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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31
To Horse Owners.
No

In relation to a Tar for the payment Of Boun-
ties to Volunteers.
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council Of
the provisions of Chapter 10 of the General Laws passed
by the Legislature Of the State Of Wisconsin, in Ahe year
1862, entitled San Act to empower towns, cities, incor-
porated villages and ~counties to raise money for the pay
ment of bounties to Volunteers" a question shall be
submitted to the legal voters of the city Of Kenosha,
whether a tax of sufficient amount, not exceeding $4,000,
shall be levied and collected for the purpose of paying
the sum Of $500, 90 to each and every volunteer, not ex-
ceedin g (40) forty, who shall be mustered into the Unit
ed States service ard credited to the city Of Kenosha
upon her quota under the next draft in the State oil
Wisconsin
SECTION 2. The election for this purpose shall be held
on the twenty-ninth day of December 1868, in the first
ward at the Council Room, in the second Ward at the
house Of Christian Schend, in the third ward at the office
on Harry Durkees lot, and in the fourth ward ut the
basement Of N. R. Aliens house. The polls shall be
orened at 9 A. NJ. and closed at IL NJ. aud be opened
again at / P. NJ. and finally closed at 4 P NJ. The quail
ifcatious of votes shall be the same as at general cleo
other elections in said city are conducted for city pur-
poses. The ballots shall have written or printed there-
on the words ''For Tax as provided by ordinance OF
against Tax"
SEC. g.. Said tax shall be assessed collected ana
paid into the treasury Of said city in the same manner
as other taxes for city purposes, and by law assessed,
collected and paid, and shall be paid out as PROVIDED
by law.
G. B. LEWIS, z. ROBINSON
City Clerk, Mayor.
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From WashinxI0n,

New YORN, December 20.
The New York Times Washington dispatch
of last night says 'FOhicers from the front
tonight say a small rebel cavalry force hold
the north bank of the Rapidan at Raccoon
Ferd. Our forces occupy Cedar Mountain
There was a little skirInishing on Saturday,
occasioned, it is supposed, by our army. OK
tending its picket lines on the right. The
rebel army has gone into winter quarters be-
tween Gordonsville and Orange Court House.
General Rufus Ingalls,, Chief Quartermas
ter, and Colonel Clark, Chief Commissary of
the Army of the Potomac, were to-day reliev-
ed. General Ingalls, successor has not yet
been announced. Colonel Clark has been or
dered to New York. Major Wilson takes his
place,
''The exigencies of the public service re-
quire many more officers for colored regiments
principally line officer. General Casey's board
is hard at work examining candidates, but il
unable to supply the demand. Sixty Captains
and Lieutenants are wsnted immediately
One hundred and fifty would be received in
the next two weeks, if they could be obtain
ed.
"Of 800 horses sent to general Butler from
New York, for cavalry service in his depart
ment, 700 were condemned as worthless.
Investigations into the affairs of the Quar-
termaster's Department at Alexandria are
still progressing, and the Old Capitol receives
almost daily some of the parties implicated in
the recent frauds. Contractors come in for a
full share of the penalties.
"Major Nelson II. Davis, Assistant Inspec-
tor General of the United States Army, late
of the Potomac, has been announced as In
spector General of the Department of New
Mexico"
The New York Trjbune's Washington dis
patch contains the following:
Chief Justice fancy is lying at the point
of death.
at is said that in States such as Wisconsin
and Michigan, in which the first draft is not
yet completed, the Government will secure
hardly any of the drafted men, Communication
money being almost universally paid"
The World's Washington dispatch says
at il rumored tonight that General Hooker
has been suddenly ordered to Washington"
1T is stated that Quartermsster General
Meigs is to be reinstated in his office here"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31

PREVENTION BETTER TIA CURE. There is
nothing the present administration has been
more censured and ridiculed for by the cop
perllead speakers and editors, than for its
timely measures to thWart the rebels in theiI
schemes. From the very first overt acts Of
the rebels, this course has been pursued. When
the first call for volunteers was issued by
President Lincoln, the rebel sympathizers af-
fected to believe it unnecessary and uncalled
for. They pretended to believe that the reb-
els did not intend to do more than assert their
constitutional rights, and secuted the idea
that it was necessary to raise troops to put
down the rebellion. They did not hesitate
to declare that northern armies sent to coerce
the rebels would receive such a fire in the
rear as would give them work enough to
do, without fighting southern rebels.
A FEW weeks ago, the copperhead press rid
iculed the government for it's measures to
Illustrate and repel the rebel plot to release
the prisoners on Johnson's Island near San
dusky. Although the existence Of such a
conspiracy was communicated to our Govern
ment by the Government of Canada, these
copperheads affected to doubt that any such
attempt was contemplated and made merry
over the solicitude which the government
manifested concerning it.
The report of Mr.. MALLORY, the jeff Davis
Secretary of the Navy, however settles the
question, and fully %justiies the precautions Of
the War Department. He frankly refers to
the plot and says that but for the interference
of the Canadian Government it would have
been executed. He says "a large amount OF
money has been expended, and just as our
gallant naval officers were about to set sail
on this expedition, the English authorities
gave information to the enemy, md thus pre-
Uea!ed one Of the best planned enterprises Of he
r. sSent WaT.
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From Nashville.

NASHVILLE Dec. 26, 1868.
Captain Evans, of the 8th Iowa cavalry re
ports to General Gillian that he attacked &
party Of Hawkins scouts on the 24th ueal
the Northwestern Railroad, thirty miles from
Nashville, killing a Lieutenant and killing
and wounding a number of rebels. Nineteen
prisoners were brought in.
tnlistments are progressing rapidly in the
mon army. In Jackson county one of the
worst rebel counties in the State, a prellmi-
nary meeting is to be held tonight to cele-
brate the anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation.
Fifty Of Forests guerillas, a Colonel, Ma
ior and Chaplain were captured by General
Dodge's mounted infantry near Paulaski and
brought in yesterday-thre ofthem in chains,
charge With the murder of Federal soldiers
last summer The skulls Of the murdered
men lece - ornaments Oh the mantlepiece,
were so,1+s IA their room.
Tin hundred gIerilIas have lately been
capturei y 1en. Dodge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31

The VOICE OF Observation-Disclosures REV.
ERDY J~oHNsoN's manly speech on the Presi
dents policy, has created a decided sensation
Let it be borne in mind that a Senator from
Maryland declared: Il would see the insti.
tuition Of slavery arrested at once, let the coun-
try be subjected to all the calamities which
think would flow from the abolition of the in
stitution in all these States for a time, rather
than see this rebellion lire an hour longer"
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ATKEN,S xNETVsNG va CHsNE.

81 would not do without one 10 the wlnter. l can
knit with il mems socks, ready to finish, for 10 cents q
pair, and make from 81, IS to 81 a day women's long
hose at L cents a pair. and make The same per day
and l am crippled with one hand. People that think
there is no profit il them are people WHO know nothing
about them. There IS . profit all the while you are
working the machine, but none when it is idle. l can
knit enough in one month 10 pay for the machine, and
then the machine will be as good sc new. They are not
liable to get out of repair, and willlast a life>time. A
needle may carelessly get broken once in a while, but
Ave cents will replace ii a set of needles will last from
three to five years."-(Extract of Letter of H K BEBBE
Piattevile, Wis. Sept. 10, '62, to BR ANsON 4 ELLIOT,
General Agents, Chicago.
E. T PERKINS, Agent for Kenosha County.
E- See advertisement. 6w30
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M.ARREED.

In Bristol, op thr Path inst, ut the residence of the
BRIDES father, by Rev. J. Keep, Mr.. ERAsTUs 8. GAS.
TIE, of Paris, to MISS BETsEY o. HOLBROoK Of
the former place.
In this city on the 25th by the Rev. Jason Lothrop
Mr.. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BEARD and Miss JOSE
PHENE AGNES ENGLISH, both Of KenoSha.
Alss by the same on the 3Oth Mr.. ARTHUR B.PRICE
Of Minnesota and Miss MALVINA OLEAVELAED OF
Pa Tis.
For fancy bids, some girls Ger nice
Too long in market tarry
MALvINA, having her own PRICE,
Most wisely chose to marry.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31

er Michigan, Captain Carter, has returned to
Erie from Sandusky, and is preparing to go
into winter quarters. She is in excellent con-
dition, and has been supplied with a new ar
mament, consisting of thirteen additional
guns. She now carries four underground
howitzers, four t~en-pound PARROTS, a sixty
~four-pounder bow gun, ana her old stern gun
which for many years has been her only ar
tillery.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31

SENATOR HowE,of this State offered al
amendment to the CONSUMPTION act. ''That all
sums paid by way Of Communication shall con-
stitute a fund to be equally distributed among
the several persons who shall be drafted into
the service under the same c~all,one third to
be paid at the termination of each years ser
vice" The amendment will be under con-
sideration when the Senate re-assembles.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31

EXTREMES MEET.-WRNDELL PHILIPS, the
New York World, the Boston L~ibeyat0r, and
the Chicago Times, all unite in ~denounciug
the Presidents recent amnesty proclamation.
The great mass of the American people seem
to yield it hearty support.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31

AMONG Union prisoners recently escaped
from Richmond, the name Of John r. McCul-
lough,o of the 1st Wisconsin, is reported. Nc
Cullough feigned dead, and was carried out
in a coffin. Some Unibn ladies of Richmond
furnished him a coat, made of a secesh blanket,
by means of which he was enabled to work
his way up to our lines and finally to reach
Washington.
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made thnt Cen
Assertions having [

Assertions having b, uade that Gen.
Hooker needlessly sacrificed ! thousand men
in the fight at Ringgold, Ga, it may be we'll
to state that in the late campaign, Gen Hook
er's command fought four battles, besides sew
eral skirmishes, captured over two-thirds of
all the prisoners, arm and camp equipage
taken, and seven pieces Of artillery. with a
total loss not exceeding one thousand men.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31

\ NEwsrAPER.-An exchange says there is
no book SO cheap as a newspaper; none so
interesting 3eCause it consists Of a variety
measured out III suit .bie portions as to time
ana quantity. Being new every day or week,
1t invites to a habit of reading, and affords an
easy and agreeable mode Of acquiring knowl-
edge, so essential to the individual and the
community. 1t caused many hours to pass
away pleasantly, and proftabIy, which would
otherwise be spent in idleness and mischief
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31
BOUNwEEs TO vOLUNTEERs!
SOMERS

SOMhRS :!
NTOT1CE is hereby given that a meeting will sbe
1N held at the Town Hall, in said town, on Saturday
the I'd day of January next, at enc O'Clock, P. M, to
discuss the pr opriety of raising a Tax to pay a bounty
to volunteers to fill the quota of laid town under the
next draft.
Somers, December 2Sth, 1868.
1H30 MAEY CITIZENS,
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FROM NORTH
NKwBrRS \ q Dao 8

NKWBURN, \. c.. Dec. %.
The new oath of allegiance has been adj
ministered to a number Of rebel officers aud
soldiers who have recently come into our lines
to accept the pardon offered by the President
They bring the intelligence that a large NUN
her are like situated, and who intend to Dc
likewise at the earliest opportunity.
The plan ofleasing out the abandoned nIan-
tations in Eastern Carolina, as adopted by the
Hon. David N. Eaton, supervising agent ot
the Treasury Department, is proving a great
success to the Treasury Department, and is
also a great benefit TO the l,Doring classes Of
ooth coioTs, Who are soon 0 present Mr.. Ia
ton with a beautiful testimonial.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31
NRTEGE :

THNHEf2E will be a Special Meeting of Engine Co.
n No, l, at their house, Thursday evening, January
TN 1864, for the purpose of electing three Trustees to
represent said county in the Fire Department, and at
which time there will be laid before the Co. a Gem
munication from the State Fire Department relative to
becoming members of said Department.
lw30 e. 2. LEWIS, Foreman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31
e Boston is ahead. Wi

c~ Boston is ahead. We'll ~,
10 be e mite o.tdone by the "AtherS Of
than Chicago; 5 aethiug more Of accDnn "se
ted capital has yeen somev hat Iongsr 4ro;''
ed to the work OF giving for public Objects
The country about her contains a population
somewhat more homogeneous, and which works
more universally in harmony than ours. Still,
we feel pretty well over our $50, 600, if she
does give Sl4O,0 600 for the purposes of the
Sanitary lommission. New York is about
moving also. Let us wait and see what she
wli DO. Perhaps she will come out a little
ahead Of Boston.-Chtcego Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31
SPECIAL
Anniversary of the proclamation
90 ESurn. CSuN.nNKnrr

Thr first Anniversary ef the Presidents Froclamal
ton of Emancipation will be observed in the Congrega.
tional Church in this city on Sunday evening next the
3rd of January 1854. An address and other exercises
appropriate to the occasion may be expected. Tn
friends of religious freedom and humanity, are invited
to a ttend.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31

SPECIMEN OF CANINE SAGACIrY.-Look.
woods dog Jack is quite a novelty in his way
He has been in the habit for a year or more
of going to the News Depot and bringing
home his masters paper. A day or two since
in making his usual call some one handed
him a copy of the Chicago Times which he
merely smelled Of and turned away in disgust,
but when a loyal paper was rendered him he
took it and made off %instsnter. 1t is a well
known fact that he has never been induced to
take the Times in his mouth. When even
dogs begin to hate its copperheadism no man
can tell to what depths of degradation it will
falI.-F0Rd du Lac Reporter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31
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IMPORTANT RELATIVE TO ENLIsTMENTs.-We
learn from Madison that Provost Marshal Low
ell, has received a dispatch from Provost Mar
shall General Fry, stating that recruits will be
credited to the towns by which they are en-
listed, and from which they accept bounties.
Towns and cities that are first in the field,
therefore, with large bounties will stand the
best chance of filling their quotas with volun-
t.urs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31
A Blockade Runner Captured.

NEW YORK, DeCelnber ZJ.
The New York Tribune learns that the
United States steamer Huron captured an ol2
river steamer with 300 bales of cotton, valued
at $500, 600, while attempting to run the block
ade below Charleston.
The expedition planned by General Gil
more for attacking Savannah, was abandon
ed in consequence of the return of the reb-
Ell troops who had been to Bragg's assist
ance.
Several expeditions are afoot, from which
good results are anticipated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31

By order of Gen. Grant, the sale Of whisky
either by wholesale or retail, has been pro-
hibited at Nashville.
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'MAKE HAY WHILE Sun SHINEs."-Or in
other words enlist while the U. S. Bounty OF
1902 is paid to volunteers, instead of waiting
until it is too late to receive more than the old
bounty of 500.
After the 9Th of January-nextTuesday-
according to the following notice given, the
Government will pay only 800
ga law has been passed to the effect that
'no bounties, except such as are now provid-
led by law, shall be paid to any person en-
'listed after the fifth (5th) of January next
THE only bounty provided by law is the one
hundred QO0) dollars authorized by act OF
Congress, promulgated in General Order For
'"ty-niue (49), series of eighteen hundred and
''sixty-one Q86D from this office. Bounties
''will be paid in accordance with existing or
''ders, to recruits who enlist before January
fifth (5thl inclusive, for any three years or
'tganization i'll service, as authorized by the
''War Department, and in process of compile
''tion. By order
SECRETARY OF WAR;"
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CONE HoME.-We understand that the ga!

CONE HoME.-We understand that the gal
liant 9rd Wis. Volunteers, having re-enlisted
for three years or the war, arrived home, al
Madison, yesterday, on furlough, and to re-
cruit their thinned ranks. Preparations were
made to give them a grand reception, but we
have not heard the particulars.
The 7th Wis. Regiment is also on its way
home for the same purpose.
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New Years Greeting
from
DR.. G. w. RCSACK,

1NvALIDs VEL WHERE
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-12-31
Our EeRseIatuFg

The time for the assembly of our State Leg
~islature will soon be here. There is reason to
hope that the coming session will be made
a short and useful one. The Union men of
the State will have such a majority in that
body that they must be held responsible for
it's doings. The minority is too weak to him
der prompt and efficient action upon all mat
tefs pertaining to the interest OF the State or
Nation. There is no call for an extended SEES
sion. The Legislation that is necessary, or
that would be beneficial to the State may all
be done in sixty days, and when that is done
the Legislature should adjourn. The ever
lasting tinkering of the Statutes, that every
session consumes months of time without any
adequate benefit has come to be a nuisance,
and it is to be hoped shat the present Legisla-
ture elect, will put a stop to it, and amend
only such laws as the general interest de-
mands.
We shall be represented in both branches
of the Legislature by able and influential
members, and we hope and believe that all
the influence they have will be exerted in be.
half of a short, active and economical session.
The people are sufficiently burdened with
State taxes and National taxes-with COM
mutation money to escape tho draft, and boun-
ties to volunteers-and the more economical
Legislators can make their session, consistent
ly with the public interests, the better they
will please their constituents. We do not be.
lieve either of the members from this county
will cast a vote in favor of a measure that they
are not convinced is for the interests of the
people at large. They are both educated,
heightened gentlemen, who will not act the
dem agogue to rob and deceive the people
We do not say this in disparagement of the
members of any other county, nor to exoner
ate our own members beforehand from their
share of the responsibility of a long, expen-
size and unsatisfactory session. They will
have influence among their fellow members
and they will be all the more blame-worthy
if they use it not for good.
We believe the Legislature, for the com.
ing session will be composed Of the highest
order OF talent, with more patriotism, thar
usual, and we shall look for a corresponding
improvement in the character Of the Legisla
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e Remember the Sociable this evening.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-07
Another Rebel Account of the
Battle OF ChLcamauga.
From the Richmond Enquirer, sept 2'

From the Hchmohd Enquirer, Sept 20
The news of the late victory over
Rosecrans by General Bragg begins to
come in slowly. The Chattanooga Rebel
of the 22d says that the battle of Chic
amauga has proved the most extensive
and desperate struggle of the Western
campaign, and it is not yet over The
fatality among the field officers is unprecedea-
ted. Every train and almost every dis
patch from the front has brought the an
nouncement of another and still another
prominent officer, indicating the desper-
ate nature of the conflict, the splendid
and impetuous charges of our own troops,
and the stubborn and desperate resis-
lance of the foe. Already major.
general and several brigadier- generals
are numbered among the noble dead of
our side. 1t is impossible to get any
accurate account of the enemy's losses /;
but the field was literally strewn with
their dead, and doubtless the mortality
among their officers has been equal to if
not greater than ours, Notwithstanding
the enemy has trained shArpshooters for
the express purpose of picking off our
commanders.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-07
HaSsa. Osrpus in the south.

II is not known, we believe, that the
privilege of hAbeas corpus has been sus-
pended altogether in the COnrederaoy, for
over twelve months. We have the highest
judicial authority for stating this fact,
although we cannot give any name. The
suspension was made by private order
of JEFF Davis to the leading judicial
officers, and never has been published.
Probably not one man in fifty thousand
in all rebeldom is aware that for over
twelve months the privilege Of habeas
corpus has not existed in the South at
all Our authority on this point is, we
repeat, unquestionable.