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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
SEA SHORE.
81 r. W. EMERSON

hoard. or seemed to hear, the Gliding Sea
Saw, Pilgrim, why so late and slow 90 come?
Am not always here, thy summer home
Is not nv voice thy music, morn aud evs2% -
Nv breath thy healthfuI climate liz the heats,
NV touch thy antidote; my bay fhy bathf Sd
was ever building like my terraces2 80
was ever couch magnificent as mine )? -
Lie on the warm rock-ledges, and there learns..5
A little hut sufices like astown..a -
I make your scrlptured architecture vain, ~
Vain beside mine
I,oI here is Rome, and Nineyeh and Thebes,
Karnak and Pyramid, and Giants Stairs
half piled PROSTATE and my newest slab --
Older than all thy race.
Behold the Sea,
The opaIine, the plentiful and strong
Yet beautiful as is the rose in June,
Fresh as the trickiing rainbow in July;
Sea full Of food, the nourisher of kinds, A----
Purger of earth, and Medicine of men
Creating a sweet climate by my breath
And in my mathematic e6b and flow,
Giving hint of that which changes not.
Rich IRE the Sea-gods.; who gives gifts but they
They grope the sea for pearls but than pearls
They puck Force thence, and give it to the Eise.-
For every wave is wealth to Dsedalus * -
Wealth to the cunning artist who work
This matchless strength. Where shall he find, Q
waves!
A load your Atlas shoulders cannot lift!
T with my hammer pounding eVermOre
The rocky coast, smite Andes into dust.
strewing my bed, and, in another age,
Rebuild a continent Of better
Then unbar the doors my paths lead out
The ex odus of nations I dispense
Men to all shores that front the noary main.
I, too have arts and sorceries
illusion dwells forever with the wave.
[ know what shells are laid Leave NE to deal
With credulous, imaginative man.
Fo-, though he scoop my water in his palm,
few rods off lie deems it gems and clouds.
Planting strange fruits and sunshine on the Shore
l make some coast alluriug, some Lone isle,
70 distant men who mus. 20 there, or die.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
Madison, October LIST, 1864.

A Fort Morgan letter of the Both ult., to
the New Orleans Era, says the nearest re-
ported rebel force to that point is said to be
at Fish river, Is miles up the Mobile Bay
This is nothing more than an advanced post.
They remain very quietly on the defensive,
with the exception Of an occasional shot from
the rebel battery at our gunboats, simply to
get the range. Nothing of Importance has
occurred. A new rebel ram has come down
the Tombigbee river, AID is now at Selma
having her armor and plating put on. She
is reported to be very formidable engine of
war, of the pattern and style of the ram Ten.
messee, captured by US during the Fort Morgan
bombardment. She is expected TO arrive in
Mobile at an early date. There are said 10
be rams and gunboats inside of the obstruc
tons, besides some water batteries. The
distinctions are of very strong and almost
impossible nature, with large piles driven in
to the earth some s feet beneath the water
1t will require skill and endurance to over
come these rebel means of defense. It is
said that there are no less than or block
ade runners at Mobile, all eagerly waiting to
eseape.' s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
The Public Lands,

Secretary ,UsHrR of the Interior Depart
ment, in his report for the current year,
states that there has been revival during
the year of the demand for public lands, par
ticularly for settlement and cultivation.
During the year ending June SO, 1864, more
than three million acres have been disposed
of, and including the quarter ending on the
5oth of September, more than four and
quarter million of acres The following is
statement in full.
Acres sold for cash 4S2,7T3 80
locat ed with military warrants. $4,000 90
located with agricultural scrip. 2l4,4lS Ii
certified to States for railroads.. S57,sSG 81
taken under the Honest cad law PSI, 592 81
disposed of during the year,. S,2S1, S65 So
During the quarter ending September
so, 1864, the aggregate quantity
taken for the same purpose was. $780, 90
Making total of...-............ 1921 $40 IL
The cash receipts for sales, homestead and
location fees for the same five quarters, we're
sl,0l9, 446.44.
The aggregate quantity of public lands
surveyed, but not disposed of, on the 30th of
September last, was 133, 5l7 ,5S7 acres. This
has been the average quantity for several
wears past The amount surveyed annually
has been about equal to that disposed of an
nually.
The annual receipts from ordinary sales for
four wears past have been as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
President Line0ln's Sagaeity indicated by the
Rebel Viee-President,

Mr. ALEX. STEVENS, the so-called Vice-Pres
ident of the Southern Confederacy, in a recent
letter, speaks of the craftsmanship embodied
in the Presidents Emancipation Proclamation
in the following complimentary terms:
Lincoln had either to witness our recognition
abroad, the moral power of which alone he saw
would break down the war, or 10 make 1T an enlGn
cipati0n Udr. He chose the latter alternative, and
the more readily, because it chimed in so accord
anty with the feelings and views of his own party.
This, in my opinion, is the plain English of the
whole matter; and just as sure as Mcclellan should
renew the with view to restore the Union.
the old Constitution with slavery, &c, would
England, France, and other European powers throw
all the the moral power and influence of their re-
cognition side. I am not certain that they
would not G farther, rather than see the Union
thus restored, if it should become necessary. But
it would not become necessary. The other causes
alluded to would com pletely effect our delyerance
without any material aid from them.
This explains why the rebels desired the
election of MCCLELLAN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

A temporary loan of 100000 has bcenrs
gotiated with some of our leading banks in
the state, for credit of the War Fund, which
is authorized by chapter 36l, Laws of 1864;
this, with the amount which may be realized
from the Trust Funds before the meeting of
the next Legislature, it is hoped will be suf-
fcient to meet all demands on the War Fund
up to that time.
A detailed statement of the transactions in
the several funds with statement of balances
in each, is herewith submitted, with list of
bank securities On deposit, together with
statement of receipts from banks, railroads,
counties, insurance companies etc.
Ali of which is respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL d. HASTINGS,
State Treasurer.
Madison, October LIST, 1864.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

CHRISTMAS DINNER FOR SHERMAN's Army
4 New York dispatch says a movement has
been started to send Christmas dinner +
turkeys and other Injuries to SHERMAN's army
as soon as it reaches the coast. An invita-
ton will probably be given for the western
states and cities to join in the movement. If
this is done Wisconsin, which has so many
brave boys with that army, should join heart
lily in the effort to provide them with Christ
mas cheer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

THE New FIRST CoRPs.-A Washington dis
patch says enlistments in the new lst corps,
which is to be under command of Maj. Gen.
HANCOCK, are being made in fair numbers,
but, jndging from letters received every day,
when the veterans are fully Informed, there
will be rush. The State of New Hampshirei is
offering extra bounties so veterans re-enlist-
ing in this corps.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

The Iribunss Washington special saws a
few days ago Gen. Stevenson, commanding at
Harper's Ferry, sent out scouting party of
80 men in the direction of Waterford. Lon
don county, to watch Moseby, who was re-
ported by citizens to be preparing for raid
into Maryland. At Waterford our cavalry
struck the head of Moseby's force, ana
skirmish immediately ensued, in which we
lost men, killed, wounded and captured.-
The rebels, who outnumbered US TO l, lost
equally as many if not more. Among their
KILLED was Capt Montjoy, one of Moseby's
ablest Lieutenants. At Leesburg, on their
return, the party gobbled member of the
rebel Gordon's staff, who was visiting lady,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
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News Paragraphs,


Senator Sherman, Of Ohio, is brother OF
| the General.
The New York milkmen are going up to fif-
teen cents a quart after New Years. The
people protest, and threaten to let their ba-
| bies go without.
The circulation of the banks in the loyal
States in January, 1868, was $l80,63 900 /;
/ in July, 1868, $1,000, 900. The circulation
of the State banks, January, 1864, was $780,
726, 129, and in July, 1854, it had been reduc-
ed to 1926, l96,606.
The Des Moines State Register says there
! were three counties in Iowa that polIed no
Democratic vote, viz: Emmett, Ida and Ply
mouth. One county, Palo Alto, cast no Re-
publican ballot. Henry county gave the
heaviest Union majority, Scott next, Linn
next, Black Hawk next
The CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.-Iti is con-
sidered certain that if the present Congress
fails to pass the constitutional amendment
prohibiting slavery, the President will, mme-
diateIy on its expiration, call an extra session
of the next Congress to accomplish the work.
Chief Justice Chase is the author of the
phrase, Congress has no more power to make
slave than to make King" The sentence
is contained in one of the resolutions adopt
ed by the National Liberty Gree SoiD Con-
vention held at Buffalo, in 1856. Mr.. Chase
wrote most of the resolutions of this Con-
vention. ~.
Eight of the Copperhead rufians who at
tempted to murder Provost Marshal and MS
assistants, in Auglaize county, Ohio, few
weeks since, were taken to Johnson's Island
on Saturday.
The action of the rebel Senate on the 9th
on the resolution of Mr.. Henry to DO away
with the exemption of State officials, was
quite significant of the Jealousy which exists
in regard to JEFF. Davis attempt to extend
his mower. The resolution was defeated oy
vote of 7 TO 6, after Mr.. Barnwen had e1-
pressed his opinion that " the States had bet,
ter be left Alone" and Mr.. Graham MAD salo
the matter was one which the States them
of of7 Virginia uni goes in for CONSUMPTION Of the
most Sweeping character, while Governor
Brown Of Georgia, holds to exemptlng the
clerpv and numerous State ofiaials.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

A wealthy widower in Wayne county, Ohio,
aged 81 years, got into a conceit of marrying
again, eourted widow of IL. and agreed to
make her blest in wedlock, and then wicked
ly married another woman. Second child
hood was sued for breach of promise, and
Jury gave buxom widow judgment for $4,000
= good exchange of the person for the purse
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

ions of the act donating lands ''for the bene
fit of agriculture and mechanic arts" and
have received land and land-scrip amounting
to 100000 acres.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

U. S. CHIEF JUSTICES The position of
Chief Justice has been filed, since it was
created by the Federal Constitution, by four
persons namely: l. JOHN JAY of New York;
2. OLIVER ELLSWORTH, of Connecticut; s..
JOHN MARSHALL, Of Virginia; 4. ROGER B.
TANEY, of Maryland. Messrs. JAY and ELLIS
WORTH were respectively nominated by WASH
INGToN, and each resigned after serving a few
years Judge MARSHALL was nominated by
JOHN ADAMS just before his retirement from
the Presidency; and Judge TANEY by Gen.
JACKSON in the latter half of his second term.
MARSHALL took the office in his maturer prime,
and held it over thirty-four years, dying in it
at the ripe age Of 80; TANEY accepted ii
when nearly so, yet held it almost thirty
years, dying Chief Justice at the ripe age OF
81. AS ELLSWORTH lived to be ~ and JAY
to be SO, the Office may be deemed favorable
to longevity, and we may reverently hope
that its new incumbent has many years OF
vigor and usefulness before him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

- The London Spectator says that the
early and bitter winter which seems to have
set in will fall with sad weight upon Lanca-
shire, where the distress is increasing but too
rapidly. The minimum of pauperism was
reached on the fourth week of August, when
the number of paupers was entered at 1880.
Now it is LOG, 400.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
-. 4ts
Wis. State Agen

Capt. Semmes' arrival at Matamoras, en-
route to Richmond, is confirmed by letter
from a correspondent of a New Orleans pa
per, which says he has crippled left hand,
pom the engagement wit, the Kearsargs. He
goes to Richmond to stand trial and investi-
cation in the matter Of the capture Of the
Alabama.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

SOUND few days ago Secretary STAN
TON dismissed twenty clerks from the Quar-
termaster's Department, some on charge of
disloyalty, and some for intense zeal in oppo
sition to Mr.. LINCoLN's reelection. One of
them came directly to Mr. STANTON and asked
him if he considered man disloyal because
he favored the election of General McCLEL-
Ian. by no MEANS" was the reply, "but
when a young man receives his salary from an
Administration, and spends his evenings in
denouncing it in the most offensive language,
he cannot complain if that Administration
chooses one Of its friends to take his place !
This is what have done in your case"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
Condition of our State Finances

1' T. report OF Hon. s. d. HASTINGS, Is,o,,
- r'e oa.r Lo' the fiscal gear ending Septera
70 tie legislature:
In accordance with the requirements of
law, have the pleasure Of snh In t,ien's OF
my annual report, COMPRISING tho -n ..,,n !nls,
in all the funds during the AL s.ansaclions
Sept. SOth. 1854, in which is aIso iao, uali
statement Of outstanding State indnbtaS eu Z
created at different times under anther;1,
the Legislature for the credit of the Vs. go u
and for the Capitol extension '1"u'
The entire receipts into the Treasury d,,u
ing the year, with the balance on hand ~ ~
commencement have been as follows. '''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

GEN. DANA's DEPARTMENT-Ca has been
attached to Gen. DANA's command, which
now embraces the Mississippi from that point
to New Orleans, with headquarters at Mem
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

~. The Richmond Enquirer advises every
rebel officer and soldier to take one months
pay in gold Gf they can get it, and give re-
ceipt for all pay to the end of the war, as
single months pay in gold will do more to
support them than a years pay in confeder-
ate currency. 1t would seem from this, that
the Enquirer expects the rebellion to suecumb
within a year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
Total Observation-Disclosures. s2,448, o27 g.
Leaving in the Treasury at the close
Of the Nnar

Leaving in the Treasury at the close
of the year. Observation-Disclosures. SlO7. 900 II
For the purpose of ascertaining more read
lily the items of expenditure in the. general
Fund, the following classification is made, viz:
Amount paid Wisconsin Hospital for the
insane ......S 42,5o0 90
amount paid Wisconsin State Prison. 81 57I rs
Amount paid Wisconsin Institute for
Deaf and Dumb. '.,......:........... 1915 90
Amount paid Wisconsin Institute for the
Blind :..:..:..s....... ............ $3.50 90
anlouhC pau state hetorm school ...-.. l2,004 so
Amount paid st. Mary's Hospital. loco 90
Amount paid interest on State Indebted
ness ...................... 1876 O5 20
Amo unit paid Capitol extension .. IS dos %
Amount paid War Fund tax 1868, Grams
ter) ....... 49,. 200, 900 90
Flags, state militia and stores asst sur
geoDs, reception of soldiers, military
clerk hire and printing, kilograms, etc. So OqO 65
State Historical Society. .............. LOCO 90
county Agricultural Societies. .......... $500 co
once Rents Observation-Disclosures. 79g 90
Commissioners to select Agricult'l Lands SEQ 90
Town Laws furnished in 1S59.......... $50 90
Ozaukee RIOTS, .......2 ............. $50 OU
Refunded Vernon County overpayment
State Tax....................... 8S5 20
Speclai Appropriations to Individuals. Ii 534 Is
Refunded City Bank of Kenosha (Bank
Tax......... ......................... 1913 90
Leaving for defraying ordinary ex-
penseS ........ $l99. l05 9S
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

- The pension bill reported from the
Committee of Ways and Means, appropriates
for the year ending July, 1865, sl1, $50, 900,
$4,000, 900 for invalid pensions, 900, 600 for
pensions to widows, mothers, children and
sisters, ard $500 for revolutionary pen
sinna
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

~ The retiring publishers of the Phila-
delphia Ledger sta e in their valedictory, that
when the paper was started in March, 1886,
the total issues of the daily press Of Phila-
delphia were between seven and eight thous-
and copies, and that they are now nearly
LIZ 600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

Peter B. Sweeny, TanmanY Hall leader
in New York, has brought suit for $4,000
against James and Erastus Brooks, Of the
Erpress of that city, for libel; and Erastus
was arrested on Friday, on criminal war
rant in similar writ, on Mr. Sweeny's COM
Dlaint.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
The monthly payments to the families of
volunteers, from the war fund has been as
Total for the year. .... S6l5, c

During the fiscal year the Commissioners
of School and University lands have loaned
from the Trust Funds of the State for the
credit of the War Fund.- as authorized by
chapter 80, Laws of 1862, and chapter 2l7,
Laws of 1864, the sum of $685., 200, for which
certificates of Indebtedness have been is
sued, and are now on deposit in this Office.
This Loan has been made as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

q The railroad from Manassas to Cor
louisville has been torn up by the rebels,
who have removed the iron southwards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

IHAcKEaAY ON AMERICAN OYSTERS.
oysters are smaller than the smallest found
on this side of the Atlantic. An amusing
story is told of THACKERAY when in this conn
try. He was invited to partake OF some
oysters raw. They were " Saddle-rocks" of
the most formidable description. He lifted
one on his fork to his mouth. After it had
disappeared, he said: Swallow 'em; I'd as
soon think Of swallowing raw baby!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

u Congress is seeking to weed out the
useless lay figure Generals in the service who
do nothing but draw their pay, and to provide
rewards for the meritorious men in the SER
vice.
The House Military Committee recommend
that the Major and Brigadier Generals who
ON February first shall not be performing du-
ties corresponding to their rank, and who
shall not have been doing so for the three
months next proceeding that day, shall be
dropped from The rolls with loss of pay and
emoluments, and the vacancies TINS created
shall be filed by the promotion of soldiers
with whom fighting is professional and draw
ing of pay incidental
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

g DAVID MCDONALD has been appointed
Q. S. District Judge for Indiana, to fill the
place of ALBERT S. WHITE, deceased.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

SPONTANEOUS CoMBUsTIoN.-The Newburv
port Herald is responsible for the statement
That two cases of spontaneous combustio.,
have occurred in the same town in that vi
entity, within thirty years, both of them wo-
men given to constant indulgence in liquor
one of them was found still alive, enveloped
In flames, which came from her mouth and
nostrils; and the other was burned to mass
ofgreasy ashes, while thewalls of the room and
The furniture we're covered with a thick coat
OF lampblack, the whole house being pervad-
ed with stencil that was intolerabIe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
COMPANY Z,
COMPANY F.

Womaded-Ira Burton, in shoulder; Stuart
Craig, in side; William Noble, in side-all
severe, but not thought mortal.
Pl,iSOners-Corp. James Logne; privates
Henry Cate and Josiah Williams, the latter
known to be severely, if not MORALLY wound
ed in the hip
Company occupied the right of the dis
mounted line of battle, and led on by Lieut.
Hamilton gained an advanced position and
being covered by fence held their ground
until the "recall " was sounded, when they
reluctantly fell back to their horses
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
COMPANY

Wouaded-Lieut. Tinkham, slightly in an
kle; Amos Sperry, in arm, slightly.
P'iso"ers-Joseph Vangarder, James Gull
len,-and both severely wounded.
Company occupied the center, and off
GERS and men deserve great credit for their
stubborn resistance of two rebel charges,
never finching until ordered back by Mai.
Dale.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
tai Investment of the Trust

Funds Observation-Disclosures. sos, 900 90
Which ow deposit in his department,
bearing an annual interest Of seven per cent.
The whole amount of Stated indebtedness
now outstanding, including the foregoing, is
81, los, 100000, redeemable as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22
COMPANY L,

The SANITARY CONFESSIONAL MISTAKE Cor
RECTED.-A statement has recently been the
rounds of the press to the effect that from
September, 1861, TO December, 1854, it cost
the western department. of the Sanitary Com
mission 100000 TO get little over $4,000
in value to the soldiers J. S.'NEWBERRY, the
Secretary of the western department, at
Louisville, has Issued circular contradicting
this statement. He says that the United
States Sanitary Commission had expended
July lst, 1864, through the hands of its west
ern Secretary, in cash, 1921, O6542 and had
distributed at the same date, in the armies of
the west, hospital stores valued at s., 79O.-
Sll.0l. Of the cash expended in the supply
department of this, S93, 1925 had been ex-
pended for the purchase of supplies; the bal
ance, S97, 391.S Sc, constituted the expense sc.
count of the supply department, and had
paid for the distribution of stores valued as
above, at 81, 100, S11.01, being about three
per cent, upon that valuation. So that all
contributions made by the western States to
the Sanitary Commission to July lst, 1864
had been distributed at a cost of three Der
cent. upon their value; and that Der cent.
it may be said, had all been paid by contri-
buttons from California and the eastern
States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-22

Leaving for defraying ordinary ex-
penSeS S1QI