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Seward’s Speech
This speech which was expected for some time with considerable interest by politicians is now before us, and as we see stated elsewhere, we suppose may lie regarded as a…
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March 8, 1861 – Attempts Upon Mr. Lincoln’s Life
An attempt was made on the 11th inst. to wreck the train bearing the President elect and suite, about one mile west of the State line. The particulars, as given…
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Effects of the Use of Coffee
Dr. William M. Lesynsky of New York says: “Coffee, when well prepared, is beyond question one of the ambrosial luxuries of modern life. It would be as wrong to condemn its use indiscriminately as it would be to deny that under certain conditions it is harmful.
“The importation of coffee into the United States amounted in recent years to about 750,000,000 pounds a year. The importations have been increasing disproportionately to the increase in the population of the country. The price of coffee has also gone down steadily. All these things indicate a steadily increasing consumption of coffee which calls for attention from those who have responsibility for the diets of the people.
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March 7, 1861 – The Flag of the Confederate States
Montgomery, March 4.—A flag has been unanimously adopted. The upper and lower sections are red, and the middle white, with blue union, containing a circle of seven stars, the union…
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March 6, 1861 – Timely Suggestion to Ship Owners
The threat of the seceding States to fit out privateers, impels the Boston Traveller to offer the following suggestion for the protection of merchant ships: By way of precaution, we…
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The Great Whisky Case
We reported, yesterday morning, the great whisky case at St. Louis. The Assistant District Attorney said : The Nimrod Johnson distillery, at Gretna, where it was claimed the whisky was…
Orders to USS Pawnee, April 19, 1861
NAVY DEPARTMENT April 19, 1861 To: Commander STEPHEN C. ROWAN, Commanding Pawnee SIR : The Department desires that the steamer Pawnee, under your command, be prepared to sail without delay,…
Pawnee at Washington, April 19, 1861
U. S. S. PAWNEE Off Arsenal, Washington, April 19, 1861 To: Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy SIR : In a communication dated off Cape Henry, April 10, I…
Pawnee log, April 15, 1861
At 9:30 a.m. got underway and stood in toward Charleston bar. At 10, large steamer carrying the American ensign at the fore and what is now called the Confederate flag…
Pawnee log, April 14, 1861
From 4 to 8 a. m.: The steamboat Catawba came out of Charleston Harbor bearing a flag of truce, communicated with the U. S. S. Pocahontas, took a boat in…