In Dakota County, Nebraska, a tornado struck from the west and leveled St. Patrick's Church in St. John's City, Nebraska, along with other buildings.  The town had been founded in 1856 on the banks of the Missouri by Father J. Trecy and sixty pioneers as the first Catholic settlement in Nebraska.  During the first winter almost half of its population had died.  The church was rebuilt in nearby Jackson, and St. John's City eventually disappeared. (By John Osborne)

The Augusta, Georgia newspaper, Daily Chronicle and Sentinel, supporting the Bell-Everett ticket, dubbed the Breckinridge and Lane candidacy the "Suicide Ticket."  Taking political advantage of Lane's support for the detested Homestead Bill that many southerners considered an "abolitionist" measure, the editorial went on to describe the pair as "Squatter" Breckinridge and "Homestead" Lane.  (By John Osborne)

Presidential candidate Stephen Douglas visited Hartford, Connecticut arriving at around seven in the evening.  Bells were rung and cannons fired as a large crowd escorted him to the United States Hotel.  He spoke briefly saying that he was the voice of reason in the campaign, standing in the center between two extremes, and that the "regular" Democratic Party was the only party that could save the country.  (By John Osborne) 

The Carson Valley Expedition against the Paiute Indians came to a successful end when Captain Joseph Stewart led his regular army troops out of their temporary fortifications near Pyramid Lake to the Carson River.  There, the following week, they started to build a permanent federal installation, naming it Fort Churchill after the Inspector General of the Army, Sylvester Churchill.  The fort was completed in 1861 and abandoned in 1868.  (By John Osborne)

In Nevada, the Carson Valley Expedition against the Paiute Indians came to a successful end when Captain Joseph Stewart led his regular army troops out of their temporary fortifications near Pyramid Lake to the Carson River.  There, the following week, they started to build a permanent federal installation, naming it Fort Churchill after the Inspector General of the Army, Sylvester Churchill.  The fort was completed in 1861 and abandoned in 1868.  (By John Osborne)

The town of Olathe in Johnson County, Kansas had been founded in 1857 and held its first Fourth of July celebration in 1860.  The planned celebration advertised that a free meal would be on hand for all who came and prepared food for a thousand people.  Unfortunately, double that number showed up.  The free meal celebration was never again attempted in the town.  (By John Osborne)