Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-05-24

lent and productive. On the mornin g
of the third day out we passed cot
, ton field. the proprietor of which as
sured us that his crop matured las,
year.
The entire camp were arsused the
fourth day out, (Sunday, 3o,) at half:
past one in the morning, the reveiHt
having been sounded at that time by
mistake Of a drummer in Co. E. The
battalion arose, however, ate their
breakfast, and were ON the march long
before signs of day; marched sixteen
miles and encamped, a portion Of the
regiment having walked that distance
and stacked their arms before nine
O'Clock A. N.
Fifth day the regiment marched at
six A. NJ, weather dark and cloudy
At nine o'clock it commenced raining,
continued all day and nearly all night.
Made sixteen miles and stopped at
Prairie City, small village in Doug
las county, where the hospitalities Of
the town were rendered to officers and
men. Your correspondent and his
friends moved on, however, four miles
farther, through storm and mud, to the
village Of Brooklyn, where we engag-
ed good accommodations and stopped
for the night. Many of the incidents
Of the day, as we trudged along with
the free soil Of Kansas cxtravagantly
visible upon every part Of our person,
Il mean our clothes, Of course) were
calculated to create a lively apprecia-
ton of the quaint, but never before po-
etc, "Arkansas Traveler.'
Next day my two friends and self
travelled through mud, the weather
having become warm and pleasant, to
Lawrence, a distance of ten miles.
where We arrived about one o'clock P.
NJ. Crossed, four miles from Lawrence,
what is known as "\Vaukerusha Bot
tom,' a low, wet marsh, about mile
IN width, through which we waded in
water nearly to our knees. The regi-
ment left Prairie City, and arrived at
the aforesaid "Bottom'' about two
o'clock 2. NJ, where they encamped for
the night. Early in the evening it COM
menced raining again, and continued
nearly all night. blowing over some of
the tents. But the Old Twelfth SUI
vived the storm, and, with music play
ing and colors flying, marched through
town to their camping ground, mile
distant, about ten o'clock the following
day. April I'd.
Lawrence has about three thousand
inhabitants, but was, during our stay,
literally overrun with soldiers, there
being two regiments from our State,
besides the Kansas First and Seventh,
(the latter cavalry all encamped with
in mile and quarter of the place
Heaven pity the place, whether village
or city, that is infested with drunken
soldiers, even though they are friends
wher. they are themselves.
Lawrence has been the scene of ma
| nv incidents connected with the early
history of Kansas, the memory of
which will live long after the actors
have passed from the stage. Among
these may be mentioned the shooting
of jenkins by Jim Lane, in a quarrel
growing out of averse claims to piece
of land situated in the outskirts OF the
town. The shooting, it will be remem-
bered, occurred at or near we'll upon
the disputed claim. Jenkins widow
| now occupies the premises, and the
traveller whose fortune it may be TO
visit this famed city visits that we'll
| with all the interest that could prompt
the admirer Of the drama to visit the
| scene of any tragic event, did he de .
sire to Judge impartially IF the merits
of the combatants, long after the pas
sions and prejudices incident to It had
become cooled and calm.
| At Lawrence we lost two members
of our company-Oscar Champion, of
Marathon county, and Jacob Benson,
of Grand Rapids. Both marched from
Fort Scott to Lawrence, but the form
er lived but some three days after our
arrival. He was buried in becoming
manner, the company parading under
arms, Benson died the day we left