Topics: Calumniation of Ezra Cornell by Mr. McGuire in the New York State Legislature regarding financial arrangement of western lands and the founding and endowment of the University; mineralogical collections; Cornell University; Western Union Telegraph Company: stock Personal names: Blair, Charles Hildreth; Seymour, Horatio; Cornell, W.J.; White, Andrew Dickson; Wood, M.B.; Parker, Amasa J.; Austin, George L. Geography: North Carolina