Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-03-19
Local and State Itemss


STATE LOAN Vermont credit IS still de
cidedly above par, The bids for the loan te
the State Of S250,OOO, recently advertised
have Just been opened The whole amount
bid was about S800,00O. The premium Of
tered, on the bids accepted, varies from Ii IA
to IA "a per cent, so that the State will real
ize about S31 900 out of the premiums. O
the loan, the sum of Sl2,500 only is awarded
in the State, the remainder chiefly to bidders
in Massachusetts, at Boston, Worcester,
Nantucket, &C. Of the Sl2,5 500 awarded in
this State, $10,000is to the Ascutney Bank OF
Windsor, and the remainder to two or three in
dividuals.
FrRE.-Abouthalfpa pastseven o'cleck Thursday
evening, gentleman going past the Foundry
building of Messrs. Bowman & Mansfield, in
this village, discovered large fire burning in
side it With the aid of two or
three others, whom he called he made scat
tering Of large pile of boxes or sfasks," in
which the castings are made, which they
found to be on fire inside the building; and sue
ceeded in extinguishing the flames. The fire
was under good, headway, and in few min
utes more would have communicated to the
building and Machine shop.
DAMAGED BRIDGE. - The trains Of the
Western Vermont Railroad have been slightly
delayed for few days past in consequence OF
the breaking of bridge about six miles south
of Rutland.
RUTLAND County CoMMIssIoNER.-The
vote cast for County Commissioner was very
light one, there being no opposi ion to the re
election of Mr.. Kittredge, so far as we~have
learned. In Castleton, we are informed, only
Seeea votes were cast, all for Mr.. K. We have
the returns from only few towns, but as those
are all for Mr.. Kittredge, we suppose it is
safe TO assume that he is unanimously re-
elected
NOBLE ACT OF SENATOR FooT.-Senator
Foot has declined to have any participation in
the dlsgraceful Congressional 'sgrab," b. re-
fusing to accept his share of th4 third mileage
voted to itself by Congress.
DEsERTERs PUNISHED Several deserters
who have been tried by courts martial, have
been sentenced to hard labor without pay, on
the Rip Raps during the term of their en-
listment Among the names we find two Yer
mont soldiers, c. S. Shoyno, Cd regiment and
j. Dickinson, 5th regiment. Shoyno was a
member of Co d, of Waterbury-iickenson
Of Co, /, from Burlington.
CAsrLEToN Town OFFICERS
Moderator-Pitt w. Hyde
Town Clerk-John Howe y
Selectmen-Fayette Barney, ?. X Hyde,
Gustavus Buel.
Treasurer-William Mouton.
Constable-Samuel Woodward.
Overseer of the Poor-Fayette Barney.
Listers-.John Wyatt, Gilbert Barber, New
ell Hooker
Grand Jurors-M. &. Lsngdon, S. u. Will
ians.
Supt. of SchooIs-R. NJ. Phillips.
Town Agent-Fayette Barney.
The meeting for the election of these officers
was held in Castleton on the I'd Tuesday Tin
stead Of lsD of this month. q
Has PLYMOUTH "SEcEDED PA CORES
pondent writes US from Plymouth as follows {:
& Near the close of the town meeting, after
many had left, Hon. j. W. Stickney moved to
instruct the town treasurer not TO prosecute in
any case any man refusing to pay the tax on
his dog, in compliance with the new State law
Some of his friends seconded the motion and
it passed. He then moved to instruct the lis
ISio
which was also passed.
Now, suppose, we are free from the State !;
have seceedtd. The South seeded for her
negroes, but we seeded for our dogs. 80 Wind
aor Journal.
PERSONAL. = George S. Dennison, from
Royalton, this State, who has been acting as
Collector of Customs for the port of New Or
leans has been appointed Special Agent and
Acting Surveyor and Acting Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the d strict of New, Or
leans. The Delta speaks in commendation of
his conduct as Collector. The employees Of
the Custom House, the Era says, have seen fit
to express their regard for the retiring Colec-
tor, by substantial presentation in a very
quiet way.
Newton Stone, formerly law student in
the Office of A. B. Gardner, in Bennington,
who left there as lst Lieut.. in Co. A, Cd Yer
mont, is now Lieut.. Col. of that regiment.
Capt. s. f. Burnham, Co. E, 5th Yer
mont, on account of Ill hes lth has resigned,
and is now at home in Manchester.
WELL Bennington is pretty well
of, it having in the service one Colonel, one
Lieut.. Colonel, two Majors, three Captains,
-four before Capt. Winslow returned, J and two
Quartermasters.
Posi- MAsTER.-J. w. Simonds has been
appoirted post-master at Rupert in the place
of Henry Sheldon, removed.
SOME PosTAGE.-The T. M. al Bondville,
nailed pair Of boots a short time since to a
soldier in the army, weighing three pounds
md one ounce, making the postage So "a, it
having been decided that boots, clothing, &C.,
should be charged letter postage.
SHEEP SALE.-Jerome Sherblno Of Wey-
bridge, recently sold nine eve lambs and one
gearling eve for $1,000. Ezra Fitch of Bird
port sold thirty ewes for $1,000.
GEN. SEoUGHToN.-The Washington cor
Of the New York papers are at
aching mitch blame to Gen Stoughton on &C
'ount Of his recent capture. We hope when
he facts are fully known the affair may turn
q - sSf1nikating to that1ofiice yfndn
resent appears to be. Since the news Of the
aid. the confirmation Of his nomination as
3rigadier General by the Senate 'hangs fire.
INDEBTED. We are again indebted to
Hon. e. P. Walton for public documents,
,peeches, &c.
CONVERSATIONS the combinations
~ the Senate we notice the names of the fol-
wing Vermonters: Col. G. j. Stannard to be
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