The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-04-25


to prohibit it. He wanted the army te
90 and meet the enemy. and let slavery
take care of itself. If this was done, and
Congress would only keep within its legit
innate sphere, we might have peace in Ten
nessee in sixty days and provisional gov.
ernment in every State in ninety days-
lie believed it possible 10 live at peace
with slavery in the Union, and if any Sen
ator believes that we cannot he would ad
wise him as an honest man to call his ar
mics home. We must succeed in the at
tempt to put down this rebellion. Twen
ty millions Of such people cannot fail
The strength Of this country is not in ar
mics or money. It is in something be-
sides houses, and money, and land. 1t is
III that benevolent system Of integrity, SO
to speak, which has clothed this country
with more strength and more of the eIe
ments of moral power than any nation on
earth We have more charitable insti,u,
tons for the deaf, dumb, blind, &c, and
more institutions Of learning than any
other country, and these are elements OIL
strength wEich will never fail With this
strength we can put down this rebeIlioa
and restore this government and this con
stitution, without crossing a or dotting
an j. lfyou go from the palaces, you
may find, among other curiosi.ies, collec
tions of flags of all nations, and among
others the flag of of this country, and the
question will at once arise how we came
TO put the stars there 1t is because we
were the first nation that looked to God
for assistance, and caught the eye Of the
star, and placed it upon the American flag
and the God of our fathers will be with
Us to day if we do our duty. There is nc
b:l for the prosecution of this war fol
which he would not vote. The tax bill
especially met his commentator It will
bring about direc; accountability be-
tween the people and their representatives.
1t will work wonders-purify our public
men, and bring about new order Of men
lie intended to stand boldly forward to
urge the prosecution of this war, and not
stop to bestow attention on outside meas
ures until the flag of the country floats
over the whole Union. He believed these
to be the sentiments Of lis people They
regarded this as great struggle for free
dom, and they woud have their Senators
and representatives push it forward, ane
take up 10 weights by the wayslde, nor al
low any impedimants to interfere will
this grand work of restoring this Union
= 4 10 70
In his speech at the Opera House oil
Friday night, DR.. BRowNLow said of th
late Gen. ZoLL1coFFER
Now that he is dead and gone, TAX
| occasion to say, that have known hin
for twenty-five years, and more noble
high toned, honorable mau, was neve
killed in any battle field. He was mai
who never wronsed an individual out of
cent in his lite-never told lie in his hte
as brave man personally as Andres
Jackson ever was, and the only meal
thing | ever knew him to do was to joi
the Confe1eracy and fight under such
eau as he was engaged IN when he fell.
It- A Southern paper has the follow
ing account of the sinking of the Cum
/ bofland by the iron steamer Nerramac
"rhe sinking of the Cumberland is sal
to have been the most terrific incident c
the fight. We learn positively. from ac
counts that have reached the Navy De
partment, that the whole Of her crew
about three hundred and fiftv souls wer
buried beneath the water. The YANKEE
behaved with desperate courage. Detor
the frigate had entirely sunk they contin
ued to wor every gun above the waite
line One Of her after guus was discharg
ed at the enemy as she was actually goin
down prov foremost. She sunk in abou
one hundred feet of water. There
scarcely an instant in the war Of NOR
desperate AMI devoted spirit than tha
shown by the crew of the Cumberland :
She sunk very slowly. There wac no e!
fort to escape, no rush to the boats, not
sign of surrender, and, as she settled, he
guns were sulIenIy fought to the last mo
ment, and every living soul on board wa
buried beDeath the waters"
Ey- The Col. Sweeny, of the Fifty sec
oud Illinois, wounded at Pittsburg Land
ing, was ajournayman printer in New Yo'l
City. In the Mexican war, he lost hi
right arm, and now he has received tw
shots in his remaining arr1, and shot j
the leg His brave conduct is reporte
10 have excited the admiration Of th
whole army. He was in the battle Q
Springfield, under General Lyon, and lie,
column there
Hg It woud take $50 100000 shot
to dispose of 60 900 men in battle 100
900 men fighting continuously for forty
, eight consecutive hours. each man firin.
in all 5000 sEots would fire aItogethe
800 900, 900 shots. Thus, from the r.urn
Der Of persons killed at Pittsburgh Land
ing. and from the duration of the tigh,
we arrive a. perfectly accurate eonclu
sion concerning the number engaged.
A FEMALE TRAIToR-A daughter c
the proprietor of the Tredegar Iron Work
Richmond. was captured by our advan-
cling forces last week, beyond Great Beth
ell, 10 the act of signalling our approach |,
the enemy. She braved all the conseqnen