Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-11-20
miscellaneous Items.

The Missouri Democrat saws that Frank
Blair owes his majority to illegal votes, and
that Mr.. Knox, ais republican opponent will
get the certificate Of election. Ifso, Mr.. Blair
will contest it in Congress,
Washington correspondents mention Gen.
Fremont as p-obabe successor of both Gen.
Wadsworth and Gen. Hentzlemen, TO act az
commander of the defences OF Washington
and as military governor of the District Of
Columbia. Gen. Fremont returns first to st.
Louis however, to complete his testimony in
the McKinstry affair.
-Gentlemen Immediately from Hancock
and Martinsburg, say that Stonewall Jackson's
forces are encamped within ten miles of Man
chester, along the railroad from Harper's Fer
ry. The people along the Potomac, in the
vicinity of Hancock and Cumberland, are not
in the least alarmed, for the time is past when
jackson would attempt an invasion. The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad is now clear of
rebels, and will soon be in operation through
to Wheeling. Fa
The Charleston Mercury says ''the YAM
KEGS love the nigger," The Louisville Jour
nal retorts that the complexion of large por-
ton of the servlle population Of the South is
pretty str ng indication that the Chivalrv
"love the niger" ii
AT last accounts King Otho of e
was looking about Venice for cheap <reece
spectacle place to board. and re-
The health of Florence Night
proving. ..... ngale is i'm
Washington correspond
ting that all apprehensions snts agree in sta
ton are groundless. 1t is of foreign interyen
Sweden tave demandP true France Spainand
to individuals but + d Indemnity for nuries
GUS and are onl <ese demands are courte
grow out of the 3 those which necessarily
demand of Sv prosecution of the war. The
ATTORNEY G eden has been submitted tn the
him to be sneral, and has been declared bv
cases of ,oy gust The others apply to numerous
and re !" saduals who haze been injured
for AIDING. erred to the proper tribunals
ent thar ica ion. AS matters stand at pres-
that a. sls really no cause for apprehension
peac hy european nationality will break the
towards the Federal government.
The Washington Republican saws the
olowing letter was received at the office of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. last
[ week: -' ''e'
ITO the Clark Of they ntrinal revinue.
Washington, D. C.
Sill would like your decision upon the
following question.
Are newsboys pedders, and if So are
they liable to be stamped onto2
Respectfully, j. BRowH
"Skowhegan, Nov. 4, 1862.
| = The Buffalo Courier, straieht-out DEM
ocra'lc paper, pronounce the nomination of
oei. Mcclellan for President by the Demo
| crats "a very silly performance Yet the
democrats endorsed in the late canvass some
performances by Van Buren much silier and
more wicked.
Gov. Andy johnson of Tennessee wrote
letter to the President, some time before the
removal Of Gen. Buell., in which he said oe
him: "Gen. Buell. is very popular with -.
rsDes, and the impression is that be il sns
par,lal to them than to the Union more
inst ne favors the establishment % neu anu
cstnniederacy. ! will not ase ..aa so".neln
bue.i desires the esiablisb;a ;ane, ;, - son,bs.
encnlederacy, &C. and Surrender Of = tennessee % 70
;f IS ,tne,s haa put viii give it, ~ NV opinion that
r,an, ns nau aeslgaed to do he could have been
these OBJECTS. Nav ,n' - complishment of both
from some ot tho oay. sod save my country
ducting this war S 5'0 erals that bave been con-
A letter hy
dated at Ne, ss Deen received from Coi. Lee,
of Gen. Fo, Sbern, the 18th, after the return
engaged. ster's expedition, in whieh ne was
great 81 He says he found the town in
been ate of excitement, as our pickets had
leb Just driven in by large force. The
els however disappeared on the return Of
Jur troops.
1t appears t at leading object of the ex-
| pedition under Gen. Foster, that recently
sailed from Newbern, was to surprise and cap
: ture a force of 5000 rebels encamped nearby
mouth Somebody who knew its object tele-
| graphed "pre ature report" OF its success.
! The rebels were not bagged, because Col.
Amory, in charge Of part of the expedition.
failed to come to time. But our troops had
several skirnishes with the retels, de.troye
several of their defensive works, took -
plunder and Agot safely b.ak to Newber7
-Adviees. IRON the Southwes'
the lik raauhood that battle will 4.
b,tween the national forces un'
AID the rebels lately ~ e fnah, :"
withstandng u ler O. . - !.
,ositlon.
says
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