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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1862
Page
2
The Whitewater Register notes its sixth anniversary with a sober reflection on past efforts and a cautious outlook. It hopes for an end to war, a revival of business, and a continued role serving the community, supporting shared political principles, and ensuring livelihoods for the involved staff.
The article laments prowar sentiment among northern patriots and critiques McClellan's policies. It reports the Pea Ridge battle with Union divisions under Gans Sigel Davis and Carr, noting heavy casualties and unclear trophies. It also discusses hopes for rapid Civil War resolution, fears of Confederate threats to cities, and political moves in New York and Boston.
Gen. Burnside's land forces captured Newbern after four hours of fierce fighting on Friday the 14th, seizing three artillery batteries, 46 siege guns, 8,000 muskets, and 300 prisoners including Col. Avery. The fleet could not join due to dense fog, and the rebel forces retreated, some destroying the bridges over the Trent and Claremont rivers.
Gen Pope reports a decisive Union victory at New Madrid with heavy artillery, fixed munitions, thousands of small arms, and supplies captured. Rebels fled across the river under cover of a night storm as Union batteries opened at daylight and pressed their works. Prisoners taken included officers and several Arkansas regiments. Union loss was about fifty. Maine legislature moves to seize rebel property including slaves.
A 1892 Madison report notes the Assembly passed a bill to invest the State School Fund in bank bonds amid factional opposition. Critics claim constitutional issues and risk to the fund, while supporters urge state custody. Also covered is the Wisconsin Cavalry regiment marching from Chicago to war service under Col. Danius.
Cirwaco March 19 dispatch from Cairo reports Ghulinter steamer bringing a large quantity of ar Arg a r archange and stores captured at Donelson including 8 pieces of artillery and ammunition. Wheeleamer McGill arrived from Pittsburg Landing with updates on troop actions and rebel concentrations at Gorinth Masa and Deostur Ala. Attendale man from Pittshore Landing notes rebels burned the Charleston and Memphis Railroad between Florence and Mastport and the Tennessee River overran banks. Corinth rebels estimated at forty thousand. Pope dispatch indicates heavy firing earlier. Columbus reports rebels on riverbanks six miles below the city with no expected trouble.
The steamer Anglo Saxon arrived from Liverpool and will reach New York by night. British papers discuss Federal progress and Union/Confederate prospects, with calls for a possible compromise. Reports note political unrest in Longford and Trehind, labor violence, and a Red Sea? naval project to mount a 12 inch bore Krupp gun for a Boating battery capable of sinking ships.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court holds that a tax scheme treating railroads and plank roads unequally violates the constitution. It rejects saving void taxes by mere misjudgment of assessors and rules that taxes must be uniform. The opinion warns that upholding unlawful rates would shift burdens and undermine protections, urging adherence to prior constitutional construction.
The court weighs whether misapplied taxes justify relief without proving exact tax amounts. It rejects requiring a full legal assessment for each taxpayer, ruling that illegal single percent gains from railroad omissions harmed the plaintiff and that relief should proceed without exhaustive prior tax calculations.
Reports from New Orleans describe the Victoria and Miramon penetrating Union blockade to deliver munitions and coffee. The Victoria endured a northern gale and engagement with federal ships, finally reaching Mort Livingston near New Orleans before being forced to surrender with cargo intact under fort guns. An observer credits fort defense and notes the Miramon evaded capture in fog. The piece also cites fraud findings by the Clothing Inspection Board and confirms a general's promotion.
Fragmentary report describes Third Cavalry in camp near Janeaville fearing orders to move. References to Colonel Barstinga3 and Ulyssis os suggest a regiment’s removal and neglect to report, with a notable delay before heading to Nashville within thirty hours.
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