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Newspaper
Monroe Sentinel
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1862
Page
2
The Sentinel announces staff and officials for the Wednesday morning edition, naming Janes Bintlfe, Egbert E Garribo, and B Bryant among correspondents and staff, as the official paper of the city.
The piece argues the rebellion must be crushed and conquered states governed under federal care, predicting heavy fighting ahead. It questions legitimate governance of conquered Confederate states and condemns taxation of loyal citizens to pay war debts, urging preservation of human rights.
Editorial remarks on emancipation as a recompense for loyal states loyalty and the war aims. It argues emancipation signals national identity and its inevitability as the North confronts cotton states and slave society. Time will reveal justice and the real affects on four million enslaved people.
A correspondence from Caur Reere in Peevenner City, dated February 24, recounts a trek from Wisconsin through Ohio and Pennsylvania with references to the Potomac movement, a large troop transfer near Alliance, and a Washington’s Birthday parade by Gayaley and Antantey regiments. It notes battlefield debates, Baker’s contested actions, a Maryland episode, and honors to Col. Roger and Capt Bertram amid a rising sense of unity and impending march orders.
War items report Nashville occupied by federal forces under Grant and Buell with rebels burning bridges and libraries, marching on Murfreesboro. Post facilities extended to Nashville. gold moved to Memphis. Price and Forrest actions across Arkansas and Tennessee. casualties from poisoned food. prisoners paroled. Burnside cuts rail links. regiments deployed and paymaster redeployed.
A disastrous blaze in Boston on the night of the 24th, driven by gale and snow, damaged or destroyed extensive properties including Sergeant’s Wharf, Eastern Avenue buildings, East Boston, Old Ferry Slip, and the Eastern Exchange Hotel. The Roman Catholic Church tower fell, 2,000 bales of cotton burned, and total losses reach about 750,000 dollars. Three men were badly hurt.
Delegates Sevare, Mesers, Doolittle and Sum present petitions for slave petitions. McDougal reports a bill to build a mail road and telegraph from the Missouri River to the Pacific. Conference committee on the Treasury Note Bill recommends receding from amendments and passage. A bill for provisional civil government in rebel territories is advanced, with territorial boundaries to be fixed by the President, while colonization and slavery questions provoke debate among Pomeroy, Wilkey, and others. The House also discusses a military slave-catching bill and the Ashley committee’s provisional government proposal for rebel territories.
Congress has authorized issue of army certificates of indebtedness to fund public lands held by rebel states. The measure, seen as key to the effort, contemplates several large sums and implications for the Senate and military departments.
Fragmented report cites Confederate and Union movements across Tennessee Mississippi and nearby rail lines. Mentions Beauregard brigades in Mississippi Port Dunelson forts Nashville Confederate retreat toward Chattanooga Blak's Division crossing Potomac and occupation of Bolivar Charleston and Martineburg. Notes Union promotions and gunboat activity on the Tennessee River plus wheat and flour captures. Confusion and garbled names abound with scattered references to Nashville Cairo and Wilmington.
Fragmented OCR of a Richmond Examiner piece dated Feb 22 defends the Confederate cause. It attacks Northern domination, cites wartime powers, habeas corpus suspensions, and lawlessness, urging preservation of state sovereignty and a constitutional compact amid secession.
A Confederate message stresses unity and continued resistance, praising wartime sacrifices and the defense of constitutional liberty. It notes a growing force, declares independence as a nation, and urges perseverance despite blockades and external pressure. The speaker pledges responsibility and invokes providence while calling for steadfast support from fellow citizens.
The former Board of Supervisors clerk M. Graexwoon, convicted of forgetfulness at the Fond du Lac Circuit Court, was sentenced to one year in prison in Winneshago County. A small residence owned by a family near Whites Water was reported to be nearly looted as a crime scene last Thursday morning.
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