Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-22
Local and Stale Items.


did say was, that of 1913 men drafted in
Rutland, not a trhite man, so drafted, has
gone TO The Wagi
We are aware that there were several
purchased white substitutes accepted, and
that some drafted men were allowed TO
enlist bur that is nothing to the case aud
the Register and Herald had better stop
clubbing. ~ oursr.
No one tries quibbling except the Cou-
rier. Nothing was said about "substi-
tutesn or ''enisted men, We spoke Of
of white men drafted in Rutland, who
have gone to the war as drafted men.
Perhaps the Courier will be better satisfied
if we give a few names of such, which we
happen TO know. Here they are: Hiram
York, Thomas Mumford, William X.
Strong.
HASN'T HEARD THE ELECTION News.
"On the whole, things look dark and
gloomy, and the pilot at The helm has not
the confidence Of the passengers aboard Of
the great national ship."-Courier.
"On the contrary, quite the reverse
The Courier should read the election re-
turns from "the passengers" in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Iowa, &c.
AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAZZ. We
have been informed by Sheriff Field that
he has recently discovered an abortive,
| but rather vigorous and persevering at
tempt TO effect an escape from Jail. Ii is
supposed that the attempt was made by
convict who was recently conveyed to the
State Prison. In one of the cells of the
upper tier two marble slabs, about four
feet long and two feet wide had been re-
moved from the wall, and also the brick
work next beyond but when the opera
| tor came to the massive blocks of granite
| which compose the outer wall, he proba-
/ DIV concluded that further efforts in that
direction would be useless. He then at
tempted to effect breach over head, but
was soon arrested by the thick plate of
| boiler iron which overlays the whole COW
| ering. The Sheriff, on discovering these
! facts, Immediately ordered the cell to be
locked, and the injuries 10 be repaired. 1t
would have been an utter impossibility for
the prisoners to make practicable open
| ing in either place, but no thanks te them,
ANNIVERSARY MEETING az THE YER
MONT BIBLE SOCIETY. The exercises of
the Anniversary Meeting held in the
Brick Church Wednesday evening were as
follows:
Singing by the choir.
Reading the Scriptures and prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Sherburne of Mortified.
Anthem by the choir.
Reading of the Treasures Report by
the Treasurer, John A Page, Esq.
Reading of the Secretarys Report by
the Secretary, Rev. w H Lord:
Singing hymn by the choir.
Remarks by Hon. Paul Dillingham;,
President of the Society.
Discourse by Rev. DR.. Wilkes of Mon
| treal.
The Treasurer's Report presents the
following figures:
Balance on hand from last year $3.50 50
| Amount received in contributions, 2 81 o3
| -3203 IS
| Expenses, sl43 IS
RENTED to Treasurer of Parent
Society at New York, 1000 co
-2l43 So
Balance in Treasury .lo5s 81
More than one hundred dollars not IN
cluded in the above report, have been re-
| ceived by the parent society from I'M
known contributors in Vermont.
The discourse by Rev. DR.. Wilkes was
an exposition Of the llth verse of the LIST
chapter Of LIST Timothy, and was a most
able and eloquent sermon.
We cannot refrain from especially prais-
ing the mus @ furnished by the choir, I'M
der the direction of Col II d Hopkins,
which added much to the delight of the
large audience assembled on the occasion.
--Montpelier freeman.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT. On Wednes-
day nigh, as a brakeman by the name Of
Hathorne was unshackhng car at Gas
settos Station on the Rutland and Burling-
ion Railroad, he slipped and fell under
the cars between the rails. The train in
passing over him doubled him up consid-
erably, and the brake-irons gave him
hard rubbing, SO that when he. arrived
here he could not walk or stand. We
learn, however that he is now doug well,
and will probably soon recover.
OMITTED.-In our report of the pro-
ceedings of the U. s. Circuit Court was
omitted the case Of George G. Welton Of
Topsham, who, on Thursday, plead guilty
to an indictment for enticisg a soldier to
desert. In view of mitigating cir
cumstances, the court sentenced him to only
sixty days confinement in the common
Jail.
LARGE PURCHASE OF Wool. A cor
respondent from Ludlow informs us that
Mr.. Frank Goodhue Of Brattleboro bought
in West Townshend last week 10000
pounds of wool at 60 to 65 cents per
pound.
PERSONAL. Hon. l.. E. Chlttenden,
of Vermont, is at present Acting Secreta-
ry Of the United States Treasury, in
Mr.. Chase's absence from Washington.
Captain Pratt, of company A, 4th