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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-23
Local and Sta,e ateMs,


terday was very creditaole to the patno,
ism Of the people Of The Town, and No.
tlcularly of those ON the rolls. Al ,b,,.
o'clock f. NJ the drafted men Of the vii
lage, with some others, met at the Tov,
Hall, elected Ben X, Chase, Cspa,
formed INTO hne, and headed by fife and
drum, marched through the priucim
streets, stopping at the Park, where nv
request PRAYER was offered by Rev. To-
land Howard, and speeches made by III.
following gentlemen, who were called ont
by the company: ID. 4. Nicholson, &C
Dewey, Henry Clark, NJ. q. Evcrts, and
also by Rev. Mr.. Seaver and MIR. G. R
Hit, of the conscrlptS. Cheers We're NV,
en- by the consoripts for the Union. for
the draft, for the conscripts from abroad
&C., &c, after which the company sd.
iourned with the highest good feeling.
The draft here, as elsewhere, was imm,
tial in its dealings with the different class
es of citizens. As good omen it may u
first noticed that the Rev. Norman Sesver,
a highly esteemed clergyman of our viii
lage, heads the list. Among the other
names will be noticed some of the prom
nent business men OF the place, as h. 7,
French, of the firm Of French 4 Kings.
ley, dealers in Hour, Nc. Cleo. l.. Vance,
of the firm of doodnow " Vance, boot
and shoe dealers; Norman Clark, q
Clark Il Bros, jewellers lockwood Bar
rett, OF BARRETT X Son, dealers IN hard
ware, grocer Is, BE. Ben X. Chase, jew,
{ eler; Harley c. Tuttle, book-binder;
Francis Fem, druggist; Geo. DunkIee
/ late crockery dealer; also, Jay Gould
( Superintendent OF Rutland and Washing
ton Railroad John Mclleogh, of Mr.
Gould's Office; d. q. Moore, principal Of
our High School q. h, Hit, teacher;
DR.. Lewis Z. Lawton, dentist; John B.
Reynolds.cashier, S.W. Howell, teller, and
Il. y. Gibson clerk, Of the Bank OF Rut,
land; n. T.. Smons, Deputy Sheriff; il
N Tins =. u. .Ienness. Horace nj
Dver q 4 Peck w n. BENNETT. X.
Mus,ev. Nc.. &c.
B Tho .omnanv of conscr,nt, adloi,,s
! .n..A...,,n,lo r.. u,o., ,g,,;p M S.t,,.
,,...,.,.,. ,,,,,.,..,.,,,> All ,bo ,o.,,
n,,l
resented by nll delegations in the CUM,y
Convention hold here v,ste. dsv. TW
official report of the proceedings will b
found elsewhere in our columns, We
have only room to ,av tbis morning that
the Convention have selected candidates
for the various County offices who will
command the heartiest support OF all good
Unicn-Iovlng men in the County, regard
less oi party. The names OF many S0''
and worthy men were proposed l" :"
consideration OF the convention l" oo'i''>
ton with se'ne OF the offices, but Inc "''A
nations decided upon were all received VII
the heartleSt approval ana inc No"V''
ton throughout was pheasant anu D''
momous one, as should DC q o0" 0''''o" .
the representatives Oh u. ' t"''
and Inteillgen' P00p'0 " 0"' " ''0 '''
counties Vi INC '''''' u '''
The EmMET GvARD.-This COMPANY
arrived here from Brattleboro TueslT
night at midnight, and we're welcomed Al
the depot by large number of friends
Yesterday morning those not belonging ID
,b;s vicinity left for Burlington. Tan
sonranv DISTINGUISHED itself IN The
-... ,,.ar,,, rrolcom,
fron, all
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-23
The Adjustment OF Quotas,

The following important letter from
Provost Marshal General Fry 10 Gov.
Andrew of Massachusetts will be of int
crest here.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-23
The Fourth Sub-District.

The draft for the Fourth SubDistrict
was made yesterday forenoon, at
the Town Hall, The Hall was crowded,
and the drawing proceeded with the best
possible good humor on the part of those
present, many of the names as they were
announced being received with much
cheering. The towns composing this
Sub District, with the number of the first
class enrolled in each, are as follows:-
Rutland, 687; Chittenden, Sd; Mendon,
As; Sherburne, Al; Pittsfeld, 80;
Shrewsbury, 76. The following is the
list of the conscripts in the order their
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-23

ELoPEmENr.-E. Hurd was arrs't'l
aud brought before Justice Saith Oh wi
terbury, on Monday, for living with ~
Xix, the wife of an other man, with wiz,
Hurd had eloped from New HamPSnD.
Xix was soldier, having enlisted 10 ~
Hampshire in April, 1862. His VIE g
erted him and has been living WIN
as his wife for several months. H"ru
committed for trial at the County ''4l
Rr-xon,s.rrp. Hon. j. $. Nor
was UNANIMOUSLY nominated for men, e.. -
Congress from the ID district BY ,9o .
v~ps held at White River Jon'"'' 2
Tuesday.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
NOTICE.

FESHE undersigned, Confederate States Deposi-
& tary, is authorized by the Secretary of the
Treasury, to issue Stock Certificates in exchange
for the hereinafter described Treasury Notes;
said Certificates bearing interest from Date at the
rate described below, aud viii be exchanged for
Stocks or Bonds as soon as they are received
from Richmond
Holders Of Treasury Notes bearing date after
the 1st Of December 1862, and before the 9th of
April 1868, have the privilege Of fun1ing them
in Stock Certificates bearing interest at four per
cent. per annnm. M
Holders OF Treasury Notes bearing date on or
after iAe 9th of April 1863, have the privilege Of
exchanging them for Stock Certificates bearing
interest at six per cent. per annum, if they are
presented at this Office within one year from the
first day Of the month which is printed across
the face of such Notes Il. 4s 5S ssss & s5 ss s
Since the 1st of August 963 sall Treasury
Notes which bear date prior 10 LIST Decenber
1862, cannot be funded 1T all.
Office hours: From o A. il. to 3 p. M.
A. DEshfA Re,
e. 8. Deposifarg.
ope.ousas, August %. 1863 aas III.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
THE CALL OF coNscR1pTs.

7 1EUTENANT-COLO G. w. LAY, act
- ing Chief of the Bureau Of Conscriptions has
recently issued the following circular in response
to numerous applications for information:
/. Under the recent call of the President, ex-
tending the Conscrint age, all substitutions have
ceased to be valid, II the substitute be less than
forty-fve years old, and is not otherwise ex-
empted by law.
H. Membership, whether as officer or private
Of local organizations for home defence or special
service, conters no claim to exemption from Con-
federate service neither does service III the Mill
tia, unless in case of officers actually in commis-
sion, who have been duly qualified.
III. Hereafter any one furnishing substitute
will become liable IN his own person whenever
the services of the substitute are lost to the Gov
eminent, from any cause other than the casual
ties of war.
~. Applications for exemption on any ground
whatever, must first be addressed to the local
enrolling officer, who, if he has not power to act,
is in doubt, will refer them to higher authority
with report Of the facts. All such addressed.
directed to higher authority, will necessarily aMi
invariably be referred back for local examination
and report; and the applicants will then have
uselessly lost time and suspense. Appeals against
adverse decisions by local officers, will be for
warded for hearing when any plausible ground
OF appeal is set forth.
V. ColEinandants of Conscripts will give this
notice extensive circulation i'll the local press Of
their respective States.
by order OF Col E. WAGGAMAN
LOUIS DEBLANC, Adjutant.
St. Martinsville Aug 90 1868. 26-4t.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
War Department, Richmond, May 9, 1863.


EXCHANGE NOTICE No. S.
TEsHE following Confederate officers and men
III have been duly exchanged and ale hereby
SO declared:
]. Az officers and lnen who have been deliv-
cred at City Poiet at any time previous to Nav
6, 1868.
2. Esi officers captured at anF place before
the lst OF April 1868, who have been released on
parole. O
3. All men captured in North Carolina or Viz
ginia before the LIST Of March, 1863, aho have
been released on parole.
4. The officers aud men captured and parolea
by Gen. s. Z. Carter. i'll his expedition to East
Tennessee in December last.
5. The officers and men captured and psroIed
by Lieut.. Col. Stewart at Van Barren, Ark
January 25th 1868; by Col Dickey. in D,cem,
ber, 1868, i'll his march To the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad and b. Capt. Cameron al Corinth,
Miss. in December 1867
o. The officers aud men paroletl at Oxford
Mississippi, on the 25d of December 1862. at
Drsafk Arkansas Oh the 7th of January, ls6s.
and at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oh the .es3d ot
February, 1868.
7. All persons who have been CAPTURED on the
SEA, and the waters leading to the saIe, or upon
the SEA coast Of the Confederate or United Sat,s
ut any time previous to December 1c. 1862.
.. Ali civilians who have been arrested Mt anv
time before the 9th of May, 1863, and released
oaa parole, ere discharged fIesn any siid @everv
obligation contained i'll said parole ii any sucl,
person has taken any oath of allegiance to ths
United States, OF given any bond, or if his re-
lease was accompanied with any other condition
he is discharged from the same
.. 1t any person embraced in any of the fore
gong sections or i'll amy section ot any previous
Exchange Notice, wherein they are declared
Exchanged, are M any Federal prison, they are
to be immediately released and delivered to tie
Confederate authorities. ROBERT OUiD,
Agent Of Exchange.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

Elsewhere will BE found card Of Col
Stone, to the public. This officer has been ac-
cused Of a crime oiiions in its nature and par
ticularly so as attached to gentleman and officer
of bis rank. Such accusations demand aseyere
and positive retutaton. and Col. Stone has not
hesiiated. We hope the public will reflect be-
fore believing the raHsors, and That our coafreres
will give Col Stone such publicity as his card
deserves. #5
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

HEADQUARTERS DEP'T TRANS MISSISSIPPI,
Shreveport, La, Aug. 26, 1868.
General Orders No 80,
q nm accordance with the Proclamation Of the
President, d general pardon and amnesty il
hereby granted to all officers and soldiers now
absent without leave III the Departments Of
Ifans- sissiPpi, who will return 10 duty by
the Both day ct September proxiino.
OhieeIs and enlisted men tn Department uf
Trans iissisaippi whose commands are east Of
the Mississippi river will under this amnesty. re-
port as follows, viz: Those from Arkansas. 1T
the Camp of Instruction at Washington and Bis
trct Headquarters; FROM Texas. at BorIhasa and
Houston; from Louisiana, at Shreveport aud Dis
trct Head quarters and they viii fre permitted 10
attach themselves temporarily to any regimen / Of
their own corps, now serving iii this Department.
This amnesty and parton shall also extend to
all who have been convicted and are Undergone
sentences tor absence without leave or eseTtion.
excepting only tloss who have been twiee con.
| yietea Of tlsseriioll
l DysceHmald Of
Lieut. Gen u. KIRBY SMITH,
s.. S. ANDERSON, ASST Adj Il Gsn.
Lonisiana5 Arkansas and Texas papers cony i
weeks. Ss -
81 Papers which published Order No 3S, as ii
appeared IN oar Last isstae are requested tO take
OUT and ilsert ths aboye.- Shreveport sssas.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
Mr.. Editor,

Mr.. Editor,
Please announce that at the solicitation of
many of his friends, Captain james G. Hayes
has consented to become candidate for SneriH
Of St. Landry, at the election OF November next
Capt. Hayes has been nearly two years in the
service Of the Confederate States, being volun-
teer in one of the first companies of our Parish,
and has always done his duty with that prompt,
ness and courage which characterize the good
patriot soldier. His past conduct and upright-
mess of actions are guarantee that he will be an
impartial and correct officer.
: - MANY FRIENDS.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

- ~ we are authorized TO announce that
AIPHEUs Il. TUCKER, is a candidate for
Representative in the Confederate States Con.
gress, from the Fourth Congressional District, at
the election to be held on the first Monday of
November next, 1868.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
AlgNIvERSARY SERVICE.

An Anniversary Service win be celebrated at
the Catholic Church III Grand Coteaia, On Thurs.
day next, inst at 10 o'clock, to the memory
Of The late IsELoNISE MAYER, deceased, con-
sort af Andre N. Robin. he hi Re
The friends and aequaintanees Of the family
are invited to attend without further invitation.
Sept. I2, 1868. '
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

Mr. Editor:--Please announce that Mr.. u. "
Chachere. the present incumbent, Is candidate
tor Sheriff, at the election of November next.
As faithful and efficient officer Tor the last
EIGHT years. Mr. Chachere is justly entitled to
the warm support of the voters Of the Parish OF
81. Landry. MANY YOlERs.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
HEADQUARTERS DEp'T. TRaNs- MISSISSIPPI,
Shreveport La, Aug. Ii, 1863.

HEADoUARTERsD DEp'T. RaNs-Mlss.sstrpI,
Shreveport, La, Aug. IA, 1868.
General Order No 36
TT All officers and soldiers belonging to the
= NJ garrisons of Vicksburg and Port Hudson
previous to the surrender OF those places, who
may be within tie Department of Trans Missis.
sippi either by furlough or Otherwise will report
by tile 18th day OF September next, Of ut the
expiration OF their frlough, at one Of the follow
ing named places. viz: Those from Arkansas.
at the camp Of Instruction at asn ton;
from Missouri lat Little Rock, Ark, from Loui,
siana, 1T the camp Of Instruction, near Shreve-
port, La, from Texas, at the places directed By
Maj. Gen Magruder. The Quarternlasser' De-
paftment will furnish necessary transportation to
officers and men reporting in compliance with
this order.
BY command Of
Lieut. Gen. e. KIRBY SMITH.
SIS. ANDERSON, IA. IA. G.
2e83t. Alexandria Sentinel
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

would earnestly call the attention of
thepublic to several military orders which viii
BeIfound elsewhere. One is addressed to dsser-
ters syho are willing. 70 come back 70 their duty,
and At pardon i rendered them provided they
loia the aIInyn the course Of the present month
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

1--WE are authorized to announce that
v1LLENEIvE JoI ITBERI', tie present in
euIabent. is q candidate for Assessor Of the
Parish Of St. Landry at the election Of Novenl-
Der next. Isept I2, 1853.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
State OF Louisiana.

sStaEe OF ILouLSIaNa.
District CoHrt-Par;Sh Of 81. Landry--No. 94l7.
TOSEPH ROY, Of the Parish of st. Landry,
" Administrator Of the Estate OF Valiese Roy,
deceased, late OF The Parish of St. Landry,
having fled third Tableau OF distribution Of the
affairs of said Estate, accompanied by petition
praying that the same May be homologated;-
and whereas, the prayer of said petition has
been granted by ar order Of Court dated August
49, 1863.
Therefore, notice is hereby given to- all in
terested to make opposition, il any they have, in
writing at my Office. within thirty days from the
date Of the present notice. why said Tableau
should not be homoogated.
= a AGARRfGUEs, Clerk.
Opelousas, August %, 1863.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

Dir. Editor Please announce that am can
tlidate for Csrk Of the District Court of the Par
ish# ST. Landry, At the eieetion which will take
place on the I'd Of November next.
10 Sept. ONEZIaIEs sA.s GU1DRY.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
i. @ S I

81 LII Is / q
IN the ad inst between opelousas and Wash
- ingten, a large pocket book containing
about IS OF 9 in Parish notes, also a note for
$500, signed BY Is. A Winkler, to order of i.
II. Thompson. yabls Ist March 1864
The public are nosiied not to negotiate Or
trade for said note, as the payment has been
stopped.
The finder may sheep the money on the return
Of the note and ether papers at the Courier
ofius, opelousas. i
Il. H THOMPSON
ashingtou, September 5. 1861.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

Eve are requested to announce that DR.
JAMES a. MCMILLAN is y candidate to repre-
sent this Parish in the next Legislature, at the
election which viii take place on the % Of No
rember next.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

Mr. Edstor:--Please announce that Mr.. A.
GARRIGUES, the present incumbent, is q can
aidate for Clerk of the District Court of the
Parish Of st. Landry, at the election OF NoVem-
Der next.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
NOTICE.

:ESHosE who have claims against the Estate
=. of the late William H. Spencer. are re-
quested to present tAem to the undersigned
with view Of settlement. Those Who are in
debted to him will also come forward and settle
in the shortest delay possible. And those who
haYe in their possession, books OF other effects
belonging to the same, will return them without
delay. JOEL II. SANDOZ,
Administrator
opelonsas, Aug. %, 1858 -26-5t.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

4 Governor Moore has issued his Proclan1a.
ton for the election of State officers aud others
under the Constitution end existing laws.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12


TT having been reported through the States of
u. Louisiana aud Texas that negroes, horses and
nther property svas iaiaef by me without ,ffori-
ty or any just right, and being controlled by a
descent respect for public opinion, this card is
published for the purpose of denying these state
merts in whole or III part and delouncing the
authors as siandefers,-as wiiiuE and deliberate
defaraers, of the reputation of an officer of the
army, and man who has an undefamed name
In the society in which he lives.
The statement is a SANDER, deep, dark, Damn
ing and malicious. The perpetrators are as false
as hel and all retailers OF the SANDER, after this
publication, are their aceompIces in crime /
purchased six negroes, FIVE Of Mr.. Lcdett, 2
miles above Tlhbodeaux, and one from Mrs.
Raymond kieu, six miles North OF TerlnilIien-
vile, paid my money for them, and took bills Of
sale property Witnessed These are all the ne
groes / have taken from the State of Louisiana
or made any claim TO in the State, excepting my
two body servants, brought with me fronl Texas.
ask a generous public to reiute these SANDERS
This being due me in gratitude for the toll. labor
and danger, undergone for your defencs--ths
capture and return of your property, by the
brave men under my command. | DEFY any
man, woman OF child in the State of Louisiana
OF out Of it TO the proof OF single act Of wrong
pefpetrated by me. as man or officer of the
army.
ask the papers Of Louisiana and Texas to
publish this retutation as an act Of Justice to a
detained and sandeied man
3. WARREN STONE,
Col. I'd Reg't Texas Partisan Rangers.
Opel0nsas, September H. 1863 --:}}t-28.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
State of Louisiana,

-
District Coasrt-Parish Of st. Landry--No. Gals.
TTs7RANcOIs c. DEYILL1ERs, of the Parish
Ii. Of St Landry, Administrator of the Estate
Of Divine Holiier, deceased wife of VALERIE Roy,
also deceased, in community with said V. Roy,
having filed third Tableau of distribution OF the
affairs OF said Estate, accompanied by IA petition
praying that the same may be homologated;-
been granted by an order of Court dated August
i3, 1868.
Therefore, notice is hereby given to all in
terested to make opposition, if any they have, in
writing at my office, within thirty days from the
date of the present notice, why said Tableau
should not be homologated.
A. G4aRRIGUEs, Clerk.
Onelousas, August %, 1862.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
5000 REWARD.

@ RANAWAY from the undersigned, e.
AZ. on the night OF the 9th ult, FIVE miles Il Il
- from Lloyd's bridge. on the Burr's s.Sa.
Ferry road, the following described slaves, viz;
a maa named TYREE. light griffe aged
about thirty-six years, about FIVE feet, nine
inches high.
A negro man named WILSON, dark criffe,
aged about thirty-tive years, about five feet,
eight inches high, stout and thick set, a front
tooth missing.
A negro nam named Mccoy, aged nineteen
years, and about five feet, eight inches high
A negro girl named ROSETTA, aged about
twenty years.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS each will be
paid for the apprehension and delivery to me Of
any or all Of said slaves, at any point between
the Bayou Bceuf aud Rurr's Ferry
Also, ran away from my plantation, on the
Bayou D4uf:
4 negro man named GEORGE, aged about
thirty-si4 years, and
Another negro named ALLEN, aged about
twenty-six years.
One hundred dollars will be paid for the ap
prehension and delivery to me of said men, at
any point between my residence and Bmrs
Ferry. The two last named slaves are believed
to be on or iii the neighborhuod of my planta-
ton, and the others viii most probably resort to
the same point at an early day.
GEORGE Z. KING.
st Landry, September II. 1S!i3 -tf-sS
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,
WARe DEPARTMENT..
Ordnance Bureau,
Richmond, July /, 1868.
FEStlE attention Of officers on ordnance duty is
- called to tho Importance of rendering their
Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance
Stores in Duplicate
One copy tpshe retained by the Bureau for
reference; the pther to be turned over to the
Second Audito1 settl lemens ofaaeeonnts
asaall sssslssssa
UfEclal Chief OF Ord.
TEo. G. RHETT,
Maj. g. Chi. of Ord Gc Arty., TN D.
Papers in District West. La, Arkansas and
Texas. will copy, and send bill to the Shreveport
News for payment. Scot I2--2S
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12

situated in Grand Coteau, together with the
buildings and Improvements thereon.
Terms and Coadttions:-payable on a credit
of one, two and three years from the lst of A pri
next, 1864. Purchasers to furnish their notes
with two good aud solvent securities in sOiido
residing iii tile Parish of St. Landry, aud TO the
satisfaction of The nndfais asd Said notes made
payable at his domiciI, aud the property sold to
remain specially mortgaged to secure the pay
ment Of capital and interests which MAY accrue
thereon at the rate OF eight per cent per anlluiu
from maturity until paid.
JOHN T.. SMITH.
IsstamsataTy E1ecator.
Opelousas, August 90, 1o63
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
CEpEEEEaE'a

#CEpCEazaPo
Ordnance Bureau
Riehmond, July e. 1868.
p EQUISIFI0NS for the same articles must
@-S not be made upon the different arsenals at
the same time.
The attention,of the Chief Ordnance Officers
of armies and departments is called to this
point, as such practice leads to confusion and
waste of ordnance stores.
[Signedl GORGAS, Col
Official. s.Ssss., Chief of Ord.
THO. G. RHETT.
Maj.ssE Chf. of Ord. & Arty,, 7. Ii. D.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
state Of Isouisiana.

State Of Lsouisiara. .--t~---.
District coasrt--Par Of ST. Landry--No 9419.
|VALERF MAYER, Of tile Parish Of St. Ian
dry, Administrator of the Estate of Antoine
Mayer, deceased, late OF the Parish of St. Lam
dry, having fled final 1'abeau of distribution
of the funds of said Estate, accompanied by a
petition praying that the same may be homolo-
gated;-An1 whereas the prayer of said petition
has been granted by an order of Court, dated
August 30, 1863. j..
Therefore, notice is hereby given to all in
terested to make opposition, if any they have, in
writing at.niy Office, within thirty days from the
date oil the present notice, why said Tableau
should not be homologated the Administrator
discharged from all further liabilities and his
bond cancelled.
A. GARRIGUES, Clerk.
Opelousas, August 90, 1868.
The Opelousas courier., 1863-09-12
HEAD QUARTER

July IS. 1sG3.-.Gt.-oI