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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1862
Page
1
An archaic balladry scene unfolds with a doubting heart amid a stormy voyage. The marshal bids to cross the Rhine while a lady withdraws, and hidden loyalties surface as characters converse in a fragment of wartime dialogue.
A Second Zouaves party after Alma finds a Persian pier glass among Russian spoils. They place it before the colonel’s tent and reveal his reflection as if he were the mirror’s apparition. Parisians laugh at frivolous jesters on the Rue de Rivoli and in street scenes.
A fragment from the Leavenworth Times urges neighbors to watch and report suspicious behavior. It warns against relaxing vigilance and tells readers to spread notices about others perceived as deviating from duty. The piece ends with praise for the 13th Wisconsin's drill and discipline.
The Hampton and Elizabeth City area endures severe privation as Federal war damage leaves families in want. Citizens are urged to fund relief, with Norfolk urged to organize merchants’ committees and the Legislature urged to authorize state aid through the Sequestration Act.
A pamphlet by Dr. Garner reports gold found along a 200 mile arc parallel to Nova Scotia coast. Notable sites include Sherbrooke Pangier Halifix and Lunenburg near The Ovens. Government may open all shore surface. samples sent to London display rich nuggets. First Nova Scotia gold reached Philadelphia mint with 8 percent loss on melting, valued around 17.10 per ounce in native grains and 18.56 in the bar.
Orso Pawers reports the death of Micajah Phillips known as Cajoe, a lifelong enslaved man who arrived in 1796 with Elerman Blennerhasset. He lived in Harmar and Watertown, served as a waiter in the Yorktown era, could read and write, joined the Baptist Church, and preached to Black residents in Parkersburg.
A Nashville correspondent reports from Knoxville and East Tennessee about Confederate panic and Federal advance. He describes refugees moving toward Gainesboro Burksville and the Cumberland, a large drownings in the river, and estimates of Federal forces. Parson Brownlow’s health and Johnson family seizures are noted amid rebel activity.
A Paris artisan forged a bulletproof coat for Napoleon at eighteen thousand francs. He survived two pistol shots and a fowling piece fired at him. A colonel’s letter honors Miss Clise, nursing heroine Florence Nightingale figure, saving soldiers in the Union army. Kentucky counties split with rebels claiming thirty and eighty loyal to the Union.
A Sacramento correspondent reports on the great flood across California and Oregon. He describes Sacramento street flooding as deep as twenty five feet and losses estimated at 1.6 to 2 million dollars with few deaths. The letter shares incidents of hardship and resilience among residents and a dramatic waterfront scene on Seventh Street.
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