Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-08-13

team, and guard was accordingly sent 70 al
low this patriotic gentleman the great pleas
ure of making slight sacrifice for the Union
They proceeded to the stable, but found not
the objects of their search, Though there was
evidence that they had been recently IN the
/ stalls.) They proceeded to the house, and
/ in reply to interrogatories learned that they
!; were in the country, fifteen miles distant,
! having been driven there some four or FIVE
days previously. The guard grew suspicious
and invited the proprietor to the stables,
where, upon looking into the stalls, be saw
that which sorely puzzled him, but he hap
pened suddenly to recollect that one of his kim
/ folk stabbed his horses there the night before.
The ruse would doubtless have succeeded,
! had not a smothered and suspicious noise
like 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 shutters-and there
in one corner of de parLor stood the horses
their feet carefully shod with tufts Of cotton
| OH, cotton how Hnlidess hy empire! another
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" crimsoned with
bushes, retired to his room, minus his GER
tifcate of Government Indebtedness, to re-
| feet upon the pleasures of sacrificing "tri-
| fies" 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 we're demanded,
and every loyal man received "a certificate OF
indebtedness from the Government. Many,
and bitter complaints have been made, but no
truly loyal man should doubt the justice of
Z the proceeding which has for its object the
relief OF the gallant 9th Pennsylvania.
On Saturday no less than forty arrests were
made i'm this city of disloyal citizens and re-
bel agents from Dixie.
Last evening, in company with friend, L
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 if they are a fair specimen of
| Georgia refugees, say let the refugees re-
main in Dix,e. Among the whole crowd |
found but two Union persons. A more de-
graded, ignorant, scaly set of men, women
and children never saw. Were they less
arrogant and braZen-faced, | should 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:
"What did yol'ns come down thar for and
drive aOe'ups from home ?"
THAT Gen. Sherman wants to steal OUT
slaves, indeed he du; and he lit all the fac
tries, and didn't leave nothing for we'uns MOI
our kin. Right smart way to fight, we reck-
ons, drivin' little childer' and old folks outer
work and vitals, and toteing us way up here. ,
General Sherman is scotf, a. bar, beast,
and our COMMENT will teach him suffing when
they finds him. Orphans cuss him, Cord
cusses him, and the hull South cusses him. y
The above is fair sample of their garu-
lOus 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 not
advised as 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 noblest Gen
erals are falling, sacrificed upon the shrine OF
slaueryi and may the Government never
make peace until this curse of man and the
cause of the war is utterly extermnated.-
Experience tells us that it is a curse, and
duty commands us to stop not until the last
vestige 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-
| Turing 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. A voice
comes from the dying soldier at the front
ssTeIl the traitors all around you
That their cruel words we know;
| In every battle kill our soldiers,
BY the help they give the foe."
Editors of Copperhead papers are not so
| ignorant as not to know the true situation,
and why-do they thus UNANIMOUSLY, murderOus-
ly oppose the measures of the Administra-
ton ? Would they sacrifice tie country for
pa,fy'S sake ? Would they barter asoay the
future weIfare of America to secure prestige
for sta,ery? That they cause incalculable
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
their 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 resistless tide of Niagara The fiat has
gone forth! Upon the forehead of slavery
the finger of the Almighty has written "thou
shalt die !" The future policy of the Gov
eminent, chizeled 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 10th century -
Statue, moved by an inward spirit, which
will sweep ponderOusly, erushingly 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 that standeth in the way shall be
ground to powderi 0MERO.
From the Fifth Battery.
Hon Wisconsin Men Handle Cdnnoa--Rebel
Guaners and Rival Union Batteries S,u-
passed What one Company has. Done IN the
Georgia Campaign.
i Correspondents of the State Journal.
CHATrAHoocHEE RIVER, Ga, July 20, "a.
| MEssRs. EDIToRs: The Journal seems to be
the mouth-piece by which the soldier from
the Badger State talks of the noble deeds,
heroic suffering and brilliant achievements,
that constitute the record of his years in
ebeldom-accomplished, suffered and achiev-
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