The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-04-14
Forrest Sending Home all the
Kentucky ESegiments-SOme
thing ina The Wind,

infantry, and the term of their enlistment,
three years, having expired, the regiment
was disbanded, between Maysville and Pa
ducah, on the 26th day of March, by order
of General Forrest Three Kentucky regi-
ments were disbanded on the same day, at
the same place-the Sd, Col. Thompson the
7th, Col. Grassland; and the 9Th, Lieut.. Col.
Schocklife. These regiments were part
of the command of Forrest, and led the col
umn in the late attack on Paducah They
lost in the fight about twenty men killed,
and a number wounded. The whole force
of Forrest is estimated at eight thousand,
and the total loss in the attack was about
one hundred and fifty killed. captured, and
wounded. Colonel Thompson, who was kill
ed in the fight, was commanding brigade
at the time, but held his commission in the
Sd Kentucky infantry. Most of the men be
longing to the disabled regiments returned
to their homes in the State and will be glad
to accept the privilege afforded by the oath
of amnesty. A small portion Of the COM
mands followed in the rear of Forests forces
and signified their intention of enlisting in
some of the rebel Tennessee regiments. The
nineteen of the Sd regiment who accepted
the oath of amnesty yesterday are principal
ly residents of Caldwell county. They re-
port that the Kentucky regiments IN the reb
ell service will be disbanded and allowed to
return to their homes as fast as the terms of
their enlistment expired. The manner of
disbanding the three regiments by Forrest is
something OF novel proceeding in military
regulations, and must appear as a strange act
to the candid thinker. The movement looks
| to us as if it was intended to cloak some
| deep design. None of the soldiers were fur
nished with papers showing that they were
mustered out of the Confederate service
They say that they were simply drawn up
in line and told that as their term of enlist
ment had expired, they no longer belonged
to the Confederate army, and would be per-
United to return to their homes. This may
be an honest statement, but thinking men
may be pardoned if they are slow to place
implicit confidence in the story. Gen. For
rest would have no legitimate right to dis
band a regiment simply by verbal
proclamation.
The authority would have to come from the
rebel War Department, and each soldier
would have to receive a written certificate of
his muster out, together with final statements
of his accounts with the government. The
Confederate army is not so strong, or the
government so abundantly able to furnish
soldiers that it would permit three regiments
to be illegitimately disbanded The whole
sale CONSUMPTION which is being enforced
throughout the South would place expired
regiments again in the field, and we can find
no reason why rebel Kentuckians should be
exempted from the order. We truly believe
that the disbanding of the regiments by For
rest is a farce to prepare a startling drama
for the stage. The Confederate authorities
have not given up all hopes Of again posses
sing Kentucky, and plan less subtle could
scarcely be conceived to aid their cause than
by disbanding three veteran regiments to
enter the State without opposition or alarm,
and, etfecting an organization. in quiet
moment strike at some unguarded point,
hoping to be successful 1t would be well
to closely watch the movements of the dis
banded soldiers of the Kentucky rebel regi-
ments, and not place too much confdencein
the honesty of their intentions
| -$ s
A WISCONSIN INSTITUTION is crafty
ing to US, as it must be to every Wisconsin
man, to see growing up in our State an In
surance Company which has already attain
ed such dimensions as to take its place
side by side with old companies of Eastern
cities. The growth of the MUTUAL LIFE IN
organization has been steady and rapid 1t
started five years ago with no capital; last
June the Directors were able to report accu-
mutations amounting to 1852, 457.87. On
the first day of the present month the accu-
mutations reached $3.50, 100000. This rapid
increase of assets shows the appreciation in
which it is held throughout the Northwest.
Indeed we were somewhat surprised, on
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perceive the large area of territory over which
policies are sent This company is by no
means a Wisconsin institution, so far as the
benefits conferred by it are concerned; these
extend over the whole Northwest
Mr.. Kellogg, the Secretary gave us state
ment of the number of policies issued for
the past four months, which are as follows
December, 1868 ..... 49,. 337
January, 1864 .... 800
FEBRUARY, 1864. ........... 333
March, 1864. .......... 81
Being total of l, 341 policies in four
months! This number is greater by 155 than
the whole number issued for the gear ending
May 21st, 1868,
We do not purpose to say anything in
this article about the advantages of Mutual
| issuance Companies over stock, nor of the
founded upon the same principle; the circulars
u the Sian ager and the dividend of nearly
| 5000, Goo which has just been declared, will
doubtless do their share towards arguing
that point. The success of the company.
and hence If it be mutual company, the
profits ofthe insured, depend nearly as much
on the skillful management of the companv,s
affairs as upon the plan of its organization
The company in question is all right in this
respect; for we are bound to say that no
company of the Union has a better list of
officers than has the Mutual Life Insurance
Company in Wisconsin in the persons of S.
), DAGGaT, President J. g. MoKINpLEY
General Manager; A. w KELLOGG, Secreta-
~; and EDWARD ILsLEY, Cashier. AS long
as such men remain in charge, we shall look
! to see the interests of the insured well pro
tected.-AIil. Sentinel.