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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-11-01
Second Assembly District Republican
Convention.

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At Republican Convention held in the
I'd Assembly district at Lake Mills the
18th inst. James R. Lamb, Of Waterloo.
was unanimously nominated for the Assem-
bly,. and j. D. Waterbury, of Aztalan for
District Supervisor. rz-
The Republican Central Committee are
S. 5. Keyes c. NJ. Wells, and Fl B. vii
lard PAUL HITCHCOCK.
s. S. KEYES, See'y. Chairman.
Lake Mills. Oct Goth.
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Duty of Congress.

Congress met yesteaday in extra session
under the call of the President, to consider
and adopt such measures as may be necessa-
~ and expedient to preserve the unity of the
nation. and to save the Government from ru-
in. We think public sentiment isagrced, or
nearly SO, in this, that there should be little
talk, speech making, no consideration of
matters beyond the immediate objects for
which the session was called, and prompt
and vigorous action to sustain the Govern
mcnt in its efforts to put down the wicked
rebellion that exists. The people expect the
Government to be sustained, and that means
be furnished to its executive officers in the
fullest extent to uphold the Constitution, and
yindicate the supremacy Of the laws in every
section of the United States. All PROPOSE
tons, coming from any quarter, to settle
with traitors on any other basis than COM
plete submission to the Federal Government,
and submission to the Constitution as IL IS,
the people expect will be disrcgarded. 1t
will be in season to discuss new propositions
when the rebels have laid down their arms,
acknowledged the authority of the United
Statcs-and not before. The Boston Her
aid, paper which every body knows is Dem
ocratic, holds the following language on the
subject. wehaye marked some Of the words
in italics. There is not the slightest ques-
ton but that the great body of the people,
irrespective Of party, entertain such views rs
the Herald expresses;
Il is extremely desirable that Congress
should act promptly and sustain the Ereeu-
fire IN the patriotic course he has pursued
The people do not desire to read long speech
O. or listen 10 acrimonious debate Senator's
and Representatives must not airtheir vocab-
ularies upon the negro question or compro-
miscs. There can Be no compromises eroept a
compromise rhich obeys the ld,rs and supports
The constellation and the Union. The North
hare made TOO many concessions 20 the South
IN days gone By. No sooner IS one eompro-
mise granted than another is demanded and the
first broken. Every concession made Is put
down to our fears and not to our patriotism.
This war has done more to open the eyes Of
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South Carolina Doslros a Monarchy

The little despotism of Palmettodm is true
to its policy in the Revolution Of l775. 1t
wants to come again under the British crown,
and would, no doubt, rejoice in the Vice Roy
atty OF Prince Alfred, or some other scion Of
the house of Brunswick. Mr.. Russell writes
to the London Times that, in South Carolina,
"the admiration for monarchial institutions
on the English model, for privileged classes,
is undistinguiscd and apparently genuine"
lie declares further:
Nothing could say can be worth one
fact which has forced itself upon my mind in
reference to the sentiments which prevail
among the gentlemen of this State. have
been among them for several days. have
visited their plantations, | have conyersed
with them freely and fully, and have en-.
joyed that frank, courteous and graceful in
tcrcourse which constitutes an irresistible
charm in their society. From all quarters
have come to my ears the echoes OF the same
voice; it may be ieigned, but there is no dis
cord in the note, and il sounds in wonderful
strength and monotony all over the country.
Shades Of George Ill. of North, of johnson,
of all who contended against the great re-
bcllion which tore these colonies from Eng.
land. can you hear the chorus which rings
through the State of Marion, Sumter and
Pinckney, and not clap your ghostly hands
in triumph? That voice says. "If,ce could
only get one of the Royal race Of England 10
rule oper us, zoe should be content" Let
there be no misconception ON this point
That sentiment. varied in hundred ways.
has been repeated to me over and over again.
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sraoso TAX. Mr.. Ms. Dodge. native
Of Massachusetts,, and . democrat, now in
London, writes TO Col. Greene Of The Boston
Post, as follows:
Nothing has gntifed us moro than the
Communication OF Motley. the historian. oc-
cupying four columns In the Times Of Thur
day and FIVE in the Times OF yesterday. II IL
the most powerful argument for the country
which has ever appeared. Cool, fair, learned,
true and logical, Il 10 conclusive OF the que,-
ton between the North and South, and even
the Times acknowledges 1t to DO unanswer-
able.
We have no news. You absorb every
thing. ! wish I could put every man In tho
North only one week in England. He would
then go home,-eveIy man-rcolved that
cost what 1t might Of blood and treasure and
time, there should bc no cessation Of con-
stantly intensifying power bearing down
upon this rebellion, until every Breathing
soul and every rod Of ground within what
now are, or ever were. Or ever will be, Tx
UNITED STATES, recognized the Gag Of tho
USIoN rs the only banner OF soycreignty.-
Nothing else will do. Nothing can cost too
much. "All that man hath will he give
for his life" and to part with the smallest
member Of your body polite is to iniest tho
whole with gangrene. You are struggling
for your national life. Millions in Europe
know 1t, and IL you ahate one tithc Of hair
from accomplishing oil to which you arc en-
titled, your power toimpart courage to them,
or fear to their masters, Is lost forever
Don't reason. Don't temporisc. Don't
listen to suggestions OF compromise. Tho
timo for these is past. Upon absolute and
unconditional surrender to the CONSTITUTION
As IT rs can honor Of the Young Hercules Of
the Western World ever again stand erect.
II is not the people ] am afraid OF. IL is
wealth and power that fear. Let the ror
popuG DO the ror Del, until every shoulder
ing cindcr of rebellion is troddcn out.
To the Democratic party DO oil honor!
When tore open your paper and Inst saw
beneath the picture ofthe stars and stripes
the words STAND ny inE FLAG was proud
of my native State. know there IL no par
ty now, and desire TO sink all party names
until the issue now joined shall reach It's
glorious end, but whlcl would embrce as
a brother, every man Of the thrice noble Com
monwcalth, cannot allude b that great
victory OF lore Of country over byc Of party
achieved by the Democracy. Is 1t not won
dcrful, tins uprising Of lo,OOO, 900 Of souls
rs one man to ayenge dishouor
have written In haste, but could not let
another mail 90 without one word. Hoping
to see you in July, am faithfully yours
n. s. Donor.
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umn Of $1,000 men win move on that place and
drive out or capture the 500 rebels now hold
ing II.
The battery Of the ID Rhode Island regiment
was sent to Baltimore tonight. BY request Of
en-. Banks.
A dispatch to the Tribune says Gen. Fremont
to-day received his commission a. Major Gen.
eral In the regular army. consequently he ranks
next TO Mcclellan.
A dispatch to the Herald says that general
movement Of the whole Union army southwark
Is decided to take place on the 9TH OF July, II
circumstances do not compel an advance ut an
earlier moment.
Orders have been issued to serve out SIX days.
extra rations to all the regiments on the line OF
the Potomac.
A sufficient supply Of wagons for transport
tation has been received, aud every thing Is
ready for grand advance movement. The dill
atoriness Of Gen. Patterson, Il Is said, Is the
only obstacle To instant action, and that he has
been superseded by Maj. Gen. Fremont.
The Federal troops under Gen. Patterson,
which have been stationed at IIagerstown and
williamsport Md, crossed the ford at the latter
place on Monday, into Virginia, and engaged
the rebel force at Martensburg. consisting OF
four regiments Of Infantry and one Of Horse,
and having also four pieces Of artillery. The
rebels, after short engagement, made hasty
retreat. The casualties on our side were two
killed and several wounded. The loss Of the
rebels is said to be heavy.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-05

TIE DEFENCE or wAsnISoroS.-Ihe 'o''
lowing Is the condition Of the Federal troops
A, Washington, at the opening Of this week.
The forces are increasing every day:
The army on tho Potomac, distributed 30
,ha. Il can all DO concentrated at one point IN
Ice. tban two hours. now consists OF fully
forty-iive thousand effective men, comprising
two infantry and one cavalry regiment OF
regulars, twenty-one regiments from the city
and State Of New York, Eve from Pennsyl-
vania, four from Maine, three from Michigan
two from Ohio, two from Massachusetts,. one
from Rhode Island, and six batteries Of light
artillery. Ten thousand moro men will DO
added TO this immense body early this week:
Ten thousand, with the District militia, viii
DO sufficient for tho defence Of tho capital, %
that grand army Of forty-6ve thousand can
be moved against the rebels.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-05

II AllusiOn has been made to speech
by Mr.. Cameron, Secretary OF War, at the
festival Of the st. Andrews Society in Wash
ington, on Tuesday evening. As the Secrc-
tary's remarks on that occasion were high.
ly important and significant, we copy from a
full report his remarks on national affairs ::
The deluded people Of the South have
strangely rcckoned without their host when
they determined to tear down and dishonor
the American flag. They believed that the
North and the West would be divided upon
the question Of supporting the nationality OF
the United States. How sadly mistaken
they have been, all reasonable men mustnow
see. Gentlemen, we have now in the Held
$50 900 men. 1t has been said justly that
nowhere in the history Of the world is re-
corded so sublime an uprising ola free peo-
pie. Never was such an army raised in 50
short time.
In less than three months quarter of a
million of armed men have been put into the
field in response to the call Of tho President,
to preserve the integrity Of our free institu.
tions, and before six months have rolled
around. have no doubt halfa million en-
listed in the same movement will DO ut tho
command of the government. (Great APP
planse.) Thus, those who have been deceived
by their ambitious politicians, will either
wisely repent their folies or will have to be
swcpt before the indignant and oyerwhelm.
ing army that will soon DO upon them
(Applause.) We have patiently bornc,the
insJlcnce and the tyranny OF the South
ern monarchists for more than generation.
Tho American people will bear 1t no longer.
(Great applause. He observed that when
q Scotchman, or an Irishman, or German
comes to the United States, he mergcshis
own nationality into the country that adopts
him as son; and 50, when this revolt Is sup
pressed, and this war is ended, our beneiiccnt
government will be no longer perplexed by
doubtful questions. There will then DO no
more talk Of Mississippians, virginians,
Marylanders, or Pcnnsylyanians. Nogentle-
men, thank God we shall then be all Amcri'
cans. (Great applause)
Then there will DO no fealty but that 10
the Union and the Constitution OF the United
States; no miserable causistry about the doc
trine of the State rights, and no attempt to
incorporate the hersy Of secession into our
system. will say nothing OF the Admins
tration beyond this; that, as was said a mo-
ment ago, It has at its head q President as
honest and upright man Us ever lived, ana
believe that this war will not end, with his
consent, until there will be no cause lett Tor
war. (Applause.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-05

HAY MaxIYG.-As the season for making
hay is approaching. we publish the following
discreet advice to farmers from the Oho
Farmer:
Don't dry your hay TOO much. Hay may
be dried till 1t is as worthless as straw. As
a good cofiee-naker would ray, 'Don't burn
your colIee, but brown it, 20 VIC sly, don't
dry your hay, but cure IL. Our good old
mothers. who relied upon herb tea instead OF
f. 'pothecary medicine, gathered their herbs
when,in blossom, and cured them In the shade.
This Is the philosophy Of making good hay.
Cut In the blossom. and cure in the shade
The sugar Of the plant, when II Is in bloom.
is in the stalk, ready TO form tho seeds. IL
the plant u cut earlier, the sugar Is not there;
IL later. the suger has become converted to
woody matter.
Hay should DO well wilted in the sun, but
cured in the cock. Better to be a little too
green than too dry. II, on putting il into
the barn, there is danger Of cheating in tho
now put ON some salt. Cattle will like It
none the less.
Heat, light and dry winds will soon takc
the starch and sugar, which constitute tho
goodness Of hay. out Of 1t; and with the ad-
dition of showers, renders II almost worthless.
Grass cured With the least exposure to tho
driving winds and searching sunsbine,i is moro
nutritious than IL longer exposed, however
GOOD the weather may bc. Fever cured. II
contains moro woody fibre and less nutriti'o
matter.
The true art Of hay making, then. consists
In cutting the grass when the starch and
sugar are most fully developed. and before
they are converted into seed and woody hbre:
and curing II up to the point when i will
answer to put into the barn without heating
and no more.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-05

THE PRESIDENT, HIS Acrs.-Congress will
during its session furnish fitting reply to the
infamous article which disgraces the columns
of the Democrat this week under the head OF
"the President, His Acts" Let the Editor OF
the Democrat rave, until his friends, IL he has
any furnish him with q straight jacket. We
will prophecy that not twenty MN will be
found in Congress who will decline to ratify
and confirm all that the President has done to
maintain the constitution and enforce the laws.
How like whipped spaniel the Editor will feel
when the press is called upon to make record
that the representatives OF the people have voted
with singular unanimity to sanction each and
every one of the Presidents acts.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-05

Two DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTIONS. There
is to be two bites at the Democratic cherry this
year, in other words the democratic party,
which most of people thought was not incon-
yeniently large. are to have two State Conven-
tons this year, one to be held at Augusta
August Ia, and the other at Bangor the next
day both to nominate candidates for Governor.
That to be held in Augusta, assemblies under
the call offs. X. Lyman and others, Democratic
State Committee. And the other under the
call Of Marcellis Emery and others, Democratic
State Committee, and this last, not wishing to
be exclusive are ready to receive call who are
opposed to this unholy civil war and in favor
of the immediate restoration ofpeace by CON-
promise" Our neighbor Of the Democrat
publishes the Lyman call, but we suppose as
he is opposed to the war, and wants peace by
Compromise. he will attend the Bangor Con-
yention.
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How ,ury ,xrryprp TO GET Fl. McIryss

How THY INTENDED TO GET Fr. McIiENs1.
A letter from Baltimore in then Y. Eve.
Post. says that several plans have been con-
cocted for the seizures Of the Fort by the &C.
cessionists, but all were ioilcd. One was rs
follows:
.On the return of Col. Magrudcr, Of Great
Bethel notoricty, from Europe, he and his
friends obtained from tho authorities at
Washington promise that the Colonel
should bc placed in command Of this fort as
soon rs his bat tory could be spared from tho
Capital, and il would have come here before
the 10Th of April had it not been thought
necessary TO send Barry and Aunt's latter
les to Fl. Pickens. Magrudcr would ha,o
transferred us to the Southern Conlederacy
In less than twenty-four hours alter taking
command
Another was the manipulation Of the Off
Ger by means ofprcsents ofc!gars and liquors
by promincncnt Baltimorcans, and dinners
at Baltimore club house, by which eIpedi-
ents their morale was destroyed. A mob
attack upon the fort was then encouraged.
the officers OF the garrison kindly informed Of
the threatened attack, and o proposal mado
to introduce city troops within tho walls to
assist In its defence. This latter trick, upon
which the success Of tho plot dcpended-as
the city troops were intended to overpower
tho garrison when once inside-was only de-
fcatcd through tho violent opposition and
denunciation OF q junior officer. Otherwise
the secession soldiers would have been od-
mitted, the fort lost to the Government, and
Baltimore converted into rebel city.
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STRICKEN FROM THE Army Lrsr.-Thc dis
coycry has just been made that two young
Virsinans who hold the position OF Adjn-
tants in the regular army, have had friends
at work at the War Department, endeavor..
ing to get them promoted to the rank OF
Quartermasters, their intention being to re-
sign whenever accomplished, and oler their
services to the rebel army, prcsumins that
they would be promoted to captalncies.
The evidence of their reasonable designs
was found among letters at the dead let
ter Office, and among the seizcd tclcgraphic
dispatches addressed to Southern friends.
Their names were stricken from the army
list to-day.-Cor. Nep York IriJtcne.
This is another illustration of the "shame-
full abuse" Of the government in seizing the
tclcgraphic dispatches. But for this, these
young Virginians might now bc in the con-
iederato army with high rank and emolu-
lnents. The question naturally arises, have
they not good cause Of action for damages
against the government? We leave this
question to be answered by the secession and
scmi.secession papers.-PrOpidenee Journal.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-05

DEATH OF CouNr CAvouR.-Thc sad news
is brought by late English steamer Of the
death of this fearless champion Of Italian
freedom, at time, too, when his great sa-
gacity and forecast were most determined
for the realization of tho fond hepes Of his
countrymen. Remarkins upon this event
the Boston Transcript titly observes :--"They
have no other statesman uniting such COM
prehensiye views with such practical sagaci.
ty, such u knowledge Of principles with such
n mastery of methods. There is hardly a
trait of character or quality Of mind, which
is supposed to enter into the composition Of
a great statesman, which he did not possess.
The delicate and difficult task he was called
upon to perform, never found him wanting
IN energy, in intelligence, in pcrsistency; in
resource. in knowledge Of men, in foresight
Of events, in capacity to turn even obstacles
into opportunities, and discouragcments into
ids"
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Y The Min, Ofths peppsrill Corporation

= The Mills ofthe Pepperill Corporation
will stop entirely after week from Saturday,
operations have been gradually drawing to
close for some time. We learn that the Mill
will not be run for some weeks and perhaps
not.until the middle Of August or the first OF
September. The stock Of cotton on hand
though sufficient to last for some M nths, 1t
was thought by the directors, 80 we are in
formed, best not to work up until the fall and
winter months, as il would be better for the
operatives as well as the company to arrange
matters 50 as to give employment then. We
presume that the company viii avail itself OF
the stopping ofthe works to make needfal re-
pairs. The Laeonia mills we understand have
been working on short time for some weeks,
and only part Of the machinery.
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A Hard Set ut Richmond.

The following account Of the condition
and character of the rebel troops at Rich.
mond, from correspondent Of the New York
Tribune, may be rather highly colored, but
it is substantially sustained by many other
accounts:
1.-THE troops arriving in Richmond are
many of them in most miserable and desti.
tutc condition. The hospitals ARE full. The
change Of climate and water tells rs severely
upon the troops coming from the cotton
States as the extreme Southern climate would
upon Northern men. These men, miserably
clad, weak and lettering many Of them. pre-
sent a pitiable sight, as they pass through
the street, seeming like sheep going to the
slaughter. One regiment, the Louisiana Zou.
ayes, looked like cannibals, ragged and filthy,
many of them nearly black. Threeof them
were shot the other day for disorderly con.
duct, and the citizens declared that, ii they
were allowed TO be about the town, they
would shoot them at sight as they would
mad dogs.
There is no doubt Of the sincerity of the
nuUcu w tno Ecucrh uONcrntncnt on the
part Of the people, but this has been induced
by the most outrageous Misrepresentation.
Stories Of the most Incredible outrages per-
petrated by our troops are current. and fully
believed. l was told with the most perfect
assurance that when the Federal troops took
possession Of Newport News. two Of the men
went to private house, and while ore held
a pistol to the head OF the father the other
violated his daughter. BY accounts such as
these the feelings Of the people have been
wrought up to the intensest hatred. Even
the women and children share in this, and
verify believe that the women would fight
like sho tigers. Persons calling themselves
gentlemen are heard fairly aving with bias
phemous abuse Of the federal officers, Gen.
Scott coming in for the largest share"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-05

y That convention of Democratic editors
in the State of New York, whose disloyal and
foolish resolves the Democrat publishes this
week, was attended by just thirteen persons
There are some one hundred and fifty papers,
claiming to be Democratic, published in the
State of New York. Will the Democrat account
for the absence of their editorsl This conyen-
ton was engineered by Ben Wood, brother of
Mayor Wood. The New York papers publish
the names of the editors in attendance without
remark, a most significant way of showing the
extent of the material of the convention, and
its consequences.