U.S. Congressman Silas Mainville Burroughs of New York's 31st District died at his home in Medina, New York five weeks before his fiftieth birthday.  A Republican, he was in his second term.  Previously he had served in the New York Assembly and had been a brigadier general in the state militia.  Another Republican, Edwin R. Reynolds was elected in November 1860 to complete his term.  (By John Osborne)

A powerful tornado struck western central Indiana in the afternoon.  Slow moving and concentrated in a narrow ten mile swathe across the counties of Putnam and Morgan, the storm destroyed farm houses and killed livestock.  No human deaths were reported but several people were seriously injured.  (By John Osborne)

J.B. Brown of Alexandria, Virginia, recently returned from the Republican National Convention where he had been a delegate, was arrested crossing the Potomac at the Long Bridge outside Washington DC on a charge of "circulating incendiary documents."  He was reported to have had on his person several such items, including copies of Hinton Helper's Impending Crisis which was banned in Virginia.  He was released on $2000 bail.  (By John Osborne)

An unsuccessful Carlist uprising in Spain in late April had resulted in the arrest of the Carlist pretender, Carlos, Count Montemolin and his brother on the northern coast of Catalonia.  The two men, to save their lives, abdicated their rights to the throne and were released.  Safe in Germany seven weeks later, the Count and his brother retracted their renunciation. (By John Osborne)    

Emperor Napoleon III met the Prince Regent of Prussia and the Kings of Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony, along with other German royalty, at a "Congress of Sovereigns" at Baden in southwest Germany.  Requested by the French leader, the meeting was designed to reinforce feelings of goodwill and calm fears in Germany over France's recent actions in Europe, especially the war with Austria the year before.  (By John Osborne)

Reinforcements for Garibaldi's ongoing campaign against Bourbon forces in Sicily had left Genoa three days before aboard three American registered ships, the Washington, the Oregon, and the Franklin, all flying the U.S. flag.  Around 2,400 men along with their equipment and under the command of Colonel Giacomo Medici reached Cagliari, on the Sardinian coast and finally landed safely at Castellamare in Sicily.  (By John Osborne)  

Reinforcements for Garibaldi's ongoing campaign against Bourbon forces in Sicily had left Genoa a week before aboard three American registered ships, the Washington, the Oregon, and the Franklin, all flying the U.S. flag.  Around 2,400 men along with their equipment and under the command of Colonel Giacomo Medici stopped at at Cagliari, on the Sardinian coast on June 12, 1860 and finally landed safely at Castellamare in Sicily.  (By John Osborne)  

Reinforcements for Garibaldi's ongoing campaign against Bourbon forces in Sicily left Genoa aboard three American registered ships, the Washington, the Oregon, and the Franklin, all flying the U.S. flag.  Around 2,400 men along with their equipment and under the command of Colonel Giacomo Medici stopped at Cagliari, on the Sardinian coast on June 12, 1860 and finally landed safely at Castellamare in Sicily on June 17, 1860.  (By John Osborne)