Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-03


succeed who bought in March last.
Miscellaneous Items.
The wife of Gen. Fitzpatrick, the
daring cavalry officer, died in New York,
on Monday. She was quite Young and
leaves one child. Although in delicate
health for some time, her decease was SO
sudden that her husband did not reach
home until after her death.
The War Department has revived
the rule to pay the wives of prisoners in
the hands of the confe derates the money
due their husbands.
"A Paris telegram has been posted in
the Underwriters 70 IN at Liverpool, to
the following effect: "Dont ship anything
to Matamoras-blockade effective"
An Ohio paper publishes the follow
ing paragraph "a deaf man named
Taft, was run down by a passenger train
and killed on Wednesday. He was injured
in similar way about year ago.
Elk Speaker Lttlejohn of New York,
sold the 0swego Times, upon which he
held mortgage, few days ago, and the
editor has been arrested for not allowing
the purchaser to enter in and take pos
session.
Letters from Baton Rouge, La, rep
resent there is considerable briskness in
the cotton trade in that quarter. About
| 200 bales come IN daily, much Of it from
| points within the rebel lines.
Photograph counterfeit SIS on the
Farmers Bank, city of Troy, have been
| put into circulation.
- Henry Ward Beecher's lecture in
New York last evening produced $4 600
for the Sanitary Commission.
A western damsel has stopped her
| paper because it contained the marriage of
her former beau to another girl.
On the night of the Oath inst, party
| Of rebel guerrillas made raid near Nor
folk, Va, and run off about one hundred
negroes. They were pursued but not
overtaken. a.s-
The official returns show that the
popular majority against Vallandigham
for Governor of Ohio was l02, 200. Only
eleven copperhead members are chosen to
the assembly, and but three TO the senate.
The New York Evening Post pub
fishes the following communication
Will the following do as as rhyme to
50 STEP" for which you asked some time ?
| To say you cannot make
| A rhyme that step" Will take,
| Is most absurd
| To make rhyme to "step,
| You only have to sep
| arate q word
The Buffalo Courier hits off the
extravaganza of the city government by
saving that ''should determination to
attack Buffalo ever again be made mani
fest on the part of the rebels, the most
conclusive way to prevent invasion is to
send word to the enemy, under protection
of an appropriate flag of truce, that if
they capture Buffalo they must pay its
faxes and their own expenses.
The Northwestern convention Of
war democrats organized on Wednesday
morning at Chicago The business was
transacted wlth-elosed doors. None but
accredited delegates were admitted. All
the states named in the call were repre-
Il sented. Gen John A. McClernand was
chosen president Of the convention. A
committee Of nine, of which Judge Lor-
ing of Indisna, was chosen chairman
was appointed to frame q platform or 9
cali,
! Stephen Wetmore, Esq, of Perrys
I vile, Ohio, an old man of seventy two
was on his death-bed at the time Of thu
late election, but was earnest to vot
once more for the Union cause. Oh
hearing of this, the Judges of Election
took the ballot box to his bedside, and fd
the last time he voted for the Union ard
: freedom.
-" Who is going to be governor r
f asked one eff the old democratic ''ring''a
| Albany of their chief, some years ago.
"Well," sad the grand wire-puller, 4 ]
don't know who the people will chooe
this year" "Good God p exclaimed III
I, other, you don't intend to leave this thing
to the people, do you"
II | -kJuHic VI titc Oudlitdbic lduiCs vi NOV
T York are going to give than ksgyne
, dinner to the children of the colored or
: phan asylum, who were rendered hme'
: less by the July riots.
n ON Sunday morning Henry Ward
r Beecher preached his first sermon at Ply
u mouth church since his return from Eu
1t rope The church was crowded a al
e early hour, and thousands were unable Il
II obtain admission.
is The election in Springfield Monday
for representative to the General Court
resulted in the choice of W C Stureyant
l. republican, ever VIM B Calhoun, inaeeen
Mt dent.
u The first through train from Ne,
- York to Washington without change {
e cars, was run on Monday.
40 The engine of 6rst-ra.e ir,n-cla
4 frsn 10