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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10

flag of truce that they had encountered Arm
strong's brigade, two thousand strong, and
that Major Paine had been buried near where
he fell. The object of the movement was ac-
complished. The enemy was deceived by
the yigor of the attack and supposing he had
met McCook's whole force, remained in line
of battle from noon till midnight. Meantime
the main column passed in safety to its work.
The action of ouF~regiment was highly COM
mended By the General commanding.
Lieut.. Col Torrey, commanding the "a
and 4th Indiana of the I'd Brigade, marched
in advance of McCook's column to Palmetto,
where his command destroyed about two
miles of railroad, thence in advance to Fay
ettevilIe, where, by his direction, about two
thousand mules were sabered to avoid the
noise of firing, and three hundred prisoners,
including seventy commissioned officers,
from the rank of Major to Brig. General,
were captured The main column plundered
and burned about six hundred wagons, which
Torrey had left to avoid alarming the rebels
at Fayetteville. So faithfully were his orders
executed that they received no intimation of
his approach until they were completely in
his power. Seven barrels of whisky found
at this place were Immediately DESTROYED by
his order, and to charge any portion OF his
command with drunkenness, is worse than
falsehood from the SANDER it implies upon
one so determinedly opposed to the use of
spirits in the army, and one whose orders
were always so implicitly obeyed.
At Fayetteville he urged the General COM
handing to return, saying that "to advance
would be to lose what had been gained and
probably sacrifice the command" But or
ders would not permit, and still in advance,
he moved forward and struck the Macon and
Atlanta Railroad six miles below Jonesbo-
rough, thence towards Newman, near which
place McCook's command was surrounded by
mixed force of cavalry and infantry. Here
the prisoners were abandoned, and after cut
ting his way through to a road by which his
command reached the Chattahoochee and es-
capped. Lit. Col. TOrrey, having senthis aidsan
orderlies to guide the column through, charg-
ed without any personal attendant at the
head of a small party to drive back body of
the enemy which appeared upon his flank
The charge was met by severe fire and his
horse came riderless out of the fight. The
only reliable information we have con-
corning him was in a rebel dispatch to Gen.
Clanton, captured the next day by McCOok,
which contains the following: "We captured
two brigade commanders, one of them, Tor
rey, severely wounded" All of our Surgeons
remained with the wounded. DR.. Persons of
our regiment will no doubt attend Lieut.. Col.
Torrey.
General Sherman officially pronounces Nc
Cooks raid an important success" A plain
statement of facts shows how much the Lieut..
Colonel and Major of the LIST Wisconsin cav
airy contributed to that success. While we
of the regiment mourn them as officers who
sacrificed themselves but saved their com
mands, we look with pride upon the deeds
which have made the names of Paine and
Torrey an honor to the State.
Yours, o. III. LAGRANGE.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10

The Worlds Washington special says the
most encouraging accounts are received from
every quarter as to the number of recruits
now being obtained. In Pennsylvania about
$4,000 men have been recruited and quite as
many in New York, while New England has
furnished 10000, and perhaps when all the
returns are received the number will be
found even greater than this. The Western
States are also doing very well. For some
time past reinforcements at the rate of 4, 700
per week have been going forward to the
army of the Potomac, and for the next two
or three weeks it is expected that 900 per
day will be forwarded.
The average number of recruits now OBJ
tanned daily throughout the country is about
1900, and this number will be increased to
1900 or $500 per day before the 9Th of Sep
TENDER. At least 10000 men will have been
raised for the army and navy before the day
named, not counting credits on previous calls,
or those arising from former naval enlist
ments.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10
From the Wisconsin sharpshooters.

THE Houaaent North of James Ripr-P,tzzlecl
iSoldiers-1ne Fighting near Deep BOTTOM
PaFtakn By Me Shd7shooters- Regi-
ment going home.
Correspondence of the State Journal.
In THE TRENCHES BEFORE PErERsBURGJ
August %, 1864
The 18th OF August was a very warm day,
like many others we had been having. We
had been in camp since the failure of the
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10

The COpperhead Conspiracy in Indiana----
Further Details respecting the Sous Of
Liberty"
From the indianapolis Journal.
On Saturday afternoon Governor Morton
received letter from an eastern city, which
was as follows, except some names, which we
omit for prudential reasons:
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10

"PLAYED THE DEvM."-When Hunt and
SMITH made their confession at st. Louis, and
exposed the secrets of the o. A. K, the cop
perhead papers tried to sneer at the matter,
and declared that the whole thing was gotten
up by the military authorities as ascarecrow.
They felt uneasy about it, however, and it
was easy to see that their indifference was
assumed and very thin. In the DoDD cores
pOndence, lately published, the real "feel-
ings" of the "Sons" on this point are made
manifest. One chap anxiously inquiries of
the Grand Commander what effect this expose
is likely to have. Another. one JOHN E. RIs-
LEY, the law partner of VOORHEES,, writing
from New York to DODD, declares that HUNT
20. have played the devil !" and in an
evidently distressed state of mind. inquiries
whether "our friends" are implicated. or
our people" are affected. He has since
discovered, no doubt, that the "devil " has
been played generally, that sour friends" are
Implicated, and that "our people are az
feeted.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10

FERNANDO WoOD AND THE RESPONSIVENESS.
The Chicago Tribme says that !" FERNANDO
WooD was introduced to the Wisconsin dele
CATION on Saturday. One of the delegation
remarked that Wisconsin was for peace, but
the delegation was not satisfied how it could
be obtained. Mr.. WooD replied, Gentle
men, we can have no peace except through
an armstice and national convention. Let
the Democratic Convention adopt one reso-
luton embracing these propositions, and we
will succeed with any candidate. After the
armstice convention is calisd, let it decide
upon the terms of peace This was received
with much favor by the Wisconsin delegates"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10
q Go,e,.,,or o B. lKorton

"a Governor o. b. Horton
'SIR: The facts hereby stated have come
to my knowledge in a manner and from
source such as to leave no doubt in my mind
of their reliability.
'The copperheads of Indiana have order.
ed and paid for 5000 revolvers, with forty
two boxes of fixed ammunition, to be distrib
uted amongst the antagonists to our Govern
ment, for the purpose of controlling the
Presidential election.
August 5, the steamer Granite State land
ed in New York forty two boxes of revolvers
and ammunition; August 5, the steamer City
of Hartford landed twenty-five boxes ammu=
milton, destined for Indianapolis. Thirty-two
boxes of the above have been forwarded to
]. j. Parsons, indianapolis, via Merchants
Dispatch, and marked; the balance is
stored at No. street, New York,
awaiting the convenience of the copperheads
to pay for the same before shipping
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10

NORTHERN PEACE CLAMOR AT THE SOUTH
The New York Herald points out the mischief
to the Union cause done by the disunion par
ty. 1t says:
"Great shouts of the peace party go South
ere paraded before the Southern people,
and are used to make that people believe that
there is great party at the North clamOrous
for peace. The Yankees have had enough
of it, say the Southern leaders; they want
to give up; little more will finish 'em;
stick to US, boys;' and thus the South is en-
cOuraged TO continue a contest that but for
such encouragement it would have given up
as hopeless year ago."
The Herald never uttered a truer rAnna"L
the internal tory clamOr for a disuniOn
peace that has given the rebels hope of ulti-
mate success, and caused them to hold out so
tenaeiOusly. But for this Northern aid and
comfort-this treacherous fire-in-the-rear, the
rebels would have given up the contest in
despair long ago. The blood of every soldier
spilled since last fall stains their garments
and rests on their guilty souls.
THE LAST FIGHT ON THE WELDON RAILROAD
The New York 7riJmSs special sums up the
results of the fighting on the Weldon road as
follows: "First, that the enemy were sue
cessful, after repeated and impetuous as
saults, in compelling the abandonment by
our forces of the railroad below Reams' Sta
ton; second, that, although attacking in
vastly superior numbers, he received bloody
repulse in three successive instances; third,
that his loss in killed and wounded must have
exceeded ours by twice the number; and fin
ally, by an overwhelming force, he succeeded
in forcing US back from our intrenchments on
the other side of the railroad, below the sta
ton, position which we had already decid-
ed to abandon. We fully accomplished the
special object in view, viz, the destruction of
the track for ten miles below the station, and
although our withdrawal from the intrench- |
ments was somewhat fastened by the attacks |
of the enemy, it was natural to conclude from |
trustworthy statements that the severity of |
the blow inflicted upon the enemy did not |
begin to compensate him for the possession
Of few miles of the railroad embankment." |
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10

The bark ABertina from Vera Cruz the
10th, reports that the French blockade of the
Mexican ports was raised on the 18th.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10

SAYING SEEp CoRS.--If there is one thing
that will bear repetition every year, in TIE
columns of an agricultural paper, it is theeI
hortation to farmers in this corn growing
country, to pick and care for their seed cOrn
in due season. Nothing can be more yeIs-
tious than the result of planting poor seed
and it is something, in ninety-nine cases oGi
of a hundred, for which there is no shades
of an excuse. Yet nothing is more frequent
than the necessity of a second planting Of
missing hills all over the field. It IS 3 lOs
of time, loss of seed, and loss in Ihs
yield.
The time is fast approaching when seed
-corn should be gathered. The amount need
ed by most farmers is not large, and Of cOurss,
1t cannot consume. any very great amount o
time to do the work of gathering in prOpel
season-not half so much as to replant wheFs.
poor seed fails to grow. And this matter O.
having good seed corn is a very simple one
Go early into the field, and select the eaFs
upon which the husk has first grown brOEa
and opened. fake only such as are filed orl
at the end, and on which the kernels ar
hard and Hinty, and generally large and vel
formed. Strip the husks back and " trace
up the ears, and hang up whereit is dry ana
the corn can have air. By so doing, not Oh
ly the best corn may be selected, but It !,
cared for SO that it will not heat and mould
as corn in the bin is always liable TO DO
Such seed Germ will always terminate.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01
'oPRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY
The Ohio Statesman Company.
A German EladicaI ON Gen. hanks
Compulsory Voting Order. I,

The st. Louis Arsei0er, a radical German
naner cites Con. R.yus, order issued re-
r -, - - -'..-,.' -
cehciy az NeW orlleatns, requiring cltizens
to vote on penalty Of military punishment,
and remarks that n,ancient Greece. at the
t;noa ossoIoy ,o,vs 4 re soid 70 bovo ov;stod
=. =" ~ e4'- " H"'o oH,.'ou
whicn ievieu pennaslties upon every citlzen
who took no part In public affairs during
times Of civil commotion. Hence, it says,
ttot n .,,,,s, 49,, H.. tt,ot
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01
FRANKLIN County Democratic Com
ventiOn.

( n The Democracy of Franklin county are
requested to meet at the usual places of
holding elections on Saturday, the 10th day
of March next, and proceed to elect by bal
lot the number of delegates assigned to each
Township, and Ward, to meet in County
Convention at the City Hall, in Columbus,
on Monday, the 2lst of March, at IL o'clock
Z A. NJ, for the purpose of electing twelve
Delegates to the State Convention, to be
held in the City of Columbus, on the 23d
day Of March next. 1-.,.
The following is the number Of Delegates
according to the Democratic vote for Gov
ernor at the last election, being one Dele
gate for each Township and Ward for every
30 votes, and one Delegate for every fraction
over 25 votes cast at said election. I
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01
No. Of Delegates.

The pollswill be open from to s o'clock
2, NJ in the country, and from ~ to o
p. M, in the city. % ffnaMisila3 9s'i 'al 3itN
!, Two Judges and one clerk will constitute
q board. who win receive the ballots and
make out certificates Of election for the
delegates elected, to be presented to the
County Convention. esrI h+''5lr '-;'ibl'' I
Your committee earnestly hope that
there may be a full attendance at the pri-
mary election and that good and true men
may be selected. The times require the ac-
tive exertion of all lovers Of the Constitti-
tion and our Democratic Republican In
stitutions. UNwARRANTED ARRESTS, FANAT-
IcIsM, BIGofRY, INTOLERANCE and PERsE-
CUTIoN are now carried out In their most
dangerous forms, and 1t is only left to the
strong arm Of the Democracy to correct
those abuses by q vigorous application OF
the principles Of the time-honored Demo-
cratic party. sqs. Hlyi.isf 4. .
i By ordersof Democratic. County Central
Committee. ;ssaa 40 c9 bssclIsa sa 3
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01
Columbia, and nd. willian Chamberlain, of

Dutchess. ..ee s,itg, ~
T6;yteoa,b 1);,,yict--Nfanlv p. Mattice of
Greene esI,1 and jaeob Hardenbnrgh. Of Ulster r.
Fourtecnth District-Amasa J. Parker. of
Albany and n. P' Hinman. of Schohroie.
FiTsenM m, yJ;st,;ct-.James s. Thayer, Of
Rensselaer,. and Emerson h. Davis. ef' Wash
ington'
SigteenM Dfsbict-Augustus G. Hand, Of
,Essex' and Jesse Cav. Of Clinton.
Setsnteenth @ M IJistsiciH William J. Ayerilf Of
st. Lawrence, and Darius w. Lawrence, Of
Franklin. fst-g98 5t ff' att'.@ ~.
j Eyohteenth Observation-Disclosures Sparker. OF
Montgomery, and David T. Lamb, of Sara
toaa. q IsTs 81 Eaa9 b IN I'I8 5-7 40 7I,t'lr
Tineteeatln ,Dist,ict-Alfred Clark. of OF.
sepo. and Sherwood T. Merritt. of Chenan-
90.
: Tsoeatieth District--Leyi H. Brown. of
Jefferson. and Mr. ]. Skinner. of Herki-.
nor. = - ''-''Ss 1-r'oifs frt''TfH' S,@Sf,
f.s s5oy,,s s-6 3 q III II;
SoentyIVrst UtSsrteeS. noInas soprlggs,
: Twsatg- second Dtstrict-Sidney r. Fair
child, of Madison, and Millard Johnson, Of
Oswego, 81. 4, .9ole4I
Ttcentu-third District ct-Frederick Hyde, of
Cortlandt and John A. Greene, of Ononda-
ga ''' t 5,.-
Ttcenty. fourth District--Wm. C. Beardley,
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01
Abolition Caucus Proceedings.

Inc ADOllClOn majority III Une OniO lJeBlS-
lature have been for the last month ina ter
rible trepidation In regard to the Preeiden-
tial canvass. The friends Of Chase in the
House had strength enough some tifhe ago
to indefinitely postpone resolution docking
to the nomination of Lincoln, and this feat
SO elated them that they seriously entertain
ed hopes of procuring the passage of a res
olution indorsing Chase. Information of
this state of affairs was forwarded to Wash
ington, and old Abe gathered himself up
for an effort to retrieve his fortunes. The
Chase men were bullied and threatened, and
greenbacks began to 60 down and Presiden-
tial jokes to go up.
= On Friday night the difficultyscame toa
focus. A caucus of the Abolitionists was
called to meet in the hall of the House.
Senator Newton was placed in the Chair.
A discussion upon the pending question
Gunckel, Of Dayton, wanted all action upon
the subject postponed, as he doubted the
propriety of the Legislature assuming the
functions OF party Convention of the peo-
pie. He was at least decidedly in favor of
postponing the matter, for at least ten days.
In this opinion Messrs. Odlin, Delano, iKel-
logg, of Ashtabula, and other Abolition
leaders, s,coincided, and it seemed probable
that the. caucus would break up without
action. But Mr.. Stevenson, of Ross, who
was ranting Secessionist two years ago,
leaped to his feet and made speech in IA
Tor of Lincoln and his immediate nomi-
nation. Senator Day, Of. Portage, then
dropped In and ihadela fiery speech for Lin
coin, declaringI that there, was danger In
delay, and that 'loyaln friends of the Pres
Somebody wanted to know If Lincoln was
the choice OF the people, what was the me-
rcessity of immediate action. Mr.. Stevenson
made another speech, intimating that twas
disloyal to oppose Lincoln, and .hinting that
disloyalty Should be tramped out of the
party. Somebody popped up apd proposed
that Mr.. Chase be requested to retire from
the Presidential canvass. This created
some excitement among the Treasury folks,
and some feeble attempt at Indignation was
expressed. Mr.. Stevenson rose again, and
gave his loyalty screw another turn or two,
and the Chase party succumbed. Imssify
Senator McBurney, backed by Speaker
Hubbelb of the House, who isa very eau
ti0us, gentleman-who don't care particu-
larly about being prominent either against
Chase or in favor of Lincoln--offered a
resolution declaring in favor of Lincoln.
Somebody, else offered o substitute to the
same effect. Here desperate struggle en-,
sued among the faithful as to who should
present The resolution nominating Lincoln.
Eight substitutes to McBurney's resolution,
all having the same object, were offered and
entertained by the chair. Finally, Senator
Connell offered resolution as a substitute
to Mr.. McBurney's resolution, simply de-
claring that s.the soldiers and the loyal peo-
pie OF the State of Ohio are in favor Of and
demand the denomination of, Abraham Lin
eeln as the Union candidate for the Presi-
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01

The Democratic State Convention
I'm New YorI<--ApPointhnent Of
Delegates to Chicaso. HS&
The Democratic State Convention in New
York, for the purpose Of appointing dele-
gates TO the Democratic Convention at Chi
cago on the 4th Of July next selected the
following delegates = ssssssrA = 4.
DEtEaArrs FROM THE STATE AT LARGE
Horatio Seymour, o. OneidG Dean Rich,
morid, Of Genesee; Isaac Butts, OF Monroe;
August Belmont ok New Iork. .,.,
ALTERNATIVES Ayynzo Y. Paige, Josian
4. Miller, Philip W. Engs and George
prIrdArrs FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL Dis
First District - Jacob Platt CARL, OF
Queens and Abraham & thompson OF
Second District--John 8. Schumacher, Of
Kings, and Benjamin Prince, Of Kings. \
Third Distyict Samuel d. Morris, Of Kings,
and Thomas H. Fafon, of Kings.
Foafth Distrtc Daniel E. Delavan, Of
New York. and James McAlahop, of New
York. sHit3 Y 'sfl sfi, w q 3 as.12
FifiS Disnict- Oswald Offendorfer, d
N. Il !, and Ignatius Flynn, Of N. " & .
Sfrfh District John Kelly, of New York
and Henry Hilton, of New York ls'ss
Seueath District - Michael Connolly oI
New York, and Luke r. Cozans, OF. New
Eiqhh Distnct- John McKeop,, of New
York, and. Gideon. >. Tucker, Of New York
Ninth Dtstrtct~Sa5up g ullden, Of New
York, and yho1as y S11edons Of n eW York
Ts1M Pis!y5 4; nIaham J k 2,.. gongsy, 9. 6 q q
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ELEGANT LACE GOODS.

THREAD and French Lace Barbes .lstl2t =.
J. black and White BarbeJ Lace for sashss and
Point Lace Collars and Sets. So. .,r-5a .,'is5
sValenciennes IAees. Collars and ndkerchiefy. >
Thread and Froneh Lace Wells. - 80
Real Thread Guipure and Blond Lace Edgings. .
Black Yak Lace Inserting for Dress Trimmings. =
White Blond Laces for Wells and Dresses. Z
Ruches for Trimmings, Beading and Footings. ~
Point Applique Laces in all widths, -. h9I
, isnls64' ~ Nos. % to % South High street.
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"A Card.

THE UNDERSIGNED REsPECTFUL-
4 LY informs, herewith the public in general
that he viii close from and after the first day Of next
month, the ,.,..J as ecfs0i39 0f a5ari it
Columbus City Drug Store,
kept since the last eight years past under the firm Of
A. j. SCHUELLER d SON, and that he will re-
move the said Drug Store to the Eagle Drug Store.
on the Southeast corner Of High and Rich streets,
which he purchased from the estate Of his deceased
brother Ernst Schuelor, and will continue for the
past fAyor he takes the liberty TO remark that he is
an examined Apothecary and having largo well se-
lected stock Of goods on hand he hopes TO receive a
the new stand Of the business share Of the public
patronage for the future and wishes TO see at the
new place. as well his old friends and customers as
also many new ones; and especially would say that
all prescriptions will be carefully compounded at any
time during the day and night.a falg y .girR
Columbus. Ohio, January 10th, 1854.
W. - AUGUST j. SCHUELLER,
( jan3o-d3m Druggist.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01

JOHN g. THOMPSON, Chm;
~ : SAMUEL MEDARY,
9jas3 AMOS, ,LAYMAN,9r 1suh.
.f GEO. J., CONVERSE, sgi;
A. G. THURMAN, ,.-l.-s .s IN
Democratic State Central Committee.
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A LEXANDRE,S Plain ind EmbrOid.
IA cred Kid Gloves. Also Undressed Kid
Gloves with Embroidered Backs, Misses Kid Gloves.
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DLAIN Blue and Brown FOulard
i Silks. Also elegant Plain and Fancy Silks for
Street and Evening Dresses. Extra heavy Black
Corded Silks for Basques and Dresses Seeded Silks.
..---+ Balm & SON,
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TABLE LINENS, consisting of Damasks, Ia
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Failure of General Smiths Expe-
'HAE az s. dltfOn.

The cavalry expedition under General
W. F. SMITH, which, left Memphis on the
11th ilt., has returned to that place from a
raid on the Mobile and Ohio railroad. They
destroyed the trestle-work on the railroad,
brought in two thousand negroes, fifteen
hundred mules, and destroyed one million
bushels Of corn. They had some fighting.
with the rebel cavalry. The expedition, it
is said, was successful In every thing, ex-,
cept in forming q Junction with General
SHERMAN--its main object. The failure to
do this, says the Cincinnati Gazette, mustbe
regarded as oyerbalancing all the advan-
tagesIgalned, and may be the cause Of dis
aster to our forces now in the heart Of the
enemy's country. ,allgs.s
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IL German HOSIERY of the very best quail
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