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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-21
A Monstrous Proposition.

Under this heading the Raleigh CN. c.
Progress, rebel paper, denounces, in Ian
guage as hard as cannon balls, the proposition
to create Dictator for the Confederacy. 1t
shows that the elements of trouble among the
rebels are widespread and lie deep, but are
coming to the surface gradually. 1t says
The beauties of secession but dimly seen
at first, are becoming more and more vivid
rs the revolution advances, and, from present
indications, it will not be long before he who
runs may read. The communication of Off
GERS of the Army of the Tennessee, read in
the House of Representatives on Tuesday
show that there is an sIarming state Of de-
morahzation and disatfection in that quarter
If there is to be Dictator, Mr.. Foote wants
Gen. Lee We have as much confidence in,
and respect for General Lee as any man liv-
ing, but we tell Mr.. Foote that the people of
North Carolina, who set out to fight for free
dom and liberty, will not submit to a dicta-
tor in the person of any living man, while the
power is left to resent. The Raleigh IN. O.
Standard, says that the people in the extreme
western counties Of North Carolina, have been
deprived Of all mail facilities, en- the ground
Of disIoyalty to the Confederate Government"
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Rebel ConscripIion.

Some of the people of the loyal States, who
are opposed to the war-opposed to bounties
for voluntsers-opposed to the CONSUMPTION
with Il communication clause and to conscrip-
ton without a Communication clause-ana fla
ally opposed to every means resorted to on
tho part of the Government or the people, to
put down this accursed rebellion, on account
of illegality unconstitutionality, oppression II
some ether equally grave objection. Such
men are generally strong in their expression
of admiration of the course of their Southern
brethren They cannot divcst themselves of
their old hallucination, that all the chivalry,
all regard for the constitution, the rights of
the people and the rights of States, are con-
fined to tho would be slave Gliding Cenfsder-
acy. We commend to that class Of persons
the following paragraphs showing how CON
Scriptiou is carried ou in rebeldom 1t will
be seen that ali persons who have hitherto
furnished substitutes az well as all the sol
diers now in the rebel armies ', hose time is
about to expire are to be conScripted:
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-Richmond papers re-
port the passage by Congress of bill to con
script all men who have hitherto furnished
substitutes This will curtaiI the working of
the Railroads. The Enquirer says all the Vir-
ginia Railroad iron is nearly worn out and
so are the men working them.
The Examiner says there is no prospect of
any considerable crops this year i'll several of
the fertile counties of South Western Virginia
In view of the foregoing named law, farmers
have hired their field hands to manufacturing
companies, or sent them to cities and towns
for employment
No corn will be raised, and but little oats
or wheat which will barely suffice for home
con sumption.
The CONSUMPTION of all old soldiers in the
rebel armies, whose time shortly expires, is
urged iii memorial to the rebel Congress by
Gems. Hardee Cheatham, Breckenridge and
others.
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Another Unisn Raid in Virginia.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 18.-The American has a
letter dated Point Lookout, Jan. 10th, giving
on account of an extensive raid III Westmore-
land, Northumberland aud Richmond cOun-
ties, Va, by Brig. Gen. MaEsn. His command
consisted of 300 infantry and $50 cavalry,
and embarked from Point Lookout on the 18th.
The command marched to Warsaw Court
House, Richmond county, captured aud de-
stroysd large quantity OF pork and bacon
collected there by the rebel government cap
tursd rebel Major and several other prison
ers, and destroyed grain, &c From Warsaw
they proceeded to Union Wharf on the Rap
pahaunock, and communicated with the gun
boats. They then moved down the river,
crossed Farnham Creek, and burned large
bridge. Some diminishing with the rsbel
cavalry occurred at this point
The next morning they marched for Little
Waltham, and destroyed a quantity Of grain,
and other produce, and after slight Skin
msh with small body of rebel cavalry, they
moved on to Lancaster G. H., where the
main command halted, and Lieut.. Dickerson,
of the 9Th cavalry, was sent to killanock, ten
miles distant, and from that point detach-
ment was sent out which burnt an extensive
tannery and large quantity of leather, be-
sides Machinery, &c. That night the com
mand went to point on the Wycomco riv-
er, where they expected to meet the infantry
force and gunboatS.
On the 14th they moved up the Wycomi-
co to point where the command was re-
shipped and returned to Point Lookout, after
an absence of three days. Only one man was
killed, % prisoners were taken, 80 horses and
30 mules, 60 head of cattle, 106 sheep were
captured.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-21
NesaYE.NEER CEsRL.
OFFICE OF THE ERNOSHA TELEGRAPH,
Kenosha, January 21st, 1854.

~
Kenosha, January 21st, 1854. {
GRAIN MARKET-The market transactions have
rather light the week the date of last
issus-thou gil prices have been firm and the sleghing
for psrtoa Of the week tslera bly, COED.
Wheat is firm and has advanced about cents, and
quote sales of No Spring 81 ~ Barley il scarce
and in good demand but hardly sufficient is brought
forward by teams TO establish quo atsns. The mails.
tiers and brewers mostly obtaining their supplies
by the MiIwaukes sud Chicago railroad. Prime Bar
ley bring ST. 80 and ordinary to fair Sl5A$ 20: Oats
are quiet at 53a60c. Ehelled Corn 75c. Germ in he
ear 40c per bushel.
PRQYIsIONs.-Butteri is 1s2c higher with sales at
lSS2Oc for good to prms Eggs in better supply
since the moderate weather ana bring only 20c Peach
low and Prince Albert potatoes find quick sale at SOC
Mixed potatoes and common varieties rather dull
at 48c Pri,us white Beans bring 1850, but lots not
strictly prime will only bring 81 75a$1 So Buckwheat
-four IS 50 psr vt. Smoked shoulder &c. Hams Sc.
Turkeys Ease Chickens s..
DRESSED ROGS.-Drezsed Hogs have mostly come
forward and we notice tbz offerings are light. The
market for hogs however s firm and buyers paying
Sc to 81 per hundred, dividing en- geo lbs.
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Interestiag from, the s.y,h =,

A refugee from Richmond who liHysljod
via Wilmington and Mobile and Dnio Rail
roads to Oklahoma, gigea the Memphis Buye-
tin g long sccount Of the condition Of things
IN tho Confederacy, and describes the state Of
society in Richmond as terrible deInoraliza-
ton among all classes being most extraordi-
nary. A large number of rebel officers are
in the city, and Union men...ars said to he
numerous. The same GENERALIZATION ex;stod
in Mobile.
The proposition made to the rebel Go,
gress to conscript negroes for soldiers va.
vigorously opposed by the members FRI m Tir-
gina, Georgia and South CaTolina
Llncoln's amnesty proclsmAt' an has been
suppressed as much as pos ,ole among the
people and soldiers, for fesy thew would accept
i and abandon the .cb<,l cause. 1t was be-
hevsd Urge majority of the troops, ifIeft tc
'D' -.nEelves, would lay down their arms and
accept the terms proposed.
Lees army IL in Virginia.
I.ongstreets forces are estimated at 60, 900
Bishop Polk commands the Department o
the Mississippi in place of Gen. Johnston
His assumption OF the command was very
imposing, while the denunciation Of Bragg
was very bitter.
BrAggs army IL completely deInor&ilZe'
and scattered throughout the country, anc
deserting in large numbers
It is the intention of the rebel Government
to concentrate all the forces possible at tina
point to check the advance of Grant anC
drive him back if possible
The number Of troops in West Mississippi
is estimated at 80, 900. Gen. S. D. Lee com
rnands the cavalry and has 1000 troops; g.,
900 under Ferguson at Okolona, 3, 500 at Ok
ford and two regiments at Hudson.
Prisoners having been declared exchanged
are supplied with arms. Cen Lees head
quarters are at Brandon, Miss.
Immense quantities of corn are lying
along the railroad from the Alabama line:
Sixty-two rebel prisoners were sent from
Memphis on the 18th, to be exchanged 70
some of our troops taken in Forests raid
Gen Sherman has gone to Vicksburg.
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From Rert Tisanrae.

Fot.T MONROE, Jan. is.
detachment o. tile Eleventh PennsylVa-
ma cavalry arrived to-day from raid through
eastern North Carolina. They report that
they found the body of a soldier hanging at
SInitn's Mills on the 18th lnst., with the tol-
lowing words upon it;
Here hangs private Samuel Jones, Of the
9TH Ohio RegiInent-hung by order Of Maj.
Gen Picket, in retaliation for private David
Bright of the Sixty-Second Georgia Regiment,
hung December 18th by order Of Brig Gen.
Wild"
Citizens Of Montgomery, Ala, were busy
Oh the 4th, taking in ice All inch thick
The Wilmington Journal on the recent pres
encs Of Gen Butler i'll Newbern, and the con
centration of troops at that point as well az at
Washington and Beaufort harbor, leaves little
doubt that an advance of most serious char
scter il contemplated and on the eve OF exc
cut;on bv the snemy!in North Carolina The
enemy NAV advance III the direction Of King
atom and Gsldsboro No doubt the enemy are
;r,craasiDg their forces at Washington and
Plymouth, and we may expect an attack Oh
tn. railroad near Rocky Mountain and Weld
Ell.
The Montgomery Advertiser Us General
Martins entire cavalry force met the enemy
at Tslbot's Station and drove them back four
miles, when they were reinforced and drove
Martin back with considerable loss. The en-
eny rem ain at Massey Creek, strongly entrench-
Cd Our loss was 120. The railroad VIII be
in running order to Bristol in few days,
A Confederate quarterInaster has been as
covered to be dsfaulter to the amo unit or
50, 900, 600.
The Richmond Enquirer Of the 18th says ::
'Where are we drifting? The tendencies OF
the hour are dangerous. The proceedings at
Richmond are we'll worth the attention OF the
people At this moment Congress holds IN It's
hands the destiny of the republic. 1t has the
determination Of the question whether it shall
live or die The debates and proceedings OF
Congress furnish US much occasion for painful
solicitation. They evince panic rather than
the cool and grave deliberation becoming such
body In its anxiety to restore the curren-
cy and fill up the army, the danger is immi-
usnt that Congress will bankrupt the country
and overturu the frame work Of society. The
proposition of the special committee on finance
to tax the present values Of the Contederacy
to the amount of $500, 600, 000 should be Ell
titled ''An act to sell out at public auction
for taxes, all tue real sstateiof the Confederac,
to the people whe have Epeculated and accu
rulated fortunes by the war !" and the bill re
ported from the military committee might b
Justly entitled San act to establish an IRE
sponsible despotism at Richmond, snd starv
the country, including the army
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WASHINGTON, Jan. IS, 1864.
Signed

EXCHANGE OF CARTEs DE EIsIrR-Old
"Aunt" Polly Doxstster motherly Oneida
squaw, living about six miles from this CITY,
was the nurse of the now Mrs. Gensral Nc
Clelan. Several weeks since, Aunt Polly
conceived the idea of sending her photograph
TO Mrs. NJ, and asking hers in return. Mrs.
NJ was evidently much gratifed at the re-
membrance of her old nurse, for she not only
sent her photograph to Polly, but accompanied
it with handsome sum of money, which she
may have the satisfaction of knowing was
well and worthily bestowed.
'.Aunt Polly still follows her old vacation
and Mrs. Mcclellan is not the oaIy prominent
officers wife who will always have cans, IN
remember her official services. Green Rav
Advocate
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-21

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CoNvRNTIoN.-The
democratic national convention, to nominate
the candidates Of that party for the next Pres
idency and Vice Presidency, has been called
to meet in Chicago, upon the Fourth of July,
the next anniversary of our American indie
pendence The Milwaukee Ne1gS in making
this announcement says, 'the time and place
are appropriately chosen" On the election of
President Lincoln, the Editor of the Meas, de-
clarsd it as his firm conviction, with his uGu-
al oraculsr prescience, that Abraham Lincoln
was the last President of the United States
He now announces the opening Of the next
Presidential Campaign, with apparently no
such gloomy foreboding. He has evidently
lost faith in the ability of his Southern friends,
TO destroy the country and government, or,
what amounts to the same thing, he has &C
quirsd more faith in the ability of the loyal
people of the country to resist such attempts
at the destruction Of all loyal man holds
dear.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-21

Our SPEAKER.-Wm. w. FIELD, of Gran,
was elected Speaker of the Assembly on Thurs
day last on the first ballot, receiving the full
vote OF the Union party Of that body. Though
Mr.. Field has heretofore served two terms il
the Assembly he has not brought hiInsel
prominently before the people of the State as
ALI eloquent orator or scheming politician.
Hence we conclude he is a man OF 1oorks rath
er than Of agords.
Mr.. Field is native of the ''old Granite
State, but has resided at Fennimore, Grant
County, eleven years we believe. He is 80
years OF age, and is farmer This is his
'hird term in the Assembly. Two years ago
he was chairman of the committee on Iegisla
i've expenditures, and during the last session
OF the Legislature, he was chairman Of the
railroad Committee. Such is the man the
Assembly has chosen to preside over its cOup
sels' aud we presume they have chosen
we'll
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-21

The GoyMRNoRs MRssAGE-Wc take pleas
ure in calling the attention of our readers to
this document on the first side of our paper.
All in ALL we believe that we have net
published more able terse, and concise mes
sage for some time. The condition OF our
State in all its departments is set forth IN clear
and comprehensive light, that needs no COIN
nentary to make it plain to all. There Is no
labored effort or oratorical vsrbosity to cover
up its meaning The Governor finds the at
fairs Of State in very desirable condition,
and we presume he will leave them SO.
After this brief and satisfactory exhibit Of
our State affairs the Governor turns to the
aspect of National matters. And here the
Democratic editors and speakers take issue
with the Governor, and after having spoken
in high terms of the Message as whole they
find fault with his patriotic and eminently
Just sentiments III reference to the rebellion,
and the means Of putting an end TO it, and
restoring the Union. The Milwaukee Neps
INDUCES in the following unjust and unwar-
ranted hyperbolcaI remarks i'll speaking Of
this portion of the Message:
THE Governor falls naturally into the stream
of popular opinion. He adds his voice to the
cry for war; for unmitigated war; for war
beneath the banners of sectional party; for
war under partisan administration, to estab-
lish partisan and sectional principles +; for a
war which means not Union, but subjuga-
faI e. no II
of the constitution and laws, but extended
aud prolonged for the enforcement of political
doctrines against the justice of which the
whole Of his past political life stands as iv-
ing testimony"
After reading that paragraph, we naturally
turn to the Message to see what portion W.
have overlooked in our first perusal But w
study it from beginning to end il
vain, to find a single paragraph or sentenc
to Justify such remarks. The Nei0s would
make Gov. Lewis a most outrageous blood
thirsty individual, when the facts in the Cas-
are entirely the reverse He is for the Con
stitution and the Union-fOr the Governmen
founded by Washington, Jefferson, Franllli
and Adams, upon the immortal Declaration {
Independence az its chief corner stone, instea
of the Government founded by JEFF, Davis
with Slavery as its chief corner stone A
this 'piing up the agony" in regard to tn
kind of war that Gov. Lewis favors in hi
message is of course entire and pure fiction
without grain of truth or reaIity for
} foundation
We commend ths Message to fair al
candid perusal, and if after such perusaI, tn
most inveterate copperhsad can point out til
paragraph that juStifea the structure Of IL
Netos and its coIaborers in detraction, W
will own up that they are smarter than W
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-21

A writer in the Milwaukee Sentinel savs
Upon the 6th inst, a town meeting of the
voters OF this town was called for the purpose
of raising fund to be expended in paving
bounties TO volunteers, to fill our quota for
the coming draft The sum of So, 600 was
raised, and bounty of $500 offered for suf-
fcient number of men to make our quota
good. And to day the required number as
signed to our town 40 are sworn in. and start
for Camp Washburn tomorrow. Bully for
Port Washington! The town notorious for a
riot in opposing a draft a year since nobly
redeems herself new. OzAUKEE.
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E9TECM
%PECTAL TOWN MEETING.

lTTELIHL . wv ME = 1T NO.
The qualified ee0tors of the town of Pleasant
Prairie in the county of Kenosha hereby notified
that Special Town NIee ting will be held at the Town
Hall in said town. the 29th day ofJanuary, 1884, to
convene tn hours Of nine and ten O'Clock in
the forenoon, for the purpose Of voting tax Of the
amount OF Thirty six Hundred Dollars upon the taxa
BILE property oaaid town, to pay bounty Cftw hun
dred dollars each OF IS volunteers required to fill the
quota OF said under the last call of the President
Of the Uni States for three hundred thousand voun
tsers u request for such meeting having been duly
made ii undersigned bytwelve qualified voters o
said town. specifying therein the purposes above sci
forth as the object of such meeting.
JOHN OLIVER, Town Clerk.
Dated, Pleasant Prairie, jan 2, A. D, 1864. sw3i
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From CharIestow

NEW York, Jan. 19.-The Hilton Head cor
Tsspondsnce Of the 18th states that few ye,-
sells of the new expedition are moving out Of
the harbor. The ssige of Charleston is tenn
psrarily suspended, except by the fire Of our
guns from Morris Island, where a sufficient
force is left for defence and to work the gums
and where more batteries are being erected
for the purpose of reducing the city to ashes
A large negro force accompanies the expedi-
tion. the War Department having authorized
Gen. Gilmore to recruit all the negroes in
his Department as troops under white off
GERS.
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srMUEAA 20 WIZ sIRATENG.
PAnLS

Notice is hereby given tohe qualified Electors ofthe
town of Paris in county OF Xenoshs and state of
Wisconsin, that upon application Of twelve qualified
electors ui said town, Special Town Meeting will be
held at the house of NJ C.. Buswsll, in said town.
Thursdy being the 20:h day Of January, 1864, the
purpose voting tax OF the amount OF Twentyeisht
Hundred Dollars upon the taxable property of sal d
town. pay bounty of two hundred dollars to each
of IA untEers required Ill the quota of said town
in the call OF the President of the United States for
thres Luudr ed thousand volunteers.
Dated Ills 18th day OF January, 1854.
3ws2 DANIEL MARSH, Town Clerk
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-21

No NAN, says Mr.. Stowe in the Boston
batchmaH, has suffered more and deeper, al
belt with dry, weary, patient pain, that
seemed TO some like insenslbilty, than Presi-
dent Lincoln. ''Whichever way it ends" he
said TO the writer, Il have the impression that
shant last long after it is over" After the
dreadful repulse at Fredericksburg, he is re-
ported to have said, IF there is a man out of
hell that suffers more than l do l pity him. "
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-21

Es a'sobata-Rk cnsskI County CouSG
Ia the matter oftbs estate Of John Fassen deceased.
nm reading and filing the petition Of Andrew schof-
ZEN administrator Of said deceased, setting forth
shat there was personal estate belonging to the estate
Of said deceased, the amount OF debtt outstanding
against said deceased and description Of all the real
estate Of which aad deceased died sezd, and the con-
dton and value Of the same and praying that license
be to him granted sell the whole OF said real estate,
and It appearing by said petition that there Is not suf
fcis personal ehas in the hands OF said adminisrs
tor to pay said debts and tha It'll ecessary IN ord
"a ma thh same to sell the whole of said real eEtAte
II therefore ordered that alt persons interested in said
estate appear before the judge Of this court on Friday
4 day OF March next, at TWO O'Clock NJ 0; said
dava his Office 10 the ctyof Kenosha then snd there to
csuse II any there shall be, why cenee should not
he granted said admins rat0r to sell said real estate,
according TO the prayer Of said petition.
And It is further ordered that copy or this order
sha be published four successive weeks, PRIOR to
said day Of hearing "a the fKenosha Teegrapha week
lv Newspaper printed and published VI the city Of Ke
n osha In said county ofKenosha
Renoaha, January il, 1864. .a.s
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New Advertisements.
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SECOND DISPATCH.

The night express, west from Buffalo, WAS
stuck in the snow three miles east Of Paines-
Vile. Three cars were burned. Five persons
killed and a number wounded. The cause Of
the disaster was as follows: Two men were
detailed to..watch alternately for the approach
ing train The collision occurred while one
was relieving the other who was nearly per
ished by the storm and cold.
Among the killed was Henry Coffin. The
names of the others are not yet ascertalned.
The wounded are DIR. Meade, of Canton, y
j. L. Stearns and James Gill, Syracuse; ",
F. Erdsrs Of St. Louis; Niles Folsom and }.
GLADDEN., Oregon, Wis; Catherine Post Nc
Connosville, o. !; j. Gaurdy, Claysvils, Pa.
B. Curran, Of Dunkirk, and number of other
names not yet learned. Supt. Nottingham,
with relief train from Cleveland reached the
spot The wounded are being cared for at
hotels and private houses.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 10.
A terrible accident occurred this morning
Oh the Catawissa Railroad. A principal bridge
between Summit and Catawissa gave way.
An entire train was dashed to atoms, and a
NUN Der OF lives lost The accident was caus-
ed by the recent heavy rains. A passenger
train had shortly before passed safely over.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.
The reported accident Ola the Catawissa K.
r. is positively denied FIN the best informed
circles. There has been no confirmation Of