The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-11-09

The BUREAU COUNTY REGIMEsr-It is
known that for a month past, a regiment
of infantry has been collecting at Prince
ton, Bureau county, under Colonel X. +.
Winslow. On Sunday morning the 9th
ult-, all the men enlisted up to that time,
(some 400 left Princeton for St Louis, in
opposition to the command of their Col
onel, or indeed without authority from
any quarter. The fact was at once tele-
graphed to Springfield, and Gov Yates
sent go men and gun to Alton, where
the boat conveying the Bureau county
men was stopped, the men taken Prison
ers, and marched back to Springfield,
where they are now. We find in the
Springfield Register 4 card signed by a
number. of the most respectable citizens
of Princeton, making the following state
ment in reference to the strange move
ments eff this regiment:
Robert +. Winslow, who has resided in
Princeton, Bureau county, about one year,
had tried for some time to raise an indie
pendent regiment for the war and on
the 18th day OF October inst, had recruit.
ed at camp at Princeton, about one humid
red men; at that time, a proposition to
join Fremont's Western Brigade of Sharp
Shooters, at st. Louis, was made to the
officers by Lieutenant Colonel Compton,
Of St. Louis Mr.. WinsIow appointed
three persons OF the camp. and the people
OF Princeton appointed one of their promi-
net citizens who went as a committee to
st. Louis to investigate the matter and
report This committee returned and re-
ported !;lvorabiy. The officers, including
Mr.. WinslOw, agreed TO the proposition.
y drill-naster and target-man with rifles
were sent from Camp Benton to st. Louis
to drill the men. Recruiting tic. went on
rapidly until about the Goth inst, when
the officers and men discovered that Nh
Winslow was acting in bad faith with
them, and did not intend to carry cut his
agreement; in consequence of which, and
their utter lack of confidence in said
Winslow as an officer, they notified Lieut.
Colonel CrOmpton to remove them from
his charge, which was done on Sunday
morning last, with the full appreciation of
all the men and officers in and out of said
camp. And further, the acting adiutant,
with the consent of Mr. Winslow, formed
the men in column and marched them
out of camp over one mile, accom- anied
by Mr.. Winslow, who had ordered his
baggage packed for St Louis When the
column had marched to the public square
of Princeton and halted, Mr.. Winslow
proposed TO the men to go with them to
ST. Louis and act as their Colonel The
men answered by groans and jeers Mr.
| Winslow then left them; the men marched
to the Illinois river and left at II NJ. for
st. Louis, cheered by hundreds of citizens
from the shores.
1t is proper 10 state that Mr. Winslow
had authority from the War Department
at " ashington, to raise a regiment, pro-
vided it was done by the 10th dav of Oc-
tober; the whole expense of su5sistine
the men in camp and their Transportation
20 St Louis has been borne by tile United
States None of the men has been mus.
tered into the State or United States SER
vice, but were ready to be on their arrival
ut St Louis
The only pretext for OBTAINING the men
at Springfield appears to be, that they
violated Gov. Yates proclamation against
enlsting in corps out of the State