Oconto Pioneer (Newspaper) - December 5, 1861, Oconto, Wisconsin VOL 3 OCONTO COUNTY WIS DECEMBER 5 THE every Thursduy morning in the gc of Oconto by C GINTY story of Hart's building 50 per annum six months To village subscribers when by currier BATES OF ADVERTISING 12 lines or less one week two weeks additional week one of column one year If column cards per not tout ouch additional lino at the Ui advertisements must be paid for 1 10 00 18 00 30 00 CARDS JOHN J McCLELLAN AT LAW OcontO Wisconsin y LOY AND Hay Will practice in thp of Brown Bounties K J BROWN AT LAW Wisconsin v 1 AND AT LAW OcontO county Wisconsin 8 A AT LAW county GEORGE C GINTY iii building II M D ASO I'll Win street Mlv store f Church A W M JX AND X Oconto Wisconsin on rivor bunk Company's luill vl K 1.0 HARD L HALL LAND Oconto Win Will to of I'M tuxes looking WHITNEY n miry Shop of all loli work to KOYCE IN Went side of street Km supplied extra Tlie Guard All cjuiot along tho they any now and then a stray picket Is shot us ho walks oh his bent to and By iv hid in the thicket Tis nothing a private or two now nnd then Will in the of the battle j Not an officer lost only one ofthe inon Moaning out all alone the All quiet along the to Where soldiers lie dreaming Their tents in the rays of clear moon Or tho light of the are gleaming A tremulous sign as gentle the softly is creeping While up their glittering eyes Keep tha army is sleeping There's only the sound of the lono sentry's tread As ho trumps from the rook to tho fountain thinks of the two in the low Fur away in tho on tho mountain His musket falls slack his face dark and grim Grows gentle with memories tender As lie mutters n prayer for the children asleep Tor mother may defend her The moon seems to brightly as then That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips when vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken Then drawing sleeve over-lus eyes He dashes oft tears thnt arc welling And gathers his gun closer up to its place As if to keep down the heart-swelling Ifc passes the fountain tho blasted The footstep is lagging and weary Yet onward he goes through the broad belt of light Toward the of the forest so dreary Hark was it the that rustled the AY as it moonlight so flashing It looked like ft Mary And the life blood is ebbing and quiet along tho Potomac to-night No sound save the rush ofthe river soft falls the dew on tho face of the dead The off duty forever the city their arms before ed in of war alone protected him from tho wind thousand Austrians marched out of swept the I receive said the conqueror Napoleon stood upon before a as tho choly procession defiled before him In generous terms he said to the officers and grief stricken has its Often victorious you must expect times to bo vanquished Your master wages against me an it candidly I know fighting unjust war I say not for what I am The exultation of the French army was boundless Sixty-six thousand prisoners two hundred pieces of cannon ninety standards and an immense amount pjf military stores uad been taken in n of twenty days and with a loss of but fifteen hundred men A few ands only of the great army of invasion in fugitive the defiles of the mountains But astounding as was this success the French army was in imminent peril BY JOHN J A JOHNSON AND Stiles Wis strict to to am a continuance of the irto reposed in him by tho people of Stile vicinity 40 DK C AND liin to of nmi vicinity by promptly to nil iio hopes to receive a Oconto KB ION county to of Ucs looking by HASTINGS B BACON Will pny attention to of redemption of lands for out of lands investigation JOSEPH HALL OP Notary Public nnd Will to tlin purchase ami sale estate of taxes examination of in of 1 JOHN A OOT AND Green Buy nearly opposite U S Hotel past of county ho hopes to merit u C returned from his i outside has resolved to make the named a not but a A First Class Therefore Jic it Known that at the Flag Ho -ol Mr JOHNSON mny always bo found ready md to bestow upon the traveller that to CONVENIENCE Situated in the immediate vicinity portion of the village and the steamboat proprietor warranted in or a liberal share of Oconto December 15th 26 A JUDSON HIGGINS MUSI C P U 71 7 S H E 11 in Fortes D assortment of SUUl constantly kept on hand Dealers aud Seminaries supplied on tUc most terms All orders addressed to A Judson 40 Chirk St Chicago 111 prompt attention will receive at por gal lon constantly on hand and for sale at STORE In tho of the month of October 805 the Emperor Napoleon was with hip at Boulogne preparing or an invasion of England Secretly Austria and Russia entered into a ion against him and prepared to assail lim in the rear Five hundred thousand troops were immediately on the march for the invasion of France out any declaration of war Of those wore sians English Swedes There were also Prussians formidably and lined eager to the coalition upon the first reverse should attend the French arms To meet these combined Napoleon had but com- of whom were horsemen Tho allies supposed that they were moving in and that they were to strike victims by surprise But a vigilant eye was watching them The moment the Austrian troops commenced their march by the invasion of Barbarin Napoleon's ally he put tho seal of silence upon all the avenues of information and by means of which he had in readiness transported this army with almost the speed of a whirlwind across Franco passed both the Rhino and the Danube and hig batteries in the rear of div sion of trians who had entered the Bavarian kingdom The retreat of the foe was thus cut and he was separated from bis supplies and could hope for no aid The Austrians could not have been more had an descended from the skies As Napoleon was thus rapidly his troops in the rear of the foe he wrote to Tallyrand The Austrians are in the defiles of the Black Forest God grant they may remain My only fear is that we frighten them too much If they me gain a more marches I shall have completely turned them For- bid the newspapers from making any more mention of the army than if did not exist Napoleon seemed to bo omnipresent Night and day almost without or sleep he was on horseback galloping from post to post For eight and of incessant rain the had not taken off his boots or himself for rest One night But of the of their foes had been captured or dispersed ander of Russia was b down through tho plains of Poland at the head of troops columns of Austrians numbering from Italy and the Tyrol wore making forced es to combine with tho Russians A Hungarian army was goaded forward to join tho enemies of Franco Thirty thousand English troops landed in Hanover united with the dish and Neapolitan auxiliaries were hastening to the scene of conflict The Queen of Prussia had also effected an in- between her husband Frederic William and the Emperor The two sovereigns met at midnight in the tomb of Frederick the Great at and over thg remains of the warrior pledged their mutual faith against France Prussia placed her army of men at the service of the lies nearly live hundred miles distant his capital and all Europe deemed him ruined beyond re- His only safety lay in at- tacking his vastly foes be- fore they concentrate Forward was the com- mand It was an audacious march of nearly four hundred miles the very heart of the enemies country re- of fortresses and swarming armies on and his If says his brother Louis in h's bold and often hazardous actions see i cd to calculate wholly on his good fortune no person seemed to have less accident in the conception plans He always considered things under every imaginable aspect An d though hp never or reverses he was in every enterprise prepared hand for whatever might happen At the command Forward to Vienna the whole French army moved on sweeping tho valley of the Danube like an inundation All Austria was The panic in Vienna was dreadful as each day the resistless host drew nearer On the morning of the of November the eagles of France glittered on tho heights which surrounded the Austrian capital Resistance was hopeless Tho Emperor Francis with a fragment of his army had fled to the North socking the protection of A deputation of citizens waited upon imploring his clemency and rendering to him the keys of the city Ko private property was allowed to be touched But the government arsenals filled to repletion with the of he hands of the victor One hundied thousand muskets the only palace which I have inhabite for the last two You made such of tha Frances replied that ought to The terms of peace were soon ed both with Austria and Who the Emperor Francis had withdrawn Na for the was heard to I have acted very I have followed up my victory and taken the Russian and Austrian They are both entirely in my power It will at leas cause some Jess tears to be shed Napoleon the utmost the army by easy which occupied three the place in Paris there stands a obelisk in bronze reared in honor of the army which ed this wonderful campaign The ment is constructed of cannon taken from tho enemy It was the design of leon tp li of the summit crowned by peace but the nation that Napoleon whose ius had dispersed the armies of combined should surmount his trophy his own achievements When the lies drove Napoleon from f franco the Bourbons they buried the statue of the Emperor from its proud elevation But the French nation have again replaced it upon the summit of the shaft and there it will re- main until that to the dust monument shall crumble A Good Hit ai Specials tho Warsaw We have means of that our troops in and about Washington number mostly men women and dron But should the number fall below this it can readily be increased in the course of time from the Northern or Christian States There arc several non if uqt more in the possession of this grand Perhaps these Napoleon overtook a brigade of his diers on the march them around hhu as a would bis children ho explained situation of the enemy and the by which he hoped to gain a triumphant and victory lib had no fear that would be a to be- tray his trust As he put his lorse and disappeared in the darkness a pf enthusiasm cheered HI on Ms way In less than three weeks of the wo taken captive and 00 more were trembling behind at possibility of ng cut off The batteries of the French placed upon the nd now then a shell fell into city of tho approaching storm Mack in despair sent to with a lag of truco as nary on occasions was conducted through of tho Fro noli to ho Emperor's headquarters blindfolded were removed he ound himself in the eon in n through which tho rain dripped freely The Emperor stood upon a loose board which alone his feet from plain Nothing remained for tho Austrians but dcr The next day was clear cold and iant when a scene wag witnessed seldom two thousand cannon and military stores of every kind replenished of the days the Emperor had ported the army of men from the shores of thp ocean to the remote capital His descent of the Danube was a continuous battle and a continuous victory But bis seemed more perilous than ever before ments which he had been forced to leave by tho way to protect his line of com- had dwindled his available troops he could lead into Battle to but Armies in his amounting to men straining every nerve to concentrate and destroy He paused a moment to decide where to strike the blow and then fixing upon the legions of Alexander crowding down through of tjio Carpathian mountains and who were on to be joined by the Em- Francis and his routed ho order for an onward gave again the The blasts of winter already swept the hills whitened with snow But in- domitable host following their leader plunged into tho wilderness of the north until they disappeared from the observation of France Jsi of in bcr met Russians strong on the more than a thousand cap- ital The wa's short and Francis witnessed the of army a few joined the fugitives and fled from the gory field of truce the hand of Prince John of tria was imploring an armistice It was readily granted and the next morning Francis repaired to for ah i Xf l VI L f t be used us likely as not against the rebels if they knock many more chips from the shoulders of Major General Geo 13 McClellan Ho has a piercing grey eye of a mild blue color with a slight moustache on his upper lip of hair Bo- ing a man of indomitable energy he ally gets up before breakfast It is bable that the men are in good condition the country need not bo surprised to hear at any time that they good appetites which augurs well for the great and Mac remarked tbc other day in his wonderfully terse manner that he would willingly live five years his ted time if the rebels would only give him a good chance to whip them soundly This of course indicates a speedy ad- vance as wu have constantly predicted for weeks Ant1 mark our if he don't whip them time they will in probability whip us Thus as we have shown the prospects are golden hayo means of knowing that the plan suggested by us is as according to we must request our readers not to mention it The groat naval expedition is to proceed to Florida and break off that doomed State from the main land of and tow it around and place ifc in the mouth of the sippi Talk of your paper blockades this will dam up the aged Parent of Wa- ters and the back Crater will and drown out and Arkansas It will be accomplished under General A force of men will also leave for Pacific coast and marching via California Pike's Peak Kansas Missouri and Kentucky will enter attack the army in the rear If both plans fail cither the slaves will be declared free or the ters declared slaves Meanwhile it highly probable that being so far removed from the influence of New York papers will If he hasn't had man and arms and tion enough of course he's no General We expect that ho will take care of every point in drive back from Arkansas Texas Tennessee and at the same time give us a lift in Kentucky and Washington And he has no to make a Munder or meet with if supersede him and put school on the Potomac where things are unknown In conclusion we may say that wo should not be surprised to learn that something turn up somewhere time We are not inclined to ize but the country may expect ever events things may to Interesting Rebel Account of of Beaufort Thursday dawned gloriously upon our gunners and all felt that the day of trial had at last arrived Scarcely had fast been dispatched the hostile fleet was observed in commotion The great war steamers formed gle file and within supporting distance of each other the frigate Wabash the of Commodore Dupont in the van As the long lino of formidable looking vessels thirteen in number most of them powerful propellers with a few sailing men-of-war in swept rapidly and majestically in with ports open and bristling with guns the heaviest bre the sight was grand and imposing This was half past eight o'clock Un- til thp came in range of and op- to our batteries on Hilton Head all Suddenly the fifteen heavy guns of Fort Walker which been aimed directly at the huge frigate ed forth their simultaneous fire arid the action was begun Almost immediately afterwards the batteries of Fort gard on the other side thp entrance also opened their lire The enemy at first did not reply But as the second er came opposite to Walker the of first throe were suddenly en- in smoke and the shot and of broadsides making n all seventy-five came crashing our works From this moment c bombardment was and sant One by one the propellers bore upon our forts and delivered their ires as they passed until nine had gained the interior of the harbor beyond the range of onr guns The still by the others then turned around and steamed giving a side to Fort as she A While on my beat about an tread attracted my attention and on looking up i beheld one of pickets standing nic says he V jou remind mot of my who was born i but this unnatural war made us enemies and I must shoot you Give mo a chaw He was Cj in tho prime of life and irom the First Families of Virginia I says I Thus the was continued the in the direction indicated And in event and under all we hope should nothing that prove true we shall see what be the samo or AN EAR Napoleon JJe found the French standing by a built by the side of a which a small piece of cotton or wool make a depression in the the of finger and fill it much ground popper as will rest on a five cent piece gather it a ball and tie it up dip the ball into sweet oil and into the ear ing the latter with cot tori wool and bandage or cap to retain it in its place instant relief will and is so gentle an will not be injured by it but ex- relief as welt as adults vessels sailing in an curve one broadside into Bay Point then sweeping around to deliver the ther against Hilton Head After some time spent in sailing round their broadsides in ion in tho manner we have described he enemy's steamers adopted another nd more successful plan of attack One f them took a position inside of jor so as to enfilade the batteries of Fort Walker opened a cous enfilading fire from the outside besides this terrific cross fire two of the steamers maintained the fire in ront of the fort Thus three furious of shot and the brave littio garrison for ours The vessels came up within a half cf shore nearly fill our guns ad by this time become dismounted nd we were no longer able to reply with effect Soon after 11 o'clock the batteries of Point were silenced The fire of ort Walker so far as the guns that mined were concerned was not a whit until 1 o'clock that time lie dreadful condition of the fort became oo apparent to bp disregarded The guns lay direction tled and useless the defences were ribly shattered the dead and dying were to be on every side and still the iron poured pitilessly in In this strait it was determined to abandon tho fort A long waste about a mile in extent and commanded by the enemy's guns intervened between the garrison the woods Across this they ordered to run for their lives each man for the object being to ter them as much as possible so as not to afford a for the rifled cannon of the fleet The preparations for running this perilous gauntlet were soon made sacks were abandoned but the men re- their Each wounded man was placed in a blanket and carried off by four men The safety of the ing precluded the idea of the dead And little band quitted the of their glory and each one as best he could towards the woods The retreat was covered by a Small detachment who re- mained for hour after their comrades had left Among thoso who remained were Capt with six j Melchors with four nien and Lieut with mien These worked the guns until about 2 when they also quitted A SAILOR HORSEBACK war correspondent of the Providence Post writing from Camp across the following story of of the men connected with tho Fifth Let's compromise my says he V ig fighting for her liberty firesides and the pursuits of happiness and I desire most respectfully to welcome you with Woolly a Standoff ten I and let's see whose name shall come first Ho took his place and fired I heard a ball go whistling by a barn about a of a mile away and the smoke cleared away I saw the picket approach mo with an expression of NYOO otherwise dirty countenance says he was thing in my head before you says I save a few less insects I speak of says he Was there anything inside of my head says I said he just He shook his head mournfully I heard something rattle in it says he is your bullet which has penetrated my skull and is rolling round my brain I die happy and an stomach but is one thing 1 should like to see before T perish for my Have you a quarter about your much affected to speak I drew the from my pocket and handed it to him The dying man clutched it con- find at it feverishly said he is the first quarter I have seen since the fall of and had I wounded you I should have totally unable to give you any quarter how beautiful it bright how exquisite and good for four But I have not time to say all I fool The ing soldier laid down his gun his cap and overcoat on a branch pt tree and blew his HQ then A nd I stood my boy on that lonely beat looking upon that fallen typo of manhood and thinking how singular it he had forgotten to give me back my quarter The sight and the thought so affected me that I was obliged to turn my back to the corpse and walk a way from it When I returned to the spot the body was Had it gone to heaven Perhaps so my boy perhaps so but seen my since Island long one of the riders i.a'son of old Neptune unseated from his The com- manding officer up to liim and him and asked him sternly if he did not know how said A Memory John Franklin was a of Litchfield county Connecticut An in- tance of his remarkable a lad of seventeen willjshow that he was no ordinary boy Haying accompanied the family to the place of worship the meeting house but er ceiled or plastered the beams and ters were all exposed to view John saw that his father sat through the sermon with great uneasiness but could not de- fine the cause home said the father it is my duty to you a vere thrashing common times and ought to be in modern and you have it presently so prepare you won't whip me father without telling me what No conduct at ing was the cause sir Instead of at- tending to the sermon you were at tho time gaping about as if you were count ing the beams and rafters of the ing house Well father can you repeat the to did you enlist asked the Captain To which the sailor promptly To shoot not to break colts The reply so amused thcr officer off smiling NEW How do you like the clam asked an- old lady qf her daughter as they stepped into popular Clam song young lady in astonishment what do you refer to Why the sung Oh I you mean Shells of the don't said the do think that was it was something about clams any way and you do know I like them so well Didn't vou like no Iliad as much as I could do to watch your inattention I'll you all the minister said if you will not whip mo No John no but that is sible Young Franklin immediately named text and taking up the wont through every head of it accuracy v Upon my said the delighted parent I should thought And now said John I can tell you how and rafters there is in the feting of Wyoming Mus goes for a Partington makes a farewell Ike my stand up while I dress my net and It duty of all to in these times and to hand down unrepaired flag seceded Ike counting off the cheer swinging the qld up and down as he went in one two March hesitatingly into field and if a rebel your quarters tell you had but three and the last one is spent then if ho don't quit and leave quit like a and will have a glorious campaign of t
