, 1862-08-25


Perhaps it will not be uninte1esting to you |
to know what We hare been doing here in re- !
eponse to the call for volunteers. The call /
came at time when our people we're about |
entering upon an extensive harvest, with an
unusual scarcity Of labor. No one felt dis |
disposed to do much till that was done.
Though there was considerable talk about
raising a company here, nothing Was done
about it till Tuesday evening, August 5th,
when Judge Howe and julius A. Pratt signed
| their names to the muster roll Of the Kanka-
| kee Guards, and commenced the work Of rails.
| ing company. The roll increased beyond
all e1pectation, and the next Saturday morn
ing at s O'Clock, reached 101 name1. More
f! than tTo dozen names were offered during
| the day.
On the same dav another company vas talked
| OF, aud on the Monday morning following 3
roll WAS opened, and before night tie Kanka-
kee Blues numbered upwards of fifty. On
the 18th the certificates and muster rolls were
forwarded to the R0jutaut general Tne two
rolls now number 2G2 nBmes.
Ofthese volunteers, 139 reside In Kaakakee,
! which shows an unusually large turn out con-
eideripg that nearly, or quite as many, have
heretofore volunteered from here, and the
The Guards elected the following named
gentlemen for officers: Ralph A Tenney,
Captain; John Fl. Howe, LIST Lieutenant;
Juliues a. Pratt, ed Lieutenant;
The Blues elected Mathew B. Patten, Cap
tain, Norman a Pratt, LIST Lieutenant, and
Enoch ". Taylor, ID Lieutenant. Both Of
| these companies are to 60 into Sloan's regi-
ment, where they agreed to GO before their
organization vas completed They ara now
! bitterly censured and their conduct uisrepre-
| scented by friends OF the Henry county regi-
ment, which was projected after their destina-
! lion was fixed. Our boys would have gladly
! gone with their neighbors in our osn regi-
I ncnt, but their honor WAS at etake. They do
{ not propose to begin their military experience
BY violating their pledges.
: Of the rank and file Ct these companies it
; would be safe to say that they are exceued for
= intelligence, moral character and physical
4 | <igor by few if any companies in this or any
other State. Their officers aTe all men Of flae
+ | abilities and large experience. Capt. Tenney
+ -" Rs1ph''-no one need speak in praise Of
him Whtte be is kno IN. Hs is stirring tel
:. low, the scul Of generosity and honor, and he
viz honor as vel as be honorsd BY bis boys
= Lient. Howe, late judge Of the sixth circuit,
/ is one Of our most respected and worthy citi
!. zens~ He Is one Of the men who has worked
> his way up. Born in Riga, Monroe Co, n: T.,
: in 1872, OF humble parents, he contrfyed t.
: acquire good English education, and resd
y law in Eelloggeyiue, Ohio, where he was ad
mittcd to the bar in 1915, and where he subse
quently practiced law at the same bar witt
Senator Wade, J. Z. Giadlngs, 3. ?. Ranney
Gov. Tod, Renben Hitchcock, and other emi
y nent lawyers. In 1856 he settlediu Kewanee
z Here he very soon took his position at ths
A. head Of the Henry county bar, and has re
J.: talned 1t ever since. He is clear headed Law
c. was elected circuit judge upon tie retiremen
OF judge DowpS IN February, 16GQ, aud va
es stroryly solicited In 1861 to be . candidate 70
u. rs.cie ctcd. but declined.
- When the war broke out be was one Of th
Il first to raise and tender to the governor con
Id psry OF three month men, eut in the scran
=. bic At Springfield he was elbowed out By les
90 modest men, aud his company dishanded. q
~ thtn tes uIued his practice. He is now talke
~ Of promine ntly for major Of the regiment, au
u should that honor fail to him, be wilt prov
th that it is iudicious]y bestowed.
!, Lieut.. Julius i. Pratt has long been know
w. among Ne as Q good business man aud citizes
IN and has been ~ ice elected county treasurer.
Ito "a farmer. He was twice sheriff aud one
~ county judge of our county. Loyal, homes
80 and competent, he will not faii
}le Lieut.. N. Il. Pratt has long been know
i'll here as an active business man, engaged mos
- [ II in produce and lumber trnde.
- Lieut. Taylor il farner, aud appears to
1T good man for his place. The writer Is n,
is | particularly acquainted with the last namt
It. two gentlemen, and can only judge Of the
-, | By appearances, but he confidently expec
AZ All in MI, both rrisa:es and officers ha
md just reason to be gratided with each other.
ina MCLEAN COUNTY.
md Correspondence Of the Chicago Tr1bunc]
son BLOOMINGTON, Aug. 12, .sG.
"s IkEow Chicago is 8 great city aud and ii
moved nobly for the last GOO 000; but she 9
all the other places will hare to yield the pa
ND to Mclean county. We have this ulorni
y s {Arg. III 200 volunteers under the last C.
Our share = Is 450 Of tie first SOC, 600, ond
lays Of both. Ne have now about !, 400 men
i'm the field ut 1eas-, that runber have ente:
49, the service. We have about G.000 yote
LIS Can any other county show such 8 recor
E q Ttis call catties Off three more Of our B.
less two had gone before, besides our circ
clerk.
CROPS AND RECRUITS IN wH1rEs1
: Of COUNTY.
Id. Correspondence Of the Chicaso Tribune
NUE. STERLING, ILL.,, 2oxh Aug., 1856
The farmers Of this county have most i,
title orally succeeded by to-day in securing ii
ket. wheat, there are probably but few excepti9
mir. There has been 60 much wind aud rain this
MES hsnuar % anur and Yn1sh d,maeed al varE iii
n to found to be grown but it is nearly all ba
rood b1esched; and SIS there is much put up
tally damp, there will be great Inability to
jury in the stock, unless tbraehed immediat
n,z,1 The enlisting and organizing Of recruits
az an been the engrossing subject Of interest,
S the e2ertion to fill up the company OF J.
Pfice-now forming here Is being at tended =
vide good suecsss-it Is now nearly full and
make the 9th company from this county ul
reas- the call for GQ0. .0do-nskipg more than
# his quota. Mhiteside Ii lady with both men
oper thsr ,aetnr ~ ,he hnn1ra tnus long
will and rebellion. 0'1 ~ 'AeI
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Throughout Western Virginia.
uGH from The Parkersbu1g Gazette,1