Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-10-17
STATE ITEMS.

Montpelier about the 10th Inst
Gen Mcclellan has named three of
the Notifications at Wa,hin -tol in honor
Of Vermont, or Vermonters, 10 wit Fort
Ethan Allen. battery Martin Scott. and
battery Vermont.
The Burlington Times -ays the So
Nor Cla>> in tie University lett Wsdue--
day on the I'D pat King-land, for the pur-
pose Of making -omc examinations oi the /
geological fol matipns at lie La Mott and !
CRAZY, undct the direction o. Professor /
IIungeriord.
The md -tering in Of the onmotn g, +.
Of the Cayald y Regiment II the different
ecruitiug iFon- +, proceeding rapidly
and will. it j. thought. bee compcfrd thi-
week. The Free Press learns that the
tents and cam - equipage have been procu-
red and shipped by Capt. Blodgett from
Philadelphia, and that the companie- will
begin to arri f. and 20 into camp to-day.
1t i la ed that there ar. nearly 400
more men crI listed tor the 9th Regiment
than are nee led to ill it.
II corret poudDut Of the 81 Adams
Messenger -av-. that Samuel Williams Of
thi. place. Is to b. Gov Holbrook'- pri-
vate Secretary.
Some forty men have been recruited AT
Bellows Fall for the 81 regiment. land
they have pitched their tent on the l.
land. south o the Island House.
The war feeling in Grafton ha- becom-
very strong. and especially % since the
great meetin on Fast day. Somr five or
/ sIx enlisted lat week, making in all 20
/ who have enlisted from that town.
/ Before the Norwich boy left to join
the Bradford Company, Mr. Henry Blood
of that town gave TO each OF the volun-
teer, so.
/ The Troy Wing say, that the Troy &
Boston freight train Oh Saturday after
noon brought from Vermont twenty-five
army wagonf destined for the seat Of war
what the Tribune calls - the real army
wagons"
| The Rev. :. 6. Abbott. late Of Brad
. ftrd. y. H., has accepted call to the
PASTORAL chatge OF the Baptist Church in
"' -a-i- =; To-
wi all
Tbs SUMMER furlough OF Norwich I'M
ver>ity expired on the 18th ult.- and the
fall term cor menced. During the vaca
ton. the South Barracks " were thor
oughlv repad red and now every room /.
occupied. The building /, tull to over
flowing. IDhe FREEMAN class has al
present nearly fifty member, and will sool
q xceed that humber A -ev"rai have not
arrived wh? intend entering tin, term
The institution l. certainly IN I. flourish
in condition
PICKET I-IFE "H THE UPPER F"To
WAc.-lh" picket- OF company extern
for some distance from ti'r quarters OF
company. winch are ioraiea GehrT''Il.
near the centre Of the Inc. FROM n'r
eight men are assigned 10 each Picke'
. where they form an almost indeprndeIi
family. They receive their ration D
bulk. and cook them ih"in-'i'"-. ne
arr 80 pl-uti'uily supplied THAT thy ~
cHah-" lhr -"E3-N- '+ t'.' " .''. ID,
nelghborlug .arm"r-. Some OF the pcs
81 hayr substantial L--,ched mus
= straw: Others build '-hal',Ie' Of board
- which they will line with straw /"
t picket, occupy the narrow strip Of Ian
j between thf Che-ap"ake ana DINO e''''
4 and tb~ Potomac river Ihe SCENERY
t. beautiful
- The life "a such charms for the me-
/ and ih"y "ipoE II 80 1rra5'E' ti'al ne
j. only fear - that they wall bee recalled
T. camp. th"'monotony Of winch l. inrrra.e
1 by the contrasting "Nc,trm"nt~ OF pick
:. life. The danger j. not 80 great Is I'D:
i be imagln"d. Tor IN front stretches II
r broad Potomac. from t"" Z" three hu'
DIRE. yards WIDE. studded II i true. wi