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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31
Through Lees last hope-and there they gained

Through Lees last hope-and there they gained
the day.
God heard their shout in heaveu-aud the wind s.
Bore proudly back to those who lay behind
Breathing the;- last, the great victorious cry
That babe them gladly clap their hands and die.
Meantime, the eagle, waiting from his shield
And sweeping grandly DER that glorious field,
Caught up little flag whose lettering said
The Union lives sgsini Rebellon's deadi rs
And, wheeling high in air, he shot across
The broad Atlantic, to that friendly % coast
Where despots live, and lighting on the crest
of the now GOVERNS hon, took his rest;
Then rising, clapped his lordly eagle wings
There, in the face OF mouarchies and kings,
And proudly waved the little flag that said
The Union lives againl Rebellion's dead.
Who will deny after this that the war has
produced poet? "The mild and tender
playfulness of the warning angels is good
Another poet celebrates the eagle in the
Chicago Tribune. He is introduced while
"poised in the azure depths of air." His
shadow falls on
4" A boy whose right arm clasped maid,
While his left one held a gum
a trying position for young soldier. The
influence of the eagles shadow impaired
strength and courage. The young man babe
his girl adieu, and the Eagle lowered over the
Eighth as it departed for the war. He follow
ed them, and his shadow still foated above
the old flag, until he finally perched on the
tent of the boy before mentioned, who had
been wounded in battle. The boy and the
eagle became fast friends. When the form
err RECEIVERS the eagle perches on his shoulder
as the regiment goes into battle, and his
scream sounding through the roar of artillery
is like that of "the genius of Liberty
The poet concludes:
The Eighth Wisconsin marches on,
By danger undeterred,
And one of them bears on his right gun,
On his left the noble bird. ...,.
And his dream by night is a vision sweet,
OF a far Wisconsin glade,
Where he meets with his first and last retreat,
Outhanked, right and left, by maid.
These first efforts to immortalize our bird
may be a little crude, but, by-and-by, surely
the traditions of the live eagle of the Eighth
Wisconsin will crystalline into some romance
or poem that the world will not willingly let
die.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31

UNION PRIsoNEEs.-A.D D. RICHARDSON writes
from prison in Salisbury, N. c., that one hun
dred and fifty citizens, prisoners, are confined
there; also a number of army hostages, in
GLIDING Capt. REED, of the Sd Ohio. The
prisoners are all in good health, and tolerably
well treated. ....
The Union prisoners at Atlanta, Ca, were
detected in digging tunnel out of the prison
There is similar report concerning Union
prisoners confined at Columbia, \. G..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31

SHORT RATIoNs.-A correspondent of the
Berlin Comraaat writing from the 32d Wiscon-
sin gives an account of the experience of the
regiment in the recent expedition under
Sherman. Rations were rather short on the
return from Meridian He says:
On our return the men suffered consider
ably for the want of bread, and "hard tacks"
commanded fabulous prices The standard
price for one of Uncle Sans crackers (size
AKA and 4inches in thickness-and warranted
to keep for "three years or during the war y
after leaving Meridian, was twenty-five cents
and no grumbling, and frequently when buy
ers increased and crackers diminished, fifty
cents was freely given; and / have heard of
a dollar greenback being offered and refused
in some extreme cases. To provide for this
growing want, Yankee ingenuity sharpened
by hungry necessity seemed for once to be at
a loss, and the only resource was to use what
few plantation mills could be found to grind
corn, our regiment depending mainly upon
coffee mills and pop corn to lengthen out the
staff of life" Meat, especially pork. was
plenty; but the coffee and sugar rations grew
small by degrees and beautifully less" till
it took three days rations to make one Gun
of coffee and sweeten it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31
rFron the n. Y. Independent.
THOMAS STARR KING.
RI JOHN G. WHITTIER .

The great work laid upon his two-score years
Ts done and we'll done. If we drop our tears -
who loved him as few men were ever loved,
we mourn no blighted hope nor broken plan
With him whose life stands rounded and approve
In the full growth and stature of a man.
Mingle bells, along the Western sl7pe,
With your deep toll a sound of faith and hope!
Wave cheerily still, o banner, halfway down,
From thousand-masted bay and steepled tewn
Let the strong organ with it's leftiest swell
Lift the proud sorrow of the land, and tell
That the brave sower saw his ripened grain.
o East and West, morn and sunset twain
No more forever has he lived in vain
Who, priest of Freedom, made ye one, and told
Your bridal service from his lips of gold?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31

INSIDE HIsToRY.-A pamphlet has recently
been published in Richmond containing the
correspondence between Gen. JEFFERSON DA-
Wis and Gen. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON while the
siege of Vicksburg was in progress, and Civ
ing some other interesting information of the
internal history, on the rebel, of that impor-
tant campaign. 1t appears that JOHNSTON
was able to collect only twenty -four thousand
men, and that of these, eight thousand four
hundred were drawn from Braggs army, and
six thousand from Beauregards. There was
a controversy between JOHNSTON and DAVIS
as to the extent of the command of the for
mer. JOHNSTON was not disposed to lie held
responsible for Braces army, and notified
DAVIS that either Tennessee or Mississippi
must be given up. His suggestions were not
acted up, and so both states were lost to the
rebels. JOHNSTON also protested against as
signing Generals of Northern birth to this
department, showing that the situation Of
those individuals suspected by the Southern
conspirators to whom they have lent them
selves must be very far from agreeable
| Neither DAVIS nor JOHNSTON is willing to &C
| cept the responsibility of the loss of Mssis
sippi and Tennessee, and their correspondence,
| like our reports of the "committee on the
| conduct of the war;" indicates that the con-
| ficts Of jurisdiction between the civil, execu'
| tive, and military department commanders dc
not tend to efficiency in military operations
The INTERPRETATION ACT.-The Supreme
Court of New York has reversed the decision
of Judge CLERKE in the case of GEO. W.
JONES VS. WIN. 81. SEWARD for false imprison-
| ment. Judge CLEaKE held that the case
| could not be transferred to the United States,
because the law of the United States, which
| was set up as defence, was plainly uncon-
stitutional, and, therefore, the. defence was
| not /" case arising under the Constitution
or laws of the United States"
The Court, in full bench, reverse this de-
cision, saying that the question is not wheth-
er the act of Congress which is set up as a
defence is constitutional but whether the act
directing the removal to the United States
Court, of claims and defences under that and
other acts of Congress, is constitutional As
to the constitutionality of this act there
could be little or no dispute.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31

wPeace has been ratified with the North
Carolina Cherokees. Those recently captur-
ed say that they were induced to take up
arms under the belief that they were fighting
for the United States government. Since
the return of the Indians to loyalty the re-
bells have committed numerous outrages upon
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31

MooRE's Rurd New Yorker pronounces the
Wine Plant humbug, and says it has re-
ceived letter from correspondent in Dane
county, Wisconsin, which states that 1t has
appeared in that section in the hands OF
competent agents." and is selling at enor-
NOUS figures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31

H London letter writer says that
United States greenback Treasury notes bring
precisely the same amount now in the English
capital that they did one year ago-two shil-
lings and nine pence sterling on the dollar
while rebel scrip is unsaleable at any price.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31
Gov, Vance,s Speech.

A long speech was recently made by Gov
VANCE, the rebel Executive of North Caro-
lima, in Wilkes county, in that State, against
| calling State Convention, for the purpose,
as the Governor says, "of seeding from
| the Southern Confederacy and repudating
the whole thing" After indirectly admitting
that the convention party is very strong, he
opposed the project first, because it is use
less; second because it would be dangerous !;
and third, because it is impossible. The
Governor is not complimentary to secession,
which he says has proved anything but the
peacable matter that it was promised it
should be. He compares the sufferers to a
man sick with fever, who, on becoming con-
valescent, tells the physician that the only
way to recovery is through another spell of
| fever. He asks tire petitioners: "Do you ex-
pect to find remedy by a repetition of the
dose that brought you to bed?"
He then goes on to say that secession from
the Confederacy would involve the State in
a new and bloodier war than that in which it
is now engaged; declaring in plain contra
vention to the secession dogma that the right
of retaining revolving State is inherent in
all sovereignties. He does not apply the ar
gument in SO many words to the revolt of the
South against the National Constitution, but
in effect does so by replying to the objection
that JEFF. DAVIS could not coerce North Caro-
lima, because the Confederate Constitution
recognizes secession. He says: So it is,
my friends; but you see By the time you have
t'oao's of the Constitution, you hare gotten from
! u''der its obligations, and sworn you would have
nothing to do with it. Do you expect the Con-
ederocy to be bound By document you refuse to
recognize as affecting yourselves ?"
Here is the very point on which the Union
men and Copperheads at the North differ so
widely. The Copperheads insist that the
rebels who disregard and repudiate the au-
thority of the constitution of the United
States, shall be entitled to have their pro-
perty protected under it, while fighting to
destroy it. .a .t .
Gov. VANCE appealed to the fears of his
audience by telling them that between the
troops of Lee and old Abe, they Won
catch the devil on both sides" He ID
observed that if every man in Wilkes co -
ty, who chad used abusive language toward
JEFF. DAVIS and the Confederate Government,
were to be put in Jail, he would have to ad-
dress his audience through the prison bars"
The spirit of the crowd may be inferred by
the following paragraph in the speech, as re-
ported in the Richmond papers: ''Now,w what
is it you desire above all other present
| earthly good [Voices-'Peace, peace, we
all want peace.1 l know you do"
Before another autumn, we trust that the
armies of the Union will give them the peace
which will follow the establishment of the
authority of the constitution and laws of the
United States over the whole country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31

THE NEGRO TROOPS AT OLUsTEE.- A Flori-
da correspondent of Charleston paper says
that in the recent battle "The Yankee dark
les fought like devils"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-03-31

The NEGRO POPULATION OF LoUIsIANA,-Tbe
correspondent of the New York Times, writ.
Ing from New Orleans, says that one wear aeo
Col Hanks was feeding from the Government
Commissariat more than twenty thousand
negroes. Besides this number, there were
quite fifteen thousand who hung around the
camps and elsewhere, obtaining their living
partly by cooking, washing, fishing and steal
ing; yet these were, to large extent, an in.
cubus upon the Government Now all the
negroes have been placed in a condition of
profit to the Government aud 20 themselves
Not only does the labor system furnish en-
ployment to those within the limits of the
department, but had we'ten thousand more
they would all be employed without expense,
but rather with great benefit to the Govern
ment
The benefit that will return to the Govern
ment this year, resulting from the operations
OF this system of labor, will more than paw all
the expense that the refugee negroes have
been to it since the occupation of the State
by our forces. Z
I A short but remarkably spirited des-
cription Of a secessionist town in Tennessee
is given by correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune. He says that before the occupation
of the place by our forces, "Larkinsville was
disloyal; with few exceptions its men, wo-
men and children chewed tobacco, drank
whiskey, became sallow in complexion and
rebellious."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-08
NOTICE.

70 n.,sa nsisht 2 Wright Jas Wright, Executors
o4IN Wright, Fred Waterman, Julia Ann Agre 1saac
Hall, J Ainsvorth, james Humphreys Bndeman
Reed, WallIng. Corneia Hobart, Helen 4 atoa-
II dafd, 1dsarl WickrFshau, Hiram barney, Daniel
Urch, William Hdvsrds James Love- VIVA Chart asd
IA 01k, HI Bid, eutitA. Jacob Null fug uee d
and q eutlfH, D Hamilton, Peter W Potter, ths-
odcre y fhfunsy, Msremet kissirk, formerly Mar
enret 4 Lewis and James Kissick, her husband, Il
Wright, VIM Thompson, execatuF Of the estake OF
Nathaniel AlbeStson, deceesed, yobn Wright
You and erh Of you hereby notified that there II
nov file In the Once Of the Clerk oftbe District Opurt
81 Lee county Iowa, at Keokuk, petition or KIiza
Rndick kxec. Il Jesse Kuddick deceased, claiming Of
yon, Wright Wright and James Wright, exec
ufos q Wright, deeoased the Of three hnIared
and hhysix dollars, with ten per cent interest pet
naa, - money due on prouzissory note secarel by
mortgage made BY Wright TO Jesse Ruddck, dated
DscsAssr lifh 1855 aso caiaipg agasst each Of you
the foreclosure u said mortgage, the being upon
- unetvi.ed 4 q the west q the southeast and
the undivided OF Of the southwest quarter u
ton Uurteen, township north VI range 1--WE
rsaleEs sa - e
And unless you appear and sid petition On
hesse noen a the sepasA day Of ths Of
Court, to commence At Keokuk, the LIST Monday Of
eepteabsf 1854 dsfnnlt will be entered against and
udgmt rendered thereon prayed for in said petition
ksvenss Stamp 70 cts NOBLE STRONG,
1uiyl Atty's for Pfh.
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NOTICE.

To Arthur woleott Clsra wolcstt VIM Leighton Trus
tee chas Mason, 9 Davis and X Love, executor Of
Francis u Lewis, O Mcdonald { O., wyman. Hrd
Co. AesrJ Taylor, Henry, L~~is, James Kent
eantee Z 20, Williamson, Taylor Co, Y Perry u
Price, Yairi~ Co. Geo Richardson 4 Long DuvaiL
kaehle< Co kix, Hale 4 Co, c II Perry Grinnel
Jenkins Emerson Cochrsne Co, Miller, A
kssves, and c Perry, executors 81 the will Of L
Reeves, d-ceased, Geo II Crossman Elihu Turner Geo
Gin, WI WorIey, Lind Brother, Billings.
Koop Washington, Pegr.m, paynter I Davis.
You and each Of her-by notified there IL
now on fe Ia the cce Of the Clerk Of the District Court
q Lee county Iowa 81 keokuk joint petition IN eqvi
" q Chittenden, James Cox Chas Psrsons Co
and Dale Ross Co., cisining II yon the said Arthur
Mclcots as follows; the said Chtienden the sum Of
90 and INTEREST," the said James Cox the Of 81 $50
end interest," the said Chas Parsons Co the
md INTEREST," ard the said bale Roes Co. the sum OF
$c@s and interest money due certain and in
tfesf coupons by the said Arthur ocost
md nov owned byaid Plaintiff respectively all dated
nay lss 1859 and payable the ppds 10 Jas wadswerth
bearer and the coupons to bearer; and Of all Of you
the foreciosure OF two certain deeds Of trust given 10
cure ssd bonds and coupons and others by said
Arthur Noicot and Clara woicott Vim Leighton -
Irusteeone dated April ssh, 1859, the June lst
1879 and bsiag supplementary thereto aud made part
thereof by way Of further security and conveying the
following descrbtd property. towt: Lots L and in
block Al lot IL block -; lot and westerly fest Of lot
block E q feet Main street by 90 feet on Third
street being part Of lot block on Third street
by % feet deep on Of and across lot l. hlok % being
seef on the rear end Of said lot lots IL Il block a.
lots and >, block 5 easter.y of lot To- tiock -
block le westerly 4 Of ioi block - and q 5l2 feet
Of lot 8 ccmmencng Il 51 Of lot 10 block VI
being n BIZ feet Main street by $50 feet Deep
the city OF heoknk. Lee eonnty, Iowa said petition
claims 70 redeem said lots aud s. block So sale
on special execution issued decree Of foreclosure
renaefed q the special June term ISL Of id Court
the case OF Chas Mason Jas kstes al Also sal.
Of said property the Of the interest
81 said dreta therein and general relief
Unless you appear and answer said petition before
Of the second day n the next OF said Court TO
mence At Keokuk. on the first Monday Of September
1854, defanif will be entered against you and deere.
~ prs cssfesss rendered thereon.
RANKIN &sIcCRARY
Atty's for Chittenden, James Cox and rail- Ress
Co. J. RICE
tulyi Atty for c. Parsons Co.
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1854 r. MT. r. 4 M. n H 1854
SeGneneefz sarr~H est.

On md aftes Thursdaye the 10Th dag Of Nay trai,s
viii run daily (eusday's excepted ~ follow:
Leave ~ AABDoH A. n II Il
LeaSe h1o2u :l5 A. p. ~,
A1speciAl trains VIII - run to Monfrose in connss
6On with ths "6orthern Linz Packets.
A1-The morning train from Fort Madison eouperts
With tbs g. Loia Packets It keokuk and the mail trsa
Of the D. Moines Valley Rosd-
A1The norninG train from Keoknk connects With
the Rock Island and davenport Packet Port Madson
A3The train from n Madison makes Close con-
nection With tie Crest Wsbash Valley Railway and With
the afternoon train Of the Dcs Moines Valley Rosd
AIhrOuGh tickets 70 al points may be purchased n
Station Agsnia J.W.o0DEN, Secretary.
nay2D
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THE GATE CITY
FRIDAY, JULY s.
Especial Dispatch to Chicago Tribune. ]
Cairo, Sunday, June 8.

iCpoCthl 0DPAscu W OuAoe6v AsiUuuOsJ
Osiro, Sunday, June 8.
A party of guerrillas. said to be from
200 to 500 strong, arc reported to be BE-
tween here and Charleston, No.
The steamer Belle Of St. Louis arrived
this evening with Memphis papers of the
ed, from which We clean the following
news from White River. a@a
By the arrival of the Gladiator from
Duvaps Bluff, We get the following par
ticulars of the engagement at Clarendon
Before day light Of the morning of the
23th inst. while the guuboat Was lying
at anchor in the river directly opposite
Clarendon, Shelby quietly moved up, aud
planting battery on the bank. opened
FIRE upon her. The gunbost returned
the FIRE briskly, but the range being too
short. was without effect, and in . few
minutes she was sunk, nearly all of the
officers and crew being taken prisoners.
All negroes found on the gunboat were
Immediately put to DEATH Only = few
of the crew escaped.
The Arkansas feet Of gunboats, order
ed down the river on the same date in
charge Of the gunboat Tyler, was met and
warned Of the danger by those who made
their escape.
The Tyler Immediately repaired to the
scene Of the engagement, opened heavy
FIRE, and compelled the rebels to retire
hastily. She met with some damage, re-.
ceiving several shots from the battery,
and her pilot was killed. g
The gunboat No. Sc, which came up
towards the close and participated in the
fight, also met with some damage.
The guns used by Shelby were some
captured from the Federals in the Cam
den expedition.
Gen. Carr, hearing Of the above affair.
set out in pursuit of the rebels, and is
said te have scattered them. Onr inform
ant is unable to state the exact loss to
either party or the number of rebels cap
tured.
The reported capture of the steamer
Kate Hart is discredited in Memphis.
The Memphis municipal election result
ed in the election Of John Park, the indie
pendent candidate for Mayor. General
Washburne, however, set aside the cleo
ton, appointing Col. T. H. Harms Mayor
until further orders. The remainder of
the city officers we're elected by the peo-
pie.
During the quarter ending june 18th.
1900 bales of cotton have been shipped
from Memphis North.
The Union District Convention assem-
bles in this city. Tomorrow. A number
of delegates have arrived.
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