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Newspaper
Sauk County Standard
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1852
Page
2
Democratic Mass Meetings will be held in multiple counties with plans for distinguished speakers from within the state. The schedule lists cities and dates from Kenosha to Madison, with noted speakers and remarks on party unity and political prospects.
A Democratic County Convention is set for September 25 1852 at Adams to nominate county officers and delegates to the Senatorial Convention. Baraboo and vicinity Democrats are urged to gather at the Court House on September 3 at 7 o'clock PM to form a Granite Club, with a long list of attendees and signers named.
To the Public, having disposed of my interest in the Standard to EH Mobayounis, I retire from the editorial chair with thanks for support. I commend DS. Vrerum as successor and acknowledge the valuable connections with Sault County citizens. My association ends with issue number forty seven, with D. Virtum as project editor responsible for later columns.
Washington correspondent reports Henry Cley’s son told his father he would not vote for Gen. Scott and that the elder man approved his son’s stance, saying he would act the same if alive. Judge Camp’s garden yielded a superb bouquet. An exchange mockingly suggests a peacock tail as a remedy for Old fuse and feathers. Indiana candidates canvass the state, delivering speeches to the same audience and traveling together on the same route.
After the close of this volume the Standard will be sent only to pre paid subscribers. The price drops to $1.50 per year and the paper asks Sauk County readers to support a truthful and reliable Democratic newspaper at the county seat by increasing paid subscriptions.
The Sauk county Democrats call their county officers convention to be held at the Court House in the village on the 25th. They emphasize fair delegate representation from each town and warn against local factional schemes. They urge harmony and a united ticket to secure victory, condemning efforts to divide the party along baraboo keedeburg upper Sauk and lower town lines.
The memorial notes Hayti as the eighth trading partner among eight nations, with U S shipping to Hayti surpassing that to Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, and the Dutch West Indies. In 1860 the United States shipped 74,671 tons and 3,504 sailors to Hayti, with exports totaling 1,385,188 dollars, while China received 1,605,217 dollars. The piece calls for Congress attention and questions county convention selection dates for memorials.
Edward Leshey a La Frappe monk is jailed in Columbia County charged with murdering Barnard Manley of Marcellon and attempting to kill Morton. The Pardeeville tragedy follows rumors of wife infidelity. Manley was previously acquitted, and Morton was grazed by a shot. Leshey, jailed last Saturday, appears increasingly distraught, pondering wife and child as authorities weigh blame and motive.
The Washington Union prints a sharp critique of President Fillmore over alleged new terms of cession for the Sandwich Islands. It claims a formal treaty of cession was tendered and rejected, and that the Senate was never informed, urging public disclosure and questions about British involvement in island governance. A separate note reports a failed New York City delegation to the Pittsburgh Convention with few attendees.
A detailed account of the Atlantic disaster from Buffalo to Detroit describes a collision with the Propeller near Long Point on a starry night. The Atlantic sank in about thirty minutes after water flooded the hull. Allegations claim criminal negligence by officers and crew, with survivors recounting panic and rescue efforts aboard the Propeller. Witnesses describe scenes of heroism, neglect, and loss as families clung to hope while the wreck was investigated. The report includes grim anecdotes of passengers and crew, including a captain’s stern warnings, and the emotional aftermath for those saved and those lost.
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