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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-16

STORY OF GENERAL GRANT, "A story
is told Of Gen. Grant which We doyouly
hope is true, and which ought to bs his
toriCal One Of Lees tremendous flank
attacks had been made on bis right wing.
Regiment after rcgimont IS driven in,
n disorder tue styagglegs are rushing
90 tho rear; aids cone ore after another,
hot and brca,hleSs, 10 headquarters, on.
nouucing TO Gen Grant that the right ia
utterly broken, that the sccoud line ia
penetrated, and all is lost, unless help ia
sent at oucel Graul sits in impertorbable
cslmness, considering the news, and At
length his oconic reply is. 81 don't
believe it !" No essential change is made
IN his disposition. and the baltic speed
ly rights i,self
la that short response, (if be truo)
sH conveyed the very spirtoi tho long
experienced and i0dou.iaJls general
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-16
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-16

rN0 DISABLED SOLDIERS, SEAMAN d
L Marines aud widows or other heirs of those
who have died or been killed in the service
CHAS. TUCKER, Attorney for claimants
Bounty Land and Pension agent, Washington,
DC.
Pensions procured for soldiers, seamcn aud
marines Of the present war who are disabled
by reason Of wounds received, or disease con.
trartcd while in service aud Pension, Bounty
ty Money and arrears Of pay obtained for wild.
ows or otlier heirs OF those who have died or
been hllhd while in service.
Bounty land procured for services in Soy Of
thu other wars.
CHAs. TUCKER. Washington. y. G.
Those entitled 10 Pensions, Bounty Land or
Bounty Money, can have their claims preparen
and forwarded to Mr.. Tucker By calling at the
Register Office.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-16

Et5" Governor Andrew johnson has
suspended the mayor and the alderman
and connrilmen of Nashville, who re-.
fused 10. take the oath Of allegiance, by
filling heirplocoq with loyal appoin,ecs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-16

Rg- A number ofbauhelors oyer thlr.
y FIVE were drafted In Providence On
being laughed at for moi being married.
and thereby escaping tina draft, they worry
maliciously roplisd.-
at is better TO servo three years than
for lifo."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21

SPECIAL WAR INCOME TAx.-The resolution
passed by Congress just prior to adjourn
ment, imposing special war income tax pro-
vides as follows: .f .t ..'r y#
That, in addition to the income duty al
ready imposed by law, there shall be levied,
assessed, and collected ON the first day of
October, 1864, Especial income duty upon the
gains, profits, or income for the year ending
the 3lst of december next preceding the
time herein named for levying, assessing and
collecting said duty, of all persons residing
| within the United States, or of citizens Of
the United States residing abroad, at the rate
of five per centum on all sums exceeding
| 5000, and the same shall be levied, assessed
estimated, and collected, except as to the
rate, according to the provisions of existing
| laws for the collection of an income duty an
nually, where not inappicable hereto; and
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby to
make such rules and regulations as to time
and mode or other matters to enforce the
collection Of the special income duty herein
provided for, as may be necessary, provided
that in estimating the annual gains, profits,
or income as aforesaid for the foregoing
special income duty, no deduction shall be
made for the dividends or interest received
from any association, corporation, Or compa-
ny, nor shall any deduction be made for any
salary or pay received "e -." ,'.5'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21
OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
From TIE 10th Regiment-0n Railroad Guard
Duty. -
-o.-s CANT, RAY, NEAR MEMPHIS, Tenn,
July, It'll 1854.

July, ituy Aoot.
Dear Journal Il am just in from twenty
four hours 'picketing," and feel like dropping
you a line. The g Fortiethn is sueating along
on its regular service, with duty detail of
some one hundred men daily for guard and
picket duty. The boys like it very we'll, and
although some of them are slow to learn that
we are here to work and not to jayhawk, I
think We stand A No l With the authorities
and people.
The health Of the Regiment is good, con-
sdering the weather and water There are
about forty in camp hospital, ali but one or
two convalescing, and two in the post hospit-
al, who are also doing well
Our company, sd" are mostly in working
order, slight relaxation being the only diff
Guilty. Yesterday, the Iowa Graybeards brig
AIDED with US, were fred into, while on train
duty, tive were wounded, two of whom since
died, zen. Washburne has to-day issued a
very " holesome order, providing guard of
secesslonlsts for the railroad trains. We
think 1t will work wonders and we are inter
ested, as the train duty is one we divide with
the Graybeards
| wish you would whisper to our friends
that it is great disappointment to all of US
not to get at least one letter each day on the
arrival Of the mail. never before knew
the value Of letters.
The Journal makes it appearance regularly,
seven days old, but greatly priced and dill
gently sought after, notwithstanding. y
Hoping that the drouth may not entirely
ruin the crops and that we may return to
find you all happy and prosperous.
| remain yours truly, c. Fl. A
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21

Sailing HAY.--It used to be the universal
practice Of eastern farmers to salt their hay
when putting it in NOW or stack, especially
if put up before thoroughly cured But we
notice that the practice is getting into disre-
pute among many of our most intelligent
| husbandmen. Daniel Kelly, of Du Page Co.,
| in our office few days since, expressed an
opinion highly adverse to the custom, alleg-
ing that it renders hay moist, and does not
tend to its preservation in the least. We
well know that Mr.. Kelly's hay is of the fin
est quality, and he states that he always puts
it up before dried in the sun, and keeps salt
away from it. ~ -
S. Edward Todd, well-known agricultural
writer, expresses the same opinion in the
last number of the Country Gentleman. 1t is
now proper time to talk over this matter
of curing hay, as well as cutting, &C., for the
season of haying viii soon be at hand.-Prai-
RE Farmer. .a -.s-s -as-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21

THE FEELING AT CHERBoURG SINCE THE SINK
ING OF THE ALABAMA correspondent Of
the New York Herald writes from Cherbourg,
after the triumphant return of the Kearsarge
from her encounter with the Alabmna:
She received a good many visitors yester-
day and to-day. To-day the Admiral and
Maritime Project of the port, NJ. Dupony, is
calling upon Captain Winslow. He express
es himself highly delighted at the excellent
manner in which the Kearsarge fought her
antagonist. AS general rule the feeling
here is on our side, but principally for these
two reasons: Firstly, we have been success
full, and Frenchmen of all ranks and condi-
tions worship success and secondly, all are
delighted with and chuckle over the fact that
our noble lads of the Kearsarge have SO gal
lantly whipped a crew of Englishmen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21
IT ; : : -
Intrepidity of cur Artillery.

[Frem recent Army Letter from Petersburg. |
1t is astonishing, the intrepidity of these
artillerymen! Almost obscured at times by
the sulphurous clouds which surround them.
and seemingly oblivious of the fact that the
shells of the enemy are kissing and bursting
around them, they work away as systematic
ally as if drilling on their old parade ground
In camp. There falls in the harness, a bat
terry horse, torn and mangled by a she'll
there goes "No. 2" shot through the head by
a sharp-shooter-it's no Of consequence, an
other springs forward to supply his place, and
every thing goes on as before. Yonder in
that redoubt is single rebel gun. For the
last ten minutes, at regular intervals it has
belched forth clouds Of smoke, and has sent
immense shells into the battery killing both
men and horses. Finally, annoyed and irri-
tated, the Captain determined to silence this
destructive monster, and with a muttered
Curse that gum" exclaimed: Men bring
Roarer' and Chaos to bear on yonder re-
doubt, we'll see if we can't silence that infer
nal gun"
"Roarer" and Chaos" are brought to bear
On the iron rebel; white smoke pufs, occa-
stoned by the bursting of our shells, appear
in rapid succession until thick cloud hangs
over the rebel redoubt; their shells come
less frequent, and in few moments the gun
is silent On the other side of the Appom-
ottox, and three miles northeast from Peters
burg, is Fort Clifton, rebel redoubt of con-
siderable strength, mounting eight or ten
guns. Although within a mile Of our lines,
it is powerless to harm US. The moment its
guns commence operating, down comes
shower of heavy shells from Fort Spring Hill,
further down the river and in Buffers lines,
and its guns are silenced. Fort Clifton was
built two wears ago. aud was intended to pre-
vent our gunboats from passing UP the river.
Since the arrival of our army it has been
considerably strengthened, but even now is
comparatively an unimportant work and of
but little value to the enemy.
. TREATMENT OF THE FEDERAL PRISONERS IN
GEoRGIA.-There are some fifteen thousand
Federal soldiers confined in miserable quart
ers. at Anderson, SumpterLcounty Ga The.
Savannah NeoCs, a yirulent rebel paper, states
that our poor boys there are without tents ;.
many of them naked, half fed on putrid meat
and the heat is so great that they have to
burrow in the ground. They are dyinga at the
rate of three hundred per day. The editor
of the Neus, malignant rebel as he is, asks,
swh7 in the name of God is not something
done to alleviate the suferings of these men?
IF they are our enemies, they are human be-
ings." The same can hardly be said of the
barbarians who hold them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21
~A man in MOI

a~A man in North Haven, Massachusetts,
made eighteen hundred gallons Of sorghum
syrup last year, selling it at 81 so per gallon
He says sorghum will thrive on any light
warm soil that will grow corn, but the ground
for it must be MANFRED and narrowed
thoroughly. On good soil the yield is two
hundred gallons to the acre.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21

APT REFLECTION !! Two countrymen went
Id 1n'o a matters to buy one of them hat
Ihey we're aehshted with the sample, inside
the crown OF winch was inserted a looking
glass. =" nat Is this glass for?" said one Of
play of rural ignorance, exclaimed: esWhat
for? why, for the man who buys the hat to
see how it fits him p s0r=4 E..Esr s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21

A SHARP NEwsBoY.-A. few nights ago in
Hamilton, Canada West, a newsboy, who
heard of the success of the proclamation
forgery in New York, on finding himself left
with a large number of papers on hand, be-
gan bawling the ''death of Queen Victoria"
The loyal Canadians became greatly excited
and purchased the entire stock of the enter
prising youth, who disappeared about the
time that the papers did.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21
From the Odd Wisconsin,
of the State Journal .
CAMP ON THE PRAIRIE, NEAR
FoRT RIDGELY, Minnesota,
Tuesday, July 5. 1854. !

Siege Worh-skirneishing, s1la,pshootinq and
1SheIlng and Daily Losses Coolnes, of the
Ae''-LocatSo's Of other Regiments.
Correspondence Of the State Journal.
In FIELD NEAR MARIETTA, Ga, June 20.
Day succeeds day, and no night now closes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21

Z KEARsARGE, whence our victorious ship is
named, is mountain, half mile high, near
the center Of New Hampshire, one of the
sentinel outposts of the White Hills, but not g
connected with them The oUnionists of the u
Granite State will 'hencefourth regard this ,
noble eminence with a prouder affection,
since its name is indissoluhly blended with
one of the happiest exploits of our Navy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21
From the Wisconsin State Journal.
.. Arrivals at Harvey Hgspital,

The following is list Of soldiers transfer
red to Harvey Hospital froln Jefferson Bar
racks, No. They came up under charge of
Assistant Surgeon P. Y. ScHEscK, Q. S. A,
and reached here on the 18th. The men are
all comfortable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21

~ Garibaldi has been elected Grand
Master of the Free Masons in Italy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21

slight; Corp. Cyrel A. Leake, right leg,
slight; John E. Davidson, head, serious;
Martin Aerven, both legs, one amputated;
Martin McGil, both arms, serious Lewis n.
Bowler, left hand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-07-21

AN ACi further to regulate and provide for the
enrolling and calling out the national forces
and for other purposes
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-21
rh. Ru,l-splittsr and tho Tailor.

A Copperhcad oracle, whose malig-
nifty usually outweighs its folly, thus
rails at the nomination ofLincoin and
Johnson: "The only merit wo can
discover in this Baltimore ticket is
the merit of consistency; it is all of a
piece; the tail docs not shame the
head, nor the head shame tho tail.-A
t.Splitting bufoon and a booriSh tailor,
both from the bdcAwoods, both groutng up
in uncouth ignorance, They would af-
ford q grotcsquc subject for satiric
poet" &c.
Such suicidal attacks, among peo'
pie so invincibly democratic as ours
where rail-spliLting "buffoons" and
"boorish tailors vote, and their votes
count on par with those of scholars
and millionaires, are utterly un
accountable. Simon Snyder was
thrice chosen Governor Of Pcnnsyl
vania, becoming the idol of her mass
es, by virtue of just such splenetic atC
short.sighted malice. The fact tha
Abraham Lincoln rose from rail-split
ting to the Presidency, and that An
drew Johnson, an iliterate and penn
ilcss nobody, one of the 'poor whit
trash" so generally kept under, the
South fought his way up through the
Legislature, House, and Governor
ship ofhis adopted State, eloquent trlb
utes alike to the character ofour in
stitutions and the personal worth o
those men. Billy Gray, said an in
censed Bostonian to the mercantile
millionaire of his day, 1 knew yol
when you were but drummer boy
Certainly, responded Billy, and didn'
l drum pelR The fact that he hac
since risen from indigence and OBJ
scurity to wealth and power justifiei
a strong presumption that he did
New York Tribune. .t.... t...
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-21
AN UNroRrUNArE WIFE.

\ poor unfortunate wife thus ad-
dresses her sisteas, from her own ex-
pcricncc, who are trembling upon the
verge of uncertainty respecting the
most important question oftheir lives:
- was married for my money. That
was ten years ago, and they have
been ten years Of purgatory. l have
had bad luck rs a wife, f5r my hus-
band and | have scarcely ono taste in
ccmmon. He wishes to live in tho
country, which 1 hate. like the
thermometer at 70 degrees, which ne
hates. lie Ii kes TO have the children
brought up at homo instead of at
school, which l hate. like music,
and wish to 90 to concerts, which be
hates. lie likes roast pork, which 1
hate and like minced veal, which
, he hates. There is but one thing We
both like, and that is what We both
cannot hatc, though we are always
irving for it-the last word. l have
had bad luck rs. mother, for two
such huge, selfish, passionate, unman-
ageable, boys never tormented fee
/ bic woman since boys began. wish
| had called them both Cain AT this
moment they have just quarreled over
their marbles, Mortimer has torn off
Orvile's collar, and OrYille has ap-
plied his colt.like hand to Mortimers
ribs; while the baby zenobia, itI my
Ian. who never sleeps moro than half
su hour at a time, and cries all the
time she is awake, has Seen reused BY
their din to scream. l have had bad
luck, asa u housokeeper, for | never kept
a housemaid more than three weeks.
| And as to cooks, look back bewil-
dercd on the long phantasmagoria of
faces fitting stormily through my
kitchen as 4 mariner remembers q
rapid succession of thunder gusts and
hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico
Nv new housemad bounced out Of the
room Yesterday, flirting her busters
and muuttering, real old maid, amer
alI inst because 7 showed her table
| IN which / could write slut with my
finger in tho dust. I never see my
plump, happy sister, and then glance
, in the mirror at my own cadaverous,
long doleful, visage, without wishing
myself an old maid. 1 do it every day
/, of nv life. Yet halt Of my sex marry
AS Idid-not for love, but for fear.
for fear of dying old maids, preadiu'
alternative"
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-21
A SOLDIERS FUNERAL.

All down the sire ct restless throng,
Is surging, surging on its way, ........
While, through this golden summer day,
A sad procession moves along.
Above IL all, the elm.troes wave,
The soft clouds float along the sky
know these men arc boaringb by
Asoldier to soldiers grave.
Down through the crowd, tho red flag CLEANS,
Ihear the tread Of many feet;
One echo from that crowded street
Throbs, like wild music, throughmy dreams.
Yes-fold the colors DER his breast,
Let this sad war be wrong or right,
It matters not to him; tonight
His comrades take him home TO rest.
Known unto God is this mans life
A Awatchful Eye vigil keeps;
An Eye that slumbers not nor sleeps,
And His voice calls him from tho strife.
Far from the city's busy hum, ..
His mother hears q footstep fall,
Was that his tread along the hala
Alas, she knows he cannot como.
II may be that this summer day
Shines where thoughtful, fair-haired girl,
Sees through the amethyst and pearl,
This faint, sweet twilight fade away.
Poor fluttering heart that will not rest
That soled red flag too well she knows;
She takes cypress and q rose
And lays II gently on his breast.
No more for him these human woes
Now lay him where another spring
Around the soldiers grave shall bring
The blossoms Of the sweet, wild rose.
We know God loved him, that is all,
We trust he died with faith in Christ
Oh, by that wealth Of love unprced
Take Thou these sufferers as they fall .
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-21
-. READ WHO SAYS SO, -sa
In the World!

Fromthe Rev Levi G. Book, Pastor OF tho Baptis
Church, Pemberton, N. j., Formerly Of the North
. Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
have known Hooaands German Bltters fayorably
for number ef years. / have used them in my ownt
family and have been so pleased with their effects
that was induced to orecommendth them to many 9th
ers and know that they have operated In strikingy
beneficial manner take great pleasure in thus pub
lioy proclaiming this ot and callingthe attention Of
those afflicted with the disease for which they arc
accommodated to these Bitters, knowing from expe:
rlonco that nv rec6mme ndatisn will be sustained
do this more chserfuily as Hollands Bitters is in
tended 10 benefit the afflicted, and is mot q rum
drink" Yours truly, LEYTG. BECK.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-21

@Never employ yourself to disco
yer the faults Of others; look to your
own.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-21
TERMS OF ApYERrleINo.
square Of ten lines or less, one or three insss

- business eaFds ol about nes, BY the year, -
Ca Advertisements NOT marked on the manuscripts
vii be continued at our terms until forbid.
Ed-Legal advertisements. Administrator notices,
Be-, must be paid for in advance.
E5The above terms strictly abserved In all cases
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-21

But there is a perfect democracy in
the realm Of the beautiful, aud what
soever pleases is equal to any other
thing there, no matter how low its ori-
gin or humble its composition; and |
think the magnicence of that moon
light scene, gave me no deeper JOY
than won from the fine spectacle OF
an old man whom | saw burning cof.
fee one nightin the little court behind
my lodgings All day long the air of
that neighborhood had reeked with
the odors of that fragrant berry, and
all dav long had this patient old man,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-21
From the KeS. Jss H. Kcnnard, Pastor OF the 10Th
-. Iln.,Ii Church

From Rcv J. il. Turner, Pastor Of Hedding NJ f.
Church, Philadelphia.
Dr. Jackson:-Dear Sir:-Having uscdyo German
Bitters in my family frequently am prepared to say
tha n has been OF great service believe that in most
cases of general debility ofthe systemit is the safest
and valuable remedy Of which have any knowl-
edge. Yours, respectfully, :, j. II. TvRNLR,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-21
From tho Rev. J. NJ Lyons, formerly Pastor 1.-THE
Columbus IN. j., and Mlestown (pal papHst

DIR. c. NJ. Jaokson:-Dear sir:-I feel it pleasure
thus OF nv own accord to bear testimony to the ex-
.sellence ofthe German Bitters years since re-
yery beneficial results. have often recommended
them to persons enfeebled by that tormenting dis
ease, and have heard from them the most natterlng
onrnas.ad I'M. Lyons.