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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03
THE NATIONAL TAX.

The New York Herald INDUCES in tne
following speculations upon the ..obiect of
Che National Tax -
With the passage Of the Tax bill by
the Senate ent.s every lingering doubt
relative t1 the success Of the financial
sehe1nes of the q. S. Government. The
value of its certificates of the indebted
ness, whether they be Treasury notes,
stocks or other securities, is now estab.
kshed on a firm and solid basis.
As soon as the bill, which is now in the
House for concurrence in the Senate
amendments becomes law, an annual
income of over 100000 900 will be in.
Cured, which is sufficient to pay the in
terest at the average rate now paid by the
Government, on debt of over $4,000
100000. Our expenses, however, car
n no event ever be such as to increase
or debt to this enormous sum. If i
reaches ST. 500, 200. 900, we shall be abb
60 pay the interest thereon with $75. 900,
600. To this add $lG0, 600, 900 for the
current expenses of the Government eacl
year, and we have total of S175. 900,
O06 to be annually paid, if our income be
pos but 5000, 100000 for the yearly con.
Sribution to a sinking fund with which te
s1tinguish the debt incurred in the prose
oation OF the war.
But after the present year our incom
viii, in all probability, amount to large
ssn than above indicated, inasmuch a
The customs receipts will increase as th,
souatry is restored to tranquility and tn,
demand for foreign goods increases, ant
- the tax receipts will be augmented
AFR tie stock Of goods already manuac
tuyei and untaxed is consumed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

THE COUNTY CoNvENrroN-The Rut-
land aid Washington and the Rutland and
Burlington nnssilroads will bring members
who attend the Rutland County Convention
for fare one ,oay. We believe this will en-
SIRE large attendance. We hope to see
the people of the county here en- masse,
The supporters of the administration in
Rutland are invited to meet at the Court
House at / o'clock A NJ, on the day of the
Convention, to select their delegates to rep
resent them therein
u The yearly expense of keeping
sheep in Vermont is stated by Writer in
the Patent Reports at ST. % % per head.
Jn Wisconsin it is put p. so cents year.
In Missouri 40 cents. In Maine ST.. In
Virginia do cent?. The Shaker Society
in Kentucky rate the cost there at from
20 to IS cents.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

Caledonia county has not furnished as
large quota of Union volunteers as other
portions of the State, but special effort is
being made there to fill up the ranks Of
the 9th Regiment.-[B Bellows Falls Times.
We have heard the same charge against
old Caledonia before, but did not take any
stock in it. We kao,o the people of Cal
edonia county, and we think the record
will show that she has furnished her full
quota of Union soldiers. They are pc
culiar people in Caledonia county, and
their popularity consists in their love for
the Union, and the Scotch accents of a
good many descendants of the country
men of Bruce The Bellows Falls Times
must be more careful about speaking of
such a population. We predict that the
Company for the Ninth Regiment in old
Caledonia will be filled.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

We commenced Springfield Mass, to
the attention of mi sionarios and colporeurs.
The Republican says there are in that city
girls who have been bred in our public
schools-girls whoes names and history we
know-who are now on the street-rulned,
body and soul-given up to life of senss-
atty and sin, and bound to death of misery
and horror, to say nothing OF what lies b., ond
1t. There are young men with minds as vile
as hfl, already diseased in body as foully as
they are in mind. The physicians of the city
are reliable statistians on this subject There
are conrtezans, with their gewgaws and paint,
where the poor fools find them. There are
gamblers-never so many in town as now.
More than all this-nay, worse than all this
there is the pruient, feverish, sensual im-
aginston among the young, that corrupts
feeling and saps the very foundations of prin-
ciple and purity" Springfield certainly
requires specifies and moral attention.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

ANCIENT JEwELRY.-The jewels OF
the Egyptian Queen Aah-Kotep, who
died 1900 years beftre Christ. and whose
tomb was discovered by French archeo-
logist in 1850, will be exhibited at the In
ternational Exhibition in Lnndon, When
found at Gounah the body of the Queen
was covered with objects in gold and sill
yer, such as a diamond in massive gold,
encrusted with precious stones, elaborate
ly chased with the heads of sphynxes, and
bound together with chord of gold,
wrought like tress; collar of gold,
having depending from it three flies of
solid gold, supposed to be the decoration
of the Egyptian honorary Order of the
Fly two heads of lions; and boat of
death mounted on wheels, and with little
figures of rowers in silver.
The sitter is supposed to represent the
deceased Queen, and the chanter in the
boat is OF gold. His finger is placed upon
his lip, as if enjoining silence.
The time has gone by when polemical
disputants can put each other down by
calling hard names. Luther and Calvin
could indulge in that sort of controversy
without reprosch, and perhaps without
effect-for it was the fashion of the age
But the world is wiser now, and Doctor
Smith and the Rev. Mr.. Brown must have
something better than epithets to do any
serious damage to the feeblest sect, or the
most unpopular creed.
Nathaniel Howe, of Hopkinton, an &C.
centric clergyman of the Calvinistic school
once made an ordination prayer which
contained the following valuable hint as
to the best mode of dealing with theologi-
cal opponents 80, Lord may this thy
young servant put down the Methodists,
and Universalists, by preaching better,
and praying better, and living better than
they |" Amen.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

ALWAYS ROOM UP SrAIRs.-A young
man, who was thinking of studying law,
said to Daniel Webster:
Mr.. Webster, understand the pro-
fession of law is quite full, and that there
are more lawyers than are need1d. Do
you think there is any chance for me p
"There is always room up stairs" was
the reply, and as true as it was ingenious
Only few persons reach the high places
and these are always in great demand.
There is always room up stairs"
First class farmers and mechanics, as
we'll as physicians, lawyers, &c., always
find plenty of room, plenty of work, and
good pay. Whatever calling you choose,
and it matters little, if it be an honest one,
resolve to go into an upper story; but do
not try to jump there by single leap, or
you may fall disabled. Rather begin at
the bottom of the ladder, and pat iently
step upon each round.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03
l. l N Il S

Suggested by tie death Of Florence Rice aged y'a' d"d
Il mon A. daGghta Of AtaasoH aHa Lor"a mes q
POaltnsy, w.
Isit we'll with the ehild' All yes II Is wei,
No sorrow or suffering her bosom doth sweli ,
To her Father In Heaven she's yielded her hIsath
And her form lies serene In the cold arms OF death
Is itwell with tho ohid' oh yes 1t IL we'll,
With angels in heaven her spirit doth dwell
A brish' ERWIN ofglory euoi Giles he brow
And the street of pure gold she Is uayersing now
IL II we'll with thu ehild' oh sure It Is we'll,
And the seraphie athem no mortal can tell,
For no II hat seen and ear hath no heard,
That music celestial prepared by the Lord
Then weep OF fof Florence Oh dry every tear
The smiles ofthe Savior thy pathway will cheer
In humble reliance trust all 10 thy God,
And submissiyely bow TO the Christening ROD
Though thy heart may be sad and thy home may
be drear,
Yet mourn not for Florence who tOyOu vase
dear;
A harp Of pure god in her hand Ia now given,
And she's singing the praises OF Jesus In heaven
Then sister be faithful lew deeting years,
When YOU shall have passed through this valley
of tears,
You'll meet your dear Florence, In heaven above
And Join the redeemed in the anthem oflove.
A FRIEND.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

AT the recent vote in Illinois on the
new Constitution, the city of Springfield
voted strong in favor of the sections which
were hard on the colored population. The
city gave 1898 majority in favor Of the
clause excluding negroes and mulatoes
from the State, and 3,0lS majority for
denying blacks the right of suffrage, The
first proposition named got 1873 votes and
the last one but 20 votes.-7roy Wing.
The above may be so, but do the North
ern apologists for men who turn traitors
for the sake of "niggers," stop to refect'
The Republicans are called "negro wor-
shippers" and yet not only Illinois, but
even Wisconsin, strong Republican
State, settled in large part by New Eng
land emigrants, have anti-negro laws.
They don't like the negro,-don't like him
as either a slave or citizen, and the
negro has no reason to like them, for they
have not treated him in all cases as
christian people should. The Anglo
Saxons stole him,-enslaved him,-pass-
ed laws to prevent his being educated in
the schools, and then in our Anglo-Saxon
pride, we allude to him as degraded be-
ing, unfit for association with whites, as he
really is (not on account of moral, but phys
iscal qualities, however, forgetting that
not many centuries ago, our ancestors
were barbarous and uneducated, and were
stolen from their homes by Roman Slave
Traders, transported in slave ships, and
sold upon the auction block, precisely as
Africans have been stolen, transported
and sold, since the settlement of America
Now mark this and reflect upon it, ye
Democratic oracles and spouters while
Northern States, that are even Republican
in sentiment have such a dislike to the
negroes that they will not allow them to
inhabit their borders, nor be clothed with
any of the rights of freeman, the seeded
States, are fighting for the overthrow of
the best and freest government on earth,
for the inestimable privilege of having
negroes by the hundreds all about them
to act as nurses for white babies, who no.
toriously draw the milk which nurtures
them from black breasts, - to have ne
crosses to fan their ladies in their parlors,
to have negroes in exclusion of "clean
and respectable white men around their
persons as waiters,-at the table,--at the
hotel even at the sanctuary; - though
the negro is left outside of the latter place!
We ask therefore, in the utmost good
faith, who are the "negro worshippers,"
the Slave-holding Democracy or the Nor
thern People?
AT the same time we wish to add that
we do not know which most to condemn,
the Negro-worshipping Soutberners, who
prefer to overthrow the Union for the
sake of having Negroes about them, or
Northern men, who deny the rights of
Christian hospitality to a down-trodden,
despised, and it may be repulsive, but
nevertheless harmless race
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

@Mr. Ball, the agent for the sale OF
the new process of tanning, is still stop,
ping at the franklin Hotel, where he Will
be happy to explain the process, ana eA-
bibit specimens of leah her, to any p5r'pns
who may call upon him. No acids or no,
LIQUORS are used, We have examiner
several skins tanned by Mr.. Ball, and 70
appearance it is as fine leather as eau "
manufactured, and is so pronounceo 10 "
by good judges. Mr., Ball will eel o'"'e
County or Town Rights.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

Ninth REGmENT.-The Chittenden
Company has organized in Burlington on
Wednesday, by the choice of the follow
ing officers -
Captain-George A. Bebee, Burling-
ton.
lst Lieutenant-Eugene Viele, Hines
burgh
I'd Lieutenant-John T. Bascom, Mil
ton.
These officers are active and capable
young men, who have their whole heart
in their business, and will be faithful "a
the requirements Of their position, Capt
Bebee has seen service, having been ou
with the LIST Vermont Regiment. Lieut.
Bascom is a son of Reed Bascom, of Mil
ton, and was a Lieutenant in Captain
Lonergan's company, I'd Regiment, unit
it was SO uDjustly disbanded. He Their
enlisted as a private in the Brattleboro
company, of the same Regiment, and in a
| year S time he has not missed day from
being at roll-call. He is well worthy bis
appointment. Lieut.. ielle is resident
of Hinesburgh. and has been exceedingly
active and successful in recruiting for his
company. He is said to possess all ne
cessary qualifications for a lieutenancy.
The Windsor County Company also
organized at Perkinsville on Wednesday
The following are the officers chosen -
Captain-Charles Jarvis, of Weathers-
| field.
lst Lieutenant-Asaph Clark, of Cav
endish.
I'd Lieutenant-Justus Dart, Wealth
ersfeld.
Captain Jarvis, is son of the late
| Consul Jarvis, of Weathersfeld.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03
- An army correspondent at Richmond

An army correspondent at Richmond
writes as follows
One thing has not yet been made public
in the remarkable conversation of Brig Gen.
Howell Cobb, under flag of truce, with one
of our own officers Gen. Cobb said that
previous TO the order Of Gen. Butler in re-
gard to the women Of New ORLEANS, the gulf
between the north and south was moi unfath-
enable but that order had made the gulf
deeper than hell and broader than eternity.
He SAID it had just been read to the troops
under his command hat it bai touched the
most secret springs OF pride on the one hand,
and revenge on the o.fer, and that now there
could be no Union" sssa
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03
SONNET.

Silent the lady sat alone;
In her ears were rings of dead mems bonei
The brooch on her breast shone white and fine,
Twas the polished Joint of Yankees spine;
And tn, we'll carved handle of her ian,
Was the finger bone of Lincoln man.
She turned aside flower to Gull,
From q vace which was made of human skull;
For to make her forget the ioss OF her slaves,
Her lover had rln d dead mems graves.
Do you think I'm des ibiug a witch or ghoul'
There are no such things-snd I'm not such fool
Nor did she re, ide in Ashantee;
Hottie lady fair was an +. y. V.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

KANsAs.-The Court of Impeachment
which has been in session at Leaven.
worth, has deposed the State Auditor, q.
5. billiard, for misdemeanor, by vote
of IL to 2. The case of Co. Robinson.
who has also been on trial, was disposed
of by vote OF aquittal, 10 to 2, on the
FIRST article, and unanimously on the rest.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03
GEN. POPE AT WASHINGTON
WHAT HE SAYS.

Major Gen. Pope spent some time on
the floor of the House to-day, and many
Members were introduced to him, to whom
he expressed very freely his views con-
corning the conduct of the war both in
the West and in the East, He believes
that the forces of the reJols at Richmond
are overrated, as the forces of Beaure-
gard at Corinth were before Corinth was
evacuated.
1t was the concurrent testimony of spies
and deserters that not less than 100000
or 100000 armed rebels were behind
Beauregard's intrenchments but upon
the occupation of Corinth it was proved
beyond question that he never had more
than 5000 men there. Gen Pope does
not believe the rebel army at Richmond
exceeds the latter number.
He laughs at the prevalent report that
Gen. Beauregard has reinforced that army
to the extent of a single soldier. He con-
siders the war in the west as virtually at
an end, the only thing yet to be done be-
ing to possess and hold the immense
breadth OF country already really con-
quered. In answer to question concern.
ing the 10000 prisoners taken by him,
according to Gen. Halleck, he says that
he took 10000 men, they could hardly be
called soldiers, and $4,000 stand of arms
most of the captiv1s, Of whom many were
from Kentucky and Tennessee. Beaure-
cards rear guard was driven south
Having no mean, TO feed them, and be
lieving there was little temp" uon 1or them
to join the rebel rout, he released them
on parole. All who have conversed with
Gen. Pope are struck with his unassum-
ing trankness and ability, and hope that
he will be assigned an important COM
mand in the East,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

Thus, in less than two years after
ths accession to power Of the republican
party. the negro is made, as far as possi-
Die, the equal of the white man as civil
ian, soldier, and sailor. Nay, more
than this, the Constitution is violated that
white men may be bereft of guaranteed
rights. White men are stripped Of the
armor of American citizenship in order
that the negro may be clothed therein.
Thus spoke the Hon. w. A. Richard
'on, Of Illinois, in speech recently de-
iivered by him in the House of Represen-
atives. The specific acts upon which he
bases his assertion are, the order of Sec
Rotary Welles, requiring the employment
Of negroes in the Navy, and the enroll
ment Of negro troops by Gen. Hunter.
This the Hon. W. A. Richardson pro-
tests against. So do the rebels protest
against arming the negroes to fight upon
The Union side. They have not the least
objection, however, to negroe companies,
regiments, or even brigades, IN the rebel
ranks. The evidence is indsputable that
the rebels have armed their negroes, and
placed them in the ranks with white men.
They have been employed as attillerists,
and have often been pushed into the
most dangerous positions. Does this
fact stir the indignation of Mr.. Richard
son? Has he anything to say against the
putting of negroes into the ranks with
white men by the rebels? Not one word.
1t is only when the negro, whose master
is in rebellion against the Government
proposes to fight in the Union army, that
Richardson becomes indignant and de-
nuneatory.
We ask in Heavens name, if negro
san fight and aoiU fight for the Union,
why refuse to allow him to do so? If
he does not choose to follow his master
into the active service of rebellion, but
rather to sustain the Government of the
Union, why drive him over to the enemy?
Mr.. Richardson's Democracy is after the
most intense pro-slavery pattern. 1t is
not the Democracy of the Fathers-the
Democracy Of Jackson. Negroes were
allowed to fight in the ranks with white
men during the whole period of our Rev.
elutionary struggle, and it is undeniable
that they performed in many instances
gallant and effective service. So Gen.
Jackson employed them in the great bat
tie of New Orleans, and afterwards issued
a special order comolimenting them in the
highest terms on account of their gallant
conduct in that memorable action, and
addressed them as "Felow Citizens"
Now when Gen. Hunter is doign the
same thing precisely that Jackson did, he
As denounced as a champion of "negrrec
equality" and accused of stripping white
men OF the armor Of American citizenship
in order that the negro may be clothed
therein" Mr.. Richardson aspires to the
leadership of the little remnant of Breck-
inridge, and semi-secession Demo- "a. Is in
'he Northern orr o'"'es, tie il eminently
adapted to fill that degraded position. A
man who has no word of rebuke for the
rebels who arm their negroes to shoot
down our loyal fathers, sons and brothers,
but the most bitter denunciaton of negroes
employed to shoot the rebels, shows evil
IDENTITY where his heart is.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

MORE POWDER. - Urgent calls are
now made upon the United States Arse
nal at WATERFOWL, by the Government tor
powder, and the establishment is in oper-
alton on the Sabbath as we'll as other days
in the week. The kind of powder wan
ted is that used for seige guns.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.

Quoth Napoleon the the third" really believe
With the N xic Republic III take Frsaeh Ieacsin
mot 40 fast" cries Jusrez, with answer quite
manish,
"But IN sh " you, my good sir, the way to tes!k
Spdniia DIN Y. Sunday Times
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

Florida, at the time she seeded, had
in her treasury four dollars and fifty-fve
cents We understand t t:@t Inc whole of
that sum has been expended in defending
the rights Of the South.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

In Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay up
on Napoleon" we read-"He was thief.
He did mean things. He pinched ladies'
cheeks. He was rude in the EXTREME
He listened to others secrets. He peep
ed through the key-holes." Yes, and to
this the great essayest might have added,
that Napoleon once ran his toll at the
bridge of Lodi.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

- The Chicago Tribune is informed
that over 800 of the confederate prisoners
at Camp Douglas were recruited into the
ranks Of the Irish Brigade on Saturday
last, and left with it for Washington.
The publisher of Parson Brownlows
book is now printing the seventee''m thou
sand.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

MORE RUMoRs.-There are flying ru-
mOrs in Washington that Earl Russell has
sent a communication to Secretary Sew
ard, protesting against the conduct of
Gen. Butler towards the women of New
Orleans,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

PITTsFoRD.-The citizens of Pittsfod
and vicinity propose to hold a Sabbath
School and Civic Festival on the Fourth
of july, at the Palmer Grove. Exten.
sive preparations are making to have a
good time, and we understand that the
Marble Valley Band has been engaged for
the occasion. We shall hereafter publish
a programme of the exercises.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

PERsoNAL.-Lieut. Whitney, Co. F.
Sixth Vermont Regiment, recruited BY
the late Capt. Reynolds, well known to
most of our citizens, has returned home
and is in fine health and spirits. He
brings good report from the Vermont
Brigade.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

9The Editor OF the Vermonter is
informed that we are "not mad-no, we
are at mad" As the Western orator
said, we are willing to place ourselves {" in
the same an stata quo that We occupied
before the ante beiitim :"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03

James A, Cheney of Rurlan5
informs us that last year he shear4d frar11
five yearling bucks of his own roisi pn
S31 pounds of very nice white wool -
lightest fleece weighing 10 pounds a~ nl
the heaviest 2O4 pounds, the average h"
ing l6 81 pounds! We call attentior =,
the tlocks of both of the above many
gentlemen.
CELEBRAuoN.-The citizens of Pan
let aad adjoining towns will celebrate ,bo
coming Fourth OF July at Pawlet Press
dent of the Day, DIR, A. Sidney Hougb
ton /; Vice Presidents,-C. S. Bardwen
A. h. DEMO, DR.. w. b. Sergeant, Anan
Whedon, A. S. Whitcomb, J. NJ. Shaw
l.. M. Carpenter. Marshall, A L Brom'
ley. Reader of Declaration, A j Blaka
ley, A M. Chaplain, Rev Azariah Hvds
Orators, Hon A l. Miner, Hon Marin 7
Townsend OF Troy, Hon j W Thompson
of Granville. Toast Masters, II Potter
j B Bromley. There will be Balloon
ascension in the afternoon. Music bv tba
Manchester Cornet Band. The Process.
sion will form at ten O'Clock in the fore.
noon. There will also be splendid dis.
play of Fire Works in the evening. We
advise all who wish to enjoy the day in q
patriotic and agreeable manner to 20 TO
! Pawlet.