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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-05-10
Attention, Everybody!

THE accounts Of Chas, N. Webb have been
L placed in my hands for collection. Those
that are not paid OF settled by Jan. LIST, 1852,
will be sued. ~
z7tf J. D. WIETER.
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2 PICTURES! PICTURES
II n IT ATT

=. II. II a LII
M GUILD give notice to the citizens of Grand
W Rapids and vicinity that he is now pre-
pared to take all kinds Of Pictures as GOOD
as the besy, ami as CHEAP as the cheapest
He will be found at al seasaNable hours in
Lavigae's building-front room over j. Ho-
mier's store. Small children should come in
clear weather. Ladies and gentlemen, please
cali and see me.
f. D. HALL
Grand RAPIDS, March %, 1862 1871
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SEWING MACHINES!!
THE ECONOMY OF USING THE
Franklin Family Sewing Machines!

Franklin Family Sewing Machines!
THESE Machines make the celebrated Gro
j yer 4 Baker stitch, which has taken the
highest premium at the Illinois State Fair, in
September last, at the United States Fair, in
St. Louis, in 1860, and at the principal State
Fairs throughout the country.
competent JuSges gave decision in favor
of this stitch, on account of its great strength
and adaptation to all kinds Of family and man.
ufacturing purposes.
The following table will show the difference
in favor Of Sewing Machines over the old
method Of stitching by hand. 1u the working
of these Machines there is not only great
saving of labor and time, besides adding great.
" to the healthfulness Of the employment, but
the stitch is much stronger, more elastic, and
less liable to rip or ravel than tie stitch made
with shuttles and bobbins
Time consumed in making up Ladiss' garments:
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LaCroSse anu milwaukee Il. E.

COIN G. E Asst
Leave New Lisbon 4:52 P NJ. and $40 A. n.
Mansion 5l3 P. NJ. and 6:57 A ii
Arr. at Milwaukee 1915 P. ii. and 6:l5 A. ii
COIN WEST
Leave Milwaukee l2:45 P II. and 500 P. NJ
Mauston 1908 P. 81. and ll:49 P. N
New Lisbon 1887 P. n. and 1910 4. II.
E. H GOODRICH, Manager.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-05-10
Michigan Central Railroad.
GREAT CENTRAL ROUTE

To New York, New England and
the Canadas.
On and after SUNDAY, NOV. srd, 1851,
" trains leave the Great Central Union De
pot, foot of Lake street, as follows:
800 A. M.-Day Express, Except Sunday
arrives at Detroit at 900 P. H.. Sas-
pension Bridge 4:05 a. M; Albany 4:l5
p. m.; New York $50 p. H.; Boston
1920 a m.
$50 P. M.-Nigh> Express, Except SatGr
day. arrives at Detroit at sos a. m;
Suspension Bridge 525 p. NJ; Albany
s:l5 a. m; New York 1900 IN; Boston
4:S0 p. N.
Cincinnati trains, via N. c. railroad, leave
Chicago at 600 a. m. mail train; $50 p.
Fast Express; arrive in Chicago at 700 a. m.
Fast Express, and / p. N. Night Mail Train.
The $50 p m. train leaving Chicago runs
through to Cincinnati without change Of cars
Or baggage.
SALISBURY'S PATENT BUSTERS
Are run on Day Express Trains
Patent Sleeping Cars on Night Trains.
wB BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH.
THROUGH TICKETS for sale in all principal
Railroad Offices in the West, at the General
Office, corner Lake and Dearborn streets, (un-
der the fremont House,( Chicago and at the
Depot.
r. Y. RICE, General Superintendent
J. w. SMITH, Eest'n Pass. Agt. Tiff
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Summons.

WEBB & WIr7ER, PlAfs' Att'ys.
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HGssgEsEa'e Billiard Saloon.

Grand Rapids, March %, 1862. u
, 1862-06-04

4 few days ago it was stated in our spe-
cial dispatches from n Washington, that Gen.
C, S. Hamilton, who was relieved Of his
command in McClcllan's army, had gone
to take division on the Upper Potomac
This was mistake. He was only sent to
Harper's Ferry to put the place IN condi-
ticn Of defense, in case the rebel Jackson
should find his nay there. That work
finished, he returned to Washington.
We understand that the difficulty be-
tween Gen. Hamilton and Gen. Mcclellan
has rot been settled. And the former Off
cer, seeing that it must be some weeks, and
perhaps some months, before the difficulty
could be settled satisfactorily, and not
GncJing the still Life OF . general officer
off duty, has asked to be sent to join Gen.
Halleck. The Secretary Of War has
promptly complied with his request; and
Gen. Hamilton is now under orders.
While we are not wholly pleased
that he does not go Immediately back to his
splcndid division before Richmond, as the
Secretary of War and the Senate and Con
g1css declared lie should be permitted te
do. We nevertheless congratulate Gen
Hallcck upon the accession to his army O
t1lis brave and accomplished officer. The
fact that he would not remain at Washing
ton idle, awaiting decision in bis case
but demanded to be given active duties tt
discharge, should be mentioned as greatly
to lis credit-indecd This fact will serv,
to raise him higher than ever in the conf
dence and esteem Of his friends and til
cpuntry
, 1862-06-04
Kentucky.

Steps are about being taken to form Home
Guards in the different counties, towns and
neighborhoods Of Kentucky, to project the
Union people against the raids Of the guer1il-
las, who are quite plenty now, and threaten to
be more SO. There guards, when fully organ
izcd, will deal promptly and summarily with
any iay-hawking or bushWhacking yagabonds
that may be found. This course will in a
short time rid the State Of the scum Of the
rebel army.
Judge Ballard will commence 4 session OF
tie Federal court at Lexington, on the 17th
inst, for the trial Of some Of those who have
been indicted for treason.
The statement that Gen. Lewis Dcsha, OF
Harrison county, who was arrested aud com
n,itted to the military prison, at Louisville,
for treason, q few days since, had been admit.
ted to parole is untrue He still remains in
l:iance-
B1igadier General J. T. Boyle has been ap
pointed military governor OF Kentucky, and
| will have his headquarters at Louisville. HI
derives his power from the United States
with authority to establish State guard; and
will have at his disposal force sufficient 70,
I all purposes. Gen. Boyle commanded a brig
adc at Shiloh, and was noted for lis gallantry
He is 6 man Of true courage and ipdomnitabls
| will.
, 1862-06-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

PRISONER saoT.-A secesh prisoner at camp
Morton, Indianapolis, bribed guard for the
sum of 81, to allow him to escape. While
making bis escape on Saturday morning. about
o'clock, he was fred upon by the guard
whom be had hribed, aud received very &C.
we're but not dangerous wound TWO other
prisoners who attempted to escape at the same
time were caught and brought back.
SUGAR IN OH1o.-The State Bonrd OF Agn-
culture, Of Ohio, will award premium OF
$1,000 to the first person who makes 5000
pounds Of good brown sugar, and specimen
of white sugar Of not less than twenty pounds
in single uncompressed block, from beets
raised on fire acres ofgronnd within the
State.
LAWYER II TRoUBLk--WilEiam Fl. Cowan
ESQ.,, vas arrested in Baltimore, on Thursday
and sent to Fort McRenry, for Language usee
while defending prisoner on triA IN the GRIM
nal court Oh "Wednesday,
THEIR INTESTIoH.-The secessionists O
Missouri say they will sweep Unionism from
all the Offices Of the State at the next Angus
| election: and they expect to do this through
| "Union demagogues, eoft-soidered unlo,
men.n !
PRosca1p71os.-The Baltimore and Obi,
railroad company have dismissed q dozen O
more mechanics from their workshops in Bal
timore because the offenders petltioned the Of
ticiary to give work to suffering Union me
cAanics instead Of making the establishment
| receptacle OF secessionlsts.
NEW DEPoT.-The Michigan Southern raj
road company are laying the foundation for
new depot at Waterloo, Indiana.
, 1862-06-04


Among the prisoners at Salisbury il Colonel
Michael Corcoran, whose sufeE1ngs while in
confinement has go long been the theme Of
conversation, and whose release has been SO
earnestly looked for from time to time,
While we hare, On hundreds OF occasions,
permitted the rebel officers to return to their
homes on parole, he has been made, as it
we're, a victim to satisfy Southern vengeance
for the strong Irish element that is at present
IN the Union army. Although fourteen hun
dIed of the prisoners have been, Or will be,
released. not one commissioned officer haa
been go fortunate as to obtain his freedom,
they being detained, as it is claimed, for
hostages. Sick and worn ont, as he Is, he has
been driven from ono point to another, until
We row found him st Salisbury, Mort. Caro-
lima, In most feeble condition, and the pros
pect Of his release as far in the distance IS
eyer. He and the other officers arc closely
confined; and very strict watch kept over
them. The prisoners who gave me these
facts expressed the greatest Indignation at
this treatment, and openly said that if posi-
BILE they would return to fight even before
they were regularly exchanged.
Why North Carolina has behaved 80 dishon-
orably in this matter, remains to be seen. At
Roanoke, NeWbern and Fort Macon,,, rebel
officers high. In rank were permitted to 20
home by the generosity. Of Gen. Burnside,
while the return that we get is that statad
above. The only way to bring them to thei,
| eenses and to make them see the folly Of theil
| conduct, is to retaliata as far As in our power
, 1862-06-04
New Orleans and the North.
from the Boston Post, 31st.1

Numerous letters from New Orleans were
received here yesterday By cur business men,
q large number o. them from their former
partners in trade. The general tono Of them
is OF the most satisfactory character, and
abundant proof Is furnished of the desire Of
the people for peace Many are the instances
We have heard Of where specie or United
States Demand Notes are promised to be sent
On Immediately for past Indebtedness, and in-
yiting renewal Of business relations. We
understand one house here, which has over if
thousand dollars due from New Orleans par
ties, has received the strongest assurances
that interest and principal ehalI be immediate
ly paid. Most OF the business letters received
here are Of similar purport.
From the n T. Evening Post. 1st.l
The reopeniag Of the port Of New Orleans
Large and valuable cargoes have been dis
patched thither, ard heavy profits arc OK
pected. Some Of the foreign goods lately
Withdrawn from bond have been sent to New
Orleans, and the first entry for transportation
to that city for about year was passed few
days since. a careful supervision is exercised
over the goods Withdrawn for transportation,
and also over the domestic goods laden on
vessels taking out c1eaTances for New Orleans.
Merchants aFe prohibited from placing any Of
tho following articles On board Of ships which
they dispatch to the south, viz: caunous,
mortars, firearms, pistols, bombs, grenades,
frelocks, fints, matches, powder, saltpetre,
balls, bnllets, pixies, swords, sulphur, helmet,
or boarding caps, sword-belts, Saddles and
brides, texcepting the quantity Of these ard-
cles which may BE- necessary for the defense
oDthe ship,) cartridges, bag material, percu5-
sion and other caps, clothing adapted for uni-
forms, resin, sail cloth, hemp and cordage,
masts. ship timber tar and pitch, ardent spir-
its, and other articles Of like character.
, 1862-06-04
Chr Gtihutte.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4. 1859.


This order the practical working OF
which we pointed. out q day Or two since.
has become vastly unpopular since the
evacuation Of Corinth There is hardly
q man in the Northwest, no matter
what his politics, who does not detest and
abhor it from the bottom Of his heart Why,
ther, as it has proved the cause OF
such sickness, death and misfortune, does
It not receive the modification OF the Fres-
-ides1t7 He lost no time in fastening the
discontinue Of Gen. Hunter when that Oh
hcer proclaimed emancipation; where then
shall we look for the influences that Keep
this order Of the opposite tendency IN
force. Are the lives Of our men moth
Ing that they should be sacrificed in
the trenches, when thousands Of lahorers
are ready to take their places
accli1nated, accustomed to daily tod,
and willing and anxious to work
What inefab1e folly and nonsense Will
repcl their aid go freely offered. They
must work for one side or the other
They cannot remain idle. Whose fortif
cations, then, shall they build. whost
teams shall they drive, whose road
shall they open, whose sick shall they
nurse-Beauregard's or Halleck's2 Th'
question is narrowed to this, and the peo
pie must decideit. Let them send on thei
wishes to Washington IN way that the.
cauuot be misunderstood
, 1862-06-04
CROPS Ar THE sOUTH.

We have been attentive readers OF the
Southern papers for weeks past. Not q
crop item :" in any Of the files that have
ccmc into OFT hands has escaped obseEva-
ton; hence ne are, if the journals are to
he relied upon, fully posted as to the pros
poets Of the coming harvest in that rebel
country. We see no reason to doubt that
the coming season will be one Of great
scarcity, and that to the horrors Of WAT,
will be added 8 positive want Of food
There are half dozen reasons for expect
ing this condition Of affairs.
I. The abstraction Of so great fraction
Of agricultural laborers from their ordinary
pursuits, by the necessities Of the WAT, has
left the whole Southern country, as the
farmers eay, Bhort-handed, and the usual
area has not been planted.
q. In spite Of the pathetically patri
otic exhortaions Of the rebel leader;
and the journals in their interest, to plan
no cotton and sugar, not much less thar
the usual quantity Of each has been pu
into the ground, hence as in other seasons
the coTn crop will be Inadequate to tn
wants Of the people.
III. Where corn, wheat and other ce
reals have been planted, the prospect 70
the ordinary yield is not tlattering. In al
the Southern country tue season has beel
wet and unfavorable, and disease afectin!
the growing crops has been very common
". Tie South has, IN the way Of bread
stufs, never been selfsustaining. Til
old reasons for this fact are yet operative
and new ones, as stated above, have bee
supe1addcd.
! We contemplate the prospect ahead wit
q great deal Of complacency; and as th
rebels are fond Of referring to the frequer
interpretations Of Providence in their b
half, we may point to this combination {
facts as sufficient proof, that all the bles
ings Of Heaven are not on the side of tt
rebellion. Men do not fight well Oh empt
stomachs; and without full bellies the n
groes are apt to be disquiet. Let tt
blight fall!
, 1862-06-04
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

Capture of Steamer with Forty
Prisoners. Including Que Colonel,
TWO lteufenant GoIOneis, tEo zap
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.l
BLoon1NGToN. Mo-; hay Is, 1862.
After the fight ut Chalk Bluff, Of which I
gave brief account in my Last, the same de-
tacbment Of our regiment spent several days
III hunting armed rebels. securing that whole
region; but they had fed. A large numbsr,
however, came and delivered themselves up,
taking The oath Of allegiance. Having thor
oughly " cleaned out'' that region, Col Dan
iels moved southwark with his small force
thirty five miles, surprised and took Kennett.
Among the prisoners taken there was cap
tain direct from Memphis.
Learning that steamboat had Just come up
the Whitewater to Hornersyille, they pushed
on hy forced march some ten miles farther, to
meet her. The steamer can come up to that
point Only at high water, SO there was rare
chance for prize. They had one piece Of ar-
tillery in addition to their heavy muskets, and
row was the time to use it. They reached
the landing just as the boat was showing off.
There was 10 time to lose. A "blg baH'' was
cent across her bowe, but she did not heed it.
Showers OF lead from the muskets and an-
ot5er cannon ball across her decks, killing q
colonel and two others on board, and driving
the pilot from the wheel-house, made an i'm.
preston, and soon the white tlas was raised.
4 few Ehots had been returned from the boat,
but without effect There was a general rush
| by our men to get on board, and they we're
soon in full possession Of their prize. A
| colonel, two lieutenant colonels, Two captains
and other officers, together with the crew and
| passengers, direct from Memphis, were taken
| pFisoncrs-in all above forty souls. Most oi
them were released, while the military gentle.
t men were rctained to report at ST. Louis. The
| value Of the boat and cargo, which consisted
| of sugar, molasses, cotton, &c, Is estimated a!
! $4,000. Alarge quantity Of firearms were also
| found secreted in that vicinity, and taken pos
session Of for Uncle Sam. The steamer was
owned by noted rebels Of this place, one O
| whom is 3 notorious leader
Ours arc the first Federal troops that hAvt
made IN impression in these regions. Other
have been here, bRt not to make stand, no
to strike blow that Was felt by the rebels.
Is due to our boys that it be said the peopl
throughout this region, wherever they hay
been, are amazed at their horsemanship an'
their bravery. With the short experienc
that they have had on horseback, it is indee'
wonderful how they dash ahe2d, over ditchc
and logs and through the swamps, like s' dare
devils" as the Missourians affirm. Indeed
the rebels confess that they are o1tdone b
them in this particular, and are ready to sui
cumb when they see them approach. The
say, moreover, that these Wisconsin bows NJ
the first that have ever pursued them into th
Ewamps, and hence their Last refuge Is cnt Of
We have but little sickness, and have not 1o*
is still In the vicinity OF Horne1s7ille, an
, will not leave until their work is thorough
completed. Yours, VAE,
| LIST Wisconsin cavalry.
, 1862-06-04
There is nothing in the new constitution to
- IzA


There is nothing in the new constitution to
prevent that.
CoECLUsI0N.
Finally, let 1t be asked: Is this proper
time to make new constitution? Is period
Of war and public danger, when sixty or sew
enty thousand citizens are withdrawn from the
Stale to put down treason md rebellion, o
suitable one in which to perform 60 sole m
and important duty? Are We likely to b.
benefited by discarding our old constitution
and adopting the work Of seventy-dye men,
elected while the public mind was absorbed
IN the raising Of regiments for the mninten-
ance Of the Union, and holding their sessions.
as il were, in the midst Of battles aud sieges
Every fail. minded citizen must answer NO.
Let the honest voter read this and hand it
to bis neighbor. Let him candidly consider
the grave objections to the ne" constitution
act upon his intelligent convictions. Moth
ing more is asked; nothing less should be
granted. Election, Tuesday, June II, 1861
, 1862-06-04

Senator Wilson bas introduced m admira-
b'e bill into the Senate modifying the fug1-
tive-slaye law. His bill permits only loyal
masters to lay claim to runaway s1aye under
the law, and even then the slave must have d
jury trial, both slave and master being permit
ted to give evidence in the Case These arc
the most Important points Of the reforms he
proposes. and as such an amendment to the
existing Law would make it less harsh and un,
bearablc, would SIT many slaves free, in its
practical operations, who are now caught BY
rebel aud dishonest masters, it will be vel.
coined,
, 1862-06-04

ing for their niggers, while Marshal Lamon
ruEhes to and fro with a zeal born Of the
innate fitness Of the man for just such busl-
ness, and the Niger hunting goes on apace'
Read the dispatches, study the local papers
and tell us if lust now their full share Of
noise Is not made by these hunters OF men,
drowning well nigh the grave debate in
the halls of the capital, on questions than
which none Of more solemn import ever
engaged the attention Of human legislators.
We call this spectacle humiliating, and
is it not2 And yet We say, We rejoice in
it. If such things must be, we thank God
they come out into the broad day, and
where We can study them BY the
light Of the battle-ields Of this rebel
lion. slavery has caused. We re-
joice, too, that they are located
where our legislators, upon whose votes
hinge the dcstinies Of millions, may see
and be sated with the beauties Of man-sell-
ing. If there be any method Of proof more
1orcible than this, let us pray for that also,
that it may be added to the aspects Of the
capital, to the end Of educating the repre-
sentatiyes Of the people. The people
are enlightened already. They havt
even given their frst-born to ths
great sacrifice slavery has made
necessary, and the people do not neee
these lesser monitions. Still they may d.
good at Washington, and by healthy nau
sea bring the humanity and progress Of tn
capital up to the standard where, taugh
by all the lessons Of this war, and yielding
to its inevitable necessities, their act shal
make prophecy the motto which has E1um
bered meaningless on the old bell that rum
out on the natal day Of the nation-"PRO
CLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOU:
TIE LAND TO ALL THE 1NHAE
TTANTS THEREOF"
, 1862-06-04
Direct Railroad CommunIcatton Bee
tween CorIntll and Rkchmonda

phis and Charleston railroad, at Huntsville,
By Gen. Mitchell, destroyed all direct aud
speedy communication between the Southern
States and the Confederate capital Such. III
deed, vas our Impression; but we learn from
. gentleman who recently passed over the
cation from Richmond, via Atlanta and Mo.
bile, to Memphis and Coriuth. THIS being
the case, 1t ts By no means Improbable ths1
Beauregard, with the bulk Of bis army, Is a
Richmond
, 1862-06-04

a MICHIGAN MAN ISHER1Ts Two HuE-
DReD AND FIFTY MILLION DoLLARs.-Mr.
G. T. Tucker, Of this place, we understand IS
Lswrence estate, in the Bank Of England.
amounting to fifty million pounds, or nearly
two hundred and fifty million dollars This
matter has been in litigation about fifteen
years, and all the testimony necessary to e5-
Lyman Lawrence, Of Mattawan, who is bro
ther of Mr.. fuckers wife who was the 1egiti-
mate heir, but made . full assignment to tdr.
Tucker, who will have the full control Of The
vast estate. II this claim should be fully es-
tabhshed, he will be the richest mau In Amer
ica,-Deca1ar 1TibHRs
, 1862-06-04

PERsoSAL--Hon. Lion Silyerman, promi-
nent and influential citizen Of Wisconsin,, has
removed with lis family to Chicago. Mr.
Silyesman has at various times during his res
idence in Wisconsin, been State senator,
sheriff Of Ozsukce county, and president Of
the..yllage Of Port Washington.
, 1862-06-04

The Be1eville Adrocate says that St. Clair
county will give 1000 majority sgainst the Sc
eession constitution.
The Lincoln Herald says thst It is little
strange that erery secessionist in the State
is for the new constitution.
The "aukegan Gazette remarks:
Our present taxes, together with those We
must pay incident to to the war, forced upon
us By the shareholders, whose fdcdnd In the
convention framed the odious proposed con,
stitutlon, will be all we can stand under. Let
Us not, therefore, vote nrw batch Of e1ces
eiyely burdensome takes upon ourselves, bJ
adopting tllis new secession Constitution.
Let Lake county be unit against the impo
sition.
, 1862-06-04

Gov. johnson has given authority to ]. T.
E. Mclean, Of the Western Military Institute,
and a native OF Tennessee, to organize the I'd
Tennessee Federal regiment, the 1st regiment
having been filed up. The work on the ID is
progressing finely.
The work On the Nashville and louisville
railroad bridge, over the Cumberland river at
Nashville, Is progressing rapidly. The Nash
vile Dispateh says that from present appear
ances, the cars will be enabled to cross in the
course Of . week or ten days.,