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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18
Volunteering and COnScripting.

Volunteering" says the New York Times,
(which was originally the sole sourse of sup
ply, has lost nearly all the spirit which once
gave it impulse. Unavoidably so. The du-
ration of the war has taken away the novelty.
The destructiveness of the war has taken
away the fascination. The stimulus Of the
war upon industry has taken away the temp
tation Of large bounties The belief in the
speedy end of the war has taken away the
sense of necessity. Through the operation
of these various influences recruiting is at
tended with ten times the difficulty now than
it was two years ago. There is no such thing
as removing them. They are inherent in the
very laws of human nature. Public legisla-
ton cannot ignore them or evade them. 1t
has got to meet them, and overcome them,
or else see our armies dwindle.
"Plainly there are but two expedients
against these influences. The first is boun-
ty system that shall irresistibly challenge
mems cupidity. The second is the substitu-
ton for volunteering of outright and abso
lutte compulsion."
The article from which we take the above
goes on to show that it will require thou
sand times holder men than those in Congress
to levy tax sufficient to pay such bounty
as will ensure the prompt enlistment of suf-
ficient men to meet the demands of the coun-
try, and concludes that compulsory draft is
the only available resort. 1t denounces in
strong language the action of the House of
Representatives in refusing to agree to the
Senate amendment to the pending enrolment
bill, which raises the communication of drafted
men to s4OO, and only exempts them from
the particular draft. 1t is very evident GER
tainly that the policy of fixing moderate
communication like $500, and then exempting
such drafted men as pay it for three years,
will speedily exhaust the military resources
of the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18
THE LIFE THAT Is.

THor who 81 long hast pressed the couch of pain,
oh welcome, welcome back TO ne nee DIea'h-
To life's free breath and days sweet light again,
From the chill shadows Of thegate Of death.
Eor +bor badst reached the twilight bound between
The world of spirits and this grosser sphere;
Dimly by thee the things of earth We're seen,
And family fell earth's voices on thine ear.
And now. how gladly we behold, at last,
The wanted smile returning to thy brow
The very winds low whisper, breathing past,
In the light leaves, is music to thee now.
Tbou were not weary of thy lot the earth
Was ever good and pleasant in thy sight;
Still chung thy loves about the household hearth,
And sweet was every days returning light.
Then welcome back to aI'thou would st not leave,
To this grand march of seasons days and hours;
The glory OF the morn, the glow Of eve,
The beauty OF the streams, and stars, and flowers;
To eyes on which thine own delight to rest
To voices which it is thy JOY to hear;
To the kind tolls that ever pleased thee best,
The willing tasks of love that made life dear.
Welcoms to grasp of friendly hands to prayers
offered where crowds in reyerent worship come,
Or softly breathed amid the tender cares
And loving inmates OF thy quiet home.
Thou bring'st tidings of the better land,
Even from its verge the mysteries opened there
Are what the faithful heart may understand
In its still depths, yet words may not declare.
Ana well deem, that, from the brighter side
OF life's dim border, some o'ertiowng rays
Streamed from the inner glory, shall abide
Upon thy spirit through the coming days
Twice thou given me in thy fair prime
Fresh from the fields of youth, when first We met
And all the blossoms of that hopeful time
Clustered and glowed where'er my steps We're set
Aud now, in thy ripe Autumn, once again
Given back to feryent prayers and yearningt
strocg,
From the drei.r realm Of sickness aud of pain,
When We lad watched, and feared, and trembleC
long.
Now may we keep thee from the balmy air
And radiant walks of heaven a little space,
Where lie, who went before thee to prepare
For His meek followers, shall assign thygplace.
bryant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18

The GOLD MEDAL FOR GEN. GRANT.-Leutze
is making design for the gold medal ordered
by Congress for presentation to Gen. Grant,
IN commemoration of his victories over the
rebels. The diverse of the medal will con-
sist of a profile likeness of the hero. sur
rounded by wreath of laurel. His name
and the year of his victories are also inscribed
upon 1t, and the whole is surrounded bv a
galaxy of stars. The design for the reverse
is original, appropriate and beautiful. It is
the figure OF Fame seated N graceful atti-
tude on the American eagle, which, with out
spread wings, seems preparing for flight. In
her right hand she holds the symboical TRUMP.
and in her left scroll on which are inscribed
the names of the gallant chiefs various bat
ties, viz: Corinth, Vicksburgh Mississippi
river, and Chattanooga On her head is a
helmet, ornamented in Indian fashion, with
feathers radiating from it. In front of the
eagle, its breast resting against it, is a shield
emblazoned with the stars and bars. Just
underneath this group, their stems crossing
each other, are single sprigs of the pine and
the palm, typical of the North and South.
Above the figure of Fame, in a curved line
is the motto, Proclaim Liberty throughout
the Land" The edge is surrounded, like the
diverse, with circle of stars of a stvle pc
culiar to the Byzantine period, and rarely
seen except in Illuminated MSS of that age
These stars are more in number than the ex-
listing statcs-of course, including those of
the SOuth--thereby suggesting further addi-
tons in the future to the Union.-Neg York
EUcniig Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18
FROM KNOXyLLE.-A CINCINNATI dlspatt

From KNozv1LLE.-A Cincinnati dispatch
to the Chicago Tribune says:
An officer just arrived from Knoxville
hrinos the latest news from that quarter. Up
to the time he left Nashville Longstreet had
received no reinforcements beyond 5000 that
met him on his retreat. The country between
the French Broad and the Holston remains as
debatable ground, and is secuted by both
parties. Communication is kept up via Chat
tanooga, and overland by Jacksboro and Gin
ton Considerable reinfercements have
reached Knoxville, within the last two weeks
No fears are entertained at headquarters as
to the ability to hold all important points.
Rumors of the critical condition of our army
are doubtless unfounded. The campaign
viii certainly open early and with hot work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18

%" Little Mr.. SAMUEL Cox" copperhead
member of congress from Ohio, says the Gin
cinnati Gazette, proposes to ''tax holders OF
gold two per cent. a month, which would be
nice plan for transferring the balance OF
coin to England in a lump"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18

Is 1t may be interesting to the lady read
ers to know that the Empress Of Austria has
the smallest waist in Christendom. 1t meas
ures Isl inches-about the circumference OF
her husbands neck. And yet-would you
believe it, girls ?-the circumference other
body at the shoulders is 223 inches.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18

\ VOICE ERoN REBEL PRIsoN.-Maior
WHITE, who was elected to the PENNSYLVANIA
State Senate, but was captured at Winchester
last summer and has lain since in Libby Pris-
on at Richmond, closes his letter resigning
his seat in the Senate as follows:
BE kind enough to convey to my brother
Senators assurances of respect and esteem.
Tell them though cast down l am not dis
mayed: though in bonds am full of hope.
Tell them my prayer and trust is that no word
or deed may go out of the counsels of your
Senate to weaken the arm or make faint the
heart of those brave soldiers of the Union,
who are bearing in the field a sure and tri-
umphant success, the greatest strength of his
tory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18

=" Pray, Mrs. Zabriska, why do you whip
your children so often ?" ola, Mrs. Worthy
I do it for their enlightenment. L never
whipped one in my life, that he didn't ac-
knowledge that it made him smart"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18

wR Rev. JOHN PIERPoNT, the poet, has be-
come a convert to spiritualism.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18

- DRIsCoLL, of the st. Paul Press, ha
been elected State Printer of Minnesota.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

they were to be blamed for il. He had no doubt
il vas frst-cIas wine. Every drunkard was a
violator Of the laws Of his physical nature, and
renders himself fool. He makes his animal IA
ture predominant over bis moral and Intellectual
faculties, thus reversing the order which God
has prescribed. The evils produced 10 person,
property aud families we're kaoEn 10 al, ard
needed 10 description. Bat drunkenness is also
a sin against God; ard living aud dying drunk
ard will ruin the soul ia tie bottonless pit OF
bell
2. The remedy for drunkenness vas to be
come flied aith the : init 1t must be cured
b. the power Of the Gospel in the soul. TIE
three sins which belong to mau's physical Ia
re-gluliony, drunkenness aud RIGHTEOUSNESS
must be vescone, not b. any change IL mans
physical nature, bat by Notifying and Bringing
under the physical appettes. Il is through the
Gospel oniy that any eHec.u4l reform can be
wrought.
Temperance societies were valuable as hand
maid to religion. They are an out side help to
religion. They had done good, and he referred
approvngy to the lectures Of the eloquent
Cough in both Europe and America. The fret,
pest and most effectusl remedy for drunkenness,
vas to be filed with the spirit Of God; and the
second, as auxiliary to il, was the Temperance
organization He was not q member Of the TEN
Die of Honor for conscientious reasons, having
promised his eastern brethren he would not join |
ny secret society; but he had no feeling against
hose who though. differently, and he was glad
o see the people alive to this sin which destroys
he body and soul
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

ID SHARP SHOoTERs.-One Of the Ian
sing recruits writes from Brandy Station: We
lett Washington on Sunday, stopped over night
HAle1andria barracks, arrived a. Brandy Sta
ton and marched here, which is four miles from
the Station. We are in sight Of the Blue
AndSe mountains. They appear to be about
Tour mics of, but are really fifteen. We have a
very nice camp ground on the top Of hill.
Inc Is; I. 5. 5. 5. are just above Us The old
AnFd are on the next range Of hills, and one or
'"o Michigan Cavalry regiments are close by.
When We first arrived, we we're set at work
VI our log shanties, or tents, which IS quite an
Undertaking They are eight by eleven feet,
anu AoOn' four feet heigh; then there is the
''O'n Or shelter tents that 20 on the top Of these
"oicn make very comfortable quarters. We
should have had ours fnisbed, if we could have
nAa an axe. but they being very scarce, we
uA'e 10 wait our turn Four If Us occupy one
vent viii give YOU a list Of our daily duties
As6 A. NJ, the bugle sounds for "fsn out y
.0' roll esll-tthat j., fall out of bed.) then
breakfast, then drill, or whatever We are order.
VI 70 90, until IL ", then dinner, then at work
y UNI until ?. NJ, then on dress parade. the.
,1Ptef, then DO as Ne please until We retire
Az O'Clock the bugle sounds Tor al Hshts r.
~ Out We have not received any guns. cloth
81 Or tents but are expecting them every day. ,
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

ALBION CoMMERCIAL COLLEGE. - We
have received circular from this Institution,
which is now under the care and supervision of
Hon. Ira Mayhem, well known through this
State as the former Superintendent Of PsbIc
Instruction, and "a the author of an excellent
work on Practical Book Keeping The course
OF instruction no, only embraces this branch OF
know lvdsv la 10 ysriuti.- i't iueio'iss business
correspondence, commercial calculations, iusur-
auce in its various branches, commercial law and
conveyancing. There is also department for
ladies', who 90 through the same course of study.
Scholarships for an unlimited time, are issued to
gentlemen at $50. and to ladies at $40.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

NEw BUILDINGS-As the season pro.
crosses, We hear Of new buildings to be erected
In the city the present year.
J. G. Bailey, Esq, having purchased the cor
ner lot on Washington and Michigan Avenues,
heretofore occupied by DE-. Thayer, for s., 900,
will erect thereon three story brick building.
% by sc feet. l. viii be finished with stone
front aud will DO occupied by Nc. Bailey a. a
banking house.
Philip Engelhart will erect two story brick
bniling - BY so feet. on the south side Of
Michigan Avenue, nearly opposite the printing
ohee. The upper story will be used for pic
ture gallery.
John A. Kerr, W. H. Pinckney and G. L.
Montgomery will erect building for depot and
s'OTe-honse, on Michigan Avenue, on the land o.
John A. Kerr, adjoining the railroad. 1t will be
OF wood, and will be 100 by 80 feet, two storie.
high, and will be finished early in the season.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH-We
understand this church will be completed the
present season 1t will stand on the west side of
Washington Avenue, at its junction with Frank
lin street 1t will be built of brick, 40 by GO
feet and is estimated when complete, to cost
about 1900. 1t will be built by means Of a
general subscriptiOu
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23
Wednesday Morning, March %, 1864.
NOTICE TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

rheFIGCREs which our subscribers viii ind attached
their their papers indicate the NUEnER of
Che paper % which their subscription IL paid b The
Cd aasaJsr' ia meant the WHOLE NUMBER" which
may be found the heading Of ths paper, which Is
changed weekly being Increased each week ATTY two
numbers constituting year. BY referring 10 this uum
Der In the healing Of the paper and comparing with
the number attached 10 the name, direction on the
paper our subcrioers readily how hoir account
s-aud our books.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

RELIGIoUs MEErNGs.-Religious meet
ings, under the minislI alton Of Rev. Mr.. Bryant
have been held in the Methodist Church in the
First Ward. for some time past. and are still con-
tnued. We hear that they are largely attended
and that much interest in them il manifested.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

The Manufacturing the last week
winter has cone upon rs in earnest. The cold
has been unremitting, accompanied by some
snow, freezing the muddy roads solid and sus-
pending The 0perations Of The sugar makers.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

REGIsTATIoN-Let no Republican voter
fail to see that his name is properly entered on
the registration book. Many changes are made
by removals from one ward to another, and in
stances have occurred where citizens have lost
their votes by foreetiulness.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

FIRST WARD FURNACE Works DIR
Henry Haze, Of Oakland county and formerly a
resident of this city, has purchased the interest
Of John TOmpkins aud A. b. Watkins, in the
furnace and iron works in the First Ward, for
about IS 900, and will conduct the business at
the old stand, in connection with John Tooker
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

Washington fenrltfy Is ls14. J
Whereas Iv satisfactory evidence presented TO the
gnler- Eued DO has been made TO appear that the Sec
Oud National Ia k Of Lansing the county cf Iugham
and State Of Michigan has been duly organized snder
mi according the requirements Of act of Congress
entitled act provide a national currency secured
by pledge of United states stcs and provide for
the circulation and redemption thereof approved Feb
rlary 20 ISIS and has complied with all the provisions
Il said act required o. complied with before com
mencilg the business Of banking.
Now, therefore l. Hugh McCuuoch, Comptroller Of the
Currency 10 hereby certify that the said Second Ma
ti0nal Bank u Lansing county Of lngham and state o.
Michigan. is authorized 70 commence the business Of
banking under the act aforesaid.
ia testimony whereof, witness my hand and seal
lseal Of Office this eighteenth day OF February
1s54 HUGH MCCULLOCH.
sH4d4 Comptroller OF the Currency
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

TExPERAvcE.-Next Sunday morning.
Rev. d. Burns will preach on Temperance, at
the central Methodist Church.
Rev +. Morris will preach on the same sub
iect A. the Unaversalist Church in the evening.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

MICHIGAN AvENUE.-On Monday even
80 the 'oWfnOn JOunCu ordered the Marshal IN
advertise Tor proposals iOr graui0s
Avenue from Capital Avenue to the Reform
day Of August. This is move in the right di-
recrOr
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

ACADEMY EXHBITION.-Ihe Academl-
cal exhibition on Friday evening, under the
charge Of Prof c. c. Odds in Capital Hall, was
very largely attended The music was rather
better than ia usual on such occasions. The
literary productions we're creditabie to those
producing them: but there was a large sprink
ling Of the DOestcks order of literature, which
we regret to see becoming so fashionable When
sensible persons lay out all the vigor Of their
minds in trying 20 say the most foolish things
possible, we have no reason to suppose they are
making any great progress in the end Of oil edu-
study Of villa. is true, beautiful or
good.
We will venture one suggestiOn-nOt BY way
Of censure Tor any readers on this occasi on, for
all Of them read az well a. is usual, bat because
it is become quite fashionable for young ladies
to read or speak before large audiences, and
they DO not understand that the manner of
speaking which would be Uue1ceptioaable in a
parlor, will wholly fail when add essed 90 large
in great room amidst noise aud con
fusion. No speakers, male or female, can inter |
est an audience, unless they are heard aud an
derstOOd and the rapid and low uttcrsnees of
ordinary conversation fail Of conveying ideas and
feelings advantageously to the greater part Of |
great assembly The best female speakers, ike |
Lucy Stone for instance, and those in the thea
res. always speak in public more slowly, distinct |
=, loudly, and usually on q higher key, THAI
hey would in ordinary clnversat iol Thes go
his, not from any afIec;ation Of superior excel
snce, but because experience teaches them that
hey are powerless on al audience unless they
re heard and understood, and this result canno.
'e fully attained by the manner OF ordinary con-
ersaIiOo, however unexceptionablo the latter
nay be, in its appropriate place.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23
STATE OFFrcEs.-NTessrs Avres and

STATE OFFrcEs.-NIessrs. Ayres and
Van Keuren, in about three weeks, will com
plete their contract for charging the size of
the State Offices. The addition which thew
they have erected is &c by es feet, built #
brick, Uniform in external finish with the original
building. The lower story will be warmed by
a furnace, the upper part by stoves. On the
first floor viii De the Treasury safe. which l.
by 10 feet, and cost some $1,000 This safe
will stand on floor Of cut stone, nine inches
thick, brought from Waupon, Wis. The safe
is to be covered all over with wall Of these
cut stones, two feet thick. In the second story,
the room Of the Land Office Commissioner Is
almost doubled in size; and an additional and
very neat room is given to the Secretary Of
State, besides much additional space for storage.
This enlarged room in the State bailding has
long been demanded by the increased business
Of the seyera, departments.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23

rX- It is a well known fact that E. B. MIL
LAR has Much the Largest and Freshest Stock of
Groceries in the City, which he WHOLESALERS at Detroit
prices, aud Retais prices that defy competition.
and save money, and get No First Class ICE.
He pays Cash for HIDES Pelts aud Furs and kinds
Of Produce.
Ca IN Beebes Block Lansing, Mich. 46lyl
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23
ALL WHO HAVE FRIENDS AND
WEAKNESS Or DEBILITY INDUCED BY
ONkR FATIGCE,

WI soon disappear BY the use Of these tuvaiusbIs
fus ana ne Soiaier viii quickly acquire AddisiouaI
AHs-stI' NsVsr let tbs BoweH - either confined or
--- - ~~ss~ efoa AZ may seem strange dolo-
s~S fl-s should % reeonmenGs1 Tor Uysengsry and
AaA -A, PeEso1s sgpPoslug tst Insy would increase
-s Fe-AA1ol his Ia great mistake Tor these PtlIs
VA eorTsct lie liver and stomach and thus remove a
~eil1 uAAoIs from tie system. This nedieins Will givs
sOle AID Nlgor u Ihs whole organic system however
arranged, while hssltA AID strength follow an mater
u course AotAag viii step The relaxation Of lie Bov.
e4z 50 sure A. thls famous medicine
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-23
FRUIT TREES
For Spring TranSplanlImg |!

THE UNDERSIGNED HAS AN
L Agency from the Great Western Nursery OF Toie-
do Ohio for procuring contracts for trees shrubbery
&c for the spring OF transpantiug This Nurse
y has the reputation Of supplying the best Fruit Trees
u any similar institution IN tho northwest and is one
Of the largest ani best conducted. I will canvass the
neiyhboTing towns IS far able. 70 procure con
tracts those In want Of any kind Of Trees OF shrubs
call at my residence, Lansing, where they
viii find Catalogues and descriptive lists, from which
TO make their selections The trees will De delivered
promptly and in good season ami IN the best of order
l would refer 10 Messrs. 4 x Burr. :. Iaiiev ! VI
Shearer, l. Gitett jr, Il Ingersol, Grove whitney
Lansing Daniel Sherman, Wacousta. Mr. Humphrey. Of
Okemos, the quality Of the trees furnished from
this nursery. T. I. WILLIAMS
Lansing Nov Q 1858. 45Gm3