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

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The 18TH VERMONT REGIMENT left their
quarters at Brattleboro for the seat Of war on
Saturday.
OF the forty Major Generals in the SER
vice, over thirty are graduates Of West Point.
This fact ought to put a quietus upon the off
repeated statement that the Administration
confers stars on political ground.
"A new internal machine, claimed to be
adequate for the destruction of iron-clad ves-
sells, is going through government tests at Cop
enhagen. The apparatus, which is extremely
simple, and costs but little, consists of glass
reservoir filed with powder, floating at cer-
tain depth, where, by very simple chemical
means, it produces an explosion. In the first
experiment, when loaded with a very small
charge, the effect was amazing. ,.
Secretary Stanton recently "took downn
a conceited wearer of shoulder-straps, who ex-
pressed desire to command the body-guard
Of some General. "Body-guard,n quoth the
bluff Secretary. "Why, sir, General-in- Chief
Halleck tells me that the only body-guard he
ever had was bull-terrier pup" Straps was
dumb. @ #-f1i ..a d
A Grand Democratic Ratification meeting
was held at the Cooper Institute, New York
| city, on Monday night, and was large and
noisy. Mr.. Seymour was present himself, and
made an elaborate defense against the charge
of sympathy with the rebellion. John Van
Buren, who has been in political retirement for
long time, was dug out from under the Buff
falo platform, and coaxed into making a
speech. Horace f. Clark was also on the
stand, and Richard O'Gorman assisted at the
ceremonies.
--Orestes A. Brownson, the Catholic re-
viewer, war Democrat, has been nominated
for Congress by the Republican, Union party
in the third district of New Jersey. He an,
nounces that he will canvass the district stead
lily until election.
A boy nine years old, afflicted with
monomania for incendiarism, has been arrest
ed in an Austrian town in the act of commenc
ing his tenth fire. At his examination he said
that at certain hours of the day he felt such
desire to set fire to something that his heart
burnt in his body until he had done So" In
one of these fits, on the 10th June hast, he at
tempted three times to set on fire the residence
of his step-father, but without success he
however effected his purpose the following day,
when thirtysix houses and synagogue were
destroyed. .....
The Herald advises Seymour to with
draw 1t sees nothing but damage anu as
grace to the country from his continuing to
distract the public mind by party contest,
while the nation is struggling for existence. 1t
dosen't like Wardsworth because it supposes
him, (though very mistakenly to be radi-
| cal but it is for the vigorous prosecution of
| the war, and active and jealous support of the
| Government, and the efectual crushing out of
the rebellion; and it regards the prosecution
Of the party strife which Seymour's nomina-
ton has stirred up in this State, as likely to
divide public sentiment and seriously cripple
the administration in It's efforts to maintain the
| constitution.
This is excellent advice and comes from
| quarter which Gov. Seymour cannot suspect of
| being unfriendly. We commend it to his con-
sideration. He will consult his own political
welfare by following it.
Much care has been taken to conceal the
| fact of the great disaffection of the State of
| Georgia with the rebel government but the
evidence now and then pops out in spite of
their teeth. Not long since we recorded the
discharge of a conscript by Georgia Judge,
who boldly declared the conscription act illegal
| and void. We have not heard that the Judge
| was molested. But here is stronger evi-
| dence. In an article about differences be-
| tween the State of Virginia and the Confeder-
ate Government, the Richmond Examiner of
| the 9th says: "Such correspondence. for in
| stance, between the State of Georgia. whjch
| quietly prohibits the enforcement of the con-
! scription laao in its limits, and the Coafeder-
| ate Government, which pocketed the arobibi-
| tion, will never see the light, for it will never
be undertaken" This is positive statement
| that Georgia repudiates the Confederate au-
| thority, and that the central government is too
| weak to enforce its laws, even the law of all
| others most Indispensable to its existence.
| When thief turns States evidence We
| generally get at the truth. Let us call such
one to prove that the Confederate guerrilas or
| BIPARTISAN rangers" as jeff Davis euphonious-
| ly names them, are no more nor less than rob-
| bers and murderers. We call John B. Floyd
who is certainly q thief, and quote from let
ter written by him to the State authorities of
Virginia, with reference to the condition of the
western part of that State: ~ have been
Guare of abuses and outrages of q most mon
strous and shocking character, committed by
those who believe are organized as partisan
rangers under authority of the Confederate
officers-but so scrupuleus have | been in abb
staining from what might by the little and the
| ignorant be construed into unwaTantable in
| reference, that have foreborne to issue anv
order to prevent what it was the duty of every
Confederate officer, in the name of humanity,
toput a stop to The chief causes of the dis
affection among the people of large part of
this community, have arisen from the high
handed acts of robbery and rapine committed
by many of the partisan rangers | know
that commission, if fairly executed, wou1a
disclose a lacLeSsaess and monstro@s abuse of
authority and poacer, aohich would be aston
isbing and shocking, and which would call for
and insure from the Secretary and the Presi-
dent prompt reform, and stern measures of re-
dress against my repetition of them" This is
no Union TRADE, but the official testimony OF