THE OCTOBER ELECTION; Editorial-A New Way to the Pacific; THE PRINCE AT PHILADELPHIA (10/10/1860)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 10/10/1860

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Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, Oct. 9. The election, to-day, up to the hour of 2 o'clock, had progressed very quietly, although an unusually large number of votes were being polled. There are two hundred and seventeen voting Precincts in the city, making an average of about 360 votes cast in each Precinct. The watch over the polls has been very strict -- the assessments being closely scrutinized by the challengers of both parties. I have seen New-Yorkers at, at least, twenty different polls, giving the appearance as if it were a kind of fusion contest between the two cities. The Election was concluded without any indications of rioting, and without the slightest disturbance at the polls. Between 6 and 8 o'clock there was much talk of betting. At the Girard House, several bets were made of $100 to $70, and $100 to $65 on CURTIN. One bet of $100 to $25 on CURTIN was made by a New-Yorker, who offered to repeat three or four times without getting takers.

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

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The October Elections – 2-3
Naval and Military Intelligence – 3
The Explosion of the Steamer Bayou City – 3-4
Editorial: A New Way to the Pacific – 4
The Prince at Philadelphia – 4-5
The Reported Negro Risisng in Princess Anne and Norfolk Counties, Va. – 5
Explosion of a Propeller – 5
Texas Indian Depredations – 5
Editorial: Information Wanted – 5
Editorial: The Artisans’ Bank Again – 5
Speed of the Winans Steamer – 5