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Fer Sale.

A ONE HORSE BUGGY AND sETT OF IIAR-
n ness, all entirely new. VIII bc sold cheap rs the
owner is leaving Lancaster Enquire nt tho store OF
Black & Coles, Oi ANDREW REID.
Lancas ter, Dec. .l-cw
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VOTE OF THE 1r4.h REGIMENT.
The following is the vote ofthc ll4th
Regiment, in five counties in this Dis
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CIOiIling! GIntIlsnG

Those in want of Clothing, Ready
Made, or made to order, will do well
TO leave their measures at |. LEWIS
Store, Mr.. GEARHARr MILLER is al.
ways ready to get you up n frat class
it! .r.-.
lmG I,'s u a" I.LEYY.
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Nap6 &C.
Conrad Amspach's Estate.

NTotico is hereby given that the subscriber has
Y been appointed and qualified as Administrator of
thc estate Of Conrad Amspach, late OF Fairfield coun
ty, dccSased. So .E
Dueiat Lin,Astcr this 18th day ofNovcmhcI, A
D. 1884 JoHNaR MpMAUGH, Admr
-,NJvl7.3w fr" M a.i
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MASONIC CALENDAR.
REGULAR coMIUNIcATIoNs,

LANCASTER bonGE, No. 5T.'.,,,.....Dee 10, 1864
~ iffyfSSfiY Fc9sctacTT,' Y
1uiyotsfj Ia,
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OBITUARY.

d H@> Obituary notices often lines or less
inserted free. For all orer that iength
fce cents per line '1iU be charged. ~
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Sec Advertisement Of II. O. Weaver,
wholesale liquor dealer.
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Annual Report of Receipts and Expen-
di;urcs.
FaiJc'd 60. Agrieltura Socisty
in Aec't lriM JOla i Tathal, TrcdETer:
NOTICE.

IENHE Probate Court Of Fairfield County, Ohio, has
Of his assgnors, Joseph aud Samuel Bitter, the full
balance due to said creditors which payment viii
he made ut the office or Hunter DaUgerty, m. Ian
caster, in sad county, on Thursday, The first day Of
December 1851 JAMES 'SrINSON,
Noyai.2w Assignee OF Joseph samueI Bitler.
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Convertible iRtos sIv ncr cen. 5-?n Cot,

h2liioa - :is vc-y ltar. ir;er,.ss or ~, 7ot~,
for ''re" yr1.t, tbs rr.vlsga Vi rn1,"-s..n grv
worth 'h"1t+"e per cent. per aneHI. io~ III eur.
zen; r";r i'r 80 bonds IS not ls,s isu,!i.s p, CO.,
Psar'7' ani 'c5're ric war t.a r--u'nm on s.y l-i
cent L. 5. s.,'ks ives over twenty pcg ext r VII
ha 7ccnih1 thoattHl preston tins oac. ~ tie irSs.
cnt market rate 9no iess tAan ten s..eei, per an
Nun.
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Its Exemption f-or, state and MunIoirnl
'Ehr1risa

But ASIDE irora I'll tlr> air-at,-rs W have carr.
m"rrie, ,p".ial Ac; OF Congress srsaspt ri' 5,a',
oni 7 sa,;y Ny'e. 7 o.. local ato'ioa Oltl- ave-.
, a2H ths exemption is ,forth abouttv isreslt. Isr
a.a :a M {, the rste o! !t,ylI.cn "a ...y.,
r,rt' orhe rorn,ry.
II IS heleVe Shat .'o ittcs m 80 greet N ir-,-
mou's t"lonlcrs IL t!,nsc i,sVol ~ the 20, rsusrt
In n! o:hor forms q: iu1 't.luvss taoiat oreLl,ty
otprytn parties, or stock c,uai.ies, or sarsg.t,
ronm1hiue+. ot'y,'S p 'derj nr payfuon' b Lie H..
whole property Of tho country is h,l ~ .aufs io
disehrlc Of al the olirt ans otthc Un'',d -t..,a.
Viii tac government offers the u.oat librr i,rios
for It's r,nS, it holcyes Ht the very srom,,.tgp,
vii '' - The lyal. an patriotism ol ihr rr,;l-
plHle1;c certificate. ,t.il lr is.ucd fora,! ,,ero-.
The rAryd"p, irng must enlorsc .,lpa, tho, p ..a,
cCrl'i at9 the denomination of rot,, rr,Ir.rI i,,
whether they are to hc sscd II, hlark o lvi,- =. ,a
o.'c:, When so enCur,el it rau-; fa,l.a riil, tts
Giving the deposit, tc &c G,.S.Icl To- the
Treasury Department.
Srs'carTloNs Will nr rErrIr@H tie Ire sqs.r,
the United states at W4sdustor to Assist.
'ht Treasures AMI designated Dppositaries nnd hy
the
FIRST NiTI'ii Al BATII orColumtus
First National Bank OF ZnnrsvIIIc, and
ny all National Banks Nhieh are depo>.t4r.g, o.. rub,
lie money, unl
ALL RE iPE@TAGbE BANKS AND BANKERS
throughout the couatryw g,yc further Information
and
,FFoED EVERY FACILITY To SUBSCRIBERS
Aug -, lS4. ..
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HT Read the advertisement of the
Capital City Insurance Company.
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Seven miles from Lancaster. on the Columbus pike
is offered for sale. The Min is in good running or.
der, the dwelling new, and the outhouses convenicn,
The ground, consisting of "a SOlO0 acres IS said by
those capable of Judging, to he the bost land in thc
county, for thc.purPoses Of Vineyard.
Pee LII LPneJgtrs, n.
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Reeapture OF John morgan's "Engin.or.'

Also US
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

THE NEW ZEALANDERs have been playing
roots on Johnny Bull. They are fighting for
independence while England seeks to subiu-
gate them. On the 29th of May last san
culinary battle resulted in the overwhelming
defeat of the English. The New Zealanders
had fortified Il position something in the
American style. The British forces lombard
ed it for nine hours, with thirteen Armstrong
guns. This shows how much inferior they
are to our l5-inch guns, one of which would
have frightened the natives out of their works
and their senses at the first fire, by the mere
noise Then the storming party advanced
upon the works, in the face of a severe fire.
10 their surprise they found the place almost
deserted The account is that the men,
thrown off their guard, dispersed for plumber,
when IN an instant, says the correspondent of
the London Times, there opened from be-
meath and from every side TREMENDOUS fire
of musketry, pointed by unseen hands. The
whole ground was alive with Maories and the
air was rent with savage yells" The British
" fled in terror from all equal number of
savages, and another portion of the force was
at the same time repulsed in an assault on an
other face of the pale. The British lost &c
killed and IS wounded, many of them NOR
tally. The proportion of officers killed was
unusually large.
Our Government ought to issue procla-
nation of neutrality between the belliger-
ents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

a deadlock when we rere suddenly startled
by great noise proceeding from the parlor
MIR. hobbs jumped over the bar, and rushed
into the room, followed by the whole body of
electors; and there we discovered PARSLEY
and Barrowfeld still sitting in their chairs
but engaged in mortal combat; pounding at
each other with their walking sticks ike two
knights in a tournament
Nr. Gubbins made rush at PARSLEY. and
said, "Ah, would you? At the same mo-
nent Mr. hobbs pounced upon Barrowfeld
and said, "What are you up to :" acconpa-
nying the question with an adnonitorv slap.
An elector was struck with brilliant idea.
Don't part EN- let 'em fight it out; and
| then We'll see which is the best man"
| The proposal met with general apDrov.I;
and the interference being susnended Pars
ley and BarroWfeld resumed the tournament;
but being out of reach Of each other, the
only effect was the clashing of sticks. Event
ually, however, by a great effort Parsley
maze iunge forward, and hitting the stick
by which Barrowfeld was shored up, knock
ed 1t from beneath him, and laid the edifce
| once more in ruins
A cheer was Immediately given for the vic
torous Parsley. The question was settled
now. Parsley had proved the best man.
Mr. hobbs made an attempt to resist the
conclusion; but his logical effort to show that
Barrowteld was the best man because he had
lost the fight, was received with derision and
scorn and after vain attempt to explain his
views more clearly, Mr.. hobbs scratched his
head, and appeared to be convinced that he
was wrong.
The votes were taken in the presence of
two churchwardens, and Parsley stood at the
head Of the poll. The declaration was made
amid much applause but after the excite
ment of the election had subsidized little,
and the electors had had time for reflection
over quiet pipe in the bar-parlor, it began
to occur to them that the conclusion they had
come to was not exactly the right one. Per-
ceiving that this was a mental step in the
right direction, I endeavored to state the
problem in mathematical manner, and to
show that the conclusion was wrong because
it had been drawn from false premises.
Mathematics and logic, however, did not
achieve the triumph | expected; and the
bearings Of the question were not clearly per-
| ceived until Mr.. hobbs put it in this way:
"When two donkeys is matched to run a
race, the rule of the course is, 'The hind
most wins"
When this law of the donkey race-course
had been deliberately expounded in its rela-
ton to the peculiar disqualification of Pars-
ley and Barrowfeld, the fog which had hung
about the intellectual faculties of the elect
ors gradually cleared off, and eventually add
mitted the clear light of conviction that they
had given their votes for the wrong man. 1t
was Mr.. hobbs who remarked, by way of a
toast, whats done can't ne undone"
To which Mr.. Gubbins replied by way OF
sentiment, Better luck next time"
Meanwhile Parsley has been gathered to
his fathers, and Barrowfeld is a candidate
with out opposition for Gamblers Annuity
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18
THE BATTLE THE CLOUDS.

By ". D. HoWELLS.
Where the dews and rains of Heaven have their
fountain,
Like its thunder and its Lightning braves
burst upon thefos,
Up above the clouds on Freedon's Lookout
Mountain
Raining Iifeblood like water on the 7aIIeysydovn
below.
o, green be thy laurels that grow,
0. sweet be the wid-buds that blow,
In the dell5 of the mountain where the braves
are lying low.
Light Of our hopes and crown of our story,
Bright as sunlight, pure as starlight shall their
deeds of daring glow.
While the day and the night out of Heaven shed
their glory,
routed Freedom foe.
O. soft be the gales when they 60
Through the pines on the summit where
they blow, .
Chanting solemn musicfor the souls tina. pas3'a
below.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

IB The late mysterious murder of Mr.
BRIGGS, London banker, in a British railway
ear, has been fastened upon a man named
FRANZ MULLER, a German tailor. Crcum-
stances point strongly to his guilt. The &C.
cused left London for New York in a packet
ship on the 18th of July, five days before the
started out by the British Government in the
hope of intercepting his progress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

SARAH BEATEN TWO TO oSE.-An Illinois ex
change gives the following item s An old
lady IS years old, living in Schuyler county,
Illinois, gave birth to twins, two girls, two
weeks since, Mother and daughters are do
ing well.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

WoUNDED.-A New York paper in list OF
wounded, gives the names of Adjutant E. A.
Campbell, 7th Wisconsin, back; Jacob Deiner,
E, 9th Wis, abdomen, and Jacob Faith, A,
7th Wis, arm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18
1t il Again.

The misehievous demagogue who dlsgraces
the position of Chief Magistrate of the En-
pire State is again engaged in an endeaTor to
delay the raising of troops in that State, and
to persuade the poPulace Of the metropolitan
city that the Government has manifested "a
voritism in assigning quotas, by requiring
Of them much larger proportion of men
than is demanded of Massachusetts,
The suggestion is greedily caught at by the
rebel sympathizing organs throughout the
country, and especially by the organs Of the
secret reasonable organization of which VAL
LAND1GHAM is the head. These are always
ready to seize upon the smallest and falsest of
pretexts, if they may hope thereby to excite
jealousy and prejudice against the New Eng
land States.
The mode by which Gov SEYMOUR goes to
work to accomplish his purpose is to assume
that the census is adopted as the basis on
which the draft is made He says that New
York is called on to furnish an average of
2,SS1 from each congressional district, while
from Massachusetts, only an average Of 2, 1877
from each district. Gov. SEYMOUR is of
| course we'll aware that the census is not the
basis adopted by the Government in calling
for soldiers. Districts are called upon to fur
nish men not in proportion to the number OF
! women and children, or infrm old men they
| contain, but in proportion to the number of
| those subject to draft, men between the ages
| of 20 and As.
| Every intelligent person is aware that the
| proportion of young men is less in the New
| England States than in any other part of the
| Union. A very large per cent. of this class
emigrate. The Northwest is filed with them
They constitute considerable portion of the
population of New York city. The state OF
New York it is true, has sent west large
number Of her young men, but not in the
proportion that New England has done
Moreover the drain upon the population Of
New York has been largely compensated by
the accession of foreign population.
The cities of New York and BrooklyR at
tract thousands of enterprising young men
from other states. The operatives in the
manufactures of New England On the contra
ry, are largely composed Of women.
There are facts that fully explain any ap,
parent discrepancy between the quotas Of
New York and New England. They are per.
| fectly familiar to Gov. SEYMOUR He knows
that the census is not and ought not to be
the basis upon which soldiers are called
Otherwise it might happen that sub-districts
would sometimes be called on for more men
than the entire number of able bodied men
in their limits. 1t is not justice that Gov.
SEYMOUR wants. On the contrary, like the
criminal, that is what he is afraid of. To
serve base political purpose, to embarrass
the Government, to excite the mob passions
of his metropolitan ''friends," and to delay
reinforcements for the army are the objects
of all his higgling and huckstering with the
| national authorities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

SHUT oUT.-Recruiting agents to fill the
quotas of other States having Invaded" the
State of Illinois, Gov. YATES served notice to
quit, strictly prohibiting all such sort of bu-
siness. Such agents ought also to be exclud-
ed from this State.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18
Another New acknowledgement of the
E0rty-Third.


The Governor has organized the 43d Wis
consin infantry. The following officers have
been appointed:
Colonel-AMASA COBB, of MinersI Point.
Lisat- Cotons!-BYRoN PANE, Of Madison.
A0jor-sAMCEL B. BRIGHTMAN, OF Milwau-
ld3utoat-JoHN J. BUCK, of vaupun
Quartermaster-JNo. 3. EUGENE, of Green Bay.
1st Assistant Sursson-CHARLES c. HAYES, OF
Madison.
The following I'd Lieutenantsa are appointed
Co. A-Chas NJ. Day, of D, oath Reg.
Sc B-L. '. Nanscowen, OF l, 2oth Reg.
- C-John Brandon.
- D-Francs A. Smith, of E, 29th Reg.
- E-George Witter.
F-Henry Harris, of Il, 18th Reg.
% G-Henry A. Head.
H-Thos: o: Rupell, Q. N. serg,t 18th Reg.
So I-Orrin L. Torgman, of D, 23d Reg.
Z" K-Chas. Lemke, of I'd Battery.
Col. COBB is the present Member of Con-
gress from the Sd District. He was formerly
Colonel of the 9Th Wisconsin, and had CON-
mand of the regiment when it distinguished
itself by its brilliant conduct at the battle OF
WILLIAMSBURG.
The Lt.Colonel, BYRON PAINE, at present one
of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the
State, while he has seen no service, possesses
qualifications which will render him, we have
no doubt, one of the most efficient as well as
most popular of officers. He resigns one OF
the most important and honorable offices in
the State to take subordinate position il
the army. His example will inspire others
and his name attract many to the ranks Of
the 43d.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

q A Saratoga letter says that place is
not crowded this year. There is no jostling
for glass of the sparkling morning tipple u
at the Congress Spring. Nor does there
seem to be such a craze for dressing, dan
cling, and diamonds as last season.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

I Queen VICTORIA has granted Mrs.
ELIZA Cook, the celebrated English poet and
authoress, pension of FIVE hundred dollars
a year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

UNDER the amended internal revenue law,
every person, firm, or corporation, engaged
in any business, trade or profession for which
no other license is required, and which brings
in an income of gross receipts exceeding
81, 900 year, must pay a license of SO.
One license viii not exempt firm, every in
dividual being required to pay his own Ii
cense
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

ToUcHISG DEyOTIoN.-After the great bat.
ties at Atlanta, Gen. HOOKER was riding along
the lines one day with his orderly little be.
hind, when the party was fred upon by con-
cealed bushwhackers, and the orderly mortal
ly wounded. AS ne fell from his horse, the
dying soldier exclaimed, thank God It is me
instead of the Generalp, Ef
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

g The New Orleans papers advertise a
mammoth new line, consisting of twenty-one
new steamers, which are to ply regularly be-
tween ST Louis and New Orleans, in regular
traffic, carrying freight and passengers with
speed, safety and comfort"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18
The President and the g Reconstruction" Bill.

HENRY WINTER DAVIS, or Maryland, and
WADE, of Ohio, have recently joined in the
publication of a violent attack upon the
President for his action in regard to the So
called reconstruction BILL
In another column we copy very clear
and succinct statement of the points at issue
between the President and Messrs. DAVIS and
WADE, which we hope will be read by all who
desire to UNDERSTAND the merits of the con-
troversy
1t will be seen that in this matter, as hith-
erto, the President stands srrayed against the
extremes of all parties earnestly seeking to
90 his duty to the country, to maintain the
constitution, and to promote the public veal.
so far from destroying or impairing the conf
-denee OF the masses of the people in the
purity of his motives and the soundness of
his judgment, it will be increased as the mer-
its of the controversy in question are under
stood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

u The people of Pennsylvania voted on
Tuesday of last week on the question OF ex-
tending the right of suffrage to soldiers In
the field. The returns are meagre but leave
little doubt of the success of the PROPOSE
ton. Old benighted Democratic Berks, how
eyer. gave 800 majority against it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

No Go.-Some soreheaded Union men are
still trying to have some one else put on the
course as the Union nominee than President
LINCOLN. A circular was issued from Middle
ton, Ohio, calling a State Convention at
Hamilton to consider the propriety of recon-
mending the withdrawal of ABRAHAM LIN
COLIN and JOHN G. Fremont as candidates for
the Presidency and the holding of new
Convention at Buffalo on the 22d of Septem-
Der, to nominate new candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President. The New York
Herald, in elaborate articles, went in strong
for this new deal. The movement, however,
has come to naught, the dispatches stating
that the Ohio meeting voted down the propo-
sitions which it was called to consider. The
fact is, the Union people of the country are
fully persuaded that it is best to keep Presi-
dent LINCOLN in his present position and all
efforts to change their minds now are useless.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

Mr.. GREELEY, in an article in the Tribune
of the 9Th inst, fully confirms what we stated
the other day, that the President offered to
receive accredited commissioners from the
rebel authorities, bearing propositions of
peace, without reference to the nature of the
propositions in question. He says the Plesi.
dent consented to receive " achatever PROPOSE
ton agents duly accredited from Richmond might
see fit TO cfer, and I went tc Niagara fully
authorized to proffer safe conduct and ac-
company to Washington the persons speei-
fed, on the understanding that they scere enposc.
cred to submit, and acoald submit, terms of aci
y1acat5on;; and there mere no coaditioaas beyond
Hesen
And the Copperheads keep up a oiamor
over the false and unfounded prete1t tha'
the President has refused to receive PROPOSE
tons for peace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

Us band of Copperhead rufians fired
upon an old and respected citizen near Van
dalia, Illinois, on the evening of the Sth,
while he was at supper with his family. They
fired through an open window. He was Sc
verely wounded in both thighs, and his
daughter, young married woman whose
husband is in the army, was also wounded,
His name was JOSEPH BowLEs, his offence
that Of being Union man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

HONOR TO THE BRAvE.-President LINCOLN
has sent the widow of Col. MULLIGAN a COM
mission for her deceased husband as Briga
der General by breyet.