February 24, 1861; The New York Herald A few gentlemen of this city have presented to Mrs. Lincoln an elegant coach, made to order by Messrs. Brewster & Co., of Broome street. It was forwarded to Washington on Saturday.

February 24, 1861; The New York Herald THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DESPTACH. HARRISBURG, Feb. 23, 1861. The people of this city were astounded this morning by an announcement that Mr. Lincoln had started in a special train for Washington, despatches having been received requiring his presence in that city. Reports are busily circulated that there was [...]

February 24, 1861; The New York Herald (Special Despatch to the New York Times.) HARRISBURG, Feb. 23. – 8 A.M. Abraham Lincoln, the President elect of the United States, is safe in the capital of the nation. By the admirable arrangement of General Scott the country has been spared the lasting disgrace, which would have [...]

February 24, 1861; The New York Herald A hundred years hence the night journey of the President elect of the United States, in the year of grace 1861, from Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, to Washington, the capital of the United States, will be read by wondering schoolboys, with all the circumstances and dreadful rumors [...]

February 24, 1861; The New York Herald Between Harrisburg and Baltimore, Feb. 23, 1861. The special train, with Mrs. Lincoln and party on board, left Harrisburg at nine o’clock, as arranged. The party were conveyed to the cars from the hotel in carriages. Very few people were out. There were no cheers, but denunciations of [...]

February 24, 1861; The New York Herald OUR SPECIAL DESPATCHES. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 1861. Mr. Lincoln arrived here at six o’clock this morning direct from Harrisburg, and was received at the depot by Senator Seward and Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, and proceeded very quietly to Willard’s Hotel. A private letter received here from Mr. Lincoln [...]

February 24, 1861; The New York Herald The city was thrown into great commotion yesterday by the receipt of intelligence that Mr. Lincoln, the President elect, had unexpectedly appeared in Washington city. Our despatches from Harrisburg on Friday night reported Mr. Lincoln quietly housed at that place, resting himself after the fatigue of his day’s [...]

February 23, 1861; The New York Herald MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 14, 1861. The little capital of Alabama, hitherto merely the radiating point from which State politics warmed into ardor over questions of local importance, has now become a focal point of interest to the whole nation. When the present times shall have become historic, Montgomery [...]

February 23, 1861; The Charleston Mercury The White Lead, Zinc and Color Works manufactory of Messrs. CARMALT & BRIGGS, we are pleased to say, have never since their commencement been in a more flourishing condition than at the present time. The enterprising proprietors have demonstrated the fact that colors of all kinds can be manufactured [...]

MONTGOMERY, ALA., February 23, 1861. Maj. W. H. C. WHITING: MY DEAR SIR: You will proceed to Charleston and deliver the note addressed to Governor Pickens, which you will find herewith inclosed. After conferring with him as to the time and mode of visiting the different posts in Charleston Bay, you will enter upon a [...]

February 23, 1861; The New York Herald We are informed, by telegraph from Savannah, that, in consequence of the refusal of the police authorities of New York to give up the eight cases of muskets illegally taken from a vessel lying in this port and bound for Georgia, Governor Brown of that State, has seized [...]

February 23, 1861; The New York Herald The difficulty between the States of Georgia and New York still remains unsettled. A despatch from Savannah states that Governor Brown, of Georgia, on Thursday seized the ship Martha J. Ward, the bark Adjuster, and the brig Harold, all belonging to New York. These vessels will be detained [...]

February 23, 1861; The Charleston Mercury Hon. ROBERT TOOMBS was born in Wilkes County, Ga., July 2, 1810. Commencing his collegiate life at the University of Georgia, he subsequently went North, and graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. In 1836, he served as a captain of volunteers in the Creek war. In the next year [...]

February 22, 1861; The Charleston Mercury MONTGOMERY, ALA., February 18, 1861. The great event of the nineteenth century, initiated on the 20th day of December, 1860, has this day been consummated, and the last act necessary in its fulfillment is concluded. The Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS, of the State of Mississippi, was this day, the 18th [...]

February 22, 1861; The New York Herald Mr. Lincoln, the President elect, and suite, left this city yesterday morning, en route for the White House. At Jersey City, at Newark, at Trenton, and at all the intermediate points, the populace turned out in crowds to see the President. Mr. Lincoln reached Philadelphia at four o’clock [...]

February 22, 1861; The Charleston Mercury The special despatches of THE MERCURY, announcing that a stealthy reinforcement of Fort Sumter had been determined on, and that Federal troops, in boats, might be expected at any moment, and that circumstances should happen to favor their attempt to reach the fort, were confirmed about nine o’clock last [...]

February 22, 1861; Richmond Enquirer Mr. Adams, the Master Armorer of the Richmond Armory, exhibited yesterday to the members of the Military Committee of both Houses, the new model gun for the State. The gun was made at the Springfield Armory. It is a combination of the United States musket, and the Enfield (British) rifle. [...]

February 21, 1861; The Charleston Mercury JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Provisional Government, was born in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1805. He commenced his education at the Transylvania University, Kentucky, but was subsequently appointed a Cadet at the West Point Military Academy, where he graduated in 1828. Since that time he has filled a number [...]

February 21, 1861; The Charleston Mercury CASTING PROJECTILES. Solid shot, case shot and shells are cast at ironworks from white forge iron; formerly iron moulds were used for these, but they had the effect of making the balls too hard on the surface, whereby the bore of the gun was injured. At present, therefore, all [...]

February 21, 1861; The Charleston Mercury WASHINGTON, February 18, 1861. LINCOLN’s Pilgrim’s Progress continues to occupy the greater part of the town talk. His speeches increase in asinine qualities, and excite almost as much disgust among the Republicans as other people. A few of their papers profess to admire them, but that is all bosh. [...]

February 21, 1861; The New York Herald Mr. Lincoln yesterday received his fellow citizens at City Hall. Mayor Wood delivered an address of welcome on the occasion to which Mr. Lincoln responded. In the evening Mr. Lincoln attended the Opera, and at midnight he was serenaded. Mr. Hamlin, the Vice President elect, arrived in town [...]

February 21, 1861; The Charleston Mercury The Flag which we will display this morning from our office, is a present to THE MERCURY. In order to have it properly displayed, we have had erected a staff twenty six feet high, from the roof of our office, from which elevation it will be thrown to the [...]

February 21, 1861; The New York Herald (From the Lafayette (Ind.) Journal, Feb. 18.) We were on Saturday night placed in possession of the astounding information that an attempt was made, on Monday last, to wreck the train bearing the President elect and suite, about one mile west of the State line. The particulars as [...]

February 20, 1861; The New York Herald The great metropolitan event yesterday was the arrival at three o’clock P.M. of Abraham Lincoln, President elect of the United States. In another column we give an interesting and detailed account of the ceremonies of reception from the time he left Albany until a late hour last evening, [...]