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Newspaper
Baraboo Republic
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1858
Page
2
The Barabog Republic announces authoritative notes on government, commerce, and public notices. It reports political debates, military summaries, and regional calamities including earthquakes and unrest, with dispatches from Milwaukee and New Orleans and updates on Nicaragua and Utah affairs. The issue notes subscription details and agent roles while detailing wartime and domestic concerns.
Ship Canal Captain Paulding reports to the Navy Department a highly favorable canal feasibility across the Isthmus of Darien. Climate poses the main difficulty while engineering shows no serious obstacles. Route crosses swamps and hills with a summit 150 feet above mean tide, 15 453 miles long, with locks 403 by 90 feet and a bottom width of 160 feet. Water supply from the Chagres River assured, cost estimated under 80 million. Clear details include feeder lines and summit levels, plus notes on associated railroad interests and related funding arrangements.
A social and political banquet hosted by Francis Mair at his Ver Byring residence drew prominent Republican figures including Con. N. PLT inks Poes ton King Judge Grimbull Senator Hovlittie of Wisconsin and JP Blair Jr. The piece surveys 1866 events, Republican prospects for 1860, and echoes party disagreements while noting other era topics and local notices.
County Treasurers urged to keep receiving Wisconsin state bank currency for tax payments. Legislative action expected at session start to authorize the State Treasurer to accept such currency, citing state control of banks and urgency of securing funds for schools and homestead lands. Republican majorities support prompt reform and continued use of state bank notes.
A Washington report details immediate orders for the 1st cavalry and 7th infantry now in Kansas and Texas to march on April 1, reinforcing the army in the western theater. It notes large reinforcements by sea, four regiments with infantry and 20 light batteries, aiming to concentrate at Fort Leavenworth and move out soon. The piece discusses emigration trends, Central American policy, and railroad expansions affecting Milwaukee, Grand River, and Detroit–Milwaukee links, plus Leviathan launch delays and an Naples earthquake.
A collage of scattered items notes political figures, legislative missteps, travel expenditures, and odd local curiosities. It mentions Governor Bashford, Bayon Tumbolt, and Brigham Young in brief, alongside municipal concerns in Milwaukee and New Lisbon. The year 1657 figures appear beside miscellaneous trade and crime items, with various names and places interwoven in a dense, fragmented OCR passage.
A snagged OCR fragment discusses English vocabulary limits and usage in a university magazine. It also reports on Waukesha plans for a juvenile reform institution with concrete progress, plus a Detroit man missing after leaving New York City. The items mix linguistic observations with public notices and a missing-person note.
A dated column covers eclipses for 1958 including partial and total solar and lunar events with dates and celestial positions. It also reports a county board inquiry into the treasury fraud allegations against County Treasurer My, Davin Youre, noting potential charges and the scope of the alleged misfeasance.
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