Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-23
Correspondence of the JoURSAL.1
bout Matters Various and
otherwise. mostly Military.

Friend LUTE:-For some time your
communications with Paradise, outside
Tie married state, have been limited -
DAYS have rolled int weeks. weeks into
months, and the months have grown in
80 wears, since the name of R. G. PARA
nlsE has graced your columns.
As YOU are aware, my field of labor
during that time has been the Oshkosh
Northwestern, but my connection with
i hss closed, and the city mesrns its lost
"Local."
About these days decree went forth
from Father ABRAHAM that two new reg
iments should he raised. and the name
If the same was the 37th and 3sth Wis.
Volunteers.
And there came unto Oshkosh a GER
tain man named SAMUEL, son of HARRI-
NAN, the same was Colonel and man
Of war. and he spakc unto me, saying:
go 10 now, ROBERT, grid thy sword
upon Thy thigh, call around thee thy
vonng men, and let us haste to the war,
for verify thou shalt be called Captain
over eighty"
And | went and gat up right speedily
and grit on my harness, and opened a
recruiting Office, and men came to me on
every SIDE: ! also issued many handbiIIs
an3 posters, as the sand on the sea shore.
And / took gross of steel pens from
nsy office and went unto blacksmith,
lie same was n cunning artificer in iron,
and | said unto him, "Weld me now
sword And he welded me a sword.
and we gat up in the morning early,
sud woTt down b. the cars, by the way
- you 60 unto Chicago, and came unto
Madison.
And 10 those days certain man, the
same was man of BeliaI, wrote to the
North Star letter purporting to come
from the 30th Reg't, praising and mag
n:fy;ng Col. HARTMAN, yea, extolling
HIM muchly, and rating his power as
greater than that of the Governor, yea
also. ald attributing to him power over
that of the War Department Al Wash
ington. For he said that the Colonel had
had kept the seth Regiment in the State
Ia SPITE Of the Governor and War De-
par;ment. and had laughed them to scorn.
But lie man Of BeIial lied. And when
had read the letter, l took up my par
able and spake:
RoBBRT, the son of PARADISE, hath
said, and the Boy with the Glass Eye
has spoken Verify, luck is on my side
and NV star is in the ascendant. Ii Capt
Hartman ruleth the Governor and War
Department, then shall the Commander
in-Chief bow humbly aud bring presents
unto the Colonel. As Captain of Co. B,
the shadow of the ColoneI's mantle will
fall upon me, and | will rule Generals
and Brigadiers with rod of iron, and
Colonels and such small deer will break
IN pieces like potteris vessel SELAH.
But rumor came that the letter was
written by young man, good-looking
vhsn be was sober, who had sat in the
Council of the wise men of Wisconsin,
and thrown paper balls and darts in the
Assembly. the same was a member OF
tia Committee on Swamp and Overflow
ed Lands, and they told me. SAYING
"Verily, the mud of the swamps hath
tinged bis brain, and he overhoweth with
whiskey, wherefore believe him not, for
he knoweth not whereof be inditeth."
And felt sorry for the young man,
for had known him in his better days,
and I covered my face with tumbler)
and drank many glasses of beer, in much
sorrow.
And the Colonel CO mforted me saying
'Bs of good cheer, ROBERT. for the talk
of this young mau is as the wind which
bloweth where it listeth, and amountoth
to the sams-eFen a blop.
And / called my warriors and and
young men together. and related the sto-
ry unto them, and they raised great
shout and laughed the young man to
acOrn. "Go to-" said they, we will per-
adventure remain in the Camp called
Randall, till this cruel war is over for
they jeered.
And now, 10 and behold, the 37th
wsxeth strong, and recruits are joiRed to
iteyery day, and they abide at Mrdison.
which is the Capitol of the State of
Wisconsin.