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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23


o,aa ;mno..antc,r Aer story must form
. .hss. - 49, n.,in. Apter in the history of
.us's ne" ene - Of naval warfare, and
nei IA la'e p an astounding example
tiles. Po"e' u lnooein pioJec'
VI courses it is impossible to leave the
ouipso ue. 20 be resurrected by the reb-
Iis, aIu nas been determined to blow
n et up -. morrow morning with the tor
psuo ga loder.
ner report says:
noon n ing the engagement on the after
n noo of the 9TH our iron clsds were so
h ea { the city of Charleston that the two
-. rdred-pounder Parrott guns could with
ase have landed shells in it; but as the
movement was only intended as prelim'
,inary one to the grand attack, Admiral
Dupont would not permit the city to be
Al troubled at that time. The rebel iron
n clads, Palmetto State and Chicora were in
J. sight, and tried the range of their guns
W but did rot attempt to use their rams
is and it was not until our iron-clads retired
that they came out fairly from behind the
d walls of Sumter.
D. The fleet of wooden vessels was not en-
10 gagged in these preliminary operations, 3:
N 1t was not thought best to expose them
before general attack was made.
= LETTER FROM GEN. HUNTER.
s. The following correspondence between
r. Gen. Hunter and Admiral Dupont ha:
% taken place since the close of the action
n HEADQUARTERS OF THE SOURI,
q. s. Transport Ben Deford, April s, 1868. {
Admiral S. F. DUPONT, Flag Ship Neso Ironsides
u of Fort Sumter:
d ADMIRAL: Not knowing yet what have been tn
results OF your attack OF yesterday, Tar as For
Sumter is concerned, I cannot but congratul at
y you on the magnificent manner in which the YES
'e sells under your command were fought.
h Amere spectator, could do nothing but pra,
= for you, which, believe me, did most heartily TO
l. you and for all the gallant men under your com
e mand, who sailed calmly md fearlessly int
, and under and through a concentIic fire which ha
never heretofore had parallel in the history o
- warfare.
/. That you are uninjured and SO many of the yes
: sells of your command fit for service is q cause Of
u deep gratitude to Almighty God I confess wher
d | the Weehawken first ran under Sumter's guns
ceivng the casemate and bafbette broadsides from
> that work simultaneously with the similar broad
q side and Fort Moultrie and all the other works
n within range, fairly held my breath until the
,, smoke had cleared away, not expecting to
vestige of the little vessel which had proyok ed
such attack. With each Of the others the same
scene was enacted, my interest in the fate O. the
lronsides, being perhaps, the keenest from my
Is knowledge OF her comparative vulnerabiy, and OF
the deep loss the country would sustain il anything
! were to happen to you.
Thank God for the results far they go. May
he have you in his keeping through whatever
h chances are yet before you. No country can ever
fall that has men capable Of suffering what your
ron-ciads had yesterday to endure. God bless you
| and keep you safe, Admiral, and believe me, with
J.. the highest esteem, B. HuNTER, Maj. Gen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

Ne The reported capture of Charleston, tels.
graphed all over the country from Washington on
Sunday night last, was undoubtedly intended to
affect the Connecticut elecsion.-Nsso York World.
The above charge appeared simulta-
neously in Democratic prints throughout
the country. 1t is a confession that a
Union victory would injuriously affect the
Democratic party. Thank God, we do
not belong to a political organization
whose prosperity depends upon the mis-
fortunes of our countryi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

THE 21sT REGIMENT.-A correspondent
of the Sentinel writing from Murfreesboro
says "Col. Fl. @. Hobart of the Twenty
First did not want his men to vote, but
they did, giving large majority for Dixon,
they polling over 800 votes, of which
Dixon received all but-say eight, the ex-
act foo tings not yet TAKEN"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

A CoPPRRHEAD CoNvENTIoN.-Thec COD.
perheads of Indiana have called State
Convention to meet at Indianapolis on the
Goth of May. The Chicago Times says
that Pendleton, Vsllandigham and Cox
have already accepted invitations, and the
probabilities are that both Seymours, Of
New York aud Connecticut, will be pres.
ent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

Nor Big BUT AWFUL STKoNG-A men,
Der Of &c. G, of the I'd Wisconsin, writes
to the Portage Register that the vote OF
that company stood g Dixon %, CoTHREN
nix" He adds: sit is not a very big
vote, but an wful strong one"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

H-"Don't you think my son resembles
me- {" inquired an apothecary, as be intro
dnced q greasy faced boy to the witty DR..
a. "Yes," replied the doctor, pretending
to scan the physiognomy of each,-"Yes,
I think see your liniments in his coun-
fnnanceD
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

EIn the face of the sun you may see
Gods beauty in the fire you may see his
heart warming; in the water his gentle
ness to refresh you; tits the dew of heav-
en- that makes your field give you bread
TapZOr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

THE FIRE OF OUR IRON CLADs IN
CHARLESTON HARBoR.-Breaches in Fort
Sumter.-The zri6une's correspondent
has the following in regard to the fire OF
our iron-clads in Charleston harbor. The
guns of the Neo Ironsidss were directed
upon Fort Moultre:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

RThe conservative leaders, while as
surfing their party that they were true to
tie Union were plotting to deliver the
country, bound hand and foot, to Great
Britain precisely what Benedict Arnold
attempted to do during the Revolutionary
War.-NashriUe Union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

~ If we have not yet opened the Mis-
sissippi we have closed it against the reb-
els. There are knots at Vicksburgh and
Port Hudson to be united, but our gum
boats and armies control it enoug b to pre-
vent supplies from being sent the rebels
from Texas and Arkansas a. hitherto.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

In spite of the comparative Weakness of
our fire, considerable damage was done to
the forts. The northeast face of Fort
Sumter was marked with eleven holes,
plainly visible at our distance of three
miles. Some gaps were three feet wide,
and looked as though the shot had plough
ed right through the wall. Two en-
brasures seemed almost knocked into one.
One of our first shots brought down the
flagstaff of Fort Moultrie."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23
Che Democratic Leaders-Their Fatal
Mistake.

The leaders of the Democracy, says the
Philadelphia Press, a-e in the position of
men who can neither defend themselves
nor retreat. They have taken one step
too far, and they near the precipice. They
committed great crime in the beginning,
and they act with the desperation of men
who continue in criue, with wild hope
of making consistency a success. They
have gone so far in opposition to the Re-
public that its life will be their DEATH
They have future in anything but tri'
umph. Our armies may be defeated
they will be the honored guests of our
conquerors. The enemy may sack our
cities-rebel soldiers will keep away the
sword and torch. Europe may intervene
they will be honored in every aristo.
cratic court. These States may become
the possessions of Southern ruler-they
will become his suzerains. Anarchy, con.
quest, subiugation, defeat, humiliation, di
vision, civil war-all present refuge or 6
hope. This was not what they contem
plated when they arrayed Themselves
against the country.
The Democratic leaders did not antici
pate their present position. Such mel
are towards, and they never advance un.
til the guns of the enemy open upon thei
rear. The censpirator always wears hi
dagger under his cloak. He smiles til
the murder is done, and he smiles when
is accomplished. He calculates ever
contingency but detection, and when de
tected, he has no resource but to throN
away all artifce, and attempt, by audacit
what he could not attain by secrecy an
fraud. This is the position of the Demo
cratic leaders. When they knelt at th
e feet of Lord LYONS, they never dreame
u that the nation would take part in the in
terview. When they met in secret place
and plotted treason, thew had no anticip
d ton that the veil would be lifted, and tt
!, people permitted to see and hear. The
would have gone in secret continuing
meet Lord LYONS; continuing to plot ar
il contrive and take reasonable oaths upe
~ the Book of God, until the time came
strike. They would have been complai
vt ant and loyal and demonstrative; the
y devotion would have been ceaseless CRY
they would have deceived the countr
Decei. failed, and now we have audacit
{ The tactics have been changed; the aim
;, what it was in the beginning. They ha'
taken the one step too many, and thu
must go on. They must overthrow or
h overthrown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

THOMAS 81. SEYMOUR declared that
he "abhorred the whole scheme of South
ern invasion" And the people of Con-
necticut have responded by declaring that
they s'abhor" SEYMOUR.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

THE SMITH F AMILY WELL REPRESENTED.
The next legislature of New Hampshire
will have twelve members named Smith,
seven of whom are Republicans and five
Democrats.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

AN IRISH Mo RMoN.-There is but one
Irish Mormon at Salt Lake, but he Gin
proves his opportunities. He has zine
wives aid forty seven children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

A SURM1sE.-It is the impression that
Vallandigham, one Of the Woods. ex-Min-
lister Reed and Chas. J. Ingersoll, of Phil
adelphia, were the prominent Democratic
politicians who called on Lord Lyons in
New York, just after the November cleo
lions, and proposed foreign intervention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

Would NOT ALLOW HIS REGIMENT TO
VoTE.-Col. Chas. b. Lsrrabee, of the
Oath Wisconsin, according to a Murfrees-
boro correspondent of the Sentinel, would
not allow his men to vote at the recent
election. he perpetrated the same out.
rage on his regiment last fall.
A Colonel who is invariably Frustrated
with bronchitis, or some other disease,
upon the approach of the enemy, is just
the kind of Colonel whom we should ex.
pect to find ready to disfranchise the men
under his command.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

uFThere are two Glasses of men who
desire to surrender American honor and
nationality to British Intervention. The
first are the leaders of the Southern rebel~
lion the second are the leaders of the
conservative Democracy.-Nashvi1e I'm:
ion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

from Woods Speech at q Democratic Meeting in
New York city, April 9TH.

New York city, April It'll.
II the so-called war Democrats Gf ughter) should
succeed this OF course, SO far as the
war Is concerned there would be no change 1t
would simply be the exchange Of one set OF men for
another With like poatrcs, purposes dAd PrancsPss
Therefore, when L am asked what Democratic
President would do, if such one should succeed
Mr. Lincoln I answer that 1t depends upon the
kind of Democrat. If he should be Of the tim
id, weak-backed kind, great on paper or on the
stump in finding tlruH. but vaciilating or faint
heated in execution, there would be NO change
certainly mot for the better. (Cheers2 He would
increase our debt stu more, FOB DEMOCRATS CAN
MEN. Iaughter.) But if he should be an indie
pendent man, with nerve and brain, and the pran-
ciEes Of peace in hiss heart, very different state Of
things would soon be Produced
This extract is from WOODS speech as
reported by the World. WOOD don't like
the war Democrats. They are no better
ii his opinion than the abolitionists. The
reference to "the timid, weak-backed
kind, great on the stump at finding fault,
bat vacillating Ct taint-hearted in execu'
tion,'' is a thrust at Gov. SEYMOUR, who
appears to be kind of political Macbeth,
yearning after the rewards which Sin
seems to offer, but staggered By thoughts
of the consequences when called on by hi:
copperhead friends to enact the role which
he was elected to carry into execution.
The admission respecting the capacity o
Democrats for stealing is decidedly frank
Those who will study the investigating
reports, and ascertain the political com
plexion of the men who have been mos
diligent in plundering the government q
contractors, agents, and officers, since tn
commencement of the war, will find tha
FERNANDO speaks by the card il this maj
: ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

EWhat is the difference between a
summer dress in winter and an extracted
tooth2 One is too thin, the other tooth
out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

KY Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm, OF Min
nesofa has lately been appointed TO po'
s;t;on in the War Department, with q
salary of s., 900 per annum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

NEW ENGLAND IN THE NEXT CoNeRRss.
in the last Congress there. were four
democrats from New England. In the
next Congress that party will have but
three members.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

~ Americans, shake off the influences
of the British Intervention politicians as
you would shake off the coils of copper
head. The poison of death is hidden I'M
der the forked and deceitful tongues of
both.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

BUrrERNUTs." This is the popular
name for copperhead Democrats in Indiana
and Ohio. An attempted explanation OF
the term, by the Cincinnati Enquirer,
says i'll was originally applied to the vol.
unteers from southern Illinois, Missouri
and Kentucky, who came into camp in
clothes colo1ed with 40 infusion of but
ternut bark, and who were mostly Demo.
Gratis. The fact is that it is the common
term used for rebel soldiers by the army
of the southwest. A "butternut " in the
army means rebel, the rebel soldiers
being mostly dressed in coarse jean, OF
home manufacture, colored with butternur
bark. Those who saw the rebel prisoners
at Camp Randall year ago know what
"butternut means. Let secesh -sympa-
thising Democrats adopt the term; it is
very appropriate for them but true Dem
ocrats-men who stand by the Govern.
ment-will prefer the Hickory to the But.
ternut.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

~ A paragraph has been going the
rounds of an old lady who has NOUS
tache On Der lip. 1t is not uncommon for
young ladies in this vicinity to have NOUS
tach es on their lips, but rare that they
grow there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

So Never, says the Euening Post,
since wars began, have men come alive
out of fire such as our Monitor feet sus.
tanned in Charleston harbor, with the loss
of but single life. A similar reconnois-
sance, made by land forces, would have
cost probably thousands of lives; if at
tempted by wooden ships the whole fleet
would have been sunk, not man who en-
tered that fatal ring of fire would have
lived to tell of it. But our Monitors re-
tire, almost uninjured- certainly so little
hurt that, had it been necessary, the at
morning by daybreak, with force sufi
cient to batter down the walls of Fort
Sumter before noon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

The LOST IRON OLAD.-The Keokuk,
which it appears the rebels, after subject
ing it to terrible .teu d'enter, succeeded
in sinking, was not one of the Monitor or
Ericsson batteries, but of quite different
construction. She was smaller, being 159
feet long-including ram of five feet
and SO feet wide, drawing nine feet of
water. Her sides sloped inward at an
angle 81.
The Keokuk was built by Mr.. WHITNEY,
the great ship builder of New York, and
was constructed of iron. Her armor,
which extended four feet below the water
line, consisted of inch bars of iron stand
ing II inches apart, the interslices being
filled with yellow pine. She had two i'm
movable turrets, with three ports each,
but only carrying one gun each. The ar
NOR of the turrets was six and quarter
inches thick.
The vessel was thought to possess adj
vantages over the Monitors in ventilation
and ease of management, fitting her espe-
cially for intricate navigation. 1t seems
she was not invulnerable, as were the
Monitors. As an experiment she has
failed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-23

piles discloses itself, stretching across
from Fort Ripley on the middle ground to
Fort Johnson.
THE IRoNsIDEs UNMANAGEABLE.
Thus brought TO pause, it only remain
ed for the iron clads to take rp such posi-
tons as they could. And the complication
was further increased by the i'll behavior
of the flagship, the 1ronsides. While steam
ing along up through the passage in front
of Sumter, she is caught by the tideway,
and veered of from her course. and her
,uge iron frame refusing to obey her ruda
der, she becomes in great part unman-
ageable. This embarrassed not her only,
but all that portion of the feet following
her. The two Monitors Immediately be-
hind (the Catskill and the Nantucket) fell
foul of her, the one on one side, and the
other on the other, and it was full fifteen
minutes before they could be got clear and
pass on.
In this plight it only remained for Ad-
miral Dupont to signal to the tieet to dis
regard the movements of the flagship
This he did, and the ships then assumed
such positions as were available and they
could gain, the whole number being at the
mouth of the harbor, between Cummings
Point and Sullivan's Island, and opposite
the north east and eastern face OF Fort
Sumter, at distance of from six hundred
to thousand yards. While the manau-
vres rapidly indicated in these paragraphs
are going on, you must not suppose the
enemy is inactive. The PoWelIai Tork
on Cummings Point, named battery Bee.
opens, the long range rifle ordnance OF
Fort Beauregard join in; Mouitrie hurls
its heavy metal, the fifty guns that line the
Redan swell the fire, and the tremendous
armament of Fort Sumter vomits forth its
fiery hail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-07-14

FEARFuL REvELArloN.-A Copperhead
paper Processes to publish afull ritual Of
the Union League. The examination Of
candidates upon ad ission, and the pledges
required Of them, make the veteran editors
blood run cold. aud the place where bis
nair used to grow 20 rise as if hair was Oh
it. The terrible inquisitor demands OF the
candidate, "are you sincerely opposed 70
secession and disunions" 10 which he
responds, Il am.' The next question is
still more fearful. "Do you cheerfully sub
scribe to the principles set forth in the De-
cIara,ion Of Indel endence'' And 50 on
even plcdging these victims 70 defend the
Union. and maintain the Constitution, and
die. if need be, for liberty, all Of which
exc,tes the special wonder and horror of
the copperliead mind, which can conceive
Of nothing that Copperhead is fit to die
for but secession and slavery Chicago
Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-07-14
LATEST NEW S !!
Philadelnhia, July s.

There is great rejoicing here over the
fall Of vicksburg, with firing Of salutes,
ringing Of Independence Hall bell and il
Nominations.
For the time being. Meade's victories are
lost sight Of. The latest news is that our
forces are pushing hard on the fleeing rebels
capturing and killing many.
Telegraphic communications will he es-
tablished with Chlmbersburg tomorrow.
High authority states that not more than
half Of the remaining forces Of Lee can
ever get over the Potomac, and if the troops
are pushed forward all escape can be cut
off.
The State troops are 10 co operations with
Meade, and fresh regiments are constantly
arriving at Harrisburg.
1t is confidently believed here that Rich
mond win fall next week, as our forces are
believed to be pushing for that point, and
are said to be within two and half miles Of
that city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-07-14

CrrrzENs UNDER ARMs.-Last Wednes-
day morning a company Of soldiers having
been sent 10 Lebanon, Dodge Co., to as
sist in the enrolment of that town, squad
Of soldiers accompanied the enrolling oil
Ger. Soon after crossing the river they
met sentinel who turned about as soon as
he met the soldiers and went back post
haste to the German settlement. The boys
were told, after getting out few miles,
that they would have trouble, as the whole
town was out and armed. They kept on,
however, and soon began to see men going
towards t,.air usual rendezvous. They ex-
pccted warm work and prepared for it..
They soon cane on a crowd of two or
three hundred inco, mostly armed. Many
of them ran as soon as the soldiers came
in SIGHT to hide their arms in tie grass.
The soldiers went in among them and
we're asked all sorts of questions, but hav-
inc been instructed to answer no questions
they kept their own councils. The enroll
inc officer went at bis duty and performed
it all day without any molestation. Thus
matters stand at the time Of going to press.
That nothing but the presence of armed
soldiers can keep those insane and ignor-
ant men from committing murder, go man
can longer have any doubts. In this case
as in all Others, prevention will prove the
best Home League.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-07-14

GREEN BAY-BY DoINGs.-A boquet Of
almost a thousand roses, and scarcely two
alike has been presented to the mother of
the best looking baby in Green Bay, and
the editor of the Ad0ocate talks as though
his "frow" were the proud possessor Of the
aforesaid good looking baby. Another
editor connected with the Adcocate has
also been Dragging on baby at his house
and as a consequence the neighbors have
become jealous, and they areall getting by
the ears, on account of conflicting claims
set up on behalf Of the ten thous aud ba-
bies in that burg. A perfect BABY Babel
prevails. Whether it viii grow to an IN
fantry engagement is uncertain. The
Green Bay-bies must have something to
a,nuse themselves with, in the absence of
business Nil. Wisconsin.