Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-09-26
WAR MATTERS
The New York Commercial Advertiser
makes the subioinededitorial statement


the national troops are concerned, there IS
no probability OF an engagement within thlr-
ty days OF course, if attacked, there will
be general and severe battle. Our troops
are we'll prepared to meet any number the
enemy may bring, but for perfection in the.
arrangements for the onward movement, it Is.
deemed be st to accomplish some things which
NAV not bt. effectually done in less time than
thirty days These matters have no refer
ence, we believe, to the raising Of more men,
the goveru ment being satisfied that il has all
that it will require
A Washington letter saws that the nation
al troops in and about Washington are per
10. ming a great amount OF work in tortiiying
the approaches to that city, and that with
one months work Of the kind now going on,
fifty thousand men. if they were good soldiers,
could hold Washington for three months
against ha a million o. men.
From Western Vir9in.. We have the an
ncXrd par 1~aph
Gen. CbxtJr some time Al Gauiey Bridge,
abont ta5erIty miles rom Carntex Ferry, had
an interview with Gen. Ro-en"ranz, at camp
Scott. H. moved h's corp about sixteen
mics towafd, Lowi-ourI. pursuing Floyd
/ Moo k, Brigade joined INN on Saturday,.
On Mond4 " Gen. Cox took fifteen prisoners.
Including D surLeon and Ieutaaanj Of ar1a-
lery.
Tn" 1ydund"l IT amp S.or 4r- doing
well. and twruty-u.nc A.y" lcfr Tor Ciu in
natl. G-u. Srh-nrk is il, Grafton. Three
regiments trou Indiana. hav- entered VIZ
ainia at parkrr-blrI 70 rrtutorc. Reynolds
Al Cheat MJIntaiu.
Floy1.I al last adyires va. rcrreating. with
the boa4r tia, BE- had kiri two hundred Al
on. tire. He is Iau1 h"d a. a. 4 ora4-art and
boastcr.
Vessel, continue 70 arrive at Washington
with tr-rkhf, and rrpor, thai they are unmo-
Tested on the pi--a2. UP TIA" Po.omar.
The iron-clai. II boat building n. Mystic
Conn, for thu Government. viii be 2'p feet,
long. 81 fee. wide. and ] = feet deep >I-
will be half briL riLged. and vii, carry very
heavy armament, Her armor will con-i-, oil
railroad iron and steel plate, botei through
the entire side OF the vessel. she VIII o-
completed in about ninety days,
The question Of winter quarters for the ar
mics, Is thus alluded TO by the Washington
/ correspondent Of the BaI'inore Sun
1t is a military question now, bow and
( where the immense armies now in the t~l: in
/ this country. are 20 - quartered this winter
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/ oak and hickory wool tor re army quar-
ter,. within five miles OF this place.
The Government Treasury Not. ~. large
w received hv the soldiers. a, a preference.
( One pevnta,,.- took l~-, than 5000. Oh. Of
/ -. CDu. IN r0l AMI silver.
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.i.a -oyerum-u-~. The London War.huan
= ow, h, j. ,h~ bearing Of our esr on slavery
affect, tht English mind. Thai. ~ t4-r. j.
the rarirll point 70 winch the Ea.l>h people
look. in % ,irr 10 d,,ld,. how far they an
,ymp*ih4 J.. with H. The Wat-hIn4u. re-
trrrin- 20 the Conti,c alton A.. o., CONGRESS.
saws:
AS Ne ,ge have no reliable account of
this meas urp bu, II ha. been described A.
containing I a claus. to the effect rha, 'When-
ever. JurEn., the. urr-ent Instruction. q. v
Per'on fgld 10 service or LABOR that Is any
slave pan u" employer IN military OF Ia
val srr'' E. rn,Tghcnne't> etc. the person
10 "hoH! fuch iah'r or service Is cue s"a'
forirIt lbs clam TO the same But II me
master 10 Fielt his CLAIM to the IaooF OF ~"
slave, "hP else can nave any lain ana Is
not IN" ooniman tree Snch c'au>r ihu''
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