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LUTE A. TAYLOR, Publisher >
vol. v.;
journal.
The union of lakes—the union of lamlb—
The union of States none can sever—
i The union of hearts—the union of hands—
And the Flag of our Union forever.-J/orris.
local and miscellaneous.
Prescott- Wisconsin. Sept 25, 1861-
For Lift of Banks, Market Report and
L*. »t 3Vtr». sec Fourth page.
Republican State Convention.
A Republican State Convention will be
i ! eld at the Capitol, in the city of Madison, at
' j-Je.'cliH k. on Wednesday! the 29th day of
September licit for the purpose of nominating
camlidato tor State officers.
Each Assembly District, under the new ap
|M>rtioiiment, will be entitled to two delegates
in the Convention.
The Committee recommend that the prima
ry meetings for the selection of delegates be
held on or before the 14th day of September,
aid that the District Committees issue early
.alls for such meetings, that the people may
be thorough!v notified, and choose delegates
who fairly reflect their wishes.
HORACE RUBLEE.
Chairman Republican State Com.
Madison, August 12,1861.
Senatorial Convention.
The undersigned, members of the Republi
can and Democratic committees for the 28th
Senatorial District, under the old apport on
•p. nt. believing that all other political issues
should he postponed till the issu j of Govern
ment or N<> Government is decided by the
contest in which the Nation is engaged, and
it being their duty to take some action ii. ref
erencc to the nomination of Stale Senator,they
request the legal voters in the new District,
.-omposed of the counties of Pierce, St. Croix,
Polk, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe and Ash
land, to lay aside all partisan feelings, and
unite for the nomination and election of a
State Senator upon the single issue of fitness
tor the office and fidelity to the National Gov
ernment.
To this end the undersigned hereby call a
< nvcnti.iii foi the nomination of State Sena
tor, to be held at Hudson, on Wednesday, the
‘rhday of October next, to-be composed of
•h< following number of delegates from each
organized county, apportioned upon the total
vote polled therein at the last Presidential elec-
I'leree Countv 6. Douglas County 2
St. Croix " 7 La Pointe “
polk “ 3 Ashland “ 2
D ANT EL ME A RS, Mem. J)em. ♦ ’o.
JAMES B. GRAY. • AV/’- “
OLIVER GIBB Jr., “ Jtep. •*
Prescott, August 24, 1861.
Note.—The above are all the committee
men residing in the District under the new ap-
P'lrtioumeiit. with the exception of I. I. Fos
ter, dem, who declines to sign the call.
Peoples 7 Convention.
The undersigned citizens of Pierce County,
Wisconsin, believing at this time that the in
terest of our common country demands the
union of all parties to sustain her in lx-r strug
gle in maintaining the supremacy of the laws,
unite in a call fora Peoples’ Convention of
all patriots, irrespective of former predilec
tions, to be holden in the several wards ami
towns of this county on Wednesday, the 25th
day of September inst., tor the purpose of
dieting delegotes from each town and ward to
attend a Peoples’ Convention to be holden at
Trimbelle on the 28th day of September inst.
for the purpose of electing delegates to the
Union Senatorial Gonvention to be held at
Hudson on the 9th day of October next.
Each town and ward will be entitled to the
Wlowing number of Delegates, based on the
total vote of each town ;
Prescott—lst Ward, 3 River Falls, 6
“ 2d Ward, 5 Glifton, 3
<>ak Grove, 2 Trimbelle, 3
Martel, 3 Diamond Bluff, 1
Trenton, 1 Isabel. 1
Hartland, I P- alley, 3
Perry, 1 El Paso, 1
Smith R Gunn F J Bell
0 Strabl M VV Packard
H P Ames G R Griffin
AD Andrews A XV Wild
C P Barnard C J Riker
W T Hatch Z B Flint
Stephen Collins H Britton
J D Trumble C B Cox
R M Sands A L Cox
J W Beardsley D IF Smith
C 0 Boughton J IK Pratt
W. G Hurt A Gibson
J II Fuller L B Aldrich
Wilson Kinney George IF Pratt
J L Dale ’ Cyrus Glass
W T Miles Benj Wilcox
Wm Crippen KJ JPilcox
.Oliver Gibbs Jr E IK Haviland
Alex Campbell D H Levings
J N Adams J S IFebb
Selah Strickland GI ap Roberts
J Youngman S Ticknor
H H Farnham A Creelraan
W R Gates 8 D Dodge
Lute A Taylor Edwin Brownell
A Morse Parker Adams
Chas E Young G P Burnett
D Marsh Thomas Lauder
II Bennett J R Lyford
C L Barnes O S Powell
XV P. Westfall Wm A Tozer
W H Moore A Ticknor
N N Powell Chas Hutchinson
J M McKee M N Tubbs
0 T Maxson II B Bates
G M Oakley Geo P Smith
H Doe <7 A Short
B B Comstock S M Davis
J McD Smith M A ZJreibelbis
J S White TFnt M Greene
R S Griffin ,7N Clements
N S Dunbar A H Young
The Journal.
The Journal is now the only ] aper in
Pirece Co., and we bespeak for it a liberal
i support. The business of the county is suffi-
I cient to give one paper a good paying patron
age, and enable the publisher to put out a
paper which shall be a credit to the place, and
a power in contributing to the prosperity of
this section of country.
A paper published in any place should be a
full and fair index of the business of the place
Every branch of business which is being car
ried on, should be advertised in its columns.—
It is tor the inknest of the business man to
advertise —it is for the interest of the place in
which he lives—and what is very ini portan
to us, it is for the interest of the publisher.
We like Pierce County—its fertile fields —
its magnificent forests—its sparkling streams
—its men and women, boys and girls, We
do not expect to agree with all our readers, on
questions of politics or local policy, but we do
expect to advocate our opinions with candor,
and be courteous to all.
We mean to make the Journal, as far as
possible, a complete minor of whatever there
is of public interest in Pierce County. With
this determination, we go in a id sliali endeav
or to hold onrsize.
County Commissioners.
In another column will be found a letter
from the Atty. Gen. giving his reasons for the
opinion that the commissioners will be elected
by the county at large.
We have been frequently by asked, “how are
the Commissioners going to be nominated?”—
It is not probable that either of the County
Committees will call a convention for this pur
pose. It is proposed I>y some that they l>e
nominated by tie Peoples’ Gonvention to lie
held at Trimbelle next Saturday. If there is
no objection to this course it might Im- adop
ted, though such action is not provided for in
the call.
The issue, as every one knows, will not be
political, but local. The question will be
whether the County building is to lie put up
next season, or not. Of course, there are other
matters of interest, but we apprehend that the
election will be shaju-J on this issue.
Our own opinion is that candidates had bet
ter announce themselves as such, or let their
friends call them out. and then the people
will support whom they please.
At all events, let us try and diet three men
who believe in raising funds to pay our lia
bilities, however large, and who will not let
Couutv orders run down to th'.ir present low
figure.
—O’ •••
Statistics of Oak Grove.
The following is a statistical account of th e
agricultaral resources ot Oak Grove for the
vear 1860. It was furnished us by Peter M.
Simon, the Assessor for that year, and to our
local readerswill be quite interesting.
The number of acres sown to wheat was
1,252, upon which was raised 36.152 bushe s
of wheat, valued at .4t 17.861,28. Barley. 52L 2
acres; bushels raised, 2,151, and valued at 24,26.
Oats. 267 acres; bushels raised 12,624 —valued
at 2,352,80. Corn. 129 acres; bushels raised,
7,685, and valued at 2,305.50. Beans, 64’ 2
bushels, and valued at 41,771£. Buckwheat,
17 acres; bushels raised, 250. and valued at
125,00. Potatoes, acres; bushels raised—;
valued at 215,80.
Bu’tern, umber of lbs. 1,745. Honey, num
ber of lbs. 200; valued at $20,00. Gattie on
hand, 204; valued at $5,394,00. Number oi
Cattle slaughtered 14. and valued at $391.00. —
Hot'S on hand, 381. ami valued at $1,260.80. —
Number of hogs slaughtered 199, ami valued
at 1,610,00. Sheep, 4. and valued at SIO,OO.
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Citizens’ Corps.
We learn from those recruiting for this com
pany that it fast filling up with first class
mew. They expect to go into camp at this place
this week, with from 60 to 70 men. They
boast that as yet they have on their roll none
but men of mature years, and temperate hab
its. which is truly a very favorable recommen
dation to the company. J. S. White, J. L-
Dale and others are actively engaged recruit
ing with marked success.
When full the officers ol the company will
be elected by its members, giving every man
an equal chance for position.
The County Fair.
XX'e trust that the war feeling will not so ab
sotb the minds of the people that they will
neglect to prepare for and attend the Co. Fair
I on the 4th and sth of October.
The committee here will do all in their power
to make it a success, and Mr. Harveys’s rep
utation as a speaker, ought alone to draw a
large assembly. Let us all turn out and make
the Fair a success.
The Conventions.
Yesterday the Union State Convention met
at Madison, and to-day the Republican .State
Gonvention meets at the same place. XX e
trust that the result of their action will be to
place before the people a ticket composed of
' men of both the old pat ties, on which all loyal
men can heartily uh ite.
When ourland is illumined with liberty s
smile,
If a foe front within strike a blow at her
glory*
Down down with the traitor that dares to de
file. , ,
The flag of her stare and the page of her
glory 1
By the millions unchained who our birthright
have gained,
We will keep herbright blazon forever un
stained 1 ~ • V
And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph
shall waxc
O’er the land ol the free and home of the
brave.
PRESCOTT, PIERCE CO., WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1861.
Fast Day.— Next Thursday, ti-morrow,
is tlie National Fast Day, apjioirlted !>y the
i President.
The Stillwater M<ssenger lias entered
upon its sixtli volume.
The wheat trade has been brisk during
' the past week, as high as 68 cents having been
j paid.
lie meeting of the Lion Guards last
i Saturday, was well attended, and a brief and
j eloquent speech was made by Rev W. C.
■ Dennison.
Read the interesting letter from “Cler
mont” on the third page.
Judge H. D. Barron has removed to
St Croix Falls, and entered upon < the practice
of law.
Frank Pratt, of the Taylor Falls Re
porter, was in town last week, Frank says
that he is virtuous, and happiness, the necessa
: ry sequence, follows.
cw* We 1 iave received a lengthy communi
cation from Jas. Akers, on county matters.—
s It will appear next week.
Stephex Collins, of this City, is now
putting up a new Meat Market, on Broad St.,
• opjwsite the old stand.
Mr. Henry, of Point Douglas, has a
■ string of large fully ripened dent corn, which
t was planted in June, and picked the 19th of
j September. Good enough for Minnesota.
Gapt. Daniel Mears, of Polk county,
has gone to Madison to make arrangements
for raising a companv. They will probably
1 go into camp at Hudson.
Master J. Todd now supplies the citi-
■ zens of this place with the Daily
j He is prompt, and we bespeak for him the pa
, troiiage of those wishing the latest news.
Hon. L. P. Harvey, Secretary of
State, will give the Address at the Pierce Co.
Fair on the 4th and sth of October. Mr.
Harvey is one of the best speakers in the
State, and we trust that while here, he may be
induced to speak upon subjects of National
interest.
Decided.—ln the injunction ease against
the Board of Superruors of Pierce County,
Judge Wetherby has decided that the injunc
tion be continued as regards the Chairman
and Clerk, and vacated in all other respects.
- • • —— ■
There isa great competition springing up
between the Prescott and St. Croix boats.—
The Enteiprise is carrying passengers from
Prescott to St. Croix Falls lor twenty-five
cents. Get aboard, — Timet.
The Secretary of war has written a letter to
Gov. Randa’l. highly complimenting the Ex
ecutive <>l the State for his promptness and
efficient management in fitting out the Regi
ments fiom this State.—7'inte.t.
Our Last Word.—Poth the editors of this
paper from this henceforth until rebellion ;s
crashed, will be one idea men. and their one
idea is clearly expressed by this little word—
war. The war we believe is for the cause of
God; and being His by solemn vow, we invest
our all in this effort to sustain His cause.—
Transeript.
The A’ortA Star of last week says: —
“ The complimentary dinner to the St. Croix
I Rifles, and the ball in the evening was a grand
affair. Lute Tatlor “ spoke his piece” in
I the afternoon, and attended to the wants of
“ visitors from abroad” at night. Smith, oi
the Kilbourn House, fairly outdid himself in
the way of supper, and all appeared united in
j having “ one good time.”
The St. Croix Rifles. — This company
' left last Friday for earn]) at Milwaukee, hav
! ing been assigned to the Ist Regiment. A
large crowd was gathered to witness their dc
i parture and they were enthusiastically cheered
; During their stay here we became personally
acquainted with nearly every member of the
! company, and we are certain that they will
; prove worthy meiubere of the glorious First,
and fit examplars of the courage and patriot
ism of the free Northwest. The company
numbered ninety-six men, and were mustered
in by Maj. Brown. The Major, oi whom we
have written before, was extensive and salu
brious as ever.
The Sixth. —We clip the following front
the correspondence of the Milwaukee Senti
nel-, —
The Sixth is about undergoing a change of
officers. Lieut. Gol. Atwood, who has been
quite unwell and unfit for duty ever since he
reached Washington, has found himself com
pelled to resign and receive an honorable dis
charge. It is supposed that Major Sweet, who
has recovered from the severe injuries he re
ceived by the falling of a horse he was riding,
and is now in the daily and efficient discharge
of his duties, will be promoted, as he deserves
to be, to the vacant Lieut. Colonelcy: and that
Captain Bragg er Capt. Dill- will succeed
him as Major.
Enlisted. —We learn that Charley Young,
late editor of Pre-cott Transcript, has enlisted
in Rev. McLeod’s company, and is bound fur
the war. So it seems, Charley, that you are
not going to abandon the shooting ttick. —
Well, fighting is just in your line ot business.
Go in, and distribute leaded matter into theen
emy’a columns. In case there is an opportuni
ty, wade into the fight, chase the rebels, batter
their forms, until they are pressed to give up
the squabble on account of their cirfa, and you
dash out of the conflict with colors flying.—
77wei»,
“LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOD S AND TRUTH S.”
County Supervisors.
XX’e have received the following in an
i swer to a letter directed to the Attorney
General.
Dear Sir: — Your favor was duly,re
ceived, You inquire whether in ray
opinion the Board of Supervisors to
be elected in November next, under the
provisions of chapter 129 of the General
Laws of 1861, are to be elected by the
county at large or by single districts.
1 answer, by the county rt large. This
Board isa County Board, and its mem
bers arc county officeis. In the absence
of any express direction in the Statute
to the contrary, the electors of the whole
county would participate in the election
of these county officers in the same man
ner ns they do in the election of a Regis
ter or Sheriff.
There is no direction in the Statute for
any election by districts, on the contrary,
the Statute provides that, “Such Super
visors shall be clecte 1 in all of the organ
ized counties, and that votes cast for such
Supervisors shall be canvassed in the
same manner as the votes cast for other
county officers.”
The object sought to be attained by di
viding counties into districts is evident
from the language of section 2 of the act.
Itwnsto prevent in those counties, in
which aniajoiity of the electors reside in
a single town or city, a concentration of
all the Board in such town or city.—
But whatever doubts might exist as to
the proper construction of the first and
second sections of the r.ct, they must bo
removed by section 5. Tins provides
that whenever there shall be a vacancy
in the B »ard of County Supervisors, the
Clerk of the Board shall notify the
Sheriff’thereof, and makes it his duty to
ordernn election for the purpose of sup
plying the vacancy, and directs that a
notice thereof shall be posted “in each
town in the county.'’
If the election was to bo hold only in
districts, the notices would onl 7 require
publication or post ng in each town in
the districts.
I think this|rcnders the intention of
th: Legislature too evident to require ad
ditional illustrations.
Yours indy, Jamks 11. Howe.
Attorney General.
Bakti.ktt of the St. Croixan gets
off the following in the last number of
that paper:—
Not many years ago we journeyed to
the land that lieth where two rivers
meet, where big steamboats blow lustily
their ‘stfamiferous’ horns; and where
‘groat and good men' are to be seen at
all hours of the day .traversing the streets
of that ‘goodlic cihe’ upon the confines
whereof it standeth. Of moving tales
how many might be brought to light,
could the narrator hereof command his
“fcelinks” and portray with the pen of a
r ady writer that which lift bath seen
and heard while sojourning m the land
that lieth to the south, by the confluence
of the rolling waters. That able chronic
ler, who sitteth in the chambers ofWis
dom, and looketh out upon the Leviath
ans of the deep, hath ho not written many
marvellous things concerning the sons
and daughters who abide therein / lea
verily, the land is a ‘goodlie land’ and
the people thereof are highly to be ex
tolled. There is one Publican, who sit
teth at the receipt of Customs, and whose
surname is Smith, by occupation an In
keoper; he abidetb in a house called
“The Kilbourne'’, Lard by the spot where
the Leviathans aforesaid, (see Job some
where) are wont to pause from their
gambols upon the face of the mighty
deep (highly poetical but borrowed) and
pay tribute unto Smith. Smith is a
goodly Lost, and the Kilbourne House,
albeit somewhat small, a wholesome insti
tution—in fact good to take. Savory
odors of broildcd chicken and crispy
speckled trout linger gratefully in our re
collection of the days' we tarried there,
and to the hungry and wearied wayfarer
we can prescribe no better panacea than
a few days with Smith.
Here ye may meet ‘ye funie cdytur’ of
“The Prescott Journal”, highly com
mended by one 1). IL B. who, for a
while sojourned in tlmse parts. The
Journal is a highly respectable family
sheet devoted to the inlercsts of the ris
ing generation and enthusiastically de
voted to all moral and entertaining exhi
bitions. Rumor hath it that the afore
said Editor is amphibibious in his habits,
but this is a slander; be prefers the dry
land, so we can testify. For further par
ticulars see small bilis on board the En
terprise —Apply- to R. C. Eden, clerk.
JLiF Hardly Rational—Army Bread,
tht Starves of Life.
jtjT Why is praise like applauding
the labels? ' Because it island a-tery.
A lady in Northwestern Missouri
oflcis a premium for enough Yankee
scalps to make a bed quilt!
jty At r vivate convivial party in
Boston the omer day, the following toast
was drank;
Our Country— “be the same more or
less.
sun that only burns the
brows of other men, turns the work of the
farmer’s hands to glory and gold. The
rains that bring discomfort to others, are
beating the reveille of life and plenty for
him.
.SPECIAL, notices.
Caucus.
The citizens of the 2<l Ward of the city of
I’rescott, irrespidive of party, who are in ta
! vor of sustaining the Government and a vi
gorous prosecution of the war, are requested
to meet in Caucus at the Council Room on
Thursday evening next, (the 26th inst,) for
the purpose of selecting five Delegates to at
tend the Peoples’ Convention to he held at
Trimhelle on (Saturday, the 28th inst., to se
lect six Delegates from the county at large, to
attend the Union Senatorial Convention, lobe
holden at Hudson on the 9th day of Oct. next.
Many Citizens.
Dated at Prescott, Wis.,Sept. 24, 1861.
.Voticc.
At the reipiest of many friends of Educa
tion, I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Superintendent of Schools
for the county of Pierce, subject to the decis
ion of a Union Convention, which may be
called to nominate a candidate for said office.
Reference —no person •• in particular,” but to
all persons in the county with whom 1 am
personally or by up station acquainted.
J. M. McKEE.
Prescott, Wis., September 21, 1861.
Notice.
Editor Journal Please announce that I
will be a candidate for County Superintendent
of Common Schools for Fierce county at the
ensuing Nov. election. I trust that an expe
rience ot over tventy-five years, as » practi
cal teacher, has given me alvant ges that are
desirable in the office sought.
I would give reference to Prof. XVilcox,
Rev. M-. Stevens and G. W. I’ratt, Esq ,
of River Falls; O. Strihl, W. Crippin and S.
R. Gunn, of Perry ; li v. W.C Dennison, of
Oak Grove; J. D. Trumbull, of Maiden Roclc
and theeitizens of Prescott and vicinity. With
whom I have lived for the put three years
Sept. 23, '6l. W.T. HATCH.
Notice.
C. P.Brown respectfully annonnees to tin
Electors of /’ierce County that he is a candi
date for the office of County Superintendent
of Schools. References—Prof. B. Wilcox ami
Lute A. Taylor.
September 21, 1861.
MEW ADVEUTISEMEXTS.
Circuit Court—Pierce County.
George W. Heath against Horace K. McKin
stry, liar ey Seely, Isaac Munson. Gilbert
Woodruff, and lier.lx-n Ives, assignee ot
Reuben Cole. [Summons for Relief ]
State of Wisconsin, to the above named de
fendants :
VUDU arc hereby summoned and required
1 to answer the complaint in this action
of which a copy is herewith served upon you.
ami serv« a copy of your answer on the sub
scribe s, at their office in the City of Prescott,
Pierce county, Wisconsin, within twenty days
afterjtlie service hereof, exclusive of the dav
ot such service; ami if yon fail to answer the
complaint as aforesaid, the plaintiff will ap
pl v to tK-> oouvt for the relief demanded >r> the
complaint.
Witness, the Hon. L. P. Wetherby, Judge
of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, at the city of
Prescott, the 4th day of September, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixtv-one. n022w6
J. S. WHITE dr JAY,‘ Pill’s Atty’s.
FARE REDUCED
BY THE
Wisconsin Stage Company.
STAGES leave Hudson for Prescott Daily,
(Sundays excepted.) in the morning in
time to connect witn boats going South.
Leave Prescott for Hudson, on the arival of
the Boats from the South. Fare—One Dol
lar, (each way.)
JEAVE E E E J
E. E. TEA EE,
HAVING had an extensive practice in
the (dock. Watch and
Jewelry Business!
Would respectfully announce to the citizens of
Prescott and the public generally, that he is
now permanently situated at R. (i, (-mnbey’s
old stand, where be will always be found rea
dy to Repair or (dean Withes, Clocks, Jewel
ry, etc., etc. Also,
Cutting Stones Setting of Diamonds.
Making Rings, and anything in his line. —
All work warranted.
Prescott, September 4th, 1861. 19 yl
LOOK HERE!
SEE A D VERTISEMEFT OF
George’s Livery Stable.
GOOD HORSES,
FINE CA RRIA GES,
CAREFUL DRIVERS.
I have good stock, and can give satisfaction
to all who may apply. If you wish to go
any where, just remember you can get the fa
cilities of
GEORGE SMITH.
Prescott, August 29, 1861. 17tf
RARE CHA-VC'E FOR A
4)AA in County Orders, down, and SIOO
Cash, on time, will buy 160 acres
of first class Timber Land, 3 wiifes East of
Walker’s Saw Mill, in El Paso, on the State
Road. There are 1000 or more large sized
Sugar Maples on the land and
Three Improved Farms
adjoining. Title perfect. Description—nw
W Section 2, Town 26 Range 16.
4 OLIVER GIBBS, Jr.
Prescott, August 12, 1861. nIGw4
KESOEL’TIO.V.
Resolved, By the Common Council of the
Citv of Prescott, that Sidewalk shall be built,
on the established grade, on both sides of Or
ange Street, from Broad to Dakota S’treet, to
be eight feet wide, and of plank one and one
half inches thick, substantially built, to the
satisfaction of the Street Commisgioners.
Notice is hereby given to all persons own
ing lots on Orange Street, between Broad and
Dakota Street, that they will have sixty days
from the publication of this notice to build
the sidewalks. If not built at the expiration
of that time, thev will be built by the city, as
provided in Sec. 5, Chap. 6 City Charter.
P J. M. WHIPPLE. Mayor.
' W. T. Hatch, City Clerk.
Correspondence,
Madison, Sept. 19,1801.
Dear Lute Agreeable to my prom
ise to write to you, I will end avor to give
you a few items that may interest you
and your readers.
I found on my arrival at Madison that
the St. Croix Rifles were already s«nt for
and go into camp in Milwaukee. To
day I met their first Lieutenant, Mr.
Vincent, and with him attended the re
view of the 7th Regiment by Gei.eral
Stevens and his staff'. This was a bril
liant affair. The General ar.d his staff'
officers being in full uniform, nt first re
viewed the Regiment, after which a gen
eral inspection was made. The Regi
ment is now full and numbeis over one
thousand men. General Stevens is a
splendid looking officer, nea !y six feet
high, weighing over two hundred pounds,
and ns lithe and supple as a ent. Ho is
called the best swordsman in the country,
and has, 1 have been told, challenged the
world to find an antagonist to meet him
on horseback with thebri ad-sword. He
is at present Inspector General and in
structor of the commissioned officers in
sword exercise. The 7th Regiment leave
on Saturday for the seat of war. Their
departure causes an unusual stir in all
the departments, which was before, as it
seemed, as busy as they could be. No
person can form any idea of the vast
amount of labor, mental and physical,
that is brought in requisition to equip
even one Regiment, much less thirteen.
A thousand men are to be recruited,
sworn in, provided for; their transporta
tion is to bo provided, their camp pre
pared, and then—then comes the tug of
war. These men are to bo c'othcd
throughout, fed and housed in tents, and
ten thousand little things furnished them,
which in themselves are little, but amount
to much in the the aggregate. The fur
nishing of these things properly belong
to the Quarter-master’s department, and
consequently the greater part of the la
bor falls upon this officer. Genera!
Trvn.lwity's office is in the Senate chain
her, and from the time the office is open
in the morning until ten or eleven at
night there is a constant steam of per
sons having business with the depart
ment. The General is ass : sted bv sever
al able an 1 experienced clerks, but still
the heaviest ul the labor and the respon
sibility comes upon him. If every man
who did business with this office was re
markable for his good breeding and mo
desty, it would not bo a laborious and
vexatious business; but when every pri
vate and non-commissioned officer is im
pressed with his dignity and importance
to the State of Wisconsin, an 1 when in
addition to this some of the commission
ed officers seem to strive to make as
much trouble as possible, it is truly a
place requiring a man with the patience
of the Patriarch of us. Job indeed has
left us a commendable example of pa
tience, but it is well for his reputation ,
that he was never called upon to act a#
Quarter-master General in time of war.
To al! men called upon to act in that ca
pacity in future we commend the exam
ple of the present incumbent of that of- '
rice in this State. But 1 must stop or my ‘
epistle may prove as much of a bore as I
sonic of those of whom I*speak.
Yours truly,
H.
.».
Foi the Journal.
An Enquiry.
Editor Journal :—You, with my
self and many others, were present at
our County Seat at the Convention, on
the 14th inst., when it was proposed to
hold a Union County Convention, for
the nomination of a candidate for Coun
ty Superintendent, and to elect delegates
to a Senatorial Convention. You will
recollect that the matter was fully dis
cussed, and the importance of the Su
perintendent’s office much dwelt upon;
and that a petition for bolding such a
convention, with the clause above refer
red to inserted, was unanimously signed, j
Many of your readers are desirous of
knowing why said clause w as suppressed
in the call, thereby defeating that portion
of the business of the convention deem
ed most important by those who singned
said call. No one is accused of inten
tional wrong in this matter.
Respectfully,
W. T. Hatch.
Minncsotians wishing to attend the j
Pierce County Fair. October 4th and sth, will
be safely landed on Wisconsin soil by our ac
commodating Ferryman, Mr. Felt, at panic
rates—half price.
Peter Bott, of Lager Beer notoriety. I
is in receipt of a supply of A No. 1 i itts
buigh Ale, which is not bad to take. Those
visiting Peter will be well treated.
See calls fur Democratic Conventions
n fourth page,
< TERMS: $2,00 per Annum
INO. 22.
Camp Correspondence.
Camp Lyons, near Ghain Biunr.F, Md., ’
September 16, 1861. $
Friend Charley :—Tattoo has ju
beat, ami as the moon shines benutiiuli;
upon the now quiet white city of the 6ii
Regiment my thoughts wander to th
i friends in far Prescott. Our tents bait
low been moved to this spot, ami mine
is so placed as to overlook the whole en
campment, and even while I write I can
see the canvass homes of thousands of
soldiers beyond the Potomac, on the an»
cient hills of once noble, now fallen Vir
ginia. The soldiers are all in their tents,
and it seems strange that this clo'e (•■
the enemy, in a place upon which the
eyes of the whole people are looking with
such intense anxiety, the great center
whence flows the startling nows of war,
where the tide of political and military
life is thought ever to nioie, it conk! l»i
as calm and quiet as a peaceful moonlight
night on the banks of the St. Croix.--
[The candle “burns blue,” the rickets
i sing the same song, the distant bay u! too
dog comes with as familiar a sound, and
the very air is as placid as when Pe ce
1 sniikd upon the land. 1 forget, as those
thoughts swept through my brain, the
huge thirty-two pounders just above me,
pointing with such grim significance to
the other side of the river, the dull boom
ing of artillery in the distance, the qnick
and thrilling long roll in dead liours of
midnight, and all the exciting scenes <>»
camp. But tis well that memory thus
wanders at times. In such hours home
and all the bright tcc-.'U.'ciious of the
past crowd in such vividness upon the
mind that one feels the man has not been
lost in the soldier. Charley, excuse me;
there is no intention on my part to write
any more such ideas, but these were the
first that come into my head, and th ‘y
would come out at the finger ends.
Since writing last Cornelius Clark, ot
com i any B, has died of typhoid fever nt
the general hospital near Washington.—
He came from Monornonce to Prescott
and joined the company there. He was
buried Sept. 12,
The company generally is in pretty
i good health. Lieutenant Colonel Al,-
, wood has resigned on account of ill
, health. Major Sweet will likely take his
place, and then the question is, who will
be Major I It is the desire of Captain
Dill’s friends that he may ba appointed.
But it is pretty hard to get the run of
the ropes, and there is yet no telling who
will be the favored one. By a general
order the rank of all officers is determin
ed by the time of their being sworn into
the United States service; and ns those
of the 6th Regiment were all sworn m
at the same time, those in the same
grade are on an equality; hence promo
tion will not be made by the date of com
missions. The Governor will appoint
whoever he thinks fit.
Tl e Regiment was paid off to day,—
The amount due to a private was $18,28,
and he was paid with ten dollars in
Treasury notes and the balance in specie.
With a pocket full of money and a suit
of now blue clothes, the general exclama
tion about camp .is, “Who wouldn’t be
a soldier ?” The blue suits will be the
fourth uniform the Prescott boys linve
had, the red shirts and grey caps furnish
ed by the good people of Prescott being
the first.
There is yet no indication to us of xn
advance movement on our part. Prof.
Lowe, who for the l ist few days hits Hindu
this a starting point for his hr.lluofi trips,
reports that there are signs of an advatie>’
by the enemy. I hope they may a l
vance, for woe unto the enemy that en
deavors to march on Washington. “It
were better if a millstone were hung
about their necks and they cn-t into the
midst of the sea.” When r, general co
gageinent comes again the result cannot
be'doubted. With McClellan at the
head of seventy five thousand troops,
and the stigma of Bull Run staring tlm
Union forces in the face, the rebels will
bo swept back from their strongholds like
burning prairie drives the bufliuo across
the plain.
There are many facts that wonld be of
use to companies and regiments now
forming for service if they wore aware
of them, and I propose, to mention a tew
for the benefit of those who read the
Transcript. The new Infantry Tactics
approved May Ist, 1861, contains the
drill adopted by commanders here. The
musket is carried when at shoulder in the
right hand.
The step is ci her quick or double
quick, common time not being recog
nized, and the co.i panies always march
bv the flank, in four ranks instead of two.
When marching by the front the guide
is always left. These things of course
are taught in the book, but by being men
tioned here I only wish to call attention
to the necessity of them in the company
drills. Something might, profitably be
said concerning the articles neceasary for
a volunteer to carry with him and the
errors that have been made and felt by
us after rendezvousing prepnr itory toour
march to Washington and which might
be avoided by other regiments, hut space
will permit the meantime of but one
thing. A regiment as soon as it g<a>s
into quarters at Madison should begin to
cook for itselt, for then nil cnoking uter sils
and furniture necessary can be easilj fm
uished as needed and there is no danger
that part of the necessary utensils will be
forgotten in the hurry of moving, and by
all'means the officers should form mes
ses as early as possible.
Yours, etc., Clermont,