The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-17
Mr. HoRS called for the reading Of the bill sent

| Mr. BARTLETT objected to the reading.
Mr. HoRS-Mr Speaker, have the Clerk send
back the account, ard / will read it myself
The gentleman cant object to that Laughter.
Mr. HoRE then read the account.
Mr. COBB was not disposed to object to any
proper investigation His object was to viud-
cate hr Smith from be scurrilous and anon mous
article sent TO be read. He had the honor to be
acquainted with Mr. Smith, in Alton, Illinois,
and afterwards as a soldier and officer in Mexico,
ana he would say, that man is eUtitled to
more respect and esteem than Mr. Smith. Mr. {.
paid his old companon-ins arms very high COM
pllmebt. and did not believe he would DO dis
honorable act. He did not think that Capt. Horn
and Gen. Bouck fully under the necessity
tor the camp page-psrticularly the long tn
horn and the three short ones. Laughter.
Mr. BoUcK said this no laughabe matter.
Il was serious matter, and The people would
vet find it so. when some 10000 or 20, 900 dol
| lars shall have been distracted from the school
fund for useless purposes Mr. B. said the COM
missoners of the school and university lands had
no direct authority to employ these agents
Mr. HoLToN-I call the gentleman to order,
and submit whether he is talking to tie point
before the House.
The SPEAKER decided that Mr. B. was in order.
Mr. BoUcx said he did not care fl z about
talking on this matter 1T was of very little
consequence to him personally. Gentlemen
seem very tie nder on the subject, and if they
wished to choke off the facts necessary to illu-
mine this subject they might do SO.
We call the attention of our readers to
the above proceedings of the Assembly up
on the introduction Of Resolution of H.
quiry upon the subject of Republican
steal from the School Fund, which in the
aggregate may amount during the year to
thirty or fifty thousand dollars. 1t will be
seen that every Republican member who
took part in the debate, desired to obstruct
investigation, and simply because the plum
derers are Republicans; while year ago,
when it was ascertained that C.. w. FIrcH,
editor of tie Mantowoc Herald, e pro-
fessed Democratic journal) had obtained
four hundred dollars from the School Fund
upon fraudulent security, no Democrat
was found to oppose the investigation, or
to excuse or pallate the fraud
1t will be noticed that Assemblvman
COBB takes occasion to compliment Gen'l
S. ". SMITH upon his high qualifications
and military services in Mexico" all of
which Gen. COBB saw, and part of which
he was.' We are reminded thereby of
the manner in which distingui: he'd cit-
zen of Wisconsin was in the habit of in
Producing one of his friends: "Alow me
to introduce to you Ma. Tom JENKINS
Brave man-brave manly Cd, sir
fought by my side during the Black Hawk
War, sir" We would ask Gen. COBB
whether the editor Of the Mantowoc Tri-
bane was in any engagement during the
Mexican War-whether he ever knew him
to display any courage or military ability
emitting him TO promotion or credit
Now, if Gen. COBB saw no military service
except in conjunction with SMITH, We can
affirm that he never heard the report of an
enemy's gun while in Mexico, for S. w
SMITH did not reach Mexico until after the
close of hostilities. He was there in time,
however, to entitle him to Land War
rant and three months extra pay.
But while we deny the assertion of Gen.
Conn, that S. w. SMITH, of the Manitowoc
Tribune, distinguished Himself by his mill
tary performances in Mexico we DO not
wish to be understood to deny that Gen.
SMITH is reckless cuss,' particularly in
the matter and manner of getting up an
expedition at the expense Of the State We
have heard an incident of the General
which occurred before our advent to Man
itpwoc, which goes far to vindicate his
character for cool self possessions quail
ty very rare, but eminently essential in the
character Of military general. Some
six years since, when Gen. SMITH was in
the Dry Goods business, he assisted in
getting up a Fire Company in Manitowoc,
and owing to the unropularity of Mr..
FIIcH, who was his enemy, the General
was made Foreman. In accordance with
his love of display, (his prevailing weak
messy lie procured a gaudy uniform and
extensive speaking trumpet, (then as now
be was great on horns) and at the first fire
he made his appearance armed, uniformed,
and equipped, and made himself prominent
with his horn. X. X. J-s, an old fire.
man, perceivng SMITHS incapacity, deli
berately took his trumpet from him, at
the same time calling him I'D
| FOOL Then it was that Gen. SMITH dis.
played his shining quality of GOODNESS and
self possession. Instead Of resisting or re-
senting the act and insult of J-s, and
thus creating an atfray in which he might
come off second best, he coolly called a
Council of War of his intimate friends
and concluded that if ever Mr.. J-s at.
tempted the same thing again that some,
thing should be done about it-thus, by his