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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-04

THE JEws.-No longer is the Jew only
found among old clothes, second hand brogans
and cast-off haberdasherie. Since the COM
Increment of the present century, the chill
! dren Of Israel have played hand in the great
| game of all nations second to no other people
on earth. Who is the most powerful man in
| the world at this present writing? Not Louis
| Napoleon, or even the Autocrat no King
! Emperor, Or Potentate, but dark eyed son
Of the patriarchs, Rothschld, the banker the
man Of wealth affords the sinews of war" to
half the crowned heads Of Christendom.
Who organized that mysterious Russian di-
plomacy that so alarmed Western Europe
few years since? The descendants of Moses,
Aaron and Malachi. Who is driving on that
mighty revolution which is shaking the Em-
pire Of Russia and making the crowned head
Of the continent feel as if he were on a vol
cano? We answer the sons and daughters Of
Jerusalem Who are at the head of the
principal universities Of Europe? The late
Russian Minister Of Finance, the great Men
diah of Spain-the late Prime Minister of
France, Walewski. Who were Marshals
Soult and Massena? Jews, Jews, every one
of them Who are the most opulent mer-
chants of New York, Philadelphia, ST. Louis
Cincinnati Chicago, ETC.? They are a thrift
ty ecOnOmizing people. But very few are
ever found in the almshouse.
From whence come our warblers; who
are the Terpschores of this generation, and
who the Rossinis, Meyerbeers, and Mendels-
sohns The offspring of Levi, Jehoichin
and EleazOr. There is not an operate COM
pany in Europe, not, an orchestra from Mad
rid to st. Petersburg, that is not crowded
with the voices Of Hebron and Gethsemanc.
Almost every great composer, skilled musi-
clan, almost every voice that ravishes the
world with its witchery, your Pasta and Grisi,
all sprung from the root of Jessie, all come
from the tribes that once peopled the plains
of Galseed, Bethpage, and Salome. As
phIlanthropist, we rejoice at these things.
They indicate that the world has taken wide
stride towards common sense and humanity.
They indicate that no longer is d knowledge
Of the true God spread among the children of
promise with cOnsecrated faggots and divine
gridirons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-04
Trouble down in DiXie-EXtracts from Rebel
PaDerS.
rFrom the Ricbmond Examiner. Lnn- l.

From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. l2.l
The Senate Yesterday, passed the House
bill, putting in the army all who have hereto
fore furnished substitutes. This Gf the men
proposed to be put in submit) will curtail the
effective working force of number of public
institutions, whose names are familiar as
household words " to the public. In this cat
egorv are embraced the railroads of Virginia
whose executive officers can now hardly keep
them in good running order, by all the means
at their command. Al Virginia railroad iron
is nearly woYn ont, and so are the men work,ing
Hem."
From the Richmond Examiner Jan. II.
The breaking up of the substitution con-
tracts seem likely to afford plentiful crop
of frauds and artful lodges to evade the de-
mands of the CONSUMPTION. 1t is said that
bids TO the tune Of tens of thousands have
been made for department clerkShips by some
OF the most atrocious spectators in Rich
mond, and that petty bureau officers have an
excellent chance to make their fortunes by
providing hiding places for wealthy conscripts.
The eXtortiOners are getting government
clerkships; millionaires have suddenly be-
came nautical in their tastes, and are bidding
high for little cribs in Mallory's department.
From the Savannah Republican, Jan. 49,
The futter created here by this law is most
interesting We have heard of considerable
commotion on the bay, and the papers else
where record extensive stampeding to the
North, and other foreign parts by gentlemen
whose energies have been devoted to trade.
Various are the shifts to dodge the new order
of things. All sorts of offices are in great
demand. The papersnever before announced
so many candidates for tax receivers and col
lectors, and we heard OF one gentleman in
this city who offered the chief of police ten
thousand dollars to have himself put on the
night ocGtcb!
Richmond Correspondence of the Columbus (Ga.)
Sun
L have 1t from source every way trust
worthy that one of the designs of abolishing
exemptions is to get rid of certain editors-
OF course the proprietors of the "Confed-
crate Reading ROOM as the Examiner aptly
names the State department (where the prin-
clpal business appears to be the keeping OF
accurate files Of all the leading papers), will
not muzzle the press all at once. This would
be showing their hand little too plainly. Mr.
Benjamin can afford to take his time.
Extract from the Raleigh On. C) Daily Progress
December 23, 1868.
! There is not another man to spare from the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-04

Artemus Ward has lectured twenty
nights in California His receipts at the first
lecture amounted to 81, 700, and at the second
$500. The total of the proceeds of his
"pieces" reached the sum of So 700 in gold,
| for which he will probably get $4,000 in
greenbacks, ON his arrival in New York.
lie was in Washoe at last accounts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-04

- 1t is feared that the peach trees of
Michigan have been seriously INJURED by the
severe frost of the present winter.
The st. Louis papers report that peach
trees and grape vines have been killed in
that vicinity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-04

r5g- Mai. Gen. MCCLERNARD recently sent
in bis resignation, being unwilling to hold a
commission longer without employment. 1t
was not accepted, and he has been ordered
to duty under BANKS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-04

EXPANDING THE LUSGs.-Step out into the
purest air you can find; stand perfectly erect,
with the head and shoulders back, and then
fixing the lips as though you were going to
to whistle, draw the air through the nOstrils
into the lungs. When the chest is about full
raise the arms, keeping them extended, with
palms of the hands down, as you suck in the
air, so as to bring them over the head, just
as the lungs are quite full. Then drop the
thumbs inward, and after gently forcing the
arms backward and the chest open, reverse
the process by which YOU draw your BREATH
till the lungs are entirely empty. This pro-
cess should be repeated three or four times
during the day. 1t is impossible to describe
to one who has never tried it, the glorious
sense of vigor which follows the exercise. 1t
is the best expectorant in the world We
know a gentleman, the measure of whose
chest has been increased some three inches
during as manv months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-04

MATRIMONIAL DIFFICULTIES.-A New 1Ork
letter in the Cincinnati Gazette has the follow
ing:
4 fashionable couple uptown, married but
not mated, as the story goes, quarreled few
mornings since, and the irate wife, by the adj
vice of her parents, sued for divorce. The
case is only noteworthy from the ridiculous
cause of the quarrel. One morning, it seems
the husband washed himself, as usual, in the
bowl used by both; but the lady, for some
reason, refused to use it that morning, and
rang the bell for another. 1t was brought
when the now indignant husband flung it viO-
lently to the floor, breaking it into pieces
The wife thereupon called him hard names
when he locked the bedroom door and insis-
ted that she should use the bowl. She VOW
ed that she wouldn't if she went g with a
dirty face for a week" He swore that she
should; and so, filling the bowl, he seized her
hands, and using sufficient force, washed her
face for her. He then unlocked the door and
went to his business, while she went to con-
suit lawyer, and the suit was commenced.
If incompatability of temper were sufficient
ground for Il divorce, We should require a
divorce court to attend exclusively to dis
solving the marriage tie.
UNUsUAL-The Chicago Journal says that
on FRIDAY last a flock of large white sea-
gulls, about a hundred in number, appeared
in the southern limits of the city, landing in
a slough, and when they arose, few northward.
The appearance of these gulls at this time is
deemed remarkable by old settlers and hunt
ers, who say that they do not usually make
their appearance until March, or later. 1t is
| believed this phenomenon portends a very
| early breaking up of the winter.
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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27

which we were surrounded at all times
The 10th corps checked the rebels and
held them for about twenty-five minutes.
when they were forced to retire-which
they did slowly. and as night came on
the bloody conflict ended.
The next morning the 9th, Gen. A. j.
Smith came up with his command, and
we we're ordered to accompany our wagons,
which comprised all that we had left,
and they were ordered to come here as
quick as possible.
The town we are now 10 is four miles
from Nacthitoches, on the Red River.
The fight took place four miles from the
town of Mansfield. De Soto Parish, Louis
lana.
On the 9TH Gen. A. J. Smith, who i'm
mediately relieved Gen. Franklin, whipped
the rebels badly and recaptured IL guns,
and took 800 prisoners This is the lat
est news that | have from the front"
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27
LANsINGBURGH. N. Y. April 81, 1864.

Mr.. EDITOR II promised some time
since, description of this place. for your
spirited paper. which will try now to
fulfil.
Its name is made up Of the surname of
its first Dutch settlers, Lansing" with
the addition of burgh. It's population is
about COCO; composed of Dutch, YAM
KEGS. Irish and gentlemen of color"
1t is situated on the east side of the
beautiful Hudson River, directly opposite
the -four mouths" of the Mowhawk. and
within the sound of the Cohoes Falls.
On the east Of the village is high ridge
extending up and down the river for miles.
Directly cast of us is rock called "Dia-
mond Point" from its sparkling crystals
that glistcn in the sun; upon its top fairy
feet are wont to 60. and from thence, those
who feel SO, can cast longing look over
tUc Hlllo VI NtrHOHI. DOulu cast VI Tue
village, on the top of the ridge, is the
new cemetery, called lakewood" whittier
the living are rapidly, and daily being
borne; it is mournfully beautiful Col
gotha. An elegant church stands near
its centre, for holding funeral services
the. gift Of wealthy lady of Troy, N. Y.
South of the burgh is the HouIishing
Yankee City" Of Troy, the head of nav
igation and Underwater, on the Hudson;
the terminus Of the Hudson Rriver, N. Y.
Central, Saratoga, and the Troy and Bos.
ton railroads; and Of the N. Y. and
Champlain canals; making the greatest
inland point east Of Buffalo, if not Chi
,ago. West of us is the thriving village
VI Cohoes, little Lowell and north
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27
C. The war news this week is getting

C. The war news this week is getting
interesting. Gen. Banks operations on
Red River are causing considerable sharp
fighting. resulting one day in defeat and
loss to our forces of large number of
men and guns, and soon after rally,
and a complete route of the enemy. The
latest news from that section states that
our forces are within a days march Of
Shreveport, in good fighting trim.
The news from North Carolina is also
unfavorable to us. An iron clad ram is
reported as having cleared Roanoke River
of our gun boats, sinking two and driv-
ing off third. The ram has possession
of the river below Plymouth, and our
forces at that place are cut off from all
communication. Gen. Butler has sent an
army of gunboats to look after the ram.
and feels confident of being able to save
further defeat. We have, however, from
rebel sources, reports of The capture of
Plymouth with sixteen hundred men, and
twenty-six guns. The ram has not fired
shot, but does all this mischief by run
ming into our boats. Matters are begin
ming to be threatening. and stirring news
may now be looked for daily. The army
of the Potomac is expected to move soon,
and then there will be severe work.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27
.E We have visited some of the towr

Ca We have visited some of the towns
in the county within week. for the pur-
pose of collecting a little of the much
due on subscription. and of soliciting
others to become our patrons; and expert
cnced much pleasure in finding such read
mess on the part of those we called upon, to
assist us in all the ways in their power.
We hope to be able to continue our calls till
We have visited the more accessible parts
Of the whole county. We hope our friends
will bear in mind that though the ex-
pense of publishing paper is very much
increased, we charge no more for our pa
per than we did year ago. and that
they will contribute to make up to us
what we lose in this way, by readiness
to pay promptly when called upon. We
said we charge no more, but claim
that in advance, or at the commencement
of the year; otherwise we add 25 cents
to the price of the paper.
In Cambridge we found one man Mr..
N. McFarlnd, who had Just sowed 20
bushels Of oats, and in Wocott, we found
man, Mr.. Edison Pinncy, who was just
going into the woods to sugar off his last
batch of sugar for the season. In the
line Of "game," we saw, in Wolcott with
in a half mile Of each other, three
woodchucks.
The roads on the river are quito good
except between johnson and Cambridge
Centre.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27

ca Leap year. and the young ladies
arc doing their part nobly. On Satur-
day last an invitation was given to the
Charleston girls to attend party in the
sugar-bush. The gentlemen were all at
tackled and challenged to accompany them.
At the appointed hour they drove their
own teams to the door, assisted the gen.
tlemen to their seats and took the reins
into their own hands. Arriving at the
house of the friend who invited them,
each lady unhaucsscd her own horse
while the gentlemen were waited upon into
the parlor. they all repaired to the woods
where few hours were passed very pleas.
antly. and CALAMITY did the ladie, per.
form their part. Three cheers tor them.
With such acts Of gallantry they cannot
fail to secure ''bo" for life. Go ahead
girls.-Newpo,t Ne,Os.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27

FIRE IN EDEN.-On Saturday night
last, at about half past ten o'clock, John
Morgan's barn was discovered to be on
fire, and was soon reduced to ashes. With
the barn was also burned | 8 head of cat
tie, . sheep, 5 lambs, 9 tons of hay, and
most of Mr.. Morgan's farming tools. The
loss is estimated at about $1,000. No
insurance. Norman S. Adams, Asa A.
Raymorc. and young man by the name
of Brown were arrested on Sunday night
on suspicion of setting fire to the barn.
The examination was had on Monday and
Tuesday, resulted in discha' ging Mr..
Adams and young Brown, and hold
ing Raymore in $500 for his appearance
at County court. The prosecution was
conducted by Brigham and Waterman,
and the defence by G. W. Hcndce.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27

ston. to push his way down into tn, hear,
of Georgia.
Adding thus the fresh conscripts and
the outlying detachments in Virginia and
North Carolina to the already huge army
of Lee-increasing this by the force Of
Longstreet. and still further by the army
of Beaurcgard, and we shall get some
conception of the magnitude of the fore.
that Lee has, OF will have. in hand for
the pending campaign. 1t is wrong
both to the country and the army to rem.
resent Lees army as weak" We're
ideas of its weakness prevalent at head.
quarters they might lead TO rasA Move
ments and fatal results.
There is a tremendous pressure by u
powerful party in the South for an adj
vance movement on the part of Gen. Lee,
1t is no argument to these people to poins
them to the failures Of each of their two
previous advances on Northern soil-to
their failures at Antietam and Gettys. T
burgh 1t were as we'll to try to dissuade
the people of the North from advancing
upon Richmond and into Virginia BY
pointing them to the failure Of all preyi-
GUS attempts to reach the rebel capital.
But still it is greatly to be doubted that
Lee will ever again try to march his ar
my to this side Of the Potomac except in
event of the utter demolition of the army
of Gen. Grant-which is certainly thing
most unlikely to occur Were Lee to ad.
vance at this time into the Shenandoah
Valley, and attempt to take the initiative
in the campaign. we do by no means be-
lieve that Lieut.. Gen Grant would fall
back with his whole army to Washington
and this side of the Potomac; but per.
haps, Lee would quickly find an enemy in
his rear, his, communications cut. and
Richmond besicgcd and unapproachable
AS the day draws nigh when the old
heroic Army of the Potomac under Grant
shall again try conclusions with the vet
eran army of the rebels under Lee, the
interest and affection and prayers of the
county begin once again to 60 out for
our army. 1t has the love of admiration
Of the whole land 1t has grand histo-
ry. 1t has sublime devotion. 1t has
officers tried and true. 1t has chief
who has acquired the L" habis of victory"
and who, during the last year, inscribed
on his banner the immortal legends
Vicksburgh and Chattanooga.-N !.
Times. .... ....,..
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27

ca The concert by Rix's select singing
class last week. was success. according
to the opinion of those who attended.
Mr.. Rix has shown that he can train a
class SO as to enable them to perform with
good degree Of skill very excellent mu-
sic. All who took part in the exercises
feel gratified at their own success, if not
in doing we'll, at least in net doing SO i'll
as to mar the harmony Of the rest Quite
q number Of people camc from johnson,
Morristown and Stowe. to listen to the
exercises, and all seemed pleased, not only
with the performance Of the singers, but
with tho leadership Of the teacher.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27

LIKELY CATrLE.--That was a likely
yoke of three year old steers lately sold
by James H2ughton. Esq. of Stamford
to dealer in Connecticut who paid him
for them $500, they tipping the scales to
the tune Of $500 lbs. One of them
weighed 1900 lbs. and is claimed as the
heaviest animal Of his age in Bennington
County, if, indeed, not in Vermont
Bennington Banner.