Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-12-24
General News.

New Orleans
- me clty.of Indianapolis has made loan
ol S-o,ooo to pay bounties for volunteers.
= The Sd Iowa infantry has re-enlisted for
Inree years, under a late provision of the
War Department. P''' -'''- y, 'Ds'
| The last survivor of the ,,o,-,u oeu---
oming, JEREMIAH SPENCER, died On the o5,7
dleo on the I'D ult., at New Hartford Conn
- The President was recently asLed e ha
endorsed the Rockville (Md.) speeck of NOW
GoNERT BLAIR. He replied that he had ner,er
read the speech. ''i
| - Our total loss in killed, wounded nd
missing in the siege of Knoxville falls short
of 1000. ''1
Advices from New Orleans state that Gen
Banks had an attack of fever, but was not
dangerous. This attack was the cause of his
| going to New Orleans.
! u The bill introduced in the House of
Representatives providing that Congressional
elections shall be held in all the States upon
the same day ought to become law.
\ bill is pending in the rebel Congress- for
the issue of S500,0OO,OOO coupon bonds of the
Confederate States, bearing per cent. inter
es and payable in 90 years.
Richmond papers say that of 10000 prison.
GIL have died. which they consider very
small proportion
= The Union cause prospers in Arkansas
Since the occupation of Little Rock, 1000
men had come in from different parts of the
State, 5000 of whom have Joined the Federal
army.
Gen. Palmer resigned the command of
the 18th corps and had reached Bridgeport
| Is vha bn
return to Chattanooga, his resignation not
having been accepted.
"A gallant Illinois officer, Col. CHErLA1N.
of Galena, commanding the 18th Illinois vol
unteers, has been made Brigadier General of
colored troops. A good selection, and
splendid copy of a man to set before the imi-
tatlve and courageous black soldiers.
In the rebel Senate, on the 18th, WigfalI
offered a resolution, enquirng into the treat
ment of prisoners, which was agreed to. The
E&9na5aer says prisoners are furnished daily,
with pound of bacon, when the rebels in
the field are only receiving one quarter as
much
Crime grows bold in some parts of the
country. On the 18th inst the First Nation
al Bank of Newark, n. j., was entered in
| broad daylight, the safe blown up, and the
sum Of three dollars obtained by the barglars,
| the entire contents of the safe The rOgues
were not caught
| - The health of J. r. GIDDNGs, Consul
| General to Canada, is so feeble that he has
been obliged to retire to Ashtabula, O. Be-
fore leaving Montreal he was obliged to give
bonds in $4,000 to respond to suit brought
by REDrATH, who lays his damages at $2O, 900.
The Tribune has private advices from Ha-
vana that secessionists there have given
over the rebel cause as hopeless. One who
| had in his hands 100000 in Confederate
| funds realized on it, and fled to parts I'M
known. 1t is understood there that break
up of the Cabinet must be near at hand.
The Illinois Supreme Court, by decision
rendered Saturday, have sustained Governor
Yates action in proroguing the Legislature
| last summer, Judges Walker and Breeze
holding that the proclamation by the Cover
nor, acquiesced in by the General Assembly
| at the time, terminated its session on the 10th
of June.
1t has recently come to the knowledge of
| the government that there are along the from
| tier of the Canadas upwards of 10000 de-
sertcrs, most of them in a suffering condition
| and anxious to return to join their reg iments.
| Probably proclamation will shortly be issued
by the President offering pardon to all who
will return to their regiments within thirty
days
| A letter from Morris Island says the rebels
| are working very hard on Sullivan Island, in
creasing their works and Smelling Forts Wag-
ner and Gregg. The rebel iron clads occa-
sionally showed themselves, but are always
careful to avoid a fight The rebels are said
to be very savage, and do not spare our men
when they catch them. "Reminiscences
| frarnapt1y +ba
valuable information obtained. Our forces
are not idle.
- The loss of the monitor IVeelaaohen, in
| Charleston harbor recently, during severe
gale, is attributed to the carelessness of those
on board. She was heavily loaded with shot
and shell so as greatly to interfere with her
buoyancy. After she had shipped a consid-
cradle quantity of water, the pumps were not
set at work, nor were the bars by which her
compartments might be made water tight,
! put in their proper places.
| The constitution for Nevada Territory,
which the people vote for or against on the
| 18th of January, is published. 1t declares
| that every citizen owes paramount allegiance
to the Federal Government. Neither the
Legislature nor the people are permitted to
create a State debt exceeding SIS, 100000 but
that s., 100000 in bonds may be issued to aid
| the construction of the Pacific Railroad
| Electors must have their names registered
and pay full tax, before they are permitted to
vote. Paper money is prohibited. The Leg
| gislature is restricted to sixty day sessions,
and the members allowed IS day.
| - Dispatches from Gen. WAsHBURNE an
nounce that he has seized the approaches to
Matagorda Bay, Texas The rebels abandon
| ed Fort Esperanto on his approach. The
| command of Matagorda Bay substantially gives
US the control of Central and Western Texas,
| and all the important points on the east coast
| except Galveston. The town of Matagorda,
| situated on the bay, at the mouth of the Col
orado river, has large trade, and is the de-
pot for the produce of the Colorado Valley,
producing cotton, sugar. cane, rice, indigo and
maize.
| The rebel Secretary of the Treasury's re-
| port says the entire debt of the Confederacy
| in round numbers is 81, 100000, 900, of which
SS0O,000,0 900 are Treasury notes, and $780,
| 100000 of these notes are in circulation
The Secretary says that the amount needed
to carry on the Confederacy to the 3Oth of
June, 1864 is S475, 100000, besides the
amount of the undrawn appropriations of last
Congress, which reaches Sl76,000,000, and
if the estimates are extended so as to include
the entire year of 1864 the amount will reach
S947, OOO, 900, which, says the hopeful Secre-
tary, Congress is formally called upon to pro-
vide, and so if the Legislature of the Con-
federacy lasts so long, it viii have at the end
of the year 1864, the debt of $4,000, 100000.
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