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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-06-19
OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
Letter from Washington.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 16, 1862.
EDITOR OF HERALD Allow an old sub
scriber to give you few incidents transpir-
ing here that may be more mnutely stated
than you had before seen communicated
And first on my mind is the Goddess of Lib
erty, which has recently been brought here
from the foundry of Mills, few miles from
the city, where it was cast. The architect
was Mr.. Crawford. 1t is of bronze, nineteen
and half feet high, weighs a triAe more
than sixteen thousand pounds, and is suppos
ed by mathematical calculations to be of the
proper size and proportions to stand on top
of the lantern, which is to be fifty feet high
on the top of the dome, two hundred and
seven feet from the base, and this to be on
top of the lantern, which will make the sum-
NIT two hundred and seventy-six feet. It IS
put together in sections. 1t now stands east
OF the capitol, on temporary tresse work
about fifteen feet high.
Since the capitol extension has been trans
ferred from the "War Department" to the
anterior" large number of hands are now
employed on the west and end side of the
north wing, while others are engaged on the
dome, which by present appearances will not
only protect the work that has already been
done, but give additional beauty to this vast
structure.
Tuesday l saw marched under guard about
one hundred rebel soldiers taken prisoners,
part of Jacksons troops. A more sorry
set of men l never beheld. There was no in.
sigma of soldier on their cap or on any part
of their clothing. They were marched into
the old Brick Capitol, now used exclusively
as prison.
The horse railroad has just commenced ia
king the centre of Pennsylvania Avenue,
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PURLIC-No. IS,
An Act abolisbing certain collection districts ant
reducing compensation of officers of Customs il
California,

An Act abolishing certain collection districts and
reducing compensation of officers of Customs in
California.
Be IL enacted By the Ssaate and House of Representa-
ues Of ms United states Of drsso in Congress
bed That the collection districts OF Monterey, San
Diego, Sacramento, Sonoma, San Joaquin anu
San Pedro, heretofore established by law are
hereby abolished and the attached to the col
lection district eff San Francisco and there SD be
appointed in the usl name, inspector at each
OF the following places: Monterey, San Diego, sa-
cramento, Beneoia, Stockton, San Pedro. and the
salary of each OF the said inspectors shall be one
thousand dollars per annum.
SEC. z AHd be IL further Enacted, That from and
afier the first day of July, eight en- hundred and
sixty-tvo, the annual compensation of the collie
tor Of the customs for the district of San Francisco
shall be six thousand dollars; of the naval officer
tour thousand five hundred dollars; OF the surveyor
TOUR thousand dollars; OF the pr cipal appra sers
twenty five hundred dollars each and of The assis-
tsnt appraisers, two thousand dollars each and the
office OF an additional appraiser general to be en-,
poyed on the Pacific Coast. created by the act OF
Congress entitled 'AD act making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Govern
ment for the year ending the thrtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and ffty-four" approved March
third, eighteen hundred and fifty three be and the
same is hereby abolished
Approve June z, 1s62
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STATE CONVENTION.

A Mass Convention of the Freemen OF
Vermont will be held at Montpelier, on the
9th day of July next, at eleven o'clock AM,
to nominate candidates for Governor, Lieut..
Governor, and Treasurer, to be supported at
the ensuing election.
All who are in favor Of sustaining the Con-
stitution and the Union, and Of supporting
the National Administration in the present
crisis OF the country, are cordially invited to
attend.
H. HENRY BAXTER,
j. GREGORY SMITH, Republican
r. W. CLARKE, State Com'ttee.
GEO. c. SHEPARD,
June 3, 1862.
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by one OF those little villages that we so
often meet with in Vermont.
There is one very neat little church
that overlooks, as does the all-seeing Eye,
the inhabitants of the place, while all is
surrounded with beautiful and romantic
scenery.
Here you can behold the mighty, power
of Natures God in the upheaval OF the
large and high mountains, caused by the
mighty throes of earth's Internal fires
which in this, as in many other places,
have thrown to the surface rocks OF ditfer-
ent grades and magnitudes, which to the
traveller, who happens to be lover
of Nature, is a great treat. There are
many inducements 10 bind the affections
to this place. Here the scholar can find
in Nature what he has been taught IN
books, Here the Geologist can fnd a
bone to pick. The hunter can trace the
bear and the wild deer in his mountain
rambles over the hills, and through the
moss covered glens. Here, too, the fisher
man can enjoy that sport which ever
makes green spot in his existence, by
taking the beautiful trout from the crystal
streams that ripple down the mountain
sides, and the large pond at Pico's base
The Travellers Home is the terminus OF
three stage routes, which makes it easy OF
access ;-one stage from Rutland one
from Bethel, and one from Woodstock.
EZRA & NELL.
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SAD ACCIDENT. Yesterday, at al
five o'clock in the afternoon, little
of DR.. j. Durham Green, aged about
years, who with his mother resides al.
Cooks on Main Street, accidentally
from a second story window upon
door-steps below, striking upon the b
part of his head. He was taken up
sensible, and to all appearances entil
lifeless. DIR. Cook being absent a,
time, DR.. Cyrus Porter was called in
did all in his power for the little suffer
We learn from DR.. Porter, that it
probable the skull was not traclr
though the injury was very serious,
may prove fatal, The child breath
regularly, and occasionally uttered
groan, bat remained insenslble some
hours after the accident, at which ni
w derived the above information Il
to be sincerely hoped that the child
recover. The little fellows father
Green, is now with the 9TH Vermont M
iment at Fort Pike, Louisiana
P. S.-Since writing the above ~S'
panied to learn that the child died al "y
half past nine o'clock last evening
He was seven years OF age Il
only the day before that the little i'"'
who was uncommonly bright and lOF''
for one of his age, with much paln'-'aN'
wrote a letter to his father no" ii
army. How quickly will the JOY
which he reads the letter OF Ills ~
boy be turned to poignaent grief W
sad intelligence of his SO sudden ,. uSI
Both himself and the stricken INV
have our heartfelt sympathy.
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about fifteen (

about fifteen as 1e 59. ie Ha six
feet apart, The street Is one nunu,ea and
ten feet wide from walk to walk, and the
walk is twenty-five feet wide on each side
The stock is mostly owned in Philadelphia,
Four of the churches of doubtful loyalty have
been taken by the military in command for
hospitals for the sick and wounded soldiers.
A meeting of Vermonters in Washington is
to be called on Tuesday evening, the 18th OF
June for the relief and comfort of the sick
and wounded Vermont soldiers.
Yours Very Truly,
Q. L. ID.
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[PuRLlC-Nn. II.

An Act to allow the State OF California an add
tional representative in the thirty-seyentA Cor
gress.
Be 1t enacted By the Sfnats aud R9s Of Representa-
tees ofthe United States Of America in Congress assem-
blei, That AZ the has never been reliably ia
Ken in til, State of California until the tar eight
cen hundred and sixty, and as 1t appears that the
said State had efficient population to estitle her TO
three repre- entatiyes in the thtg-saventh Congress
to the ihirty-seventh Congress, under the suppOsi
ton that the said State entitled to the same.
and as direct taxes have been spport oned TO and
paid by said State under the OF shtepn hun
bred and sixty, therefore the said State shall be
allowed three representatives in the thrtyseyenth
Congress, ard for that purpose the whole number
of rer ltives il hereby inc reased one until the
beginning of the thirty eighth Congress.
Approved, june z, 1892
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PLATFORM MAKING.
By the Committee,

The question as to the kind and scope
of platform to be adopted by the State
Convention, to be held at Montpelier, on
the 9th of July, is receiving some attention
by the Burlington Sentinel and the Green
Mountain Freeman.
The Sentinel,if we correctly understand
its position, assumes, that though the call
for the Convention is signed by the Re-
publican State Committee, it was not in
tended as strict partizan call. To that
extent certainly we agree with the Senti-
mel. The invitation is put forth to call
who are in favor of sustaining the con-
stitution and the Union, and of supporting
the National Administration in the pres
emf crisis of the country" We assume,
of course, that the call includes every
member of the Republican party in
the State. We should indeed be sorry
to learn there is one claiming fellowship
with that party who is not in favor of
supporting the National Administration
in the present crisis of the country" We
do not believe there is one. And we
have not much doubt that there are hun
dreds if not thousands of others in the
State, heretofore belonging to other party
organizations, who will also feel them
selves embraced in the terms of the invi-
tation to the Convention. There are
hundreds Of Democrats, as we believe,
who are ready /" in this crisis of our
country" to "support the National Ad-
ministration." fs....#
But the Freeman very pertinently says
that no one can truthfully claim to be a
supporter of the present National Admin
istration, without he is a supporter of its
policy. In that we think the Freeman is
right. To claim otherwise would be as
if one should say that he supports the
Judge but repudiates his decisions. To
support an administration is not merely
to yield to its policy, but to actively, hear
tily, and conscienciously uphold, sustain
and defend 1t. The Freeman enumerates
some of the measures of the Administra-
ton as indicating the line of its policy,
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the seal ofthe Department, shaIl h. =,
prosecutions under this act " evidence In
see D. And Be u fWihsr saast,d rh.,,...
the daty OF the Secretary OF War. Of ~ shan
OF the Navy, and of I Secretary az ns Secret,
immediately after the passage OF tbis ,he lns,,
ease ana every oiheer severaly appoiH,.S hiasi
Government, with printed letter az oshalf Of
set ing forth the duties such ofBesS ~ 'ne0,
and also TO furnish Herewith t,rms "ae, hb I
blank, OF contracts 20 be made, and ~ printed
returns requir' to be affixed thereto ~ ,Hhdsu
Approved, June ?, 1850, " POsiA.
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For the Rutland Herald.
AN ACROsTIC

A be the Honests at helm, while the Old Ship OF
State,
ravely breasts the rude storm with her alipreeous
freight,
r ceiling, restless, and rocked on the rough rolling
tide,
his wisdom directs shall the tempest outride.
III o the haven of rest is now heaying in view,
nd a calm shall succeed where the winds iercely
blew.
ay her canvass be swelled with the breath of our
might,
ct her anchor be fast in the strength of the right
n the midst OF the blast shall she CALAMITY ride,
or be lost the rich lading whatever betide;
atoh the breezes of Freedom now blowing so
strong,
o n the ptrilous deep of oppression and wrong;
ct the crew all be fearless shall o'eIwhelm,
N ct so long as true Freedom and old Abe are at
helm, II.
Cuttlls yille June, 1862.
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particularly in relation to the slavery
question, chiefin Importance among which
are:
l. His compensation emancipation
scheme, peculiarly his own.
2. The abolition of slavery in the Ter
ritories by act of Congress, sanctioned by
the executive.
8. The abolition of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia,
4. The recognition of the independ-
ence Of Hayti and Liberia,
5. The confscation of the property,
including slaves, of the leaders in the re-
bellion. ,...
6. The order of the President forbid
ding the return Of fugitive slaves who en-
ter our military lines.
z. The Seward-Lyons Treaty for the
more effectual supervision of the African
Slave Trade.
We do not enumerate these measures
in the order adopted by the Freeman, nor
do we use the Freeman's language, as it
has got mislaid. These are certainly, all
of them, leading measures of the National
Administration, bearing upon the subject
of slavery. To all of them we give
most hearty and cordial assent. They
are measures which will distinguish it in
history for wisdom and far-seeing states
maaship. We care not how specifically
the Convention shall endorse each and
every one of them, though general en-
dorsement of the policy of the Admins
tration, would, in our opinion, be just as
well.
But the Freeman is in favor of not
only endorsing the past measures of the
Administration, but of marking out a spe-
cifc line of policy to be pursued in the
future. Just here we are not prepared
to say that we fully agree with the Free
man. A declaration of fundamental prin-
ciples, by the light of which the people
of Vermont hope to see the Administra-
ton guided in this dark hour of peril and
gloom, would be proper, and we think
quite sufficient. Where the see noes in
the great drama are hitting so often, and
no one can tell what an hour may bring
forth, it would be difficult and frutless
task to undertake to mark out a definite
line of policy for the future. That pol
icy must be shaped and adapted in a
great measure, to meet the exigences as
they arise, and all we can ask is that the
Administration shall do nothing, nor suf-
fer anything to be done, whereby slave
ry shall triumph over the interests
OF Freedom. we must repose our faltf
in the wisdom and PATRIOTS m Of the Pres
ident and his advisers. .
Moreover, were the convention to at
tempt to declare definitive line of policy
for the future, it might greatly jeopardiz'
its harmony. Men,-intelligent and pa t
riotic,-may honestly differ as to means
though agreed as to the end to be de
sired.
We hope, therefore, that while the plat
form may give no uncertain sound, NO
speak in dual voice, it may, on tn
| other hand, be comprehensive in scope
but brief and decisive in terms.
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COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Freemen of the County of Rutland
are invI'ed to assemble by their delegates
in County Convention, at Rutland, on We'd
nesday, July I'd, 1862, at IL O'Clock, A. NJ,
for the purpose of nominating candidates
for county officers, to be supported at the
coming September election. All the sup
porters of the present Administration are re-
uuested TO meet in their respective towns at
some time previous to the said I'd day of
July, and appoint three delegates to repre-
sent them in said convention. The presid-
ing officers of the several Town Conven-
tons are also requested to prepare and for
ward proper credentials by their delegates.
S. A PARKHURsT,
G. A, FUTILE, -
c. A. RAND, County
- r. c. ABELL, Commute.
CD. CHLDs.
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% The recent floods have occasioned
much suffering along the valley of the
lower Mississippi. The supplies of cattle
and produce have been cut off from most
of the provinces of Louisiana, and they
are rapidly eating up what provisions
they have on hand.
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@ The telegraph mentions " p D,
battle as having been in progress :" ~, -,
Rogue, La, and that Gen. p D'.n ri
hurrying up troops, from carroll'ou If r
ably, to reinforce the federal army ~. ~
place. If this turns out to be u r.,
may be that the Vermont "o : b.
one or both have already nau
with the enemy.
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SIDE WALKS.-The side walks Of
village have received a general oyerh
ing, and are now in a good state of re
generally. Much of the repairing
been done by the use of a peculiar
valuable composition, consisting of
mixed Withstand, in about equal pro-
tons. Some of our citizens are skepi
about its making a good side walk, but
are inclined to think it will when thODll
ly pathed. We believe some of the
est and dryest side walks in the Va
are made of the same material,
sand is almost coarse enough to be ca
gravel. Gen. Hopkins and Frede
Chatfee, Esq, are building marble
walks in front of their residences,
making other substantial repairs al
their premises.
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The County Committee, under the instruc-
tons Of former Convention, felt constrain-
ed TO make the above call, as a Delegate
Convention ; but after consultation with
various influential citizens of the county,
would recommend to all who are in favor of
sustaining the Constitution and the Union,
and of supporting the Administration in the
present crisis Of our country, to attend, and
by their counsel, aid in the selection of can
didates, and by their presence give an
expression of the loyalty Of Rutland County
1t is hoped there will be full attendance.
By the Committee,
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NEW Built has been known
some time by our citizens that a new B
for the Baptist Meeting House was to
purchased to take the place of the
one, which is cracked. The bell has
rived, and was elevated to the belf
yesterday in a successful manner IN
the superintendent of Mr.. Bridge B
ley. Its exact weight is IT'S pOul
At the time of the present writing
have had no opportunity to hear its t
and so can express no opinion of its Q
ity, further than that it looks well.
exchange will cost the Society, we Ut
stand, about $3.50.
BY the way, we are Informed
the Congregational bell is cracked, a
to be also soon replaced by new on
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N AIl.s,

ao.,on ana Eastern WAY Mail closes at lob A, NJ.
Railroad time, arrives at 800 L, Nj,
p.s,o, Throush Mail closes at 500 NJ,
Railroad time, arrives at ii Sj u. NJ
suylinrton and N Northern Way, closes at 2O 7, NJ.
Railroad tint, arrives at II IS A NJ.
New York through Mail closes NJ l2O0 M
Railroad time, arrives at Sb0P, NJ
Albany and II 4 W, Way, closes at 500 7 M
Railroad time, arrives ut 8t0P, Nj.
fYoy ana Western VT Way, closes at 400 III:
Railroad time, arrives at II. 80 A, Nj,
Troy and Saratoga Way closes at 29P.M,
Railroad time, arrives at IL 70 M.
Montreal ane st. Johns Mail closes at 830P. M.
Railroad time, arrives at l2.3O A. M.
woodstock Way Mail closes Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays at loo r. M.
Woodstock Way M all arrives Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at $50 +; M.
once hours from 100 A. N, till S9oP. NJ. Sundays
from II till 100 L. NJ ,, =,
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g-We learn that current bu,bs,
the gardens of some of our citizen,
being entirely stripped of their leave,
armies of green worms. These lin.
sects, when they have denuded the br
es in one garden skedaddle with an,t
celebrity to another-walking on II
heads and tails, in well organized platoo
They are supposed to be skedaddlsn {,
the Southern Confederacy, where d
learned this guerrilla mode of warfare.
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glt commenced raining here ve,,
day, much to the delight apparent,
everything animate and inanimate.
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LOCAL MATTERS,

wWe understand the Rutland o..
ty Company will be organized o.n'
row.
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Second Session Of the Thriy-ssusnh
Congress
tPUBLIC No 76l


tPUBLIo No 76l
An act for the survey of grants claims of land.
BE 1t enact dby the Ssnats and House Of Representa-
tees ofhs Uasd States Of America Congress
bIsd hat all claims grants of lands in any of the
states or Territories of the United states, derived
from any r"ign country or Government shall be
surveyed under the direction OF the proper officer ef
the government OF the Uniaed States upon the APP
pication If the parties cliiming or owning the
same, and that their expense, which shall be paid
or secur.d to the satisfaction OF the Secretary OF
the Interior before the work shall be performed,
but nothing in the law requiring the executive of
hcers to survey land claimed or granted un tr the
laws OF the United States shall be construed either
10 authorize such officers to pass upon the validity of
the titles granted by under such laws or to give
any greater effect to he surveys made BIZ them than
10 make such surveys prima facie evidence of the
true location of the land claimed granted, mol
shall any such grant be deemed incomplete for the
want ola survey or patent when the land granted
may be ascer tanned without a survey or patent,
! Approx ed June 2 1852.
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Tra,n.L.a,e FINLAND.

For Burlington. 1904. NJ, and 500 4 4,S5 p. NJ.
For Bellows Falls b.25 A. NJ, and II 20 a, NJ
For Bennington, a 90 A. M, and l2.S0 Z M.
For Salem, -. Il 20 night and 445 NJ
Por Saratoga -. 44b A NJ and S,o5 r, M.