Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-07-23
The Crops.--view of the War.
HARVEY HosP.rAI., Madison, !
July Is, 1864.

July Is, 1864.
Ed. JouBNAL.--Somo one has been
the means of doing q humane act to a
few of the disabled Wisconsin soldiers, in
getting US removed 10 this hospital, but
how many yet lnger IT. crowded hospi-
tails iu the South, who are hopelessly
unfit for service for months and years to
come.
One hundred and s;xIy.three of the
Wis sick and wounded left Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo-, on the llih, and arrived here
yesterday evening. A majority of them
came from the front in Georgia. and APP
preciate the change 10 climate and care.
All the married men who wished it had
a furlough granted them on their arrival
here. but many could not avail themsel
YES Of it, for want Of money to 90 home
with. The situation Of tho hospital here
is beautiful-sighlly, vet secluded-f fan
ned by the breeze from the lake in full
view Of the city, yet awoy from its noise
one cannot help but gain in strength
here.
Tie sudden advance Of -four in ST.
Louis to $i3 per bbl. led me to be par
ticulnr in observing the crops, and if
those on tho line Of the Railroad from
st. Louis here are n fair specimen, high
or prices may be looked for. From ST..
Louis to Springfield, the small grain was
being harvested, and was very light
The winter wheat was about half crop,
but spring wheat, oats and barley will
not moro than average foot long in the
sheaf, and the sheaves are few and far
between. From Springfield to Joliet.
darkness prevented close observation. =
From Joliet to Madison, corn was even
and looked well for its age, and with a
favorable autumn may be fair crop,but
wheat, oats and barley present a gloomy
appearance, and the chinch bug is CON-
pleting the ruin which the drought had
begun. Many farmers are blowing in
their grain as utterly worthless.
Famine generally follows war, but IN
our case are they going TO mingle their
horrors! hear some say, No. The
United States can never suffer for want
of bread Of some Kind. Out upon such
God defying blasphemy! How slow we
are to learn that God governs the affairs
of men! Pestilence follows in the wake
of Famine. These are Gods triple
scourge for correcting nation. The
question arises, Are We guilty? There
are but few bod enough to answer in
the negative; and if the verdict is guilty,
on what grounds do We expect pardon.
Do we feel truly penitent! Do we bring
forth fruits meet for repentance? am
afraid we must plead guilty on this &C
count also. A large minority Of the Pc
ople care nothing for the Government
further than that it gives them protection
and the means {, amass wealth. What
they give to support it IS not willingly,
but Of nee ss;ty and from expcdiency.
A majority of the people despiso the
rank and file Of tue arm y,and if they had
no more need Of them, they would con-
tribute freely for their colonization or
determination, they would not care much
which. They dread their return, and
The soldiers know it. and what this feel
ing will generate, remains to be SEEM
1--WE think our correspondent is entirely
mistaken with regard to the feeling of
1.-The people towards the soldiers.--ED.)
Again, majority of the soldiers as
well as the people, hate the negro. Some
how or other the negro is a man, and
they have not got the courage to run a
race with him, with all the start they
have got, and they wish him out of the
way. They will consent to let the negro
fight to save their own heads, but on no
other condition.
With these facts before us, | leave it
to any candid mind ifthe chances are not
against us. We are punished, but not
corrected. Orr chastisement has not
yelled the peaceable fruits of righteous
ness, because we are not rightly exercis.
ed thereby. = Il
Nc.