Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-11-21
NEWS ETEES.

rendered Iong since, has al last been &c
ca:.ted, owia. probably to. thc recent dis
aster which Eefe! portion of MS army.
Il slIouI,l hc remjsa5erel, however, to
his credit, that during his Eas; Tennessee
campaign lie las captured three times rs
many men as hc has lost. We regret to
lart with Burnside, tie moro especially
as lac rc:ires from the army at ,gether;
but in placing General Foster in his com
Inanl. We believe las mani, fails o. wor
thy shoulders.
= As we anticipated, Val!ar diglam
AMI kindred spirits are Implicated in the
infamous plot foT the release Of rebel PRS
oners and tLa destruction of cities on Lake
Erie. Had lie been elected Governor Of
OHIO, Tie plot might have been partial
success, but the contamination of the
scheme being delayed b. the oyerwheIin-
ing Union manifestations at the late elect
ions, exposure follows and such precau-
tionary measures have been taken, that
the Copperheads will be compiled TO
abandon the undertaking.
4 dispatch from the rebel Gen. Ran.
som. gives the particulars of the capture
of one Of General Burnside's most east
erly outposts in Tennessee, which was
reported few days ago. Tho disaster
referred TO occurred at Rogerstlle, Hawk
iusyilIe county, Tennessee. This place is
the terminus OF the E st Tennessee and
Virginia Railroad, and is fifteen miles
from knoxv!li~. The rebels, according to
Union reports, captured only 800 men
and four cannon. Our main army is st
KnOxviile-iu what is said 10 be an iln-
pr5gnabie position, subject ID the orders
General Grant, who is perfectly satisfied
with lis situation.
We have now in the United States
al least two hundred and thirty five gen
cral hospitals for the use OF the soldiers.
containing about eighty thousand patients.
The Baltimore american saws of the
election in that State: ..Marland has de-
literally am soiemnly proclaimed her
purpose to march iu the front rank here
after Of those great and FREQ common
wealtbs whose advance in al that charac-
terizes true greatness has been the won
der Of the age"
The largest locomotive in the United
States If not in lho world, has inst been
luilt for the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company. II has twelve driving
wheels. anl weighs moro than one hun
drei thousand ponds.
a woman visited the Presidents
mansion on Wednesday. cut q fall hall
ward iroal tie curtain Of one of the Win
tiows in tie green room, and made her exit
Leiore Icing discovered. Such things
have been freque;tlJ done a ely, rs is
supposed u SOFT Of cueiosiiy hunters.
At m examination OF girls for the
rte of confirmation, in answer TO the CUES
ton: w llat is tie outwar,. an! visible
sign al! form in baptism! = the reply wa.
ole baby, Sir!"'
The d:siutermcnt OF thu dead in tie
Gs,iysLarg battle field and IL ir removal
10 tie Ia Icnal cemetery is going on.
They sil; 5e buried ty States II the
form Of the arc Of circle Each grave
viii Le Separately aud di.r;ncuveiy re-
marked. Thurs lay. the 10Th inst, las
been appointed for the dedication.
Two srandsons Of iIears C!ay and
snrs of Henry Clay. Jr., who FIJI al
Euana Vista. have died within year
Both died OF disease contracted in camp,
elder Henry, e citing .o- his coultry; the
Younger, Thomas Jefferson. fighting
the flag IN whose defense LIS father AMI
brother teil.
There is rumor IN military circles
that q portion of unattached troops or
drafted men viii soon he detailed to fill
NJ the decimated ranks Of tho Regular
Army. II IS not generally known that
the eleven new regiments which we've adj
del to the service when the war broke
ont, each to number three bat;allions Of
500 each, or 26.4O0 in all, in all, not
three have filed up the required quota
by recruiting.
Tho \. 7. Express says that one OF
tho largest dry goods merchants of that
city, assures them that the demand for
exirayagant luxuries, in the way of costly
and snowy goods, is greater now than
for twenty years past.
Miss Anna Dickinson is slid to have
charged 5000 for two lectures delivered
at the great Sanitary Fair in Chicago.
The notorious McCunn has been 70.
elected Judge in New York city by
small majority.
The brother of Senator Sprague has
has bought the trOtting mare, California
Damsel, for eleven thousand dollars, as
present, it is said, for the Senator to his
bride.
-Vallandicham is reported to be out
of money, and his Windsor landlord is
becoming anxions for his board bill. He
had better Join that "noble band" who
have flown from the ''draft to come" and
are now energeticaIly engaged in saving
wood for poor colored people, under the
-~-crd segis- of The Rritish Ions tail.