Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-02-26
RUTIAND VT THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 2S

| SHEEP SALEs.-The demand for good sheer
seems to be unusually brisk The Middlebury
Register gives the following list of sales which
have come to its knowledge quite recently =
John Foster, of Guernsey Co.. Ohio, recent
| ly shipped seventy three ewes and three rams
| for which he paid Sc, 450 Charles d. Lane
| sold thirty three ewes and one buck to John
Foster for SO ,O00 He bought of s. S. Rock
well, of Cornwall, Is ewes for $14O0 Of
Prosper Elithrop six eve lambs for 5000; o
S. Andrus seven ewes for $3.50; of F. Ell
Dean, four ewes for $500; of Douglas, six
eve lambs for $500; of H. Clifford, one ram
for $500. He offered s. S. Rockwell $1,000
for ram, which was refused, and a similar Of
fer to w. r. Sanford, which was refused Ed
gar Sanford sold to Mr.. Manholm Of ofn3{ssS 3h1 f5s E
balance Of his yearling ewes, to Wood, Holmes
& Singer, of Ohio, for $500, making ss25OO
for twenty three yearling ewes. Henry Ham
mond sold six ewes for $1,000. The name Of
the purchaser we do not recollect Samuel
James sold ram to Joseph Sheldon of Fair
haven, Vt, for 5000. s 1as
These sales, the Register says, were al
made quite recently in Addison Co., and good
many more Of the same Sort There is large
home demand for first class sheep, and large
number of small hocks have been started.
Mr.. Jesse Kinds, of Brandon, recently sold,
and delivered to G. d. Sweet, of
North Bennington, twenty two year old
and four yearling ewes, in all thirty sheep for
the snug little sum of three thousand dollars
1t is stated that Edwin Hammond, Presi-
dent of the Vermont State Agricultural Socie-
ty, was offered twenty thousand dollars fer fif
ty of his best sheep last week-four hundred
dollars apiece for fifty sheep-and the offer
was declined. .- N -o
PERsoNAL.-Capt. J. NJ. Gibson, of the SD
Illinois regiment, which fought so gallantly at
Fort Donelson, and who was wounded in that
engagement, is native of Vermont, and grad
uated at the Norwich Military School in
1910. Ef
Thomas Sedman, of Bennington, has been
elected to the position in the Navy School
made vacant by the decease of Charles n.
Godfrey.
SEVENTH VI. REGMENT-It seems. after
all that has been said and hoped by the
friends of the Seventh Vermont, that regiment
is not to come Nalth at present. Those who
have sympathized with it in the misfortunes If
has met with, will be disappointed if this be
the fact We base the opinion on the fact
that the recruiting party of the Seventh has
been ordered back to Pensacola by the Secre
tary of War This recruiting party has been
IN the. State lcng time doing nothing, eyi-
IDENTITY awaiting for the regiment to come
North, and it is not probeble that it is now
sent on that long journey simply to turn round
and come back again with the regiment.
1t Is to be remembered, however that its
friends placed the claim that il should he
transferred to some nther department partlv
Oh tho bais thai Gen. Butler had n,isus1ld the
regiment once, and might do so again fit was
to remain under his command, and partly ON
The suffering of the regiment from disease |
zen. Buffers transfer removes the objection to |
rs remaining South, on the first ground AS
o the second, the regiment is at present in |
he healthiest location in the Department Of |
he Gull, and is likely TO remain there for the |
winter, at least. |
AociDENTs-Wm. Noble, Esq, one of the
'dest citizens OF Burlington, met with som
what serious accident on Thursday afternoon. |
y falling through an open trap door in H. S. |
" mites back store some SIX orr seven feet into
he cellar below. He was severely bruised |
'ut, 1t is thought, not dangerously injured.
In Charlotte, on Friday last, Mr. BENJAMIN
field, aged so years, while attempting to walk
rom his chair to the sofa, fell on to the floor
nd broke his hip. Being so old man in all
probability the injury will prove fatal
Masonic DEDICATION. The Bellows Falls
lines says that the dedication of the Masonic
lall in that place, was well atten-
ed, there being about $50 of the fraternity
resent, including large delegation from
heshire r. A. Chapter, Keene, N. H. The
ddress of the Grand Master at the Church
'as chaste and beautiful production, and
as listened to by a crowded house. The
nging by the Kimball quartette was admira-
le. The Levee in the evening pas ,ed off to
le entire satisfaction of all present, about one
lndred couples participating in the festivities
the occasion.
& Mr.. Charles c. Everest, proprietor of
e American Hotel at Vergennes, much re
'ected man, died in that Place on the Sd inst.
e. The NewsdealeI is responsible for
e following story:
DECIDEDLY CooL.-H. Smith, of Stowe.
ports that at about sunrise on Thursday me-,
ng, the 9th inst, at his residence. the ther-4l
ometer indicated 60 degrees below zero.
gree of cold 50 much below what is common
reached IN this country, as to be considered |
wonder. The instrument is one of the spirit ]
made by his son, j. w. Smith.
10 IS known to produce reliable work. Sew '
al persons took each several observations to G
nvince themselves that they could not be {
staken, and came to the conclusion the ther- +
'meter did actually indicate a degree OF cold t
lountlng to 90 degrees below zero 7
CoPPERHEAD MEETING AT S&1NeFIEIp.
r. A correspondent of the Vermont ! !
urnal says that by previous secret concert
out BAKERS dozen copperheads were
lmmed up to hold melting few nights c
ce. at the parlor of the Springfield House. e
g resolutions passed by the ssmeetingo are !,
zen by the correspondent as follows: +
Resolved, Without preamble, that old "Aben
IN imbecile. a ,
Resolred, That we will not aride the {
ger" 7
Resoyved, That the war was commenced bv q,
ok republicans. y
Resolved, That the war is unjust and e
el. a u
Resoloed, That the South is, as it has al q
rs been, RIGHT, and that we wish it sue B
8. ~
ResolUed, That we had Id sight rath- n
De under JEFF DAVIS than Abe Lincoln G.
Rssotued, That the copperheads ought to rise C,
and take BY force, the government from
hands Of Old Abe, and rsstore it to its
ner purity, as exhibited under the admins to
ion Of James Buchanan. is
ResolUed, prjvately, That we are the ssouts.,' wi
want to be the ssins,'' and we are deter RI
ed to leave no stone unturned, even the y
# corner stone Of the "Republican edi-