The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-01-01
TI,e News

tee of Investigation into the Fredericksburg bat
! tie. The testimony of Gen. Burnside will be
| read with interest 1t entirely does away with
the assumption Of the enemies of the admins
tration, that the President or Secretary of War.
or both, were responsible for that disastrous af-
fair. Ii was charged at once, Ly the whole
Democratic press, from the New York ROrid
down, through the Chicago Times, Milwaukee
Ne,es, Detroit Free Press, &c, that Gen. Burn
side was compelled to fight this battle against
| his own Judgment, and when he knew it would
| only result in disaster. by the Imperative orders
| Of the COMMANDMENT Chief who was urged on
| by the President and Secretary of war, who
were. IN turn urged on by the clamor Of the ab>
olitioniSts--or in other words the Republican
party for great battle. This testimony OF
| Gen Burnsine himself brands the whole charge
as false. He takes the whole responsibility OF
movement and attributes its failure, primarily
to the delay of the pontoons with which to cross
the Rappahannock, thus giving the enemy time
to mass his forces, and fortitv his position.
| We rejoice at this vindieatjon of the Pres
denlfrom all blame in that affair. 1t will
strengthen the confidence of the people in the
President. while their appreciation of the char
acter Of Cen Burnside will be enhanced by thS
noble bearing he has exhibited under tn e trying
circumstances of what We trust is bat tempo
rary check to his onward progress.
The news from New Orleans, of tho arriva
there OF Gen. Banks with his expedition, vii
L ;,h nr.1a faIyi
of the department, has the true ring in it. He
has already commenced active operations. |
is said that Gen. Butler will be put in com
mand of an EXCEPTION against Charleston, 5. C..
and that he will ere long, be dispensing the
blessings of Republican government to the
chivairy of that den of treason and corruption
We give quite full accounts of the transac-
tions of Gen Foster and his command in Nort'
Carolina He seems 10 have had an unbroker
series of successes throughout the campaign il
the "Old North State
The news from the southwest seem to be Less
encouraging. In Kentucky and tennessee, the
| marauding bands of the rebels, have succeeded
in doing much damage, in the destruction o
private and public property, tearing up railroad
tracks burning bridges, sc.
Gen grant, it seems, has fallen back to the
north side of the Tailahatchie. The 33rd Wis.
is in Gen Sherman ) division of Grant army,
which was in the advance, at last accounts.
| Thafe has been a report about town, which
| has not been confirmed however. that we are
aware of, that the 18th Wis. was captured en-
| tire, at the time Holly Springs was Ietaken
/ by the rebels. We hope this will prove to have
been bat flying report without foundation =
! The last we heard of the 18th they were with
Gen. Grants advance, south of Holly Springs
! The approach of large force from the soutl
toward VIcksbnrg, Miss and the departure o
:, force down the Mississippi for the same des-
! tinaton, indicates warm work in that direction
I ere lang. Vicksburgh must soon fall, aud thf
Mississippi must be opened throughout its en-
cutting the rebellion in two. Texas and Arkan
! aas on the west side of the river will! not long
hold out, and they will no longer be sending
their troops to the east. Ns"' a..-
|
it is encouraging. A general activity seems Il
prevail throughout our lines, that nowhere
looks like going into winter quarters.
! YoTE ON TUE AMENDMENT TO THE Cor
sTirUTl0N.-Th Secretary of State has pub
lished an official statement of the vote givel
on the Amendment to tho constitution Tn
/ fOIiOWinn is the result -t
Against Amendment 80. 81. 81:
Majority ,Agairst.---.. --..----. Is, 10
On Amendment to Banking Law the vo
j stood: a9..' . - w
For Amendment to Banking Law 49,. 46, &c
Against 7,79
Majority for s. ' 80, AZ
Thus it will be seen that the people have NJ
idea of increasing The salary of the Governor a
present. We are not in favor of giving enor
mus salaries TO our State officers, yet we thinl
that sfe salary of our Chief Executive Officer
is hardly sufficient for practical purposes.
night be increased SO as to make the Governo
| a little more independent of the "perquisites
or his private fortune.
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! Mrs. Gov. HARVEY. Mrs. LOWELL wife 0
Lieut.. Col. of the 33d Wis. Regiment, who is a
present at Memphis, sends us a copy OF the
Memphis Bulletin, from which we take the fol
lowing very fattering notice of Mrs. Gov. Har
vey. Mrs Harvey was formerly a resident o
this city, and is well remembered by many 0
| our older citizens, who will be glad to rea,
this high encomium of former friend an,
neighbor a,...
Another Florence Nightingale. - We referred
in a recen article to the arrival of Mrs. Gov
| Harvey, the Florence Nightingale of Wiscon
I SIM i'll our city. Since then we have received
the following fattering testimonial to her un
selfish labors. which we copy with pleasure !:
H. MEMPHIS, Tenn, December II 1862
Editors Memphis BHiietin-Gentiemen /: Ii
i your paper OF this morning you announce thu
! arrival here from Helena, Arkansas, of Mrs
Gov. Harvey, ''the Florence Nightingale 0
Wisconsin, asa. III.
Permit ME to add TO the approval of you
compliment my testimony in favor of the recip
lent, even at the risk sof my efforts beipg re
| garded "a the work of supererogatiou.
4 .SiI have witnessedsthe efforts of Mrs. Harye,
W Ie'tlefe our suIeFiIlg soloIeFS III Inc camp:
and hospitals at Memphis and Helena, and
have travelled with her on our steamers, ant
have thus enjoyed superior opportunities fo
making myself familiar with the objects of he
mission and the successfulness of its accom-,
plishment5&5 t'2 ar1a- -,.
4 Mrs. Harveyis true hearted, noble minded
4 Christian Lady and patriot,v whose whole sou
is ENGAGED in the cause of her country and II {
+ relief of suffering humanity. While she pos
sesses the patriotism that stimulated our moth.
els to mould bullets for our fathers in rs, she
( hadathe courage to enter the field of conflict
1.-THE humanity to attend the wounded in the
carnage of battle; the heart and intellect to
minister 10 minds diseased; the religious fer-
| vor to cenafortthe dying and light the cheered
/ spirit from its mutlated tabernacle to the arms
of eternal hope while she possesses the dign.
| ty of character to Danish the most distant ap>