Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-12-04
MISCELLANY.

! III '"o' W S""0eS "tdy Oe made NJ
tectire for victory as The loss Of DE,
says the st. Louis Democrat Tn y
slaves are property, and Therefore moS Op
clous than the lives of our soldiers g Pr
difference does it make how manv wa
sacrificed so that the institution of '9 al;
remains intact.-Pihsburgh Gqzene saver
| The Toronto Globe says:,-Tbe aoo,.
which reach us from all parts of tho oo al'
try leave little doubt that not more ~
half, if so much, of the present years 49,. 10Y
to crop in Canada is available for brn
food. In few districts the potatoes vbi iaL
have been slowed away appear to hs 1 a,a.
sound; but over the greater part of co,.s
we learn that a large part of tho o
has rotted, either in the ground o, :; .P
pit.
THE Philadelphia Republican Com,o;,
tee, of which Collector Thomas is Preside,
have adopted the following resolution:
That it is the deliberate opinion of the G.,
trail Republican Club, of Philadelphia, that fba
surest method to crush the rebellion would he
luT NUuSTeSS, dt It's next SESSION., 10 pass O Iau
embOdying the policy of the Fremont procIa
nation, tO-wit That the slaves of all persons
taken in arms against the authority of thu
United States shall, by law, be declared free.
The Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany are building elevea miles of corn eylh
along the line OF their road, twelve mileq
south of Chicago. The capacity of the man.
moth granary is 100000 bushels! We
understand that the Company are erecting
these cribs to receive corn in payment for
lands purchased of the company, and thai
the full Chicago market price is to be al.
lowed for coin delivered there.
Capt. Wilkes, in his speech at the Bos.
ton banquet, given il his honor, said
"Before deciding upon the course l adopted.
examined the authorities--Kent Wheaton and
the rest-and satisfied myself that these " com.
missioners" or minister's" as they STYLED
themselves, had no rights which attach to such
tunctionaries when properly appointed; and
spatches, / took it for granted that I had
right to take these commissioners as the
embodiment of dispatches. | should have felt
justified in Selling the Trent itself, but con.
cluded to allow the vessel TO proceed, though
thus deprived my men of prize worth $3.50,
900; and take pride and pleasure in saying
that there was not a man on board the San
Jacinto who said | did not do right
Lieut. Fairfax said
1t was by no means an agreeable duty To-
go on board the Trent, and arrest my old
friend, Mr.. Mason, whose family is connected
with mine by marriage, though we are not, as
some of the papers have said, cousins. / knew
pretty we'll what ] had to do, and | knew,
soon after / got aboard the vessel, that should
have something more to contend with than
the four gentlemen l was TO take with me to
the San Jacinto. Mrs. Slidell and her daugh.
tiers were there: they were womanly and lady
like but they were under great deal of ex
element, and you may well imagine that they
gave utterance to good many not very pleas.
ant expressions. Lieut.. Greer, of the San
Jacinto, came on board, and took quite as &C.
tive part in the transactions as | did. He
was rather apprehensve that the ladies and
the mob would overcome me, and presented six
very inotfensive marines on board, to be made
2fensi0e, if necessary. Applause. That is
what gave rise to the report about charge OF
the marines, with fixed bayonets, on the Ia
dies"
.ru,n''o the report that Gen, Kelly, at
is making himself the humble
slave catcher Of secession masters. 1t says
he is no such man, although it confesses he
Is disposed to carry out the fugitive slave
law in its proper constitutional spirit"
Now that is just the point; the explanation.
with this clause in it, is good for nothing.
General Kelly shouldn't be too liberal In
his construction of constitutional rights"
Of slave masters who have rebelled against
the Constitution.
AT Manitowoc, Wisconsin, few
days since, a German domestic named
Paulina Kraus, residing in the family Of
w NJ. Sinclair, was burned to death by
he clothes taking fire from the stove.
Rev. Peter Cartwright, in recent
camp sremon to Col. Updegrafi's regiment,
declares that he will fight the rebels TO
death, if for no other reason than iot-
breaking up. the Democratic party
"A singular case is noted in the Cairo
hospital among the wounded at Belmont
One man was shot in the right leg, and
had to have it amputated. Sympathetic
action at once took place 10 the other limb
and at precisely the same spot where the
knife had severed its fellow, similar pain
was felt. So severe did this become, that
the leg is bandaged and treated as if itself
was wounded.