Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-11-07
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL.
Montpelier, Monday, Nov. 4, 1861


at least everything is blue excepting the sky.
And even that is fast turning to that color if
we may credit the signs of clearing off which
are given tonight A speck as large as a
mans hand is to be seen, and that is so much
more than we have seen for forty hours before
that we take courage.
The absence of all legislative 7excitement
and of nearly all the legislators leaves US the
denlzens Of quiet country village, and gos-
sip becomes the predominant habit. Apro-
pos of this we've Just received little gossip
ing timber. Senator v heeler this forenoon
received letter from an acquaintance of his
in the Second Regiment, the one which has
been represented as in a suffering condition
and whence that memorable appeal has just
issued to the Honorable Assembly of Yer
m)rt. Senator Wheeler assures me that his
correspondent is a man OF integrity and can
dor. This last will appear from the extract
make. 1t is taken trcm the midst of a long
letter concerning private affairs and had no
connection with the other part.
I'VE had quite a laugh few days since.
upon reading speech of a member Of the
House. He made out that WE were in a sor-
ry pi1ht that we were about baretooted and
ra1-"d, with sleeves torn off-in fact that our
sutfrrings equalItd those OF our torpt4thers at
Valley Forge. ] don't think that everybody
will believe these st0fieS at home certainly
hope not 1t cannot be denied that we
! hare suffered somewhat. For couple OF
months after the Bull Run scrape we were, in
! great want Of underclothing but our wants
| have been supplied For the first fortnight
| OF the cold weather there were but few over
! coats and we suffered some from cold, but
! lately large number Of overcOats (beloag-
ing to the first Regiment) have been dlstrib-
uted. | should Judge that one half of the reg
| iment Is now supplied with the coats and we
! expect the rest soon. TO be sure, our old
! gray clothes looked dirty and ragged, but
| then they wore like iron, and were not so
| bad as represented. Within a couple of
! weeks pants have been distributed Nearly
| all the new recruits are uniformed through
| cut and three full Companies and about a
| dozen from the Other companies. You will
| see that at present we are pretty we'll sup
| phed. BY the way, great activity was dis
| played IN the quartermaser's department
| about the time Gen. Davis was here: indeed,
| should this activi'y be kept up for a week We
| should be bountitully supplied You will see
that we only suffered for underclcthing after
the battle, and since the cold weather b gan.
| We certainly ought TO be we'll clothed as 1t
( is none too pleasant TO spend these cold
nights shlvering."
The member of the House" in question |
am sure | can not determine any more than
| could find the man with carpet bag" in
a crowd at the railroad station. For few are
the men who have rot made some speech on
the question eithar inside or outside of the
State House.
General Davis official return and this let
ter which sustans bis view have both the
recommend of making definite statements
They make positive assertions and make use
of the nine common sense digits in comput-
ing the suilcrines of the soIers a. well a,
the remedies employed Now with this in
mind I've hecn examining the protest Of SC
solemn form which is claimed as Il sumner
| don't find any thing which denies thi, posi-
lively although -reat deal is implied. Col
Whiting did not deny that the Government i
about to come to their rescue. Nor dos ht
by positive statement make out that the,
have suffered more than Gen. Davis admits
But the whole zone of the memorial j. ave
could tell something awful if we Ct ose."
Senator Merrill OF Windsor County anC
Representative Morgan of Lincoln have gon,
home sick, and it is said MIR. Merrill will no
be abe to return. This will give Windsor
only three Senators the rest OF the time
The census gives this county onv three in al
fer next year. E. H. PLel ps who poet'-cd it
Rutland County SO successfully last winter i
TO deliver ,car poem here next Friday eve
mHg. Each House this afternoon performed
the solemn farce of meeting to see if ther,
was quorum and adj"urning Immediately
! Most OF the members will arrive on the nigh
trains. j. O. d.