February 18, 1861; The New York Herald THE PRESIDENTIAL JOURNEY FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK. One of our reporters, by special invitation, on Saturday last made a visit of inspection to the magnificent car which has been fitted up by the Hudson River Railroad Company for the conveyance of Mr. Lincoln, the President elect, and [...]

February 18, 1861; The New York Herald MONTGOMERY, Feb. 17, 1861. The trip of Mr. Davis from Mississippi to Montgomery, was one continuous ovation. He made twenty-five speeches on the route, returning thanks and complimentary greetings to crowds of ladies, and gentlemen, and military, at the various depots. A Committee of Congress, and the Montgomery [...]

February 18, 1861 In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America. Maryland convenes a secessionist convention in Baltimore to consider its options.

February 17, 1861; The New York Herald BUFFALO, Feb. 16, 1861. On arrival at Buffalo Mr. Lincoln was met at the door of the car by a deputation of citizens headed by Milliard Fillmore, between whom and himself a hearty greeting passed. The crowd in and surrounding the depot was dense and numbered not less [...]

February 17, 1861; The New York Herald BUFFALO, Feb. 16, 1861. The Presidential party left Cleveland at nine A.M. today. The train was composed of a baggage car and three passenger coaches. The coach especially set apart for the President elect was one of exceeding beauty, from the manufactory of Messrs. Kasson & Son, of [...]

February 17, 1861; The New York Herald The Peace Convention at Washington yesterday commenced debate on the plan of adjustment adopted by the committee. Mr. Baldwin, of Connecticut, moved to substitute his proposition for a National Convention in lieu of the committee’s plan. Mr. Guthrie opposed the motion, and urged the Convention to take immediate [...]

February 17, 1861; The New York Herald We learn that Mr. Lincoln has decided to stop at the Astor House while in the Metropolis. Thus this important matter is settled, and the war of the hotels is at an end. Mr. Lincoln will arrive here on Tuesday afternoon.

February 16, 1861, Harper’s Weekly The United States storeship Supply, Commander Walker, arrived last week from Pensacola, having on board the wives and families of the Commander, officers, and others at Fort Pickens, Pensacola. She has had twenty days’ passage, a portion of which was rough. The passengers and command arrived in good health. The [...]

February 16, 1861, Harper’s Weekly Lord John Russell, in a letter to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, refers to the possible effects on the cot-ton supplies under the political crisis in the United States, and tenders to the cotton manufacturers the services of British Consuls in all cotton-producing districts, for the dissemination of the wants [...]

February 16, 1861, Harper’s Weekly The correspondence between South Carolina and the United States, relative to the demand of Fort Sumter, has been published. The following is the first letter: “STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE OFFICE, HEAD-QUARTERS, CHARLESTON, Jan. 11, 1861. “SIR,–At the time of the separation of the State of South Carolina from the [...]

February 16, 1861; The New York Herald The Committee of the Peace Congress at Washington, yesterday agreed upon a plan of adjustment, substantially the same as that presented by Mr. Crittenden in the Senate. The vote stood 12 to 9. We continue our accounts of the progress of the President elect and party towards the [...]

February 16, 1861; The Charleston Mercury WASHINGTON, February 14, 1861. Abolition newspapers are making merry over the fact that South Carolina gets neither a President nor a Vice President in the Southern Confederacy. They say the RHETT party is much aggrieved. South Carolina will secede again, they contend. The truth seems to be that these [...]

February 15, 1861; The Charleston Mercury THE TIME IS APPROACHING WHEN FORT SUMTER will probably be attacked. Let the assailants remember that the garrison are, in the main, poor hirelings, bound to obey the orders of their superiors, and, doubtless, not disposed to fight if they could avoid it. That they are not responsible for [...]

February 15, 1861; The Charleston Mercury That our readers may not fail to understand the views and policy of LINCOLN, as regards the Confederate States, we call attention to his remarks at Indianapolis. In his opinion, the United States, holding those forts which have not yet been captured, and retaking those which have been captured [...]

February 15, 1861; The Charleston Mercury WASHINGTON, February 12, 1861. At a single bound, we have leaped from thrilling regions of thick ribbed ice into the heart of the tropics. The heat is almost intolerable. Great masses of thick clouds are floating overhead; the streets and avenues are alive with dashing vehicles and well dressed [...]

February 15, 1861; The New York Herald Our Washington Correspondence. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 1861. The first intimation the public received that Lieutenant General Winfield Scott meditated the occupation of the federal capital by federal troops was through a telegraphic despatch sent by the General from the city of Washington to Fort Leavenworth some two months [...]

February 15, 1861; The New York Herald On Wednesday last the New York police, notwithstanding their being compelled to surrender the greater portion of the muskets which they seized belonging to the State of Georgia, committed another act of depredation against the rights of Southern citizens. They seized a quantity of cartridges about being shipped [...]

February 15, 1861; The New York Herald The committee of the Peace Convention to whom was entrusted the task of devising an adjustment of the troubles of the nation were busy at their work yesterday. Everything has, it is reported, been arranged, on the basis of Mr. Guthrie’s proposition, excepting the territorial question. On this [...]

Resolved by the Confederate States of America in Congress assembled, That it is the sense of this Congress that immediate steps should be taken to obtain possession of Forts Sumter and Pickens, by the authority of this Government, either by negotiations or force, as early as practicable, and that the President is hereby authorized to [...]

February 15, 1861; Richmond Enquirer Military balls are unquestionably the most attractive of all festivals. No opera, nor drama, nor civic ball, nor anything else that we know in the line of public entertainment, can produce such flutter among hoops or in the dear little hearts that lie hidden behind boquets and cotton, as those [...]

February 15, 1861 Provisional Confederate Congress votes to take Ft. Sumter and Ft. Pickens (FL) by force if necessary passes a resolution to appoint commissioners to the USA to negotiate friendly relations Delegates from Texas arrive at the Convention of Seceding States (now the Provisional Congress of the CSA)

February 14, 1861; The Charleston Mercury In spite of the constant excitements to which it has been subjected during the past two months, the sensibility of Washington is not yet extinct. Gov. BROWN’S bold reprisals at Savannah, and the seizure of the Arsenal at Little Rock, turned up the depths on Saturday. The commotion soon [...]

February 14, 1861; The New York Herald WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 1861. Owing to the apprehensions of a conspiracy of purpose in seizing the public buildings they have been privately guarded, though not in large force, some three weeks past; and, in addition to other fears, the blowing up of the Capitol was regarded as an [...]

February 14, 1861; The New York Herald The counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President took place yesterday at Washington, when Abraham Lincoln was declared President and Hannibal Hamlin Vice President of the United States for four years from the 4th of March next. The following is the vote: – Lincoln and [...]