The Wisconsin State Register from Portage, Wisconsin • 2

YOI the wiscoisrsxisr STATE register NO 34 COLUMBIA COUNTY COLUMBUS 349 Ferguson Billings 329 1 UOLMK Sr AJ TLrtiJNEB 80 857 85 1 859 854 861 858 Harvey Salomon Counfy as far as we hare been able to '-'Aflen certain them So little interest has been taken la the election that? ft is Rtterty impossible to collect loH returns Next wfeek re shall hare the official canvass PORTAGE 14 Ferguson- 183 Lewis PG Hastings Howe Ramsey Pick'arii Ilodges Harvey out The Selection 'v The returns- from the eSectfofi tre still meager but enough is known to show that Ilatvir and the whole Republican Union State Ticket with' the exception of 1-leut Governor is elected 'by a majority of not far from 10000 Wejhink Salomon la also elected Lieut Governor bnt by a majority somewhat smaller ax the Totes Jot Allen WTy aSSTTrSiS the Republic The Senate will be Republican but the Assembly will be very dose as many Dewo- ence abused him loudly fcnj for his slowness As soon as he i tlnt come those difficulties by disnlas energy to an extent eutfickmt pursuit of the enemy practicable i ries changed front and charge' himd'fr' incapacity for --making the very movement which till then they had orously demanded The shows nothing else proves conduMelL General adversaries re A tacticians The truth of the matter to be that frohi the beginning to General Fremont had i- to u'e a boEoelv NOTElIBER 9 ITCKDAY MORNING 00 4 00 3 224 23 4 208 161 -t J83 Benton Miller Orton Vollmaf 2 Winslow Crilley A 0- Cook Hazen 4 Munn Fox Dutcher Retlrement ot General Scott- McClellan bli 8aeeeorJ fVv Washington Friday NovT The following letter from Soott wax received by the President oh Thursday afternoon IIbad-Qcarters of the Army asbington Oct 31 1861 The Hon Cameron Secretary of War i Sir For more than three years I have been unable from a hurt to mount a horse or to walk more than a Gw paces at a tiine and that with roach pain Other and new intimities dropsy and admonish me that repose' of mind and- body with the appliances of surgery and medicine are nee essary to add a little more to a life already protracted much beyond the usual span ot It is under such circuinstancesmade Barden 178 Biown 100 Allen I-ewis Hastings Howe Barden Rosenkrans Sargent 178 136 T6ITJiIlingsr 22 l- 142 Benton '143 Miller Yollmar Winslow CrilleyA 48 185 184 185 cratshxTe' reeptHitv on mow tickets No more than half a vote has been polled in the State Addrews to the President fojr tho Uaionists of St Louis Excellency Abraham Lincoln iRresi-indent of the United Uatee iW 4 The citizens of Mis-swin consider it their duty and therefore take the liberty to address you on the condition of military affairs in Missouri We may possibly be engaged in a work of supererogation Abler and more powerful maX have preceded ns in sounding the alarm But the danger hich surrounds us is so imnunent and so greatly affects our matenal interest that we have resolved at the risk of being considered officious and impertinent to speak to you boldlv and plainly as benooves Western men addressing a estern President of whose honesty of purpose we never entertained a doubt The question of removal of Gen Fremont has evidently not yet received its final soiu tion and the effects of the wavering action of the government are painfully apparent Wc beg to express if as our firm tonvicrioh that the position of General Fremont Iras become untenable that the welfare of the State demands either a radical change in the relations of the government to the General commanding the Department of the West or his immediate removal We are dnven to this conclusion not by a Conviction that the charges and accusations brought against General Fremont are writ Ramsey Pickard I Ilodges' Berden J73 Brown 179 A Cook 100 Barden 189 -Rosenkrtns 60 Munn 272 Staudenmayer 146 Edwards' 22 Bowman 191 CALEDONIA 1 1 69 Ferguson Harvey 15 historic phrase run the engmtMT found Impartial history will thus up Geneial offenses: By gaining unparalleled popularity mor the masses of the people he gave offense a large and powerful political combination whuh had believed itself possessed of an hereditary monopoly of power i By his Proclamatioti he gave mortal of-1 R-nse to that timid though well meaning of Missouri politicians who are continual! intent onwqmpromising with traitors IJy givuJwNiimmssio to and shovrin confidence oSfPera of foreign birtli gave offlnse to the latent but still nowerfo! dement of nativism He has excited the jealousy of many officen of the regular army by receiving a high rant founded and can be sustained on the con- is IJT it all the accusations him by failing to conciliate rivals or Mnlfor The Result in tlili County I From what returns we Lave we estimate that IZ Harvey and the entire Republican Union ticket will have about 1400 tna- 5 A jority in the county JAY Barden Mabccs Barden and Brown are elected Supervisors for the county IIerby Hcsn is elected School Superintendent by about 100 majority JoNATnAN Bowman and Sanderson Republicans are elected to the Assembly without opposition and Wtt Dutcher Union Democrat is chosen In the other district 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 -Orton 1 Salomon AUen Lewis Hastings Ilowre Ramsey Hodges Pickard LW Barden Brown Barden Rosenkrans Staudenmayer Bowman 55 Billings 14 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 70 70 20 68 70 LEWISTON Benton Miller Yollmar Crillev Winslow Munn Edwards' eclipse the exploits of Cortez in the land ofthe -Munteznmas whoso whole life has been devoted to tho aerviee pr liis country efforts have been directed to uphold our honor at the smallest sacrifice of life a warrior who scorned the svl-fish glones of the battle-field when his faculties as a statesman could he employed more profitably for his country a citizen be in his declining years has given to the world a most shining instance of ioy ally in disregarding all ties of birth dinging still to the cause of truth and honor Such has been the career such the char acterof Winfield Scott whom it has tong been the delight of the nation to honor both as fc man and a soldier While we regret his loss there is one tiling we cannot the bright example he has left for our emulation Let us ail hope and pray that his declining years may be passed in ace and happiness and that he may be cheered by the success of the country and the cause he 'has fought for and loved so well Beyond all that let us do nothing that can causes him to blush for us Let no defeat of tho army he was so long command iog embitter bis last days but let our victories illuminate the close of a life no grand Signed Geo McClellan Maj Gen Commanding A 111 1 Mi-l Prentice and his Iteljel Hon Prentice the widely -known and most loyal senior editor of the Louisville Journal has a son who is an officer in the rebel The Journal copies the above- paragraph and with the true American spirit of sacrifice and patriotism remarks i The sad picture is hardly overdrawn or overcolored We have labored under every disadvantage which could unnerve patriotism we have been compelled to restle' with the holiest instincts of nature and we have seen our loved and cherished ones seduced by wily traitors from the paths of loy-alty and taught to believe that vows of allegiance are of as light regard as perjuries Under these dihcouiag-ments with the rebel lino of attack bul walked by the breasts of our fathers brothers children and friends and with the certain knowledge that the more glorious our victory the more desolate will be our once happy homes Kentucky has shown a Spartan devotedness and the firmness of a Biutus for every beat of the martial drum re-ecliocs to her heart like the funeral muffled march and cverv order to the charge lacerates as keenly as dk the wave of the noble hand hich signalled the fall of the ax upon the neck of his traitor son Manhood ha been severely terribly tested and from the fiery furnace of affliction thank God Kentucky has come out with her garments of patriotism unsullied 64 15 Coluiakia County I860 1861 i against are utterly devoid of truh General Fremont seems to be determined not to answer his tra lu-cers not toengago in a ar of words rot to waste on his enemies at home the time and energy tasked to its utmost by the rebel enemy in whose very presence he We therefore have not and cannot expect to obtain an authoritative answer to his accusers But if there as no other evidence at our command tho very inconsistency of the complaints the unparalleled virulence and recklessness of thp charges made would induce us to doubt their veracity It is not worth our while to answer those W'ho attempt to throw even a shadow on Gen integrity The vile slanderers ho would make him a contract monger and speculator will soon be exposed and silenced Titus Oates tho cx-ofiicio false witness scourged and pilloried two Harvey Salomon Allen Lewis Hastings liowe Ramsey Pickard Hodges LWBarden Brown Barden Rosenkrans Staudenmayer Bowman PPOOIAMATI Q3NT Time be put aotiirrit JMr and aa honored giu br iUdaj cfdeTtit thaoksKiiig The year Just passed has born marvellous for its fralts of good afld'fff emr A wine Ood who make and rales and usee and d-troy SOtemmants and nations aniT'poople at Bit vUi ii Pj Ing tho eardsgttiat for ipora than three quarters of a con tury hare twnnd this people In ipldstof th meet abundant proeperil bU art and sclonco and rd oration and a true Religion worn flourishing and scattering their bleating all abroad right when one Ration had grown richest and strong eafuud greatest a nicked treason upraised its head and sought to destroy all that was venerable anti sacred amt wise and good among th American peipls With a Arm reiaucs upon lougwulTering and forhearanco and npoa his jnt judgments the uiajea-tic 'power of the natioii is now manifested and It will crush Out that treason that it shall ho known henceforth only la ignoble history -The enemies of a true liberty will not be suffered to prevail a -t bare broken a solemn covenant and the band of a righteous anger shall smits cities of the South shall be shut up and Rons shall open them" Lift up your eyes and hold them that come from the North where is the flock that was given- thy beautiful flock!" What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee (for thon hast taught them to be captains and as chief over thee -) shall qot sorrows take thee as a woman in travail It "Hear 0 Earth 3 Behold I will bring evil upon this people fees tbs fruit of their thoughts because they hare not liarkeued unto my words uor to my law but rejected it" will scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness To what purpose Cometh there to me incense from Sheba and the sweet cant front a for country Tour burnt offerings are not acceptable nor your sacrifices sweet unto me" But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart they are revoltcis and gone" They are all grievous retclters Walking with slan tiers they are bras and iron they are alt corrupters thus snith tie Lord! Behind I will lay atumbliug blocks before this people and tbs fathers and the son tog' th shall fo'l upon thorn th Igh-hot and his fiiund shall perish" Thus itb the Lord Bihotd a people comoth from the north country amt a great nation shall bS raised from tbs sides of the earth" They shall lay bold on bow and spear their voice roaretli like tbs sea and they ndo upon bursts tut in array as men for Amid these great evils nature is steadfast honest and true i-ho unlocks her gruinaries she gives to ths laborer his hire Ths husbandman reaps his reward tenfold and an hundredfold Ulule riot and rags exhaust the wicked the snn shines the ratus foil ths dews descend and the glad ca lu jhlds ite increase to feed and nourish and bless mankind The blessings of the Great Father are atlli annum-bend and his mercies ever tender Solemnly nothveithstaudiug great national trials and afflictions let the people give thanks For the best and wlseat Government the civilised world ever a Government rocked but not let the people give thanks The harvests are great and there Is no foiuine in the land let the people give -There pas hem no pestilence in health and prosperity we have lived lot iho people give tbanke Mhile men are kerning the arts of war they are not forgetting the at of peace Trusting that this groat nation may again become a united loyal Constitution-loving law-loviug people and that material prosperity education and Christianity may prevail la ths temples wound the firesides at tho feasts and everywhere re tnembering with kiuducss the afflicted and with charity the poor and above all remembering the wives and children of ths brave men who with their lives in their hands bare gone to fight our battles form let all the people with thanksgiving praise Him Theiounto I A1 xauder Randall Governor the Etate of Wisconsin do appoint Thuisday the 26th day of November next as a day of thanksgiving and prayer and praise to Almighty Ood and I recommend to the good people of the Etate that they abstain on that day from tluir ordinary occupations and gathering in appropriate places uf worst ip that they unite in exptca-sious of gratitude to God and in invokiug Ills aid to restore ice and concord to our distracted country In witness wh-reof 1 have horeunto sot my hand and caused thoGicat Seal of the St tq to be affixed I- at Madison this 28th day of October in the yuar of our Lord one thousand eight hundred end sixf j-eme By the Governor ALEX RANDALL II vavtr Suer- ary of fctote DEKORRA Harvey Salomon Lewis Hastings Howe Ramsey Pickard Hodges LW Barden Brown Barden Rosenkrans Staudenmayer Bowman Those marked with a are majorities I New orlv The Union State Ticket is elected by at least 100000 maj That will do for the Empire State iimymtiiiil i 11 Southern Aswtmbly District We are indebted to the Columbus Journal office for the following figures from the Southern Assembly District: Sargent 25 171 Lowvilla Columbus Dutcher 61 182 LOWYILLE 43 Ferguson Billings 42 44 44 Harvey Salomon AUen Lewis Hastings Howe Ramsey Pickard Hodges 1 75 43 43 43 43 43 22 Benton Miller Orton Vollmar Winslow Crilley 44 44 44 44 44 14 maj 8 maj 17 maj Otsego Leeds Hampden Fountain Prairie Arlington to prejudices He has proved himself no more infallible than any other living American General Permit us now for a moment to consider the present situation of General Fremont The Government has disavowed his proclamation revoked his appointments and aP rertcd the progreof the erection of which he and his predecessor deemed emi nently necessary The debts incurred by his department on the faith of the Govern menft have remained unsatisfied Officers whom he appointed have been refused their pay Officials whose hostility to him is notorious have been forced often against their own wishes (to their credit be it 6aid) to become and act as his immediate suboyilin-to 1 be very fact of existing dissension between him and his subordinates and all the weak points in the equipments amt strength of the army arc published for the special benefit of the rebel army Kumon of his removal lyve been permitted to float about uncontradictcd and unrebukeik' As a necessary consequence of such demoralizing influence we find insubordina-tion the order of the day Officers of high Tank hilc- intently listening for messages sent over the telegraphic wires announefne the news of General removal do not lend a filing ear or pay ready obedience to the commands of the man whow star they see declining they have no terror of court-martials threatened by a General in disgrace The enthusiastic love of the rank and file of the army the loral support given to him by many of his officers can be of no avail to him as long as a steady nn relent ing fire in the rear continually cripples hi resources The 'masses of the people are thoroughly convinced that if one-half of the charg-es brought against General Fremont be proved true he should be suspended without delay They are also satisfied that ho has not had and cannot now obtain a fair hearing 1 Should he meet with a reverse the (people would exonerate him and place the responsibility where it belongs Should ho overcame all difficulties and meet with stic-cess the credit which should be shared by him with the government will be given him alone Such a condition of affairs should not be permitted to exist If the government thinks proper to retain General Fremont in his present position apd to nvuit itself of hi services justice demands that lie should have the benefit of tho most and loyal support at the hands cf the Administration that all attempts at intirferenw with his authority should be frowned down and that the offenders should be made to feel the strong arm of the Government If on the other hand the swoid of Damocles has been kept suspended over General head for valid reasons it is high time that the harrasting and suspense should come to an end and the sword be permitted to fall on the devoted head Shu king of responsibility will not save country The lnj al people of Missouri have an sbii ing faith in ydur sagacity and integrity and humbly request you to give jour canful consideration to their prayers in thii their hour of peril I Han Krunciseo Telegraphy Speaking of 'the telegraph line to Sa Francisco the New York Tribune comei handsomely and owns up the con as follows This telegraph is mainly a Western prise New York gave it the cold shoulder for previous to the breaking out of the rebellion the owners of lines in the East end South-east wanted the communication to be made via New Orleans that they might to greater extent participa te in the profit ovir their own lines The western nun wishing to secure the advantage to their lines went to work with a will and an incredible brief space of time have their undertaking and added another wonder the world 1 maj 17 maj Telegraph to California New York Oct 28 The first telegraph message from the to the Atlantic was sent by Chief Justice Field of California to the President as follows Sacramento Oct 27 7:40 To Abraham Lincoln President US A In the temporary absence of the Governor of the State I am requested to send you the first message hich will be transmitted over the wires of the telegraph line which connects the Pacific with the Atlantic States The people of California desire to congratulate you upon the completion of this great work They believe that it will be the means of strengthening the attachment which binds both the East and West to the Union and they desire in this the first message across the continent to express their loyalty to the Union and their determination to stand by the 'Government in this its day of trial They regard that Government with affect-lion and will adhere to it under all fortunes (Signed) STEVEN FIELD Chief Justice of California This message as received at Washing-by tho President at litfO a the 25th 277 centuries ago seems to have arisen from bis dishonored grave and stalks abroad to again bear false testimony and to trade in hearsay ev sdcnce and perjury That unscrupulous and dishonest men may have found their way ihto General Fremont's Department and abused his conli dence anay well be believed when we con sider that no commanding Geneial has ever j-et escaped this affliction and it -is a remarkable fact that the individuals whose conduct is now so bitterly complained of were indebted for their positions to the urgent recommendations and indorsements of the very men ho now rise as accusers of General Fremont lie is charged with hav without the shadow of authority a large number of officers with different ranks The fact Of the appointment is undeniable but the alleged want of authority is td use mild language a flagrant overthought hen General Fremont was directed to take charge of the Department of the West the government wisely entrusted him with almost plenary power to do hatevtr he considered needful for the attainment of the object of his mission He found Missouri without an army It as not expected if it bad been possible that he should confine himself in the straight jacket of army regulations designed for a peace establishment i The necessity of creating a Genera Staff as distinguished from regimental staffs became apparent to him as it has become apparent to each of the Generals commanding large bodies of troops The erection of fortifications at St Louis Cape Girardeau Paducah and tfoew here required the creation of a corps of engineers He was compelled by the necessities of the occasion to create new offices and to fill them with men whom he thought competent and he undoubtedly had tho best reason to believe that his acts would be indorsed by his superiors It is suggested by sbnie that this objection would not have bem urged quite as strenuously if a number of the officers so appointed had not been of foreign birth whose alleged incapacity to be of service to the country of their adoption has since been so signally disproved at Carthage and Cen-treville at ild Cat and Springfitld We are met at this point by the remarkable coincidence that one of the officers so appointed authority and now-serving the country without commission or pay has lately performed tho most during and brilliant feat thus far recorded in the history of this war Major Zagonyi of General appointees has given a good account of himself and his 3ody Guard 214 Wot maj 63 General Kremont Xtemoved Springfield Mo Nov 3 Yesterday small bodies of the enemy came within twelve miles of us and news was received of their ad vance 2800 strong- Preparations were making to go out and attack them when General Fremont received the unconditional order from Washington relieving him at Once fro bis command Simultaneously came the newspapers announcing the fact intelligence spread like wild-fire throughout the camps and created indescribable excitement and indignation A great number of officers signified their intention to resign at once and many companies laid doten their arms declaring they would fight under no one lut FREMONT! The General spent much of the afternoon expostulating with the officers and urging them by their patriotism and personal regard for 'him not to abandon their lie also Issued the following farewell 'order to the troops Head-Quarters Western Department! Springfield Mo Nov 2 1861 Soldiers of the Mississifipi Valley Agreeably to orders this day received I take leave of you Although our army has been of suuden growth we have grown up together and I have become familiar with the brave and generous spirits which you bring to the defense of your country and bich makes me anticiate for you a brilliant career Continue as you havo begun and give to my successor the same cordial and enthusiastic support with which you have encouraged me Emulate the splendid example which you have already before you and let me remain as I am proud of the noble army which I had thus far succeeded to bring together Soldiers I regret to leave you most sincerely I thank you for the regard and confidence you had invariably shown to me I deeply regret that I shall not have the honor to lead you to tho victory you are about to win but I shall claim to share with you in the joy of every triumph and trust always to bo remembered by my companions-in-arms Signed FREMONT Major General A Feeling ran intensely high during the whole of last evening and there was a meeting almost everyw here The various bands serenaded the General and whenever ho approached ho was greeted with cheers after notifying General Hunter as his order directed he had no longer any command of the troops lie spent several hours in making a personal examination of the ground about the city to be prepared for a battle and in accordance with a written request from all the Brigadidb-Gcnerals here he remained through tho night to lead the army in dase of attack All the troops slept on their arms Manv officers remained up all night and an attack was hourly expected but nothing more occurred than the firing on our pickets on two different roads The enemy are now encamped on the old Wilson Creek battle ground General Fremont is prt pared to go to St Louis and will go as soon as General Pope arrives who has been sent forward and will take command until General Hunter gets here Universal glootn prevails throughout tho camp A battle will undoubtedly occur ere long Our Iroops will meet the enemy firmly but they are dishearted and have lost their enthusiasm The Body Guard who could not have been induced to remain and who will now disband as the terms of their enlistment permit accompany General Fremont and also his entire staff including Gcnornl As-both commander of the First Division General Fremont will pet mit no demonstration fiom the troops on his departure Springfield Mo Nov 4 It would be impossible to exaggerate the gluui which pervaded our camps yesterday and nothing but the General urgent endeavors prevented it from rolling into Ilis quarters were thronged with officers all day expressing their indignation and their inclination to re-sign The Germans wcre cn masse and talked loudly about forcibly assuming the command As the enemy were entrenching upon Creek and nothing was of Hun ter and in accordance ith the moat entreaties Fremont finally promised jus after dark tliat he would lead tho army attack them this morning if Hunter did not I arrive I never saw anything at all approaching the excitement which the announcement created It caused immense cheering around head-quarters which spread in all directions from camp to camp and there was almost uninterrupted cheering more and more remote as the news reached the farther camps For two hours and a half a dozen bands were surrounding tho General At once everybody was preparing to start at daylight ani the all pervading disappointment was changed into universal joy Our army under that insoiration would have whipped a hundred thousand men But at ten General Hunter arrived He spent an hour and a half with Frement ho gave him his plan of battle Hunter assumed the command and Fremont left for St Louis this morning If we have a fight before tho army re covers from its last and cruel disappointment' we fear greatly for the result but hope for the best General Pope is here with his entire Division and Hunter's Division will be here to-night when the troops will all be up staff left wiih him except Cols Lovtjoy Shank and Hudson The following is Gen order on assuming command Headquarters Western Department) Springfield Nov 4 18G1 Order Ao 1 The command of this De- The New Legislature The following is a list of the Senator and Assemblymen elected to the new Legislature as far as we have been able to ascertain thtir names Republicans are in Roman and Democrats in Italic Those marked with doubly painful by the unnatural and unjust rebellion now raging in the Southern States of our so lately prosperous and happy Union that I am compelled to request that my name shall be placed on tho list of army officers retired from active service As this request is founded on an absolute rightgrant-ed by a rdeent act of Congress I am entirely at liberty to say it Is with deep regret that I withdraw myself in these momentous times from the orders of a Presiaent who has treated me with much distinguished kindness and courtesy whom I know upon much perj-sonal intercourse to be patriotic without sectional partialities or prejudices to be highly conscientious In the performance of every duty and of unrivaled activity and perseverance and to you Mr Secretary whom I now officially address for the last time I beg to acknowledge my many obligations for the uniform high consideration I have received at your hands and have the honor to remain Sir with high respect Your obedient servant WINFIELD SCOTT A special Cabinet Council was convened on Fiiday morning at nine to take tho subject into consideration It was decided that General request under the circumstances of bis advanced age and infirmities could not be declined General McClellan was thereupon with the unani mous agreement of the Cabinet notified that the command of th(j army would be devolved upon him At 4 in the afternoon the Cabinet again waited upon the President and attended him to the residence of Gen Scott Being seated the President read to the General following order-: On the 1st day of November A 1861 upon his ow application to the President of the United Brevet Lieutenant-Gefier-al Winfield Scott is ordered to be placedand hereby is placed upon the list of retired officers of the army of the United States without reduction in his current pay subsistence or allowances The American people will hear ith sadness and deep emotion that General Scott has ithdraw from the active control of the army while the President and unanimous Cabinet express their own ami the sympathy in his personal affliction and their profound sense of the important public services rendered by him to his country during his long and brilliant career among which will ever be gratefully distinguished his faithful devotion to the Constitution the Union and the flag hen assailed by parricidal re hellion 1 1 ABRAHAM Gen Scott (hereupon rose and addressed the President and Cabinet who had also ris en as follows This hour overwhelms me It overpays all services I have attempted to render to my country If I had any claims before they are all obliterated by this expression of approval by the President with the remaining support of his Cabinet know the President and this Cabinet well I know that the country has its interests in this trying crisis in safe keeping Their counsels are use their labors are as untiring os they are loyal and their course is the right one President you must excuse me I am unable to stand longer to give utterance to the feelings of gratitude hich oppress me In my retirement I shall offer up my prayers to God for this Administration and for my country I shall pray for it with contt dence in its success over all enemies anc that The President then took leave of General Scott giving him his hand and sajing he hoped soon to write him a private letter expressive of his gratitude and affection The President added General You will naturally feel solicitude about the gentlemen of your staff who have rendered you and their country such faithful service I have taken that subject into consideration I understand that they go with you to New York I shall desire them at their earliest convenience after their return to make their wishes known to mfe I desire you now however to be satisfied that except the unavoidable privation of youi counsel and society which they have so long enjoyed the provision which will be rrnide for them ill be such as to render their situation hereafter as agreeable as it has been Each member of the Administration then ga vc his hand to the veteran and retired in profound silence The j-Tycretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War accompany Gen Scott to New York to-m arrow by the early train The following is the resporse of the Secretary of War to the letter of Gen Scott: Wait DirttrvKiT 1 TVAsniNOtuX Novl 18ei It was duty to lay before the President your letter of yesterday asking to be relieved under the recent act of Congress In separating from you I cannot refrain from expressing my de'p regret that your health shattered by long ervice and repeated wounds received in your defense should render it necessaiy for you to retire from your high position at this momentous period of our history Although you are not to remain in active service 'I yet hope that while I continue in charge of the Department over which I now preside I shall at times be permitttd to avail myself of the benefits of your wise counsels and sage experience It has been my good fortune to enjoy a personal acquaintance with you for over thirty vems and the pleasant relations of that longtime have been greatly strengthened by your cordial and entire co-operation in all the great ques-ions which have occupied the Department and convulsed the country for the last six months In parting from you I can only express the hope that a merciful Providence that has protected you amid so many trials ill improve your health and continue your hfe long after the people of the Country shall have been restored to their former happiness and prosperity I am General very sincerely your friend and servant SIMON CAMERON Secretary of Licut-Gcn Winfield Major General Issued the fol lowing order relative to the retirement of Gen Scott: if a of as we were nominated by Union an asterisk () conventions: 8EXATC Pitt i i i ii i 'ii 15 'k if i i 1 1 Dit II Carr Fduxird HuXt Hugh Cunning Thorp Quenitn 6 Keogh J-Wm I Utley Thorp John Kingston GturgeiC Pt aft 8mnl Bean Wj man PjKonejv One Wilkinftoo I WJoiuer Young 17-Ezra A ioote lSWbtf BicK GiltoU liny TZTHomas TMd Montgomery Edwin A Wist Ilazfltoa Uopkina Brownn If Humphrey ChM Kelsey Butt Edwin Unt SatUrlu Clank Ifanaas Drigade Kansas Brigade Inch the Republican stigmatizes as composed of bandits and thietes was eaily last week in Clinton in Henry county on its way to join advance guard at Whitens Ferry oveir Grand River On the authority of Mr Bolder the Leavenworth Times relates certain incidents of progress well illustiating the spirit that animates him and his men At Pleasant Hill they confiscated two rebel stores sixteen kegs and two half barrels of powder finding the powder secreted in the bushes The goods from the stores were distributed among the Union-families in the vicinity who had been left destitute by tho rebel Does not tills authenticated fact give the lie to tho wholesale charges continually iterated and reiterated against the Kansas Brigade and its General accusing them of wilfully plundering rebels and Union men alike Allegations to this purport are intrinsically incredible and utterly unworthy of especially when proceeding from known enemies or lioiibtful friends If Lane were to undertake a tittle of the atrocities- imputed to him he would be at once abandoned by the mass of bis soldiers That they stand enthusiastically by him and the fact that they confiscate rebel stores to distribute them among Union families whom the rebels have robbed disproves tho charges of indiscriminate pillage brought against him and them St Louis Democrat Oct 28 1 ASSEMBLY Ashland Burnett ZhUa 9 Dmtgton La iWnf ami Pad Elht Buffalo Pepin Trempealeau- Cfnppnsa Dunn 4 Kau Jonathan Bowman TTm Dutcher It Sanitron Clark 4 Cmrl Fopn Edmund Jawen BnJ Adam Willard Chandler Matte Alden Sanborn Dcrtg Tie Barron John McCollum JET Qrif ffn Happock Door Oconto 4 nd du Hammond Hamilton Milts AUen Taylor Field A Ilouy Mailing Bernard JT Moore Green Lake ArcUihaid Nichols Green Piter Kogan Reod Crimby YT Williams tube BauetL La Stoddard Las Marathon rf Chas Lbrflmgtr Jofph Firrtngtim MthmiuXte Henry Ihtlmer George Abert Geo Gregory 'la I to Stomell AC im Finger Ferly ScmmaNFi hdumrd Daley Burners Odes A Schlrrtz ke McDill Pterce rf St Beardsley homo Butler James Cation Calrtn fy bam Howard Palmer Samuel Miller Allen Bates Orrin Onernsey John Bannister A Stark Trtpp Wtlworlh I Pf Arnold IKi George IF: Brown Win A TanderpoU peter J) Gifford Samuel Thompson Hanson Darid Bai Shchael Hogan General Fremont Itemoved The telegraph brings the intelligence that Geneial John Fkemont has been deprived of Jus command and that General Renter is named as his successor Of the long string of di-heartening occurrences since this war first broke out commencin'? at Bull Run and embracing F'ny tln re is none which will p-ove so disastious in its effects as this removal Tho masses could see a battle go ogain-t our forces and though hard to bear they would pa'hrtly submit to it and console themselves with the reflection that defeat at times was a neecssary incident of war Renewing their energies with each successive dc feat they continued to furnish the government with all the men and all the means it could desire because they loved that Government which their fathers had established and trusted in the head of the Administration which was honestly striving to maintain that Government They believed the Government was their Government and trusted the Adminishation because they believed tho Adminbtr'tion would reflect the wishes and opinions of the people It is true there are men in the Cabinet and in the army whom no cinri lerable portion of the people rvpot the hast confidence but they submitted to their retention not because they were trusted but because they supposed that their dismissal would create confusion But to seo these men exercising a controlling influence and striking t-uch a blow at tho hopes and opinions and spirit of the pcej le as they do hen they cree that General Fremont shill no longer hold his command which he did with so much honor to the country and satisfaction to the people is a humiliation and a wrong which cannot and ill not be tamely submitted to The people must rule in this matter and tho Administration must respect their wishes No Cameron or Thomat or Jilair or any other man or set of men no matter how much honor attaches to the appellations which their names disgrace no matter how eyaltod the position they and dishonor-men in lion not one of a hundred of the whole people or one of a thousand of tho loyal mases of tho Wert would select to fill any position of responsibility or trust or repose the least confidence in them when select'd by must be permitted to deprive our Generals of their positions The New Yoik Herald -in giving biographical sketch of Major of Body Guaid describes him a young man of about thirty six feet height of very fine proper tions and very The Major who is not than five feet four and only tolerably gwd looking will hardly recognize Missouri Democrat Col Doran John Doran Esq of his city has received an appointment as Colonel of the Seventeenth Regiment of A Mr Do-an is an old resident of Milwaukee and was we remember rightly the first City Attorney of Milwaukee lie was a member to the Convention to form a Const tu tion for the State of Wisconsin and has been a member of the Legislature When the call for three troops was made Mr Doran was commanding the Montgomery Guards of this city winch company is now attached to the Sixth Regiment Col Cutler and was also Division Inspector of the first division of A1 ranking as Colonel Six companies are already formed towards making up the Irish Brigade of Wisconsin 1 In addition to the above we are informed that the Reverend George Riorden who for long time officiated in St John's Cathedral this city ill accompany the regiment Chaplain Mr Riordan is one of the most eloquent Catholic divines in the State and further learn that two Sisters of Charity are to go ith the soldiers to nurse them in their sicknpss and render those charitable acts to the suffering that have distinguished the Sisterhood throughout the habitable world Mil Sentinel The historians tel! us that in ancient times rulers of the Machiavellian school were in the habit of sending their generals into the field with instructions so ambiguously drawn that in case of ill success attending the operations of the general he could always be charged with and convicted of a violation and transgression of the vague authority given to him It is true that General Fremont in his flmous proclamation has given a construction a acts of Congress and to the incidents of Martial Law which has failed to obtain the indorsement of the government- lie has proven his appreciation of the m-ccssily of subordination by submitting to a modification ordered by the government which must have been quite distasteful to himself arid which according to the opinion of a great majority of the people would have been more honored in the breach than in the observance The position of General Fremont on his arrival in Missouri forcibly reminds us of the language used during the session of Pa rim me which declared illiam and Mary King and Queen of England by Miynard the oldest and wisest mart in the Assembly We are he said this moniert out of the path If therefore we are deter- mined to move onty in that path we not move at ail A man in a revolution to do nothing which is not ly according to established form resembles man who has but himself in the ness and ho stands crj ing where is the king's highway In a wilderness a maq take the track which will carry him home In a revolution we must have recourse to the highest law the safety of the While it is an easy task for the traducers of Gen Fremont to prove that he has not walked on the king's highway it is easier still for his friends to prove that the highway was blocked up and even if open would not have led to success It is broadly charged that General Frci mont has not the capacity to lead and manage a largo army The specifications of this charge are as numerous as they are inconsistent Springfield and Lexington are cited as instances The line and cry Springfield has well nigh subsided The traducers of General Fremont have become aware that if the words of the lamented Lyon arc to have any weight fn the matter bis testunony exonerates General Fremont Lexington will soon be known as the gruve of rebel ascendancy in Missouri While Congressional Cclom-ls charge the commanding General ith criminal slowness in his movements military wiseacres of the cir-cumlocution school charge him with inordinate haste exhibited in giving marching orders to an army of 40000 men without being provided ith the necessary means of transportation He is at once too slow and too fast We are compelled to admit that there is a semblance of truth in 1-oth charges General Fremont unquestionably has moved too slow for a General commanding an atmy well cq dipped and he has certainly moved too fa-t Tor a General with an army indifferently poorly proviskihed and without sufficient means of transportation- It is a matter of notoriety that as long ax General Fremont was prevented from making a forsvard'uiovcinent by the obstacle thrown in his way by his ad-versaHes by the insufficiency of arwseqnip ments and stores those of his enemies who are known to kid the most powerful infln- 1 about A curious relic in the form of stone statue of a human being was recent ly dug near Chambersburg ft about six inches in length very crttMaWj executed and is supposed to bave work of art Indian sculptor Col 1 unit Alban Tho Stanton Times published atthehww of Col Alban has the following with refer-ence to his appointment as Colonel of th Eighteenth Regiment James Alban of Plover Portage Cotftt ty has been appointed Colonel of the Eighteenth Regiment It is with a great degree of satisfaction and pride that we chronicle the above Judge Alban is now fifty-two years of fN-was born in the West emigrated to ths State twenty-four years ago has leen most of his life on the frontier is physically a of an uncommonly vigorou-ly constitution was bred a lawyer and studied both th drill of -the company and the battalion- ft politics he is a Republican and his country overshadows ail other to act Worthy of the kindling age of old memories regard his appointment as one 1' nently fit to be a fortunate many respects for the State and the foP' ment Possessed of large adniinistrtf net- The Naval Expedition Fort Monroe Nov 4 At about three this the steamer Moticetlo from tho blockading fleet off Savannah arrived and reported that sho passed the whole fleet Saturday night within thirty miles of Bull Bay The storm had early abated and her officers have no doubt that they entered Bull Bay early Sunday morning and landed within twenty-five miles of Charleston This point of tho coast is but part men having been relinquished by Major General John Fremont is assumed- by the undersigned Officers commanding Divisions together with their Brigade Commanders are requested to feport immediately at these bead-quarters Signed HUNTER Major-General Commanding WEST POINT Dodgb the Big -A gentleman re lightly fortified A Norfolk paper of Monday says the des tinution of the fleet is known to be Port Royal which is sixty miles south of Bull Bay Sixty contrabands came into the fortress and fleet Monday They report that many of the troops have been withdrawn from Great Beth-1 Yorktown ard the vicinity of Norfolk but know where they have gone Passengers by flag of truce say no information had been received at Norfolk relative to the fleet at 10 o'clock Monday morning The Norfolk Day Book mentions a rumor that Gen Beauregard had resigned and also published a dispatch from Richmond mentioning a simitar rumor there Nsw York Nov 7 The World saya the secrecy maintained respecting the destination of the fleet has created no httie speculation bnt Bull's Bay lias beeft fixed upon universally as the point of debarkation Wo are enabled on authority to state that the real destination is Pert Royal powers good judgment unyielding ism aod untiring energy by suborn'1 A ill find Colonel Alban inch and a true generous and bum Cot Alban has hosts of friends the State and in the pinery section ly lie will rally around hiiii astaa shall be an honor to the Regiment it was not the Roman army that Gitil but C'sesar so will be the Wisconsin by doing its duty when lb of action arrives flower into fetnc presence of its Colonel A TiiorsAND Union Mfs Hung Sterling (Ky) Whig of last week account of speeches made in that place on Monday of last County Court dav The Whig saya: Gen Dick Williams late of Texas proposed to give bis follow countrymen a true and fair narrative of the effects of secession a witnessed by him in a travel of some 1700 miles overland he told of some of the most barrowing scenes of outrages and demon-like atrocities committed by the fiend secessionism as itnessed by himself and family how men were hung in neighbors of his Tor no other crime than that they-wire loyal to the government of llteir fathers he averred as a fact that he believed from his own knowledge tliat tine number thus bung could not have been less than a thousand in the Slater of Texas Arkansas and A at -An Extra of the Western (Ky) Recorder has jmt 'been issued announcing the suspension of the paper in a strain of fretful dissatisfaction which culminates in tbepaxsage Ixfow We tare no plan to suggest We suppose W-i ill ahave to await the indication -of Provide ace- this a te hoiecttr annoy-inf and inconsenient Thomas I and Cameron and Blair baying! to the people You ahaU not trust in your favorite General but will arrange tilings for you Irt the name of all the gods ot one? hovr long must we endure this? How long? onisilves we will not sit idly by and see these things without protesting against it We tdl the eoplo plainly that there are men In high official positions that are abusing every trust committed to them They hre thwarting their every purpose and if this Government is to be saved these men iftust be 'cried out of the place winch they pollute and dbgrace It Is time that the people Should speak- Let meetings be held and remonstrances got up against these Iniquitous men being continued longer In their positions Let tho Thomases and Camerons and Kairs be taught that while they may abuse 'their positions Jor a bpief period and unmake Generals they at the sanvMuBi Make lates following aiiecdotovof the Mexican war j- When the American arm was forming line for the battle of Buena Vista General Lane was riding up and down the line of his Indiana regiment The Mexicans had stationed some small guns on a neighboring height which were blazing away most furiously at General regiment But as their guns were badly aimed the balls In every case passed Over their heads but sufficiently near to cause the men as they heard the peculiar whiz of the balls to involuntary their heads General Lane happened to notice this and in his rough stentorian voice he bawled out Indiana regiment! No dodging In about fi ve minutes after the tremendous whiz of a twenty-four pound shot passed close by thd head of the gallant brigadier and in an instant involuntary he bob-1 )ed his head tt The men saw this and commenced a tittering along the line which the old General saw Turning around with a sort of quizzical expression he thundered I Indiana regiment Dodge the big ones HcvDQVtKTXXg OS TT AWT 1 WiSHuisTos Nov 1 mi GENERAL ORDER so 19 In accordance with general order No 94 from the War Department I hereby as suinc command of the armies of the United States In the midst of the difficulties which encompass and divide the nation hesitation and self distrust may well accompany the assumption of so vast a responsibility but confiding as I do in the loyalty dicipline and courage of our troops and believing as I do that Providence' will favor our just cause I cannot doubt that success will crown our efforts and sacrifices 'The army will unite ith me in the feeling of regret that the weight of many years and the effect of increasing infirmities contracted and intensified in hist country Service should just now move from our head the great soldier of our nation the hero who in his youth raised high the repot-tion of his country in the field Of Canada which he sanctified with his blood who in more mature years proved to the World that Aroer-1 irsn skin and valor could repeat if not tW'Thc name of Major Zagopr plctely slaughtered by the F-asfrn The diphtches from' the Wist bad The New York Tribune this spelling and says it is The New York Herald affrets thc and gives a biographical sketch di Sicconi" It is plain by the Major himself Missouri fJfCaptaiuJohn Davis a cousin of Jeff Davis wits found on Santa Rosa Island the morning alter the attack on Zou-aves dead drunk lie is How prisoner at Fort Pickens jxa I.