The New York Times, May 22, 1860 Detective Slowey and King yesterday arrested Capt. D.S. Williams, owner of a schooner of the same name, and David F. Williams, his brother and mate of the vessel, on charges of having been engaged in extensive larcenies of merchandise committed to their care. The accused have for some [...]

The New York Times, May 21, 1860 From the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Saturday, May 19. FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS: Concurring with you fully in the great principles which have united us in political association, I am pleased to meet you on this occasion; and I unite my voice with yours most cordially in a tribute [...]

The New York Times, May 21, 1860 From Our Own Correspondent. CHICAGO, Friday, May 18, 1860. Time flies quickly, and wise men work with the motto before them that “Time is money.” This has been preeminently the case with the Convention which met on Wednesday in the Republican Wigwam of this city, to nominate candidates [...]

The New York Times, May 19, 1860 Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, Friday, May 18. The reception of the news of LINCOLN’S nomination, at Chicago, threw the House of Representatives into such excitement as to suspend business for some minutes. Everybody was delighted. Even Mr. SEWARD’S warmest admirers pronounced the nomination most able [...]

Abram Lincoln, of Illinois, Nominated for President. The Late Senatorial Contest in Illinois to be Re-Fought on a Wider Field. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, the Candidate for Vice-President. Disappointment of the Friends of Mr. Seward. INTENSE EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM. Reception of the Nominations in this City. How They are Hailed Throughout the North. New York [...]

The New York Times, May 17, 1860 We take from the Augusta Constitutionalist the following letter, or part of a letter, from Mr. STEPHENS, addressed to the editor of that paper. In announcing it, the editor remarks that it was received too late for insertion entire, and will publish the whole on the following day. [...]

The New York Times, May 17, 1860 Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. CHICAGO, Thursday, May 17. The Convention has made decided progress today. It has acted upon the credentials of members; designated the vote which each State shall have; adopted rules and an order of business, and laid down the platform of the party. [...]

The New York Times, May 16, 1860 Letter from John C. Fremont. CHICAGO, Wednesday, May 16. The following letter from JOHN C. FREMONT is in the hands of Judge STAPLES, of California: DEER VALLEY, Mariposa County, April 12, 1860. MY DEAR SIR: I have had the satisfaction to receive your thoroughly sincere and friendly letter [...]

The New York Times, May 16, 1860 Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 15. Adjutant-General COOPER has received a dispatch from Col. LEE, Commanding the Department of Texas, in which he says: “I learned yesterday, through the Mexican authorities, that CORTINAS had returned to the vicinity of the Rio Grande, and had [...]

The New York Times, May 15, 1860 From the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Monday, May 14. An informal gathering, without any organization whatever, of the German Republicans, from different States, took place to-day, to consult about the manner and how it was best to secure the largest support on the part of foreign-born citizens for the [...]

The New York Times, May 15, 1860 The leading Democratic paper of the Southwest, the Louisville Democrat thus pronounces for Popular Sovereignty and against the Charleston Secessionists: The action of the recent Convention is the theme of all discussions. Will it result in the dissolution of the Union? We see no cause to anticipate such [...]

The New York Times, May 14, 1860 Hon. JOHN BELL, Union candidate for the Presidency, having been serenaded in Philadelphia on Friday evening, responded to numerous calls in the following speech: FELLOW-CITIZENS: —  It would be contrary to the feelings of our nature, if I did not feel deeply sensible of the compliment which you [...]

The New York Times, May 15, 1860 Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. CHICAGO, Monday, May 14. The passengers by the Southern Lake Shore Line left Buffalo this morning, and reached Chicago at 9 o’clock this evening. Great enthusiasm was exhibited all along the route; at every point crowds of people thronged the depots. Bands [...]

The New York Times, May 14, 1860 AUGUSTA, Sunday, May 13, 1860. At a Democratic meeting at Atlanta, on Saturday, the Postmaster defended the Charleston secessionists and denounced DOUGLAS as a traitor to the Democracy and the South. B.C. YANCEY made a lengthy and similar speech. The National Baltimore Democracy was defended by Col. GASKILL. [...]

Edward Everett — Selected as nominee for Vice-President of the United States on May 10, 1860, at the Constitutional Union party convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Wikipedia: Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, a Whig, served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, [...]

John Bell, two-term U.S. Senator from Tennessee, November 22, 1847 – March 3, 1859, Selected as nominee for President of the United States on May 10, 1860, at the Constitutional Union party convention in Baltimore, Maryland. From Wikipedia John Bell (February 18, 1796 – September 10, 1869) was an American politician, attorney, and planter.  One [...]

The New York Times, May 12. 1860 BOSTON, Friday, May 11. Extensive drought throughout New-England is causing great trouble to farmers, who, in some parts of New-Hampshire, drive cattle many miles for water. Fires in the woods are also raging in many localities. At Hyannis, on the Cape, yesterday, a fire spread over 1,000 acres [...]

The New York Times, May 12. 1860 BOSTON, Friday, May 11. A Spanish brig, supposed to be a slaver, was brought into Provincetown last evening by Mr. HILL, second mate of the schooner Rienzi, which fell in with her at sea. She had all sail set. No one was on board of her. She was [...]

BALTIMORE UNION CONVENTION.; A PLATFORM ADOPTED. Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, Nominated for President. Hon. Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, for Vice-President. Entire Harmony and Unbounded Enthusiasm. From the Associated Press. AFTERNOON SESSION. The New York Times, May 11, 1860 Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. BALTIMORE, Thursday, May 10. Before the Convention assembled this morning [...]

The New York Times, May 10, 1860 From the Richmond Enquirer. As to the ultimate action to be adopted at Baltimore we see but two alternatives presented to the Democratic Party. The doctrine of protection in the Territories must be finally rejected or accepted. If it is rejected, as we have already indicated, its rejection [...]

The New York Times, May 10, 1860 The Late Convention at Charleston.; NEW-ORLEANS FOR THE UNION. NEW-ORLEANS, Tuesday, May 8. The mass meeting held here to-day, to denounce the secession movement at the Charleston Convention, resolved to regard as enemies all who attempt to produce a separation of the States.

New York Times, May 10, 1860 Mr. YANCEY, of Alabama, was one of the most conspicuous of the actors in the Charleston Convention. He represented the extreme Southern wing of the Democratic Party, and made a very long and elaborate speech in support of the Southern Platform. He burst into tears at the very thought [...]

The New York Times, May 10, 1860 The Indians on the Texas Frontier Still Troublesome; A Blacksmith and Three Men Murdered. SPRINGFIELD, MO., Wednesday, May 9. The Overland Mail-coach, with Lieut. COGSWELL, U.S.A., Dr. J.P. BECK, H.B. PALMER and Mr. and Mrs. ARNOLD as passengers, and San Francisco dates to the 20th of April, arrived [...]

New York Times, May 9, 1860 The Republican National Convention.; TIME FIFTEEN AND A HALF HOURS FROM BUFFALO TO CHICAGO. BUFFALO, Tuesday, May 8. A special train from Buffalo to Chicago, via Lake-shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, will start from the Lake-shore Depot, Buffalo, at 6 A.M. May 14, and arrive at Chicago in fifteen [...]