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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1861
Page
2
The issue reflects on public affairs with independent sentiment and calls for reflecting the nation’s wrongs. It notes political commentary from various parts and promises earnest, sober reporting alongside discussions of local progress and family matters.
A polemic argues punishment should fit crime and warns leniency toward treason weakens the state. It critiques sympathies for Confederate traitors, calls for severe, just penalties, and urges swift justice to protect liberty and the Union amid civil war passions. The author contrasts humane reform with the need to deter future rebellion and preserve civil and religious liberty.
The piece denounces Southern provocations and vows no compromise before the Union’s honor. It notes Gen. Lyon protecting Unionists in Missouri, reports secessionist actions near Potosi and a small Union victory, plus delayed wheat shipments through Milwaukee. It mentions a Madison Argus convention pushing specie payments, McGoffin’s neutrality stance, and a primer on military brigades and sizes.
Brigadier General Wm. Sy. Harney, born in Louisiana, entered as a Second Lieutenant in 1818 and has served forty three years. He ranks third in the U S Army, with only Gen. Scott and Gen. Wool above him, in a dispatch from Bedford to Gov. Morton noting military activity amid rising tensions.
The Senate morning session saw a bill to issue bonds for up to one million dollars to support the war, replacing a prior $260,000 loan. It sets a six percent interest cap, minimum denomination of fifty dollars, and redemption plans beginning July 1, 1877, with gradual annual redemptions. The measure aims to stabilize currency and resist wartime shocks, per the State Journal.
The long-war update reports Unionists in eastern Tennessee opposing secession with potential $20,000 support, Confederate moves including Arkansas admission and East Tennessee musterings, and naval logistics like the Great Eastern ferrying 44 000 bushels of wheat. Also noted are a deadly Camp Jackson wound toll, a South Carolina tornado, and fires at Lockhart and Munahan mills with substantial losses.
The Tribunne reports that authorities seized invaluable documentary evidence against agrmpathizers with treason in the North. Telegraph offices were raided, dispatches seized, and government traces rebel orders. Reports from Mississippi claim a Virginia company plans marching on Washington. Cannon and troops moved toward Harper's Ferry as skirmishes flare near Fort Monroe. Senator Douglas progresses. Wade and Chandler return to Washington after viewing the Bealls Point bombardment.
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