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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1861
Page
2
The Pepin County Press laments the South’s rebellion and argues only extermination of slavery can end the war. It warns against harsh measures, calls for a strong union army, and predicts tax burdens if peace comes with slavery intact. The issue ties national conflict to regional agriculture growth and local residents returning home.
L Ricuanos and family visited town amid praise for large sweet strawberries from David Parkhurst near the village. Parkhurst’s growing notes claim easy cultivation here. Allen's store was burglarized on the night of the Sd inst with nine dollars in cash and twenty dollars in goods taken. two suspects Mitchell and Clark fled, Mitchell captured at Reeds, Clark escaped.
The Fourth in Pepin shows no general parade yet many residents celebrate independence with jubilant displays. Firecrackers crackled among boys and at night the cannon boomed thirty four times before the town settled into quiet.
The North western sky shows a huge bright comet resembling the 1204 and 1556 events with a thrice folded tail. In Pepin the Episcopal Church announces Rev Jackson Kemper D D Missionary Bishop for Wisconsin and Minnesota will preach Sunday afternoon July 14.
A garbled 19th century item mentions cotton bales for a Confederate loan, a Baltimore crowd cheering Jed, election notes in Kentucky and Tennessee, Civil War tensions along the Cumberland River, a steamer command, and a Monroe County militia urge.
Massachusets joins 2000 stand of arms for Western Virginia defense per Wheeling Intelligencer praising the gesture. Obituary notes John Cuppy aged 100. A Hastings steamer drowning incident reported. St Paul merchants resist non Eastern Exchange. Local camp meeting flags displayed. Niles Michigan women donate shirts for soldiers. Civil War era tensions touch St Louis Republican editors and printers.
A Jan Davis speech in Richmond argues secession stems from Calhoun’s long-ago ideas rather than recent grievances. He invokes Jackson’s possible regret and urges readiness to sacrifice, claiming the nation must stand by its banners and weapons.
Enlisted volunteers in Coty County are reported to have signed up for public duty. The document mentions their names and duties, noting proof of enlistment and the costs incurred. It references orders and authorities related to the enlistment process and obligations to the state.
Fragment describes that costs accrued in commencing or conducting any process are to be paid by the applicant for the execution or other process. It specifies responsibility lies with the person or persons who applied for the process.
Dispatches from Louisville Kentucky dated July 2 report government agents stationed on the Nashville road to stop contraband goods from reaching the South and similar steps at Franklin Kentucky. Tennessee troops numbers and actions around Manassas Junction are discussed, with plans for more blockading steamers and impending expeditions toward the Potomac and Richmond. Reports include cavalry movements from Knoxville, Gates on Wheeler’s Gap, and troop guard efforts preventing Federal advances into Kentucky, plus political notes on Missouri and calls for July 4 celebrations in New Orleans papers.
Reads like a Civil War era dispatch. Buckner and the State Guard quartermaster allegedly refused supplies for Columbus pass troops. Six hundred stand of arms and cartridges said to be destined for Unionists in East Tennessee. Post denies claims while Nashville notes talks of conciliating with East Tennessee and allowing it to secede. A steamer near Mississippi City captures five schooners. blockade enlarges, spurring privateer wealth outlooks for India China and English merchants. A U S ship with 50 guns reported off Chala faya Bay.
In Kentucky nine congressmen were chosen with Union majorities. The listed winners include Barnett Jackson Grider Harding Wilciffe Dunlap Mallory Crittenden Wadsworth Menzies, all Union. Lexington reported a 550 vote Union majority, while the county rejected secession by over a thousand.
The document argues that 10 000 to 20 000 cotton bales in Memphis would become contraband if federal troops occupy the city. It notes values up to $500 000 and says confiscation could fund an expedition while depriving the Confederacy of staple exports. It asserts rebels who provoked the war should bear the burdens.
Acting Governor Grey Bliss of Pike's Peak issues a proclamation under Buchan refusing U S authority. The new Governor Gibpin faces a potential conflict with Dsiss amid tensions and danger.
Fragmentary OCR style text mentions secession, privateers, revolvers, and military terms with scattered phrases about the North and South. The garbled lines reference lines of war, a saber, and maritime imagery, with unclear attributions and dates. The result is a jittery historic newspaper slip lacking coherent narrative.
In a playful line the speaker laments a “beautiful bierid” and ponders whether a darlint has been educated by the dandies of New York as he contemplates a skunk.
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