Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-11-12
Miscellaneous Items.

"A rough who visited the Albany
Journal office on the night Of the election
in pursuit Of fight, was taken by the
scruf OF the neck by Mr.. Dawson, and
pitched out doors. Served him right.
Charles M. Hale of Montpelier, on
the 25th ult., captured an owl which
measured 4 feet five inches from TIP TO
tip of wings, being an extraordinarily
large specimen Of that sort Of bird.
The ladies of Poughkeepsie have Just
forwarded beautiful stand of colors to
the 10Th regiment Corps dAfrique at
New Orleans.
The past week wool has been sold in
Rupert for from GO to II cents per pound,
and there are some choice lots left for
which from IS to 80 cents per pound is
demanded. Most of the formers in Man
chester have sold for from 60 to 70 cents.
Prices appear to range higher in New
Hampshire than in this State. o. s. Carey,
of Lempster, having, few days since,
sold his entire clip Of this year at IS cents
per pound.
--Beecher in his speech at London, said
j do not believe in the Times, and all it
says. [Groans. l nevertheless, like the
rest of you, always read it. A laugh.
Every Englishman l meet tells me the
the Times is no exponent of English T No /;
no. opinion; and yet | have taken notice
that when | talk with your men their
last argument is, some how or the other
the last thing they saw In the Times.
The Rev. MIR. Bussey, of the Chris
tan Commission, was taken prisoner while
aiding the wounded, in the late battles in
Tennessee, and was delivered to Judge
Terry of the Rebel Army-the same Ter
ry who shot Senator Broderick. On re.
ceivlng the prisoner he exclaimed: Here
is a - Abolitionlst preacher. Boys
b. ng him % Mr.. Bussey's name does
not appear among the list of prisoners sent
in by Bragg tothe Provost Marshal, and
it is feared that the Judge has carried his
brutal threat into effect.
A handsome young lady named Pau
line eastman, said to be member of the
secret army police, stopped several days
at New Haven, Ct, last week. She has
had adventures of the most varied and ex-
citing description. She has crossed the
army lines on several occasions, has been
in Richmond two or three times, once as q
prisoner, has visited Chattanooga and
Huntsville, Ala, was taken prisoner by
John Morgan, and advertised to be hung
in Nashville as federal spy, from all
which she escaped by singular cunning,
daring and courage. She is an adept at
drawing, and has frequently taken sketch
es Of the enemy's works.
"A gentleman at Philadelphia from the
South, says that no less than five attempts
at negro instruction have been made in
Georgia since the month of July last. As
a terror to the slaves some were shot, 9TH
ers hung, and seven or eight burned
Many children have died from want of the
common necessaries ofhfe. The people of
Richmond are in desperate condition
and but few of the wealthy class remain;
many of them have run the blockade and
Sohc W LuIopc. OuTiHS Tie second
bread riot in Richmond, three women
were shot, one of whom died.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was ex-
pected home in the China, but a letter
from him states that he wanted to stay
another week, and might, so as to speak
again in Liverpool. His voice failed him
during his attempt to talk down the mob,
and he did not say all he meant to. He
is evidently ambitious of complete VIC
tory over the rebel sympathizers of Liver
pool.
Some of the unexplodea machine
left in Wagner by the rebels have been
opened and found to contain combustible
which on being exploded burned
for ten minutes. One variety was filled
with sulphuric acid, and bottles contain
ing camphene, gunpowder and chlorate Of
potash; another cotton, gunpowder and
turpentine. How can Mr.. Beauregard
Of Greek fire after this 2
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