05 May 1860
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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1860
Page
1
Poem by Hattie Bailey reflects a dream of celestial realms and return to earth. The speaker questions the value of visions when Earth remains home yet hears an angel assure that life continues beyond death. The verses seek consolation in eternal birth and unity with God.
The writer describes the Nile voyage from Upper Egypt, detailing climate contrasts, gear mishaps with boats and ramrods, hunting of pigeons and geese, and the blend of rough winds, sand, and sun. He notes awkward rowing craft, sporadic exercise, and the dreamlike evenings as Egypt’s air and scenery tempt the traveler despite discomforts.
A reflective portrait of Egypt under rare cloudless skies, noting rose tinged horizons and deep blue horizons. The narrator describes moonlit rivers, desert glow, and a steady, regular celestial display as stars shine in brilliant color and the moon sails across a timeless landscape.
A Cleve ant Plai ndealer recalling Arkansas territorial days reports a violent House brawl. Members Bange and Slange exchange bullets and knives, a ring forms, Bowen and Bowger clash, Slanger killed a rival, and Wm Sipiger from Helena dies in the melee before orders restore conduct and resolutions are offered for his brother Bill.
A poor Irish mother Mary Connor aged about thirty was admitted to Bellevue Hospital waiting room. She delivered a child at night. the infant was alive but found dead with nose, lip, toes and part of foot eaten by rats. No staff present at birth. investigation confirms the child was alive at birth.
An article recounts J. W. Gray the Deacon editor delivering a controversial Democratic Fugitive Slave Law tale at a Jefferson gathering with Redpath John Brown Owen Brown and Coppie in attendance. The Deacon describes rescuing a fugitive with a dramatic tale to underscore Democratic hypocrisy and faces tough questioning from John Brown Jr. The crowd responds with cheers as the Deacon falters under a Heaven question.
Life Illustrated argues Eve did not need help because Adam shared chores and duties. The piece highlights domestic partnership, recalling Adam’s diligence from milking cows to caring for crops, and contrasts this with stereotypes of laziness and male vanity.
In Davenport on a Saturday morning Robert Campbell, 65, a respected banker from Ravenny, shot himself with a revolver behind the right ear in his office at 27 Main Street. He died quickly after being found reclining by a door as bystanders called for Dr. Baker. Campbell leaves a wife, a son Frederick, a married daughter, and two brothers in New Orleans.
A report presents depositions from Chinese Coolies fearfully detailing kidnapping and torture aboard vessels bound for foreign ports. Victims describe binding hands, wedges, suspended ankles, river dunkings, floggings, threats, and forced ink marks on contracts. The London Times condemns English flagged ships amid calls to curb the trade.
A late article surveys Japanese dress and grooming noting shaved crowns, rolled side hair, and widespread wigs for masquerade wear. It describes winter robes padded with silk, ceremonial outfits, and a bizarre audience trouser idea that elongates to imply knees.
A historical overview traces nail making from 70 years ago in Massachusetts using hoops and vises to modern inventors. It notes Benjamin Cochrane as the maker of the first headless nail cutting machine who died in Batavia in 1846, and Jacob Perkins and Jonathan Ellis’s 1810 machinery for cutting and heading nails, plus earlier English nail production in 1792 using two roller dies.
Robert Dale Owen replies to Horace Breeron on divorce and indissoluble marriages noting South Carolina’s law allowing adultery exemptions and regulated property transfers to concubines. The piece contrasts South Carolina’s morals with Connecticut and Indiana, then mentions a Lyons correspondent describing a French Protestant church service with peculiar behavior.
Extract from Congressional Investigating Committee testimony shows Sylvester J. Megargee admitting money for political purposes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He says funds supported a third party, the Straight American or Know Nothing party, to divert votes from the People’s party, with the aim of aiding the Democratic party.
A letter to the N S Independent recounts a papal police assault in Rome. The Pope grants soldiers payments and medals amid public outrage. French authorities move to quell demonstrations as liberals vow a St Peter s crowd. Blame shifts to the Pope and Emperor in a volatile European scene.
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