When looking at the April 20, 1861 edition, note the items regarding “The Union Forever – Woman’s Pluck” and “An Interview with the Southern Commissioners.” The Civil War had started April 12.
“The Union Forever” offers “’An incident in the succession programme’ is thus told by the Philadelphia Press,” while in the interview, “A clairvoyant dispatch from Washington to the N.Y. Tribune gives an account of a supposed interview of the confederacy commissioners with the president. It is quite authentic and a great deal more interesting than the majority of the Washington dispatches.”