Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-03-19

2 from Liverpool on the fternoOn of tn
2eth, and Londonderry 27th, arrived thi
Pm.
, Flour had downward tendency. Whss
, was heavy. and declined ed. Corn dull
and declined 2a3d. Provisions are fat
but quotations steady. ... &.
| London, Friday, February 27th.-The
Spanish ministry have resigned.
The Polish question 10 unchanged.
The mayor of Liverpool has given q
grand banquet to the captains of the sev-
eral American relief ships.
The London Globe thinks that if Q CON-
tradiction exists between Seward and
| Mercier, one of the two Governments in !.
volved, will have to demand q substantial
apology.
Washington, March 12.-The following
nominations have been confirmed by the
Senate.
To be additional aids de.camp, with
rank OF Col, Edward O. Sanford of N. Y.
and Capt. Arson Stsger; with the rank
of major, Thomas o. Ecker.
| Headquarters Army of the Potomac,
March l2.-The pickets Of the enemy
along portion Of the line of the opposite
side of the Rappahannock are half negroes
| and half whites. The negroes are armed
and uniformed. The fact appears beyond
question as only 100 to $50 yard. i.er-
vene between our pickets and the enesEs
and they are plainly.to be distinguished.
New York, March 12-The gunboat
Quaker City has arrived from Pert Roy al
| via Charleston bar the 9Th. She comes
! FOR repairs and to receive new boilers.
On the 9th inst, off Cape Fear she
captured the British steamer Douro sitter
an exciting chase of six hours. She had
cargo of 400 bales of cotton, and was
bound from Wilmington, n O., for Mas
sau. She was ordered to New Yo.E for
adjudication.
The Quaker City brings a large mum
Der of prisoners and invslids from the
South Atlantic squadron.
a private letter received in this city
states that the pirate Florida was at Bar
BADGES Feb. 9th, taking in coal and pro-
visions.
San Francisco, March 13.-The steamer
Sonora, brought from Manzanilla, thirteen
boxes of treasure, received from the wreck
of the Golden Gate, making $500, 900 Ia
all, that has been received here. Tho
steamer Sonora sailed at four O'Clock this
afternoon, Tor Panama, carrying 212 pas
sengers. She takes $3.50, 900 in treasure
for England, and $24 1000 for New York
Oregon papers received on the 9TH, say
the spring facilities have opened for start
ing emigrants to the mines; 200 left Port
land in one day, principally for Borse riv.
that emigration to Oregon, Woshau.
Idaho and British Columbia, This year,
will exceed that of last, while tho rush fox
Washington, Humboldt, Deeds River,
State Range, Colorado, and the North
western stores of New Mexico, promises to
become unprecedented.
New York, March, ia special dis.
patch to the Herald, from Buuingford
Greek, Lower Columbia, Tennessee, states
that Van Dorn's whole rebel force has
retrested towards She,byville. The ooun-
try between Nashville and Columbia 10
cleared of marauders, and the means Of
crossing Duck river destroyed.
The Times special states that nine
refugees from the South, who arrived at
the North yesterday, give deplorable 40
counts of restitution, and say that there
! is much suffering In Richmond for the as-
tual necessaries of life.
1t is reported that twenty-three regi-
ments, under Anderson, passed through
Richmond last Friday for Charleston, BE-
| ing an aggregate of 10000 men.
E. E. Rollins of IN. H, 10 appointed
commissioner of the Internal Revenue Bu-
| rGau.
A Washington dispatch to the Herald
says the prize steamer Adeli0 has arrived
at Fort Monroe from Key West. The
| prize steamer Virginia from harrisburg,
with several prize cargoes on board had
sailed from Key West for New York.
| The steamer Pet.rhof arrived at Key
West, having been captured by the Vaa-
der5ilt.
The War and Navy Departments feel
satisfied that very short time only will
elapse before the rebel communication
across the Mississippi river will be entirely
cut off by Yankee ingenuity and enter
| prise, without much bloodshed.
Tribune dispatches say that more earn
est efforts sre making to induce the Treas.
| ury Department to recede from it's dscis-
| ion by which foreign bottoms arc enabled
to compete for traffic between San Franz
| cisco and New York, but there Ia no rea-
son to believe that conclusion, which was
| arrived at after full consideration of tho
law, will be reversed; on the contrary,
there are grounds for the belief that an
| English line of steam propellers will soon
| be put upon one Of the transit routes.
| The Senate will, without much doubt,
| adionrn tomorrow. 1t will be difficult to
| keep quorum any longer.
| Gen. Resseau left for the West this eve.
| ming to assume command of his old fight
ing corps in the army of Gen. Rosesrans.
New York, March ia dispatch has
been received from Salt Lake stating that
Judge Kearney to day issued writ against
Brigham Young under the polygamy act Of
Congress.
The writ was served without trouble,
and Brigham gave bail jim the sum Of two
thousand dollars.
The dispatch further says the civil au-
| thority can be maintained in Utah without
the aid OF troops.
Cincinnati, Marcp 12.-There was q
large and enthusiastic Union meeting here
last night.
The Q. s. marshal yesterday seisad the
real estate belonging to Messrs. jenkins,
officers il the rebel service.
A special from Memphis to the Gaeetse.
gives report of fight on the Yazoo, 70.
sulting in the capture of 1000 rebels and
eight transports. No particulars.
A letter from Florence, Ala, to the Mo-
bile Register says Wayne county is full Of
Unionists, joined by deserters from the
Southern army. They have become Tor.
| midable.
Cairo, March 1S.-It was reported here
yesterday that Fort Doneson had been