Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-10-16

LEGAL oDo Ssato hVcns.
= xr CLERKS. The Clerk Of the
- . representatives has appointed Dan
Y, of Royalton, as his first assist
$40 :" B. Flagg, of Wilmington, as
''' istant, Ii is said that they win
''""' 81 GERS,
MusroA n,o,, Tha yo,,ror, and
'''@s"~ Nusical Convention, which has
oeei III se's ,r four days, in Bennington,
uuue' oi'arsNs. II. Frost, of Boston, closed
on rr'uay eVt with grand concert in the
Methoalst emu Mr. Frost was assisted by
chorus oil ont,dred and fifty voices, sixty
oil whom were ! North Adams and VIII
Jamestown on rsday afternoon, the Con-
ventlon was addrS by the Row. Mr. Phil
lips, and on Thurs evsninp they gave
concert in the churct Remington Centre
| The next Conventionu he in North Adams.
The following officers the wear were elected:
President, o. A. Archebf Blackinton, Mass;
Vice President, l.. Grov of Bennington, W.;
Secretary, 7. |. 1iaanJof Bennington, Vt,
SOLDIER DEAD. - Autua Richmond,
member of Co. G, VermonCayalry, died at
Annapolis Hospital, Maryla,, on Tuesday the
3o.shl, nit. of scurvy, He ", taken prisoner
at the time Major Collins andthers were cay
tured, and has been in the Rihmond prison,
until recently paroled, Will in prison he
contracted the disease Of which h died.
IMPORTANT HABEAs CORPUS gAsE.-WI-
liam Drew, of Guildhall, enlisted July SOth
1862, in Company A, 10th Vermont Voun-
teers, representing himself to be twentv-one
years of age, He went to Brattleiporo with
the regiment, and the night bsGore they we're
mustered into the service of the United States,
he deserted and returned to Guildhall, By d.
recton of me Adjutant and Inspector General
lie was arrested, and was being taken TO Bur-
lington when his father obtained writ Of Ha-
beas Corpus, claiming that at the time of his
enlistment be was, and still is, under age.
) The case was brought on before Judge Poland,
Oct. 7th. The evidence as to his age was con-
81 ficting. and was not considered by the Court.
/ The Town authorities relied upon an act Of
Congress approved Feb. ID, 1861, in which it
, is enacted: that the enlistment contract shall
? be conclusive rs to the age of minors over Is
h years of age; but the Judge decided that the
. statute applied only to soldiers when mustered
4 into the United States service, and was then
conclusive only on the minor, and not upon his
parent or guardian. But the Judge held, in
accordance with decision made in similar
: case by Judge Barrett, last year. with the con-
i currence of the supreme court, that inasmuch
/ as the father knew of his sons enlistment al
the time it was made and took no steps to gel
him discharged, but did some acts that showed
k an apparent acquiescence in his enlistment, ant
r suffered the State to uniform and drill ant
~ board him for six weeks, though they had no
le paid him anything, ii was now too late for tn
to father to claim him on the ground of his mi
J. nority, but that the father should have done
70 Immediately, or, at least, very soon after b
? knew of the enlistment, In order to avail hin
10 self of the benefit of the statute Of this Stat
/ against the enlistment Of minors without tn
a written consent of their parents or guardian
to He accordingly ordered him into the custod
~ of the selectnen of Guldhall, who have take
( him to Burlington.
~ The l4TH AND 18TH REGIMENTs.--Ti
NJ several companies comprising these regimen
~ are designated as follows, the Captains rani
% ne in the order their companies are named:
f. ,14TH REGIMENT.
be Co A, Bennington, Capt, Ransom 0. Gore
m Co. B, Wallingford, Capt. j. G. Thompson
~ Co. G, Manchester, Capt j. B. Munson.
ne Co. D, Shoreham, Capt. Charles =. Abel'
to Co. f, Middlebury, Capt, Edwin Rich.
al Co. T, Castleton, Capt. Joseph Jennings.
| CO. G, Bristol, Capt. Noble + Dunshee
od Co. Il, Rutland, Capt. Walter O. Dunton'
5ot Co. X, Dandy, Capt. Alonzo n. ColYln'
ny
es 18TH REGIMENM.
ey Co. A, West Fairlee, Capt. Horace +. Brow
ny Co. B, Danville, Capt. james M. Aver:
to Co. G, West Randolph, Capt Cornelius
IL; Carpenter. a-e.--t
am Co. D, Waits River, Capt. G. 6. French
ce- Co. E, Island Pond, Capt Warren Moves =.
pl-- Co. f, McIndoe's Falls, Capt. Xerxes Z. o.
ley VEINS. .'-..r .,.s..s .s.
ley Co. G, Lyndon, Capt. Stephen Mcoaney.
am Co. H, Frontier Guards, Capt. hey
are >srss~ Wright.
our Co. I, Barton, Capt. William Il. johnson on
al, Co. K, st. Johnsbury, Capt. Geo, D. WOO
us, as1 ward. @ ..lss-
lily -
h a We learn that on the Rutland & WashiD
fer ton road, about two and half miles II.