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Elliott's battalion

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WOOL WOOL !
ELLIOTT's BATTALION.

NAsrtO lev more recrol,s 10 Complete
w tb.Ve Battalion. Pay tG per month. Uaifoins .nd
furnished Term Of months uns soousr dis
charged hOm sersice Apply
JOHN y. G. Porfs. o.pt,
,,,,. Exchange Bsnt.
AZ the barracks.
Al rnle shO enroll port At one. At the ka
Iseks Canal re t. the Petersburg Depot fassI
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-11-07
IRASBURGH, VERMONT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Z 1862.

within a week Of the time when frs
met him 10 the police court room.
There may be some who are DESTROYS
to know whatever more can tell them
about the garnet ring. l will therefore
add that soon after the trial have de-
scribed, the morning papers reporte1
Mary Murray to have been convicted OF
stealing a ring, and fined twenty dollars.
falling 10 pay which, she Wa sent to jail.
And this further. No longer ago than
last summer, l met Miles Allen, on a
pleasant Sunday afternoon, leading fine
little boy, who looked the very image OF
Selma White, as when | first saw her.
Leaning on Miles right arm was Selma
herself, and what was curious, on her
little left hand, which c!ung to the strong
muscular arm, was the idrrtcal garn-t
ring that had proved her oan3r.-
Perhaps she was proud Of il, and desir
ell having it seen and admired perhaps
it was so large it might have torn or
misshaped her glove. At any rate
whatever her reason for SO doing may
have been, she wore it in plain sight,
and l knew it as well as Miles Allen
swore he did, long years before.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-11-07

THE PUBLIC DEBT-The following
statement is made in the last reports
from Washington: The representa-
ton made in some quarters that the pub
lie debt has reached two thousand million
dollars is a gross exaggeration. On the
first day of the present month it was only
1920, 100000, and is now less than
s66O,OOO,00O This amount includes the
entire circulation, and every species Of
note, and between seventy and eighty
millions debt OF the late Administration,
but excepts ex claims for which no re-
auisitions have yet been made but which,
adjusted aud uuadjusted, cannot exceed
twenty million dollars"
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Attention, Sharpshooters.

The following circular issued by Capt.
John T. Drew, late Of tue Vermont Sec
ond j, well worthy the attention Of our
people;-
Il need not tell you of the almost in,
calculable advantage of this arm of the
service, for it i, written on every page
that tells Of battles lost or won. The
rebels have many thousands OF Sharp
shooters; some of them are allowed to
90 to the field with their old familiar
rife" aud shoot when and where they
please. The large proportion of officers
killed on our side testihes to the great
service these rebel marksmen do.
Our government is anxious to throw
into the field more of this class Of men.
| have authority 20 raise, under the gov
ernor, five companies Of one hundrt d
men each. The gnv4rnor does not think
best that they should be callrd into ramr
until another call for troops shall have
been made, but that we should find ia
each town noble few who will pledge
their honor TO go as soon as more troops
shall be called for from Vermont. In
this way we shall have battalion ready,
so that we have only to call for them,
and at once from plow, workshop, store
and school will come the noble defender,
Of our land. You will meet at place
designated in your county to organize
yourselves into a company and elect your
officers as soon as a call comes for more
troops, and have named time and place
for such a meeting. As soon as you are
organized into companies you will be fur
ui,hrd with "Sharp's Revolving Rife
>pIendidly fitted and sent on to the seat
o. war. All the FIVE hundred Will 60
together as Vermont Battalion OF
Sharpshooters." Your duties will b.
simple" watch and kili.' You will
have no digging, no working no" camp
duty" 70 standing guard, but will be
kept to the front on picket duty, or sent
forward as scouts and skirmiShers. Come,
then, sons Of Vermont, your country
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that he thought it no nnnanly thing to
give a ring to the girl he loved best, and
he was not unwilling to have it known
that the pretty, modest looking Selma
White was that gid, though she was now
in the prisoners deck on trial as a board
ing-house thief
"Now," said the judge, turning to the
clerk, Il think we will look at those sto-
len clothes again" They we're produced,
and on being examined, there was found
fastened 20 some bead trimming which
ornamented the dress, a bit of brown
/ plush, the same in shade and fabric with
that the clerk had secured. In tie
meantime an officer had returned from
Mary Murrai's lodgings (where he had
gone at my suggestion) with brown
plush cap, which she had lately finished
ard on COMPARISON it was found that il
material wa the same with the shred'
before in court.
The testimony was now all in, and ]
rose to maketLe defence. l went over
the evidence and showed that there was
nothing against the prisoner but the one
fact Of possession, always a strong one, I
admi,t.d h,t in th:s casa m wa',,led nv
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u"'y No'."2 > 4oo'" ~ oo'"'" IT..
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S'i' ca l"u al oPPo''O"''y ~ ''S'e" use"
uPo" Tue o'eS' ~ d sOuus" Il "';2'. -. II on
linz bap? PERHAPS" | suggested. "lIary.
Murray miobt Tell Ms She had 2 s.m;.
lar shred attached 70 her shawl, and i il
not no,,jblp nav. probable. that she
could tell how and where its fellow be-
came attached to the stolen dress p
Might it not have been caught in a tenn
porary lodgment in her room, or by con-
tact with her own clothes? How else p
In view of all the circumstances proved.
it was easier to believe that Mary Muir.
raw had stolen the cDhes and then put
them in SeIena Whites carpet. bag. in
order TO ruin her and oct her out Of IN,
wov than tho, Selma had stolen them
7 ,ben topcbad pnon the garnet rinu
,houioc + rrd,,h,.dl, bolo,csd 70 tbe
.r;,ooo, ond bod ham ,.lar from, her
,n,.. ,., ..Lo, H.. -,.,., nr,;.l., had
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baL;nr hand. ond lo,ohiro and ,alkipo
q fast tbat one cooI5 hardly understand
,;o, learned This Lowavar thar L,
md Selma loved each o,her too we'll to
70 far senarated; that Selma had come
q oct work near Miles a, his SUGGESTION
hat owing to a series of bIunders not so
,asilv explained as freouantly met with.
he had failed to find him on her arrival.
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tiently catching up the end Of her shawl
shook off the shred.
turned to the judge. Will your
) honor direct that the shred be secured
; shall have something to do with it,"
1t was picked up, and handed to the
clerk.
| Mary Murray was still on the stand
| resumed my questions to her. You
, board in the same house with Selma
White p
Yes
"Is your room near hers p
, No, hers is in the attic, and mine i.
chamber over a back tea ROOM"
"Was Selma ever in your room :" ]
had learned one or two facts from Selma
before l put the last question.
No, she never was; Inever had any
thing to do with her.
Were you ever in Selinas room 2"
'Not while she had it; except the day
the policeman searched it."
Did you then handle the clothes
found in the carpet-bag?'
No; the policeman allowed no one
to touch them
"When did you last see Mrs. Wilson
wear the delaine dress that has been
shown here 2
Il can't tell exactIyj not for some
months"
Has it been in your room, among
the plush caps, to your knowledge?'
No, sir?'
Mary Murray was dismissed.
Inow called Miles Allen. At mention
Of this name the little girl 1T my side
started forward, as If she had received
an electric shock, then sank back, aud
held her hands tightly together, as if she
was struggling with some powerful feel
ing. She looked steadily at this wines,
as she had done at those who preceded
him, but her color kept coming and 90
ing, and she was excited and anxious.
Miles Allen answered to his name, and
employment he was a carpenter, came
from Ne" jersey; had been here about
six months.
do you know the pFisoneF' asked
The gl'ls eyes were iuII OF tears Ou'
there was a look OF hope, almost Of 'r-
umph, on her face as he O'untly answer
ed, Yes, sir do
"Where did you know Aer"
." here we ooIn came irom' IN ne"
Jersey
no" Io"s nave you A''o"' "e'
Ever sI"ee sue was 0o'"' A"O
Aho" her 100 wen 10 oF"oNe u'y se"' u
let anyoouy else oe''eFe sue " 'N'0',
Never nl'"u our oi' i'''''o" u "e' '""'
ac'er ho"' S"'u '"0 JuuSe' 0 'ou
Kno" ahy'h'nS ABOUT '"e P'es0''' '"S'
Il Know as much as 'h's' 'ua' lDe'e
the same Iuzz on Inc c'o'"eS '"ey say
Selma stoIe' as was hanging 10 'n"' gay
girls shawl
New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11
POLITICAL NEWS.

In the Id Massachusetts District the Repub.
licans have nominated OAKES AMEs of Easton a.
their candidate for Congress. Mr.. Ames is one OF
the celebrated Ames Manufacturing Company, aud
is man of large business experience and sound
talent The district now embraces twelve towns III
Bristol, twelve in Plymouth, aud ten in Norfolk
County. The cd Hid Distr ct was good for two
Repub lean vote. to one of all other SORTS Boston
papers cay that there will probably be union of the
Opposition OIL WIN. d. Swan, in the faint hope Of
defeating Mr.. Ames.
-JoHS +. STARR of Camden has been selected
as the Republican Union candidate for Congress in
the LIST District of NewJersey, the southern portion
of the State. John 7. Nixon now represents the old
LIST District lie is Republican, and had l l06 ms
jority over Leaning, Dem.
In the lid District of New.Jersey the Union.
lists yesterday unanimously nominated ORXsTEs a..
BRowSsoS for Congress. His opponen. is the pres
ent Democratic member, VIM. G. Steele, who was
elected io 1860 by 2,iOj majority.
The Joint Committee Of the Vermont Legisls-
ture. appointed to canvass the popular vote for the
State officers submitted their report yesterday
ing. The vote for Governor stands as follows:
Hobrook. Rep, % ,5i3; Smally, Dem. 3,772. For
Lieutenan'-Governor, Dillingham;, Rep, 1858;
Chaplin, Dem, 3, $50.
The peoples Union County Convention last
evening nominated DAVID X. JAQUEs of the XVIII
Ward for Surrogate. Mr.. Jaqnes is a well-known
member of the Bar, and represented his Ward in the
State Assembly in 1860 The Convention
nominated WILLIAM TUCKER Of the With Ward
for Supervisor.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11
TWELVE LITTLE DIRTY CUES.
IIONA,

We should very much like 10 know what,
in the opinion OF the Rcy. DIR. Hawks cousti-
tutes a large and clean question In the
Protestant Episcopal Convention last Monday,
DR.. Hawks, arguing that the church must
treat it. rcbeous children with "lcnity, cour-
tcsy. aud Affection" used the following Ian
guage: We must not lug in all The little
dirty questions oi the day which VIII be- buried
with their agitation" One might retort upon
Dr. Hawks, that the questions which have dis
iurbcd The diocese for some years past, have
been, many Of them small, ani one Of them at
least, exceedingly dirty-to say nothing of
piquani scsndals IN tbs neishboriug diocese OF
Pennsylvania. 10 the Protcsian. Episcopal
Church is uaquestionably due the reverence Of
some OF Us, and tho respect Of others; but.
IIcaven knows there 10 nothing IL its history,
nothing in is present position which Jusiides
this sublime scorn oi political affairs wb.ch DR..
Hawks protossos In England, from the days
Of Henry VIII. TO the days Of VIctora.
tho church has been quite as much political
as a religious body-lts Bishops haze boen
courters and sometimes generals-it has been
political institution III Scotland AID in Ire
land-the rcignIng monarch has been lis legal
head-anong It's CLERGY have figured the
icenest and mos. un.crupulOus politicians,
While for tho last twenty 1--WE years, though
l.aud has been in lis coffin Tor more than two
centuries, this Church, which never NEEDLES
with lisie questions, has been well nigh srn-
dered upon points Of architecture, of uphols-
terry, OF tailoring of genuheIoni, and Of dec
oratiOns; while in America We haye had petty
reproductions Of the same differences, with the
disgusting spectacle Of a Right ht-Reyercnd Father
IN God riding, al booted and spurred, al the
head of his Rebel regiments. After thus, to
fad DIR. Hawks 80 delicatey sgueamish aud
80 doubtful about The authority of tie Church
in public affairs, must excite commiseration
both for lis stomach and his understanding
Shall the United States Of America bo de-.
priyel Of an immense territory, acquired ut
cost Of blood aud treasure absolutely incom-
putablel This is DR.. Hawkes. Little, Dirty
Question, Ne. One.
Shall t1e Constitution of the United States
bc oyer'hTown by the perlurics Of its sworn
New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11
GENERAL NEWS.

The Board Of Aldermen yesterday rejected the
nomination of John A. Briggs for Street Comnis-
soDer. cnder the impression that they were voting
for somebody else. They seem to have great diff
Guilty in bringing the Mayor up to the Boole-ring.
The ordinance appropriatng $500 900 for the relief
Of soldiers families was adopted. 1t provides for
the issue of s. 10, Is, %. aud 50 cent certificates
redeenable at will. A resolution was adopted TO
continue the so bounty to volunteers until tie draft
takes place.
The General Convention Of the Protestant Epis-
copa Church me. again yesterday. debate occurred
on the change OF canon respecting the restoration
OF degraded ministers to the Office Of priests the res
torationsts eveDtuaiy carrying tie day. The debate
Oh the state OF the couDtry resumed. The Hon.
Marcy Hoffman opened in behalf OF bis own resolu.
tions ia long speech. Mr.. Winthrop and others
followed, and new amendments were offered. The
debate will be continued to-day.
Last evening meeting in be half Of tue Iron
sides Regiment was held at tue Cooper Institute.
ELOQUENT and spirited addresses were made by VIM.
Curtis Noyes, ESQ.,, Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay, Prof
Hitchcock, and Major Barnes Of the regiment. The
weather was Indictment, but the meeting was large.
The session of the United States Circuit Court
Yesterday was devoted 10 controversy between
Judge Shipman aud Lawyers John Mckeon aud
srnos L. Brady about absence Of counsel IN case OF
Haynes, indicted for save-trading. The affair was
more entertaining than digDifed or important.
--The Spanish steam-frigate Princess Of Asturias,
Commander Alsarado, from Havana Sept 70, ar.
ciysd yesterday morning. She is 1900 luas burden,
New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE w AR.

While anxiously waiting for more definite news
surprised by intelligence of Rebel cavalry raid into
Pennsylvania. 1t apj ears that force of Stuarts
Cavalry, said to be 5000 strong, yesterday crossed
the Potomac near Hancock, and pushed across the
country TO the Pittsburgh turnpike, and by about
noon reached Mercersburg, Franklin County Penn
sylvania. They did no injury to individuals, but
took horses and other property, oering Rebel money
for it. Cutting the telegraph, they pushed On
toward Chambersburg, haltng the main body a
short distance outside Of the town, about O'Clock IN
the evening. A flag of truce and ID men were sent
into the town to confer with the leading citizens
Col. Mcclure and the Provost-Marsbal went out 10
meet the Rebel comm. nder. There was no means
of defense, but Gov. Curtin had by this time heard
of the invasion, and was forwarding troops f.om
Harrisburg as fast as possible.
Up o'clock this morning our accounts from
the great battle at Perryvile, Ky, were provoking
ly measer. The little we bad good-the --latest
being positive statement that Thursday morning
Gen. Buell. attacked Bragg at Chaplin Creek, near
Peryvie, and desperate battle ensued, tue Rebels
being finally whipped, and retfeating in dis
order by three diverging roads, southwark
portion of our force under Gen. Gill
bert was in their rear, and their final escape
was at tie least doubtful. Our force in the fight
about 10 900 infantry, assisted by eight batteries
artillery, and $500 cavalry, but this force reeu
forced toward the close of the day. TIE Rebel fore,
has not been estimated.
The London Shippiag Gazette of the 9th ult
prints report by the ship CarDgorm from Sidney
stating that the Rebel steamer Alabama Tor No 900,
commanded by Capt. S-mmes OF the SUMTER had
burned four American whaleships, among them the
Ocmugee of Edgarown, aud bsd captured an
American schooner. This news seems TO have come
from the Rsbe steamer itself, aud may possibly be
Exaggerated.
We print elsewhere toerably full accounts Of
the earlier portion Of the fighting at Corntb, and Oh
the HstChie River.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11

ORTsTEs A. BROwNsON was yesterday
nominated for Congress by the Unlonists o
the III District of New-Jersey without |
shadow of opposition. All were agreed tha
he was the man for the place aud tho time
and would poll the largest vote of any candi
date that could be presented.
And now If the supporters of the Admins
trnton and the War for the Union will just
take hold and work for him as they ought,
hc will be elected. DR.. Brownson will canvass
the District siradlly to the day OF election, and
will powerfully appeal to the understandings
and conscenccs OF all men who recognize the
obligations of loyalty as the dictate of moral
and religious duty. If he is elected, bis DIS
irict will have one OF the strongest aud most
distinguished representatives in tho next House.
We entreat every supporter OF the PresideDts :
new mode of dealing with the Rebels to make
efforts to bring out his friends Gnd neighbors
a. hear DR.. T.. aud be- convinced that enancl-
pating the slaves Of Rebels Is dictated by I'M
peraiiye necessity as well as by considerations
of justice aud philanthropy.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11
NOJIINtTsONs,

We hear much less than usual this year Of
Mr.. A. or Col. B. or DIR. C. having carried
this OF that Ward at the Primary Meetings,
and rejoice that such is The ilct. We trust
that nneteen-twent nteths Of the delegates chosen
to make our various Nominations have moi
been carried at oil, and cannot be.
For the delegate who allows himself 70 be
carried-that is, elected by somebody's efforts
and arrangements on purpose to ncminate some
foreordained candidate to Congress or the Leg
isature, is prima .taeie unit for the respcrsi-
biIity he assumes, and obtains it by Il fraud
upon the public. The just presumption that
he is acting for the cause and the whole body
OF bis supporters is a snare; be acts not as the
free agent Of the many, but as the lacile tool
Of one; he does not deliberate; he does not
select he simply deceyes and betrays.
Our ro,tenborough system Of apportioning
delegates is q fruitful source Of corruption.
The IVth or With Ward beng allowed an
equal voice in one Of our County Conventions
with the IXth or XVIlth IS great wrong,
and leads to infinite mischief The vote for
Lincoln, for example, in seyeral Of tho Wards
of our city, ranged as follows:
New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11

The Altoona Governors almost succeeded in GOV
ehus tracks but not quite It o.cp,'ios.y denied
b, them plblic ind ps,e thai th-.r es,ns had any
,hns ~ do with tho emos. Of Gen Mcclellan. Piof Joel
P-ker Of the Cambridge L.~ school formerly Chsf Justice
of New iampslre At the con,cva,ivo meeting in Esncu
Hall the Other day revealed the truth h. tho
On the authority Of letter om Gov. Bradford Of Mary
i,nd ,t..d that forms ,i,ion made their
ue,irg for tho removal of Gen Mcclellan To Gen
Mcclellan aud force ib. President issue the Emancipation
Proclamation the chief purpoe' Of the Altoons csbL
It succeeded 10 the but the Maryland sclofc. pre-
vented their success In the other.
/ The World started in life as an eminently
pious sheet. Either because II did not possess
the qualifications for that character, or be-
cause the public would not accept it as
teacher, guide, and friend in that capacity,
it failed. As godIiness proved, in its case, not
to be great gain, it is trying now the other
extreme but disaster certainly awaits il
unless il can show better title to the bad
cminence it seeks than the above paragraph.
I There are two statements: Fret, that the
loyal Governors made at their meeting at
Altoona " formal proposition" to remove Gen.
L
Of Judge Parker OF Cambridge who asserted
il in speech at Faneuil Hall, on the
authority oi Gov. Bradford OF Maryland But
i seems that there was no " letter from Gov
Bradford OF Mary land" at all, but that some
body else had said in "a correspondence
placed in the hands" of Leyerett Satoastall,
thai Il Ii. e. the wrter) isarn from Cor.
Bradfond that there was 4 formal proposition
to remove the Commanding General" Was
the statement that Gov. Bradford had written
such letter deliberate Justification of The
UOtfSi Somebody had only written some
body else that Gov. Bradford sad so, aud that
somebody else had shewn the letter to Mr..
Snltonstall, aud Mr.. Siltunstal told Judge
Parker and Judge Parker made u statement
to the Convention. The falsehood lies some.
where between Mr.. Saltonstall, Judge Parker
and The UJrid, and We leave them to clear
up that point among Themselves.
But il seems there was no such statcme nt
after all, either by Gov. Bradford or anybody
else. Mr.. Saltonstall publishes letter in the
Boston papers to say that "a note has just
been received from Baltimore, stating, That
which you took for was intended for no. as
Gov B. says no formal proposition was made
for the removal Of Gen. Mcclellan ut the meet
ing" So Truth pulls on her boots at last to
oycr!ake that lic Tie Boston Courier. to be
sure, can see no material difference between
an affirmation and ncga.lon. We are curl.
Gus to rec what view The World will take of it.
But that journal has n second statement in
the paragraph We quote, namely: That tho
Convention succeeded in forcing" the Presi.
dent "tO issue the Emancipation Proclama.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11

ton." Now, the Proclamation of the Pres-
dent bears date the "twenty. second day of
September, in the year of our Lord ono thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-two," and was
published in all the leading journals of the
country on the 23d. But the meeting of the
Governors at Altoona was not till the tuenty.
fourth, and every one of them had read it
four and.twenty- hours before they saw each
others faces in that Convention A good
memory is convenient thing for all men, but
there is one class to which, according to the
old proverb, it is indispensable.
New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-11

Gov. DAVID TOP of Ohio is well known to
have never IN hrs lfr voted any other than a
straight Democratic ticket till after the BON
bardment of Fort Sumter. He will now vote
for Samuel She.labarger aud against s. j. Cox
for Congress. lie made Union speech at
Columbus on las. Monday evening, in the
course of which be upheld the Presidents Pro-
clamation of Freedom as follows:
hertiy indo'e every word OF L. |, was well time d
for Ohio Tie bofdo, hrc-ned prefer TO have Rebel
he,e. threatened than have our. invaded SO ous a.
saves alo~e to rrn.aa at honc long will rebellion
last DO you question Ito wi,d,ml Wa. nin-,y da,
long enough fo Tie Rebel master up hi. mind y
down h' lose hs savcs The blood of Obi, ha.
bo-n she'd like water II atoncl for Ia the death o,
the leaders OF this Rebellion 80