Oconto Pioneer (Newspaper) - January 2, 1862, Oconto, Wisconsin i C O AH 33 I PROPRIETOR VOL 3 COUNTY WIS JANUARY 2 1862 NO 29 IDE OCONTO published Thursday morning in tho of Oconto by GEORGE C GINTY story of Hart's building 50 per annum 1 for six months To village subscribers when by carrier RATES OF ADVERTISING 1 12 or less ono 00 two 1 50 f additional week 25 one year 10 00 1 quarter of one yoar 18 00 00 cards per year not exceeding four ines 551 for each additional line Legal at the rates prescribed law All must be paid for BUSINESS C A R S JOHN J AX Oconto l 4 TT on SKY AND LAW Green Bay Wis Will practice in the Courts of Brown and NEY LOU AT AND AT Oconto county 8 Patriotism Breathes there a rimn with dead Who never hath said This is my native Hath ne'er within him As lie hath From wandering on strand If such there breathe go murk him well For him no minstrel's raptures swell High titles proud his name Boundless his wealth as wish can Despite those titles power and The wretch all in self Living shall forfeit fair renown And doubly dying shall go clown To the vile dust from whence ho sprang Unwept and unsung A AND K It AT comity DAN IK M KUCHA NT nox south A Wis All of in tho Intent at KHUN Oconto via Will I to uf t us looking luds owned by H J GINTY in II M D AND Green D Butler's Presbyterian L HALL COUNTT ISD Oconto Wis Will to of es redeeming lands sold tur tuxes looking lands own oil by 1 NK cV KOYCE IN AND West aide of opposite this piro with extra wheat lour H and Machine Ship Green Bay Turning nnd of all Pots Job to order JJ BACON Will pay strict attention to he payment of taxes redemption of lunds for taxus making nut contracts of lands of ka Oconto age of his mi JOSEPH or Notary nnd Agent secured Will to the and of real estate of of in ventilation of titles 1 JOHN A ASb Buy opposite U S Hotel Thankful for past favors from the citizens of Oconto county his hopes to merit a continuance ol their patronage 22 J A AND bf strict attention to business to merit and receive a continuance of the confidence erto reposed in him by the people of Stiles 40 AND his sion to the people of and vicinity by promptly attending to nil alls he hopes to receive a fair patronage Oconto Wisconsin A W 31 P X Oconto Office on river bank between Section street and Oconto ing Company's mill vi FLAG C Proprietor HAVING returned from his outside has resolved to make the above named a not only Comfortable but in A First Glass House Therefore Jle it Known that at the Plug Ho tel Mr JOHNSON may always be found ready nnd willing to bestow upon the traveller that attention to COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE Situated in the immediate vicinity of the portion of the village and the steamboat landing the proprietor feels warranted in ing for a liberal share of public Decorator 10th 1860 26 A JUDSON HIGGINS 1C PUBLISHER D in Fortes Vio lins Guitars and Musical Instruments of r No 40 Clark neat description No 40 Clark neat Lake Chicago Illinois Old Pianos taken in for new ones Pianos to rent A Urge assortment of Music kept on hand and Seminaries supplied on the most reasonable All orders addressed to A 40 Clark St 111 will receive Jo Tho following description of Joo er's wedding in the California mountains 13 The wino liad beon passed round and round the music had censed The time for making Joseph Bower and Hark in one had arrived Every heart throbbed with the most pleasurable The young gentlemen desired to know hew Joe would stand it and then the young ladies were to sco how Nancy would suffer the ful shook Others again who had closely observed the turn of affairs ing the evening fixed their attention upon the judge to see how he would out of the scrape At length the trying moment was an- The judge rose very ly from the chair which ho had in one corner of the room and casting his eye over the company bo ed I lie sheriff of the county who was ent as an in guest The judge had imbibed just enough to make him forget the of his business Ho was full of and ing but the sheriff to start him sternly at the fricer he Mr Sheriff ripen the court and call to order A general titter followed this maml in the midst of which the sheriff loi k the court gently by the arm and led hi n to li's seat in tt e corner at tho same time the august take g now bid for a pleasant of the affa r another which was nothing less than the absence of the bridegroom was an- happened ho had stepped across the road to join his friends in a parting but before liia return some wag had whispered in the car of uur foggy junge the cause of the delay in tho Instantly the chair tho corner moved and in that direction all fixed slowly drawled the judge bring Jno into on a nar judge hia own way of nouncing words addressing bride who stood in the and hung her head in confusion he added 1 sposo you are plain don't take on arid virtue will be protected by this hero court This was the saddest of all Tho judge was again made to his mistake and would have been bly set back had it not been for a cor- rective in the shape of furty drops of the which instantly applied In a few moments all ready in earnest The bridegroom had arrived full of joy The bride in array stood at his side The com- pany pressed forward Tho excitement was intense The judge never looked ao in his lifo He evidently felt every inch a judge commenced the man of law in that distressing of speech with which he was invariably troubled when under the influence of stand up Have you anything to say Stop stop stop shouted the sheriff from the back part of tho are going to hang the man but marry him Tho judge drow a Jong breath and winked rapidly but stood his ground well Recovering himself be proceeded B- Bowers do Nancy wife so help This was a tolerable offer and so Joe noded assent Harkins it remains for this here to Here ilio sheriff again interrupted judge reminding him of the real business of the evening Miss resumed the judge being set aright you for a husband to the of your knowledge and belief or not V You softly answered the hearted Nancy The Judge then took the hands of happy couple and joining them wound up tho business as follows It now for this here court to pronounce you Joe and you H-H Harkins man and and hero the Judge paused to wipe the perspiration from his tho have ou your Sheriff remove the Tho Company roared Joe and Nancy weakened The a he riff was taken with a leaving The Judge let himself out in a glass of apple jack Taken as a whole it was the greatest wedding eye witnessed Thrilling lit tern Virginia The present war has already given birth to incidents of peril and ex- personal bravery that have equalled the history of any previous One of the most thrilling that we have yet heard was narrated yesterday in the office uf the Michigan Railroad Line by a Michigander who had been serving with an Ohio Regiment in Western and who was now on his way home to Jackson We will endeavor to duce the story as nearly as possible in: his own words I been about hours lost all trace of my com- rades and the road Night came on and I laid down in a piece of woods to sleep Some during the the night I was awakened by a sharp stinging feeling in my left ear and I jumped to my feet Crack went a rifle at a short distance and a bullet whizzed by my other It was bright moonlight and directly in front of me I saw a cussed Secesher ting on a rock loading up to take er plug at me You'd better believe I grasped my rifle putty quick aod put be- hind a tree So did We staid behind our trees putty nigh a quarter of an hour before either moved Putty soon he peeked out and I sent a ball through the tip of his nose That paid for the tip of my ear the skunk shot off when I was asleep Then both blazed away whenever we got a charce and for onto a quarter of an hour we away at each other knocking off the bark of our trees but not hurting one another much By this time it was nigh morning and the moonlight a dull so that we could not see each other so Putty soon I sec tho fellow put for an- other tree so L tip and popped away at him but the darned thing missed bat I mad and I got another cap about mo Secesh got to another tree nigher to me and popped away four or five times without biting Then I guess his munition gave out for he fire again and we staid pocking at each er for a considerable hmo At last lie broke and made for me with his gun and J followed his We rnot on a bit open ground went at if and tongs until both our broke he threw away his gun and drew a mighty great ugly Bowie and made at me with a I jumped for his throat but stubbed my too and went down with Secesh bling over ma I thought praying was come then if ever it was come I tell you gentleman it was scary time for a man about them days I ed over and caught the feller by his wrist and throat and we had a regular rough and tumble for the Ho cut me four or livo times but at last 1 got the knife and jumped to my feet with a yell for the old Wolverine State I was the happiest man in all that moment Secesh gives one spring at me and 1 drew back to give him the full length of the Bowie Here he and appeared over- come his recollections His hearers eagerly pressed him for the result of the but he shook his bead solemnly said he that was the most singular thing I ever met with j and I don't yet understand it If I had i heard any body else I have be- ic Every one was at once anxious to know what had happened Why when I opened my mouth to shout Hurrah for the Wolverine hang me if the fellow jump clean down my I turned a double flip flop clown my own throat ter him caught him just as he went round the corner into my stomach ed him inside out so suddenly that be said it hurt him and engaged him at twenty dollars a week to exhibit as the Eighth Wonder of the Man Skin There was a sudden stillness among his listeners Captain Pearce ed to silently wipe away a tear with ono hand while with the other he held out a free pass to Detroit Too MUCH FOK New York paper overhauling the antecedents of the traitor Slidell furnishes the He the don of a tallow chandler a parentage of he had the weakness to be ashamed and which was a source then and probably is now of continual mortification It is related of him that on one occasion in conversation with a lady noted and dreaded for her wit he expressed a for foreign travel Ah said the lady I have no doubt you would find yourself very much at homo in Greece Slidell withdrew pre- from the That young said hia persecutor as he retreated needs to bo dipped over again for he has not been well moulded Tbe Best Joke of the War Tiie French Princes After the brilliant feat of Fremont's body clearing j field of a rebel force strong the as bas been published some thirty miles leaving the place as they supposed to tbe enemy again But it seems that some of the Guard who had been unhorsed or wounded or who bad strayed away remained behind and tually held the place until late the lowing night when a part of our ad- vance under Col Carr arrived and re- them The St Louis Democrat gives the following account of Tho way Springfield was held The retention of Springfield on day night and on Saturday aft ir che Corporal G W Sloan of the Body Guard and a little handful of men isan amusing instance of what onn determined and plucky spirit can accomplish Cor- pora Sloan bad lingered at tbe battle field to attend to the wants of several of the wounded and upon arriving in the town discovered that his comrades had all left Various of the scattered came in making in all eighteen of them who composed the garrison of the place Corporal Sloan called a council of war and it was unanimously decided that they would stand by one another and their wounded comrades to the last They loaded all their weapons and pre- pared for the worst At first they a picket guard but the ral upon due reflection concluded that with their small force this was hardly a- proper military operation and recalled them all to the hospital As may be posed the was rather an anxious one for all hands Even the wounded had all their arms loaded and were pre- pared to take an active part in any en- gagement which might take place It was known that at least rebels were in the vicinity and it was thought that they could hardly to become awaro of the handful left in the place and return That they did j not is ono of the strangest circumstances of the In the course of the evening two men came in from the rebel army bearing a of truce desiring permission to bury their dead and attend to their wounded Sloan them gravely and assured them he would acquaint who was then fuliy thirty miles distant with their errand and in- form them of his reply In the course of a few moments the Corporal returned from Gen Sigel and informed them they could have the privilege On the Homo Guards of tho place rallied and tho garrison was in- creased to twenty-six They then in- in force inside of the city after tho pickets had all been being Major White having by this time been rescued now j assumed tire command of the place and by similar cunning expedients managed to keep up the appearance of having an overwhelming Federal force quartered in the town On Saturday night late Col Carr arrived and put many anxious hearts to rest On Sunday Sigel's division arrived in good earnest and Springfield was really ours Tho French princes now in the army of the Potomac are thus described by a lady correspondent Lie Cornte do Paris is a handsome young man His figure is fine his ing elegant and quiet He is full bearded carrying an amplo forehead above clear meditative eyes which look as if the calm soul of his Christian er through thorn holding guard over his stormy Gallic blood Le Due cle is more boyish a tall slender graceful his figure appearing to good advantage in the ple uniform of an American officer His smooth chin is cast in the heavier bon mould and bis grey eye slightly dull ami saturnine seems to foreshadow somewhat of the gloomy fate of his ily It is slightly suggestive to see all descendants of the great tyrant Louis tho Fourteenth the youngest of the princes once heir to so proud a throne clap the spurs and dash down our shabby Republican avenue in the rear of our young eral in tbe mi 1st of our great Republican army Will they yet cover tho disgrace that clings to their name with the of a new glory which win for An Irish Journal on England tho Dublin That does it does it mean for The Irish nation too has its instincts and these have told it something that fires tho eye and stirs the blood of youth and sire all over the land the shout of American Never sinea woke an echo in the of non has news so momentous startled land No prophet's voice is needed to foretell what all foresee Yes it may be that God has heeded our long suffering and heard our fervent prayers It may be that at last the day is dawning our fathers eyes wero not to sas War between England and America England and the Irish abroad between England and millions of our dearest own very flesh ami blood There are armed and disciplined soldiers in are tbe banished Celts whom the claimed were gone with a vengeance Not on the slopes of St did the Irish troops of King Louis leap move wildly with excitement than would those vengeful Celts across tho Western ocean on the news that England drew the sword against America In that hour the bitter memories of a the most terrible that exiles ever would find vent in tho cry for on their heartless the that exulted over their expatriation laughed at their sorrows and mocked at their distress Yes it or murdered bv their own excesses The j England has cause to start in ex- besotted slaves of their vices they died at the news we chronicle to-day at their tbe arms of Ireland has cause deeper still The the block of crash of arms in America brought her freedom once She needs but the same firmness unanimity patriotism now to grasp it once more it Of the eighteen princes who have borne their father's title nearly all lived and miserably Only two of the eighteen were distinguished for one of that two was the father of these boys The rest were murdered by others or in ignoble exile -5 not one in tle or ever gave his life for his country what did tho Israelites do after they crossed the Ked Sea Don't know ma'am but I guess thoy dried themselves A correspondent down east in matterful note to the editor of the Knickerbocker relates the subjoined in- Perhaps he didn't desire to have it printed but we run tho risk for its too good to keep He says be was taking a with a very ty girl when he encountered a ist minister a favorite gospel itinerant in all tho region roundabout He ped him and asked Can you tie a knot for me replied I guess so when do you want it done Well right was the re- ply Is it lawful though hero on the asked the I never thought of chat 1 don't know was the response made as a young briefless lawyer drove up to whom the caso was submitted It depends on the sort of knot which my horses he wishes was the I want a knot tied in tail to keep it out of ed the wicked wair as he drove rapidly away fearing least the minister in his should fall from grace At a safe distance ho slowed and heard the lawyer demanding a fee of five dollars from the minister for Rather sharp but it was his first and probably a knotty one a wry in his Oliver Wendell Holmes says Our brains are seventy The angel of lifo winds chem up for closes the doors and gives the koy into the hands of the angel of THE INDIAN Indian chiefs have been all through our camps and forts along the Potomac and have seen whole brigades of review They have also examined tbe small firearms and seemed greatly astonished having been made to believe that we had no ar- my and no weapons The chief remark- ed to Big arms big guns had neck William Conqueror latter days was scarcely able to move from corpulency Hannibal and Phillip of Macedon had but jui Caesar was troubled with the failing sickness and the northern Odin is to have been little elso than a compound of disease When Voltaire was first introduced into the Russian ace was desired to enter a closet where he found a little withered figure under the clothes shivering with the was Frederick tbe Great An old maid on the wintry side of fifty hearing of the marriage of one of her friends a pretty young ob- served with a sigh Well 1 suppose its what we must all come to Jeff Davis has sent a message to tho rebel Congress A very curious bombastic lying message and this is a synopsis of the whole A THRILLING In last uary Alabama seceded Senator ens who had until then breasted all tho storms of wild fanaticism and clung to the flag of our Union yielded to the ular clamor and unsheathed hss sword in in a cause he hated and ono he knew could not succeed He wrote the ing to a friend are out We have bid adieu to stars and stripes and abandoned the high privilege of calling ourselves can citizens lam not ashamed to confess that I could not restrain my tears when tho old banner which I have followed through so many dangers was torn down and the flag of Alabama was raised in its place I cannot restrain them now when t um writing But the deed is done a new era has dawned and all that I can promise is no effort shall be spared on my part to prevent it becoming an era of disgrace If we ara not involved in a war wo soon will be There is no hope of peace and he is but little better than a madman who dreams of long exemption from invasion I shall meet it when it comes as a soldier should and fight thro it as long as hope remains When thing is us I it be unless wiser counsels should prevail than those which have heretofore directed us I shall drag my body to tho nearest tle Sold and lay down a lifo that Iras lost its value How swiftly has this prediction been verified gig Lately a gentleman waiting fvr a lady on Third Street Philadelphia ob- served a party of newsboys who were waiting for the afternoon papers A well dressed lad walked up to them They eagerly saluted him and ed him on side and seemed to ad- mire him very much little fellow with a coat reaching to the ground and elbows out began to question him What are you at now I'm in a store What do d'ye do 5 I sweep out the store and run er- rands Do ye You don't feel as good now ag yo did when in business for yourself do General ment of Generals by platoons from civil life In ico o rdin a t ion th e P M General's Frank in Carpet levees at tho Whito Ho use Lincoln's reply to Mrs Fremont Flank Jessie's at Fort ette rebel in Northern Virginia this winter t Rebel Mat hematics A peace General game of us loan land is supposed to to us first France says Notre Dame Fort the forte for rebels of my A pet phrase of Floyd's How GEN LOOKS A Washington correspondent of the Boston Journal describing a recent review Little Mac came cantering up ed by his staff and bis escort rode his powerful chestnut charger o common dragoon bridle a plain yellow breast plate and an ted ry saddle with a blue no saddle cloth or housing uniform coat was that of a Major General tirely of embroidery with the plain shoulder straps designating his rank neither was there even cord or on the blue tucked into his high boots Thus far he was the suming of other days but as be wheeled his horse around and faced the troops I could but the ed expression of his cou since hu has been charged with the defence of this metropolis and has had to reorganize a routed arid newly recruited army Care has plowed its furrows into his ruddy features and the good-natured smile of old has been replaced by a firm tion of his lips while his bright blue eyes gleam with determined fire FROM A SIAL is a Almost any remark one singer makes about another What is a rest Leaving the chair to eat refreshments during sermon time What is a staccato Leaving a choir iri a because one dislikes I'M HERE Scotch farmer who was riding horseback on a moonlight with his man Watt stopped at a tavern to bale his horse and as he had been drinking a good deal of hot stuff it took but a few more glasses to make drunk In this condition he mounted and started for home The moon was shining so bright that he forgot the time of day and said to his man Watty we're nanc the woos last glass o whiskey this frosty morning said Watty blowing his gers and looking as blue as a bilberry your honor may be nane tbe worse for it but I'm nane the better I wish I was On they rode the farmer griping hard at the horse's mane and rolling like a sack of meal for tho cold air was beginning to make tho spirits tell on him At last they came to a bit of brook that crossed the road and the farmers horse pretty well used to having his own way stopped short and put down bis to drink This had the effect to make the his balance aiu away ho went over head into the middle of tho brook fanner dad just sense enough to hoar the splash and know that something was but ho so drunk that he did not suspect it was self Watty my mon somebody's fallen into stream hasn't there you may saj replied Watty like to roll oil with laughing for its jusc yourself Hoot cried the farmer with a hiccup canna be me p at every word it surely for I'm WAITING Curtis in his Lounger in speaking of Napoleon says that he know when to wait as well as to move At and other Generals begged him to advance replied Napoleon never move when vour enemy is destroying himself We have wisely waited And who not feel under we shall move as wisely are a good deal of trouble no doubt your mothers made re- mark years but no married man's house is complete without them The tidiest and prettiest fireside in tho a cold in spite of coal if there arc nq olive branches about Wo have seen such and found them Cheerless as a pew In a cold church without a lass in To keep warm in a cold day men double the cape and men double the horn
