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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02

rThe Charleston Courier of a re-
cent date has the following intelligence
from Texas
can order has been extended for ev-
cry family to leave Galveston, it having
been determined, as in the case of
Vicksburs, to defend it to the Fast
This order has been complied with, ex-
cept by some seven families. The par
ties being suspected. their homes were
searched, when the Stars and Stripes
were discovered. intended to be hung
ont should the Federals take the city.
Az those guilty Of Mis treason aoere
tok,en out and hupg"
Yet these are the people who talk Oh
retallaiing on Gen. Butler for hanging
the man who violently tore down the
Union flag when first raised by loyal
hands in New Orleans. e.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02
a. Il. PRATT. -We take the 70

A. F. PRATT.-W take the follow
ing extract from letter in the Nj rlison
Journal Pratt has been connected,
one way and another, with the Nil.
waukee Neacs, for some years past.
We understand that he is chief pro.
prietor Of that concern at the present
time. -....
II do not know "a you have heard of
\. F. Pratt's -banish:nent iron kau-
Sas. After the Democratic paper here
was suppressed, Pratt, who had been
sort of camp follower, waiting 'for
something to turn up prevailed on
Gen. Blunt to ALLOW him IL continue
the publication of the paper. He made
it worse than before. aud oae day Col.
Barstow was directed to order hin, out
Of the military lines of the Kansas de-
partment. He was SO ordered, and has
since taken mp his abode a, Platte CITY,
some ten Esi.ss from here, in Missouri.
He went off feeling bad, but swearing
vengeance ON Gen. Blunt and all con
cerned." a-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02
The ALLEGED FRAUD IN THE

The ALLEGED FRAUD IN THE Or
GANIC ACT-Mr. Waldo, of M,Iwau-
kae, writes a long letter to the Maii,
son Journal Denying the ch ,rye of 2
tiapluleut interpolation in the act of
Congress authorizing the organization
Of the state of Wisconsin in the mat
ter of the Rock River Canal Company.
Tne Journal says that the substance Of
Mr.. WaIlo's letter is that thorough
investigation OF the whole matter, in
Guiding an examination of the original
bill and other papers in the clerks file
ut WaShin gton, has shown tina: no S,ici.
Interpolation AS charged was made, but
that th. original act pass,tl Congress-
in the form III which it is published,
AMI that the charge of fraud has grnvn
oct Of a bIunaer OF the reporter Of the
Congressional Gl,.be. 1t is added that
Senator Howe i, convinced that his orig
NAL iinpre ssion was erroneous and that
40 fraud in changing the organic act
was perpetrated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02
s Charles Sumner. in speaking in

@Charles Sumner, in speaking in
favor Of contiScatlon, said -.
The present Congress has already
done much beyond any other Congress
in history, to entitle it to the gratitude
Of the nation. Measures, which for
long years seemed attainable only t.,
the most sanguine hopes, have TIL
nmphed. Emancipation in the national
capital-freedom in all the national ter-
ritorleS-ths offer of ransom to help
emancipation in the States-the recng-
milton of Havti and Liberia-the treaty
with Great Britain for the suppression
of the slave trade-the prohibition of
the return OF fugitive slaves by militia
ry officers-homesteads for actual set-
tiers on public landslide Pacific Rail
road-endowment of agricultural col
leges out Of public lands-an,i last and
best Of all, the browning measures Of
the session-the bill for the suppression
Of rebellion by furnishing treason,
freeing the slaves and coniScating the
property Of rebels. Such are som. of
the achievements by which the pre- seat
Congress will be historic. 3 .Siles,
we have raised Al artns, an i'm ntanJ
additions to our navy, AMI have prnvi7
drd means for all our gigantic expen-
aitures by d tax, which is il itself an
anoci
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02
Pen and Scissors.


Green corn forms q part Of the
soldiers rations in Memphis.
Hon. Schuyler Colfax, has been
reEominated for Congress. Good.
Confederate stock in Richmond ran
up three per cent. after the retreat of
our army. @
yorktown has not been evacuated
be the Federal troops, but is in perfect
order for defense.
The policy of employing blacks i'll
military operations is rapidly gaining
favor in Washington.
Up 70 the present time this year
s2l, 1906 in specie haveleft the Uni
ted States for Earope.
Nashville has been reinforced by
troops from Gen. Nelson's army. 1t is
adequately defended now.
The question Of assigning new
commands to Gen. Fremont and Gen.
jim Lane, is under consideration.
The Provost Marshal Of Memphis
has decided that lager beer is intoxica-
ting, and must not be sold to our troops.
Mr.. w. Il. Russell, of the London
Times, is working up his notes of
American experience, for publication
in book form.
The Chicago Tribune saws that
Cincinnati capitalists are moving their
funds to Chicago for safety, fearing an
Eruption Of the rebels.
The wheat crop of Alabama,
Georgia, and Southern Tennessee. is A
bad failure, while the corn crop is
everywhere admitted to be far behind.
--ln Utah, the Indians are growing
more troublesome, stealing cattle, kill
ling emigrants, and breaking up the
Overland Telegraph and Mail estab-
liShment.
1t is estimated that 100000 men
OF the Federal army are loating about
the towns where they enlisted. This
calculation does not include the sick or
wounded.
--Alvioes from Naples speak of a
fresh eruption Of Mount Vesuvius.-
The mountain is throwing out lava
toward Ponpeii, and ashes on the
Portici siie.
Richmond papers advise aggres-
Slve movements on the part Of the
rebe. army-the taking OF Washing
ton and the invasion of Maryland and
Pennsylvania. IS.
THE rebels took five of our Gen
erals prisoners at Richmond, viz -
Major General Mccall and Briya lier
Generals J, F. Reynolds, Rankin, Sum
ner and Mead.
The London Exhibition has attrac
ted to that city q band Of the New
York thieves, who arc perpetrating
their robberies in the banks with con.
siderable success. .-.-
In one Of the recent engagements
before Richmond, Colonel Pierce, of
the 2sth Massachusetts regiment, for
merly General Pierce, OF Big Bethel
fame, lost an arm.
The wheat crop Of France prom
Uses to yield an abundant supply this
season. The corn crop also is doing
well, and the French asriculturi>ts be-
lieve that but little if any corn will be
imported.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02
To Voluntee rs.

The undersigned, unable, without to-
tally ignoring the interests Of his fami
ly and business, to enroll himself in the
defense Of his country, at the present
time, desires that four strong, healthy
men from patriotic Wood County may
take places in the ranks, and to each
Of the four first volunteers from said
county who may enlist in such compa-
ny as he may designate, he vii! give
twenty-five dollars Of County Orders.
Such enliStments must be made prior
to the LIST of September, 1862, ana the
amounts will be paid rs soon as the
volunteers are mustered into the L. S.
service.
J. n. BRyNDAGE.
Grand Rapids, Aug. lst, 'e2. If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VoLUN

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VoLUN-
TEEEING AND DRAFTING.-A volunteer
receives the full bounty-S25 advance
bounty, one months pay (sl3) in adj.
vance. and SIS at the end Of time of
service, together with the usual 100
acres of bounty land Besrles all
these, his family receives pecuniarv as
sistance during his absence. The draf-
ted militia receive but $ll per month
and no bounty money. They can be-
held to service out Of the State three
months, by order of the Governor.
Let no one however, deceive himself
with the idea that drafted soldiers will
serve only three months, for after the
militia are drafted, Congress can very
easily hold them to serve during the
the war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02

TAX SALE.-Placing in type the tax
sale by the County Treasurer has con
sumed so much Of our time that it has
been impossible to attend properly to
the editorial department. The Clerk $
list will occupy our attention, almost
wholly, for few weeks to come. We
trust our readers will appreciate the
fact that without such patronage pa
per in sparsely-scttled county could
not be sustained, and that during the
preparation Of its publication, all things
else must be neglected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02

PERs oNAI.-Irvin Eckels, ESQ, of
Plover, gave us call Yesterday. He
has commission from the Governor to
recruit company Of volunteers from
Portage, Wood and Marathon Couu-
ties, and he visits this place to ascer-
tain whether he can obtain twenty five
men from this county. An acquai,-
lance Of several years with Mr.. Eek
els, enables us to commend him as up
wight, Intelligent and humane. He has
done much towards filing up compa-
MES that have been raised in this coun-
tv, and our people should see to it that
his company shall not lack men to form
rouslng good company in the three
counties. Are there not TWENTY-FIVE
men in Wood county Sufficiently en-
deared to their country to respond
promptly to this cali ?--probahly the
last.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02

That PIPE, PETEE-Peter, whom
the young ladies so profoundly admire
Peter LaValley, Homier's right bow
er, presented Maccarvni with gay
and festive shmoke-pipe few days
since, which is very acceptable to Mae,
and never did Pete any hurt. We told
Peter that we woul! puff the pipe, and
s. ne have, aud shall till our stem
breaks Our pipe stem) and 'backer
gives ont.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02

rs We notice blythe Chicago Jour-
7adt, the deccaSe OF Mrs Harriet Brad
ley, the surviving parent of Mr.. Willie
Bradley, who soiourned at Grand Rap
Ills the past winter. Mrs. B. was for
merry resident Of Utica, n. Y, but
tor several years past has made Chica-
so her home. For several wears she
has been suffering under the encroach-
ments CT consumption, which termina-
ted her existence on the 18th nit. Mrs.
Is. was an exemplary member of socie-
ty-a person whose Christian craces
and many excellent qualities endeared
her to all who were so fortunate as TO
make her acquaintance. Though gone
from those whom she SO fundly cher
lshed, her memory will ever remain
green in their hearts. Mrs. 8. was an
own sister to Mrs. L. NJ. HawIev, of
this village. e-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02
r~uon. Samuel F. Miller

.#IIon. Samuel F. Miller. of
Knokuk, Iowa, has been appointed bv
the President an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court OF the United
States, in the place Of Jadge Dmiel,
deceased. Judge Mi!ler's circuit is q
new one. embracing the States of
Missouri, Kansas, iowa and Minnesota,
the last three of which have meyer been
in any circuit. Jadse Miller is the first
person ever appointed to the supreme
bench from any State west Of Ohio.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02
Our Agents.
Apprentice Wanted.

A steady, Intelligent lad, between
the age Of Is and IS years, may find
an excellent opportunity Of learning the
printing business, by applying immedi-
ately at this Office. If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02
I eb Aob epfs
9lst Regiment.

A Ii applications for recruiting commissions
n and communications upon the subject of
recruiting for tn regiment should he direct
ed to II. u. Fitch, Adjutant at Fond du Lac,
Wis.
The whole business of organizing the regi-
ment will be done through regimental head
quarters. b. >. o"1HA' WI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02

The rebels are reported to have
evacuated Lebanon, with the intention
TO mass their troops for a sudden dash
Oh Nashville.
Chicago, July 81.
Times special from Memrhi> 2s,h
say>:-Late advices from the south nv
rebel sources are important. Ten iron.
clad snnboats, bull, in England and
fully equipped, have arrived off Mobile
Harbor. There are more on the w,v
These constitute u fleet ordered bv tho
Southern Contederacy to ne purchased
IN Europe. They mount from ter. TO
thirty guns each, and are said to be
mailed with six-inch iron.
The blockade was run openly. hv
dint OF superior strength and weight of
metal.
Mobile is now considered open to the
world, and will support her newly &C.
quired power.
Bangor, Me-, July 80.
Volunteers have been pouring in for
the last three days at an unprecedented
rate. The Eighteenth Regiment will
be full this week. probably. The com
panies from Penobscot Co. being full
to overlooking, and several extra com
panies offering The State has raised
its full quota, and many counties have
furnished a surplus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02

s-The New York 7ribesne's spec
ial from Washington says Major Gen
eral Cassius Nj. Clay is expse.sd home
within q week. : sass. hza -~s..s 4 -...,s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02

J. N. BRUSDAGE, Edition ara; Proprietor.
e. NJ. HAINES. Corresponding Editor,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-08-02


The steam Evansville from the
Tennessee river brings news Of a rebel
rad upon Florence, Alabama. On Tues.
day last. They entered the city and
burned all the warehouses used fuv
Commissary Quartermaster's stores,
and all the cotton III the vicinity, also
seized the y. S. steamer Colona, use.!
for conveying army supplies over shoals.
Took all the l4ony belonging to the
boat passengers, then burned h:r. The
property destroyed IS said to be of
great value, also small detachment of
Mtckell's army captured. They then
proceeded down the Tennessee river
to Chickasawz and Waterloo in the
vicinity OF Es>tpo,t, burned all the
warehouses which contained cotton.-
Another band OF forty rebels attacked
a wagon train near Pittsburg Landing
and captured sixty wagons conveying
Culnnissary aud Qaarternasters
stores.
Special to the Times from Cairo -
The rebels have taken possession OF
Humboldt, Tenn, and now hold the
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j. n. BNJ NDAGE.
Grand Rapids, Aug. 1st, '62. tt
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-05-30

do, and a cat like stealth, have
been his rreservers till now.
His band has never been large.
and he often Travelled alone. HE
skill in Disgusting bic appearance
and voice were so great that even
to those who knew him well he
seemed each day dfferent man.
And this, too, although he was
more than six feet in hight, and
straight as an arrow. Some per.
sons blessed with more imagination
than brains, believe he led charm
ed lie. They call him the "Phan.
tom Horseman Of the Prarie," and
told strange stories Of bis prowess
and good fortune. How many men
he had killed, how many horses he
had stolen, how many houses be
had pluHdered, no one can tell.
1t is probably true that this war,
which has brought forth such new
and astounding traits Of character,
has not yet produced such another
marvel as Cleveland--a man whose
story will be told around the fireside
for an hundred years to come. as
one Of the mast brutal OF villains
as one OF the most romantic heroes.
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DR.. HOOFLAND'S
Balsamio Cordial |!

foR THE srEtpy CURE or Couous, Cotbs, fSttr.
EszA, GROUP, HoAHsgSEss, BRONCHITIS, PSgU-
MONA, DISEASES OF Tns BOWELS, ARISING FROM
CoLD, iNcfPfgTT CONSUMPTION, AND ron rHB
RELIEF AND (IF AT AL PossIpLK) Guns OF Pa.
TiRNTs IN ADVANCED srAoEs OF THE LATTER DIS.
gAsK. t.N $50
The Balsamic Cordial Is entirely n Vegetable
production, combining the healing properties
OF the Balsam, with the invigorating qualities
Of Cordial. producing n combination so wen
adapted to the purposes intended, that there
are but few cases Of diseases which will not,
At au early period, succumb to its healing aud
life.giving properties.
For ages, has the treatment Of pulmonary
diseases occupied the greater portion OF the
attention OF the scientific oil tho medical world
but none acquired more eminence In bis treat.
ment OF these diseases, than the celebrated
prussan DR.. Hoonand, the originator OF the
Balsamio Cordial. His life was devnted to tho
production OF remedies that would stand unri.
vailed. How well he has succeeded, the Amer.
lean people are able to Judge, and we positive.
~ assert, that no preparations that have ever
been placed before them, have conferred The
same amount Of oibenents on su uffsying hum a pity.
or have ELECTED so many commendations from
nll classes OF society, rs the remedies OF Doot.
Honfiand, prepared by Or. O. N. jackson Co.
Of Philadelphia. The Cordial Ia designed for n
class OF Diseases more general and more fatal
than any othor to which the people of th,s
country are subject - those springing from a
slight cold. That eminent authority, Dr. BELL,
says: 81 will not say that colds are TO our In.
hHbtants what tho Plague and Yellow Fever
are to those OF other countries; but can aver
confidently teat they usher In disease Of great.
er completely and mortality than these latter
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-05-30
What Congress has Done.

Speaker Grow, Of the House.
writes to a friend as followe:
"This Congress is redeeming in
good faith all its pledges to the peo.
pie. What you said Of IL few
days ago, was ominently jnst. II
may seem to the country to move
slowly, but no Congress before 1t
has, In the same time, accomplished
so much for the future greatness and
glory Of the Republic
THE National Capital free rorev
or.
"Slavery forever prohibited in all
Territories.
"The public domain set apart and
consecrated to free homes aud free
men.
"The Pacific Railroad authorized
"The policy Of gradual emanci
patton insugurated; besides the war
measures.
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The Blacks Thankful for Freedom.

The Blacks Thankful for Freedom.
The colored people Of the District
Of Columbia held convention ir
the Fifteenth street Presbyterian
Church, at Washington, TO expires,
their gratitude tor the passage Of th,
Emancipation Law. The following
resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed:
Pesolroa, That wo return oul
most devout thanks TO Almighty
God, who, in his great wisdom and
mercy. has governed and controlled
the current OF events OF the time, 90
as to bring to us of this District tha'
dearest of all earthly treasures
Freedom. And that we first Offer
to Him tho trno homage of grateful
hearts for this sacred and inv aluable
blessing.
Rtsolccd, That by our industry
energy, moral department and char
acter, we will prove ourselves wor.
thy ofthe confidence repoeed ir us
in making us free mln.
Resolyed, That to the citizens OF
the District OF Columbia we give
sincere assurance that, as in the
past we have as a people been order
and law abiding, 40 in the future we
shall strive with might and mien to
be every way worthy Of the glorious
privilege which has now been con.
erred upon us.
ResolUed, That we tender our
heartfelt and endearing thanks to
the Congress Of the United States,
and to his Excellency President Lin
coin, and to our friends generally
and especially to those who have
been the active instruments in con.
summating this long-prayed'for re-
suit.
ReSolved, That wo Recommend
setting apart Thursday, May Let, az
a day Of thanksgiving and praise to
Almighty God, and that each color
cd congregation celebrate the day in
a Christian.like and becoming man.
ner."
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IRON BUILDINGS. FIFTH STREET.,
i PIfTSBURGH. PENN.
The Collegiate Course includes the princi.
pies and practice Of
Double Entry Hook Keeping,
Adapted to every department of inland and
loreiHn commerce. by the hhth"r oi Dun Sys
tens OF BOOK Keeping.
Stock ana Pnrtnership looks,
ENe nu1erous Gnsus ~, N %, I.,'cu, ,ot ",Gm
nv the authors forty years experience in bu.
sincss.
The Settlement Of Single Entry Part
nershtp Rocks.
Ceporanv'so I,tle understood tho, two apro
,o..ors 81 Rnok Koeniny,' i'm This ritv rocenll,
moTo c,,, !. husinesa balance sheet gon,a, ,in,
n ooo orro,sI
U..,ic.i,,. noro,red D,,hto Fate,
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, poohs,
ireqneht ana nIsny responsole uuty' eA
plalneu ia no ".ncr ueaIso on aooo"nT,
ChhngihB Siheie 10 Doupie F.ntrl
Ledger,
Uus,rated for the nrs. time in DuF'. Rock
Kaaniny
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Cave in Virginia.

Volunteer" tho army CORES.
pondent OF the Painesville Tele-
graph, IN a letter from Harrison's
Cave, Rockingham County, Virgin
ia, thus describes one OF the subter
ranean curiosities the Ohio boys ex.
plore on the 5th instan,:
To-day nearly every one in the
regiment explored the cave near the
camp. With party Of comrades
we set out early in the morning,
and crossing a mellow came to a
hill that seemed TO be composed OF
hinge limestone rocks, with here and
there patch Of thin soil, on which
grew some stunted cedars. Follow
ing a path we ascended the Hill mid.
way to its summit, when we came
to hole in the ground that looked
much like a large we'll. This we
were told was the cave, and accord
ingly we lit our candle, and com.
menced the descent. Going down
perpendicularly some twenty feet,
we turned into horizontal passage
so low that wo were obliged to crawl
upon our hands and knees. Follow
ing thls a short distance we came to
another abrupt descent Of abont six
feet, which brought us into a high
and narrow gallery, along which we
went several yards, and entered q
large apartment about twenty feet
high, fifty long. and forty in width.
The roof and walls were OF solid
rock. hung with stalactites, many
Of strange and fantastic forms -
Passing from this apartment we en-
tered others Of larger size and much
greater beauty. In many places
the srched roof was supported by
huge pillars, and the walls seemed
hung with tapestry. There were
long colonsdes, grottoes and inches
halls, galleries and passages innu
merable. One apartment resem
bled much an old cathedral, with ar
altar at one end and an organ at the
other. and a fountain close hy. AT
ter spending an hour in the cavern
wo assembled into the upper world
and though delighted with what We
had seen, we srlll experienced q
feeling of relief at coming ont into
the regions of daylight and fresh air
The extreme length OF tho cave j.
about quarter Of a mile. 1t wat
discovered twenty years ago by {
dog chasing fox into a crevice il
the rocks. AZ both dog and fox die
appeared the hunters resolved to SCI
what had become of them. and 81
enlarged the opening by blasting
and discovered the cave.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-05-30

THE BEAUTIFUL AROUND Us. -
What is the need OF calling this
world q wilderness--a desert dark
aud drearp Is the world dreary, OF
10 it but the reflection Of our gloomy
feelings? When all is sunshine and
joy within, we can read poetry on
every page of Natures grand vol
ume. And would it not be we'll to
always Gull sweets from the flowers
that spring up all along our path.
wsy--to see bestty in everything