border war seems imminent.
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York Reservation
Arkansas
Misouri
Mowroom Bay
Kan Aas
Capt. Montgomery
Witnels
Republican conflict over radicalism and abolition in Dubuque
A letter signed X challenges a claimed Republican split over radicalism and the Fugitive Slave Law. It cites W B Allison and Rabel P Adams at a local meeting, disputes Adams remarks, and questions the author’s timing and motives. The piece warns Republicans against Fillmoreize ideas and endorses the Chicago Convention platform.
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Dubuque
W. B. Allison
Allison
Rabel P. Adams
Supreme Court
Abolition School
Adam
Adams
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Cat
Bedincard
Chicago
Ase Liscoiy
Congressmen Seek Conciliatory Path in Washington Despatches
Despatches from Washington indicate Congress members from all sections, especially the North, favor a conciliatory approach. Reports note even Mr. Szwap may attempt compromises, recalling shifts in party dynamics over the past decade and questioning 1860 compromises not grounded in justice.
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Washington
Congress
North
Szwap
Wary Creer of Buchanea Coun Tabke
A fragmentary item notes Republican celebrations and a cautious speaker Reformer party figures in Buchanea Counts context. The brief hints at political jollification and cautious remarks amid local party activities.
Unclear Names Exhibit Crop Yields From 160 Bushels Corn
A fragment lists crop figures with names Ms. Loveatt and Etkpert, noting 160 bushels of corn to the sore, 38 bushels wheat, and 90 bushels ood corn, though some words are garbled.
Missouri Expedition Heads West in Muddy Preparations
On the 2d ult a mixed military expedition including infantry dragoons artillery and engineers departed by railroad from St. Louis to confront the so called Captain Momroomssr who reputedly invaded Missouri with about a thousand men. Local dispatches portray the foe as imaginary while warning of political mismanagement by the governor. The march faces doubt and reluctance as the group moves toward the border amid rain and mud.
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St. Louis
Momroomssr
Missouri
Montaomerr
Warsaw
Ball’s Mill
Fort Scott
Jo. Witt1aus
Moxmaow- Eay
Kansas
Iowa farmers urged to grow wool and stock
Town 484 Berry and Woot Goowma State reports over 5000 cattle driven from northern counties since Sept 1, mostly to Milwaukee for British navy. Gov Krmnwoop told Muscatine County Fair that Iowa should raise less grain and more stock, praising beef and wool potential and urging farmers to focus on stock and wool production.
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Berry and Woot Goowma
Milwaukee
Krmxwoop
Muscatine County
Iowa
Fragmentary note on slave fugitive assets and value
The fragment discusses Sacremen Pars and West Tena cle with claims that 25 to 50 percent of value coverages exist for fugitive slave assets. The Whig comments that this amount is barely enough to offset the value of slaves freed since the organization of the counter movement.
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West Tenacle
Cnt
Endorsement Debate Over Southern Disunion in Court House
A gathering of Demo party adherents endorsed Southern disunion, while several attendees dissented. The editor criticizes the Herald for allegedly backing disunion and questions the paper’s stance on Personal Liberty Laws and Northern grievances. The piece accuses the Herald of riding two horses and urges clear opposition to Southern traitors.
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Court House
Cosmel Ov
Liscoy
Herald
CANA STATE SECEDE CHIEF JUSTICE DEFENDS UNION POWERS
Chief Justice Billsworth of Connecticut, cited by J. C. Carnoum, defended strong federal authority in the first Federal Congress. He warned that without coercive power the Union could collapse, leaving states to be carved by European alliances and political games.
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Billsworth
Connecticut
J. C. Carnoum
New York Canvass Finalizes Presidential Electors Vote
New York Board of State Canvassers met in Albany on Monday to declare the presidential electors result. With Orange and Sullivan counties missing, totals show Lincoln Electors 363,646 and Fusion Electors 312,510, Lincoln leading by 60,196. The World had predicted a Lincoln majority between 40,000 and 60,600.
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Fimal Canvass
New York
Board of State Canvassers
Analseselbn
Orange
Sullivan
Lincoln
New York World
Last Five Dollars Connects Fortunes in Auburs Tale
The editor of the De Witt Benderd reports receiving a five dollar bill with a peculiar endorsement claiming it is the last five dollars of a fortune once valued at eighty thousand left by the editor’s father in the city of Auburs. The note suggests a larger sum once near nine hundred thousand, casting doubt on the tale and prompting curiosity about the fortune’s fate and origin.
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de Witt Benderd
Auburs
Allen
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