Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-08-09

Spectfully presented to the Confed-
crate congress remonstrance
against the CONSUMPTION law of the
Confederate government
Lord Palmerston, referring to the
war in America in speech at ban
quet given by the mayor of Shelf
field, said that the government had
thought 1t their duty to advise their
sovereign to preserve a strict and
rigid neutrality. He was con-
WINGED that the course which the
British government had pursued was
the only course which became that
country, and that 1t had received, and
would continue to receive, the ap-
prevail and sanction of the British
people.
August 9, 1862.
An order issued from the war de-
partment of the United States to pre-
vent the evasion of military duty and
suppress disloyal practices, and auth
oyizing the arrest OF persons discour-
aging enlistments.
At Macon City, Mo-, twenty-six Con-
federate prisoners were shot for vio-
lating their paroles.
Hundreds of citizens of the west
and other portions of the loyal states
were reported to have fed into
Canada to escape the draft. Several
persons were arrested at Baltimore
while attempting to escape.
Colonel Mcneil with a Union force
overlook Porter's irregulars at Stock
ton, in the western part of Macon
county. Missouri, and defeated them,
capturing a number of prisoners,
among whom were many who had
taken the oath of allegiance and given
bonds.
The National forces under General
Banks engaged the Confederates I'M
der General Jackson at Cedar noun
tain, eight miles from Culpepper Court
House, Virginia. The battle lasted two
hours. The Confederates withdrew
| from the field at the end of that time.
| The Nationals lost 1900 men in killed,
wounded and missing.
The secretary of war issued an Or
der directing the governors of the
| loyal states to proceed forthwith to
| furnish their quota of the 100000 men
| asked by President Lincoln. He also
ordered an enrolment of all able
| bodied citizens between the ages OF
I eighteen and forty-fve.
At New Fairfield, Conn, five per-
sons mutilated themselves to escape
the draft, some by having their right
| fore-fnger cut off, and others by hav'
| ing all their teeth extracted.
August 10, 1862. ~
Edwin M Stanton, secretary of war
of the United States, issued the fol
lowing order: 'The temporary re.
strictions upon travel, deemed neces-
sary to prevent evasions of liability
| to be drafted into the militia, were
not intended to apply to couriers with
| dispatches to and from the legations
| of friendly powers in the United
| States. All authorities, civil and mill
tary, are consequently required to al
low such couriers to pass freely, with
out let or investigation"
The national steamer Freedom ar
rived at Washington, D. c., bringing
| twenty-five prisoners, five sailboats, a
number of canoes, and lot of mer.
chandise which was captured on Fri
| day and Saturday nights previous
near Blackinston Islands. The pris-
oners had been engaged in regular
| commerce between Maryland and Vir-
ginia, taking over salt, etc.. and bring
ing back wheat
Commander Richard Wainwright, u.
S. N, died at New Orleans.
A Confederate steamer was cap
tured at the mouth of the Savannah
river, Georgia. by a Union tugboat,
and towed under the guns of Fort
Pulaski
The town of Donaldsville, Louisiana,
was partially destroyed by party of
men from the United States sloop Of
war Brooklyn