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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
From the Chicago Press and Tribune.
a Falsehocd Revived-Mr. Lincoln
and the Mexican War.

At the Douglas demonstration in
New Y DIRK city, on Tuesday last, Col.
Richardson, of this State, is reported
to have said:
IVY hat great measure did he (Abra-
ham Linco|n) advocate in Congrcss?-
A volce-SIe opposed the Mexican
War; Yes, feliow-c citizens. when a
citizen ofhis own State, under the gal
liant Scott, was pushin" that little col
umn into the valley ofMexico, and dis
playing bravery, \ strategy and 2
skill such as the world never saw, he
CIR. Lincoln) was making speeches
against bis countrymen, and in favor
OF Mexico. Kisses. 1t retired him
from the political arena, and the WHO
party refused to return him to CON-
gress, for the Wing party was not the
Mexican party"
This falsehood was ORIGINATED and
pat atioat during the memorable can
vaSS between Llncoln and DourIas in
1858. 1t first appeared in the CHICAGO
Times, was copied into all the Demo-
cratic papers in the State, and was
repeated by Douglas in his debate with
Llncoin at Ottawa, and also at Chor2as-
ton. The Press and T,idugae proved
It's taISity by extracts from the Con-
gressIonal Globe, showing that after
Mr.. Lincoln took his seat in Conrress.
he voted for every bill that was offered
to raise supplies for the American ar
my in Mexico.
1t was also denied by Mr.. Lincoln
both at Ottawa and Charleston, and nj
the latter place he brought on the stand.
Hon. o. 3. Ficklin, his Democratic
colleague in Congress, and compeIIed
him to give reluctant testimony to the
falsity of the charge. (See Lincoln
ane Douglas debates, page 1881. 1t.
was further proved that Mr.. Lincoln's
immediate predecessor in CONGRESS,
Hon. John Henry, of Morgan county,
then on the stump in behalf Of Mr..
Douglas, and still a rabid Pro- Slavery
Democrat, did give the votes falsely
attributed to Mr.. Lincoln.
So overwhelming was the proof not
only that Mr.. Lincoln did not vote
against supplies, but that he did on all
occasions and with commendable aIac-
rity vote for them, that the more re-
spectacle portion Of the Democratic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

REpUBL1cAN CLUB.-At a meeting
held in this place on Wednesday eve,
ming last, Constitution and Bylaws
fer the government of the Wood Co.
Republican Club, was agreed upon,
and officers elected for the same. The
constitution was signed by nearly all
present. Meetings. will be held on eve
~ alternate Wednesday evening, COM
mencing June Goth. When they are
furnished us by the Secretary, we will
publish the proceedings.
Now, let us endeayor to make these
meetings attractive, interesting and
profitable TO both sexes. The presence
of ladies' is much desired.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
Wood County, Wisconsin.

It is gratifying to witness the noble
strides our county is taking towards
wealth and position. Building good
roads and substantial school-houses
give evidence that enterprise and per-
severance are the predominating char
acteristics Of our people. And that
such improvements are duly apprecia-
led by emigrants seeking homes, is
shown by the fact that the county is
rapidly filling up with the @hardy sons
of toll" Possessing a fertile soil, we'll
watered and timbered, with the best
market in the State, our farmers can
but thrive.
The villages, too, are rapidly gain
ing distinction and wealth. A large
gIist miIl-the most needed Of all
things-is il course Of construction in
Centralia, and one also on the Four
Mile Creek in this town. Such achiev-
ments mako joyous the hearts of us all.
The time when we are compelled to
send thousands Of dollars below, for
''the staff Of life" and feed, is drawing
20 {. close. The farmer now has the
prospect of getting his grinding done
near at home, without ferriage and two
days, travel. This instills encourage
ment, and renewed energy IS the re-
suit.
When the time arrives that Wood
County can raise produce sufficient for
home consumption, we snail all pros
per even more rapidly than in former
years. But there are not enough far
mers yet to do this. A thousand more
are wanted. The land will be solo
cheap to actual settlers, even as low
as from $3.50 to $500 per acre
Come along, then, we who are seeking
a fortune.
Besides grist mills, the Garrison
company are building very large
s:gang" saw-mill, just above the old
one. Mr.. Neeves has nearly completed
large steam saw-mill, with an engine
of forty-five horse power. 1t is a
splendid machine. Mr.. A. Pierce &
Co. have brought on an engine of ten
horse power to drive a Single machine
and planning mill. MIR. Kline has also
received small engine to run q turn
ing lathe, etc. Thus our machinery is
accommodating, all evidence of q degree
of prosperity which could scarcely be
anticipated in such tight times. A glo-
rious harvest waits us.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

a MONSTER CANNoN.-GoVernment
has just had cast at Pittsburg, under
direction Of Capt Rodlnan, monster
piece of ordnance. It's weight is fifty
thousand pounds, and it is to carry a
shell Of three hundred and fifty pounds,
or 4 solid ball Of four hundred and
twenty-five pounds, distance of five
miles! The ''great bore" Of this can
non is thirteen feet nine inches long,
and, down to the powder chamber
fifteen inches in diameter. 1t is to be
exhibited to the japanese at Washing
ton, and will no doubt astonish their
faculties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
SAa1'L d. HASTINGS,
State Treasurer,


sB The Government has entered
into q contract with the Colonization
Society, to take the thousand captured
Africans now at Key West to Liberia
for the sum Of 5000 The bill which
passed the Senate authorizes the Pres
ldent to make all further arrangements
with this Society to return to Liberia
all the Africans captured. Thus the
reopening Of the slave trad which has
been done under the auspices Of our
Democratic rulers, is adding millions
to the expenses Of our Government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

THIS GREAT AND MAGNAN1uoUs
GovEESEENT.-We understand this
mighty Republic, at present presided
over by James Buchanan, through it,
most fit and appropriate agent Jehu
Lewis, denies to its prisoner in the
Custom House, S. NJ. Booth, the fur
Their use Of pens, ink and paper. The
ostensible reason Of this, Of course will
be stated, that Mr.. Booth abused the
privilege heretofore extended him BY
writing newspaper communications, in
which the government was not compli-
mented, but rather exhibited in its true
light. Admitting this to be so, what a
a light does 1t place the government
In. The rnightiest government on
eartn oOhged to persecute q poor pris-
oner to prevent him from expressing
his mind with reference to it. Was
ever q greater evidence of weakness
and wlcl,edncss furnished? It is pre-
clse!y what Austria and the petty tv-
rants Of Italy find it necessary to do
with taeir political prisoners. It is
that sense OF conscious weakness, grow
ing ont Of conscious wicke;lness that
prompts this kind Of treatment. The
man or nation Of his or its own recti-
tude is little troubled with any person,
and least Of all, prisoner, has or can
say with reference to it. It is the
wicked: and those alone who treml,lc
at such things; and in descending to
this petty persecution, in the case Of
AIr. Booth the government and it's tools
put III confession Of abject weakness
and cowardlce which only the last end
Of career Of intamy could extort.
One Of two things is certain. The
end of this Republic or the end of this
cowardly despotism is near at hand.
We have only to add the confident be-
lief that it is the latter.-lKIL. Free
Dem.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

NOVEL ADVERTISEMENTS the
Adams Co. Independent, we find in a
business card, "John Hill, dealer in
Dry Goods, Groceries, Earth" &c
Is the earth mixed with the sugars and
other groceries ?
But the best thing in the way of adj
yertising is the following, and its oriei-
nality entities it to free insertion:
WANTED.-A man-full blooded,
y live American man-Wants some
thing to do. Is willing to do anything
honest and honorable, for PAY. Can
do numerous number Of things-tend
babies, build water wheels, make beds,
make niIl-dams, grind scissors, score
timber, black boots, make draughts,
(of buildings, not Of cider), kiss the
girls, lay walls, dress hair, teach
school, grease wagons, dance juba, talk
in meetin', take pills, hoe corn, keep
victuals from spelling, vote for Lincoln,
STAN up at weddings, make hens lay
or set, dig wells-or do any other kind
OF light work, with propriety and de-
spatch. Wants place where females
IN male attire or other disguise never
come, and would prefer not to be COM
PEELED to ask the blessing at dinner ia
Die. Age. 'twixt 40 years old; condi-
ton, good killing order; disposition,
amiable; teeth, sound. Apply to
WILLARD BURBANK,
Chm of the Board Of Supervisors,
at the grist-mil, or up at Spenccr's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
The 1rrepressible Conflict.

. Senator Douglas made speech the
other day-a long speech which occu-
pies twenty-one columns Of the Globe.
The logical conclusion from it was that
the Democratic party ought to adopt
his platform and make him President
Senator Benjamin disagreed with him.
and here is what Washington letter
writer says of Benjamin's speech:
The ablest, clearest and most forci-
ole speech made against Mr.. DOUGLAS,
his doctrine and position, was deliver,
ed BY Mr. BeniGmin, in the Senate to-
day: 1t was free from all violence.
aud therefore more effective. Every
proposition was fairly stated, fortified
BY fact, and worked to a common con-
cluslon, which put Mr.. Douglas in open
rebellion to his own party, and in di-
rect .antaSonism to the principles he
hal heretofore avowed. He announc-
ed one extraordinary fact, which, tho
wen known before had not been frank
~ admitted.
Both wings of the Democracy agreed
IN a caucus of the Senate III 1854, that
each should maintain its particular the
Dry before the public-one side sustain
ing Sl1atter Sovereignty, and the oth-
er', protection to S1uUe1.y IN the Terri
tories, bit p5edginy MemSclcos TO aide
by-the decision Of the Supreme Court,
eohatcre1 1t might be.
This is the manner in which the neo-
ple-North and Soutll-have been de-
ceived into the support Of the Democ-
racy, by promuIgating doctrines adapt-
ed to both and yet hostile to each 9TH
Ell.
Mr.. Benjamin proved bv the record
what questions they agreed to submit
to Court and how it had been decided,
reading from the opinion Of Justice Ia
ncy to sustain his argument. lie said
That, up to 1857, he had ALWAYS regard
ed MIR. Douglas as one Of those D emo
Gratis North who were entitled to the
favor and affection of the South, and
he had SO commended him to the Dpo-
pie Of Louisiana. Since then. he had
wandered off, and no longer deserved
the confidence which had been reDosed
in him.
LIN reviewing the position of Mcssrs.
Lincoln and Douglas in the Illinois can
vaSs, he said the former had cosistent-
~ and manfnlly maintained the princi-
pies which he had then asserted and
was rewarded by his present distinc-
ton; while Mr. Douglas had deserted
his and had been abandoned. Tn this
connection he admitted, that after a
careful examination of Mr.. Lincoln's
speeches, he was constrained to regard
him as far more conservative than he
had been represented to be.
One of the most effective POINTS of
this speech was comparison of ex-
tracts from Mr.. Lincoln s speeches with
citations from Mr.. Douglas article in
Ho'per's Muga=iae to demonstrate
that the latter had used the arguments
and language Of the former, to vindi-
cate his own position and Justify him
self with the South.
Nothing so effective has been wit
messed for long time, and Mr.. Doug
las presence was alone wanting to
make it overwhelming.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

come the lawful possessor of tho ,ro
ply. What, then, becomes of the A.
sertion made in Mr.. Heenan's letter
That the belt is equally owned by both
OF US! There is no such equality; but
! Will do him the justice as he appears
deSlrous of denying me, by admitting
his equality in valor To run. swim,
OF wrestle for the belt of the prize rinr'
is challenge so eminently absurd that
no one can hardly imagine that it en-
anates from a sane man, and the evi.
dence OF alteration of mind is STRENGTH.
ened by the proposition to jump off a
house top.
The same proposition was once made
by lunatic when he met his medical
attendant alone Oh the roof of the asv.
lum. Let us" said the mad patient,
seizlng the doctor with a firm grasp.
Jump down." but the medical man.
with rgeat presence of mind said, 'sNay.
anybody could jump down; let lis 60
into tie street and jump up" Like
Teddy the Tiler, l know something of
the roofs of houses. and the foundations
also, and while | unquestionablv admit
that ieenan is q brick" ] hope al
ways to be able to say with truth, rs /
do now, that | am a brick layer. The
offer to fight four men, at intervals Of
thirty days, Savours Of bounce, and is
unworthy Of John Heenan. He should
remember it might take him the first
month to vanquish Tom SAYEEs.
Convent Garden, May Is.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
Pen and Scissors.

There was snow at Montreal on
Saturday night, the 10th.
There was a heavy frost in New
\ DIRK on the night Of the goth ult.
The American House, in MiIwau-.
bee, has been elevated about six feet,
Henry Ward Beecher has benin
vited to deliver the address at~our
State Fair.
DR.. Lieb is about to start new
campaign paper in Chicago, called the
"Rau Splitter"
"A dwelling house was struck by
lightning III Madison during the storm
of Sunday night
The new State House at Colun-
bus, o., will cost nearly a million and
4 half Of dollars.
The Great Eastern is announced
to leave Southampton on the 9th of
June for New York.
ALBERT Hicks, the pirate, has been
sentenced to be hung on Bedloes Is
land, Oh tic 18th inst.
w heat, brought from Canada last
fall to u. S. ports, is being returned
the Canada market now being the best.
The German press gives the plat
form and the nominees of the CHICAGO
Convention q hearty and warm sup.
port.
Not a paper published in the Free
States, SO far as we know, has at its
head the names Of Bell and Everett
A poor beginning.
Judge Miller has decided that the
bonds Of the City Of Racine, issued to
the Racine and Mississippi Railroad,
are valid, and must be paid.
A young Mississippi widow is said
to have spent at a single dry goods
house in Memphis, Tenn, last year for
the adornment Of her person, S3,S25.
There passed Omaha, Nebraska,
for Pixies Peak, during the fortnight
ending the 22d Of May, 1926 wagons
from Wisconsin, containing 1902 men.
Lazarus Marion, man nearly 90
years old, destroyed, himself by lauda-
mum, in Onondaga county, N. Y, a
few days since, having become dis
gusted with his infirmity.
"A rascal at Burlington, Iowa, went
to a donation party there, and offered
a $40 bill, saying he wished to donate
S., and wanted the remainder back
The bill was bogus, and he was arrest
ed.
The people Of Friendship, Adams
Co., have bought a new bell for their
Court House. A Mite Society was Or
gained to secure this result, and eye
Shanghai' declares that purchasing
the bell has been the cause of ll,O6o
kisses
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

Prison CRY IrEM.-We have re-
ceived the first number Of this spirited
sheet, since It's change from monthly
to a weekly issue. It is q favorite pa
per to those who desire prison inforlna-
ton or who enjoy real, genuine wit,
combined with good, practical sense.
Terms 81 per year. Address Euen &
Cory, Waupun, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
DsSsAr

DEPAETEp.-We are called upon to
announce the sad fate Of our acn377e
friend Jack Turner, of the Portage
City Record. Last week the little fell
low premeditatedly and with "malice
aforethought," threw himself into the
arms Of one Of Ewes fair daughters and
has not yet recovered from the shock.
1t is wondered what the lady designs
10 do with the little fellow. Sic tra1e-
SIT gloTiU neu1e1i.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
h Owing TO the extreme drouth

~ Owing to the extreme drouth,
the entire wheat crop of Kansas has
proved a failure. The loss casts a
gloom over the Territory. A CORES
pondent informs the Lawrence Repu5-
hcan that in his opinion there is not
one family in twenty, south of the Kan
sas Valley, in which a pound Of flour
can now be found, or where any is like
" to be found for year to come.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

"THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM N
Doors. THE Springfield Republican
gives a most felicitous definition Of
''Honest Old Abe" the Presidential
candidate of the Republican party. It
says: Gle will make what we have
not had lately-an honest President
He is neither trickster nor a time.
server, but a straightforward, manly,
able man, who believes in the princi',
pies he represents. He is i,a fact the
Republican Platform in Boots. God
bless him and give him victory !''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
E@ The terrible storm which visit

s8 The terrible storm which visit
ed us Oh Sunday night, destroyed ma
ny lives and much property throughout
che Northwest. In Illinois and Iowa
alone, it is estimated that the number
Of lives lost will reach at least one hun
dred, and the destruction of property
IS lncalculable It was the most ter
rite tornado ever known in the North
west.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
--<> s&SS %

ANOTHER RECRUIT.-The n. Y. In
dependent, one Of the ablest and most
influential religious papers published in
this country, has placed the names OF
Lincoln and IIamlin Gn autograph at
the head Of its leading column, under
the head Of denominations for Free
dom,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

Journals Of this State frankly and hon
orably retracted the charge, doing Mr..
Lincoln full justice in the premises
but the Times, and Mr. Douglas him
self, continued throughout the canvass
to repeat unblusbingly the falsehood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

70 BE ABsENT.-The editor will be
absent from his post about two weeks.
we have resigned the "chair editori-
az into more competent hands, and
doubt not our readers will relish the
change.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

s8We have an account of terri
bic tornado in Northwestern Illinois
and Iowa, Sunday night, which caused
immense destruction to life, limb and
property. At the lowest estimate two
hundred persons must have been either
killed outright or wounded severely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09
State Treasurer's office. }
Madison, juno |, 80.

All persons who paid an advertising
fee of two dollars and sixty cents for
each description of School, University
or Swamp Lands advertised for the
non-payment Of the interest of 1859,
can have one dollar and sixty cents of
the amount refunded, on forwarding
the receipt for the amount paid to this
Office.
SAAI'L d. HASTINGS,
Stotn I1rnncnrn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-09

NORGE FROM THE TREAsUREE.-The
following notice appears in the Madi-
son papers:
The Nevada journal., 1860-08-17
Sherif'S Sale.
VVHEREAs on the 18th d.v .r

WHEREAS on the 10Th dsv or I.Iv
w a. d. 1860, final Jadgmcnt and Decree
was rendered in the District Court of the I4th
Judicial District of the state of California in
and for the county q Nevada, in favor of VI.
PETITJEAN CO., ssAd against G. X. REED
for the sum of Thrte-r kundred and tvepty-
four dollars princfpaf debt with interest ON the
the principal at the rstc If IL per cent per
month from the rendition of Judpm.ns
until paid, together with all costs of suit. And
whereas on the said 10Th day of july A. d.
1860 it was ordered and decreed by the said
Court, thse the mortgage set fcfth in Plaintiffs
complains be foreciosed. snd the property thcre-
IN described, to-wit, All of that certain Water
Ditch, known ms G. X. Reeds Ditch which con-
veys water from Missouri Cannon to Relief IIill
together with afl of the water. water right, and
appaftenances belonging. also all of those
mining claims situate at Relief Hill owned by
ssfd u. h. Reed, and known as Mccoy A Co.'S
cihims which are bounded and described a, fol-
i9ws: On the northerly side by the Canadian Co,
claims, on the east by Logan Canon. on he
south by the brow of the hill, and on the ve,x
running into the bill ridge together with
sltffce boxes, telegraphs hose and appurtepanees
thereHuto belonging, together with aill.nJ ,ipo-
uAnr the tenemenrs hereditraments and sppurte-
nances thereunto belonging or IN any way ap-
pertaining. The ditch above nsrmed being frst
subject to lien of T. p. HawFey. on mortgage
now hcH by him be levied upon and sold to
satisfy said Judgment, interests and costs and
the proceeds thereof applied Sc the payment Of
said sums of money as aforesaid.
Notice is hereby give1 taA on TUESDAY
the 18th day of August e.. y. 1860. between the
hours of A. ard s ,. NJ, will sell all tho
right, title and interest Of me above named def
encant in and to the above scribcd p. .operty at
the Court House door in Nevada city, at public
auction,for cash in hand to the highest And best
bidder, to satisfy the ssts execution and costs,
j. b. F&N HAGEN; Sheriff.
c. Wilson IflT, P14Rs ATTY
The Nevada journal., 1860-08-17
areal ads.
Summons.

0uIUulOI1S.
STATE OF CALIFoRIA, COUNTY OF NEVADA. ss.
District Court of the fourteenth Judicial Dis-
trict of said State. The People of the State
of California to S. j. DeYoung and Levi,
Abraham. greeting:
You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED TO
appear and answer to the complaint of
Richard Kelsey Administrator of the Estate of
Edw. Kelsey des'd. fled against you, within ten
days from the service of this writ, if served on
you in this County, within twenty days if served
on you in this District and out of this County,
and within forty days if served on you in the
State and out of this District in an action COM
meneed on the 10Th day of July, A. D. 1850, in
said Court, to recover the sum of four hundred
and eighty-eight dollars alleged by Plf. to be
due and owing to the estate of Edward Kelsey
deceased by these defendants upon n certain
promissory note made and executed by said
defendants to said Edward Kelsey, deceased, as
is more fully set forth by Plaintiffs Complaint to
this action, now on file in the Office of the Clerk
of this Court, certified copy of which is here
with served.
And you are hereby notified that if you fail to
answer said complaint as herein directed, Plain
tiff will take Judgment against vou therefor BY
default, together with all costs of suit: ard also
demand of the Court such other relief as is
prayed for in Plaintiff s said Complaint.
In testimony whereof, I, JOHN S. LAMBERT,
Clerk of the District Court aforesaid, do hereunto
(r G , set my hand and impress the seal of the
"' % ! said Court, at Office, in the City of Ne
vada, tnis 10th day of July, A. n. 1850.
JOHN S. LAMBERT, Clerk.
BY order of Hon. Niles Searls, District Judge
of the 14th Judicial District, in and for Nevada
County. A true copy.
Attest. JOHN s. LAMBERT, Clerk DC.
BY Jos. NJ. LEvEY, Deputy.
John nderson. Pl frs Atty.