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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1862
Page
1
A damaged OCR piece hints at a lyrical scene with misread lines about sunshine eyes, a flowered tie, a distant shore, and a mistress of seas. The fragment implies a poetic narrative with names and imagery but remains incomplete and unclear in meaning.
A heated dispute between Prussia and Austria deepens distrust across German states. Authorities accuse Austria of influencing loyalty in smaller states while Prussia pushes toward modernization. Mutual grievances revive old class and regional tensions, risking open conflict as unity remains elusive.
From the St Louis Democrat March 26 Major Uriel Wright his son Joseph T Wright and about fifty to sixty others left the city to join the rebel army in the Southwest. Reports claimed they rendezvoused near the Aferamec crossed the Wesen stream and rode Pacific railroad train at Priesk Yin. A U S Captain reportedly said a man was found hanged as Wright but others insist the expedition is false and Wright and companions are safe.
The text recounts Mrs Norris of Baltimore being arrested on treason suspicions. After direct testimony before commissioners she was released on parole while details touch on correspondence with enemies, Southern influence, and intelligence reporting tied to Confederate interests.
An act amends chapter 20 and chapter 28 revised statutes to replace the word five with three in specified lines and to adjust the term before percent in section 106 of BAC as amended by 1880 law, approved March 28, 1862.
An act to amend section of the revised statutes and adjust printing charges in Wisconsin is approved. A New York divorce case sees Wim H Dempster suing for divorce alleging force and fraud in a marriage arranged after he was arrested for seduction. he claims entrapment and coercion.
The site near the north end of St. Augustine preserves a very old fort built by Spaniards over two centuries ago during the reign of Don Ferdinand VI. It features four bastions, water batteries, and a shell-stone construction later partially rebuilt by the United States, with a garrison of about one thousand men and a history of sieges and attacks.
The act requires the Secretary of State to prepare and deliver to county registers copies of the revised general laws and statutes each year. County superintendents must receive these copies for use in their office and pass them to successors. Approved March 28, 1802.
In Cincinnati, supporters laud Wendell Phillips for his lifelong devotion to freedom while warning against violence from intoxicated crowds. The piece argues for lawful progress through Constitution and law, noting Ohio’s national stake if Northern sentiment faces lynching and disorder.
A Union party led by W. Lise sel advances from New Madrid with a tug and support to breach rebel defenses on the Missouri side. The party explores swamp crossings, notes water depths of three feet in places, and aims to force rebels from fortifications by advancing toward Tiptonville and isolating their position.
General Popo describes the capture of New Madrid with vast property and supplies seized. He notes 33 enemy guns and many thousands of musket stands left behind, tents, and ammunition. The enemy fled across the river, abandoning pickets and information, while Union forces prepared to seize gunboats and steamers and evacuate Island No. 16.
A storm on February 26 wrecked twenty four vessels from Gloucester, leaving 120 sailors missing or dead. The disaster devastates families with seventy widows and two hundred fourteen orphans, as the community mourns and calls for safer Georges Banks trips. A chaplain’s note seeks aid for a brother preacher and commission as chaplain in a Massachusetts regiment.
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