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Pursuing the Boers

Jacobsdal, Feb. 14. (Delayed). General Kelly-Kenny is still pursuing the Boers. He has now captured more than 100 wagons. The Highland brigade reinforced him after a forced march. General French…
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February 19, 1861 – Lincoln’s Speech in Cleveland

The reception at Cleveland, where Mr. Lincoln arrived on Friday afternoon, was an imposing affair, the military, firemen and tradesmen turning out in procession. The enthusiasm of the populace of that Republican town was at its highest pitch. J. N. Masters, acting Mayor, welcomed the President, and Judge Andrews did the same on behalf of the citizens’ committee.

Mr. Lincoln spoke as follows:

Mr. Chairman and fellow-citizens of Cleveland: We have been marching about two miles through snow, rain and deep mud. The large numbers that have turned out under these circumstances testily that you are in earnest about something or other. But do I think so meanly of you as to suppose that earnestness is about me personally? I should be doing you injustice to suppose that you did. You have assembled to testify your respect to the Union, the Constitution and the laws. And here let me say that it is with you, the people, to advance the great cause of the Union and the Constitution, and not with any one man. It rests with you alone.

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Baltimore City Intelligence

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. — On Thursday night one of the through freight trains on the Northern Central Railroad was thrown from the track near the Gunpowder bridge, about seventeen miles from…
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Curious Egyptian Relics

In the catalogue of rare books in possession of and for sale by John Camden Hotten, of London, we notice some Egyptian relics of rare value. There is a manuscript…
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Ghouls Steal Body

Tomb of Former Congressman William L. Scott Is Raided at Erie , PA.

Illustration of grave robbers standing around a coffin they have just pulled from a grave.

Woman’s Body is Stolen — Coffin of Mrs. Anna M. M’Collom, Relative of Family , Found Empty — Police say They Are Hampered in Efforts to Fathom Mystery.

Erie, Pa.—Ghouls have broke into and violated the mausoleum of the late William L Scott , who was a congressman from this district, a millionaire coal and railroad magnate and an intimate personal friend of former President Grover Cleveland. Much mystery surrounds the case, which first became known publicly Thursday morning.

The mausoleum, in the Erie cemetery (a magnificent affair which cost at least $50,000), was found shattered by some women who chanced to be walking through the burying place. Soon after this discovery it was whispered about the city that the body of Mrs. Anna M. McCollom, a sister of the late Mr. Scott’s wife, had been taken away. Mrs. McCollom was the wife of a prominent naval officer and was well known in Philadelphia society. It was also said by some that Mr. Scott’s body was removed from its vault. Whether it was stolen or not is a question which has not been satisfactorily answered.