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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

The Fortress Monroe correspondent of
the Philadelphia Enquirer, writing OF an en-
gagement which took place on the 9th inst,
saws: HoIlins' Turtle or ram va, disabled.
and the Massachusetts, made up the stream TO
capture her, but found her deserted. aground
and going to pieces. This Hollins, it must be
remembered, is the brave hero who lombard
ed Greytown. and who recently humbugged
the people of New Orleans into an ilIumina-
ton, by the story that he had destroyed or
dispersed all the federal fleet off the mouth of
the Mississippi.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

the day of our misfortune, and to make that
remembrance a dark and fearful page of
her history, and an eternal memory in our
own"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

BY the FIRST of January, Gen. Buell. will
have in his command 100000 men, ready to
move Oh the rebels IN Kentucky and Ten
nessee.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

10 The Vermont Cavalry heglnent
leave Washington for Annapolis this
Thursday morning, to 60 into winter
quarters
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26
Total,
Total in the field,
100000
$4,000

Difference. Chose on the Potomac) 100000
As we have given large estimates for all
the other divisions of the army, the number
on the Potomac cannot be less than quarter
of million.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

l.. rmE SECRETARY OF TSh -r-rsi
bar Sir:-Would MOI a coupe =" l,;gs
built upon the model Of Win'n,is 100
steamer. he capital things to' ,,,.oui,
out Commodore Tatnalls " "
Fleet Very admiringl'i .r.
VANITY fAih'
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

On the question OF surrenderin,' Maso.
an. Sldell, the Tribune says:
The truth is there is no international Law
by which nation can be required to give u
its own property or citizens, no matter h"'
tie last possession was acquired, 10 anothe'
nation.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

Some idea may be formed of the magni-
tude Of our forces on the Potomac and in
Maryland by the following table:
In Missouri & Western Kentucky 10000
- Central Kentucky, $4,000
Western Virginia and Romney $4,000
Fortress Monroe and coast, &c 10000
Camps in the States 10000
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

"A leading Senator remarked 10 frlem
Washington. Oh Friday: - 1t l. no" net
sssary for US to give foreign governments SOM
proof that we can beat back the rebellion
till now We have only boasted--we m't'
fight now, or 90 10 the wall
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

The New Orleans Delta. OF Nov -,
saws tat eighteen hundred families were sup
piled At the free market on the preceding
day-an increase Of one hundred families du-
ring single week. The Delta also say
g he federal troops are near TO Little
Roc., where they can fit ont an expedition
and descending the Arkansas. will captir
Nev Orlean-, leaving Gems. Pillow and Pol
behind them.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26

The following is list of Agents for the Daily
Herald, of whom copies be procured, and who
ava authnrized to receive suhscriptions:
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
THE GULF STREAM.

A naval officer who has been engaged
several years in the course of his profes-
sional duty in studyihg'the subjects of the
origin and progress of the gulf stream.
presents the following propositions as the
results, of bis observations and deduc
tions:
i. The gulf stream is Of subterrahean an
origin.
2. It's progress. ii' certain direction
and rate, is caused by the shape and re-
volutions Of this planet.
8. 1t is sheatedb by interior volcanic fires,
supplied from the igneous portions Of the
globe.
d The gulf stream is fed from heneati,
by constant flow of water. Some oi
these are the Mediterranean and other
adjacent seas.
5. The color, heat, cure mt, motion.
animalcule, sedges, taste, odor. and all
other peculiarities Of the gulf stream
prove it be subterraieous in its origin
and progress.
6. The trade winds and tie formation
of The shore Of tie Gulf Of Mexico have
nothing to do with the origin. character
isties and progress of the gulf stream.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
STAND AND DELIVER.


About the most farcical.thing we have
heard of in connection with the secession
of Virginia, is the sentry gsard which the
mother Of Presidents has stationed at the
forks OF the road just below the great
Jackson city.
We understand thai. an old lady who
was determined to sell her corn and buy
groceries fer her family at all hazards,
was stopped BY ssye ralient guard the
other day. Being asked if she saw the:
muskets. replied .'yes-bdt did not fear
them-get up old hoss.. we are going 10
SELF the corn" and sui,ing the action 10
the word, drove right at the formidable
''inimy,' who prudently declined to'
shoot. All honor to the brave defenders
of the Jackson City cross roads.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
fSMIrus I" AMONG THE GERMANS

= SMITHS =" AMONG THE GERMANS
There is German society composed en-
hrely OF 1.-The Smith family. The follow
ingis the roll-list:-Sldit,. big Smit, little
Smlt, -Smit fr I'M the holler. Smit NIT de;
hill, Sn'it nit de store. Snit NIT DE- black
smlt shop, smit NIT de lager beer-shop,
Smit nit a Frow,, Sniit wat wants s,ir3GWw.
Smit nit one leg, smit init two legs, Smis
NIT de pig he'd Smit nit de swell he'd,
Smi. nit de brick yard, Smit NIT de CA
na'.bo'.t'. Sm:t NIT de junk-store, Smi.
nit de hardware shop, Smit nit de curly
he'd, SIN it de fireman, Smit init one eye.
Smit NIT de long nose. Smit NIT two
vrows, Sniit NIT de whiskers, Smit nit
out dc whiskers,, Smit nit de black hair ).
Smit nit no hair.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
sPIKING GUNS.

Spiking guns is intended to render them
unseryiceable wheri abandonment is nee
essary. A favotite mode Of spiking is BY
driving rat-tail Gle into, the vent. and
breaking it off. II the spike be an or
dinary nail, made of soft iron, the drill
will readily remove ;wLile the hard steel
of the f!e will require far greater time
and labor. The steel spike. rough and
jagged, with a soft point, is also used
Ii broken off even with the surface OF
the gun, and the point clinehed inside by
the rammer, removal is made moro difh-
cult. 1.-THE spike haPpenssto be small as
to 6t in loosely,it may be driven out by
gunpowder; but If it be made cf harden.
ed steel, with an accurate ft to the vent, ).
and is driven IN with great force, neither
drill nor powder will remove it. A pat
ent spike was brought.out in Eagland du
ring the Crimean war, which claimed to
make gun permanently unserviceable.
II consisted Of rod of finely tempered
steel, turned to 6t the vent but to move
t eely in it., and terminating in forked
spring in the bore OF the gun. It was
commended that this spike could not bt
drilled out, because in woald turn with
the drill. But though this were true, ye,
It's inventor forgot the important fact tha,
the forked points in the bore could be cut
off by single blow on cold chisel.
When a spike is SO fixed as to render
extraction very difficult, the remedy is TO
drill new vent, which may be done
without impairing the usefulness of the
gun. To do this competent machinis'
will require some three hours, more OF
less, according to the size o. the gun
| But all spiking at the vent is admitted
to be only temporary e1pedicnt to rem
hder artillery unserriceabie at the momen.
Yet even this has often been found pro
ductiye of the most important results
When time is afforded, such as the delib.
crate abandonment Of military work
spiking at the muzzle is sometimes adop
Ted. aud when thoroughly done, with fal
/ greater embarrassment to those who sub
sequently come into possession. A sto
driven into the bottom of the bore b,
wrapping it with felt, or using iron wed
ses, and employing an iron rammer t
Idrive the ball home. When this is don
to an iron gun, the emily method of uh
spiking il is to bore hole in the breee
and drive the Ball out, closing the hal
with a screw. To do this, the gun. il
most cases, must go back to the foun Try
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
without her accustomed lisp; and when
her astonished lover asked what it meant,

without her accustomed Hsp;- and when
Eer astonished lover asked what it meant,
she quietly replied;
at simply means that I have been
fooling you fer the short space of nine
weeks; but know YOU wilhforgiye me. y
THE POWER oE A SINGLE WORD.
Wendell Philips, in his lecture last
winter. before the Parent Washington
Society," tuh the following story:
A mother on the green hills of Yer
mont, stood at the garden gate. holding
by her right hand son Of sixteen years,
mad with the love of the sea.
Edward said she, they tell me that
the great temptation Of sailors life is
drink. Promise me, before YOU quit
your mother S hand that you will neve i
lake drink Of liquor"
Said lie, for he told me the story:
IL gave her the promise. l went the
broad globe over; Calcutta, the Medit.
erranean, San Francisco, the Cape of
Good Hope-and for forty years, when
ever saw glass filed with sparkling o
liquor, my mothers form by the garden
gate on the hill side Of Vermont, rose up
before me. To day my lips are innocent
from the taste of liquor.'
Was not that sweet evidence Of the
power of single word; and yet it was
but half; for afterwards he said:
Yesterday there came into my count
ing room man of forty, and asked
me:
"Do you know mes'
mo- said 1.
Il was brought once" said he, "drunk
In your presence on shipboard; you were
passenger, the captain kicked me aside:
you took me into your berth, kept me
there until / had slept of the intoxication
and then you asked me if bad moth
CIR. | said never that knew of. Iney.
er heard a mothers voice. You told me
of yours at the graden gate, and to-day.
twenty years later, l am master Of one
of the finest packets in New Y ork, and
came to ask you to como and see me-
How far back that litle .nd'e throw
IT'S beam--the mothers word on the greer
hillside of Vermont! God be Thankful
for the mighty power OF a single word.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
THE BUFF AND BLUE.
By JOSEPH BARBER.

The uniform of Sevcnty-six
To us seems quaiut and olden-
The threc-cocked hat. the spa.terdash,
Blue coat and facings golden;
But ne'cr did knightly hrrness CLEAN
Der hearts more brave and true,
Than those that met the battles shock
Beneath the Buff and Blue.
The Cont ne,ital'' coats were coarse,
And superfine the scarlet.
That in oppression $ serried ranks,
Clothed every British varlet.
But for their h,alths our fathers fought
For pay, the tytants crew,
And down the far nting scarlet went
Before the Buff and Blue!
The slaves in rcd were mere machines
Numbskulls. with brains of leather
Who took their rules of right and wrong
From cparlet and feather;
But our bold sires had hearts and heads
For home their swords they drew,
And souls in arms. rs we'll as frames
Glowed meath the Buff and Blue.
"Worth,' says the poet ",nakcs the man
And want of it the fellow"
And were not freedoms soldiers men,
Dgspiie soilcd blue and yellow?
Aad Stalks brigadeat Bennington.
Who off their buckskins threw,
And fought the British in the '.buff"
Until their bestlooked blue?
The uniform our fathers wore!
Tn many eonfli COY.
That ga,b became baptized IN blood,
A robe of deathless glory
Oh! let the thought of those proud days,
Still keep us firm and true,
Toal for which they fought and bled-
Those men in Buff and Blue.
God KEEP us one in heart and hand,
This Union, spite o. Tfeason.
R<ts not on Faction shifting sands
But on the Rock of Reason;
Remembcring this and "auld lang syue."
We II pledge our faith anew,
AS in the presence of the dead
Who Wore the Buff and Blue.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
ANYTHING BUT A LISP.
BY MARY CHIEF.

Oh! my Soou ieho"' ooii '"'n w 'A>
about lisp. can tolerate all other
lingual defects, ststterilsg, stamfinerlng.
drawing, nasal twangs. croakins, any
thing rather than lisp. Rest assured,
captain, 7 shall never set my affections
upon any maiden who cannot say sweet
and sugar without making me blush for
the thickness Of her tongue"
So said Alexander Grant, thriving
yonng lawyerin one of our country towns
as he repudiated the assertion OF his
friend, Captain Dutton, that most likely
he would wed woman who lisped-so
bitter was be 10 his. expressions against
it.
.sJust ina. ,ine me, he continued, sar-
castically. s'just imagine me woe'ng
damsel who would call me her thweet
hearth declare, If | loved her to des
per alton, and she should answer. 'yeth,
when 7 proposed for her hand. | would
ship myself for Botany Bay, or Australia
90 drown myself, or perform some o'her
rash act that would rid you Of your pleas-
ant friend, your boon companion, your
humble servant. Alexander Gfant-for
whom you would mourn seventeen weeks,
or less, as thoughts OF his friendship, and
box Of cigars. always at youf service,
rushed over your mind"
And slapping the good natured cap
tain over his shoulders, Lawyer Grant
walked around his Office, pausng III from,
Of small gilt frame. hanging in recess,
The face encircled by the gilt frame, was
such one, that if you had met 1t, and
caught a glimpse of its beauty, you
would have been very likely to look a.
gain, and continue looking until warned
by your good breeding tha, you should
never stare. 1t was pleasant, laughing
face; bright, dancing eyes. smiling mouth.
and low forhead, with the hair brushed
off the face, and falling in glossy ring
lets over the shoulders. For a long time
the lawyer stood. gazing at its simple
beauty, and turning to the captain, said;
"Do you know, my friend. think
your cousin, yonder, has the most be-
witching face I ever saw? There is
something omnipresent about it. When
I sit down to write soberly, as lawyers
ought to write. forget my saids, and a
foresaids, for that rosebud of face
smiles from my sheet Of foolscap. If |
sit down 10 read Coke and Blackstone, !
do not escape the vision, for it 'llumin-
as their dull pages. When shut my
eyes, still see 1t, and the same face
makes nv dreams beautiful"
"Ha--ba!" laughed Captain Dttton.-
"Ha-La-ha! To think that Lawyer
Grant is in love with shadow! Poo,
man. you are in loye,sure as yon re born,
Yop have the very worst symptoms
Optical illusions! haunted by day! dream
by night!--quite an advanced stage il
the disease! But look here, old chap
this cousin of mine is coming to the Lake
House, to spend several weeks, anu
want to inform you, sbe is not piece o
human perfection, as yon think. Don
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07

~ Adjutant General Themas, Of
Washington, says that he has admins
tered the osth to some $1,000 of tie
troops now in that city. aHd Would con-
slider thirty as large margin for tie.
whole number who had refused ! q
believes that in no instance did the fcfn>'
sal originate Id dislbyaity to the Bnion,.
but the reason most generally given by
the paftiesithemsekes was. that the mu-
nicipal authorities of the cities frorii Which,
they came, had promised.to provide for
their families, and had not done SO.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
A VETERAN FIFER.

At the military Institute, located in
Frankfort, ny, the cadets affected with
the secession lever talked against an old
Efer who served ii the Var Of 1879 and
tried to discover on which side he adher>
ed to. He was rather taciturn, but there
Vas storm OF rage within hin. One
evening. being bantered rather harshly.
he pulled out his old Hfe, and sitting
down, sent forth Yankee Doodle with its
shrillest strains. Then he played Hail
Columbia, and the Star Spangled Ban
ner, while the tears rolled down his aged
and weather beaten checks. Concluding,
he jumped to his feet and sxclaimed:-
s'-Noo. d--m 'em, I guess they kno,
6hicA side Tn ons' He then give three
cheers for the Unioh,- snd swore to stand
by it till death.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
Hon. Caleb B. Smith on the Secession.

The Secretary Of Tie Interior, Hon.
Caleb B. Smith, has refused payment To-
all persons in the seeded States, who
claim compensation for taking the census.
He has also determined to withhold from
all persons in the seeded States, the brn-
eft of the pension and patent laws
These States have further provided them--
selves of all adv. ntages resulting from,
the canal system, the coast survey the
postal system. &C..
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07

ES Loyal Americans, resident 10 Eng.
land are making important donations to
oar government at the present time. A
number OF gentlemen, in London have no
hhed the Secretary of War that they are
about to ship three batteries, of Arm
strong rifsd ca1non,. six. twelve ard
twenty fur pounders, with all eqnipmer S
complete, OF which Trey beg the acce,-
tance of the governments. This princsi,y
gill could not have cost the donors leg.
than 20 ),000.. Other Americans. liyinu
in Manchester. have forwarded battery
.oi Whltworth guns--twelve pounders-
each of W: ici bears the following inscrp-
lion: -
'.Frosa Loyal Americans in Europe to, the:
philed States Government, 1861
A large commercial house in this city
has also offered to furnish, at their own
expense, a battery Of four rifed cannon.
SIX, twelve, twenty four. and forty-twos
pounders.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07

%The Baltimore steam gun will
discharge $50 balls in a minute. Phe
range is accurate up and down, but the
balls are liable to. hit willie OF the ozark
on one side or the other. Fts range is
about 100 yards, and it can be worked SO
rs to discharge in any direction Phe
wi ole machine weighs 6,7oo pounds,
and is about the size of steam FIRE en-.
gine The impression of most of those
who have seen it is that it will not be Of
much service.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07

EEIA A colored man in Norwicll, Conn.
having enlisted,a friend sugges,eGto him.
that il JEFF Davis Caught him bed hang
him. "Ne'sir,2 he replied. 'sdont YOU
believe that, JEFF. Davis ain, ihe man 10
hang fifteen hundred dollars, nor "asy
other man. Fm safe FL bet.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07

R We find in provincial paper 'ra
account of two culprits,' wLo escaped
from the custody Of the sheriff. and hid
tbemse Ives in g,in. They should.
when found, have been disehafgeds at,
once.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
Call and Settle.

All persons knowing themselves to be in.lebt
ed to the New Cash Store, will please call and
settle their accounts.
Remember short settlements make long
friends.
W. Fl. HUBBARD,
Upper Sandusky, June let 1861.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
wilson's Zouaves and the Habeas Cor
nus.

pus.
An anxious mother in New fork' TN
dertook to get her son released from Viii
son S Zouaves by a writ Of habeas corr
pus. A lawyer accordingly visited the
encampment and said, giving legal doc
ument to Col. Wilson;
cit commands you to surrender to me
the body of Francis Wright"
why do you want his Body%' asked
the colonel.
"lIe is not yet SIXTEEN" was the re-
sponse.
Here" said Col. Wilson. addressing
a subordinate officer, "find Francis
Wright, take off his coat: vest, shirt,
boots, stockings and hat. and deliver his
body to this rascal"
The lawyer found that. before he could
remove the body of Francis Wright from
the island, it would be necessary to sup
ply him with new wardrobe. and con
sequenily the body was temporarily lef
while the legal messenger went IN ques
Of rproprate habiliments.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
FORTRESS MONROE.

This, the largest and most important
fortress in the Emitted States, in being
reserved to the general government in
the contest with our Southern rebellion,
gives to tie government an immense de-
gree of power in the work Of restoring
Virginia to the Union. The fortress,
completely commanding the outlet Of the
James riser-which is the inlet to Nor
folk and R.chmond-comm also the
shelr,r Of blockading squadron for the
outlet IF Chesapeake Bay. SO that in
holding said fort the government, in lock-
ing up the bay, can, without difficulty,
completely lock up all the navigable wa
ters OF Virginia and Maryland for any
length of time.
The fortress covers some sixty five a
cres of ground, and is defended by four
hundred guns OF heavy cali5re, requ:r-
ing war garrison of twenty-five hun
drcd men. Over three thousand ere
within It's walls, and nine thousand more
will soon be addedfor outside operations
in the neighborhoota: Fhe locality Of
the fortress, "Old Point Comfort en-
joys such high reputation OF salubrity
that it has become one of our most ia
nous spaboarA Skinner resorts. The
II, gria HOTEL. close under the guns of
the fortress, will doubtless be turned o.
yer to the accommodation of the outside
federal troops. The surrounding Waters
literally swarm with fish, crabs and oys.
tiers; SO that the soldiers detailed TO this
military station will be in lnck. 1t is not
ike " however, that they will be allow ed
to appropriate the whole simmer TO sea-
bathing, fishing. grabbing and oystering.
The secessionists cannot hold Virgin ia
without holding Fortress Monroe, and the
people Of that State cannot long sustain
complete lock up from the sea.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
THE soLDrER,s cEorHrst,.

The clothingfo the q. s. army and
Navy is all inspected ny competeDt per-
sons. No cloth can pass that is not If
the req ed fabric and strength. Panss
or coats made of army or navy CLOTH
wear like irea. Agentleman informs usS
that he wore pair of pants made of i.
anentire year, in travelling through CAL
ifornia, and did not wear them out. SOL.
diers in the MEXICAN war, wore singls
suits all through the war. and broupk
them otit whole. 1t requires severe.
ram to wetthrough one of the army over
coats. And it is economy for the Gov
ernment to- farnish snch material for two,
reasons-its durability is such as to
make it cheap i'd the end. and protects
the soldiers in the Worst Of weather SO as
greatly to preserve their good health.