Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-11-19

"A rebel estimate gives Gen. Tho,,s'
centre army $4,000, Gen. Burnside len
wing $4,000, aud Gen, Hooker's nabt
wing 10000 Gen. sherman, with Is t56
more, Is near Tuscunbla, moving e,st.
ward to join Hooker. The cavalry ;.
portioned to these commands is placed a
$4,000. making q total OF 10000 pso
commanded by Gen, Grant.
The New York Herald, which oia.a,s
to be well posted IN regard to the rebsI
armies, estimates their total number abOll
100000, Of which Lee and Bragg haye
considerably more than half. All we hav
to do, therefore, is to keep a strong aniol
grip on these,
"And treason shah go down"
The barbarous habit of picket firing
has been resumed by the rebels on the
Rapidan. On Thursday last detac1.
ment Of the Vermont cavalry were fire.
on while going our on picket near the river
and all along between Somerville and
Germania Fords our seu find II necesss-
ry 10 keep under cover Of else be made
targets of.
"A visitor congraulatlng Mr.. Lincoln
Oh the prospect of his reelection, was an
swered by that interchangeable story teller
with an anecdote OF an Illinois farmer, who
undertook to blast his own rock. His first
effort to produce an explosion proved
failure. He explained the cause by ex-
claiming, "Pshaw this powder has bee,
shot once before"
The United States steamer Mass
chusetts arrived on Friday at Fortra
Monroe, in forty-two hours from Charles
ton Bar. When she left, firing was still
kept up on Sumter, and the fort was en-
tirely demolished. The rebels put ups
flag every night, which is shot away every
day. There had been no firing on Charles
ton of late.
The following is the telegram sent
by President Lincoln to Gen. Meade, and
published to the Army on the 10th inst:
Washington, Nov. 9
MAJ. GEN. MEADE. l have seen your
dispatches about operations on the Rap
pahannock, and | wish to say, "wsll
done.n
(Signed) A. LINCOLN.
--Advices from Little Rock, Ark, say
that an adjourned Union meeting convened
on the 9TH, and passed the strongest kind
of Union resolutions. The most inhuen-
tial men of Western Arkansas were pres
ent. Great enthusiasm prevailed.
A daring attempt was made Wednes-
day night by gang of New York thieves
to burn the house of the provost marshal
of the District of Columbia. Several
anonymous letters, threatening such an
act, have been received by that officer,
and fears are entertained that the threats
will be carried into execution.
The ground is covered to the depth
of FIVE inches with snow in parts of Wayne
and Ontario counties, n. Y.
A clergyman in New York has sued
his aunt for $4,000 for hitting HIM in the
back with stone because he couldn't pay
his board.
-vicksburg ought to be popular
place with the children the public schools
there have Just commenced, after vaca-
ton of two years.
In settling up accounts between the
government and the State Of New Hamp-
shire lately, it was discovered that the
state has been owing Uncle Sam $1,000
since the war OF 1912.
"A New York paper says that among
the incidental duties of the police force at
the Russian bail on Thursday night, was
the CARRYING out of several women, who
were in an an almost helpless condition,
overcome, perhaps, by the heat of the
room.
Recruiting in Indiana is going on
very briskly. In some parts OF the state
the patriotic women are devising plans for
in raising the quota OF troops
assigned to their several counties.
The Richmond Inquirer says tnal
The half starved women and girls daiiy
around the government store
houses in that city, eagerly gathering up
he few grains of corn which may ScssVsf
n handling the bags,