Weekly Gazette And Free Press (Newspaper) - February 13, 1863, Janesville, Wisconsin FRIDAY MORNING Train Francis Tram was in St last Saturday and ordered to lews the state ia half an hour him right A Nor Our readers know that there was n large patty in the eastern states who op- posed lo Ibe war of 1812 and that n COM- of these opponents of that held in Conn for the of tho war It was and lits ever sines been regarded as a disloyal con- and the individuals who composed it at well as the party which sanctioned it were afterwards held in reprobation by the great luais of the loyal of the conn try It made no difference in this that many of tha in that movement claimed be honest and patriotic in their the fact that tbor held a convention to I fc 8 1 i n n the war while hostilities were in to stamp heir acts with loyalty and treason Suth was ttc public open the men of that day who in- obstacles in the way of be prosecution of tho war and such will be the cage whenever men so fnr forget their to their country as to com- bine against the efforts of the government to put down its armed foes A convention is convened of of this time for the purpose tbo government and aiding tie enemies of tbe country A proposition bai been made in lho Kentucky legislature appoint commissioners from that stale mett of tho states of Ohio ana Missouri Illinois Now York and relation to the and exigencies of tbe nation A baa been adopted in one branch of the Indiana legislature to appoint com- to this convention anda similar has been presented in tho legislature coupled a- proposition for a recess until June for tbo purpose of further legislation after tbe convention has been held take il as a compliment is not invited to with this new Hartford convention of lories The reputation of tho Badger state for loyalty and patriotism has shielded her from suspicion that she would countenance a proceeding so far as to send delegates to take part io its proceedings in tbe days of the ford convention tbo men who originated it supposed they had the majority of tbo ple with them and anticipated tho success of their to dragoon tho government into peace They just as mad violent in their proceedings the heads of our day But the sober second thought of tho people put the statun of in- famy upon their and scarcely a man who sympathized with them ever obtained political faror afterwards The latest take of that lho election of James Buchanan who was an ardent supporter of the party which originated Hartford convention From this fact from the other prominent nud notorious the democratic parly which elected him en- gaged in this now movement nt Louisville lor giving aid and comfort to enemy wo conclude that the present party and tbo old federal patty of have interchanged spirit and sentiment until they arc one and tbe and ready to sacrifice their country and all its interests for tho success of party INCOMES Assessments on incomes that shall have exceeded six dred dollars in tho year will be laid on the first of May next It is duu nud payable on and before tho of acd a penally ia imposed if it remains un- paid thirty days after that The tax is three per cent on incomes over and fire per cent on incomes over 1 Tbo 3 a person wbose income in was thousand dollars must pay a tax ol twelve dollars within sixty daya after iht first of May next The rebels baring forced the last roan into their army they can by tion and their finances being iu a hopeless condition their last hopo is centered in their friends at the north If disunion mid civil war can be produced here they hope to succeed in accomplishing their able designs notice friends in tbe north aro of the opinion are at work From 1863 tho many friends of 13th would glad to bear from us occasionally columns of the Gazette Tho 13th is still located at Ft Henry and perhaps is destined to re- main here for some time to come which I certain most officers ind men for tho that vro aro com- situated tbe most of ns having loj houses extra while many of have their wives with them which takes off tho burden of war to a great extent I hoar it that tho 13th is assigned to a new brigade I cannot vouch for tbo truth of may eoon bo ordered down tho river in tbe reduction of However much we may bo at- to this we willingly it if by wo could sist in crushing bis and help to cause of the Union and maintain the principles of constitution Wo wjm to see somo prospects of peace it is evident ate all tired of war wo have now in tbe service longer thought it would lo tho JiVu war Maoy times we have felt discouraged aid disheartened the conduct of tbe war and given up all hopes of ba the love of home and family and toe principles wo havo cherished and the ings of a free government aro too greet to put in tho balance against and therefore we nro constrained to toil on think i is all right that all wise being bas a band io the of tbo nation and in his good time will bring us oat of tho fire purer than before May heaven grant it speedily that many of us feel lesi patriotic than we did one year ago but I think the confederate auxiliaries in tbo north nrc responsible for or in in a I haro just beard it reported that we aro set off into Gen Rosccrans department but are not assigned to any brigade we cannot place much confidence in reports therefore I cannot say bow true il is During the past mouth the weather bos boen quite unpleasant It bas rained most since our big snow storm so we have bail battalion drill and dross but a few times since we got frora our last expedition Tho is in good health generally and iu fino spirits Co F 1 R W V In which we iue placed instant and action part ol all loyal men if we would from dismemberment and anarch and this my to make this appeal to your patriotism and for presuming to yon in this matter While our Onr brothers and our fathers are battling with open and armed rebels to preserve oar Union and our ties it our duty to defend them from tbo machinations of secret foes at home A secret treasonable known as Knights of the Golden edly exists throughout the northern states io conjunction with the no less gerous and little less treasonable though more open called cratic are doing all that is in power to overthrow ibis government of ours and to establish thereon a despotic elave holding oligarchy Tbe proof of this is found in tbe exposed of the Golden Circles in the speeches of democratic tors in tbo resolutions of democratic con- in the columns of democratic newspapers and in tho acts of Ibe leaders of bo patty generally The testimony famished by their own acts ia so glaring and palpable that tion of their guilt like that of their tors at tbe is absolutely self evident and undeniable At the outset of rebellion Mr coln view to unanimity at the north ho Washington Star publishes a manifest of the cargo of this cess Royal lately Captured while ing to ran tho Charleston load would have been millions of dollars to thd rebels She was cleared for Island by Lindsay it Ur Lindsay of which firm lost year in his seat in parliament the government should 110 longer acknowledge the blockade because of inefficiency The total value of London without insurance was Tbo Teasel itself is one of tho and best built iron propellers erer turned ont of n British shipyard She is of -101 tons den Among the goods wero 800 St brandy Ibs do gunpowder do tin do per do tons ironi 500 boxes tin plates 1 wire Ibs paper drugs besides thread battons shoes and leather and of various kinds A The St adds its testimony to the weight of evidence is up against General Gorman is in nt Helena to have a foi The Umon Not long Gorman assumed com- mand on the lower reached many of his friends here that tho timo bad arrived when pitch io and make their since which tine some faces have beca missed from their accustomed haunts Cotton is evidently tbo corse ot our cause in the Mississippi valley God help the country if it has many such as Gorman in tho army IMPORTANT The supreme coort of this state hns made an important decision which it is has a bearing upon the faira mortgage question The case ii that of Alonzo Q Waldo vs tbo Chicago Si Paul Si Fond da Lac Railroad Company in which Waldo stales that he of tha railroad company and transferred real estate to B trustee iu payment upon that the company was ia good pecuniary condition it was not The main point decided w that railroad companies arc responsible for tbe misrepresentations of their agents cod that all stock subscriptions or obtained by such misrepresentations of ara acquired The settlement of this tbe is an important end gained The decision is otherwise interesting as ing tbe legal disabilities of railroad nics in certain cases Foor how tea 03 with loaded wagons now cross the ta IN TIIK CoTTON La Republican of day that tho following letter received bat morning Helena Arkansas was written by R gentleman well known in La Crosse fts a man of veracity and in- and that they bavo no hesitation in vouching ifor its truthfulness They regard his rcord in any business transaction as trustworthy and they know as a man of integrity and 1 Ark Jnn 1803 There seems to be many surmises iu re- lation to the real object of Krick visit to Arkansas Pet haps n soldier in 1 Wisconsin regiment now stationed lit this who H personally might be nMe to throw such light the matter 3 will the defunct editor in true col- ori before tbe good citizens of La Crosse first hii appearance in this nt some ten days Ho to in- who was at the limo of bis Brick's at Duval's a point -on White river forty milos Clarendon On the of General Gorman to Brick lost uo timo in paying lis respects find seemed quite jubilant the resell of ibe Adjutant Scott's mustang was brought into requisition by editor I ought to suy Q M and snied by several prominent officers end n enlisted men of the 2d cavalry be started upon an ex- into the country tbo object o which was then to your pondent About 9 o'clock tho same evening tbo escorting two loads of all Brick pre- to have bought at the rate of 15 cents per pound nnd to pay for tbo next day According to the owner of cotton appeared nt time hut to find The not to be swindled out of Vis cotton himself on board the steamboat Silver Wave where the cotton had been stored until tho boat should leave its moorings and start en for Helena when ho came forth from bis biding place and inquired for Brick clamoring loudly for his puy but tbo penco of the boat was not to be disturbed under any snch so the boat was ordered to thrust advice to go bis hud tako the over- 1 ind route where he would ob- tain redress j it is well known officer and soldier in that no citizen cnn within oar lines except ns a prisoner Brick nnd bis colleagues played their cird well euchred his cotton and sold it at Helena neat little sum of n majority of which under my own notice and are known to many prominent officers at this place needs puffing that Brick is of him above r an- of the Santt St to tbo Governor of Michigan during the last year thoro passed tho ship cannl iron and to of 000 and steam that was and tiis was tons In tho of vessels and the ed on the are six cents income of InA year may bo divided jas follows pig and ore tons copper general merchandise tons Banuer cf says it just from nud authentic accords full evidence to tho report that Senator Bright's wife of Indiana crossed General in- possession of scaled dis- patches for Jeff Davis the contents of which as announced lion the states of Illinois nud in fact all tho of the Mississippi letter to the Boston Traveler ted X ex- for Wilmington had started The at work Two of ocr have come up from state lint it something all day and that they had already reached the walls of Fort of Wilmington bor Our position is fortified and it will be next to tho tbe of tbe Syracuse Journal in tho midst of re- cent attempt to n soldier got stuck nearly up rode by Quoting words of address army of he took off his M made a low bow and has ar- rived cures him loud C 1 a q as did everybody else hearing magnanimously took as bin counselors and placed at the head of the armies of re- public men who bad bitterly opposed his election but who professed sincere ment lo tbo Union Many of these I am happy to know have proved their fidelity by their acts but most unfortunately for the country very many of them have by cril counsels and conduct so hampered the government and retarded the action of our armies as to well ruin tbe cause Tho false and infamous dogma put forth by tbo leaders io this rebellion that the constitution gives the general government no power to coerce a was laid hold of by a large number of leading democrats at the north whose sympathies were with tho rebels but the noble and patriotic stand taken by senator Douglas John A Logan Daniel S Dickinson jamin F Butler many other prominent democrats gave tbe assurance that the party in the main was Bound for tho Union But afier the death of Mr Dooglas and as difficulties and disaster began to thicken around us it was that tho rebel sympathizers grew more bold and that the party began to towards them Tbo ground token by Mr Douglas and bio noble compeers that until tbe lion VMS put down should know no party but that of the and the resolve to lay aside oil nud recriminations as to tbo origin of these was abandoned and unheeded nnd n reorganization of the patty in opposition to tbe administration and tbe war was demanded This organisation fellow citizens is now complete Tbe party is cow in tho hands of the enemies of the republic The hams the Woods the tbe Seymours the now control its action shape its policies What that motivo ii and nhat that action will be is BS unmistakable as is that of Jeff Davis self The counsels of Mr Douglas are thrown to the winds and unheeded in F Butler Daniel S Dickinson John A Logan and ell other honest war democrats who are fighting the rebels and sustain tbe president in a vigorous of the war aro denounced as traitors ond rebels and unceremoniously kicked from the parly The administration and its friends are boldly denounced tbe authors of this wicked war they falsely assert might hare been averted but for tbe wickedness of the black republican party The dying words of Mr Douglas gave tbo lio to these assertions In the last speech he ever declared thit the south has no just cause for rebellion that it was no new thing but deliberately years ngo saya he histo- be kept constantly before tho people that this war was planned begun and is now being waged by democrats ia the in- terest of slavery and that no republican fighting to destroy the Union but to pre- serve it that the rebel states had nearly all seceded nod the commenced by firing into tho of the West long before Mr Buchanan retired from that ery officer from Gen Twiggs down who has surrendered or stolen gov eminent ships forts dockyards armies and property generally o the els cither before or since Mr Lincoln's in- auguration were and are democrats I know whereof I fellow citizens I go by tho record is all of history clear and undeniable yet in full view of these damning facts they have tbe inconceivable and wickedness to say that this is nn abolition begun by black republicans and with a brazen that is more human solicit our votes to place them again io power It hare been these of the poet Dauto said lo y iu Ana Ibo lull IVm not M- tho over them Of nil classes none aro so deeply inter- ested ia this struggle as the laboring class Labor to be honorable be to bo educated it must bo free Slavery dooms labor to eternal ignorance and and tramples upon all its rights from jour of loll Yr of the loom Oome forth M Iu their trestle doMb wilb lit of BY TELEGRAPH The burthen I know is great but great is work j and if bul crowns onr effort great will be the glory History has no page than tho one upon which will be written record of this terrible struggle for humanity Let us not weary then but bravely battle on till ft glorious victory sball crown oar efforts for humanity and liberty We bavo never doubted that the of paper and paper had caused tho principal part of the rise in the price of those articles Tho information from ington that they are engaged in buying up all tbe atock they cnn while they we bying against tho reduction o the duty on paper and all the materials of it 13 made confirms this suspicion They will gel their hands so full after n while ibat they hold no more and then their per balloon will burst We advise all who bavo lo sell to bring thorn into ket now the price is op as there is no predicting when there will be- a fall in the market Io the senate on Saturday Mr Sumner introduced ft resolution directing the com- on the conduct of the to tho condition of the army of tho Potomac The emancipation was dis- cussed nt great length A a amendment offered by Mr Wilson of Massachusetts ex- tending tho time for emancipation for three yearn was adopted The appropriates for purpose The senate adjourned at midnight without taking a vote In the house the Illinois and New York ship cam A was under discussion produced an exciting debate the railroad monopolies of tho KaH a vigorous fight against it It is doubtless for tue in- terest of the West that these canaU should he enlarged but we can scarcely say that we are to see the general ment engaged in this or any internal improvement scheme which has not the clearest military necessity to recommend it pan of the revolted which requires ate attention than Texas The are selling cotton and materials over the Mexican boundary to n great lent aided by our the French and English The possession of the river will transportation of these contraband articles to the rebels cast of that river but an active and energetic commander with a sufficient forco would ry of the two years from the to bo need very much it this time charter down to tbo late presidential tion shall be written it ill be shown that scheme was deliberately made to break up the Again be says There has never been a lime from the day that Washington was inaugurated first president of these United States when tho rights of the southern states stood firmer under the laws of tho land than they do now there never was n time when they bad not as good cause lor disunion as have day Aod this is gospel troth Years ago southern politicians took the ground thai slavery is the common law of the con- that it is the true relation of cap- ital and labor and the only sure basis of republican and when they could cot force the north to subscribe to these monstrous heresies they determined to divide the Union With this wedge they split tto democratic party at the Charleston convention Mr Douglas and his friends refused to subscribe to it and therefore the south repudiated both him and though they knew it would re- ault in tho election of Mr Lincoln From that day they began to scrape had resolved opon war Whether Mr Lincoln or Mr Douglas was elected wade no difference war was indeed we had basely sub- mitted to a of tho Union without triking n blow in its defense and that is what Mr Douglas no more than Mr coln bad never counseled and would never permitted Doubtless tho leaders in the rebellion largely on the co operation of northern democrats and in this they have not been disappointed But for that the rebellion would have been suppressed long ere perhaps it would never have been commenced Now one of two things will be done Either this rebellion will be put down the universal liberty be recognized and a course of pros mid happiness such as the world has never witnessed be fully insured or this rebellion will succeed the Union be rent asunder and a despotism whose stone and foundation is chattel slavery will bo established which will bory for to como all hopes and civilization on this continent if cot throughout the world With n united north this rebellion would be put down in ninety have been pat down The only hope of the rebels is in our division Tho access of the democratic party is the of the rebellion Oor duty in this crisis is fore plain tho democratic part be defeated As they are organizing we mast organize also Their disunion dobs moit be offset and nullified by Union They mast be fully met at oil points tad their treason and dishonesty exposed They ara winning many to their ranks by ing the the ignorance and the fears of the people them be bused i let the troth be laid before them j above all let the responsibility of this devilish war be fixed when It democratic party lift It n the of Brownsville and the Uio Grande boundary Wtu XOT ur name of Mat H Carpenter has been spok en of in connection with the chief ship The Wisconsin ia authorized by him to say that the une of bis name by any party in connection with the supreme court ship is entirely and absolutely contrary to bis The Mb Wisconsin now commanded by Col Thos 3 Allen numbers effective men as good as over bandied a musket They been organized to form BT WISCONSIN MEMPHIS Feb o via Cairo Gtb Thomas H Yeatman special agent of ibe treasury department seized 108 and thirty-seven bags of cotton up frora below Helena in violation of cial orders Tho cotton is said to be the property of Compton i Ranger but rumor that high military authorities are part owners and Gorman is mentioned Certainly Gorman's skirls have long borne tho imputation of a secret with Ranger a Jew owning tho steamer Evansville and Col Compton who rons that craft Certainly also the ville been tho recipient of trading under Gorman's special orders de- nied to other steamers The government may pain by looking into Gorman's operations Feb 5 via Cairo Cth Special to Chicago Tribune There is but little here new to-day except that our forces arc cutting a new canal ftt which enables our go past the rebel fortifications on tho Yazoo This wili be finished in a few days as there aro but some to cut to mako it com- plete The movement has been kept very quiet but I suppose it can bo made public now They aro also cutting a new this side of the old one The water is through ditch or canal as it is called at a rate It is about five feet wide Efforts aro making to deepen it It is about one mile end a half long and only about huif oi it is commanded by the enemy's guns Steam dredging machines have been seut for witn which it id proposed to deepen the canal Sickness among our troops still ues Many of our troops are down with diarrhea No doubt is entertained at the of the ultimate fall of the rebel hold Fob 7 An expedition of bad started for Lake Providence for a place through which boats may pass to the Mississippi be- low Vicksburg It is said there is a bayou leading from the lake to the river thirty miles below which it is ed is for boats at this stage of water is on ana side above Young's Point and is en- tered from the bend of tho mer known as Lake Providence bond Tho musket gunboat Glide Capt greon H A Turner executive look lire in her hold this morning at about C a in and was soon Sha was towed into the stream by a lust and ed to flout to the Kentucky shore where she sunk in shallow water Her of six 2 I pounders engines and other iron works Sho was formerly a wheel transport and wan at She came up from the squadron about one week ago and was undergoing repairs Sho was laden with subsistence and ordnance stored and the loss ia mated at NEW Feb 9 The lias tho following dated Stafford Court Douse An order has been issued dissolving tbe three grand divisions and Gen to the command of tho corps The corps U being concentrated Tho work of reorganising the army is progressing The dispatch states that Gen Hamilton it is said has received es that 11 Texas expedition will shortly be out will have for its object the reclamation of state to the The chief command will probably be giten Gen Butler Gen Hamilton to hove a command Feb 9 Rebel prisoners captured frora the reJi report that they left Charleston that the rebel gunboats were preparing to a dash ai our vessels Only waiting for our iron clads to go to Port to join the fight They stale that the rebel iron clad Chicora is a fine vessel 1000 six feel above the water armed with tha lest English The British steamers Herald flero and Ariel were ot Charleston on the The Hero had of cotton and probably escaped on the night of the attack The Ariel had biles waiting a chance to run A Key West fisherman reported being spoken by tho Alabama which was watching for the Circassian Deserters from Mobile re- port dissatisfaction there Feb 0 HOUSE Mr Dawes from the committee on elections reported receiving ii roro Tennessee and Lewis from tho Virginia The house resumed the consideration of the ship canul Mr thought the present no time for entering upon 10 exten a work of a com- character Mr received n letter from ad- miral Foote showing there not sufficient water at the mouth of the Ohio to take up gunboats to the lakes Com Davis in that opinion All practical men looked upon the project as preposterous Feb 3 The Cud m us brings in- that a most formidable naval nud land expedition is about to attack ton being now ready and completed The Cadmus brings ciders tor Robert British consul to go on board the Cadmus and get to Havana as soon is possible lie will leave next Saturday The kee land and naval forces aro gathering at Port Hoyal It is supposed that the troops are drawn chiefly from the North The ironsides was still off the bur this morning with another steamer Feb 3 The Yankee ram Queen of the West went down tho yesterday afternoon with the supposed in r in- L u j i f i WHO me in- part of light brigade of the ir lho between f i v tit i 5th Wisconsin 4th Vermont Gth Maine New York and one other regiment not yet designated This brigade will he under command of Gen Pratt Cavalry and artillery will be attached this point snd Port Hudson Sbo was into at but with no effect On S Ktd I 3 tla 6 J Special to Chicago lust after a complete dearth of news of tance since the Arkansas and White river Mr dem has expeditions wo haso interesting ti a for the repeal of tbe latr bling of this state in the army to vole at general elections THE THC state was unable to do any business on Saturday the can members having absented themselves in accordance with tbo tion Tbe opponents of the government will have to lo terras of decency or the absentees will probably not to their seats In tbo house on Saturday there was a repetition of lho scenes that curred in the senate on the day previous Tbo opponents of tho government forced the proposition to adjourn till Juno to a The republicans made a strong opposition and somo of them left he house to prevent its passage but being waited upon by tbe were in bound to return to their Bents and the measure passed We learn that the republicans of the bouse like of the have ab- sented themselves and will not return un- less the democrats shall conclude to don their for giving aid and com- fort to the enemies of the This 13 the last report from Springfield A9 to whether il is true or not ws will probably be definitely advised belbro going to press If both panics adhere to the positions en of course ibe legislature of Illinois ij at an end The appropriation bills lor the support of the slate institutions etc have not yet been passed upon which is the only fact to b regretted under the Chicago Journal BRUTAL OK UNION privates of Co K Illinois volunteers who were captured at boro on the of December con- for twelve days in box cars all over tbe seventy men in a car which bad carried horses and mules nnd were not cleaned out before tbo prisoners were pat in them They were confined in the Libby prison at Richmond for fourteen days and stockings shirts overcoats and blankets were taken away from them They were finally sent to our lines covered with and vermin Contrast this with tbe kind and humane treatment the rebel aro receiving nt Gump Donglas Thai dastardly treasonable sheet the Times bas been expressing great sympathy for them aod by the most infamous hea at- tempting to enlist the sympathy of tha lic What docs it think of this treatment of Union men for whom it has never ken a favorable word slaco the war broke Tribune chronicle which gives tokou of activity This morning at o o'clock the ram Queen of the West commanded by Col Ellet commodore of tbo lain fleet on board left this river and hav ing passed down by the in full sight of rounded the point and was under full headway down the city before she was discovered The rebels then opened fire upon her wilh a number of their heaviest gnus ard kepi up a brisk cannonade while she rua in towards tbe and into and twice led ibe rebel steamer Vicksburg moored to the bank directly under the river teries Besides tho timo occupied in running down tho city she was fully ten detained in tanking her assaults upon lho steamer Notwithstanding all this and tho close proximity to the rebel and Gro from of 100 of and shell she was only hit twelve times and it is said not a person was injured She down lho er and when Capt Sutherland landed and the back to the river Cul continued down the river bis destination being watched This ment will be followed up to-night by nu at- tempt by the rnm Monarch to make the same trip will bo able to keep open the river for some distance with the assistance of one or two whose commanders aro soliciting tho same privilege nnd may soon be grunted mission to run the blockade A large body of troops might thus bo landed from upon the south Bide of Vickburg If this cannot ot present be done direct communication of the besieged city wilh Texas and Louisiana can be cut off aud transports on Red and rivers cnn be captured or destroyed This will great gain and the value of this pioneer achievement therefore as welt is very great We have bnd two flags of lately one on tbe and one later Tbe first was ostensibly to discover what had become of the rebel colonel who is said to have disappeared to demand sion woman now Capl Sutherland's wife The rebels were somewhat taken aback when informed that tbe lovely widow bad tbe spouse of a bated but bad to go homo without her real un- doubtedly information I have seec and talked with officers en- gaged in tbe conflict of the ram with tbe it was impossible to count the rebel guns but they seemed to be planted behind and and with infantry using small arms It was indeed ft miracle thai sho escaped She was under fire from half past C lo ter past T CAIRO Feb T We have intelligence from Vicksburg up to last On the previous Friday the rebels had planted two batteries below tbe canal so as to subject any boat ing to go by to terrific Be- tween these batteries and are two steamers captured by Union troops On the same day tbat these guns were mounted tbe enemy crossed river in force marched westward around and succeeded in gelling near Richmond where they throw out pickets Milli- ken's Bend Tho federals being informed of tho proximity of tha enemy though ignorant of their numbers sent out 200 mounted infantry and a part of two companies of cavalry who encountered the pickets drove them hack through mond wounded several and captured a number of prisoners The Un- ion loss was one killed one wounded in tha thigh When our informant left two wore prepared to ruo tbe tdo tbe foggy night Troops from above continue arriving Tho enemy opposite aro vigilant and strengthening their defences already for- Fort after fort of exceedingly heavy earth worths ex tend the below and above Our butteries command tho river five miles below cily No engagement is probable for u night Geu Grant bus Assumed in person Geu McClernand is assigned to com- mand the 10th army corps of charged with garrisoning tbe poet of Helena Ark and all other points cf that on wesl side of ibo Ibat it may be necessary to hold Feb iron steam Princess in of Master Van Sice arrived off the Navy Yard to-day highly ant intelligence both us relates to her cap- ture and the rebel attack on our ing Rt Charleston showing conclusive ly that there no for the a of the that the of Charleston wan ever raised by depart lire of Only two vessels out of tho eight or tci were or obliged to leave It appears from the statement of nn in eye witness that causa of thu attack of tho rebel ram on our squadron was owing lo tho capture of tho Koyal the and pilot of that vease having escaped ashore daring tbo of the and communicated tho i gence to the rebels The Princess endeavored to rui the blockade by way of Beach lulet on ih but was discovered by pilot boa On signal being given thu chase and captured her without It was then tho captain and pilot bad succeeded in getting ashore by a smell boat currying important dispatches lo the rebel govern ment At daylight a thundering of guns by sharp flushes of lire It was supposed that our ieet was in an attack or that tbe Alabama or Florida were endeavoring to force un entrance At daybreak two rebel iron clads were seen coming down from the di of Stono towards our They attacked tho first Ouo ram struck her near the water edge kneeling her over acd at tho same time firing a shot which entered of he boilers causing tho death of three persons including u gunner by the shot and The rain then bailed the Capt toward one of his sinal boats after one of the plugs out allowing the water to enter it The ram answered our hail with Con federate rum Stale Do you sur This was repeated three times at each inquiry I atu in a sinking condition The rob answered God damn you to hel1 you don't surrender we will blow you out o the water Send your bout aboard Tnt bom which Cap had then conveyed his executive officer lo the rebel rutu and the officer asked lo be ad on board This was refused Tin Lieutenant then repeated Capt statement that we were in H sinking con duion Tho rebels replied You sink lower than the rails We cunnol taki you on board The officer then gave parole as demanded aud returned to hi Tho rebels were thus successfully do as lo the condition of the thinking she viis in Q sinking She laid iu shoal water and tbe re ply that she could noC below her rails The ram toward the Stato and a shot through her steam drum causing the death of by shot and nine b- scalding by steam Fifteen more wcr aud lying nt Port some in a precarious condition In th tbe Housatonic the ram driving hor away At hall past six in the morning both rams th scene ond passed up to Charleston During this attack on our tho cess Royal which lay near the and was the chief object of on both succeeded in getting oil through the assistance of third assistant engineer who piled into her nee all Ibo ut hund is chiefly owing to his endeavors ns well as her their safe arrival nt this pon The Mercedita steamed down to Pori Royal and with only one of her boilers in- jured She arrived safely al and would be in a dny The Keystone Stale wai entirely disabled but was towed to Port Royal by lho The rebel statements that the federal fleet had entirely disappeared from the port of nro entirely unauthorised by the During the dny time our blockading Heet ia not particular as to keeping to the tion and on the day of Ibis assault most of lho sailed towards lho Keystone lo ascertain her condition and er she wanted any assistance This may account for their apparent absence at the lime of tbe visit oi the foreign Consuls as mentioned by tho rebel papers Our sels as usual returned to positions at dark Tho new Iron sides arrived the next day to reinforce the blockade is also brought by tbo cess attack by the on Fort McAllister the ult was not at all disabled Sho received seventeen shots in her sides nnd twelve on her turret without receiving ony injury whatever although engaged five Sho returned to her anchorage for wont of shells It being foggy next morning abo did not return to the NEW YORK Feb 10 A New Orleans letter of the to the 12 p to ebb tide compelled er to retire She was to breach lie works in consequence of tbe immense Sickness of the embankment which was learly thirty feet Tbe Montauk was struck nd received co other damage but tbe tarting of ait bolts in the pilot bouse by a ifle shot and the shattering of her smoke tack Other vessels took position at long kept up a steady fire until s-g by Capt Worden to cease The and Morlar cacb received one shot rom tbe battery but neither vessels uor man were injured In view of tbo more important service tho I should ual be if tho attack on Fort McAllister for he present should bo relinquished The Herald's Washington says bat the paper makers bold a mooting here night to counteract efforts to get a reduction of duly on for- ign paper They are purchasing all tho Ju for by government im- vast quantities of rags It Ibat the combinations are ed to spend large sums of money upon weak members of ibe expiring congress to an extension of their monopoly VEHS IIV TIM thousand additional arc ordered to Mexico Garotte es tho acceptance by tho of of the throne of Greece on condition that tha house of renounces ita right Very via Liverpool ia uo news of political taoce An insurrectionary out- break had taken place in WASHINGTON Feb 9 A letter from the vicinity of tho enemy aro fortifying all points commanding the river below the city but don't seem to have gons for all their works World Our consul at Montery writes as Wagon trains for tbe rebel army have been bought al Monterey and down the as far BB San Luis Potosi nearly a thousand miles from Antonio Gooda from tho interior arc sent across the Hio at Fort Duncan One agent purchased in Europe three vessel loads ot arms and their arrival is at A cargo of cines also bought in Europe is known to be duo at that The New Orleans Delta is informal bj Paymaster Fitch of the steamer see that the Harriet Lano bas not got out of that port Her masts havo been taken out ana sho has been towed the bond behind tbo town o place her out ol rango of tbe Brooklyn's guns The Telegraph of 5th states ibat tbo guns of the field which was blown up in bay have all been fished up The Times New Orleani correspondent I am sorry to eay that rumors are afloat hero respecting disorderly spirit having manifested itself among our troops at Island owing to an thare of a negro regiment The reports go so far- as lo state that several officers havo arrested for mutinous conduct Tha Port Royal correspondence of the Times tbe by the and gunboats and by tho mortar steamer Williams upon Fort McAllister was resumed Sunday morning but I have not been able to certain tbat much progress was made in re- ducing tbe fortifications Under guidance of a negro pilot who had from tho Nashville the Montauk was taken early in tbe morning to a point within eix hundred yards of the battery Commencing work at once the continued bombardment ot Pally From the Eighth or TOE Wu Vet Turn Veb Editors Gazelle We left Corinth about tbo 20th of January by rail und arrived at this place the same evening a distance ol 150 miles via Tean We are lo miles cast of Memphis on the Memphis anc Charleston railroad at a small village call ed Tbo inhabitants like most of tho towns we visit in the south have deserted houses and left them to the tonder mercies of the wbo 1 assure you have very little respect for un occupied houses and many hat lies living in them get pretty woll stripped if they are near the cunipi of the Lincoln The people of know bol of the devastation an army makes going through tbo country Jost imagine an of men encamping on tho of Hock river Janesville ibo soldiers coming into town and stripping the buildings of the siding going into you best houses and a door from the binges lo make fi bed of occupying your churches for hospitals or for quartering troops in notifying for instance Mr Jack muu or Mr that buildings would make very good hospitals aod ibey must vacate by morning go into your best filled stores take a hoe or rake as I 81 Springs in a crockery raking the from lho shelves lo sec them fall and brake and hundreds of other full as bad and last but not least steal all your chick ens and then notify you that the chickens were not good cooked without salt and oi course you must furnish that or gel a rough talking to Just have a few of these com forts nud you will begin to feel that is war in tho United States Don't foi God grumble at big taxes high price of living Ac for you are living iu I sec by correspondence from other regt from Wisconsin have not had ibo as call it yet to have been in battle aro getting uneasy for fear they may never get a chance to bo shot at I liko to inform them ibat if they should ov er be so very fortunate as to get into one 01 Uvo sharp engagements will bo dono praying for any such If they can serve their country where they are to a advantage and certainly can or the would not ba left there I say to them bi seeru much nicer on paper than they actually are oa tho field They aie getting us together probably to send on to Vicksburg If that be the orders of our generals we are ready to go and share fortunes of our comrades but if any o those regiments that have not seen tb shells burst and comrades torn to atoms with tho huge balls and heard the little fellows sip by their cars if they can manage to let us relieve thorn any way and they tako our place and tickets for th excursion they will confer a great favor on any regiment that hat seen elephant all should gel a glance to appreciate bit We aro all ready to go where and when wanted but aro not anxious fo very largo shows I see also by the correspondents of regi me ills the good ladies of have nol forgotten their friends and soldiers in the Geld to atten many in tbo way of boxes Ac I sec ono correspondent save they hav enough and as much clothing and as they cnn take caro of delicacies an good things to cat is what they most Woll os lor ibo tick of our regiment w have nol got nnd as for spoken of I urn sure we are totally ignor ant of its for to my certain know our hospital hat received smh thing as a box and being without delicacie now for 18 mouths it would have a bad e feet on the boys Hard and ba con io the diet our sick get and they ge along pretty well on that Wo have no had u mnn die in tha regiment or io tb regimenal hospital since last May fro disease We bavo lost a few men abeen in hospital ond they probably bav not got even what hard bread and baco that wai necessary to lite on You see Messrs big doctors like bi dinners and for big dinners I suppose tber roust be delicacies on the board but Idon mean lo say thai doctors evor eat up an thing sent to lho sick nor wear any cloth ing for tho sick are no thai kind of you know doctors ar calculated to make the sick comfortable nnd of course ibey do There may ho box os after us but I don't think they will eve us for sinco Iho 18th of August las vro havo not stopped long enough in on place to receive such a thing I don't thin Capt Wheeler's company is much about such things either that is I neve beard from them in that capacity We have 501 men here doty to-day 51 in iny company one aick but serious The rest are all welt aud read for any orders except to in camp mor than two weeks at a time that we woul bavo to practice on for a whilo Any orders would mutiny io the regimen Wo bavo a good deal of here now tho weather is warm tho most snow w have seen this winter put it all would not hide the ground from view w have jay hawked some lumber enough t keep King Sargent and myself out mud and think we ore living in big et Wo moved camp had the bea camp wo left Clear Creek but tha was to good for os and then wo had bee there a little over a week and of coarse had to move got into o beautiful mud hoi now but I don't think we will float off go a trench dug us ond think of dij we to keep ont of the opf kill don't float ut ia contact with na I e art safe fot the until another ood comea t r I moat now dose for it ia near dinner me and it i have a big n Sundays of crackers salt pork very fat beanf W B BRITTON 8th loft Vol ALL Of A bas been passed by tbe ol expelling tho Sioux from tato Tbe bouse will undoubtedly concur n tbo measure By order of tbe government goods chip ed from New York to the West must here her have a permit from Custom louse The object is to prevent contra- from reaching tbe rebels It ia stated as a summing up ol bristain benevolence in tho United States of all the great mission societies is his about the cost of no and less than tho excise lax paid DO the single article of The marriage of General Tom ml bis Lavinia is surely coming off on Olh inst Tbe ceremony is to bo perform by Bishop Potter in a largo and Episcopal in New York he rector of which consents to open i the purpose upon condition that name of the church shall not bo divulged at present The petroleum trade bos become ao im portant in that an Oil bas been regularly It is n the board of trade rooms Dispatches of Qea at Post prove ibat bis army i almost naked that the country ia be is operating cannot supply it with food and that no more can be raised wee of tbe Mississippi young man named Davidson in the employ of George Lord was under a tree which be was felling last week and killed LYNX verv large animals o tbi kind were killed at Fond du Lac week They bad destroyed a great man in tbe neighborhood There is talk of pushing the railroad from through lo Fond du Lac tbi season and the matter of extending il t Ripou engages much attention in Fond d Lac county c number of French employed in tbe cotton manufacture is five hundred thousand of people arc out of employment and ate re to a of suffering very that which prevails in Lancashire far but limited efforts have been made foi their relief Tue INSULT TO our Washington Republican of Thursday our government is taking proper steps t ascertain tbe cause of tbe insult offered b a Spanish war vessel to one of our steamers and io demand a suitable nation Iu addition to ibe canes already the public as for chief the Madison Journal mentions those o Hon 0 II Waldo and Jason Downer fron Milwaukee through tbo of tbe tool fo the to the U that of 1 jiving world th without note or in which all md philanthropists can At a meeting of tbe Bankers of held at the February 3 tbe following were adopted f All of citizens o Wisconsin bankers have severely ia be pat frora the issue of bank notes by blc parties and TUc suspension of specie pay ment given lo all ol industry aad by the immense ex oi ibe the large amount of legal tender notes i has been necessary to tesue furnish at tb present time a strong io engaged in banking to a larger lanou iban their actual would juan ly while an opportunity afforded parties of little or uo or capi lal to organic banks with an other object iu view than lo set afloat i currency which well it may kec up for a time may oa the decline in of its security or tbe resumption if payments eventually become thereby causing a recurrence of nil aud loates the business in of our stale BO recently experienced and The present time is favorable for issue of bank notes b persons of doubtful responsibility we be lieve a currency be aged in every legitimate way and that behooves every responsible bunker in thi state to co operate with and wholesome imposed by law lo check this evil and ward off its results Wo therefore feel impelled by oui duty to tbe business community acd cili generally an well as regard for thi and of the banking to adopt tho following we members of Bankers of Wisconsin will BO receive notes of any banking institution which may be hereafter established io state unless said bank shall sanctioned bv a majority oi the directors el this association Tbat DU banking now iu existence in this slaw shall add to iu circulation without having first received tho written consent of a of the di rectors of this association and in case bank shall do so without consent agree not to pay out iu but to wind it up b protest That when a majority of tbt directors oi tbe association decide to Ukin establishment of a new bank or an increase of the circulation of an old out they shall publish a to tbat over their own signatures for two weeks lu two of tbe daily of Milwaukee and a new Bank or the new circulation oi an old one shall not be to tbe approval of a majority of tbi directors of the such pub lie notice has been given Tbat the directors of the be instructed and are hereby to carefully impartially ize the character and condition of tbe ex banks of this state and if anj o them are found in judgment to be iu a condition so unstable and unreliable aa render their continuance incompatible with tho public Rood nnd as likely in time of- financial trouble to the com- munity aud injury to tbe more table of tbe state shall proceed to wind up all such banks without delay inasmuch as they can now do eo without loss to the lic and their attention is more especially called to those banks who have no office and are not engaged in tbe transaction of a regular local but aro exclusively banks of circulation Tbat whenever tbe directors of association shall deem it advisable to wind op any bank aa in tbe foregoing resolutions they shall notify the several banks of association aud opon the receipt of notice we hereby ally agree to and send to our in- Milwaukee the circulation of tuch bank Since tbe last meeting of this association death DM taken from ui one of our and one of our esteemed and members the lamented John G Resolved That we desire to onr of the great lots onr association and tbe community have by of Mr and that we warmly will his family and relations io bereavement J W Secy DIRECTORS OP TUK ASSOCIATION Alexander Mitchell Cbas D Nash B D Holton J-B Croaby U Dennis K A Juo V McGregor tbe the source ot to our race and the all Christian hope i n the hands of every person M IM Io order la secure are essential be had in large Io tbe present state of onr nui oas been done by those societies tod local to our the scriptures that in hand the word of Him in tits gone forth to batile to tho thousands of who havo field with fire aud iron in Ibis and work Rev Mr Adams ia now ia the ho county society iu tbe county soliciting ing after the interests of the md famishing Bibles and hty are We r reception and for irons response Let tU oo brought forth to the light on its surely apostolic of mg the gospel to the world SSfc Manual A office morning and being quite me of our compositors went ten o'clock in t tempted to build a fire in v very he cole from a can procured from of tho upon stick of ore he could get tie stick into fire frora a coal on tbe dashing into a flame caused him to tbe In acme way the fire to lho can to a bad a considerable connected with it The fire IOK by tbe efforts of Mr ui lien had been attracted fire the can in tbo mean lime exploded and tbe stand with iu papen fe ng pretty much burned up It wu a us escape from an extensive fire s usually a very careful young la many others thought bo could n as lU a without danger He uptake however and will y lo undertake it again truing lo one lo use all fluids with great care or Ibe purposes for which they d Tbe benzole ia mod in our Derations and is kept near out r where it can possibly ignite removed from its proper Mr Skelly c is hands aud face aod n tbe use of the benzole KOI and courage in ire after it bad occurred and tf efforts prevented s ting OM Illinois county and They have b time hue been wi Tbe Qor date superior n chivalry Md ported to hav be difficult Fo not body 1 lie in tbe fi that there wi to Senator C president of I a deservi Whether c Clari ii open will i ot ibe ft pr in adv to preside It opinions cet uni like military to There no of I aod I from t of iu AO J mini Jed eot Ka a th of a just criticism all are to admit that the of i Co ore without tbe We know whereof we affirm cause we bare tested ud in of their IV of scales has io the of Business and accuracy iu weights bas been 11 over the country thus making i confined to the Slates tin their way io every civilized world and aro adapted lo tit of all countries ao w e said nil nations if not weigled it hese ut weigh by Hunt's FIRE is learn tbat a eev fire occurred in Beloit yesterday ii in tbe the Durham's block and business of movable property was atwi The buildings burned were mostly of no very great value mg one brick store which hoi betn boii number cf years We are unable tt earn tbo extent of the loa or the of tbe MILL mill at Belonging to Henderson Gamble vn burnt on Sunday night As DO fire W been used about tbe premises it is to be tbe work of an incendiary and no insurance was run by Huber i Millimore who about in stock How THE U S w THB NEW mode of electing U m Ntw York was Tbe caucus nominated Gov Morgan Corning -In is a clear republican U bouse there U a to Cullicott the speaker with the tbe ballot was token in the bow out fo one more Callicot voted for Dix aud ta to stick to him On ballot the republicans wilt licot for giving him and The in the meantime nominated Morgan two bouses having nominated io with the a joint convention in this having ten majority in the was elected Fernando Wood democratic caucus nomination but tbe Albiny aaii no Wood received twenty New York but could not get a single try member to bitn he and breathed and the again call upon bit in New city for thirty thousand The rural like Wood Uis strength lies in the Five Poi similar localities of tbe metropolis PROMOTIONS inon Feb 3 Tbe following of field officers made to Lieut Col G W Robins w be vice Murphy dismissed nnd Major J W Jefferson to be regiment Lieut Col John G to bo colonel of tbo regiment resigned G H W colonel vice Allen promoted John Mansfield to be major of be regiment Cupi II Boebel to colonel of the regiment vice LABOK PRICES poa is of an index of the value oof are putting upon at tbe that a gentleman of our acquaintance pet for a flock ot Coe a few days A county wool grower also that n was recently offered 56 per tire fock of A farmer io Da county bas two of from a of on hand preferring wool w banknotes or tale of V w thought too product wilt 31 it wilt be money well kept To bleeding to M geon aboard be a I tike ramor On Lai Oue of the record has ju The forces five boo jtb lows t- aad aad eleven t from at a tbe acd els Two ing one colo as a result t oar bravery cf more than twenty tha and to save other 4th Three rebel oar b removed we vicinity say We have mi taken Iowa ca gao na E Reed o bravely of the brav the B it man acd d bU duty badly wo no act of load I caono Tilt rived too Ii Turner a i The a T The prc tie bid Pot i
