12 Apr 1862
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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1862
Page
1
A terse note from the J Pepin County Press indicates a public notice page for Avery is set to publish Saturday with editor U B Shaver credited and byline in advance.
The document covers several 1862 Wisconsin acts amending religious society incorporation rules, repealing and restoring certain inquest laws, and expanding volunteer aid for regiments. Provisions detail eligibility for aid, rules of evidence, penalties for false claims, monthly death and service reports, and administration by the secretary of state and adjutant general.
The poem laments a young life laid to rest with tender burial rites and willow and flowers. A moral reflection follows on earthly rest and heavenward peace. A Baltimore Evening Post correspondent critiques idle young gentry who spread untrue war rumors and mocks northern renegades amid Civil War tensions.
The 1962 act revises procedures in justice court and arrest processes. It changes witness examination rights in proceedings under chapter 37, alters wording in section six of chapter 87 to living instead of present, and adds language about probable cause to deliver the accused guilty in section four of chapter 387. The act takes effect upon approval dated March 20, 1862.
Eyewitness letters describe the Pepin Press report from March 29 noting bombardment by rebel batteries near Island No 10. The crew details heavy shelling, readiness to take batteries, and acknowledged risks while preserving the boat and crew.
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