Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1861-09-19
Corrospondence Of the Age.
Rutland, Sept. 18th, ]

never nave seen inc DlS tuWn VI ltuUauu, - ~
is beauty OF a place, full Of pleasant people
and handsome ladies and if you haven't en-
gagged yourself TO any "Iair damsel,' you will
do well to look Rutland over
The Band Of Music is playing Dixie" and
|, your sho''ow) perched away upon the top
seat, some twenty five feet in the air, broil-
ing hot sun pouring down, my paper under the
shade of ladys am6raliq, must take notes Of
what is to be seen and heard
There is as good show of horses here as
there can be anywhere in the world There is
at this present time, down close to me, black
horse, with silkcn name and tail, short cars, and
perfect in all his parts 81 wish | was able to
buy him and give him to you.
Ilurrah here comes the Rutland Light
Guards, and they are just as pretty Company
as ever was seen. | don't mean that their
faces are all handsome, but they are trim built,
good and even height, with well developed
muscle This Company, since their return
from Virginia, have had a new uniform, and
they gave Houavc Drill upon tho Grounds,
and when | saw them fall down upon their
faces, roll over upon their backs and load their
guns, did have one hearty laugh. (Was it
wrong Mac. do Editors ever laugh p My
time and paper viii not allow me to say ali
that would like to for this Company. Sue,
cess to you boys through lie,
At l. o'clock | rode up to Gen. Bakers
place. "Abbottsford," | think, would he a
good name for it. The gates being open, took
liberty to ride over the grounds and came
to the conclusion that the General must have
Aladin's Lamp, aud if the Fairies ever get
tired and weary Of floating in the air. they will
be sure to come down and nestle into the green
lawn tina, surrounds his house.
Ross the SOap,man is here, and you know
that his tongue has always been hung in the
middle and loose at both ends well, now it
has no attachment at ALL bat rolls ike the
earth in the hcmisphe lie tells how to put
an end to the war,-"lf the Government would
buy his soap and wash the miggcrS white, it
would be the end of the difficulty in the ma
ton" lIo says, che times have pinched men
50 hard that they have pnched the coins so
hard, that the Eagles have screamed so that
they could be heard less than 100 miles.
do not think that the man can be easily
found that would make Co.. Ncedhams place
good he i. very active and energetic seems
pleased to help all that call for help, and is
kind and courteous to all.
P, By some mishap or OFT or have lost
my payers that | Intended You shonld have 10
make extracts from Mr.. futile has in his
Daily Herald a cheap of editorial matter,
on the FAIR AMI it is charming good.
A WoED TO JcuN BrLL-Ttc Philadelphia
Press thus denounccs England:
The British Government er.s, it it enertains
n belief that, at this crisis, the United States
will submit to insult, injury, or hostility FROM
ang European puwer--!c,St Of all from Eng
land. The cruel tyranny Of that Power actually
drove this country into tho War Of lcdepcn,
dcncc, in l776. We were then small people,
with the disadvantage Of being scattered over
vast extent Of territory. Yet, Thank God, and
our native courage. and our good cause, We
humbled the naughty flag of England, and be.
came n nation. A second time, in the war Of
lSl2-l4, We beat the English Now, with
great population, vast wealth, and brave hearts,
we are as ready as before, and far better pre-.
pared, to rcpcl wrong from what quarter soevcr
it come Woe to England If she drives us into
third war.
1t would be "death to the knife"-as Old
Palafcx told Napoleon's General when he asked
Spain to submit to French usurpation Let war
with England be proclaimed, and where we have
one man in arms now we then would have twenty,
Never would war be more popular-ncver,
since we achieved our independence. would Eng,
land Sus ain such a defeat Canada wonld in.
cvtably fall, and not one of Queen Nictorias
West India Islands would escape annexation
to the United States.
u. A. Woodbury. has written another letter
to his friends, dated at Richmond Aug, 14rh.
lie says that he is gaining slowly being just able