Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-11


services Of Il ouarteFinaSter General will
also, probably. have - be retained, but
those Of the Pagnaster Genera can soon
be dispensed with, IL proper provisions
are made by law for the winding up of
his Department. | would recommend
that a law be passed authorizing the dis
continuance, ata proper tilae, ot the actiye
duties of the Paymaster General. Quarter
master General and Comm issary General,
/ and that their duties so far as they are
auditing duties be deeo.vei upon the Sec-
retary Of State, and SO IA 81 theS are dis
bursting duties, upon the STATE Treasurer.
The books, papers and records of those OF
fees should l4en be deposited IN the office
of the Secretary of State.
1t has been a source OF very great EN-
barrsssmens to the Executive Department
that no provisions had been made for the
contingencies which have arisen since
your adjournment, concerning the sick aud
wounded soldiers from our State. is
consin has sent into the field 24, 600 men,
and new regiment is nov being organized.
As our army has advanced, great planv
Of our brave soldiers have become sick,
and many have been wounded upon the
battle field Espec5 ally has this been the
case iii the Army Of the Mississippy- After
the battle OF pittsburg Landing NV lament
ed predecessor went TO the battle field ID
aid and assist the wounded v hat he had
so noblv commenced, did not hesitate to
carry out, so far as having those soldiers
transported to their homes who had bY
him been sent up the Mississippi River
ubscquently, when reliable and continued
accounts reached me Of the helpless con
dition of our sick soldiers along the Ten
nessee River, of the inadeqatl relief grant
ed by the L. : authorities; when battle
was hourly expected, and when | WAS ac
tually and credibly informed chat q greet
battle near Cornth had commenced, / senl
another commission under the charge of
the Commissary General, h. L. Nads
worth, and the Surgeon General, DR. l.. Is
| Wolcott, To Pittsburg landing; and altho
no battle occurred then, the commission
consisting Of gentlemen who volunteered
their services saved the lives Of many
brave Wisconsin soldiers who were lyirg
sick from the effects Of the climate, and
who would have died had they not been
removed Since then, all State aid has
! been excluded by the military authorities.
until after battle But in that event aid
ought again to be granted 10 those who
fail wounded upon the field.
trust that ven viii sanction what has
been done, and VIII speedily make proyi-
sion for future emergencies. The great
and noble State of Wisconsin ought not 10
the Union. N dfIez sous, who fight the battles of
/ people, the poor sick and wounded sol
diers, look to the Executive Tor aid Ia such
emergencies but his hands are tied un-
less Yoa viii pace the necessary means
at his disposal The expenses nt such ex-
pediti0n5 are necessarily large, aotwith-
standing the Gratuitous services Of phvsi-
clans and nurses.
transmit to you herewith fo- your in
formation, copies of the reports, IN detail,
OF the tGgo expeditions sent 10 keokuk
and to Pittsburg Landing, aud also the
report, by the Surgeon General Of the
operations Of the last mentioned expedi-
ton
Aside from such expeditions, in eases cf
emergency there are constantly Claims
made upon me In individual cases. lt IS
but very recently that the General Gov
ernment has made provisions for the trans
porta ion OF such sick and wounded sol
diers as have money due them from the
Goyernment. Those whc have n pay due
them will not be furnished with transpor-
tation but must shift fer themselves In
the cities Of New York, Cincinnati, st
Louis, and other places. there are con
stantly arriving some Of oar sick and
wounded sol iers, anxi0usly expecting TO
ind some agency from our State that viii
aid them 20 get TO their homes Some
thing should be done to relieve these poor,
suffering men; many a life may be saved,
and many q heart made glad ! an cor
iident that the proud State of Wisconsin
will not remain behind her sister States
IN that respect Accompanying this |
lay before you copies OF a few Of the
many communications ! havs received
concerning the necessity Of appointing
state a-ents to look after the sick and
woundej soldiers from Wisconsin.
Observation and reflection on iny part,
in regard to the labor devolved upon~our
supreme Court for the past two or three
years, have induced me 10 urge upon you
the necessity Of taking, at this session, in
itiatory steps towards amending our Con
stitution, in order to provide for an in
crease Of the number oi judges of that
Court for the future For the three terms
of co II held in the years 1856 and 1857.
there were in the average argued and de-
cidei, sixty calendar causes ard twelve
motions at each term Since then the
I business Of the court has increased rap
/ idly. and since the June term, 1853, there
have been a. each term, in the average,
I aE-tc1 anu NGEI0cV III tiAak court LOO
calendar causes and ii motions. Thus
the labor of the Judges for the last three
years has been more than double what il
was in 1856 and 1857
Since the June term. 1880, the judges
of the supreme Court have been In sas-
sion, simply hearing arguments for I37
ds $ in the Average, in each year, sitting
se,sn hours day. But the hearing Of
arguments of causes brought before them.
! is the smallest portion of their Iabors
j studying and deciding the cases, and wri
I ting the opinions, is by far the greatest
part. This labor is, am we'll convinced
/ too much for three Judges, and | would
therefore urgently recommend that the
number of Judges Of the Supreme Court
/ be increased by two, so that the labor OF
/ the court may be divided by five When
the Constitution was made, this State had
+ population OF about 80, 600 inha oitants,
while BOW it has not far short of 100000
! In justice to the State, the Judges OF that
court, and the interests coniided "a them,
/ the change | have recommended seems
I to be imperitiyely called for. ana hope
/ it viii meet with your appreciation and
/ immediate action
! The President of the United States has
recently called upon or state fer another