Reporting History

February 23, 1861 – The Inauguration Ceremonies at Montgomery, Alabama

The inauguration of Messrs. Davis and Stephens, the President and Vice President of the Southern Confederacy, at Montgomery, Ala , was witnessed by about 5,000 persons, amidst the firing of…

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February 22, 1861 – Visit to Fort McHenry

The Baltimore correspondent of the New York Tribune, it seems, has visited Fort McHenry, and thus reports what he saw there to that paper: I looked in upon Fort McHenry…

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Looking Backwards

Thirty years ago eggs were three dozen for 25¢, butter 10¢ a pound, milk was 5¢ a quart, the butcher gave liver and treated the kids with bologna, the hired…

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A Grand Whig Caucus

We see by the Intelligencer that the ultra whig members of Congress have held a Caucus in the People’s Senate Chamber, and appointed the 3d of May, 1844, at Baltimore,…

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February 21, 1861 – The Charleston Batteries

Capt. F. F. Warley, who is at present on Sullivan's Island in command of the "Darlington Guards," writes to the Southerner as follows :— "Very rapid progress is being made…

Travelers' Tales

Exploration of the Nile—Its Sources Still a Mystery

The great Egyptian stream seems still disinclined to yield up its long-restrained mystery. The limit of exploration on the White Nile has hitherto been at Gondokoro, a town situated a…

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Pawnee Log, April 12, 1861

At 5 a.m. Cape Romain light N. N. W. At 7:30 anchored; the revenue steamer Harriet Lane communicated with us. Packet steamer Baltic lying near land in sight. Went to…

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Protesting Slave Holders Exemption

The enrolling officers all over the State, says the Raleigh Progress of the 4th, are picking up conscripts, and we are glad to see the people yield obedience to the…

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February 20, 1861 – Opinion on Secession

Florida has repudiated the star spangled banner. She was grateful enough for the sight of it when her atmosphere was loaded with the war-whoops of Seminoles. Louisiana has repudiated it,…

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Pursuing the Boers

Jacobsdal, Feb. 14. (Delayed). General Kelly-Kenny is still pursuing the Boers. He has now captured more than 100 wagons. The Highland brigade reinforced him after a forced march. General French…

August 5, 1862 – Saloon Keeper’s Lament

August 4, 1862 – Arrival of Prizes

Klan Disorders Rock Bay State

Break Alien Smuggling Ring

World Flight Flagship Wins Place as Smithsonian Exhibit

August 1, 1862 – Dispatch from the Gunboat Arkansas

Infuriated at Loss of Favorite Pipe, Philadelphia Man Runs Wild

July 31, 1862 – Southern Union Regiments

Chicago Hotel Bandits Slain or Captured in Bloody Battle

July 30, 1862 – The Lines East of the Blue Ridge

February 23, 1861 – The Inauguration Ceremonies at Montgomery, Alabama

February 22, 1861 – Visit to Fort McHenry

Looking Backwards

A Grand Whig Caucus

February 21, 1861 – The Charleston Batteries

Exploration of the Nile—Its Sources Still a Mystery

Pawnee Log, April 12, 1861

Protesting Slave Holders Exemption

February 20, 1861 – Opinion on Secession

Pursuing the Boers