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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15
The Disunion Convention.


The Milwaukee Wisconsin,, which Is
probably the most candid, impartial and
Independent paper in the State, says
We had hoped for the sake Of our
country, that the Democratic State Con
,cntion would at least assume the guise
Of patriotism; but we hardly think that
i can be characterized rs anything less
than a Disunou Convention. Ii endor-
scs tie so-calied Ryan platform and i'd
dress, and we may add, every word Of
both. Tie platform and the address are
well known 10 be III accord with the per-
reluai slavery Constitution of JET. Da-
vis.
The nominee Of the Convention for
Governor, Henry L. p liner, is also a
politician Of the Fernando Wood school
of course wanting Woods andacty-
but in those Coppcrheat traits which 50
em;ncutly distinguish Fernando Wood,
II. /, Palmer may be considered his
miniature edition. In the present crisis
there could not be more dangerous man
To elevate 20 the executive chair. Ills
hatrels are SO intense that he would not
hesitate to throw the fircbrands Of civil
war into the midst of our State--if he
could thereby ADVANCE the interests Of
himself or his party. Il is the impera-
tive duty Of every honest man to do his
utmost to defeat such politician. Still,
it is not to be denied that Nh. Palmer
Will get heavy vote, and it will require
vigorous exettions to defeat this poison,
Gus Copperhead by such majority rs
will exercise healthy moral influence
over the politics Of the Stale, and afford
u lesson to other men not to advocate in
our midst the offensive principles of the
Southern Confederacv.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15
WaEsZiHlg.

The AHaRtic Monthly for August has
the tollow;a1 severe criticism ON the above
named popu ar Amusement:
Waiting is profane and vicious
dauce-aIWays. When it is prosecuted in
the center of y great crowd, in dusty
hail, Oh warm NIL summer day; it is
also n Disgusting dance. Night is its only
appropriate time. The binding, dazzling
ga-light throws n graceful glare over the
salient points 81 its ildccency, ana
bIeuds the whole into a wild whr that
dizz;es and dazes one; but the urcom-
promising afternoon, pouring in through
manifold blinds, tears away every Illusion,
and reveals the whole coarseness and
cammonness aud ali the repulsive details
If thls most alien AID unmaideuly reycl.
The very pose Of the dance Is profanity.
Attitudes which are the instructive express
sion Of intimate emotions, glowing rosy
red in the aurora time Of tenderness,
and justified in urabashed freedom only
Us ai.ng and faithful ha5itudo Of uuscii,h
devotion, are here openly, deliberately,
and careiessly assumed By tie people who
have hut casual and partial society &C.
t4ua;ntance. This | reckon profanity.
This is levity the most calpabIe. This is
guilty and most wanton waste Of deli
cacy. That it is pacticcd by good girls
anl tolerated by good mothers, does not
prove that it is GOOD. Custom b,unts the
edge Of q good many perceptions. A
good thing soiel may, be redeemed by
good people; but waltz as you many, spot
less maidens, you will only smut your.
sn,yos, a"! not cleanse the waltz. Il is Of
Itself uncIean.
There is another thing which girls and
their mothers 10 not seem to consi Ter.
The present mode Of dress renders waltz
ag almost rs Objectionable rs French
bailct.daucer. Not to Put TO fine a pont
on il, m,a1 that the 9 gills' gyratons il
the center Of their gyrating and centrifu,
gal eoops makes most operate drape2y
display. | saw scores AMI scores of
public Waiting girls last summer, and
amor III N all saw but oMe who uu.
derstOO! the art, or, at any rate, who
practiced the art Of avoiding an Indecent
exposure In the glare and glamour Of
gas-light, it is only flash and clouds and
indistinctness; in broad, honest daylight,
it is not. Do | should ears polite? | trust
50. If the saying of shocking things
might prevent tho doing Of shocking
thi n2s, should be well content. Ard
is it an objectionable sin for me to sit
alone in my own room and write about
what you 90 ia to great hail, before
hundreds Of strange men and women, to
do!
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

A FREE GTFr.-It is stated that Gen
eral Howard, the commander Of tho
18th Corps, was applied to the other day
by Maryland farmer for information as
to the best way to obtain pay for his
losses during the rebel invasion. The
General told him as we'll as he could,
and added: 'Ifthey don't pay you, give
it to them on the same terms that | gave
my right arm--without any compensa-
ton"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15
Affection.

We sometimes meet with men who
seem to think thai any indulgence Of af-
fectionate feeling is weakness. They
viii return from a journey, and greet
their families W; b distant dignity, and
move among their children with the cold
and lofty spenIor of an iceberg, sur
rounded with lis broken fragments
There is hardly a more unnatural sight
on earth than one of those families w,,h-
out heart. A father had better extin-
guish his boys eyes than take away his
heart. Who that has experienced the
joys of friendship. and values sympathy
aud affection, would not rather lose al
that is beautiful in Natures scenery, than
be robbed Of the hidden treasure Of his
heart Who would not rather follow
his child to the grave than entom5 his
parental affections (? Cherish, then, your
hearts best affections. Indulge in the
warm and gushing emotions of fraternal
love. Think It not WEAKNESS. Teach
your children to love--to love the rose,
the robin; to love their parents and their
God. Let it DO the studied object of
their domestic culture TO give them warm
hearts, ardent affections. Bind your
whole family together by these strong
cords. You cannot make them too strong
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15
A TPEse Picture.

The Green Bay AdOocate, edited by
Col. @. d. Robinson, the abIest and best
looking Democratic editor in the State,
says
This war IS almost over. The rebel
ion will be defeated, and the Union aud
the laws End order will be restored.-
When .hat happy time co--cs, the ma
ton will look back with loathing, not up
Oh the loss, here and there, of horses and
crops and fences and dwellings which
stool in The path of marching men, but
upon the dastards who stood aoof thro'
it all, di>couragiug our cause and casting
epithets upon our armies. We shall see
these fellows fleeing from the wrath to
come, and calling upon the mountains to
fall upon and hide them.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

SUBMISSION PRELIMINARY TO PEACE.
We must hold steadily to the one pur.
pos, Of wiping from the face Of the
earth the last ycstige Of this Internal
trcason-and that, too, by the strong
arm. The just authority which for thir-
ty months has been spurned, and deiied,
and assaulted, and trampled upon, mnst
now be yindcated to the last title. The
supremacy Of constitutional law must be
made good in substantial fact, as well as
in name; for this is no time when shams
can impose upon the understandings of
men. To talk Of any such sovereignty
when concessions are given to pacify
those who are in rebellion against it. is
but patent mockery. The submission
must come first; and it must be sub
mission without condition, without re-
serve. No loyal, law reverencing man
will consent to anything short of that
Until it is realized, cannon balls must be
the only messengers.-N Y. Times.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15
The la Crosse Nominee.

1t is known that Col. C. S Benton, Of
our city, was strongly and decidedly op.
posed to being placed on the Democrat
c ticket at Madison, aud he will be very
apt to decline the empty and very doubt
ful honor. The Col. has been beaten
twice before the people of late, and tho
he is the best nature.i and most forg.v-
inc man in the world, we don't think he
reli,hes the idea Of setting up pins 4
third time to have them all knocked from
under him. as he knows they must be, if
he runs this fail. Further than that the
Col. knows that the Ryan platform
will sink any body of candidates. ont of
SIGHT, beyond any forty thousand bladder
power t. raise them. The Col. already
hears in anticipation, the universal shout
IF derision and contempt that will greet
their ticket in the camps of Wisconsin
soldiers. The Col. likes fun, but he sees
no fun in being utterly tatooed hy orr
patriot soldiery. Above Ill, he likes TO
hear good story, but he wont like to
have il told to lis grand children, that 10
the year of grace, 1868, amid the thun
ders and lerrors that assaiied the Old
FIag Of our Fathers, that his name ap-
peared among defeated copperhcal
crew who turned their backs upon our
country's defenders.-La Crosse Re
publican.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15
Eeafarnees Sale,

Circuit Court, Pierce County, State Of Wis
consin.
Richard Martin and William II. Hall ag'st
Calvin 4. futile. Charlotte NJ. Tuttle and
the unknown heirs of p. Garfield. deceased.
judgement Of foreclosure and sale.
DY VIBTU T. Of and pursuant 10 a iudg-
-E) ment rendered in said court in the above
entitled action. dated July 9th A. D. 1883. l
shall expose for sale and sell 10 the highest
bidder. at public auction, tor ca>h. at theffont
door Of the CITY Banl; of Prescott, in The city
OF Prescott, Pierce county. Wisconsin. on the
3Ist day Of August. 1853, mt ten o'clock 4 n.
of that dav. the following described premises,
or SO much thereof lis may be necessary II
laise the amount Of sid judgment and costs,
together with The expenses Of sale. to-Wit -
The equal undivided half of section y. town
-, range l6 and the Sc or OF Sc or of section
-, town % Of tango 49, and the NV or of ne
or. and the sv Or Of ne a. and tie nv or Of
sr or Of section 80. Of town % Of range 10.
and The W hf OF the sw or OF section p Of
town 26 Of range 10.
Dated at Prescott. july rs, 1868.
a II. YOUNG, Referee.
}. G. BUTroN. Pl'ffs Atty. live
Notice GO y;acate.
State If -" isconsin. Pierce county. In the
matter of the application Of Franklin Oils
TO vacate certain portions Of the viilage Of
Franklin.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under
y signed, Franklin Otis. viii apply to the
County Board of Supervisors of Pierce Co,
1T heir session. to he convened 10th day OF
November, 1863, for an order vacatng the
following described portions Of the village Of
franklin. in said county and State to-wit:
Lots 3. 4, ; and in block one.
Lots , aud ) in lock two.
West halt Of lot 3. and all of lots 4, ), 9.
10. / and - in block three.
Lots 3. 4 ) and e in block four.
Lots ,. ,, ) and s block FIVE
Lots ! and , in blocl, 6.
All Of Main Street all Of high Street. and
all of Vine Street. aud all Of the alleys run
nIng between the aforementioned lots.
FRANKLIN OTIS.
Triinbelle July II, 1862. l0-w9
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

Re- General Buford, who ordered the
hanging Of rebel SPY, at Friedrich, Nd,
with one hours shrift aud cavalry lari-
at, dropped this sarcastic remark at the
timO:
Hes SPY found the proof in his
boots. Ii send the case to Washington,
they'll promote him. III hang him on
the spot"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

A PALPABLE HIT.-The Independent.
referring to Gov. Seymour's address to
the New York mob, says:
"a Hieksite requests us to saw that
the Friendsaddressed by Gov. Seymour
do not belong to the regular meeting"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

LUCKY CUss."-The modern interpre
tation of the term 'lncky cuss," is "a
man who has been enrolled in districts
and drafted in both" OF course, if he
fails to answer in either, be is liable to be
and shot for descrtion next
to the envied parent of twins, such an
individual is the prince Of good fortune.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

Among the prisoners captured from
Johnston at Jackson were some paro!ed
at Nicksburg. These General Sherman
took out and shot on the spot.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

The New York post states that none
Of the original drafting lists were either
lost or destroyed during the riots in that
city, and that the draft when made win
be competed from those lists.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

The express company business is very
ancient. Eve was created because it was
not good for man to bs alone-she
was Adams cypress company.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

A SHARP REPLY.-First party -
+" You'll so TO The gallows some dav."
Second, or addressed party eyes ::
the morning you're hanged
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15
Resolution.

RESOLVED. BY the Common Council of the
CITY Of Prescott. that the Mayor be author
lied to cause the construction of Pound ~
the First Ward of the city of Prescott, and 10
appoint 4 Pound Master for said ward.
G. A. DILL, Mayor.
A. MILLER, City Clerk.
Notice i hereby given, that the above Teso-
lution was passed by the Common Council of
the CITY If Prescott on the 18th day of July,
A. D. 1863. 4. MILLER, Clerk.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15

For Rats, Ezjce, Reaches, Ants.
Bed Bags, 1zOtsas i.a Ears. ~ OOi
ems. etc., insects ga plants,
Eosgss. Animals. etc.
Put up in 25c. zoe and 81 Boxes. Bottles and
Flasks 50 and S. for Hollis. Public InS5.ttf-
tons, ctc.
" Onlv inflilihle remedies known"
g Free from PO;sons.
:. Not danueeous to he Human Family"
:. Ra;s come AIT Of their holes TO die"
sz3" Sold Wholesale in all large cities.
Sold by all Druggists and Retailers every
where.
~ Beware Of all worthless limitations.
sS3- See that CosTAg's" names is on each
Box Bottle and FLASK, before You buy.
~ Address iisenry e. C0saar.
~" Principal Depot 4o2 Bradway. n. !.
-. Sold by G. MCCRAl
Wholesale and Retail Agent.
HINT Prescott. Wisconsin
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15
Parsxsaurst & Wilson.

DEALERS in General Merchandise, Orange ST.
Prescott. Wisconsin. 0-yl
Prescott, June Is. 1853.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-05-01
By THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA,
A PROCLAWA TON.

THE Senate of Virginia saving decl red vacant
i the 46th Senatorial Dis riot, composed of the
counties o. Richie Doddridge, Harrison, Peasants
and Wood and the both Senatorial Ristrit, COM
posed f. the counties Of Brooke, Haf:osk and Ohio,
And these districts being in tie occupatftt Of the
public enemy stli the ordinance 5f the Convsn' ion
having authorized TIE qualified Voters Of said dis
sricts, who may be in the military service of the
State of the Confederate States the day of any
general or special ell. ction for the General Assem-
bly,, to vote in said elections at such place places
within their encampment as the commander ut
such encampment shall designate, whether the said
eneampmentshall be- within tho limits Of this State
not and also authorized the citizens any COIN
ty corporation absent therefrom because Of the
presence Of the public enemy, who would be quail
fed to vote for members of the General Assembly in
such comfy cor ,oration, during the continuance
Of the present war, voes at any general special
cleo. ion for members Of the General Assembly in
their counties corporation at the co art house Of
any county or corporation in the State where they
may happen to be In the, day Of said election
Therefore JOHN LEI CuER, Governor of the
Comm onwealth of Virginia, by vi1ture of authority
vested in the Executive by law do hereby proclaim
that to supply said vacancies elections will be held
on the 4th THURSDAY Of May ne3s being the 25th
day of the month, in conformity to law and tie
ordinance of the Conven ion passed on the 9th day
Of December, 1861 Officers in military camps and
posts and commissioners and others in the several
counties and corporations in the State will conform
themselves to thu provisions herein cited and receive
such qualified voters may offer their votes for the
said Senatorial Districts
t--l Given under my hand as Governor, and
~. s under the less seal of the Commonwealth OF
[ ~ Virginia, this 18th day of April 1863, in
the eighty. seventh year Of the C"hmohwealth.
JOHN LETGHER.
Teste
GEO W MuNFoRD
Secretary of the Commonrs5altR.
April 24th-tde
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-05-01

EWe copy below from the Carr
ton MISSY Commonwealth, the nobly
patriotic reply Of ote Of the fair daugh.
tiers Of the South. It expressed the
fullness Of her feelings and admins
tered a just and cutting rebuke to
those who have so earnestly essayed to
take that stronghold Of the South,
Mississippis' pride, and 50 signally
failed. It is but the expression of the
feelings Of Southern women, who are
ready to sacrifice all bit THEIR coUN-
TRY, and especially of the fair ones OF
Mississippi, whose daughters are as
noble as her sofis are brave.
SPOKEN LIKE CoRNEL1A. young lady
Of Louisiana, whose fathers plantation had
been brought within the eperry's lines, in
their operations against Vfcksburg, was
frequently constrained by the necessities Of
her situation to hold conversation With Sfle
Federal officers. On one of these occasions
a Yankee Official enquired how she man
aged to preserve her equanmi'y and cheer
fulness amid SO many trials and privations,
and such severe reyerses Of fortune. eur
army. SAID he, has deprived your father OF
two hundred negroes and literally desolated
two magnificent plantations.
She said to the officer leader of that ar
my, which had FOR months hcvercd around
yicksburg, poweress to take it With all
their vast appliances of war. and mortified
by their repeated failures : Il am not in
sensible to the comforts and elegancies
which fortune can secure, and Of which
your barbarian hordes have deprived me ;
but true Southern woman will not weep
over them. while her country remains II
yov uisA to crush me, take Ticksburg, =
Canton (Mss.) Commonwealth.
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Yours Respectfully.
E L. CURTIS,
j. w. TREVY,
JAMES w. GIBSON.
SrAuNroN, APRtL 2sth, 1868.

SrAuNroN, APRtL 2sth, 1868.
GENTLEMEN - Your letter of the Goth
inst, communicating my nomination for a
seat in the next Congress Of the Confeder
ats States. by the voters Of the 18th Con-
gfessional District, now serving in Paxton's
Brigade, was received to-day. should be
untrue to myself, did | not hasten to ea-
press the deep sensiblits feel at SO fattsr-
ing mark Of the confidence and kind feel
ing Of my old comrades and associates in
arms. l have cherished no aspirations to SO
high position as preventative in the coun-
ellis Of our young, but already glorious Con-
federaey yet confess the unsolicited ex-
preston Of wish on the part Of the brave
men, who have so materially aided IN rem
dering it glorious, that should represent
their interests in that honorable body" is
extremely difficult to resist Before how
ever. receiving your Communication, or an
intimatioa Of the holding of the meeting you
represent, had consented to become a
candidate to represent the county of Angus
ia in the next House of Delegates Of Vir-
ginia, and even if did not think I could
render more efficient service in the Legisla-
ture than Congress, tie obligations I have
already assumed, would as you will readily
perceive, preventing acceptance of the NOM
ination you have rendered NE.
beg that you will convey to my friends
in the ''Old Stonewall Brigade" the assur-
ance that decline this nomination from no
indisposition to serve them or our country
in the struggle for liberty in which we are
engaged, but really because l believe can
be, if it should be the pleasure Of my fell
ow-citizcDs in and out of the army to elect
me, more useful in the Legislature than |
could be in Congress.
Let me beg you further, Gentlemen, to
communicate to ''the soldiers who have
served under me' the proud remembrance
/ cherish Of my association With theth-
the deep interest I have felt in them in all
the perils and hardships they have endured
since our separation thrilling emotions
Of pleasure have experienced as day after
day, have learned Of the fresh laurels they
were winning.
With assurances Of my regards for you
personally am, Gentlemen,
Most Respectfully, Your Friend.
w H. HARTMAN.
Capt's. e. L. Curtis, j. NJ. Trevy, and
Jas. W. Gibson.
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FOR STATE ENATE.
Ny JAMES H. CARSON. is,a candidate fo
reelection to tie Senate, from the District con
FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES

rs We are authorized to announce HUGH W.
SHEFFEY. ESQ.,, as a candidate for reelection to
the House OF Delegates.
April 24.-tde.
gs- We are authorized to announce JAMES
WALKER. candidate for reelection to the
House OF Delegates.
April A.-tde.
g~ We are authorized to announce HOWEY.
PEYTON, ESQ. xas.s candidate to represent this
Copnty, in the next General Assembly of Virginia
April 10, lS63.-tde -
gB- We arc authorized to announce Col WIN.
Il. HARMAN, as candidate for the House OF
Delegates.
May l, .s63.-tde
~ We are authorized to announce, Ma;Hr A B.
SALON kOINER as candidate fer the House OF
Delegates. ts.
May i. tsss.-tde
@- H, K. GREGG, will be ,'15tcd for By the
refugees from Clarke County, Va, to represent
that Cornty in the next House of Delegates.
May l. 1S63.-tde. MANY REYuaEEs.
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SABBATH SCHOOL EXHIBITION.

THE NJ. Z. Sabbath Schcol proposes
to give an exhibition OF Thursday
night, May 9TH 1863, the proceeds
OF which are to be applied to the benz
eft Of Soldiers families The exhibi-
lions Of the Sabbath School have been
very interesting heretofore, and it is
hazarding nothing to say that this one
will be equally SO. These exhibitions
have been literally patronized by our
benevolent people and we hope, espec-
tally on account Of its worthy object,
that they may all go and thereby make
the donation to the families Of oul
brave soldiers as large as possible.
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Letter of Col. j. b. Baldwin.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

April 23d, 1868.
DEAR SIR - Yours of the Goth inst. is
just received. hasten to answer your in
quiries as follows:
/. Ibid you vote against abolishing FOG
ging in the army?"
I did not. On the CONTRARY, voted fol
the bill by which fogsing has been COM
pletely prohibited.
2 did you vote against increasing the
pay Of solders?'
4 I cid not. On the contrary, kavo al
ways voted to increase their pay, aud to
give them in money the valve Of such Ia
tons ss the Government fails to furnish.
It is rather surprising that people will
resort to SANDERS which can be so readily
exposed. A vote in Congress can hardly
be concealed, and lis about it cannot Aotr-
ish very long
AS the effort seems TO be to injure me
with the army, deem it proper to say that
having commanded the SD Virginia Regi-
mens for eight months, I am perfectly will
ing that the officers and men who served
unde. me shall tell what they know from
acttal experience as to whether know how
soldiers ought to be treated, and whether
l have proper respect for their rights, snd
sympathy for their feelings.
You can make such use as you choose OF
this letter.
Yours tr#ly'
JN0. 3. BALDWIN.
rfai. j. r. BRATHwAITE,
e. nj. Stonewall Brigade.
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LIST OF DESERTElsg
From the szass.stOw .a,.SSstcrH!

fTHE following named persons, Members of the
L Staunton Artillery, are now tSbsert without
leave, and. are tsg<rdeF is deseftess reward
of THIRTY DOLLARS each, will be paid for their
apprehension and delivery to their Company, viz:
IFATES,
Terence O'Conner, Stanton, said to be in the
9Th Va. Cavalry.
Robert Eddings Port Republic, now in Stauptcn' :
II. Row, near Greenville, Augusta County.
John Fuller, Marcelius ttocnson Martin Con.
ton.
F. A. Marklay. near Middlebrook, Augusta Co.
John F. Ryan, Scottsviile.
VIM. F. Nader, near Mint Spring.
John Tanbald. J. I. Robertson, .Stafors. CO..
John King, alias Hal ", Maryland;
A. W. CARRIER, Capt. Stauntoh Art'fy
Camp near Bowling Green, q.
March 20, lS63.-tf.-Spec copy.