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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1861
Page
1
A collection of social sketches and opinions on Southern society, moral observations about a London paper’s portrayal, and reflections on the new Kingdom of Dixie. Also reports on congressional retrenchment, gunboat construction for the Mississippi, and Astor Library expansion with funding and usage details.
In a 1861 letter from Taylor Falls readers learn of a party led by W C D Taylor seeking copper beds in the Upper Valley, with hopes of six weeks prospecting. St Croix Rifles camp at St Croix Falls face harvest-related delays. locals report Indian liquor trade and calls for stricter enforcement. A cautionary note calls out a “Big Insane Scare” as a money scheme, while a new distant planet magnitude six is noted by Mr. Tuttle of Harvard.
A Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin? text discusses Zouave regiments and other units, praising hardiness of Michigan and Massachusetts regiments, condemning demoralization. It argues courage is conscience and religious feeling, not mere physical prowess, with comparisons to New York Tist and Wisconsin Zouaves. The piece notes temperance history in Green Bay and a rumor about a US loan pledge.
The New York correspondent recounts Irving's youth and a romance with a Knickerbocker daughter. A persuasive minister Dr Creighton wooed the father with wealth, but the match failed amid family insanity provisions. The daughter became violent, was confined, and Dr Creighton later officiated at Irving's chapel burial service for his rival.
London Star describes William Henry Hulburt as a well known English friend of Rev Charles Kingsley and a contributor to English magazines. Born in South Carolina educated in New York Germany and France he became a cosmopolitan writer and editor. He served as editor of Putnam's Magazine and theatre critic for Addison. He was abolitionist and a former editor of the New York Times before becoming a prisoner among rebels accused of Northern spying.
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