Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-03-26

| A correspondent of the Burlington Times,
writing under date of the 18th inst, gives the
| following particulars of the late RAID on por-
ton Of the Vermont cavalry, OF winch
the telegraph has . wen US notice;
| oWe had picket detachment OF twenty
| four men and three on-commissioned officers
| commanded by Lieutenant, at Harrington
| Station, small village on the railroad from
| Alexandria to Leesburg, supplied from the
main post a. Dransville, four miles distant.
| The picket on duty consisted of details from
| Cos. A. l. and M, commanded by Lieut.. Wat
son, of Co. L.
Various plunderings and depredatlons nav
ing been reported to have been committed al
| that place. Mai. Wells accompanied by Capt.
| Sco6eld and Lieut. Cheney went out to IN
| yestipate the matter All were at dinner, or
| ficers and men, except few actually on the
| look out. The officers We're at house near
| by the picket quarters. Again Mosby sue
ceeded in surprising the place and capturing
the men, as he had on previous occasion, his
party being dressed in our uniform.
Tt was the hour when those on picket eX-
pected to be relieved, and the videttes saw
| with pleasure the relief, as they supposed, IN
sight, coming in the direction from whence
they expected their friends. No alarm was
given save by one who was posted between
| the station and Drainsville, and he fled to
| DraInsville.
Mosby had thus succeeded in getting IN
their rear and disappointed them by command
| ing "Sugrender, you dc Yankee sons OF
b-sm But few shots were fired by our boys
| for while they were dining Mosby captured
| them. Five men from Co. a, and two from
| Co. M, alone escaped to tell the story.
Those taken prisoners are Maj. Wells, Capt.
| Scofeld, Co. f Lieut. Cheney, Co. C; Lieut..
| Watson, Co. L; Corporal Quinlan, Co. A !;
| Homer e. Bliss, do HE. Sweet, do; Lester
Green, do; Sergeant Harrington, Co. l. !;
| Otis Brainard, do; Albert Drury, do. VIM.
| Watson, do; John Harvey, do; - Gerl-
deon, do; = Irish, do; Curtis Woodward,
| do; Charles Erwin, do; Geo. Bellows, Co. M !;
La Bounte, L. Sartwell, do; j. Armstrong,
do. Frank Doyle, do; Benz. Gordon, do.
| Sergeant .Blnn Atehinson, Co. A, was
wounded in the hip by a pistol ball but not Sc
riously, it is hoped, and left unparoled, so hur.
ried was Mosby to escape with his prisoners
| Atchinson was brought into hospital to-day.
Lieut.. Higley with the relief picket, came up
soon after, and followed in pursuit number
| of miles, came close upon them, but did not
deem 1t prudent to attack Mostly, although it
| is SAID that his men were anxious for fight.
| Major Wells was troublesome prisoner, and
came very near being shot after his capture
Captain Run let, of Co. E has sighed on
account of i'll health, and his resignation has
| been accepted. He was the last Of our origi
nalcaptains who first. came out. Esteemed
| alike by officers and men, the best wishes of
the regiment go with him."
| THE GRAND DIVISION OF THE Sons OF
| TEMPERANCE will hold its next Session in Rut-
land, commencing on Wednesday, April lst
| All Sons OF Temperance may be admitted to
| the Sessions, and are invited to attend
PERsoNAL.-At a meeting of the Union
| Association in New Orleans, on the 7th nst
| Mr.. j. Q. A. Fellows, native of this State,
| aud graruate of the Vermont University,
| was one of the speakers He is an old resi-
! dent of the city.
SuICIDE.A-Lieut. Louis Graham, who re-
| ceved an honorable discharge on Wednesday
| last, March Is, on the ground of i'll health,
from Co. K, 18th Vermont Regiment, and who
is from Springfield Vt, committed suicide on
Wednesday night by cutting his throat. Over
| 5000 taken from under his pillow by police
officer and put in his valise, it is said was
| missing Thursday morning.
SENT TO STATE PRIsoN- Loval Moore
the person charged with the Mount Holly muir
| der, and against whom the Grand jury at the
present term of our County Court refused to
| find bill because of his insanity, recommend
| ing HIM, however, to be confined, as his going
at large would be dangerous to the public, has
been sent to State Prison until .'sdischarged in
Gue course of law"
| Thomas Miller and John Green, indicted
! for stealing n. NJ. Powers horses, wagon, etc.,
| from under the Baptist Church shed in this
village last Fall, pleaded guilty and have been
| sentenced to State Prison - Miller for five
| years, and Green for four.
| REELECTED FOR THE 45TH TIME.-At
the late town meeting in Barre, Lyman Sib-
| ly was elected Clerk for the 45th year. He
first held the Office in 1919 and has retained it
ever since wit the exception of one year. He is
now seventy-nine years of age. s1ee.aa. cLL@bl.
ALLEGED CRUELTY. = Much excitement
and indignation has arisen in Windham in an
alleged case of cruelty toward little orphan
girlin the care Of I. G. Rand, who is charged
with having abused the girl, and treated her
with the greatest barbarity.
Legal proceedings have been instituted
against him. The result of the examination
which was to have taken place last week we
have not yet learned.
NJ M AND hASCAllTl.--CnaSe avery, q
young man eighteen or twenty years of age,
/. with half dozen aliases, hailing from Sand
wich or some other place in New Hampshire,
hired team on Friday last of Ryland j Mack
of Haverhill, to go, as he said, to North Hav-
erhlll. After trying in vain to sell his team
at several places on the road, he came to st.
Jehnsbury, and leaving his horse at the Pas
sumpsic House, hired another of Mr. Remick to
go, as he SAID, to Salem. The next heard of
HIM he was offering Mr.. RS horse for sale in
Canada for $50. Detective sheafe of Derby
Line sent word to him that he would take the
horse at that price. Youngster took the bait
at ohce, and coming over the Line Mr.. Sheafe
arrested and lodged him in Jail at st. Johns
bury where he is now awaiting trial for
double trespass. Cause Of the crme-rum,
of course.--Caledonioa
SHEEP SALE.-Mr. Roundy of Springfield
has purchased Of the Messrs. Stowell of Corn
wall, five two years old and FIVE yearling ewes.
for which he paid $4,000.
1t is said, by the way, that the price of
sheep has fallen somewhat since the departure
OF that extensive dealer, go. B. Clark
PERsoNAL.-Captain John Lonergan. of
Company Al in the 18th Vermont regiment
arrived in Burlington on Saturday (l4t6) for a
short visit to his friends. He left again for his
regiment on Thursday of last week. He
| brought very favorable account of his
| ssboys" (the Emmett Guard, and of his own
regiment generally.
FATAL AccIDENT.-Last Monday, Fred
| die Barnes, a little fellow about ten years OLD,
| son Of G.. w. Barnes, Of West Randolph, was
| playing about the cars at the depot, and as
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