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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-11

-Th- a9aate ae0 ..on rebel
95f 9et91 snnessee have sworn
Rte. i government and been released
i--.u camp Douglas, Chicago.
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

The Pittsb1rg Gaseffs says. The meAnss;
And most devillsh effort OF treason that has
vet been put forth. i tnst which II now. la
the Northern States. attempting 20 turn the
Constitution against the Government. by
making 10 the shield OF traitors in arms
covert. whence they may safely carry on an
open and murierous var against itself and
the people Who made IL. and az the same
time lAboring 10 make IL . mansclc upon the
hands Of the Government IN this great
struggle for Is life.
The common sense principle. that rebels
A arms hare no constitutional rights. -
denied. and not only denied. bat the con
verse Of the proposition i strenuously insis-
ssd upon Hence the emancipation procls
nation IL declared. by those Who claim 90 be
leaders Of the Democratic party. to be IN
constitutional The fsilscy Of this = easily
sen.
Certain States hare. by their own act. Sc
o>stsd from the Unson and are nov in oocn
revolt aSains; The Government Nv the act
shsy have cut themselves Of from the Cnsoa
sni rcnouncei the Constitution. The, have
pat themselves into a rev relation % the
9ovsrnneEt. that of opSn eneniesL Sow
rslalions are, ard aus; of necessity. be reel
procL. III thsy are eaemics Of The Gov
s~nmeot. the Gs~ernmeas must. While that
relHsiou coogluues. @ te their cnemy To
be anything slse-ts throw over thea TIE
shisit Of rs prosectior. 10 recognize their
former riSht< under the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Be trea<ca against itself. and be. " fact.
soshing le~s th<a n<tio1ai suicide
Jho>s reb<ls have pot themselves cut
s.1s the Cons<isntioo. and 10 nees then or
s4usi ground the Gorsrnment must so cat
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

An English journal. after yalung the total
product of tho mines OF Great Britain at cal =
49l l02 per annum. and computing that
Englsnd's supply of coal will last at least
seven hundred years longer, at present rates
Of consumption. gives tho following account
OF the depth 10 which the bowels OF the earth
have been pierced in England.
The depth to which we mine for coal il
already great. The pit at Dunkenheld. in
Cheshire. l. 2OOi feet below the surface TO
the point where IL intersccts the BLACK Mine
Coal. a seam that Is four feet six inches
thick. and of the best quality for domestic
and manufacturing purposes; from tn is point
further depth OF five hundred feet has been
attained by means Of an engine plane in the
bed ofcoai. so that great portion OF the
coal Is raised IRON the enormous depth Of
:, 50i feet.
At PsndIeton. near Manchester, coal Is
daily worked from the enormous depth of
2504 feet; and the coal of wigan is brought
from 1913 feet below the surface. Many Of
the Durham colcries are equally deep. aud
far more extended in their subtcrranean la
byrinths. Some of those. aud others in
Cumberland. are worked out far under the
bed Of the sea. and on both sides of the island
we are rapidly extending our subterranean
| burrowing.
Dolcoath tin niue, ia Cornwall. is now
working at one thousand eight hundred feet
from tho surface. and is rapidly sinking
deeper. The depth Of Tresvean, copper
mine. il 2ls0 feet. Many other tin and
copper mines are approaching these depths;
and under the Atlantic waves. man Is pur-
suing his labors daily athalf n mile from the
surface. To aid the miner in these severe
tasks. the gigantic steam engines, with cyl
inders 100 inches in diameter, are employed
ia pumping water from these vast depths.
Winding machines. which are masterpieces
of mechanical skill. are ever at work raising
tho minerals from each dark abyss, and
"man engines" of considerable ingenuity
so called because they bring the wearied
miner TO the light Of day. saving him from
tho toll of climbing on perpendicular ladder
ARE introduced in many of our most per.
fectly conducted mines. Our coal cost rs
annually one thousand lives. and more thar
double that number of our mctall(erour.
miners perish from accidents in the mines
or at an unusually early age-thirty- two
from diseases contracted by the condition,
Of their tolls
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

The wind 10 musician by birth We ex
tsHd silken thread in the crevice Of a win
dow. and the wind finds it and sings over it.
and goes up and down the scale upon Il, and
poor Psgsnini must go somewhere else FOR
honor for 10 the Wind Is performing upon =
single string IL tries almost anything upon
earth 10 see II there i music in IL. u per
SHADES tone out OF the great bell Ia the
tower. when the sexton i At home aud
asleep. Il makes a monrnful harp OF the giant
pines. and il does not disdain TO try ~hat sort
Of whisticican be made ofihe humblest
chimney in the worle. How il will play
upon q great tree. I'll every leaf thrills with
the no,e IN IL. and wiod ~ the river that runs
At i base a. sort Of murmuring sccompani
ment And vhata melody IL -ings vhen Il
gives a concert with FUN choir -. ne waves
OF the sea. and performs an suthem between
tie tvo worlds. that goes 40. perhaps 10 the
STAR that love ma<ic the most and sang Il
the first Then how fondiy Il hsunts Oh
houses: mosning under the caves. singing IN
fhc halls. opening the old doors -ithous I'm
GERS, and singing measure Of some sad
ola cong around the hreiess and deserted
hearths.
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25
Officers Absent from their Posts.

We are startled by the assertion just made
at head quarters in Washington. that more
than one thousand officers are absent from
duty with the army ia Virginia.
Some OF these are sick, others shamming
sick and deceivi3g some surgeon or physi-
clan OF their acquaintance into giving them
a certificate" some are making themselves
far sicker than they are; others are absent
on unnecessary "duty." or duty which is un.
duly spread out and protracted because il
gives them a chance TO remain away from
the camp and from the posts of danger
Msiiaeeriae. or chronic pretcnce of sickness.
TO shirk duty. Is thing soon learned by the
lazy. the self-indalgent and the cowardly,
and the only way 20 stop IL Is TO make ex-
amples of q few such as a terror 20 the rest
Of the evil doors. Many such cannot be
reached BY law, bat those who can should
DC dealt with al once by being cut OF from
the army. The efcct OF these eowardly
absences Of officers. on their men. must be
injurious in the extreme. the effect OF sum
mary punishment would be admirable upon
both. A shouldes-strap IN the street should
subject a man to suspicion. not TO be re-
moved except by sndden absence Piila-
Sciphta fHGsvsr
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25
Tux "Ners Sheet' of Saturday contained
tho following:

Tux "Ne,rs Sheef' of Saturday contained
tho following:
Another week Is ended and yet. we have
not heard anything Of the great battle that
vas 10 have como Oft In Eastern Virginia.
On to Richmond is the cry. but it seems as
IL our Army Is rather slow, in marching up
on tho rebel Capital. We do not SEQ that
IL moves any faster under Burnside than II
did under the gallant Mcclellan. IL any
thing has been gained by the exchange. we
must confess. that we have as yet, failed to
SEQ H."
You have failed To sec it," Well, there
arc great many things you "iail TO see.'
aad again. there arc a great many things
YOU don't want to see. When MCCLELLAN
was ordered forward. just prior to his reno
val. no gave out that no intended moving
upon the enemy with the greatest rapidity.
The result was that he moved f,oenfy miles
In nine days This fact, you "failed to see. .
because you arc preparing 10 make General
McClrLLss, the Democratic candidate for
the Presidency in 1864. and because he Is
allow 10 hurt the rebels. You desired to
cover up his slow. snail like movements. and
consequently failed to see" them. When
the forces under command Of BuRSslpr.
moved at ,hc rate Of eighteen or twenty
miles in one day. You "lailed 10 see.
again. because he Il not 30 much of parti-
sAn General as you tried 10 make McCLEL.
L.x. and because he has been at all times
successful In thrashing tho rebels. AT the
very time you failed 70 sec" that BURS-
sipx was doing any better than MCCLELLAN,
he had moved upon the enemy and had
sent him a demand lor the surrender
Of one Of his most important positions
This fact Was pnbiished in the Nsss'
SAeef. with the above quotation, bul
It's Editors failed To see it " Whsr
tho gallant BURNSIDE took commant
Of the army he bad to arrange his plan o.
the campaign. appoin, his staff officers. and
almost totally reorgsnizs the army. Thi'
work alone, would have engaged McCLkLLAs
for month. vet BrkSsips accomplished the
whols thing In two or three DAYS and sets hi
~hole ARMY in motion for the rebel capital
This fact. however. the Editor OF the Ns,c'
Ssr<s ..fsil. 10 sec" suppose when Gen
BuRNslhx takes Richmond. Col. CooKrsL,
sill "fail 10 see it.
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

side the Constitution too. But, In so doing,
the President does no violence to the Consti-
tuition. Maryland and Kentucky, both
slave States, have not gone outside the Con-
stitution, and in them the proclamation can
have no effect Moreover the door STANDS
open, and il any State that has gone out
shali, in the hundred days that the President
has given them, come IN again. the poclama-
ton cannot and will not touch them
The Proclamation is purely awar measure
Slavery Is a source OF power 10 the rebellion.
liz feeds its army. IL builds its Notifications,
IL furnishes ifs teamsters and lab0rers. The
American people, 10 electing Mr.. Lincoln
| President, made him Commander in Chief OF
all the national forces, and imposed upon
him the duty Of conducting the war, and bad
he failed to cut of the enemy's supplies, or
neglected 10 take from that enemy his main
source Of strength, when be had it in his
power TO DO so. be would have been derellct
In duty, and unfAithful TO his great trust.
To say that the Presidenf has no constitn-
tional right to decree the emancipation OF
slaves in the States of the Union, is simply
to utter stale truism, which has nothing TO
do with the question before Us. The people
whose slaves are to be eel free on the hrst
Of January have In their present attitude, no
l place IN the OnioDs anu 10 fibue, o'i@ct ~
Constitution--the Government owes them
no protection The Constitution has moth
ing TO do with them. nor has the President.
as such, anything 10 DO with them. They
are like the rest Of mankind, enenies IN
Nar. and as such they can only be dealt
with by the laws and the officers OF war
Herein lies the gross abuse Of the Consti-
tuition Of which we hre speaking-claimins
for traitors aud open enemies the egis OF rs
projections. alike with loyal citizsns-fetter-
ing the Government with il restrictions and
prohibitions in is dealing with the most ie-
r0cious and deadly enemies that IL ever hat
10 contend withholding his broad shield
over them while they are trampling Il ~ Tho
dust-thus making il their rampant and de
fence. while il Is no defence TO Us agains
their blows-giving il TO traitors a. botl
sword and shield. while TO us it il but fet
ter. This Is fair exposition of the doc
, trines proclaimed from every press and ever
, stump Of the so-called Democracy. IL
, treason ia it, hypocritical phase-treason !
tho garb of excessive devotion 10 the Con
! | stitstion--treason which comes, like him G
/ old. crying. Hail. MASTER" and then be
trayed him with kiss-trcason far more ID
, tes,able than that which would lay our Cal
0 Iiol 10 ashes IL II could. which murders on
: sons, and runs predatory raids through on
b peaceful villages and rural districts.
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

TuE following j. list Of all Western Off
GERS, dismissed with loss OF all pay and
allowances that are now or NAV become due.
Dismissed orabsence without leave: Second
Lieutenant Eugene Fauntleroy. Goth Ili-
nois; Captain Michael Russell 18th Penn
sylvania: Captain n. :. Thompson. 9Th Ia
diana Battery. Captain j. Il. Stockton. lst
Kansas: Capt. II. : Dygcrt. 10th Michigan.
Assistant Surgeon Bigelow. 9Th Missouri
Cavalry: Capt. ii g. Thomas. III Kentucky:
Joseph Forman. Lieutenant I'll Kentucky:
@ Carson, Lieutenant. and Quartermaster
81 Kentucky; +. +. Giles. Captain eth Wis
consin; III. Richardson. Captain eth W scon.
sin; G. q. Wesler. Lieutenant It'll Wisconsin,
g. Il. Moore. Lieutenant Eth Wisconsin:
Roesler. Captain 5ith Illinois; d. A. Kim
ball. Lieutenant 1904 Ohio: Jno. Kesler
Captain 10th Indiana. VIM NJ. Gwinne, lst
Lieutenant 66th Ohio.
Dismissed for other reasons: George III
Mitchell. Assistant Surgeon Seth Penn. for
absenting himself without authority while
awaiting sentence Of court martial: ] W.
Bencai, 18th Illinois Cav, deserving his com
mand. Clayton Pcndelon. First Lieutenant
LIST Virginia Artillery, hot reporting for duty
since muster; j. Early, Lieutenant Ia Ken
lucky Volunteers. absence without leave and
intcmperance; John j. Hooker, First Lieu
tenant 30th Ohio, being taken prisoner at
his own desire; John Kendall First Lieu
tenant 9Th Kansas Cavalry, intcrpcrance, in
efficiency. and absence without leave: G..
Murphy. Captain 9Th Ohio Volunteers, alb
sent without leave and speaking in an i'm
proper manner of the war and the President.
The following are dismissed. but do not lose
pay aud allowances now due: X. H. Kerr,
Second Lieutenant 7th Kansas Cavalry. in
temperance aud carelcssness IA discharge OF
duty; Frank A. Hart, Second Licutenan,
9lth Ohio. absenting himself from his com
mand without leave during a retreat; j. W
Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel 10th Ohio, rep.
resented by the officers Of the regiment AZ
troublesome. These dismlssals are ofiicial,
announced at the War Department.-Cia
Ga-.
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25
whisky and Newspapers.

A glass of whisky is manufactured from
perhaps dozen grains of corn, tho value of
which is too small to be estimated. A pint
Of this mixture sells for one shilling, aud if
Of good brand is considered well worth the
money IL is drank in a minute or two--it
fires the brain. sharpens the appetite. and
5eranges and weakens the physical system
On the same sidcboard upon which this de.
lcious beverage Is served. lies newspaper.
IL Is covered with half a million of types: IL
brings intelligence from the four quarters OF
the globe. The newspaper costs less than
the glass Of grog the juice of few grains
eff corn, but Il is no less strange than true
that there il large portion of the communi-
ty who think corn juice cheap and the news
paper dcarl
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

The following article from the fYans'iie
Jeurnsl contains some good suggestions IL
10 singular fact that the War Department
has not devoted more attention to this mat
ter long since We hear now, however,
that the names Of ono hundred officers have
been stricken from the rolls because Of their
worthlessnsss and continual absence from
duty. While many patriotic men join the
army through the most patriotic motives and
peril their lives for the Union OF battlefield
after battlefield. there are vast number oil
offers who join the army only 10 wear the uni
form of officers, shirk their duties. and draw
their pay. The former should receive the
homage and respect Of the people, and the
latter should receive nothing bat erecraiions-
They are official vampires, who a'e sucking
the life blood from the nations veins. IL Is
said that about on, thoussnd officers from
the army Of Gen Burnside are absent rom
duty. This Is almost incredible. but the
statement Il made on good authority Inc
Journal says.
There Is a crying wrong existing IN the
army which calls loudly on the Government
for redress.
We allude 10 the swsrms Of officers who
are drawing large salaries. without rendering
adequate service.
la the first place there arc hundreds who,
under one prctenso or another, are Always
70 be found at home or IN some adjacent
city vcntillating their shoulder straps, al
coffee houses. and in billiard saloons, and
some times at even worse places.
Thi. has become 40 common that faithful
officers, who have been continuously IN The
field for fifteen TO eighteen months are
ashamed 10 be seen on the streets OF those
cities when imperative duty calls them home
one officer who has won distinction OF
various we'll fought fields. informed va tha
when passing through Louisville. after nj
teen months absence in the field, he fel
ashamed TO be seen, a. the insignia OF oiiic'
was looked upon by the citizens with con
tempt. there being no way 10 distinguish
between an officer who had done his dut
and ono who had not. And II - . notorion
fact that there are hundreds Of men VIII
have held commissions for year. who ha,
not been with their regiments, Who'll
month. In the aggregate. This wrong shoal
be remeded at once.
Another great evil exists. Many OF u
old regiments are reduced 10 mere hand
hal OF men. yet they have full a roster
sfficers. all drawing pay In the aggregate
double the amount Of the pay OF all Oh
privates in the regiment.
These regiments should be consolidated
tho efficient officers assigned 10 new regi
ments. and the worthless mustered out {
service.
This course would render the men NOR
effective. and would greatly reduce the es
penses OF the service.
In many cases, now, one hundred al
twenty officers are drawing pay for CON
handing two hundred privates. This -
palpable wrong. and should be speedil
remedied
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

Success, we may say, Is n hideous affair
enough Men are taken By its spurious re-
semblancc 10 merit. la the ewes OF the
multitude, 70 get on has much tie same pro-
file a 10 be absolutely the best. Success,
that Mcnechmus Of talent, has one dupe-
history. Juvenal and Tacitus are the only
ones who kick az il. In the present day IL
keeps At is beck a kind OF official philosophy
which wears the livery OF succ rs, and dan
ces attendance In IL antechAmber. Get on,
and what follows? To be in clover is 10 be
clever You wir at lottery. and you are
set down as an able man. IL Is the winner
who is worshipped. BE bern with silver
spoon, and your fortunes made. Have but
luck, and the rest won't lag behind. BE but
fortunate. and you will be thought great.
With five or six immense exceptions. which
are the glory Of an age, the admiration Of
contemporaries i mere weakness OF sight.
Gliding goes for gold. Where you come
from matters nothing; where you get 10 il
all in all. The vulgar Is an elderly Narcis-
sus, in love with himself and applanding
what Is vulgar. Those faculties Of cnor-
nous power. by virtue of which man IL n
Moses. an .t.schylus, Dante, Michael
Angelo or Napoleon. are awarded by the
multitude. Eat one 60" and by reclamation,
to any one who makes good hit IN no mat
ter what.
Let an attorney turn himself into depu
", a sham Corneile write a Tridafes, q
eunuch become possessor OF a harem. 9
military Prudhomme gain by accident tho
dscisie battle OF the day. an apothecary IN
vent seles of pasteboard for the army o
Sambrc. ct Mouse. aud with this pasteboarS
which be sells for leather make himself al
income of 400 600 francs, let man with
pack on his back take Usury to wife an'
bring her 10 bed Of seven or eight millions
OF which ho Is the father and she the mother
let preacher whine himself into bishop
let the steward Of well-to-do family be $
rich on leaving his place as TO be made Min
ister OF Finance men give all this th
name Of Genius, just as they give the nam
of Beauty TO face of MousquctoB, ard tbs
OF Majesty to the neck and shoulders Z
Glade. They mistake for stars Of the iir
mament the splays which duck makes az
paddles about in the soft mud of bogg
ground.-Les Miscrabies.
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

Az eminent statesman once said Give
me the money spent in war and | will pur-
chase every foot upon the globe. will
clothc every man woman. and child IN an
attire that kings and queens would be proud
Of | Gill build school house on every
hill side and in every valley on the whole
earth. and supply those houses with compe-
tent teachers. | viii build an academy in
every town. and endow them; college in
every State. and fill them with able pro-
fessors. | will crown every hill with church
consecrated 20 the PRONUNCIATION Of the Cos
pei peace
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25
PROSPECTUS
Prospectus the HresscrI.e
i've Reports.

1--WE nndefsisBei no9 pahiish iiieIr prp
Il for the sisfh Volume 80 TN Hrs,frH "a
TI,s kfrotrs n Tho Proceedings and Dshaf
Indiana Legislature. 81
This work. a. heretofore pro pod ald
viii embrace reliable fhoff-hand skefrte-
Journals. Proceedings All Debate = both
% the fofiy-fef0nd sef ~ I'll Asemtly ~
- ifldioua. 30 be convened a. Ind f.iIF -
iar session the .th day q jarnarf. lsiI .,
u will contain ail Motions, Message HI
and COMMITTEES Reports a. they shall BE- b.
submitted twill afford liberal and SCI bat. al
- Il the Debates 10 the extent ~ fhr -
acFibed. presenting without paff!uu t.s' -
ton - very member "a the Dor. viii q
aud nsys ~ every question n mrr1erf A,
they hall b. ordered ard taken. :.
The volume vii cnnfaIa .li1r' go pafis.
column. u tho session should continue - *
ihe constitutional iefm. The price o. One 70
the session. N
tisaarf q tho de. I..n ~ fhis sefk a. regl :
style ~ lournailsinr. - suggest that the 3
Clerk ofeafl Hoase r. ar GENERAL hs-emlIt
be a reporter. ~ shall - required % emgia =
reporting force a. may enable him g. sksirt-
pror, .itinri in ~ order and ln due form.
iehafn anf sefIon fher~,r, and that BE- o. rr
for1nfraff fof BIS I1brnal 90 o. printed in ...ne
r..rrr l,..ffslef in ftr city - fr,flarsr az. -
iritutsf q tie - Hauses the day after il,
.lerfof. conditioned haiti shall n6i srrsfi
rrsEorrble afu0uri e matier--ile volume +,
journals - IL tso Hcuses a. i,e bot onr i.,.f.
~ ifofn he enl lians = ibe nsvfpapsr o. If
fhousands n dollars a fbe col "a pf.nflfl
clumsy journals wouid be savec. and. wifholi
iug anything 20 fh~ erper - = eierksbif.s. p
tie snf authentic Journal n fhr State l.sss
eculd - secured 70 he Public Archives 80
newspapers throls boat the country. INSTEAD q
awkward, unreliable matter Which nI~ pes
that
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

The will Of President Van Buren, has been
ADMITTED to probate At Hudson. II is dated
January l-sh ls6o. and commences as fol
lows:
Martin Van Buren. Of the town 81 Kin
derhook. county 81 Columbia. aud State of
New York, heretofore Governor OF the State.
aad more recently President Of the United
States. but for the last and happiesi years Of
my life farmer in my native town. do make
and declare the following to be nv last will
and testament. &c
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

Fo2~ss ~sitias 70 the PhiiadeiPhi< Press.
concerning the recent success Of the Dcmo-
cratic party. thus ainonishss loyzlisfs:
Net day shoaid. fhcrtore. be los; ey the
loyal men Of the United States In earnest
prep2r4siors for the elections Of l>63-'6s.
Tao esr.< - fA< oppessfisn. nse reu~zi<i a.
q seq3ifs srrsrs; sfrrsssl. - fis' rkrn fks
srsr a. clas>9 fA<F say rsfe a esaee-r r-sfk
fk< i<sa<rs e - fxssisg rrtsllisa. ssd re-
sisrs iAsss lesdsrs % fi< dsssoszs asc<sx<n.
~ ~ srAieA s.< frs~a srkick fk<r k<~leE snr1
frfei -sissilrs 20 80 i-frcrsfs - ~ R~rskssr
The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-25

BY he industry Of our mining population
there i annuity sd,iei to our national wealth
considerably more than f30. 600 600 This.
when elaborated by the process OF manufac
ne are thus drawing upon that "hoardej
treasure. guarded BY drz CONS white and red. =
which the snchsnier martin Il fable TO have
concealed in the caves OF the earth. We
should remember how much Of mental labor
sad muscular power i expended. and how
large a per censAee Of human lite i annual
" sacrificed IN the coafest with those HYDRA
headed evils which are truly personifed By
the dragons Of the legend.