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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1861
Page
5
A report says new Confederate authorities warn of trouble with federal powers unless the Southern Blockade is lifted. The Light Guards from this place have enlisted, praised as the best drilled and well behaved company in the state. Vacancies were filled quickly by trusted locals as they depart for camp at dawn.
May 19 reports say Virginia troops received 1000 Minnie muskets from North Carolina and two batteries of railroad iron near the Charleston-style floating battery at the Point of Bucks. A Richmond observer notes 15,000 troops on Tennessee rail en route to Virginia. Foote offers ten regiments of Green Mountain Boys. Memphis and Washington dispatches mention rising war fever, British policy hints, and a new military department including Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
A veteran offers a practical packing list for field use as many prepare for war. Items include clothing such as flannel shirts and boots, personal care like soap and toothbrush, tools and hardware, and a note to add grub and replenish supplies as possible.
A sample bridal verse from The Hartford Press describes the bride as pretty and comely though her voice is noted as unusual. The piece reads as a relic of old newspaper bride notices and reflects dated stylistic sensibilities.
A Philadelphia gun dealer rejected a Charleston firm’s order for 200000 percussion caps. The endorsement proclaimed the duty to the government prevents furnishing military goods to the secessionist section. The folded order, stamped with a flag and “Death to the Traitors,” was mailed to Charleston.
A company of volunteers, welcomed at the asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, cheered the pupils as they prepared to depart for camp after breakfast. The scene would have been complete if they had also visited the asylum for the Blind to display their colors.
Daniel Ames of Oregon Dane County celebrated his 100th birthday on the 25th. The veteran, who enlisted at sixteen in 1776, served through the war and witnessed the execution of Andre. He is the only revolutionary pensioner living in Wisconsin.
Van Amburg, famed lion tamer, traveling to Easton Maryland, was warned rebels planned to seize his 120 horses and shoot them. He fled 48 miles in a day to Pennsylvania to save his property. He now offers 3000 dollars for Jeff Davis and vows to exhibit him in a cage as a traitor.
At Kinghorn Scotland a Fast day sermon by Mr Shina turns to a crowd of boatmen. He mocks their boat cry Aho to Leith, contrasting it with salvation Aho to Heaven. He declares Christ as skipper and the Holy Ghost as pilot, claiming God at the helm.
A Scots language devotional fragment speaks of Norway and Bethlehem as shipyard images and Jerusalem as rigging. It describes a voyage with Christ as helm, a cedar mast, and mankind’s redemption as freight, urging refrain from swearing and to pray for all.
A quarrelsome Deacon, famed for avoiding oaths, gets a muddy dunk in a barn slough after a ram attack while milking on a rainy day. He recovers, curses the ram playfully, then glances at a neighbor and admits the crude remark with a quick aside about propriety.
A chaotic scene describes a person slipping on a post and verse about sewer and rain splashing on clothes. The speaker fears returning home to Susan amid a chaotic night with urban imagery and rough digressions. A quoted remark praises union era symbols and American women.
On May 1 1861 in La Crosse two seven year old oxen were reported missing. One is a heavy thick-set ox with large horns and curled hair on the head, the other is longer legged and coarser with less spreading horns. Hair between hind legs is light. Reward offered by ALS Swarthout Onalaska and S Rive of Preaton for the return or information.
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