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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

The SOUTHERN MECHANICS r.,
MING TO SEE Things. The Richmond
papers contain an account of the oroooa,
ings OF a meeting ct mechanic -,
worklngmen ON the 10Th, at wh;.A
the following resolutions We're passed
Resoteed, That Weakened to a son.
the abject posture 10 which labor ana VI
who labor have been reduced, and 10 we we
privileges which as citizens and peonl. ,h ns
institutions OF our country vest in Ne ~o
will not sleep again until our erasn I'VE we
firmly clenched the rights and immnn;, ua
which are ours as Americans and NV
until our Just demands have been ma, 'a
the concessions Of all opposing eleme,,'oy
Resolced, That It is the duty Of ~
Government TO take care of the nnton, a'
nate and not the rich.
The rebels are both Indignant, a.,
alarmed III this significant demonstrate
The Examiner says:
'Frhe mechanics of Richmond en;or N
the rights and lWuanites that any and
every other man Enjoys, and they will No,
be permitted TO grasp or 'cIeoch, anu
more We hope the Legislature os W.
gina will not permit itself TO be ina.
enced by such majority resolutions 10 O.s,
a law forbidden by The experience Of N
history, and opposed by the teacbnp, =
every public ecDnu mist, and which is,,m
opposed by some of the ablest and WIS.,,
of their own body. The men who a.
pose the armies of the Coniederacy y.
for the last two wears permitted all n,
rights and immunities' to be material,
clreumscrlbed theri privileges redoreil,
the one high aud holy privilege of shoc.
ing and bang shot for their country
These men. without shoes blankets. mn.
visions - IN want and suffering. with
wounds, aud even unto death. have aobv
and gallanpy borne all these hardshps
nnmurmuring and uncomplalaing. upm
what are these sleeliless reslutionists 10 6y
Their 'graspsf We leaye the Goyernm
and Mayor 10 answer these questions. and
to lnterpres these resolutions, aud 10 De.
eide what retrospective duties may be
when the grasping' and ,clenchng' he.
/ gins, The question OF fixing prices Of
maximum s one of reason and discussion.
4 The mob-.Iaodbin violence OF Pars forced
II through the convention OF 1898 aud
this meeting of Saturday night looks as
though the same influence was to be rpsor.
ted to IN Richmond e
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

The first letter in every word Of the
cypher is invariably to be reckoned from
the second above. The translation then
is as follows
Lieut. Gen Pemberton: Your message
of the 18th is received. | will reinforce
you at the earliest moment. Hold fast
at all odds till reach you. | will divide
my forces and attack Grants right an3
left at a. m. of the It'll of July.
JOSEPH JoHNsTos, Gen. Com.
jackson, Miss, June 30, 1868.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

INTERVIEW BETWEEN joan .alNoi
BORIS AND TnE REBEL SEcRETART OIL
WAR. A special despatch TO the 1nO~
SAYS:
"Oae OF your correspondents With Tue
Army of the Potomac sends the following
a friend Just returned with The arlll'@
its backward march gives me an lH@
estlng account of his visit to John Aa@
Bots. He found that gentleman enlog4
his beautiful farm OF 2, 100 acres whlchs
has recently purchased for Sloo,ooV =
Confederate curreacv. Mr.. Bots aa
lust met " tn the rebel Secretary OF oa't
and gave the following account OF Jau1
P. Benjamiu's end Of the war.
la the Course Of the conversation, NJ,
Benjamin asked Mr.. Bolts how long Y
thought the war would last. The la'e
replied that he could TIL if he only gaes
how long the South could raise men. Wasa
they could no longer fill up Their is %
the war would ssop. IN his turn w
Bolts asked the Secrsary if he siE
her4d 10 his opinion expressed n the GU =,
mencement Of me rebellion, that las =
should be continued till they had e'ei
part of slave soil including Mafy'''7
Kentucky, Missouri, &c. NJ
Mr. Benjamin said that he did. !,
Bolts, who happened to have an apPTT ,,,
his hand, cutting off slice. said; ,.s
represents Kentucky, which you a''
lost.n Another still represented ien'ls
see. and third Louisiana. yicKs'u y,
and the Mississippi were shown BY . =,
of the apple that penetrated 10 y ~ nj
core. Finally, when Mr.. Bolts lau i.
away more than half the appie, ne ss,r "a
q Now. Mr.. Benjamin, when Won can E =,
the severed pieces Of that apple 'ose Nv
again as nature first joined them, you ~ II.
hope to reconquer every foot OF save W.
and not till then"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

Civ was elected a member of the So
ciety. N4,
The standing committees were made the
same as last year except thai Rev. L, H..
White takes the place Of Gen. Phelps on
the publishing COMMITTEES, Ut
The thanks Of the Society were ten
dered TO Gen. j. w. DePeyster Of Two
III, N. Y, w. G. Watson of Port Kent,
N. Y, Earl d. Cushman, and others for
their valuable donations of books and
pamphlets.
Adjourned.
ST. ALBANs AND BUTTER. On Tues
day there were received at and shipped
from the St Adams station one thousand
one hundred and three tubs Of butter, and
nine hundred and sixty-six boxes OF cheese.
Butter is selling at from twenty seven TO
nty-eight cents per pound but butter
dealers have little expectation of It's re-
naming there, and are ordering their
agents to buy no more at such prices.
ALLOTTED Pay -Assignees and Others
holding orders for a..!iaoiied pay of the Isl
Regiment of Vermont Cavalry, are here
by notified that returns have been received
for May, June, July and August, aud
that this Office is prepared to pay the sums
received in the usual way.
JOHN b. PAGE,
State Treasurer.
Rutland, Oct. 20, 1863.
A HINT TO THE RUTLAND GAS Con-
AMY Setting type hY MOONLIGHT of ;
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

lE Official returns from all the
counties IN Pennsylvania, show Gov. Cur
tins majority to be 1926.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

REBEL CIPHER. The following mes
sage from Joe Johnston outside TO Penn
berton inside of YicEsburg was taken
from the coat collar of scout captured
within Gen. Grants lines during the siege
Of Vicksburg, and was deciphered by
Michael Mason Of Warehouses; Chicago
battery:
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tgf
K ygni tckehmtsg amw er Wig getjkear
omkgpr
Jmnb hour or cnj gbfg vgnj K tee a j
amw
| X ygni fgxgbc GA hmtaeg off crvcai
| lpclvg tglty elf nchr or eek, cd Wig 9vf
! Lshw
| Lanucrf Lmj uml lep emo
/ Lyemge Ogug Lspc vfg AZ u 36ol.
The true alphabet is found by taking,
instead of the letter in the cypher, the
third above and below it alternately, thus,
using the letters 81 Pr:
/ 6 N
Fl o
IGP
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

REGULATING TRADE IN THs Cor
FEpERAcg, Cine OF the schemes to kaD
down prices in reoeldom, while ih a.
rency is nearly worthless, is thai ssvyssA \
by the Legislature of Virginia waeAAs
appointed commissioners TO fix prices n
articles sold, the penalty for taking ma
than The government price being cen6$
ton of the goods The Richmond b
quirer SAYS the elfect-of the system is ID
stop traie, and that twill cause msre SUI
ferng than the extortion It was meant to
check Some OF the OPERATORS Of the
system are described by the Enquirer as
follows;
II is beautiful in theory to talk Of ad-
justing prices, of making all things SQUARE
Shy the schedule; but when the Legislature
has got lis law fairly under way the emp
IN market houses Of the cities and toFs
may present an awful commentary on "
wisdom of it's action If the citlg I'd
towns are permitted to pay Is per ea
/ higher thar the country, out littsmle
/ sold IN the country, and starvation vi
be at the door Of the country poor l
the cities and towns are not permitted y
pay higher than the country nothing vii
come 10 the cities and towns, for no man
is gong TO send his provisions III town ani
pay the freight on them and get no nor
for them than he can get N the country .
to the army. the law Of supply I'd
demand, interrupted by the dead leyelt
the fixe price viii cease TO operate frsul
and perjury, and secret sales at hgt
prices will be resorted 10; the poor vii
lind nothing tit to eat exposed 10 sale at iht
fixed prices those VINO are able to pay
more and wiling not to INFORM, will ind
plenty in the back stairs and allies Of ths
cities aud IN the secret places IN the 90,
Try; the poor for whom this law is "
signed will be the prime pal and greas
sufferers. Th present prices are gs
burdens, but they are tribes TO what 4s
law may intlict and impose.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

TA democratic editor in the Ne
vada Territory says of the defest of his
party in that city: ave met the enemy
Yesterday. and we are out on parole this
morning"
We suppose that the parole given was
not to furnish aid and comfut to the reb-
els, until regularly exchanged. 2
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

A HINT TO THE RUTLAND GAS COM
AANy Setting type by moonlight of a
Sunday night is bad for the eyes.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13
ItOneman Safe on this Side.
FROM NEW YORK.

NEW YoRK, May II.
The Herald letter from West Point, Vir.
ginia, the 9th, reports that General Keyes
is constantly in the saddle, and says you
may look for stirring news from here sud
denly.
The Times dispatch, from the Army Of
the Potomac the 9Th, says our wounded are
coming over rapidly, the figures of our
total loss being much diminished by the
coming in Of stragglers.
The Richmond Enquirer, of the 7th, says
Colonel Edwards battalion, 800 strong, at
Lewisburg, Greenburg county, were sur
prised by 1000 Yankee cavalry late on
Friday night Edwards rallied his men
and beat the Federals on, killing IL. and
capturing wounded and not Tsr1nded
We have advices from Vera Cruz 10
April 9th, via French sources.
The fall of PueDla is expected to be an
nounced by the next mail.
The French had met with no repulses or
reverses whatever-hsd lost but Al men
killed and 13l wounded during the siege.
A powder magazine connected with
cartridge factory in 18th street, near the
East River, exploded last night. The
building was considerably shattered, and
few houses around suffered somewhat
No lives lost as far as known.
The Exchange News Room, on the bull
letiR, says the Army of the Potomac has
not left Falmouth This is on the author
ity of an officer who arrived from there this
morning.
Heralds special:
A Richmond dispatch dated May 9th,
says that official information has been re-
ceived announcing the death of Major
General Van Dorm, at Spring Hill, Tennes-
see, on the 7th inst.
The existence Of an association formed
for the purpose Of rendering aid and COM
fort TO the enemy has been discovered in
Choctaw county, Mississippi. Twelve cit
liens have already been arrested, and 9th
ers are being sought for. The secret or
ganization was discovered by loyal eiti-
zen who, having suspicioned its existence
for some time, Joined for the purpose Of
breaking up the nest of traitors.
A special to the Tribune dated Washing
ton, llth, says that John titus, OF fenn-
sylvania, has been appointed Chief Justice
Of Utah, vice, Kinney, removed.
Two rebel spies named William Cofbin
and 7. H. McGrsW, are to be shot on the
18th inst, on Johnson's Island. Both we're
convicted of recruiting men within the
lines Of the United States forces for the
Confederate army. They were also con-
victed Of carrying mails and information
to the rebels.
Mr.. Lewis has decided that foreign Con-
suls are liable to taxation under the E1-
else Law.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13
FROM ST.
ST. LOUIS, May IL.

! ST. LOUIS, May IL.
! The celebration anniversary of Camp
jackson, to-day, was q great success.
The procession was one Of the finest and
largest ever seen in St. Louis. About
noon Gen. Curtis, reviewed the troops, af-
ter which the procession started for Camp
jackson, where a meeting was held.
Thousands Of flags were displayed on the
houses all along the line, the procession
was decorated with appropriate devices.
All the prominent business houses are clos
ed. The streets are thronged with en-
thusiastic people. Mayor Filly presided,
assisted by large number of prominent
citizens. Gen. Curtis, and other distin-
guished officers occupied the speakers'
stand. Speeches were made by Ohas. B.
Drake, Major Dunn and others. The Pres
ident was empowered to appoint a Com.
mittee to secure portion of Camp Jackson
ground, and make necessary arrange
ments to erect a monument, to the mem
ory of Gen.sLyon.
Over 10000 people were present. Res
oluions we're passed unanimously and
with great enthusiasm.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13
FOREIGN NEWS,

NEW YORK, May II.
The steamship City of Washington, from
Liverpool the 30th, arrived at two o'clock
this morning.
The Charleston failure attracts much
attention. The Times regards it as a
catastrophe more signal than any reverse
the North has yet sustained, and draws a
moral that the forts are still more than a
match for the iron elads. The Daily News
says it is puerile to describe the result as
catastrophe, and doubts whether many
sensible Americans ever expected to see
Charleston taken by feet.
The Confederate loan slightly advanced
under the news.
The Observer says that representations
sent to Washington regarding Adams
conduct in sending certificates TO Mexico,
will doubtless shorten his diplomatic mis-
sion. The Times, on the contrary, says
difficulties are likely to be smoothed down.
tits reported Adams admits Of acting with
undue haste, and consequently raises no
pretensions to necessitate an absolute pro-
test from one Government to the other.
The Star says the frank explanations of
Adams had re-established friendly feelings
which always existed between him and
Russell.
A Paris correspondent Of the Times
gives the report that the French Govern
ment had sent instructions to Washington
to demand explanations respecting Adams
| safe pass.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13
Ri.l,r or Colnred Recrni,s.

Speaking Of cOlOred enlistments and Of
the sneers that so fer have yet enlisted,
the Washington correspondent eff the Bos-
ton Commonwealth fOrcibly puts the case
as follows;
But has it ever occurred to the sneer-
ers to think what freecolored man in the
North is doing when he volunteers 2 It
is easy enough to tell what q white man
does. He pockets his hundred or his two
or three hundred dollars bounty, and goes
into contest with the assurance that what
ever may be his fate his flag bears him
protection, that if ne is captured he is
certain Of honorable treatment as pris-
oner Of war, of careful attendance, if
wounded, and Of speedy exchange; while
any injury be knows will be speedily re-
dressed by the strong arm Of 3 Govern
nent whose guardian care is powerful
enough to follow and oversha dow him in
the remotest prison.
"Howis it with the negro With the
munihcent bounty with which our whittier
patriotism has to be stimulated with Off
GERS Of another race to command him, he
goes into the field with q halter around
his neck, and braves, in his zeal to serv0
the country that in half the States has dis
franehised him, alike the threat Of being
sold into hopeless slavery, which the rebel
President has promulgated, and the hOrri-
BILE example Of relentless butohery which
threw such 8 lurid glare over the tempo
rary rebel triumph at MurfressbOrp =
When white men do as much to prove their
patriotism it will be time for them 70
sneer at the negro"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13

A Captain Of the I1th Massachusetts reg
lment, in a letter to his father, now in
Washington, appears to appreciate the
situation in the right spirit as the follow
ing extract abundantly shows;
After some days fighting, we licked
them yesterday (Sd) like the -. Day
before yesterday our regiment whipped a
whole brigade Old Joe is q trump, and
clubs are trumps at that. Seven officers
Of ours wounded. Two Lieutenants will
die. One hundred and forty four enlisted
men reported killed, wounded and missing.
The killed and wounded will certainly be
one hundred men. Inever saw men fight
better. After our regiment was ordered
back, l fought my company with Jersey
regiment, and helped to take six stands Of
their dirty rags. Everybody thought me
derd, but am alive yet and intend to
live to see my fatherland civilized again.
/ shook hands with Sickles in the middle
Of the fight He asked me what was do
ing there with my regiment ordered back.
IFaid was fighting on my own hook He
said that was what he had been doing all
his life, &c, Sc.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13
How a Copperhead Badge tool, in Char,dOn.

How n COpperhend Badge took In ChRrdOn.
A young man from Nelson, Portage
county, appeared in this village on Satur-
day last who supported oonspicuously on
his coat, q Copperhead badge. It being
the first exhibition Of the kind our citi-
zens had Witnessed, he, of course, attract
ed considerable attention. He was sdYised
70 take it of, and admOnished that, in
wearing it, he was rendering himself liza
bic to be arrested under the order of Gen
eral Burnside; but to all advice and ad-
monitions he replied, in substance, that he
intended to wear it whenever and where
ever he pleased. Our toWnsmsn, H K.
Smith, Esq, indignant at the sudseity Of
the young Cepperhead, summarily tore of
the badge, and it is now preserved and eX-
hibited among our citizens, as one Of the
curiosities Of the times. He was acDom-
panied by his sister, who was attending
the Teachers Examination, and who prov
ed to be as strong Q CoPperhead as her
brother. Bstraying her proclivities by
an excited advocacy of the cause, she was
informed by Mr.. Whitney, one Of the
Board of Examiners, that, unless she would
take the oath Of allegiance, she could re-
eeive no certificate. This she refused to
do, and in default thereof, was directed to
leave the class. The action of the Board
was in accordance with a decision Of the
State School Commissioner, and its justice
is too obvious to require comment. Brother
and sister returned home, we doubt not
fully convinced that Copperhead badges
and Copperhead sentiments are at q great
discount in Chdrd0R Demo eTdt
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13
General BnniIs' Anniyersary Order.


General Banks Anniversary Order.
On the anniversary Of the battle Of Lex
ingtOn and the assault upon our troops in
Baltimore, General Banks issued the fol-
lowing order:
HEADouARTERs DEPARTMENT OF THE 6ULF,O
NISETEENTH Army CORPS,
CoIfaELE, NEAz YERNILLIoSvILLR, April 10
OEEEKAL ORDERS, NO. %.
The morning salute celebrates tie ami
yersary Of the battles Of Lexington and
Concord, in I773, and the assault upon
American troops in Baltimore, in 1861.
The day is cOnsecrated to Union and Lib
erty.
SoIDERs-Yon have exhibited your de-
vOtiOn to its hallOWed memories and the
principles it represents. In peace, you
contributed IN every professional and in
dustrial pursuit TO the prosperity and
power which gave q worldwide renown to
the American States In war, you have
learned to endure fatigue, suffered priva-
tons, conquered difficulties, and achieved
victories. s-
In three months you have become SOL
diers: you have defeated the enemy, dis
persing his army and destroying his navy.
In twenty days you have marched three
hundred miles, fought four engagements,
expelled him from his Notifications, driven
him at the point of the bayonet from Ber-
wiek's Bay to Opelousas, captured ten
guns aud Z, 900 prisoners, including some
Of his best officers Of all arms, and made
the reorganization of his forces for the
present impossible, by depriving him Of all !
the material resources of war destroying /
his fOunderies, and demolishing his sslt- |
works, that for two years have sustained |
the life Of the Confederacy.
The navy ofthe Gulf shares in the hon |
Ors Of the campaign. 1t has encountered |
and dispersed the feet of the enemy, and /
sunk the Queen of the West TO-dsy it
will reduce the fortifcstions at Butte Ia
Rose, and open the AtohsfalGya to the Red
river, and thence to Courtabeau, to the
Washington of Louisiana.
Let us be grateful to him who giveth us
the victory, and true to the cOlors we de-
feHd. New glories are before us. The
Army Of the Gulf will command the at
tention of the people, and every eye be
upon its movement. Let US honor
he flag we bear, and remember that to de-
y danger is to drive it into the ranks of
he enemy.
By Command OF
MAJOR GENERAL BANKS.
RICHARD B. IRWIN, A. A. General
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13
FROnI az FRANCIsCO.
SAN Francisco, May !

SAN FRANCISCO, may IL.
Dates from the City of Mexico to the
18th, and from the Puebla to the 14th are
received.
The French had gained nothing, since
the 9th. They were occupying Castle San
Jarier and six blocks Of the city on the
18th ultimo.
0ntega wrote that the condition Of the
city was unchanged, and expressed the
confidence that the French could not take
and hold it.
The French were bombarding the con-
vents at San Augustine corner and Meir-
ced. The attempt to capture them by the
assault had failed.
The Mexiesns had captured q considers-
bic number Of prisoners from ZOuave
regiment.
Guerrillas continued to annoy the
French supply trains.
A large force is concentrated at the City
of Mexico.
COmonfort still held the road between
there and Puebla.
Deserters and prisoners informed him
that many Of the French officers consider
ed it impossible to take Puebls with the
| present army.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13
secrets Of ne < G..
The Capital City Fact says;

"The traitor Vallandigham, gave on the
morning Of his arrest at Dayton, the Alarm
Call, Asa AsaI Asar This was imme-
diately responded to by the ringing of bells
throughout the city. We are now enabled
to give some more Of the secrets of the
order The mode of salutation is, to ex-
tend the right arm, closing the hand with
the exception Of the fore-fnger, as point
ing at the person saluted. The recogni-
tion is, raising the hat from the head three
times. This is said to be understood by
both the Northern and Southern armies,
and if recognized, the parties will not fire
upon each other. Another consists Of the
letters H. o. R. D. to he used by persons
meeting in the dark. The party wishing
to know if the stranger approaching is a
brother, repeats the letters Il. o., if the
other is member, he responds R. D.
The signifcatiOn Of the latter is Rich
mond."
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-13

BUSINESS DIRECTORY FOR CLEvELAED.-
It will be seen by an advertisement in this
issue that there is in course of preparation
full and complete Business Directory of our
city. It will be compiled by Mr.. 7. luther,
Jr., gentleman of many years experience
in the Directory Business, which we have no
doubt is a sufficient guarantee that the work
will be well done. Among the much other
valuable information, the work will contain
a List of the Post Offices of the State, which
will be very useful to Merchants and Busi-
ness Men peneraIIv.