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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

One OF GRAMS SHARpsHoorERs,-
A Vieksburg letter to the Cincinnati Com
merclal says:
"Probably the best sharpshooter in the
army is Lieut.. Foster of the ODD Indiana,
attached to Gen. Stevenson's brigade, Of
Logon's division. When the army took
up its present position, Foster obtained
permission to sharp-shoot on his own hook.
He Immediately dug hole in the earth,
within very short range of the rebel
works. and there he has passed most of the
time since. He is dead shot, and never
fails to drop the unfortunate rebel who
shows himself within eight hundred yards
OF him. Every morning before daylight.
Foster goes to his little fort, which is
known as 'Coon-Skin Hole,' from the ma
tare Of the material of which his shooting
cap is composed. He has killed more reb-
els since the 10Th ult. than any company
of sharpshootere in the army.n
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

"The negroes shut their eyes when they
shoot, and consequently are as likely to
kill friends as foes. Banks put Louis
lana negro regiment in front to test them.
The rebels rushed upon them in fury and
actually butchered them. Six or eight
hundred were killed and the remainder
fed."-RWlond Courier.
The above differs so materially from all
OF the accounts of the battle of Port Hud-
son, that we take the liberty of doubling
its truth. Those who witnessed the fight.
agree in this that the blacks fought like
veterans. l-
1t is not true that the negroes shut their
eyes when they shoot, but they shoot so
as to shut the eyes of the Courier's par
tlcular friends who are fighting against
the Union, and there is where the shoe
pinches, is it not p Vergenaaes Vermonter.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
DIR. A. R. HOWARD.

Surgical and Mechanical Dentist. Has removos
his once to Russel's Ambrotype Building, foot q
Center Street, Rutland, vt. All operationsliner.
formed IN Dentistry in the most thorough mn.
OF the styles now in practice-Gold ana s;lvsr
vulcanized Rubber work, all OF which are warrant.
e. 70 give satisfaction, and prices to suit1ths
ses 2s:Wtf
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
WEEKS & CHENEY

Dealers in Croekery, China, Glass, BrittAnia.
Japanned and Stone Ware, Furniture and Loolins
Glasses, Table Cutlery, Kerosene Oil, Lamps ana
shades, Paper Hangings, Curtains and Fixtures.
Wooden Ware, Brooms, Brushes. &c. Perkins,
New Brick Block, Merchants Row, Rutland, VI.
je29:d&wtf
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

DIR. EDISON,
!. g IN r Rutland every Tuesday. Office over Lev.
1iss StoTe ap23.1v
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
DR. n A pONn

DIR. E. A. POND.
mas openeda new office over the Drug Store AZ
lonG q Morse, Opposite the Depot.) where ha
70 toa oe consulted from Ito IL A. NJ, to and
july3l:d& WITT
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nEWEy q, J0U0r,

DEWEY & JOYCE, t
Attorneys, Counsenors and Solicitors oA,os Il,
land, VT. '>oN' "u'-
cHAs. C. DEWEY. 49,
H..
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

BOWMAN & MANSFIELD.
Eagle Foundry and Machine Shop. near the n
q b. Il. r. Freight Depot. Castings Of every
description, Mill and Machinery Work, Furnished
solicited. Ae'psO''uAy
Rutland, Oct. Is, 1853. 40
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

HlBBARD Il THOMPSON,
Surgical and Mechanical Dentists. m .Aa,-
ton to Gold and Silver Plate for teeth, Vwlcanite
0ork, which is superceding the use of all othars.
viii be put up in the best style, and warranted /
once over the Drug Store, Poultney, vt 23tf
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

MARTIN q. EVERTS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law. and Solicit
land, vt. 0"''' A'us-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
w. B. MUSSEY

w. b. MUSSEY.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Flopr porn
n Ias'eT, cheese, Lard, Fish, Beans, Eggs, A..
pes, Dry and Green, Teas, Sugars, Coffee No
iasses, fluid and all kinds of Good. usually kent
CT
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
PETER G.. HOMES

Wholesale and Retail Paper Warehouse. M =.
wafer, Cor. OF Devonshire st., Boston, has con-
SANITY on hand and for sale large assortment az
al Kinds ofpaper. Book, News, Manila and Press
Agent for Smith & Pete's Enameled Cards ani
Gard Sheets. N' "A3
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

Dr. b. V. N. HARDWOOD,
Dental Surgeon, Washington st.. Bnt,.ns ".
Al operations performed in carefnl' shi,ifs,, =
thorough manner. '"ieiui' sKiiiiui
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

BEN. X. CHASE,
Practical Watch Maker and Jeveler ss,,s.
class Of Gold and Silver Goods. nne
Merchants Row, Rutland, Vt. ,4,f
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
R. M RAII.EY

Manufacturer Of Silver Ware, in all its varieties
and dealer in Plated Ware, Jewelry, and 6ne Ia
bic Cutlery,
Rutland, May 2, ls6S,--dlv
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

DIR. B. FL. HAYNES,
Formerly OF Granville, N. Y, having removed
to Rutland, tenders his services as d Phys;o;an
and surgeon to the inhabitants Of this town and
vicinity. DIR. Haynes has had the experience of
twenty years practice. "
Once at his residence, corner OF West and Elm
seieeA' nay2Sdtf
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

SMITH & READ,
surgical and Mechanical Dentists. Office No.
0, Vnon Block, Castleton, vt. ianos
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

FL. JOHNSON,
saddle and harness maker, near X. r. Meade
store, West Rutland, VT marl6.d&vIv
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

CLARK & BROTHERS,
Dealers In Watches and Jewelry, Clocks. Silver
ana Plated Ware, Fancy Goods, Spectacles. &c.
Hepairng neatly done at our usual low prices.
decl0 Clark's Block Rutland VI
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

FRANCIS FEM,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist, Main Street. Rut-
land, Vermont. e's e. i'"'-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

R. r. MEAD,
, Dealer in Dry Goods, Ready Made Clothns.
groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Salt Fish, Nails.
ana Pants Flour, Patent Medicines. ~ 60
&C., West Rutland Vt. WI ~'''
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
CLARK 81 RROTHERS

DEALERS IN
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, spectaoles, Silver
and Plated Ware, Fancy Goods, so. Repair
ing neatly one. Hair Jewelry made TO order
feb6 Clark's Block Rutland VT
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
BUSINESS CARDS
II. s. gibson.

Practical Upholsterer, manufacturer and dealer
IN Furniture, Feathers, Mattresses and 0prins
Beds, Picture Frames, Gilt and Rosewood Mould.
ings, Glass, Cords, Tassels, Collins, Caskets Net.
nIi.e bnriai Gases, Trimmings, &c. Also, Oahinst
pioek, Gap stairs), Rutland VT.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

SHELDONS & SLASON,
successors to Sheldons, Morgan Il slasop.
marble ~ Dealers, West Rutland, Vermont. H.
S Sa' ohas' Sheldon, II. A. Sheldon, Chas H.
~oon' l0:ly
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

SADLER G. SWEET.
dealers IN Boots, Shoes, and Leather, at whole-
saie ana retail. Highest cash price paid for Hydas
ana oaii SKINS. Perkins, Block, Merchants Row,
~ Jan soft
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MEDICINAL.
HE EARLY PHYSICAL DEGEN-
l. ERACY OF
AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND the early melancholy decline of Childhood
and Youth,
JUST PUBLISHED BY
d r. STON

Physician to the Troy Lung and HYGIENE Ipsti-
... tute.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
E. MOWREY

+. MOWREY, '17
fnotographic Artist, Union Building. Main A..
and Clarks' Block, Merchants' Row, Rutland. VT
Aam,orotypes, Melanotypes, &C., made in the bsst
size, neatly oolored in oil, making smperioryn,eo
ture. fsprs~
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

Wholesale and Retail dealers in Drugs. Medi.
enes, Patent Medicines, Chemicals, Artists Mater
ials, ferfumery, Toilet and Fancy Articles.
Lamps, Kerosene Oil, Burning Fluid, Trasses, SUP.
por,ers and everything pertaining to the Druggist
trade. Prescriptions carefully dispensed.
Merchants Exchange, Rutland. VT.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

FRENCH & KINGSLEY,
Dealers in Flour, Corn, Meal, Iron, Steel,
Coal, Nails, Shell Hardware, Powder Fuse, OH.
burnins Fluid, Furniture and Carpets, Ready
Rutland, VT. NfS'
Il. y. FRENCH. T.. a. RtNasrwv
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

IL -4N. hJIbhlAM.
Tuner and dealer in Sheet Masic, Musical In.
struments, Music Books, Chickering'S and Board
man, Gray & Co.'s Pianofortes. Ross q Morss,s
&C., &c. Ae's
Merchants Row, Rutland, VT l7tf
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
WAR CLAIMS.

SOLDIERS BOUNTY Discharged
~ soldiers are now entitled to their bounty.
and can have it collected by calling on
W. II. SMITH, Attorney,
Rutland, vt.
Rutland, March 4, 1864. mar6:d&wtf
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12
Discoursing upon the battle of Muir.

Discoursing upon the battle of MUIR
freesboro, after the action, staff Off
Ger remarked to Gen. Rosecrans :
=" Your tcnacity of purpose, General,
is a theme of universal comment"
al guess" he replied, that the troops
have discovered that Bragg is a good
dog, but holdfast is better" He is
univer sally called "Old Holdfast at
the bivouac fires. A wounded rebel
officer in Murfreesboro, discussing the
battle with Father Tracy-the clerical
guest Of the Gencral-said We
think your General is a id Dutch
fool he don't know when he is whip
ped" The fancy that Gen. Rosecrans
is Dutchman. widely prevails in the
South-wbereas his ancestors, INA
tive and to the manor born" fought in
the Revolutionary War. The General
is of the sixth generation of the Ameri-
can Rosecrans family, and is about as
deeply bred American as the natives
Of them all.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12
Tom Thumbs Wedding.

General Tom Thumb Charles S.
Stratton) had an interview with the
Right Rev. Bishop Potter, yesterday,
when the latter consented to perform
the marriage service in the approach
ing nuptials with Miss Layinia War
rem. The Bishop will be assisted by
the rector of St. Johns Church. Bridge
port, Conn. The wedding will take
place in Trinity Chapel. Twcnty-ffth
street, on Tuesday, Feb. 10th. The
bridal presents purchased by the Gen
eral, costing over $1,000, may be seen
for q few days at Ball. Black & Co.'S.
Last evening. Messrs. B.. b. & Co. ad-
ded magnificent watch and chate-
laine, finely set with diamonds, to the
as a gift from their frm.-
N. Y. Tribune, 22d sls.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12

A Washington letter states that the
freeing of the slaves in the District
of Columbia, "has made little Or no
change in their domestic condition.
Most of them still remain with their
former Masters and Mistresses, while
not a single one can be induced to
leave the District" In other words,
freed men work for their old masters
and mistresses, having bargained
with them to do so for stipulated wa
ges which are paid them and this is
all the emancipation amounts to. No
one of them was killed or wanted to
kill anybody they only wanted pay
for their work, and this they are now
receiving. As to coming North, we
have not heard tina: one of them has
done 80.
Not many years hence, the bitter
hostility to Emancipation, the foul
abuse of its advocates now current,
will be looked back upon with amaze
ment. Men who are now most violent
anti-abolitionists will deny that they
ever were such. and pretend that they
were only opposed to the slave insur7
rections, negro suffrage, or something
else than freedom. The world does
novel
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12
Frauds on the Government.

1t has been ascertained by the Gov
eminent detectives. says New York
dispatch, that parties in New England
have been extensively engaged in man.
ufacturing and selling to the rebels
shoes and other goods, which are ship
ped first to Canada and thence to Mas.
sau, where they are re-shipped 10 small
vessels to run the blockade. Large
numbers of guns, pistols and weapons
belonging to the Government are con-
stantly Struggled to the North from
Washington for sale. On Friday a
box containing half dozen of Colts
revolvcrs of the newest style, and
which had never been in service, were
recovered by the Government police
while In transitH northward. A valise
filed with hospital clothing and knick-
knacks, which had been sent by sym
pathizing friends at the North TO SOL
diers, and which was sent north for
sale, was also seized. ~
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12
The Negro. Archie P. Webb.

A Des Moincs despatch alludes to
the negro ha5eas corpus case as follows !:
Judge Gray, of the District Court,
today read his decision in the habeas
corpus case OF the negro Archie r.
Webb. The court house was filled
by an anxious audience, and the read
ing of the decision was listened to
with GREATNESS attention. The Judge
held that under the Consultation of the
Upited States, free negro is entitled
to the rights Of citizenship; that Ar
chic r. Webb Is free negro, and as
such entered the State of Iowa that
the act Of 1851, under which he had
been arrested and imprisoned, was
in fragrant violation of the old consti-
tuition then in force, and the new,
which 10 now the fundamental law Of
the State, and overrides the plainest
principles of the common law. He
held the act to be null and void, and
his decision, therefore, was that Ar
chic had been unwarran,ably arrested
and imprisoned, and must be immedi-
ately set at liberty. The opinion was
prefaced with care, and has been pub
lished in full. Thus has ended wick
ed scheme of q gang of scmi-traitors
to inaugurate a general system Of per-
secution against the free negroes in
this State, and to that extent embar-
rass the execution of the Presidents
Emancipation Proclamation in the
Mississippi Valley.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12
Who they are Fighting Against.

On the return to Richmond of the
arbitrator and rebel, JEFF. Davis, he
was sercnaded by number of the cit.
izens. Davis came to the door and
was introduced to the crowd as the
/" President Of the United States.n
This announcement being greeted with
Kisses, his sponsor amended his phrase
by styling him the President of the
Confederate States" Thereupon JEFF.
made little speech and gave his audi
encc what encouragement he could, to
persist in their abominable treason.
Among other things he remaked:--
1--WE are fighting against the hire.
lings of all the earth. Our foes come
as savages to murder, rob and desc
crate and we must treat them as such. y
He also announced that o brilliant vic
tory had crowned the Rebel arms at
Murfreesboro'l We fear that Davis
and his auditors CRASHED their teeth
considerably when they got better in
formation and learned that these hire
ling savages" had "coerced" Bragg in
10 an ignominious retreat from his
stronghold.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12
Let Webster Speak.

Let Daniel Webster from his grave
reply to the pitiful fools who vilify
New England and talk of excluding
her from the Union
Mr.. PRESIDENT Il shall enter on no
enconium upon Observation-Disclosures
needs none. There she is; behold
her and Judge for yourselves. There
is her history--the world knows il by
heart. The past, at least, is secure.
There is Boston, and Concord, and
Lexington, and Bunker's Hill and
there they will remain forever. The
bones of her sons, fallen in the great
struggle for independence, now lie
mingled with the soil of every State
from New England to Georgia !; and
there they will lie forever.
And, sir. where American liberty
raised its first voice, and where its
youth was nurturcd and sustained,
there it still lives, in the strength of
its manhood, and full of its original
spirit. If discord and disunion shall
wound it; if party strife and blind
ambition shall hawk at and tear it !;
If folly and madness If uneasiness,
under salutary and necessary restraint,
shall succeed TO separate it from the
Union, by which alone its existence
is made sure, it will stand, in the end,
by the side Of that cradle in which its
infancy was rocked; it will stretch
forth its arms with whatever vigor it
may still retain, over the friends who
gather around it; and it will fall at last,
if fall it must, amid the proudest mon-
uments Of its own glory, and on the
very spot of it's origin.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12
Another Fight at DonelsOn.

A great battle was fought at Donel-
son on Tuesday, Feb. 3D., between the
sd ILL.,. commanded by Col. Harding,
and Floods battery, amounting to
some 700 men, against Forests,
Whcclcr's and Wharton's rebel forces,
comprising 5000 troops. The attack
was made by the rebels about one P.
NJ, and ragged furiously until 8 o'clock
when the rebels retired. The defeat
was perfect, they leaving in great dis
order. Their fight was percipitated
by forces under Col. Lowe, from Fort
Henry. who reached there about IL at
night. The encmy's loss is not less
than 200 killed and 500 wounded. Our
loss is twelve killed and forty-one
wounded and missing. Tue enemy
have rctreated southwark.
We buried one hundred and thirty.
five rebels. The rebel General For
rest was wounded.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12
A Democrat Wants 100 Negroes.

1t is charged by the Tory sheets
that one prominent object of the Re-
publican party, is to inundatc the North
with contrabands. This charge has
been the "harp of a thousand strings"
with which the lowest passions Of hui
man nature have been aroused to NOR
bid fanaticism. To show how deeply
hypocritical are the authors of this
calumny against the Republican par
ty, we beg leave to mention an Incl
dent which recently occurred in Free
mont County, this State. This Incl
dent is fully authenticated by letter
which we have been permitted to see
from l.. Lingenfelter, Esq, of Sidney.
A pro-slavery Democrat of Fremont
County, believing that contraband la
Dor was essential to himself and his
Democratic neighbors. sent on late
~ a request to Gen. Curtis to send
one hundred negroes to Fremont Coun-
ty to be appropriated to the use of him
self and his friends. These friends, be
it known, who we're to receive the ben
efits of negro labor in free State,
were, every one of them, Democrats,
and some Of them rebel sympathizers.
The Republicans of that county were
opposed to this "nigger" inundation.
Will the Burlington Argus, Musca-
tine Courier and other papers of like
faith, make a note of this matter !?
Will they be honest enough to tell
their readers that a prominent Dem
ocrat in Southwestern Iowa, against
the wishes ofhis Republican neighbors,
is flooding Fremont County with
Will these papers say,
too, that the contrabands of Iowa City
have nearly all of them. been impress
sed into the service of Democrats Will
they say. too, that one national pro-
slavery Democrat of this town has the
honor Of keeping more" darkics" about
him than any other citizen !? Will they,
also, have tho manliuess to acknowl-
edge that while Hovc-in Sherman Of
Chicago was the Democratic candidate
for Congress in that District, he was
at the same time running his great
Hotel in Chicago ON the strength of
contraband labor? Cannot these re-
freshiDg truths find ventilation in
Democratic organs ?-Des Moines Reg
lister.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12
General Hooker.

Gentlemen" said Gen. Hooker,
while recovering at Washington from
his Antietam wound, to three high Of
icers of State "when this rebellion
begins to be put down, the world will
stand amazed to see how soon it will
be put down."
II is known that Hooker has long be-
lieved that he must succeed to the CON-
mand Of the Army of the Potomac.
His confidence in his own capacity is
the inspiration of genius, and his con-
fidence Of success ought to come to a
people long suffering under irrcsolute
and sclf-distrustful commanders. like
the trumpet note of victory.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12

ed on the 2lst ult., and the failure of
this is attributed by MFR. Raymond, not
so much to the ruin, as to the delay
in pontoons and tho strenuous opposi-
ton of high officer--Gen. Franklin
we suppose.
We believe that these statements
Of Mr.. Raymond are true, and it is
due to one Of the noblest officers in
our army that they should have their
legitimate influence in forming public
opinion. The appointment Of Gener-
al Hooker was demanded, not so much
from any deficiencies Of Gen. Burn
side, as from the fact that there seem
ed to be an irrepressible conflict be.
tween him and some of his subordi-
mates. s& H.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12

The testimony of o we'll known
merchant Of Kentucky. Scrofulous
Sore Eyes cured
HlgsrsviIlc, Bracken Co., Ky, March 8, 1852
Messrs A. l.. Scoville q Co.-Dear
Sirs My son has been afflicted with
scrofulous sore eyes and face also
other sores on different parts Of his
body. l have been using your Blood
and Liver Strip, and il has purified
his blood, aud made an entire cure Of
him. ! hare no hesitancy in recon-
mending this medicine in all cases Of
Scrofula, or any diseases of the blood.
] give you this statement, believing
that 80 valuable . medicine ought to
be made known to the public.
- H NJ. HAGAN.
1fI1Sce Advertisement
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-02-12

An officer of the blockading squad
ron reports that the rebels have forti-
fed Charleston most strongly. They
have six large torpedoes which they
can attach to RATS and float to any
place in . few minutes, the torpcdoes
being wholly under control as regards
the time and point of explosion. This
officer thinks the entrance of iron-clad
vessels will be stoutly contested by
the insurgents. they having. in addi-
ton to the above, an immense number
of guns. whose fire convcrges on eve
cry point of the channel. 1t is well
known that narrow passage yet re-
mains open through which vessels can
pass. This channel is well guarded
by the means just named.