[Fayetteville, Ark.] The Arkansian, January 13, 1860 Clarkesville Arks. } Dec. 21st, 1859. } Messrs. Editors:–We are all on the qui vive for the good time coming, Christmas, the time when all is mirth and enjoyment, is nearly here and we young folks are anticipating a vast deal of fun. But while this is the [...]

Dr. Chase, Coroner, held an inquest on Tues. night and yesterday, on the body of Charles Smelzer, found dead, hung by the neck to a tree, in the Court House yard, in this city, on Tuesday night last. The testimony of Jailor McDowell was to the effect that he had locked up the prisoners, Smelzer [...]

Southern Broad-Axe [West Point, MS], January 11, 1860 We have succeeded in getting sixty names on our list now, and need only four more. Will not some of our young friends in the country come in and let us organize at once? Our word for it, you will never regret it. Let us get under [...]

[Marshall] Texas Republican, August 11, 1860 The following account of the “heated term” has been condensed from a weather journal, kept at the Railroad Office in Marshall, the thermometer in the shade: The “term” commenced about the 1st of May, and the end is not yet. The period of the greatest heat was during the [...]

Daily Gazette & Comet [Baton Rouge , LA], January 10, 1860 It is known at home, if not abroad that Third street, in this considerable city is a fast place. The reasons why are diverse. It is not simply because fast people live in it, because fast people can be found all over the mile [...]

Daily Gazette & Comet [Baton Rouge , LA], January 10, 1860 As the “Glorious Eighth” did not come until the 9th, the demonstration was given us yesterday, in a very neat and creditable manner. The Pelican Rifles made their first regular turn out—armed and equipped. How the times have changed! Twenty years ago, Sunday would [...]

160 years ago, a New Years had dawned with sectional issues and a presidential election that by years end would literally be tearing the nation apart. Page 16 of January 7, 1860 Harper’s Weekly

[Marshall] Texas Republican, January 7, 1860 We learn that a few nights ago, Mr. Bell, our jailor, gave the prisoners who were in jail in the cage, an oven of coals to keep them warm, and that having a razor in the cage with them,  they converted it into a saw, with which they cut [...]

[Fayetteville, Ark.] The Arkansian, January 6, 1860 All white men, citizens of the United States and their families, who are now on the Cherokee Neutral Land, are hereby notified to leave immediately and any one not complying with this notice by the 1st day of April next, will be removed by the military force of [...]

[Fayetteville, Ark.] The Arkansian, January 6, 1860 The last Fort Scott Democrat, which honors us but seldom with a call, has again made its appearance on our table; and our attention is called to a nice little article on the Cherokee Neutral Land. That paper encourages the intruders on that tract to remain, and by [...]

Texas Baptist [Anderson, TX], January 5, 1860 For the Texas Baptist . Brother Baines: A certain habit has become prevalent among men to an alarming extent, which I never can think of without feelings of the most unfeigned disgust. I allude to the unnatural consumption of tobacco, whether in pipes, cigars or quids. The use [...]

Southern Broad-Axe [West Point, MS], January 4, 1860 We have been requested by a large number of our citizens to state that a Public Meeting will be held in this place on Saturday next, the 7th, for the purpose of appointing a vigilance committee to look after vagrants, suspicious itinerants, &c., who seem to infest [...]

Southern Broad-Axe [West Point, MS], January 4, 1860 Monday last, the annual hiring day of Negroes, showed conclusively, that slave-holders and hirers have no feelings of uneasiness and insecurity about the loyalty and fidelity of slaves. Negro women brought prices ranging from $100 to $190, and men from $235 to $275 varying according to age, [...]

Louisiana Democrat [Alexandria, LA], January 4, 1860 The annexed statement is abbreviated from that furnished us by a gentleman who is a  resident of the vicinity of the occurrences narrated: An account of the late affray on the borders of our Parish, and near the plantation of Mr.  Calhoun, is perhaps of sufficient importance to [...]