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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1861
Page
2
The Republican State Convention will be held at Medizox City on May 4 and June 1. Delegates are chosen for the following committee meetings before September 1. Committees will select delegates and report results to the convention for officer nominations and political alignment.
A public letter discusses efforts to form a union ticket across Democrats and Republicans to support the Administration and war aims. It notes distrust of fusion, warnings from party editors, and belief a Republican slate could win statewide, while warning that cross-party fusion may fail due to opposing leaders and inherent party loyalties.
A discussion argues that a union of Republicans and Democrats may form on a platform of unqualified support for the administration during the war, but only if it preserves party identities. It warns that current sentiment in several states favors keeping parties intact, while urging caution about any fusion efforts and noting a dispatch from Governor Raxpeann and a St Louis martial law proclamation.
Extract from Ton. 5. D. Hastings explains the State Loan details. 800000 in bonds sold at 70 cents on the dollar, cash $560000 paid, 6 percent interest totaling 48000 annually, plus 240000 secured by 16000 yearly for fifteen years. Bank Comptroller holds coupons as security, non payment gives recourse. The article defends the Commissioners and challenges critics, urging constructive plans rather than demolition of the system.
Dispatch from Aug 5 1861 reports Wisconsin Sixth Regiment veterans arriving at Patterson Park Baltimore after a march from Alarmsburgh. They describe guarded travel, tense streets, and a night of firing near the camp. They note cohesion, meals, arm shortages, and pay changes while praising officers and the Prescott Guards.
Aug 13 dispatches describe Lyon leading a two-column assault nine miles southeast of Springfield on the 6th. Our loss about 800 and Lyon killed in the charge. Sigel and Sturgess commanded. rebel forces led by Price with regiments from Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee. The engagement raged from sunrise to about midday with heavy artillery losses and a drawn outcome.
The Virginian under Gen Magruder reenacted Moscow on a small scale by burning Hampton to deny use as winter quarters for a Federal army. General Butler’s reduced garrison left Hampton, enabling Magruder to strike and destroy the town. The episode echoes the destruction at Harper's Ferry as attributed to Virginia's own army.
Readable fragments list several individuals including Margaret Lyle Jamey Meat and Miss Prescott along with partial place and event terms. The notice appears damaged with scattered proper nouns and unclear action.
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