Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-03-23
kilpatrick's Raid-iEOW il Damaged the Re-
bPilion,
From the richmond wing, March ST.

From the Richmond Wing, March ST.
Throw out of the account the valuable
lives of our citizen soldiers lost by the late
raid throw out, too, the negroes, horses
mules and cattle stolen, the mills and iron
works burnt, the bridges DESTROYED, the rail
roads torn up the alarm Of the women and
children IN the country and city-cast these
all aside, and look at the matter from another
point of view.
For three or four days all the Departments
and all the workshops have been closed. We
may be sure tuat the clerks and employees,
tagged out by marches, exposure and prva-
ton, will be in no condition to work to-day
The day of rest comes in good time for them.
On Monday next, then, the public business
viii be resumed-unless, indeed, some mis-
chievous scout takes it into his head to give
the people of Richmond another shaking up.
Nearly 1reek ,rH ltS hare been Iost amt lost 1t
Il time iCte1 eue1V moment IS Of precious galte
Thirty days grace Ia 5ctict 10 1in3d SIR ht1ldrea
millions Of dollars, and tie IreaSaa-y closed 9ia,-
ing Seue7, Of those days s.s
If we turn from the Treasury to the great
workshops where the munitions of war are
made, the case IS as bad, or worse, for the
time lost cannot bea made up in either of
these places. But count the cost. Each
clerk and each artisan is paid s., SO, SIS or
$50 a day. His pay goes on, while the Gov
eminent is furnishing him rations in the field
and losing his skilled labor-the only thing
which saves him from regular military ser
vice. Taken suddenly from a warm room,
and exposed TO rain and sleet, loss of sleep.
scant and badly cooked food, Il IS bit fdiy. to
infer that the larger Number Of these clerks and
hdHdjcrattSn5, lcH be made more or less sick.
and rendered incapable Of official laJoy for ,reels
10 come. Tie chances are that some Of diem scjh
de Ind skilled 2abor IS scarce enough IN tbs
! CoafedsTacg, 5rtIe al, or nearly al, the Depart
y5te2tfS are beliudId2ld Ia their lr0fk
I The pay of a cavalryman is thirteen dollars
a month. His horse costs more than that but
the two together do not cost per month more
than a clerks or artisans pay per week, OF
very little more. The cayaIryman, properly
disciplined and kept in hand, Is few have
/ been in this vicinity, is an efficient soldier.
/ capable of doing hard services without injury
: TO himself or the civil business Of the eoun-
/ try. What Is more to the point he can inter
/ cept the raider, pursue him, cut him off fol
/ low him in all his lodgings and windings, and
1 bring him finally 10 g-ief.
But Jcs are short Of men and horses. True,
! vet not so short that We cannot afford for the
I protection of our Capital at least one full
I brigade of the best cavalry in the service.
II TOO reak FOR tbs ss are too 1reak to Eus
/ and ought TO 90 lauder We are not to weak
/ however. The men and the horses can BE-
had by proper management and a little head
work
| This cavalry brigade need not be kept here
. always. 1t can 90 TO Gen. Lee in times O.
/ emergency. 1t can return whenever il /.
needed Il can render material assistance il
! ascertaining with certainty the movements O
/ the enemy, and save US from constant bell
1 ringing distractions and needless interruption.
/ Of the public business. IN fact, the relatir
cost OF the brigade, compared nth tie repsatse
Suspensions OF tie Departments and sroriSiofS
lcosad Be nominal