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

GREAT INDUCEMENTS FOR RE-ENLIsT-
MENT.-On the 28th ult., an order was
issued by the War Department, offering a
bounty and premium of $402 90 to each
volunteer enlisted in any state, in the in
fantry, cavalry or artillery, under the reg
ulations mentioned in the order. The
enlistment is to take place within ninety
days after the date of the order. The
order provides that the volunteers SO en-
listed and such of the three years troops
now in the field as may re-enlist, in &C
cordance with this order, will constitute
force to be designated Veteran Volun-
teers."
The period of service is to be for three
years or during the war; and all able
bodied men between the ages of IL and
as years, who have heretofore been enlist
cd and have served for not less than nine
months, may be enlisted under this order
as veteran volunteers. Every volunteer
under the provisions Of the order will re-
ceive on being mustered in, besides the
premium of So 90 and one months pay
in advance, $25 90 of the bounty at the
expiration of two months's service he will
receive as further installment of the
bounty, $50 90; after six months $50 90
after one year $50 90; after eighteen
months $50 90; after two years $50 %
after two and half years $50 90; at tn
expiration of the three years the remainde
Of the bounty, $75 90.
The above is on the supposltlon tina
the volunteer remains in the service thre
wears. Should he be sooner honorabl,,
mustered out of service he will then re
ceive the whole amount Of the $500 "
bounty, remaining unpaid, and the lega
heirs of volunteers who die in service vii
be entitled to receive the whole bount.
remaining unpaid at the time of the sol
dier's death.
Nine months volunteers, whose term
service expires within ninety days, ma.
by re-enlsting as above, before the expi
ration of their present term, receive tn
above bounty and premium, and may a
their option enter old regiments now Il
the field. As a badge of honorable dis
tinction service chevrons will be Furnished
by the War Department, to be worn b.
the veteran volunteers.
Three years volunteers will also, b,
volunteering after ninety days from tn
date of the order, for three years from tn
date of re-enlistment, become entitled u
this bounty. A furlough of thirty day
will also be granted all as soon afte
their re-enlstment as the exigencies c
the service will permit.
Officers in service, whose regiments o
companies re-enllst, may have their con
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

A Coon JOKE. - When Valiandlsn
was arrested, his insane followers des",
ed the office of the Dayton Journsl'
proprietors of which are now oelns
imbursed for their loss by a military az !
ment on the instigators of the riot. / /
pie who insist upon {" shaking the Y
fantastic y must expect to remunera,r,
gentleman who scrapes the cat-gut--"
burg Journal.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

VALLANpIGHAM' RELEAsE.-It is said
that the main point in the Presidents re-
ply to the Vallandigham committee is that
they shall agree in writing to support and
obey all the laws, and that they shall
pledge vallandigham to do the same, when
he shall be allowed to return and remain
at liberty.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

RUMoRs.-The Washington correspon-
dent of the New York Times says stop
may as well be put at once to the rumors
placing Mcclellan in Gen. Halleck's
shoes, which have been current North
Such change could not possibly Occur
without changes in the Cabinet, (which
will not be made.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

Colonel Ludlow, who discharges with
ability the difficult duties of Commissioner
for the exchange of prisoners, has notified
the rebel authorities that the United States
Government will protect all officers and
men in its service, without respect to color,
and will promptly retallate all violations
of the cartel, and the laws and usages OF
war.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

INDEPENDENT MONARCHY IN CANA
DA.-D'Arcv Niece is out with letter
favoring an Independent monarchy in Can
ada, the throne to be occupied by one of
the superfuous "young bloods" of English
royalty. The Toronto Leader approves
the letter.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02
State Convention.

A Mass Convention of the Freemeu Of Ver-
mont, without distinction Of party, will be held
at Burlington, on Wednesday, the Sth day OF July
next, at II O'Clock, A. NJ, 10 nominate candidates
Tor Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Treas
urer, to be supported at the ensuing State cleo
zion.
All who are in favor of sustaining the Governs
ment IN its efforts to suppress the rebellion and to
maintain the Union in lis integrity, are cordially
invited to attend.
ii. HENRY BAXTER,
JOHN GREGORY SMITH,
GEORGE @. SHEPARD,
LEVERETT b. ENGLESBY,
STODDARD b. COLBY,
b. w. BARTHOLOMEW,
GEORGE N. DALE,
State Committee.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

Col. Billy Wilson, late commander OF a
Zouave regiment, is seeking authority to
raise brigade.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

Here is a pretty good hit at a 7
alent fashionable absurdity:
/" And Adam said: This is now W. ~
my bone, and flesh of my flesh ; sue >
be called woman, because she was i
out of man. Therefore shall m !, !,
his father and his mother, and shalI a
unto his wife. They shall be olS .
No cards.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-02

A Lone SHEET OF Paper !
of paper was manufactured last Wss ~,
paper mill at Cohoes, Albany couI:
T., forty inches wide, and eight aii'
miles long.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24
Miscellaneous Items,
: The exact number of props v

- The exact number of props which
were expected to support the South
ern concern may not be known but there
are four which perhaps stood at the cor
ners that have been certainly Knocked
out. l. Cotton is King. 2. France and
England will intervene. 3. The North
won't fight. 4, One Southerner can whip
five Yankees.
- Steps are likely very soon to be
taken IN Tennessee to reorganize the local
authorities OF the State, and put the ma
chinery of Go, ernment again in motion.
- The statue of Freedom just put in
its place on top of the national capitol,
was cast with the labor of slaves!
"A ram was recently launched at Hull,
England, with steam up, and at once put
to sea with several Southern looking gem
tlemen aboard.
A curious and interesting discovery
has recently been made in California, of a
pyramid very similar in construction to
the Egyptian pyramids, only very much
smaller.
- A fair, held by the American ladies
in Montreal for the benefit of the Sanitary
Commission, yielded the sum of seven
hundred dollars.
"A church in France was lately struck
by lightning, and when the attendant
opened the church in the morning he found
all the candles lighted and blazing away
as if celebrating grand mass.
- Gen. Bualer is raising an army of
colored troops in his department. The
three black regiments of cavalry recently
started are said to be rapidly filling up.
-"Miles O'Reilly," who writes poeti-
cal eplstles to the President and Secretary
Stanton, is one of Gen. Hunters staff Of
fcers. He is an Irishman, and is the au-
thor of a book of poems entitled "Poems
by the Letter H."
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24
Reseicsd By these citizens of arkansas here

assembled;
First, That we hail the Proclamation OF
Emancipa ion wi h heartfelt dell .hr, no, only
as an efficient war measure, but us he ha hin oey
oil regenerated State.
Second, That Us the Proclamation has only
ireed 'he slaves now in ,he State, and has there
,, ,ots no. nhaly set led the question, but leaves
establishment ofSlayery in this State, we should
call Convention as soon as possible, and so
amend our Constitution as to place the ques
/ tion beyond the reach ofcavil
1h'rd, That, In order to carry out these views,
we cal upon all the loyal citizens of Arkansas
to organize and 10 arm and to p'edge them.
selves never 10 lay down their arms not on v
untll this unrigAteous Rebellion is crushed.
tuntil every trace of Slavery shall be eradi.
Gated from our midst finally and forever.
The New Orleans correspondent Of the
New York Times writes as follows in re-
lation to " The Workingman's National
Union League" of Louisiana =
This Association is composed mainly,
as It's name indicates, of workingmen |:
and is already taking so active part as
to PROMISE, at no distant day, to entirely
revolutlonlze the social condition OF the
State.
This movement of the working
men of Louisiana is striking at the very
marrow of this (the slavery question. 1t
is asserting the dignity of labor over the
pretentlons of capital so impudently set
forth by Alexander H. Stephens as the
foundation of this whole secersion move
ment; 1t is giving the world to understand
that the people Of Louisiana comprehend
full well that, however slavery NAV be
the lever, there is an aim among these
arch consplrators against the country go
ing far beyond the retention of power
ever the black man-an ann that would
never be granted until all power and in.
huence were centered in the hands of the
few, and the vast majority of white men
reduced to a condition nothing less than
vassalage.
To understand their danger is to half
overcome it; and | have no doubt what
ever that the movement now going ou
here among the workingmen will be pro-
dactlve of the most rapid and extraordin-
ary results. 1t is not here alone that the
good work is proceeding. In the coun-
try districts, among men who have hither-
to never had thought but what was re-
tiected from the wealthy landlord who
oyershadowed them, proselytes are ac-
lively engaged in expounding the princi-
pies OF p,anhood and independence. Men
are beginning to stand erect in the pres
ence of their Maker and the same gun
OF ant xrn1a ~
from millions Of black slaves taught mill
IONS OF white men III the South, for the
first time, the monstrous extent to which
they have hitherto been trampled down
by the selfereated ollgarchs of Slavery.
Let this movement go on but little lon
ger, and the Internal doctrine of '' CuDi-
tai must orn labor" will have to be
preached in other ears than those of the
free workingmen of Louisiana.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24
Rescue OF THE CHEsApEAKE PlRArg.

RESCUE OF THECHEsAPEARE PIRATES.
The rescue of the pirates of the Chesa-
peake is perhaps the most striking in
stance, since the outbreak of the rebellion,
of the "blue-nose" jealousy and hatred of
thi country. The British government
is not to be blamed so ia, in the matter,
but the feeling and a.csion between the
two countries will depend much upon its
future COURSE therein. The Montreal Wit
ness, while referring to another matter,
makes the following sensible remarks,
which are apropos here:-
There is such thing as going too tar
with national prejudices and antipathies,
and we think portion of our people, ex-
cited by Southern emisaries, are doing
their best to bring on war and reduce
Canada to the same state of misery and
desolation with Virginia and Missouri.
May these evil passions be allayed, and
the Vaccinations of these evil counsellors
frustrated.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24

The whole business of the exchanges
OF prisoners upon our side, has been COM
mitted to Gen. Butler.
"A delegation of New York ship-own-
ers is at Washington, to urge upon Mr..
Lincoln the removal oil Secretary Welles.
They have already had several interviews.
special dispatches from Washington
announced that Gen. Rosecrans has been
assigned to the Department of Missouri,
and that Gen. Curtis goes to Kansas to
supersede Gen. Ewing.
Via st. Lewis we have reports from
Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the Goth inst,
which says that force of 600 rebels,
under Standwaite, had attacked Fort Glib
son and been repulsed, retreating across
the Arkansas river.
"A dispatch from Chattanooga, 18th
instant, says that the Presidents mes
sage and proclamation were highly salts
factory TO many rebel prisoners. They
say if the Confederate soldiers see it they
will flock into the Union, and that they
are being now kept out for fear of pun
ishment
The Military Committee of the House
have recommended the entire abolition of
the distinctions of classes, and the making
of the draft from the whole able-boded
male population in the United States
They also voted in their room to oppose
every other amendment until more time
was allowed for discussion than remained
before the holidays. Tho indications are
that the exemption clause will be retained,
and that the President will postpone the
draft for twenty days after the 9th of Jan
nary
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24


A PRACTICAL SOLUTION. While the
politicians In the free States are in con
tlnued ferment concerning the future of
slavery In this country while the Gun
ION as it was," the emancipation procla-
nation, the amnesty proclamation, no
Union with Slavery, no Union without
Slavery, Union with or without Slavery
aboiltlonlsm, copperheadism and union
lSm-are the never-ending themes of hot
political controversy at the north. evil
dence ofnew movements in the slave States
themselves is nearly everv day received,
giving hopeful promi Sc of a quiet and
practical solution of the subject. Our
readers are familiar with these move
ments in the border slave States. We
find in our exchanges of yesterday the
following IN relation to Arkansas and
louisiana.
A meeting was held at Benton, Arkan-
sas, on the instant, largely attended
oy the residents of Saline and several
adjoining counties. At the meeting a
series of resolutions was reported by a
committee of thirteen appointed to draft
them, which viii indicate the spirit of the
meeting. The resolutions were unanm-
ously adopted as follows
Whereas, The history of our country and az.
peciaily OF this war has illustrated in a most
striking manner the blighting fleets of Slavery.
ss Wen as he great superiority of free insitu-
Whereas, The people Of the Slave States in
deference 70 the rights of the few sIayebOlders.
VINO constituted but an insignificant minority
Q their fellow citizens have for years tolerated
an institution which has ever been burden nm
on their enc rgies. aud blight upon their every
best interest; snd
Whereas, Assis' ed by political demagoeues. |
,nase same slaveholders. In violation of the OBJ
avai'ed themselves of our tolerance TO drsg our |
war and,
xasreas, Too, by an infamous system of lie. |
protected their rights, forward to fight their |
battles, while they remained at home to reap |
ali the benefit, If any benefit should accrue: /
and,
Whereas, These same men. now that thev ara
whipped, with an unparalleled assurance. are /
secretly organizing and using their money. thus |
UNANIMOUSLY preserved, with 4 view to the re- /
of this accursed institution in our
Stale; and
Whereas; They propos to effect this iattee
OBJECT by making Aryausas the rendezyous q
al the slaves and Stale -oiders or those STATES /
10 which the Proclamation does not apply: /
WAereds, Our Constitution las II now stands.
rsnders this plan entiIeiy practicable; there.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24

The REBEL STEAMER RIPARIAN
NocK.-Respecting this steamer, whose
arripal at Calais, France, lhas been an
nounced, the London Times says =
" When the Admiralty sold the Victor
(now the Rappahannock) it was stated
that sne was intended for the China trade
ana she was ostensibly fitted with that
view, while her name was changed to the
Scyla of London. Several suspicious
circumstances, however, occurred. and the
deckyard officials felt il their duty to make
report to the Admiralty. The result
was the receipt of au order at Sheerness
directing her to be stopped. The order,
however, arrived few hours too late
Those IN charge of the vessel evidently
suspected the intentions ofthe government
and had her taken out Of the harbor few
nights since. She Immediately afterwards
holsted the Confederate flag. She is of $50
horse power, but owing to some slight de-
fects In the construction ofthe engines and
machinery her rate of steaming was never
very high, which was the principal reason
tor the Admiralty directing her to be
sold. A special report has been made to
the Lords Of the Admiralty of the circum-
stances under which she left Sbeerness
dockyard."
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24

MORE REBEL TRIcKERY.-Anotber
plot for the seizure of vessel and cargo.
by the rebel emissaries, has been discov-
cred IN time to prevent the attempt being
carried out. She was bark, and was
loading at Philadelphia. The pirates were
10 snip as seamen, and seize her after she
left port. There was quantity of ord
nance on board, and the vessel was abont
to take IN a quantity of powder when the
plot was discovered, and a revenue cutter
placed alongside. The authorities are en-
gagged In investigating the matter.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24

DenleNled.

The proceedings of Congress thus far
indicate that the copperhesds are so stolid
or demented as to have learned little from
the late elections. About their first act
was full complimentary Endorsement of
Bishop Hopkins views Of the divinity of
slavery, But for the notorety the Bishop
had obtained by his intense pro saveryism
he would never have been thought of as
their candidate for the Chaplaincy of the
House. The worse the light in which
The peculiar institution" appears, as the
cause and foundation of the war for the
destruction of the Union and of demo-
cratic government, the more tenacious APP
pears the attachment of the latter day
democracy" to it. When it has become
apparent IN the course OF the war to all
but the blind that slavery is doomed by
the madness of those who sought to per-
petuate 1t by treason, violence and blood
shed, these so-called democrats" clutch
1t with the spasmodic grip of drowni ng
man upon a straw.
Again, Congress had hardly opened its
session, when Fernando Wood. in face of
theireiterated assertion of JEFF Davis and
his co-workers that no proposition of COM
promise could be entertained except upon
the basis of dissolution of the Union,
proposed to send commissioners to Rich
mond to beg for peace and his resolution
for the purpose received ffty-nine votes.
Upon the heels Of this movement of a
free state copperhead, border slave
state man, Green Clay Smith of Ken
lucky, introduced a resolution for Wig
orous prosecution of the war and IN oppo-
sition to any armistice, Intervention, me-
dIatlon or proposition for peace SO long as
the rebels remained in arms, and recog-
nlzlng but two parties in this war-pat-
riots and traitors. Against this resolu-
ton minority of sixtyfour voted. 1t Is
said there was objection to the word,no
Of some portion of Mr.. Sr~..,tb,s rasolu-
ton, bat the votes agssInst il are substan-
''s'iy Tue saipe, as those in favor of Woods
ohap,alr
''i"'i''.-ass proposition. 1t is worthy of
remark that a majority of the border
slave state members of the House voted
IN favor of Mr.. Smiths resolution, thus
dong much better than some of the free
states. And SO the copperheads who
follow the lead of Fernando Weod, stand
IN their old tracks while the people are
moving on all about and over them.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24
CoLoRED SOLDIERS MURDERED nv

ooLoRED SOLDIERS MURDERED nv
THE REBELs.--In June last companv
OF o colored soldiers, comprising captain,
hrst lieutenant and eighty men. were can
tured at Mllliken's Bend, during the siege
at Vlcksburg, after brave resistance
"Since their captivity" SAYS the New
York Post, stheir fate has been involved
In profound mystery. Nothing official
could be learned of them, and from the
Weil-known vlndictiveness of the rebel
military authorities the worst was appre-
hended. Information has been received
at the war Department, by way Of Texas.
stating that these apprehensions were too
well founded. 1t appears that the pris-
oners were conveyed into the country sew
eral miles, and placed in close confinement
NO mtlmatlon of their fate was given
them. After several days the two officers
were taken out at dead of night, and the
word given out that they had escaped. It
now appears that they were hung without
previous notice, or even a senblance of
trial, In obedience to secret order from
the rebel Secretary of War. A few days
afterwards the other prisoners also disap-
peared mysteriously, and there is no doubt
that they also we're secretly murdered by
direction OF the Richmond authorities
What retaliation shall be inflicted for
these most barbarous atrocities is vet to
BE- determined.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24

CAPTURE or THE "MINNA"-Mr.
Levi Lewis, of Wells, Vt, has forwarded
to us letter which he received from his
nephew, Theodore f. Lewis, Acting Chief
Engineer of the prize steamer Minna.-
From this we learn that the United States
steamer Circassian, of which Mr.. Lewis
was engineer, gave chase to the Minaa off
Wilmington, on the morning Of the 9th
inst, and was soon brought to with 30
pound rifle. The officers of the Minna at
tempted to scuttle their ship, but Mr.
Lewis, who had been sent on board with
the executive officer, by working as hard
as he could with Colts revolver half of
the time at the head of the engineer, made
him show the ''sea cocks" and succeeded
in keeping the ship ahoat. Mr.. Lewis
seems entitled to the praise of saving the
vessel, although the credit has been given
to another. The ship and cargo is valued
at $3.50, 900, of which Mr.. Lewis expects
to receive $4,000 for his share. The Min
IA was ordered to Boston.
Mr.. Lewis, of Wells, has, also, another
nephew, Edwin L. Lewis, who is engineer
on Admiral Lees flagship.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24

The LATE FIRE AND ExpLos1oN AT
YORKTOWN. On the evening Of We'd
nesday. the 18th inst, fire broke out in
the hospital Of the l48th New York VOL
unteers, at Yorktown, Va, and no en-
gine being on the spot the building was
burned. The immense heat set on fire
the Government arsenal, and general
evacuation of the town then took place
the danger being very great, from the
great amount Of she'll, gunpowder and
other inaammable material stored therein.
When the powder magazine was reached
by the fire an eruption like that of a vol
cano followed.
The loss sustained falls mostly on the
Government, and will not fall short of one
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-24

] CoPPERHEAD CHARGE. In the Uni
a States Senate last week, Senator Da-
OF kentucky, made the charge that
q was the determination of the party
In power, that the war shall continue
the next Presidential election,n and
y 1t would have been brought to a close
g ago, If such had been the purpose of
Administration. Senator Hale sharp
and forcibly replied to this low and
ked calumny. 1t seems to us. how
r, not to merit any very serious answer,
none but an idiot could be misled by
II there is any one thing which, be-
pa all others, will have the tendency to
anue the party, now in power, in its
sent position, and cover it with the
i.ude OF the nation, it is the speediest
slole suppression of the rebellion and
soratlon of the Union. As a mere mat
VI policy, to mention no more patriot
Insideratlon, the "party in power
uld choose the prestige ofvlctory rather
a 'ne odlum of failure, with which to
er another political contest. 1t would
party Of fools, else, and the charge of
aalor Davis, which is quite common
st WIN copperheads just now, only serves
suow 10 what straits the latter are re-
sea ior subjects Of nonsenslcal clamor
insane abuse.