Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-10-15
News Items.

announced himself candidate for Represen-
'".Fe On reconstruction platform.
e plra'es alabama, Georgia and Conrad
ne9 1 tis,'eu tne port of Cape of Good Hone.
a" @tl. n"u captured anG boarded several vessels
Inc steamer Vanderbilt left St Ha1o,a Az
10th IN pursuit of the alabama MI 20
| captured Sc prizes. nau
| The railroad between DuvaIrs RIrs ona
Little Rock is in charge of Col Meade broth.
er of Gen. Meade. 'l''Ai-
Guerillas still infest the southern side &c
the Potomac. Some of their raids and can
lures 1t Is known might be prevented if orr
troops were more watchful
Major Gen. Hancock writing to friend IN
| Washington, expresses a hope to reioin the
army within three weeks. He is vet lame
and not able to ride on horseback, but his
wound is healing.
Our works On Morris Island are progressing
rapidly. The rebel batteries she'll our work.
| men constantly. But few casualties were re-
| ported. Gen. Gilmore occasionally shells
Sumter and johnson. One Monitor keeps
| Fort Moultrie quiet.
| Grants order of Sept 22d, has been pub
lished at Memphis, making Memphis and New
Orleans sole marts for the sale of cotton by
loyal owners thereof, and banishing all cotton
| spectators from the Mississippi valley, south
of Helena, Arkansas.
The gunboat Keamev, which arrived at Ha-
wanna on the 29th, reports that the T7oqa
took into Key West on the 2Stn the rebel
steamer Herald with $50 bales of cotton.
Agents for new blockade running company
with capital of 100000 were aboard.
The Herald was the first vessel of the new
line.
Matters are drawing to crisis on the ives
tern side of the Mississippi All the 18th
| and 10th corps, except Gen Herron's division.
have been moved to Brashier city One corps
will move further west, while the other moves
| north to cooperate with Heron, who has
| been after Dick Taylor on Red River Gen,
Banks, it is said, takes the field in person.
The formation of the State Government Of
| Virginia is now complete. The capital is
| temporarily established at Alexandria. The
| following are the names Of the State officers:
| Francis II. Pierpont, Governor L. P Copper
| Lieutenant Governor; l.. Hogan, Secretary
| Of State; Z. G. Smith, Treasurer L. B.
Webb, Auditor; F. f. Foster, Adutant Gen
eral +. r. BOwder, Attorney General.
The rebel authorities have declared an ad-
| ditional number of their paroled officers and
men as exchanged, and ordered them to duty
| This is in direct violation Of the cartel and
Notwithstanding the heavy balance of ex-
| change against them, they refuse to deliver
any of our commissioned officers, and also re-
tain large number of citizen prisoners.
! A special to the Commercial from Chatta
| nooga the 30th says that 200 ambulances were
| sent within the enemy's lines under flag of
| truce, and brought in over 500 of our wound
! ed While in the enemy's hands they had
nothing to eat but corn bread. The rebels
treated them very kindly, expressing their re-
| grets that they could not provide better for
them. They refused to permit the bodies
deceased officers to be removed.
The TriJonGS special states that gentlemen
who are accustomed to watch the current of
| European politics. and are in receipt of pri.
vate correspondence from well informed
| sources abroad, predict a great and general
war growing out of the Polish question which
viii convulse Europe, by next spring. 1t is
believed, at st. Petersburg, that Russia will
| then have million men under arms and will
be prepared for any emergency.
Commander Bell, commanding the West
Gulf squadron pro tenn, has informed the
| Navy department that fever has appeared
on board the L. S. steamers preparing at New
| Orleans from which several deaths have re-
| suited. Some of the cases have been called
| Yellow Fever and others are recognized by
| the names of perncous and congestive fe-
| yer. He says the disease has not extended
rapidly so far, and expressed the hope that
| the approaching cold weather would soon
| check it.
The Hera2d'S dispatch from Washington
states that no arrangements for the release
of officers held by the rebels as prisoners of
war at Richmond have been made. The
captures in the battle near Chattanooga have
| increased the number to over 900. who are
all crowded into Libby Prison While the
rebels are declaring every one of their off
| GERS and men exchanged, and putting them
| in the field again, they still hold on to our
| officers and many privates as well as civilians
| The Mayor of Parkvile, and 100 other cit
| liens of Platte county, Missouri, made a state
1nent to the effect that there are now in Leav.
| enworth over one hundred Union families
who have fed from Platte county, for fear of
violence from Moss militia men, and if
change in the condition of affairs is not soon
made the lives and property of Union men of
| Platte county will be at the mercy of the men
whose loyalty has always been at least doubt
full Many destitute refugees are arriving at
| Leavenworth daily.
A despatch TO the IefUt0 SAYS intelligence
from Martinsburg is to the effect that there
are no rebels in the Shenandoah Valley, ex.
cept a few guerrillas, slulking in the noun
tains Our cavalry have secured the Valley
as far as Strasburg and Front Royal without
finding any traces Of rebels. Information
has also been received that there is no
movement on the part ofthe enemy's cavalry
towards Western Virginia, as reported few
days since.
The Washington correspondence of the
Commercial says that the apprehensions felt
in some quarters Of the North, based upon
kilograms from Atlanta, in the Richmond pa
pers, relative to the situation of Rosecrans,
have no foundation. Here it is well under
stood that Rosecrans telegraphs that he is
entirely able to hold Chattanooga. There is
much that might be said tending to strengthen
public confidence in the belief that a new
reorganization Of the Army Of the Cumber-
land, with its reinforcement, will soon lead to
the grandest of results, were they not of
character improper for publication. The Or
ganization Of this army will require little
more time that its efficiency may insure sue
cess on the resumption of the campaign.
4 LITTLE HIsToRY.-While the Democratic
party has furnished some of the best men the
world ever produced it has furnished more
traitors than any other party. The first effort
ever made to sever this government was made
by Aaron Burr, a Democratic Vice President
of the United States; the second by John G.
Calhoun, a Democratic Vice President Of the
United States-the third and most internal
rebellion of all was potten nm nv Holm C.