Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-09-10
Local and state Items.

road from New Orleans TO Brashear
City, under Superintendent L. A, Morse,
who went from this place as Quartermas-
ter of the Seventh Vt, regiment, the
latter has been appointed superintendent
of the jackson railroad, running from
New Orleans to Jackson, Miss.
ToBAcco CULTURE. Mr. Stephen
Wing of North Granville, writes us that
he has tobacco plants of several varieties
under cultivation, the leaves upon some of
which he has measured with the following
results the Connecticut seed leaf, thirty
seven inches in length by seventeen inches
in width and a leaf on Wilson's variety
of Maryland tobacco, thirty-siX inches
long by twenty and one-tourth inches
wide. He also weighed some OF his plants
and found Wilson'S variety the heaviest
he has, one plant of which weighed six
pounds. One seed plant, with blossoms
of, measured sixty-six and three-tourths
inches in height.
THE VERMONT WOUNDED. We received
some days ago a communication from ''Ver-
mont" the author of the first letter pub
lished in the HERALD in relation to the
care of our wounded at Gettysburg. This
communication is in reply to the letter
from the Surgeons of the 18th, 18th, 10th
and 10th regiments, which was also given
in our columns. We have DELAYED the
publication of this communication from
day to day, through the press of other
matter the letter being somewhat
lengthy ; and because we hardly deemed
1t necessary to reopen the discussion OF
the matter in question. As some of our
cotemporaries, however, who were entirely
silent upon the subject until the letters in
vindication of the Commissioner were
published, then expressed surprise that our
correspondent should have been ignorant
of the real duties of the Commissioner;
and as the Surgeons in question say that
our correspondents mistake consisted in
not understanding them, we have decided,
as a matter of justice to him, to copy trom
his last communication the extracts from
the Laws of Vermont, relating to the sub
iect, as he gives them, and which form the
ground work Of his remarks. After allud-
ing to some misstatements If what he had
said in his FIRST communication, VerGiyins.
says:
LET us look at the joint resolution of
our General Assembly, authorizing the
appointment of commissioners, and see if
noe can understand the duties devolvlng
on them. On pages 7l,12, Laws Of Yer
mont, passed at the session of 1862, | find
the following Resolution:
That the Governor be authorized to
appoint one or more commissioners, whose
duty it shall be to 0isjt Sjck solijer$ from
Vermont, in tie U. s. serUjce, aud aScer
tain aobat is necessary 10 their comfort
and speedy recoUery, aud FURNISH Tie same
at the expense Of the State
Now, | ask, is not the commissioner
required to act as Sanitary in the largest
sense, and is he not reqUjred to exercise
his benevolence as philanthropist, at the
expense of the good people Of Vermont ?
But his duties are further stated:
'Resoloed, That said commissioners be
also instructed to take such measures as
may procure, at the expense of the State,
the removal to Vermont, on furlough. of
any sick soldiers, whenever a speedy
recovery may, in the estimation OF said
Commissioner, be promoted by said fur
lough.'
Now how can he know whether a
speedy recovery might or might not be
promoted by a furlough, unless he We son
ally attends to their case. This was doubt
less the intention of the General Assem-
bly, in providing for thu appointment of
such officers. And therefore The provis-
ion for more than one-if numbers multi
plied-so that they could be personally
acquainted with the situation of each sick
or wounded soldier
ELECTION IN PITTsFuRD. For Smith,
AS; hedfeld AZ. For Congress; Wood
bridge 1871, White AZ, Kellogg &. For
Town Representative, Henry F, Lothrop,
I. justices of the Peace elect; |. c.
Wheaton, j. \. Randall, r. K. Drake. d.
P, Peabody. Mathew Lowth. D. A. Rich
ardson, w. 6. Fish.
ORWELL. Smith l02, RedfeId IS.
For Congress, Woodbridge 93, White IS.
THE SENATE. The next Senate of
Vermont will be composed of the follow
ing members, all Union men;
Addison county, S d Hocomb, Earl
Cushman; Bennington, Lemuel Bolton,
Myron Clark Caledonia, George Cowles,
Thomas J Cree Chittenden, Jed P Clark,
A c WEIGH, L B Englesby; Essex, David
H Beattie; Franklin, Hiram P Stevens,
Harvey D Farrar; Grand Isle, VIM H
Lyman; Lamoille, j A Child; Orleans,
Elijah Cleveland, Samuel Plumly; Or
ange, Alvah Bean, James NJ Bass; Rut-
land, Merritt Clark, Nathaniel Fish, Will
liam I Nichols ; Windsor, James A Pol
lard, Noah B Stafford, Wendell W Will
liams; Windham, Edward Kirkla
Henry E Stoughton; Washington, Rod
erick Richardson, Addison Peck.
VALLANDIGHAM DIsUNIoNIsT. The