Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-10-01
News Items.

Brig. Gen. Ripley, late Chief of the Ord
nance Bureau, has been placed on the retired
list.
| The Commercial says passengers for Califor-
MIA by Roberts line hereafter 90 via Pana-
| ma instead of Nicaragua.
| letter from Bahia Brazil, dated August
22d, reports the Fandcr6h and Mohicau
there.
French paper says there are two clipper
steamers building at Nantes, and two at Bor-
deaux, suspected for the Confederates
A Nashville letter in the World contains a
| rumor that Rosecrans is to be reinforced by
| S1gel, who is to be placed in command of a
Corps.
The English papers are canvassing the pro-
! prlety and non-propriety of the Government
| OBTAINING the two steam rams built by Laird
| as supposed for the Confederates
1t is reported that the enemy have removed
"A large number of prisoners from Richmond
| to Charleston to prevent Gilmore from she'll
! ing the city.
The Clyde built steamer Jypitey has beer
captured, attempting to run the blockade off
Savannah, through Warsaw Sound, by the gun
| boat Ciinerone.
The Paris correspondent of the Morning
| Herald repeats his assertion that a recognition
and an offensive and defensive league be-
| tween the French, the Confederate and Mex
lean Governments, are decided upon.
Moses Mcdonald, Scanlin and Leonard
Brink, of the Sanitary Commission, have ar
| rivad at Norfolk from Richmond. Mr. Prin-
| gle, another member of the commission, is
still detained as prisoner
| A deserter lately came into our lines with
| statement to the effect that Savannah was
almost in a defenseless state. Its troops had
been called to Charleston, leaving only
small garrison in the forts. -...
On Wednesday Il team and guard of one
officer Of Heintzelman's staff was attacked by
guerrillas, nine miles from Alexandria. AZ
ter firing a few shots they left in a hurry, es-
Gaping through dense woods.
Capt Redglary, commanding the steamer
Shenandoah, reports under date of the 18th,
off New Inlet, n. c., that blockade runner
| attempted to come out, on the night Of the
18th, but driven back, and now lies a
wreck at the mouth of the harbor.
Washington dispatch says a party of
guerilas crossed the Potomac Tuesday on a
horse stealing expedition, but were overtaken
near Rockville by portion of SCOTS 900,
and driven back to Virginia with loss of
several killed and wounded.
Advices by the last steamer from Europe
state that Mr.. Cyrus W. Field will return to
America Immediately, in the steamer China,
and that the contract for the manufacture and
laying down, next summer, of good SUBJ
marine cable between Ireland and New
Foundland was signed on the 9Th inst.
The Times special says it may be consider
ed finally settled that there will be 10 draft
in Ohio The State is deficient 5000 men
only, which will be readily made up by vol
untary enlistments under the ample bounties
the Provost Marshal General is about to of.
fer.
Private advices from vi. ginia City, Nevada
Territory say that additional subscriptions to
the amount of $4,000 have been made there
for the sanitary commission. The money lie
to be forwarded in silver bricks of about
$1,000 each, good evidence of the general
resources of that territory, as we'll as of the
liberality of its inhabitants.
General Forey will resume operations
against the remaining forces of Juarez at the
end of the rainy season, and expects to dis
pose of them easily. A considerable mum.
Der of French officers have been appointed
instructors OF Mexican soldiers, and 10000
uniforms and stands of arms had been for
warded from France to equip the Mexican
army.