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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-20

CAIRO, req. H.
To Major Gen, Mcclellan:
The Union flag floats over Fort Donelson.
The Carondelet, Capt. Walker, brings the
Glorious Intelligence, The Fort surrendered
at nine o'clock yesterday, Sunday morning.
Gems. A. S. johnson and Buckner, and i5,-
900 prisoners, and q large amount Of materi-
al of war are the trophies Of the victory.
Loss heavy on both sides
Floyd, the thief, stole away during the
night previous with 5000 men, and is de-
nounced by the rebels as traitor.
! am happy to inform you that Flag Officer
Eoo.e; though suffering with his foot, with
the noble characteristics of our army, not
withstandng his disability, will take up i'm
mediately two gun boats, and with the eight
mortar boats which he will overtake will
make an immediate attack on GAINESVILLE, if
the state of the weather will permit.
We are now firing national salute fsom
Fort Cairo, Gen. Grants late post, in honor
of the glorious achievement.
Signed, GEO. w. CULLUM,
Brig. General of Volunteers.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-20
Chicaan Feb 1;

Chicago, Feb. 7th.
The news of the surrender Of DoneIson
received this morning, created the widest
enthusiasm. Business of all kinds was tenn
porarily suspended. The board Of trade ad-
journed at an early hour. The people claim
the honor of the victory for Illinois, the
troops there being twenty-five regiments of
Illinois, six of Iowa and four Indiana. -
There was also fragments of Illinois cavalry
and six companies of artillery from Missouri
A special TO the Times, dated Fort Donel-
son 18th, says Fort Donelson surrendered a
daylight this morning Internationally. We
have Gems. Buckner, johnson, Busted and
$4,000 prisoners and 5000 horses. Gems.
Pillow aud Floyd, with their brigades, ran
away on steamers with ut letting Gen. Buck
ner know their intention.
Gen. Smith led the charge on the lower
end Of the works, and was the first inside the
Notifications. The Fort Henry runsways
were bagged here.
The prisoners are loading on the steamers
for Cairo. ~.
Our loss is heavy, probably four hundred
killed and eight hundred wounded. We lose
large per centaee of officers. Among them
are Coils. Irwin of the Illinois goth, White of
the 3lst and Smith of the 4Sth, Coils. John
A. Logan, Sawyer and Ransom are wound
ed. Major Post of the 8th Illinois, with 200
privates are prisoners and have gone to Nash
vile, having been taken the night before the
surrender
The enemy's loss is heavy but not so large
as ours, as they fought behind entertainments
We should have taken them by storm Sat
urday if our ammunition had not given out
in the night.
Gen. McGlernand' division, composed of
Gems. Oglesby, Wallace and McArthur's
brigades, suffered terribly. They were COM
posed of the Sth, 9th, 18th, 18th, goth, 10Th,
S0tb, 31st, 45th, 4sth and 49th Illinois regi-
| ments, Gen. Lew Wallace with the 18th
Indiana, Sth Missouri and some Ohio regi-
ments participated. Taylor's, Willardss,
| McAllister's, Schartz's Decesses' batteries
were in the fight from the commencement
The enemy turned our right for half an
hour but our lost ground was more than re-
gained.
Gen. Lawman's brigade of Gen. Smiths
| division was the first TO the LAWYER end of the
enemy's works, which was done by charge
| of bayonets, and nine-tenths of the rebels
| were pitted against our right Our forces
| on the right were ready all night to recon-
mence the attack. On Sunday morning
they were met on their approach by white
flag, Gen. Buckner having sent early in the
morning a despach by Gen. Grant surren-
dering. The rebels lose AS field pieces, Z
heavy guns, 10000 stand of arms, besides a
large quantity of commissary stores.
The rebel troops are completely democrat
| lied, and have no confidence in their leaders,
as they charge Pillow and Floyd with de.
sertiug them. Our troops from the moment
of the investment of the Fort on Wednesday.
lay on their arms night and day, half the
| time without provisions, all the time without
tents, and portion of the time in a heavy
storm OF rain and snow.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-20

including T. Il. Riley, OF Cincinnati two
wounded, among them Lieut., Kendall.
On the Louisvill', five sailors were killed.
four were slightly wounded-two severely
each having both arms shot away.
On the Carondelet, four were killed, six
badly wounded, including William Hinton
the pilot, and two severely wounded.
On the Pittsburgh, two were wounded.
The force en- route for Fort Donelson had
mostly come up, and we're located on the
lett
Gen. Wallace, with the steamer Missouri
and 18th Indiana Regiment arrived on
Friday.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-20

Our soldiers learned of the existence
of torpedoes in the river above Fort Hen
~, through the incautious remark of the
wife of a rebel officer, that the Federal
boats could not pass certain point with
out being blown up. Those which were
hauled up were found to be hollow cam
nisters, filed with seventy pounds of pow
der each, and arranged to be discharged
by leaver, operated by a prong which
projected nearly TO the surface of the
water. The things would have been
harmless, however, as they were found to
be soaked with water.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-20
Cairo, Feb. IL

Cairo, Feb. IL.
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretay of Navy.
The Carondelet has just arrived from Fort
Donelson, and brings information of the cap
ture of that fort by the land forces yesterday
morning, with $4,000 prisoners. johnson
and Buckner we're taken prisoners. The
loss was heavy on both sides. Floyd es-
capped with 5000 men during the night. l
60 up with the gunboats, and as soon as pos
sible will proceed up to Clarksville. Eight
mortar boats are on their way, with which l
hope to attack Clarksville. My foot is pain
full, but the woand is not dangerous. The
army behaved gloriously. l shall be able to
take but two iron-clad gunboats With me, as
the others are disabled. The trophies are
immense. The particulars will soon be
given.
A. II. FOOTE,
Flag Officer.
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Paine, Allen, Pond Il Co.

PAINE co. now offer their stock of Winter
CT othing al I.C crices.
RUTLAND, January l, 1892.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-20

jeff Dav is isto be inaugurated as Presi-
dent of the Southern Confederacy, on the
22d Of February-Washington's birth day.
There should be funeral procession instead
cs n;lisscc e7s.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-20

DAME & co. now have on hand
L large stock of Mems and Boys Clothing, which
they offer to the public at great bargains. Please
call and examine.
CRAMroE NICHOLS, BLOCK.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11

a short ESSAY on Doass

As I propose to question the utility Of
the canine race if / am not met by gen
eral howl from the dogs, probably shall
be by one from the dog tanciers. But
discussion is the best means to deveiope
truth, and ii the dogs and their friends
cannot sustain their merits, they must 60
under.
! regard the whole canine race az q
nuisance. There are individual exceptions,
but speak of the aggr gate.
The tales of sagacity and affection so
often related are mostly iictions; and if
true, are few and far between, and confined
to some peculiar breeds, and are bat
feeble set off to the evils that flow from
the thousand ours OF o." low degree. They
destroy more eggs and chickens than the
vermin they drive away would if unmo-
Tested; they kill more sheep than the
wolves did in their palmiest days; and
there are more rabid dogs in this section
OF country than any other with which
was ever acquainted.
Persons have died of IIydrophobia in
this county every wear, and frequently
several In year VIII the friends of the
DOGS tell Us how many dogs would be "a
fair st OF against the horrors Of one such
death. or even of the terror constantly
excited in the community from fear ot
that terrible malady? Would alt the dogs
that exist or That NAV be expected to
exist, be an equivalent?
If dogs are to be kept, those which
show some degree of intelligence only
should he tolerated, and the number
should be reduced. ~ the excessive mum
bel living upon inproper, food Is prob
ably the cause Of so frequent occurrence
of IIydrophobia.
Our last LEGISLATURE enacted law au
thorizing counties TO make any regulations
BY tax or otherWi-c regarding d"gS. and
this county has laid Il tax OF one dollar
on each dog The collectors are not an
tholileG To levy ON property L" make the
tax. but each person owning or koelduG
dog i required To pay To the cOli"cturaho
receive u receipt, giving a DESCRIPTION O
the dog which receipt i 4 license to keel
the dog described and any person Neep
ing a dog without snch license, can be suet
in an action of debt, and made to pay ter
dollars and costs or indicted by the grarI
Jury and made 10 pay fine OF tn
amount; or if he will Kill IL" dog, 1t Wi
clear him from both tax a"d penalty.
was thought that any person havIaa goc'
dog would freely pay the tax. II by ST
doing he cou.d r.d the country OF the
worthless and dangerous animals.
The lew i sanitary regulation, ana j.
derived from the same source a tie poWe
! TO exclude Small Pox, restrain dangerous
animals and to license wAI~key selling
~uc3, or "a similar lav : in toce in mos
F Of the older states. and their laws arr
made more yIGid at each revision. 1t j. e
be- hoped hat Il majority Of the dogs vii
be Killed. as their exit will be more val
uatle than the tax. l.
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The Stone BIockade.

Late accounts from Charleston state
that nothing-not even the great fire
had cast SO deadening a pail over the
spirits OF her people as the closing up of
her harbor by sinking the stone vessels in
the channel Ordinary individual energy
and enterprise can soon restore the waste
of cofagration-new business structures
rapidly rise over the ruins Of the destroyed
but the closing of her harbor-the o6-
struction of that channel by which the
business of the city had communication
with the outer world-tlis isolation OF
the city degrading her from the dignity
and importance OF seaport to an lnsiS
nificant inland town-this was felt as
calamity indeed which time nor individual
energy could repair.
1t must be confessed, the measure at
frs, blush, looks like one of needless
harshness. The war in which we are en-
gagged processes 70 be waCed to restore,
not to destroy When the general gov
ernment shall have succeeded in reganing
its lost authority in the rebeilious districts,
and peace and order shall be restored,
surely it is not expected that the again
loyal people Of Charleston will quietly
submit to remain shut out from the outer
world cut off from commercial inter-
course with the rest of mankiLd-a closed
port--wlth no prospect before them but
decay and ruin. Such, we apprehend,
cannot be the intention of the government.
| The measure can only be justified on the
ground of temporary expediency. Was ii
more economical to close up Charleston
harbor by sinking stone-ships and remov
ing them at the end Of the war, .han to
keep a fleet needed elsewhere at the QUITE,
end OF the channel?
In this view, certainly, the indignation
| of the London Times, over the closing W
! of those natural channels of commerce
which the Creator had prepared for the
convenience of man" borders on the ride
ulous. 1t is simply railing cut against
making effectual blockade which the
same Tines has been abusing our govern
| ment for not making more effectual.
| 1t should be borne in mind, also, that
our government was not the first to sci
/ the example in thus blockading Charles,
| ton h.rbor As long ago as last January
when government talked Of sending sup
plies to the her ole Anderson and his little
| band the government of South Caroline
! itself actually inaugurated this business by
! sinking five schooners in the channel t
prevent Federal ships from approachin:
Fort Sumpter. Not only did they Gu
off their own noses in this way at Charles
ton, but they have done it at Savannah
A correspondent of the n. Orleans Delta
| of late date, writes exultingly from Sa
vannah as follows:
Savannah is now unapproachable 10y
water. Her channels are blocked up witt
hulks, which the Yankee gunboats car
never pass. If Savannah be attacked /
must be BIZ land Georgia is a populou
State and her people have nobiy rallied t.
the rescue of their chief seaport.
We rather imagine, if the London 7sme
had been aware Of these facts, it woul'
somewhat have modified the tone OF it
Indignant comments on Lincolns ston
feet.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11

AN 1912 WAR STORY The following
we believe has never seen print. Ogden
II otiman used to tell the story. He was
in the great fiji between the Constitution
and Guerrero. and SAID that, as the British
ship came sailing down on them, as they
heard the sharp orders when the gus
were run out, and the men could be seen
ready with their matchlocks, an officer
came in haste to Capt Isaac Hull and
asked for orders to fire Not yet" was
nearer, and the British vessel poured in
her tle, the first Lieutenant of the Con
stiIution came on the poop and begged
permission to return the broadside, saying
that the men could not be restrained much
longer Not yet, was the indifferent
reply. Still nearer the British ship came,
aud the American prisoners, who were in
the cockpit of the Guerrer, afterwards
said that they began to believe that their
own country men We're afraid to measure
their strength with the enemy, and this
thought gave them more pain than the
wounds which some of them were still
suffering from. In moment after the
GueiIier rode galianily forward showing
her FURNISHED sides; and rs the swell
carried her close to the very muz1les Of
'Old Ironsides, Capt Hull. who was then
quite fat, and dressed in full tights bent
himself twice to the deck, and with every
muscle and vein throbbing with excite
ment. shouted, Now, boys, pour it iuto
them !" That broadside settled their
opponent, and when the smoke cleared
away, the Commodores tights were seen
to be split from waistband to heel
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11
PogT ROYAL.

The Vanderbilt arrived at New ork on
Saturday from Port Royal, bringing 1867
bales of cotton. Size also brings the truth
of the rumors that had come by Southern
papers of n fight at Port Poyai Ferry. The
SIMPLE fact is, that about the 2Sth of Dec.
the U. s steamer Mayflower, while making
q circuit around Port Royal Island, was
fred upon by battery at Port Royal
Ferry, upon which he withdrew This
WIS the "repulse'' the secessia dispatches
talked Of Thereupon Gen Stevens or
sanized an expedition to look after THIS
battery 1t consisted Of four gunboatS
and six regiments of foot They started
from Beaufort and arrived at the Ferry On
were round In the woods near the fort
who were soon dispersed and the troops
entered the fort, found it deserted and
fort was destroyed and the expedition re.
turned to Beaufort 1t is not certain, but
rebel accounts say, that Gen. Stevens had
taken possession of the railroad from
Charleston 20 Savannah
Gen. Butler, from Ship Island. has made
. landing at Biloxi, on the mainland, to
the great CONSERVATION of the people
Of Mississippi in that region.
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CAIRO.


The gun-boats and mortar-tugs are all
ready for a movement forward. Some of
the troops, however, particularly cavalry,
are said to be still deficient in arms. A
few scouting parties 20 Charleston and
Madrid have diversified the movements Of
resulting in no fights, but taking some
secession prisoners, with lot of mules
and horses.
Pillow and Polk have quarrelled at
Columbus, resulting in the resignation of
the former Over 10000 men have been
withdrawn during the week from Column
bus to Bowling Green, leaving but about
25 600 men at the former place.
Yesterdays dispatches indicate an I'M
portant movement on the eve of departure
from Cairo. $1,000 troops are now on
their way to that point, who with those at
Cairo and Paducah, are to unite next
week in grand column of $4,000 mer
and start, under Gen. Grant,-somewhert
the surposition Is, towards Nashville
and there uniting with Buells command
the whole army will proceed to New
lOrleansi
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11

NATIONAL FINANCEs.-Secretary Chase
gency, without immediate aid from Con-
gress, can there be n dollar left IN the
Treasury after the Ist of February. ct
Congress has been in session five weeks
and thus far not even increment appears
to have been made towards replenishing
the treasury The "nigger, as usual, has
absorbed the whole attention, doing more
damage than the secession army has done
in the same time No wonder officers III
the army have Mortified the congressional
demagogues by saying they would be
nearly as much gEatilied to drop few
shells into the Hall of Congress as into a
secession fortress. Secretary Chase re-
commended the immediate issue of $780,
100000 demand treasury notes. The
bankers exciaim against this scheme, de
c,arisc that the demand notes already
issued have driven them into suspension,
! and that $lOO, 900, 900 more, without means
to redeem them, will depreciate them to
Is cts on the dollar, deranging the whole
business of the country THEY present the
scheme of Exchequer bills, bearing 800
per cent interest, convertible into pei
cent government stocks. The committee
of Congress seems to have come to dead
lock over these opposing schemes Mean
time the government is drifting rapid,
into bankruptcy.
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EuRorr-The tone of the British pres

EUEorE-The tone Of the British press
OH the Trent affair has Very perceptibly
moderated since the first outbreak. -
There is an evident anxiety felt that the
rebel commissioners be given up, and thus
British feeling to the bott IN, that the
hostility to America is much less than
was imagined, and a peaceable solution o.
the Trent difficulty would evidently be
hailed with JOY by all except perhaps the
"cotton lords and few other not very
good lords"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11
Incidents a. tie =, Il baidIneEt Of Fort
pisL eAs.

The f1ilowi"r extract J. from n letter
written by an officer ou board the United
States steamer T.. hmord, after the bonn
l5dm-u. oi Fort PicEeu-
81 went bv iuy.,atio1 81 Lieut. -, Of
tie c.-.rea.=. u visit tie font Took q
Circuit Gs-t os the coyesed way, then Of
tlep.,a-a' and ram! arts III around Ire
fngl. inside and out. were marks o. the
cue"y~ shot and shell. ON tn" @!ae'~,
l.s.- and There. are. deep groves. e-a5a. iu
"a ,es-. hole. ..Ac.,. tie shot had llt:"Ied
into d.. auI where there had been shell
which lad hu.-.. The hole wasa great
excavation. into ,,ili,-i Won could drive au
Dy.e.r Where the rroi-rti.r- have struck
til. Standing walls thcy have chivI 81 ca
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11
The Illinois Central Railroad and Tie

Froaa the sprin. f'd Cor. It Louie Democrat.
A statement i made hy the JaD.s,a. this
morning. that the limos Central iallIo.a
refuses To pay into th- State Treasury tA,'
=, per cent OF It's earnings when u - re
CURED By the terms % its chatter 10 Joy.
aud the June and December lA5n..., q
now in atrels, amount IL some - if,3lj.--
The reason alleged iy the officers 81 The
road Tor the uo1pIyni enl- i 4 cial'n ".l!- a
the rua'i has Tor transportation. blt the
xic.F OF ti,sg-s- gen sirr1i-.I IN attempting 10
road pays the State, by way OF taxes, l.
clearly wrong. ~ hat private individual!
would attempt, or wou!d be allowed, 10
Offset his claim against the State, howrycr
Just, by way OF reducing his taxes The
Central Road has been greatiy favored Is
the State Illinois, AID ought not nov to
exhibit ingratIiude.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11

General IIalleck is described as being a
pattern of official biuutuess Perfectly
accessible, he has nevertheless an eiiec-
tual way of riddirg himself OF bores Be.
fore the visitor has had time to max e
either his name or his business known, he
salutes him with: Have you any busi-
ness with me. SIR? finds ont what be
wants nips his lPng speeches in tie bud );
gives him prompt reply and bows him
out Once in while man comes out Of
the audience chamber with suspicion
that he has been snubbed; but the great
majority admire his directness.-Chicago
journal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11

Down on PEoCIAMATIoNs.-An Indiana
General named Dumont, having landed on
Kentucky soil with regiment or two,
signalizels the important event by follow
ing the usual course of one horse generals
in issuing proclamation General Buell.
showed his appreciation of it by issuing a
counter-proclamation prohibiting all gen.
erals in department from issuing any more
proclamations or other similar addresses
to the public.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11

The REBEL ARNy-An explanation may
be found of the manifest indisposltion to
move forward at Washington in the fact
that most of the recruits in the rebel
army are - months men, whose time ex.
pires in February Most OF them are said
to be heartily disguised with the service
and will on no condition re enlist. An
attempt to detain them by force would
lead to open mutiny. The Richmond pa
pers are unable to conceal their alarm Oh
this subject.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11
kETUcEY.

movement in Kentucky. The bridge
across Green River was completed last
Saturday, ard this week Buelrs whole
army was expected to cross over. Buck
ner has destroyed the railroad from 5
miles beyond Green River to Glasgow
Junction. As it is but 40 miles from
Green river 20 Bowling Green. and the
roads are good, this may not interfere
with Buell's forward Increment. Marshall,
in East Tennessee, is running from Col
Garfield, who is marching on Prestonburg.
Schoepff ann Zellicofer mold their old
positions.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11

RECEIPTS OF HoGs-The receipts of hogs
in this city were greater during the past
week than was ever known in the same
lensth of time heretofore The number
of live hogs received was 10, 1O4 and of
dressed hogs 1926. The number of hogs
slaughtered and packed to the present
date is 100000 head This immense
cheering business has been done with
in a few weeks. with very un.avorable
weather to interfere with its operations
The humber of cattle that have been
slaughtered is $4,000 head. The receipts
during the last week by railroad were
$4,000. The packing business of Chicago
is fast becoming immense.-CM. Tmes
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11

MICHIGAN L. S. SENAToR.-The legsla-
ture of Michigan, on Saturday, elected
the Hon Jacob NJ Howard to the U. s.
Senate, in place of Bingham, deceased.
Mr. Howard made q speech by way of
acknowledging the compliment, in which
he said never word about the niger
which is regarded as quite hopeful sign
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-11

BEiTIsH TiopP SHIP WRECKED For n
week past portions OF a vessel have dritted
ashore at Cape Breton, on the coast OF
Newfoundland, leaving no doubt but one
of the shipe despatched from England TO
Canada with troops has been lost with all
on board The Toronto GIode, speculating
on the subject, arrives at the conclusion
that the vessel was either the Melbourne
or Cleopatra, either of which had at least
500 men on board with large amounts of
ordnance stores, ammunition, &c