New York Mercury’s New Year 1862 prospects
The New York Mercury begins its twenty fourth year on New Year’s Day 1862, promising a brilliant program of romance, poetry, gossip, humor, and news. It pledges patriotic spirit, top literary talents, and a grand nautical novelette THE RATTLESNAKE: ox, the Rebel Privateer by Leducstline, with subscription rates and mailing details.
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Ann Street
New York City
Hogs and Dixie Music Rally Southern Hogs at Dawn
A Cincinnati correspondent describing Gen Mitchell's forces recalls a morning scene where hogs from plantations gather to breakfast to the tune Dixie. An old diver sing praises for decades of guiding hog herds with a horn while the hogs, of many colors, converge from the woods, listening to the music as they move toward the yard. The storyteller, traveling from Shelbyville to Huntsville, doubts the meaning but notes the curious sight while the old man nicknamed Ebony explains hogs follow the horn and the tune.
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Shelbyville
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Huntsville
Ala
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Fall
Journal of Health
Wisconsin Act on Williams' Excavator Purchase Authorized
Published April 12 1802.7 Chapter 274. The Wisconsin legislature authorizes town and county boards to buy E H D Williams improved excavating machine and use it as needed. The act takes effect upon passage. A series of Civil War era anecdotes follow, including a country girl marriage gift tale and a fugitive slave remark.
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Beef theft on the Tennessee river boat ends with mask of sickness
Jim Girty and crew hide four quarters of beef under blankets as a gag to placate fourteen armed men accusing them of stealing meat. By feigning ill sick men with smallpox and a stalling retort, Girty diverts the mob and keeps the beef aboard.
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Monster elephant Nannibal saved after swamp mishap on New Jersey road
An exhibition elephant from Van Amburgh & Co. nearly drowned when the chained beast sank in a swamp land while traveling from Keyport to Freehold. Timbers were placed to free him. the creature struggled and trumpeted before being raised, then worked steadily to regain an upright stance and escape.
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Keyport
Freehold
New Jersey
Impure Heart Proved Pure by Dare to Self-Name
A reflective column argues that the truest heart is the one that acknowledges its own flaws. The piece explores honesty, self-acceptance, and the courage to confront imperfection as a path to virtue.
Suppression of the Norfolk Day Book and comic clippings
The Norfolk Day Book, once allowed to continue after pledge of good behavior, has been suppressed by Gen Viele. A Times ad offers ten dollars for a gentleman's teeth lost in a Sunday omnibus. A quip about the Iron Horse with one ear and a dialogue about a wavering suitor closes the fragment.
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Norfolk
Times
Ike Partington
Exemption for Lawrence University Lands From Wisconsin Tax
Wisconsin law outlines five year tax exemptions for real estate conveyed to Lawrence University for educational endowment purposes. It sets acreage limits per county and town and requires annual reporting by the university president to county and town clerks. It also details conditions under which exemptions end and penalties for failure to file.
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Taxation Exemption Provisions for University Lands
The act prohibits false tax exemption claims and provides forfeiture penalties. It limits tax exemption to lands before June 1 1872, with all lands owned by the university taxed after that date except existing exempt real estate. The act takes effect on passage and lasts until June 1 1872, approved April 5, 1862.
Wisconsin 1862 charter amends graded teacher certificates
The act revises Chapter 176 to allow county superintendents to issue third grade certificates for less than a year or for a specific district and preserves validity of pre April 1862 examinations. It becomes effective upon passage and publication. Also Chapter 272 confirms the legality of State Agricultural Society officers serving beyond prior terms and until successors are chosen, with acts retroactive to previous terms.
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Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Lesaerica
State Agricultural Society
Wisconsin State Agricultural Society
Act to regulate slaughter-house keeping along state rivers
An 1862 act prohibits erecting maintaining or keeping a slaughter-house on river banks within cities or villages and forbids dumping carcasses thereon. Penalties include at least fifteen dollars per offense. city mayors village presidents and town supervisors may order immediate removal for violations. officials who permit violations face fifteen dollar fines. The text ends with archaic notes and garbled phrases.
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Board of Supervisors
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