NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Feb. 7, 1860 Page 2 has a half column report: "The First Slave Hunt In North Western Ohio" which details the situation of John H. Washington.
Page 5 has: "News from Kansas and Utah" which notes in part: "...A bill abolishing slavery has been under consideration, but no definite action has been taken...". As for Utah: "...that considerable uneasiness existed among the heads of the church, in consequence of the evidence that a large emigration would take place from the Territory in the spring to Pike's Peake and Carson Valley. Brigham Young strenuously opposes emigration."
This is followed by: "The Denver City Express".
Eight pages, an archival repair at the very top of the spine, nice condition.

Background: The February 7, 1860 edition of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune captures a nation at a pivotal flashpoint, documenting both regional resistance to slavery and the rapid momentum of westward expansion. On Page 2, a half-column report titled "The First Slave Hunt In North Western Ohio" details the gripping account of John H. Washington, highlighting the intensifying local clashes and moral opposition surrounding the Fugitive Slave Act in the Midwest. Meanwhile, Page 5 details crucial political and territorial updates in "News from Kansas and Utah," reporting on early legislative debates in Kansas over a bill to abolish slavery during its turbulent territorial statehood process, alongside growing anxiety within the Mormon Church leadership in Utah as Brigham Young strenuously opposed an impending spring mass exodus of settlers bound for the Pike's Peak and Carson Valley gold rushes. Concluding this coverage, "The Denver City Express" dispatch underscores the frontier communication networks that fueled the burgeoning Rocky Mountain gold fever on the eve of the Civil War.