Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.
26 It is vary cold to day. I read the last pony dispatch which goes to
show that the United States North & South are going to war in
Earnest the Confederate States are raising some 75000 men as is
also the Northern States I called at Presidents Youngs office & took
some Notes of the company going East to bring the Saints there is over
200 waggons started East drawn by 4 yoke of oxen Each they carry
150000 lbs of flour to feed the Emigration on the road they have four
captains Joseph W. Young Ira Eldridge Joseph Horn & John R. Murdock
Each carrying a letter of Instructions to govern him on the trip
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