Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-08-10

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team, and guard was accordingly sent to 81
low this patriotic gentleman the great pleas
ure Of making slight sacrifice for the Union.
They proceeded 10 the stable, but found not
the objects Of their search, Though there was
. evidence that they had been recently III the
stalls.) They proceeded to the house, and
in reply 10 interrogatories learned that they
were in the country, fifteen miles distant,
. having zen driven there some four or five
days previously. The guard grew suspicious
aud invited the proprietor to the stables
where, upon looking into the stalls, he saw
that which sorely puzzled hilJ, but he hap
pe1ted sudderty to recollect that one of his kin
/ folk stabbed his horses there the night before.
The ruse would doubtless have succeeded,
/ had not a smothered and suspicious noise
/ ike the stamping of horses feet, at this
/ juncture arrested the attention of the guard
in the direction of the house. They went to
| the spot-tore open the sutherland there
! in one coraer Of tie parton stood he horses ,
their feet carefully shod with TUFTS If cotton
1 Oh, cotton, how k,1sdess aty empire a7soiter
argument in favor OF thy coronation Suffice
: it to say, that the horses were soon upon
the street, marching direct for Headquarters,
| while the good old patriot" criiDsoned with
! bushes, retired TO his room, minus his GER
! tifcate of Government Indebtedness, TO re-
! fleet upon the pleasures of sacrificing " trl-
/ fes TO the cause of the Union. Many other
/ ridiculous scenes were enacted which | will
/ not mention to-day. The horses IN question:
are intended TO mount the 9th Pennsylvania
/ Cavalry Several hundred were demanded
and every }ogai man received d certificate of
! indebtedness from the Government. Many,
and bitter complaints have been made, but no
truly loyal man should doubt the Justice of
the proceeding which has for its object the
relief Of the gallant 9th Pennsylvania
On Saturday no less than forty arrests were
made in this city of disloyal citizens and re-
bel agents from Dixie.
Last evening, IN company with friend,
went TO the Military Prison to see the factory
hands from Roswell, Georgia. Through the
kindness of the Surgeon in charge we were
permitted to go through the entire establish
ment, and it they are u fair specimen of
| Georgia refugees, say let the refugees re-
main in D15e. Among the whole crowd
found but two Union persons. \ more de-
graded, Ignorant, scaly set Of men, women
| and children l never saw. Werr they .ess
arrogant and brazen-faced, | shouIa pity
them, and in fact went with the intention of
pitying the poor, suffering Union refugees, but
my sympathy soon sank below zero, and dis
gust assumed its place. They uttered loud
and bitter curses on General Sherman, using
language like the following:
w hat did g0lt'us come down thar for and
drive ee'an,s from home ,"
That Gen. Sherman wants to steal our
slaves, indeed he du and he lit all the fac
tries, and didn't leave nothing for we'uns nor
our kin. Right smart way to fight, we reck-
ons driyin' little childer and old folks outer
work and vitals, and toteing US way up here"
General Sherman Is agoit 6dJ, beast,
and our COMMENT will teach him sufng when
they finds him. Orphans CUss him, Cord
cusses him, and the hull South cusses him."
The above is a fair sample Of their garu-
l0us loquacity. The men are to be sent North
of the Ohio, and the women and children are
being sent to various places in the city to
work.
The remains Of Major General Mcpherson
are expected in the city to-day. | am rot
advised TO whether any military demon
STATIONS common on such occasions will be
made or not. The country will feel deeply
the loss OF Gen. Mcpherson, as he was an ac-
tive and efficient officer.
Thus one after another of our nobest Cen
erals are falling, sacrificed upon TIE shrine OF
Starcry' and may the Government never
make peace until this curse of man and the
cause of the war Is utterly exterminated.-
Experience tells Us that it IS a curse, and
duty commands US 10 stop not until the last
yestge has disappeared from the land. Her
course through the land is marked with
blood We cannot longer tolerate it. The
voices of murdered patriots call out to US
from the shores of the eternal world, CON
juring Us to strike strike! until the monster
bends its brow in death Has the nation
bled thus in vain No great as may be
the sacrifice, it shall be made to secure its
everlasting overthrow, And there are men at
the North who must know the issues. and who
still encourage the traitors by their sympathy
and opposition to the Government. 4 voice
comes from the dying soldier at the front
.'TeIl the traitors all around you
That their cruel words know
Ia every battle Kill our soldiers,
By the help they give the foe"
Editors Of Copperhead papers are not so
ignorant not to know the true situation
AID why 90 they thus UNANIMOUSLY, murderous-
~ oppose the measures of the Administra-
ton Would they sacrifice the country for
p@tgs sake Would they barter array the
future 1caIfare of America to secure prestige
for Sfapey? That they cause incalculabe
mischief, no one can deny. They occasion
the loss of valuable lives which, but for their
reasonable utterances, would be spared to
Us but the time Is rapidly approaching when
thei. influence against the increasing tide of
liberty and war-against the policy of the
Government, will be as futile as a straw in
the hands Of an infant, attempting to stay
the resistlcss tide Of Niagara The fat has
gone forth, [ pom the forehead of slavery
the finger of the Almighty has written ''thou
shalt die - The future policy of the Gov
ernment, chizeIcd out of the " solid rock BY
the hand Of awakened Justice, Is seen, and
known to all Upon its brow | read in gilt
tering letters " Emancipation :" Noble stat
ne the masterpiece Of the 18th century +
Statue, moved by an inward spirit, which
will sweep ponderously, crushingly on, level
ing the throne of oppression, rousing from
their southern slumber, the angels of light
and universal knowledge, By the thunder of
its glorious progress, inaugurating the reign
of true and lasting peace. Who will oppose
It: He tnat standeth in the way shall be
ground 10 powder OMERO.
From the Fifth Battery.
HoV Wisconsin lIe71 Handle Cq7lnoR-I1eJe2
G90t8ers and Rigal Union Batteries Sur
passeR-IFhot one Company has Done iu the
Georyia Campaign.
Correspondence of the State Journal.
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