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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-05-26
Powers & Iaqg's COLUMN.
POWERS & LANG,
Law, Land and Insurance Office,
Opposite the Wisconsin, Hotel,
Grand RaniAS WiScnnsin

Uram0 Rapids, WISCONSIN.
ESPECIAL attention given to the Examina
II ton of Titles, furnishing Abstracts, buying
and selling Real Estate. Payment of Taxes, and
Collection of Claims: Pre- Emptions secured,
Land Warrants bought sold, and located; Maps
and Diagrams furnished and corrected
REFERENCES
Hon. \. Brawley, Register, Stevens Point Land
Office.
Hon. A. G. Ellis, Receiver, Stevens Point Land
Office.
Hon. Geo. W. Cate, Judge of the 7th judicial
Circuit, Wis.
Huyssen i Seheffer, Bankers Stevens Point,
Huvssen, Scheffer Co., Banker, Mena.ha
John Edwards, Esq. Hazel Green, Wis
c. G. DIN, Esq, Milwaukee,.
VIM. Jones, Jr., Co., Chicago, ILL.,
Strong, Hetrick Lang Mansfield, Ohio.
H. B. West, Esq, Elyria,
H. Clinton, Esq, Grand Rapids.
I. B. Scott i Co.,
L. P POWERS.
j. II. LANG
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-05-26
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Each subsequent hundred rs
Ball Tickets, according to quality, first
hundred. s. &c IS 90
No iebs issued from the office until paid for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-05-26
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-05-26

TMBERED Lands, Farm and Village Lots in
l. Wood County-for sale by
POWERS d. Lang.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-05-26

EORTY Village Lots in the village of Grand
l. Rapids -desirablv situated, overlooking the
great Rapids of the Wisconsin River-for sale
cheap. Terms easy.
POWERS d. LANG
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-05-26
Beautiful Young Lady Slandered
Groceries & Provisions
Peace and Good Will to all!
NOW IS THE TIME FOR BARGAINS

As matter of choice, prefer to sell goods for
a time at cost, rather than to fail to meet my
debts or nay exhOrhitant usurV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-05-26
Grand Rapids Market.

Corrected Weekly by -Kosher d Foster.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
AN INSIDIOUS ATTACK UPON MR..
LETCHER.

Afraid to encounter Mr.. Letcher in fair
trial of strength before the people, the OPP
ponents Of his nomination, says the South,
have adopted system Of attack which we
hasten to expose to public reprobation For
themselves, they profess the utmost conf
dence in his loyalty to the institutions Of
the South, but they affect to apprehend that
his nomination will be taken as evidence of
an unsound opinion in Virginia! Was there
ever SO fimsy pretext for an aesof politi-
cal injustice Mr. Letcher has emphati-
cally repudiatod every sentiment Of opposi-
ton to slavery, and shown himself its most
jealous and efficient champion. His con-
nectioa with the Ruffncr Address was an
accident of his earlier life. His devotion to
the South is The living faith and active
work of the present moment. How, then,
will his nomination by the Democracy sig
Nifty anything to the discrcdit Of the Com
monwcalth ? It is easy enough for the party
to exclude an inference of equivocal attach
ment to the rights of the South. Let them
lay down platform wherein the moral, e.
economical, and political sanctions Of slavery
shall be set forth with the utmost possible
force Of assertion and argument. That will
put the party right before the country. We
venture to predict that John Letcher will
stand as erect upon such platform as any
man within the limits Of the State.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
FURTHER FROM THE CABLE
FIEET

New York, July 17.-Letters from the
Cable Fleet by the Alice Monroe, stated
that the Agamemnon experienced the most
violent southerly gales That vessel was
driven as far north as latitude 54e-much
higher than the rendezvous. The Niagara
behaved in all respects like . thorough sea
going vessel The Agamemnon, On the con-
trary, suffered severely, and at one time all
hopes Of saving her were lost, SO great was
her straining; but the storm subsidized at
last, and she rode out the gale. An acct
dent, however, occurred on board, caused
by the breaking loose Of the connections
which held the cable in position on the gun
deck, letting the coil shift its position. AS
it pitched about two seamen were injured,
and other accidents occurred.
The two vessels and tender finally ar
rived on the ground on the morning Of the
Goth. The two ends Of the cable were
united, but the paying out had hardly COM
menccd before the wire snapped After a
few hours detention another splice was
made, and the steamer again started. Sig
nails we're kept up; and q message was
transmitted every fifteen minutes. All was
going on well. Forty miles were paid
out when the electricians on the Niagara
discovered that the circuit was again bro
ken. The Niagara Immediately put about,
and had reached tho mid-oc rendezvous
when seen by the Alice Monroe.
It was believed on board the Niagara
that the second breaking was caused by a
link in the Agamcmnon's wire from its dis
arrangement during the gale.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24

NIRGtNIA.-In Chancery:
At Rules held at the Clerks Office Of the Cir
cult Court of Highland County, on Monday the 9Th
day CT July, 1858.
Stephen A. Porter. Administrator he boni, pcn
with the will annexed Of VIM. Dinwdde, d, cd
Plaintiff.
vs..
John Dinwiddie, James Dinwiddic's Children
Jane Wilson's Children, Mary HI lkead's Child en-
Elizabeth Patterns Children, and Thomas Canipbe l.
and Benz Il. Campbell EX'rs. of the last viii and
testament OF Games b. Campbell, decd, Deten-
darts.
The object of this sui. is to ascertain the number
Of iegatees under the will of the late William Din.
Widdie, dec d., and also to obtain decree for dis
tributng the estate Of tie said William Dinwiddie
decd, amongst those legally entitled to receive
the same.
AND aHidavlt having been made and fled that
the Defendants John Dinwiddie, j ames Dinw iddies
Children, dane Wilson's Children, Mary Kinkeads
ChildreG, and Elizabeth Patterns Children are not
inhabitants OF this Commonwealth and by the
general description OF '1parties unkrown''-are
unknown: On motion of Plaintiff by Counsel it is
ordered that the said John IDinwdd;e, James Dim
widdie's Children, Jane Wilson's Children, Mary
kinkead's Children, and Elizabeth Patten's Chill,
dren, do appear here within one month after due
publication of this order, and do what is necessary
to protect their interest in This suir, aaG that
copy OF this order be Published once week for
four successive weeks in the ssStaunton Vindica-
ton and also posted at the front door of the Court
house of the County, on this first day OF the next
County Court.
Copy, Teste,
4. STEPHENSON, elk.
July "a, 1S5S.-4w.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
Underground Rail Road Agent Tarred
and Feathered.

The people Of the Eastern Shore of Ma
ryland having been much annoyed by abo-
lition cmissarcs, at last tried the effect Of
tar and feathers on one of them. His asso-
ciates having attempted to avenge his inju-
ry by outragcs on his chastisers. the people
met and avowed their intention of protect
ing themselves and their property-speech-
es were made on the occasion, all breathing
the true Southern spirit. Although we are
opposed to lynch law on any occasion, yet
these rascally negro-stealers are becoming
SO numerous and so fearless in their rogue
ry, that unless the laws Of the Southern
States arc made more stringent the people
will be forced to take the law into their own
hands, and we think they will be ezcnsablc,
if not justified in doing SO. How would it
dc to hang few Of them by regular course
Of law
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
The Female Slaves of London.

The London Weekly Times says, that the
young milliners and dressmakcrs Of that
city are condemned to sixteen, seventeen or
eighteen hours of toll out of the twciity four
in each day and night Their work is car
ritd On in crowded, unventilated rooms,
where their frames are kept bent at their
labor until their eyes ache and their limbs
refuse to perform their duty. They have
short and painful life and an carly grave.
In recent speech, Lord Sllaftesbury said
that many of these young women had been
trained gently and tcnderly, in delicate and
happy homes, possessing all the virtues and
tenderness that belong to tho female seq,
and rendered by those very characteristics
more ebedient, more unmurmuring, moro
slayishly subject to the authority and tyran-
ny of those who arc put over them. His
lordship adds that they have no alternative
between submission ana the street door. and
then asks, rs the condition Of such a
young woman one whit better tAaa the COR
ditlon Of tho most wretohea slave IN the
Southern States Of American
lis itso good T
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
THE UNION STATE CONsiYUTIGN

HARRrsBuEe, July i5.-The convention
Of all parties in opposition to the democrats
in Pennsylvania, re-assembled last evening,
and resumed ballotting for candidate fol,
Judge of the Supreme Court The tenth
ballot resulted as follows John j Read
IS, Pearson 40, J. Pringie Jones. Is.
Dir. Read having received three more
votes than was necessary to choice, was de-
elared the nominee, ard en- motion the nom
ination was made uhanilnois Mr.. Il. is d
resident Of Philadelphia, aid member of
the republican party.
On molten of Mr.. STAY ely, Of Bucks
county, VIM. Il Frazier, of Fayctte, was
nominated for canal commissioner, roeciv-
ing ON sbe arst ballot 90 votes, q being
scattered among other candidates This
nomination was also iilade unanimous.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the chairman to appoint State COM
lnittee of one from each Senatorial dis
trict.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
MORE PRECIOUS THAN JEWELS.

A night or two ago, fair, sweet girl.
residing on Race, near Fourth street, was
partially awakened from her slumbers by a
man in her chamber, bat not fully aroused.
She lay with closed lips for minute, whc,,
the sound being repeated, she started DIP
and saw by the light Of the little Jet Upon
the gas burner, mans form disappearing
through the window She screamed invol-
UNFAIRLY, and her father. armed with a re-
volver, was in her sevm in a few moments.
greatly agitated and alarmed.
The parent way disposed to think his
daughter had been dreaming, when, il
looking around, he observed Of, his daugh-
tcr's dressing bureau, where a lcautitul,
enameled watch, q pair Of heavy lr,celets,
q diamond ring and necklace were living,
a slip Of paper, on Which was written:
"FairrA, Deagrst Girl II came here 10
rob, but your beauty made me honest for
the time. | saw these Jewels, but beiiee-
ing them yours, could not take them. [
have stolen what value more three deli
cious kisses f,on. Your unconscious hips Do
not be offended they were gentle and in
noccnt. An UNKNOWN LOVER 2
This story sounds romantic, but we are
assured upon the best authority that it is
strictly ycracious, and we publish it as an
evidence that the age Of gallantry and SEN
timcnt is not at an cnd-ttat the race Of
Rhaldo Rinaldino is not extinct. ~. o.
Delta.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
FIVE GIRLS DROWED WHILE
BATHING In THE NORTH RIVER

A most distressing casualty, resulting
from yenturing into the river without know
ing how to swim, took place last Friday,
at the foot of Seth street, in North river.
Five girls, inmates of the Home of Mercy
under the care Of Miss Richmond, in West
Seth street, proceeded up the river to battle,
and after making the necessary preparations,
they all joined hands and walked in togcth-
|cr. Suddenly, before they seemed aware
;cf danger, they got beyond their depth, the
water being deep within few feet of the
shore. Losing their foothold, they strug-
gled in vain to return. The names Of tic
deceased are Asiaval Van Glider, aged IA );
Hannah II. Bryan, Is; Ellen Smith, Is !;
Margaret Flynn, is, and Louisa Ever, 49,
The 22nd precinct police, on hearing of the
occurrence, procured boats and graphing
irons, and made q thorough search for the
bodies till midnight, bat without success, =
" y 1f77,erfisp,.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24

Craps, &C., IL Geofyta corrcspon-
dent Of the Savannah Republican writes
from Henry county, Georgia:
The crops OF corn and cotton in this see
ton, lflcnry, Newton and Fayette,) are
unusually promising. Rains have been gen
orally abundant for somo weeks past; crops
arc generally clear Ct grass. Cotton looks
fine, good stands and growing fast ;; ne rust
on corn. ;. yhcat plenty, and but little sell
ling ;. prices from SO to GO cents per bush
oh Oats infarcd some by the rust. learn
that the cattle plague has exhibited itself
among the cattle in the vicinity ofthis place,
within the last ten days. A disease suppo-
SGD 70, Be the cholera, has been destroying
the hogs in. this. county FOR the last six
months, but has subsidized some.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
AN INDEPENDENT N1GGER

In his recent abolition speech, Lord
Brougham related the following anecdote
'Lord Ayndhttrst gave me short time age
an anccdote of a gentleman who was con
nectea with the Hague, and who, on one
occasion, received an invitation to the house
of Cuban gentleman, negro proprietor
of large estate, where he was received
with the utmost hospitality and treated Gle
gantly He said lie was rather entertained
when, after dinner was over, his colorcd
host said that he was man without any
prejudice whatever, and that whenever he
found person honest, honorable, and re-
spectable in every point of view, he neld
out tile hand of fellowship to hina, even
though his color were as white as that ia
ble-cioth''
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
DICKENS AND PTS WIFE.

The London correspondent Of the SPRING
field Republican, writing on the Goth Of
Jane, gives the following explanation of
the incompatibility between Dickens and
his wife:
In the literary world very little is stir
ring, except the gossip on the domestic af-
iairs OF Charles Dickens Probably his OK
Panatory letter, published month ago and
full OF mysterious illusions, has excited as
mach curiosity in America as here. The
facts dimly alluded to arc these: About
twenty-five years ago, MI. Dickens, then a
clerk, married very pretty and amiable
young girl, whose parents opposed the
match, as far beneath beg, and took her
home to obscure lodgings in FuniyaPs Inn.
For some years they lived very happily TO-
gcthcr; but Mr.. Dickens, having become a
great man, 1attcred and courted. finds that
hrs domestic felicity is not as great as oewld
be desired
I]rc or three years ago, he gave DIM
ner to his literary friends on the annivcrsa-
ry Of his wedding day, and in proposing his
wife's hcalth, stated that he had never seen
a shade of i'll temper over her in his life
This equsbflity of disposition does not salts
fy him. She is not intellectual. Hercads
his works to her, and she, absorbed in nee
die work, inquiries abstractedly what he
aicans by some Of his most brilliant passa-
ges, IN short, she is not companion to
A5ms SO the brilliant novelist and actor sep
arates on 4s4e groand Of 'ircosnpatibility, :"
from hca whoa. ne vowed before God to
love sead to cherish, and from henceforth
their lives have separate ends The oldest
child, yoetk of II, has chosen to follow
the fertencs eff his aactker, while the daugh-
ters remain with tsfsif father. go make
the affair still more notorious, a young la
dy. Mrs. Dickens sister, has undertaken to
keep house for Mr.. Dickens and his daueh-
tiers. The whole affair is very rcpugnant
to OR iaess Of matrimonial constancy, and
has not enlarged the circle Of Mr.. Dickens
admirers y
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
THE EXCITEMENT IN CALITOK-
MIA


Letters and papers received by the last
mails, give graphic accounts Of the excite
aent which pervades California, Those
who have lately travelled through the noun
tains, say that the principal roads in the
interior present an appearance similar to
the retreat of routed army. Stages, ex-
press wagons, and vehicles of every char
iacter are called into requisition for the I'M
mediate emergency, and all are crammed,
while whole battallions are pressing fer
ward on horse or mule back and On foot.
OF course the shipments Of merchandise
from San Francisco are very large, to keep
pace with this almost instantaneous emil
grafton Of thousands to region totally IN
supplied with the commodities necessary for
their sustenancc.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24

A Fettal Case. The pcrnicious habit OF
drugging infants for every aillaent IN which,
mothers so frequently iaslnlge, was painful
" illustrated by a case which same to our
notice yesterday. A young motkcY had
been in the habit of administering raragoric
to her babe, and it happened shasr on
Wednesday night, her paragoric bottle
gave out and in her extremity she applied
to her laudanum vial. From this, it woald
seem, she drew too largely and the result was
that the infant went asleep, but she sheer.
proved the sleep of death, The feelings Of
the mother, after she found that she had
administered fatal dose to her darling,
may be imaginative will not attempt to
describe thcm-and, indeed, we only give
to the case that it may serve as
a warning to other mothers who follow the
practice of putting II eir infants to sleep by
drugs Whenever they become frctful OF trou-
hcsoele.-N Y Picagu4te.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
BAD AT FIGURES.

The Ncw York papers arc amusing thcm=
selves at Alderman Tucker, for saying, in
one Of his speeches, that certain bills had
been cut down sir hundred and ffy per
cent! The creditor who has an account of
$500 cut down after that style, instead of
receiving money, meu1d have S. SO to pay.
Daniel Webster, it is said, once made al
most as bold dash among the figures, as
did our alderman above. Speaking Of the
United States Bank: destroy it, says
he, and you reduce the value Of the proper
ty of the country five hundred per cent p
A man holding $1,000 worth of property,
would have its value deprecated IS, 900.
Daniel was doubtless too warm with elo-
qucnce to stand on trincs just then Be
sides something may be due to the time Of
Dig when he spoke.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24

YHE LONDON TIMES ON THE
RIGHT OF SEARCH.

/ There IS reason to suppose that the agi
tation is beginning to blow over, and that
the display ofpatriotic enthusiasm at Wash
ington has sufficiently served its turn
The newspapers have recently published sew.
eral contradictions Of tic remors which fos
! a considerable time formed the most inter
estlng portion of every Successive number
and the certainty that the great majority O
the narratives will be found apocryphal car
scarcely fail to influence the Ian guage Of thu
Government. It is fortunate that the Eng.
Fish Parliament has wholly abstainea from
an undigaiGed imitation of noisy and vulgal
! challenges proceeding from irritation. The
conversations which have taken place in both
Houses prove that all Statesmen are agreed.
not only as to the rrfc of international law.
but as to the nessessity Of keeping within It's
limits. Gen. Cass' principle is in no de.
gree opposed to the doctrine long since laid
down by lord Aberdeen, and both states
men would adost the interpretation of the
law repeatedly laid down in cur columns
In tine Of peace there is no right either Of
search or OF visitation, unless it had been
conceded by express treaty; bat ia sasoici-
ons cases cruisers may, at their own risk,
satisfy themselves of the nationality Of yes
,sel bearing the American flag The United
States ask for no privilege for foreigr ships
which unlawfully assume thcis national col
ours; and, on the other hand, the English
NoMrnment disclairhs all intehtion of in
torferirg with American vessels. When
mistakes are committed the injured paaty is
entitled to redress and if they are made re-
peatcdly presumption arises that they mssst
have been caused by an erroneous system of
excessive activity. 1t is agreed on all 4ssatls
that ia English man of war may seize 4
Spanish SLAYER, although every mast is deck
ed out with the stars and stripes; and it is
equally certain that an American trader may
load cargo Of slaves with impunity in full
view of the whole English squadron. Where
there is no dispute as to the legal doctrine,
a practical collision can only be occasiolfed
by extreme awkwardafess Oh the one side,
or by w;lful animcsity on the other. 1T is
true that cause Of offence still remains in
the presence OF an English force exercising
watch over the coast Of Cuba; bat the
Presidents Government is in soane degree
responsible for the measure, and Mr.. Nitz-
gerald has informed the House Of Commons
that the English Ministers have predently
resolved to send the squadron back to the
coast Of Africa. Il would have been better
that the concession should never have be-
come nessessary, but it is wiser to repair a
mistake than to pcrsevcre in it. A gentle
man who has exercised the right Of shooting
on his own outlying field in the immediate
vicinity Of his neighbours best preserve can
not renouncc his uadoubtcd right when he
finds that ccldness has arisen, but, if he
is prudent and moderate man, he will on
a future occasion choose his beat in diff
ferent direction.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24
a New York mechanic has invented

A New York mechanic has invented a
machine, the object of which is to obtain
from spring or other prime mover cxer-
ting an unmoving or but little varying
force, supply Of air for any purpose at a
pressure above that Of the atmosphere that
shall be perfectly uniform, Notwithstanding
any degree of variation in the quantity u
sed The machine is especially intended
for supplying the necessary quantity Of air
for passing through and taking up the va
pors from the hydro carbon liquids for illu-
ninatlns purposes.