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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-07-25
!" EPicik Dust,

Mr.. Pomeroy. of the the La Crosse
Democrat, IS nice man, and loyal
muchly SO. We clip the following items
from the last issue of his weekly pa
per
We have vet 10 know of worse inhu
manity than is practiced in the majority
of our military prisons.
The rebels, ia robbing. plunderine
and vandalism are but giving us the
benefit Of the lessons taug 1T them flom
the commencement of the war.
Wherever our army has gone it has
been to steal SIX days Dat Of seyeu-
public AMI private.
We wish 10 see the Union as il was.
Slavery aud all, for such was AID Is the
right.
Contrast that last item with the fol-
lowing, taken from that brave and loyal
paper, the Nashville Crenn.) Uaioa.-
How mean sounds Bricks faIsehood be
81 10 such uutspokeR truth
Whatever weakens the Accountable
system Of slavery weakens the rebellion.
Every blow at slavery is blow III the
Southern Cou:ederacy. Every wound
inflicted on the heaven defying aud man
degrading system of human bondage is
dagger thrust at the heart of the
Richmond dynasty. When the night of
death and damnation close over the
southern rebellion, NAV not slave be
found on our continent 10 kindie the
fame Of another rebellion. AMI bring
down the wrath of God anew upon this
nation.
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The state Convention.

The call of the Republican State Cen
trail Committee for the State Convention
to be held in this city on the 10Th of
ugust next, will be found in our col
umns 10 day.
Tho call is broad enough to enable all
unconditional Union men who are in ia
vor of putting down the rebellion by mil
itary force, to co operate under it. AT
this time there is no essential difference
between thorough going War Democrats
and Republicans. The call recognizes
this truth and invites them to act togeth-
or.
The copperhead journals will doubtless
attempt TO excite the prejdudices of the
war Democrats against particir ating in a
convention called by q Republican COM
mittce. We believe, however, that
among intelligent men, and there is no
hope of reaching any other class of
Democrats, principles will have more
rights than mere names. The Demo
cratic party is bopeless'y under the con
troll ofmen opposed to vigorous coerclve
measures against the rebellion. Inc he-
publican party constitutes nucleus
around which those who agree in favoring
the prosecution of the war, and achieving
peace through victory, can most readily
and effectually rally. The call asks no
man to relinquish any views be may en-
terrain respecting the causes or respoLsi-
bility of the war, but admits TO an equal
voice in the primary meetings and the
convention all who now agree upon the
general policy Of its energetic prosecu-
ton. ard who are ready to encourage
and support the administration in its eff
fonts to put down rebellion 10y military
force.
Under this call we think all who are
sincere in desiring union of uncondi-
tional loyal men may consistently meet
and o-operate.-jState Journal.
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Notice to Vacate.

State of Wisconsin. Pierce county Tn the
matter of the application of Franklin Otis
to vacate cerlin portions of the village of
Franklin.
NOTICE is hereby given that the UNDER
~ signed, Franklin Otis, will apply to the
County Board of Supervisors of Pierce Co.,
at their session. to be convened 10th day OF
November, 1863, for an order vacating the
following described portions of the village OF
Franklin. said county and State to-wit:
Lots 3, 4, ) and 6 in block one.
Lots and 5 in lock two.
West halt of lot 3, and all of lots 4, 5, g..
10, III and - in block three
Lots 3, A, ) and in block four.
Lots 2, 3, 5 and 6 block five.
Lots and 2 in block 6.
All of Main Street, all of high Street, and
all of Vine Street, and all of the alleys run
ming between the aforementioned lots
FRANKLIN OTIS.
Trimbelle July II, 1862. I0-w9
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Rafereees SnIa.

Circuit Court, Pierce County, State of Wis
consin.
Richard Martin and William Fl. Hall, ag'st
Calvin A. Tuttle, Charlotte M. Tuttle and
the unknown heirs of ID. Garfield. deceased.
J Judgment of foreclosure and SALE
DY VIRTU E of and pursuant to a judg-
I'D ment rendered in said court in the above
entitled action. dated July 9th A. d. 1863. l
shall expose for sale and sell to the highest
bidder. at public auction. tor cash, at the front
door of the City Bank of Prescott. in the city
OF Prescott. Pierce county, Wisconsin, on the
3lst day Of August. 1863, at ten o'clock A. NJ.
of that day. the following described premises,
or so much thereof us may be necessary to
raise the amount of said judgment and costs,
together with the expenses of sale, to-wit -
The equal undivided half of section 27, town
25, range Is, and the or OF Sc or of section
%. town % of range 10. and the NV or of ne
or, and the sw or of ne Or, and the NV or of
sc or of section 33. of town &c of range 10.
and the W hf of the sw or of section 81 OF
town 26 of range 10.
Dated at Prescott, July Is, 1863.
A III. YOUNG, Referee
j. G. BUTToS, Pl'ffs Atty. live
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CIRCULAR NO AZ.
WAR DEPT, PRovosT, MARsHAL's J
OFFICE. WASHINGTON. Julv II. (

CIRCULAR NO Al.
WAR DEPT, PRovosT, MARsHAL'sl
OFFICE, WASHINGTON, July II.
FlrSt-Drafted men become soldiers
in the service of the United States by the
fact of their names having been drawn
in the draft. The notification served up
on them by the Provost Marshal, is mere
~ an announcement of the fact, and an
order for them to report for duty at a
designated time and place.
Second-The following opinion of
Hon. VIM. Whiting, Solicitor of the
War Department, is published for the in
formation of all Concerned:
OPINION OF MR.. WHITING.
When person has been drafted in
pursuance Of the enrolment act of
March Sd, 1868, notice of such draft
must be served within ten days thereaf-
ter, by a written or printed notice to be
served on him personally or by leaving
a copy at his last place of residence, re
curing him to appear at designated
rendezvous to report for duty.
Any person failing to report for duty
after nctice is left, without furnishing a
substitute or paying $500, is pronounced
by law deserter. He may be arrested
AMI held for trial by court marshal and
sentenced to death.
A person after being drafted, and
before receiving the notice deserted, the
notice may still be served by leaving it at
his last place of residence. If he does
not appear in accordance with the notice,
or furnish substitute, or pay the $500,
he will be in law deserter, and must be
treated accordingly.
There is no way, or manner in which
q person once enrolled can escape his
public duties, and when drafted, whether
present or absent-whether he changes
his residence or absents himself-the
rights of the United States against him
are secured, and it is only by the per-
Torrance of his duty to the country, that
he will escape liability to be treated as a
criminal.
(Slgned) WIN. WHITING.
Solicitor War Dept.
JAS. B. FRY, Provost Marshal Gen.
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The Draft-VvisOnsin I.S61
ahead of the caiiiS-Men far
nisgied 10 tEsc Army from diff
fcrent Congressional Dis
gYicsS.

We published some little time ago a
statement of the number Of men furnish
ed by Wisconsin to the u. S. service,
stating that there were later enlistmcnts
than were then embodied, which would
which would increase Wisconsin S excess
over all calls. A second complete stat, :
ment, embodying and classifying all the
contributions which Wisconsin has made
TO the army of the Union, up to a very
recent date, has been sent from the Adj
ulant Generals office to Provost Marshal
LOWELL. at Milwaukee. We have been
permitted to copy the aggregates given
below. We understand that the num-
Der of men furnished by each town has
been reported to Col. LOWELL, and we
suppose in making the draft due credit
will be given for an excess over the for
mer calls. This will exempt many places
from the draft altogether. ANY other
course would be manifestly unfair and
cause dissatisfaction.
There have been 73S enlislments since
last falls draft, of which 1914 were from
this Congressional District. This Sec
ond District compares well with others,
having furnished the largest number Of
men, ranking second in excess of quota,
and having the smallest number Of draft
cd men in the service.
1t will be observed that it is true &C
the complete statement, as it was of the
partial one, that the excess Of volunteer,
is IN proportion TO the Rcpublicanisn of
districts, and their deficiency in proper
ton to their Democracy. All the r.
publican districts volunteered in excess
of their quota, and all the Democratic
districts failed to fill their quota by vol
unieers
The following are the fiUures.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-07-25

The RIGHrs OF THE PEOPLE.-Madi-
son, in one of the Federalist papers, gavo
utterance to the following sentiment,
which is particularly applicable to the
Rights of the People" shriekers of the
present time /:
The vigor Of government is essential
10 the security Of liberty; in the con
temptation Of n sound and well inform
ed judgment their interests can never be
separated and dangerous ambition
more often turks behind the spacious
mask Of zeal for the rights of the peo-
pie than under .he forbidden appearance
Of zeal for the frmness and efficiency of
the government.
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County Convention /.

a Republican Union County Convention
VII he held at Ellsworth on Saturday. Au.
gust sth. Tor the purpose Of electing six dele
gates 10 represent Pierce County in the As.
semblv District Convention. to be held al
River Falls on The 18th day OF August. fcl
the purpose Of electing two delegates 10 Ia,
Republican Onion County Convention 10 be
held at Madison August 10.
Each town will be entitled to the following
number of delegates:
Isabel, /; Pleasant Valley, 2 Diamond
Buff. ? (; Hartland, 1 FL Paso. Union. l
Salem, l Gartcl. 4 River Falls, .; Clif.
ton, 3; Trenton, Trimbeile. 3: Perry, =
Oak Grove, 3; Prescott. Isl ward, 3; 2nd
ward, ).
BY order of Co Committee.
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/ 4 GRAVE WITHOUT A MoNUMEST.-
The sea is the largest of cemeteries, and
all its s!umberers sleeps without monu
ment. All ether graveyards, in all lands,
show some distinction between tie great
and the small, the rich and the poor :;
but IN that ocean cemetery, the king and
the Gown, the prince and the peasant are
alike undistinguished. The same wave
rolls over all, the rtquium, by the min
strelsy of the ocean, is sung to their hon
or. Over their remains the same storms
beat, and the same sun shines; and there,
unmarked, the weak and powerful, the
plumed and tho unhonored will sleep on
until. awakened by the trump, the sea
will give up lis death.
No marble rises to point out where
'GPark where Gov. Seymour addressed
stating that he had sent his Adult
General to Washington to request :
draft TO be stopped, and implored :
crowd to respect property and perso
ard the State would see that all wo
be made satisfactory.
New YoRK, July At: 30 =. "
All oInnibussos have stopped rum
and the horse ears also, uader the tlI>
of the mob. :
a body ofinfan,ry and artillery are "
a tic '~'''e'o iii"' River Rai!roae
4. } g;strale means to found -. .oh a,
for himself and family-that a coup
detat is in preparation by which he is
to become ABRAHAM THE FIRST, Del
GRATIA-they cannot have duly pom
dered his letter of July 9th, in which
he unbosoms himself with the simplicity
of a rustic lover called upon by an anxi-
Gus parent 10 explain his intentions.
The force of his argument is not at all
injured bv the homeliness of his illustra-
tons The American people are not
much afraid that their liberties will be
usurpe.i. An army of Legislators is not
very likely to throw away its political
privileges, and the idea of despotism
resting upon an open ballot box, is like
that of Bunker Hill Monument built on
the waves of Boston harbor. We knew
pretty nearly how much sincerity there is
in the fears so GENEROUSLY expressed,
and bow far they are found in company
with uncompromising hostility to the
armed enemies of the nation. We have
learned to put true value on the servi-
ces of the watchdog who bays the moon
but does not bite the thief
The men who are so busy holy-stoniug
the quarterback, while all hands are
wanted to keep the ship afoat, can no
doubt show spots upon it that would be
very unsightly in fair weather. No thor
oughly loyal man, however, need suffer
from any arbitrary exercise of power,
such as cmergences always give rise to-
If any half loyal man forgets his code of
half decencies and half duties SO far as
10 become obnoxious to the peremptory
justice which takes the place of slower
forms in all centres of confagration,
there is no sympathy for him among the
soldiers who are risking their lives for us /:
perhaps there is even more satisfaction
than when an avowed traitor is caught
and punished.-Dr. D. IT. Holmes.
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PRESCOTT, WIS
Republican Union State Con-
vention.

A Republican Union State Convention will
be held at tie Capitol ia the city of Madison,
atI2 O'Clock NJ, OK "WEDNESDAY, TIE 19rH
DAY OF AuGUsT nexi. to nominate candidates
for State officers 10 be chosen al the general
election in November. and to take such other
action as the public welfare shall seem to de-
mand.
The chief public questions now before the
country are those relating tn the present war,
and the proper method Of dealing with the
rebellion. There Is no reason why those
who concur substantially in opinion upon
these subjects should not now act together po-
litically, whatever may have been their ante
cedents. We therefore cordially invite all
electors ia mite In the election of delegates
10 the state Convention aforesaid who APP
prove of the following propositions
That the Unien be preserved Ia its integ-
rity;
That the constitution and laws If the Uni
ted States be enforced Throughout the whole
dational CONAN:
That the rebellion is suppressed. rot by
compromises with or concessions To traitors,
but by the sword whose agency they have
themselves invoked:
That the National Administration should
& . heartily and generously supported III its
efforts 10 put down the rebellion.
Each Senate and each Assembly district
VIII be entitled TO two delegates in said State
Convention.
The Central Committee recommend to the
district committees that the conventions for
the election of delegates be held as early as
Saturday. the s,h day of August.
Madison. July sth, 1863.
HORACE RUBBEE,
s. J. TODD,
G. w. HAZELTON,
JOHN LOCKWOOD,
J. W. STEWART.
JOHN P. LEWIS,
B. F. COOPER,
J. E. MUNGER,
CHAs. ESSLINGER,
}. NJ. GILLETF,
W. E. SMITH,
State Central Committee.
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THE DRAFT.
Important Circulars from the
Provost Marshal General.
WAR DEPARTMENT. ]
PRovosT MARsHAL's OFFICE, :
AsHIN GToN. July IR.

PROVOST MARSHAL s OFFlCE, T
WAsHINGToN, July 18.
Circular, No 81.
The fourth paragraph of circular No.
Al, issued from this Office July II, 1868,
is hereby modified as to correspond with
the opinion of Hon. Mir. Whiting, sole.
itor of the War Department, which will
hereafter govern in all cases which it is
applicable.
OPINION.
A person drafted into the military SER
vice of tie United States under the pro-
visions Of the act of March Sd, 1868,
chapter rs for enrolling and calling out
the national forces, and for other purpos-
os, claiming exemption from draft by
reason of any disability as provided in
said act, has the right to have the ques-
ton of his disability submitted to and
passed upon by the board of enrollm ent,
whose decision thereupon is law.
If the Board shall have decided that
the claimant is able to serve, he has the
right after such decision, to pay his COM
mutation money or furnish his substitute,
within such extended time as may be Of
fered by the Board Of Enrolment, for
for his appearance for duty.
(Signed) WIN. WHITING,
Solicitor War Department.
J. F. Fay, Provost Marshall General.
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Rcferce,S Sale.

Pierce County Circuit Court, State of Wis
consin.
Wesley Davis. administrator of the estate OF
Horace A Davis. deceased, plaintiff. ag'st
VIM. II. Odell Robert OdeH, Mason Stone,
George E James, L, H. Pomeroy, F. Pom
eroy, J. W. Beardsley and j. r. Lyford,
defendants.
DY VIRTUE and in pursuance of a judg-
ID ment and decree of foreclosure and sa e.
rendered in said court in the above entitled
action, dated July 6th 1863. shall expose
for sale and sell to the highest bidder, at the
front door of the City Bank of Prescott, III
the city of Prescott in said county and State,
on Saturday the fifth day of September, 1903,
at o'clock in the afternoon OF said cay, the
following described mortgaged premises, or so
much thereof as shall be necessary to satisfy
the amount of said Judgment and costs and
the expenses of sale, tO-wit: Commencing
fifty-one rnds south, nine degrees west from
the northeast corner Cf the southeast quar-
ter of the mol th-west quarter of section num-
Der thirteen. in township number 81 of range
number 10 west, running thence soHth nine
degrees west eighty rods to a stake, thence
north nine degrees west sixteen rods to stake
standing in the center of highway, thence
north thirty-four and a half degrees east SIX
teen rods and thirty eight links To a stake in
the center of highway, thence north eighty
one degrees east seventy-one rods and twenty
one links to the place of beginning, contain
ing fourteen acres; also the south half OF the
northwest quarter of the northwest quarter
of section number %, in township numser
81, Of range number Is, containing twenty
acres; also, commencing at the northeast
corner of the northwest quarter of the south
west quarter of section number l3, in town
ship number 81. of range number 10; run
ming thence west on quarter section line Is
rods and six feet to center of highway. thence
with center of highway twenty-five rods,
thence east little south TO the quarter Sec
ton line, between lands owned by Davis IL
Odell TO point thirty-three rods from first
named corner. thence to place of beginning,
containing three and One-half acres, all in
Pierce county. State of Wisconsin.
Dated July 10, 1863.
JIG. BUTTON, Referee.
YoUNG q FITCH PI'ffs Att'ys lI-w6
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RECENT REBEL Losses. The losses
to the Rebellion in men since The lst of
July may be briefly summed up as fol-
lows:
Lorsps of Gen. Lee in killed, wounded. pri-
soners aud stragleTs, $4,000
CAPTURED at Vicksburg 81 900
Killed. wounded and pri's at Helena. $500
Prisoners and straglers from General
Braggs army, $500
Captured by General Sherman on the
Big Black, 2,0G0
Total. 1900
Add to this the hiss at Port Hudson
and Charleston. and we have a total of
not less than 100000.
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q Deserved Honor.

Col. STARKwE ATHER, of the Ist Reg =,
has been promoted to Brigadier Gen
eval. This is n deserved honor to one of
WiscOnsin's mos; gallant soldiers. Col.
Starkweather led the First Regiment
under the three months call, and saw Sc
we're service. AT the expiration of the
time of enlistment he filed the regiment
again, and went in for the war. Much
of the time since he has been in CON-
mand of brigade, and has fairly won
his promotion. He is one of the right
sort of Democrats.
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Republican Union Assembly
Dist Convention.

A Convention for the Assembly District.
comprising the counties of Pierce and st
CrOix.will he held al River Falls on Wednss-
day, the l2tL day of August, for the purpose
of electiug two delegates TO attend the State
CogyentioB, for the nomination of Stale Off
GERS 20 be held at Madison an the 18th day of
August. Each county will be entitled to six
delegates.
By order of Committee.
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STATE Teachers Association
The 18th annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin State Teachers Association, and Sec
ond annual meeting Of the State Con-
vention of county Superintendent. is to
be held at Kenosha from the 18th to the
slst inst. The programme is an extern
siye and interesting one.
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Resolution.

RESOLVED. BY the Common Council of the
city of Prescott, that the Mayor be author
lied TO cause the construction of Pound in
the First Ward of the city of Prescott. and TO
appoint Pound Master for said ward
G. A. DILL, Mayor.
A. MILLER, City Clerk.
Notice is hereby given, that the above reso-
luton was passed by the Common Council of
the city of Prescott on the 18th day of July,
A. d. 1863. A. MILLER, Clerk
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DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS. Sc
~ MINAL, URINARY AND SEXUAL
SYSTEMS-new and reliable treatment-in
reports of the HOWARD ASSOCIATION
Sent by mail in sealed letter envelopes, free
of charge Address. DR.. J. SKILLIN HOUGH-
TON. Howard Association, No 2 South Ninth
st, Philadelphia, Pa. We n45 Iy
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re- To talk about the expense of de-
Tending the government IS as mercenary
and craven as the man who impIored
the fOOtpad to take his life but spare bis
money.-Loaisvile Journal.
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@ The following is genuine tram
script of an epitaph -" Here lie the re-
mains of Thomas Woodhen-the most
amiable of husbands the most excellent
of men. N. B-The name is Wood
cock, but it would not come in rhyme.
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E KEEP your body sound as wine
savors of the cash it is kept in, the soul
receives tinciure from the frame whish
it works.
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Eg- Is there anything in this world
that can beat good wifes Yes, bad
husband.
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Love has many languages, and the
tenderest and most eloquent of them is
silence.
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1t may be better to do foolish things
seasonably than wise ones unseasonably.
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The following are the figures:
Net excess, -----I,S sc.

Eg- Women will be pure if men will
be true. You men, this great result
abidcs with you. If you would but see
how beautiful flower grows upon the
stock Of selfdenial, you would give this
plant The honor it deserves. If it seems
hard and lomcly, despise it not, for in it
sleep the beauty Of heaven and the
breath Of angels. IF you do not witness
Sie glory Of its blossoming during the
clay of life, its petal will open when the
hight of death comes, gladden. your clio
sing eyes with their grateful perfume.
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Chrotcbets are very well in a music
book, but bad in peoples heads.