Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-04-17
WAR ITEMS.

CT Secretary Seward has has gone to
Tennessee.
&C. There are indications at Nashville
of decided revival in the cotton trade
One of largest brokers recently received
several wagon loads of the staple
~ Gen. Grant, though hardly forty
years Of age, has been in II battles, in
three of which he commanded, and was in
the Mexican war
E George Leopold has been put in
calaboose at Richmond for saying that he
would rather fight for Lincoln than for
Davis--and the Crescent declares that ne
is not the only one in the city who talks
strangely"
az The Boston Post says Govern
ment owes ten millions Of dollars to con-
tractors in Boston, and failures are the
consequence; especially among those who
furnished for IA cents pound coffee for
which they had to pay q cents
a. MIR. Yeatman, President Of sthe
Western Sanitary Commission, telegraph
ed to this city last evening for hospital
stores for the grand army of the vest
ave want everything, and as soon as
possible" are his words Boston Advo-
cate of Thursday. "a Va "a IS
gSy The Richmond Enquirer sof the
2Sth ult, says Major General aNagru-
der, of the army of the Peninsula, has is
sued general orders to his forces, in case
any body of them should meet the enemy
and he not be with them, to attack at
once, and furiously.
gSg Farmers from the different coun.
ties in Virginia recently occupied by ouI
troops, are beginning to make their ap.
pearance in the Baltimore markets, with
gold which they had buried on the APP
proach of the rebels to prevent its seiz ire
by them. One old fellow had $4,000
under potato bed for six months. 81
10 The Richmond Examiner says il
is perfectly we'll understood by the con.
federate leaders that Gen. Mcclellan
will not lead up the Peninsula less than
10000 men. 1t is not permitted to say
what is doing to meet him, but knows
that the rebel Generals are eager for the
conflict, and certain of success.
aEy Columbus, KY, has been left in {
defenceless condition since the rebels rar
away from it bag and baggage, but is tc
be so no longer, Sixty cannon are being
mounted there by direction Of Genera
Strong, aud in short time it will be as
formidable position for the rebels tc
contend against as they so long held it tc
: contend with.
Gen. Hunter has divided his command
into three districts The first comprises
South Carolina, Georgia and a part 0
Florida, aud is placed in charge of Briga
der General n. W. Benham, with head
, quarters at Port Royal. The balance o
Florida composes the other two districts
one of which is under the command o
! Brig. Gen, L. A. Arnold, headquarters a
, Fort Pickens.
o. A daughter of the proprietor o
the Tredegar Iron works at Richmon,
was captured by our advancing force
last week, beyond Great Bethel, in tn
act of signalling our approach to the en-
envy. She braved all the consequence
of her act, and is now in Fort McHenry
paying the penalty of her feminine rash
ness, but is not the least ashamed by he
conduct. On the contrary, she manifest
all the usual symptoms of the rebel d
sease, which are unblushing impudenc
and hectoring swagger. She is prett
! girl of some eighteen or nineteen sun
- mers.
o L. The Mobile Advertiser of Marc
s 18th, says
: "a consequence of the success of Il
= Virginia will doubtless be immediate, an
desperate efforts of the enemy to occup
and possess the coast cities and por
where we could construct and harbC
- similar monsters. Charleston, Savannah
= Mobile and New Orleans are chief anon
y these menaced places-but unluckily fc
! them, they are too late in the case of th
two latter cities. The rams, whose cor
. struction they would prevent, are tn
y agency which will work their dsstru,
. ton"
t, WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE
= A State is a nnlitinal cnnnnnrlitr a,