The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-02-16

aries OF supreme judges, and Judges of the
list, I'd, and 9th Circuits, from So, 500 to
5000.
Several bills were considered in Committee
of the Whole, including the Agricultural
College bill, which was partially gone
through with.
In the Assembly petitions were presented
from citizens of Milwaukee County, for
law requiring aliens to pay tax in lieu of
exemption from military duty; also petitions
to require officers of Railroad Companies to
be citizens of this State.
Bills were introduced, to authorize towns
to fix the pay of supervisors and assessors:
amending section Is, chapter 1873 of the Re-
vised Statutes, so as to increase witness fees:
III relation to tax titles, and redemption of
lands; amending sections 2, 4 and s. of chap
ter II of laws of Ga relative to the relief
of soldiers families.
Several bills were considered in Committee
of the Whole
MILITARY ITEMs.-Reports from all parts
of the State shows that recruiting is going
on with increasing rapidity as the expira-
ton of the time limited for volunteering APP
proaches Many localities have already fill
ed their quotas, and companies are organic
ing and rapidly filling in all parts of the
State.
The 44th Regiment is reported full, and
Col. SYMMEs and the other officers will go to
the front shortly. We expect to hear a
good report from this well officered regi-
| ment.
{ The 45th still lacks three companies of
being full.
The 10th has 7O0'men reported and 400 in
camp 1t will soon be full.
The 47th is full, aud has had 500 men
pass the surgeons examination.
The 48th and 49th are doing very we'll
but we have not learned the exact figures of
men recruited. We learn from Mr.. James,
of Provost Marshal Lovels office, that there
have been about 500 men mustered this
week, nearly all by It. Purcell here. Dur
ing the month of January there were 697
volunteers mustered in the State.
Lieut.. PURCELL mustered 1875 men this
morning.
AS before stated the I'd and 4th wards Of
this city have filled their quota and the LIST
and Sd are trying hard to do so. Quite a
number Of men from this city have enlisted,
among others, son of Prof J. D. BUTLER o.
the University. Journal
FRIDAY-February lO.-Ssnate. No bills
of general interest were introduced Sever
al bills were passed, mainly local. but in
Guiding bills to amend section l, of chapter
ia Of the general laws Of 1861, so that its
provisions, allowing parties to testify in
their own defense, should not apply to trials
in criminal actions in which the defendant
has been indicted by grand jury; to amend
chapter 1873 Of the laws Of 1861, relative
to the publication of legal decisions, so that
the price of Supreme Court Reports should
be $3.50 volume and the number of COD.
les purchased by the State 400; also mem
orial to Congress for a repeal of the duty on
printing paper.
A memorial to the President of the Uni
ted States was introduced and adopted, ex.
pressing the opinion that the ranks of the
armies of the United States should be filled
up; that no propositions of peace should be
made or entertained, other than full submis.
sion on the part of mob attempting the de
struction Of the government; that air the
resources of the Government should be
promptly directed to the restoration of peace
on this basis; but urging that each locality
should've required to bear its, share and that
while the people of Wisconsin are deter
mined to stand by the present National AID.
miuistration in efforts to preserve to poster
ity the institutions of civil and religious lib
erty, and do nothing to discourage enlist
ments, it is the opinion of the Legislature Of
Wisconsin that great injustice has been done
in the assignment of quotas; that the quota
of this State is much to large in proportion
to its number OF enrolled men, as compared
with that of other States and the number Of
men called for; that efforts to have this in
Justice corrected by Provost Marshal Gener
al Fry have been unsuccessful and that he
offers no explanation of the peculiar aud in
comprehensive plan on whi3h he assigns
quotas; and further maintaining that Gen
Fry has proved himself incompetent for his
position, and good faith to the people, and
the interests of the public service, demand
his removal.
A resolution was adopted in favor of a
postponement Of the draft to April LIST.
The Senate adjournedsto Monday evening.
ASSembJy-Several petitions were present.
ed for the relief of farm mortgagors and a
petition for law requiring railroads to at
tach to one train each day car for way
freight.
Bills were introduced relating to guard
ians and wards, relative to evidence in GER
tain cases, and extending the benefit of
chap. III, general laws of 1864, to persons
in the naval service
A joint resolution to ratify the amend
ment of the Constitution of the United
States abolishing slavery, was made the
special order for Thursday, Feb. %, it being
understood that every member who desires
to give the reason for his vote will be heard
before the vote is taken.
Adjourned till Monday evening.