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Whitewater Register

Location

Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1860

Page

2

Whitewater Register Authorized Agents Note

G M Pettengill and Co are the official agents for subscriptions and advertising in New York and Baward Miller is named as agent for obtaining subscriptions. Mounds Langdon Pounders are designated as our agents in Cincinnati for the year’s purposes.

G. M. Pettengill & Co New York Baward Miller Mincauke Mounds & Langdon Pounders Blutual Life Taste Range Company Wisconsin Mt Hay Mamwan Wisconsin Milamnkee Daggryt Alm Kertaces Ae Milvon Kowley Whitewater Grevity Oster St. Rio Ark New York Ysan Fancy Tollet Goody Tha Canadas Droge m3 & Bers

Lincoln Majority Estimation in State At Fifteen Thousand

From the returns received the paper asserts Lincoln’s majority in the state at about fifteen thousand, with a possibility it could be higher. The figure reflects early tallies and cautious projection based on available data.

Lincoln Assembly Jas. G. Mixon Jno. L. Stratton Wm. B. Steele Geo Jobb Nehemiah Brees Ilinois Sangamon County Abe Sangamon Chicago

Our Table of Returns and County Vote Figures

This item explains our county vote table covering all officers except Assemblymen. It notes minor variations from official returns and credits Clerk Henry Covains, Esq., of Elkhorn for providing the data.

Henry Covains Elkhorn

Potter Re-elected to Congress by Large Majority

The district celebrates John F. Potter's decisive congressional victory amid opposition from the Sham Democracy. A. Scott Sloan wins in the Third District by a similar margin, while Larrabee’s Known Nothing faction loses ground. Jefferson and Dane counties also elect their county tickets, signaling support for Republican governance.

John F. Potter Congress Washington Larrabee A. Scott Sloan Larra-boo Sloan Iesson Jefferson Dane Fond du Lac Lincoln Empire Township Spring Vale Town of Lamartine Ripon F. Hammond Assembly Rice Rep Bigeon Douglas Indiana Co Connecticut

Assemblymen Elected in County Delegation

Wyman Spooner won the Fourth District seat by 60 and C D Long carried the Second by 32. Both Republicans, preserving a solid county delegation.

Wyman Spooner Assembly C.D. Long

Francis Smith Elected to Assembly by 581 Vote

Francis Smith is elected to the Assembly from this district by a handsome majority of 581. He vows to fully justify the good opinion his constituents hold of him.

Francis Smith

November 1860 Walworth Center correspondence notes

Irene Irving chronicles Walworth Center events in November 1860. She notes deaths, sermons by Martha Hulett, phrenology lectures by Brunninge, music by the Hall Family, a Walworth Wide Awakes banner presentation, and local business activity including grocer rotation and a wagon shop.

E. Bardick W. J. Bell Abe Walworth John M. Bell Daniel Wheeler Masare, Higby & Boughton Frat Avenue Angelo Bailey Ko More Irene Irving

The Result of the Election in Illinois and Nation

Lincoln wins the presidency for four years from March, with strong Republican gains nationwide. In Wisconsin towns like Whitewater and Janesville, Lincoln leads over Douglas and Breckinridge, Potter wins in several districts, and county by county returns show wide Republican majorities across Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and beyond.

Whitewater Lincoln Douglas Breckinridge Dno. F. Potter Arnold Richmono Richmond Beavers Tno Potter Jno Racine County Racine City Capt. Knapp Assembly Utley Crawford County Prairie du Cluen Wauzeka Hanchett Kenosila County City Somers Pleasant Prairie Lincgoln Waukesha County Maj Elmore Youman Repub Burlingame Geo. Bailey Eli Thayer Boston Andrews Rhode Island Connecticut Illinois Winnebago County Knox County Coles County Ford County Kendall Vermillion County Brown County Rock Island Barwell County Ogle County Macoupin Whiteside Patosm Berean Marshall Stephenson DeKalb

Visit to a Dubuque coal mine praised for depth and output

A Dubuque correspondent visits a coal mine in Iowa describing a 57 foot shaft, half mile horizontal tunnels, mules hauling coal, and a six foot coal vein of good quality. About one hundred tons mined daily with forty workers, coal valued at 160 dollars per ton, and a large air shaft maintaining draft.

Register Dubuque Iowa

Disunion and scandal loom in late 1860s notes from Missouri

Disorganized reports recount South Carolina plans for a militia convention and secession in response to Lincoln’s election. Nearby items discuss a divorce case battle in Chicago, a Missouri beekeeping curiosity after a swarming failure, and a claim about a silver-tinted mountain fronting $1.06 billion in value.

Crameston South Carolina Buist Lincoln Boyce M. D Congress House Brees Cleveland Herald

Bank cautions public on altered SI bills and three dollar bills

James M. Ray, cashier of the Bank of the State of Indiana, warns against altered one and three dollar bills with fake center pieces and substituted letters. The report notes a fire in Mineral Point damaging several buildings and reports Vermont census figures showing a population decline since 1850.

James M. Ray Bank of State of Indiana Merrill Bishop Ames D. G. Rose Finn Mineral Point Pubford Bowie Vermont

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