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

a - oAfruRE OF THE cay.r,,p
BY ps1ss ,hs letter from Washington oss'I:s, ssr.
II. me Burlington Free Press, give. H. pss,lsd 9s
ing particulars inlrelatiou 10 ~ 80 'ne follow
since: 0@'airy short tina
ihe party under command g g.
rSd.a' d q %. II numbering about 50 m.n nun, n
~ ,,uaen IRON camp at Annandsls = I,11 .a, mad
dIsa', aID'ea,'On-some 20 miles-b.,,od IA
n.r,, m ana ~ led their horses. While e,,;nn Sn,Aa
bunG.sa & u rebel cavalry, something like :, -.
hundred IN number, according to The .,a,;. aas one
=, - Oapea men, but only eighteen !, s, n,,,, y
~ - .ns account Of secesh farmer who rosf r.
near the spot, and who probably H,. ~ -, i've,
On our men. Capt. Huntoon, who i paaDsa oansa
an eAUsllent officer was taken before he oonla a
.saGn 81, hIs horse. Capt. Woodward s,n.a. .O4lu
:n us morse was shot under him aaS slm wen
lung 'he Captain considerable wbsn I'll M
witbor, aha his men, 1t is reported. seattsrs5
Iow TI IF o. csnomlng ~ much fight. One younp fsl
,V@ wss 2. os 20 Il, (Haynes by name, bell bears, is,-
"As snot through his shoulder and bacr ~,
- spi'e Oh his wounds escaped (after en,n,'. u'
ing ms re revolver upon the rebeisl and pS. ros.
hesliy ~ miles before be became foo Te.I et" .'
uoio on TO his horse. He was bronab, ;..o -
nosPi'ai at Fairfax Court House. and 2 So;no
,. meh' lie reports one other wounded mar .
M LIS company IN the hands of the rehals O..
"oouward was paroled, as he was too ronch
hurt TO be taken off or horseback -'A'"
a letter IN the Times saws:
oome OF the mon were shoe;no fh.;.
nGrSe' at the blacksmith sLon a
when the rebels appeared; and 1yp, ~
were In grlst mill near by. where tbav -
NAMED hid till the affair was over. Garts
Huntoon and Woodward were on The sterSi p'o, r.
the mill. Some of the men started to refrs.,
On ioo,; ana others dashed off without stonrino
to bride their horses. pi''s
The forces engaged were about equal. bu,
tne surprise was complete Our loss wss
Captains HunteOn and Woodward. and four,
teen men prisoners and 20 horses csntured
but DO men killed. We understand from rah'
el sources that fiye Of the men who made our
boys so much trouble are now IN the bosn;tal
and some of them mortally wounded.
FLAX GRowING.-Messrs. Drew & Dara-
more propose to establish fax dressing ma
chine at Shelburne Falls in this State. to be
ready for operation for this years crop. Con-
siderlng the scarcity and high price of cottous,
we should Judge the manufacture Of fabrics
from fax might be made profitable. Farmers
would do well to consider the subject.
CoPPERHEAD MEETING IN SRIYcFtgIp
As We go TO press later this week than usu-
al, We have still later news of the secesh con-
perhead meeting held in Springfield on We'd,
nesday. The people utterly refused them any
place whatever in which to hold their meeting
and accordingly, as correspondent informs
us, the copperheads Of Rockingham and Bar
louisville, with the eX-postmaster of Sprinfeld
got together and organized in the street. A
near as We can find out, most of the copper
heads present 1--WE say it with shame, wert
from this town. Pillow case Smith of Milton
was there, and made rampant speech agains
the efforts Of the administration to Put dowr
the traitors. A large number of people col
lected, ana the meeting closed amid the Kisses
groans and ieers Of the crowd, and fpallt thre,
hearty cheers were given for the administrs
tion and the Csnstltl ton as it Is" Thu
ended the first copperhead demonstration il
pringgeld.-BeLlolss Falls Times.
A SUGGEsTIoN.-0ne Of the Lister. o
Brandon writes us. making few suggestion
to his brother Listers of the county. HI
says:
''While in some towns the Listers put in al
the classes of property required by law, other
leave out from two 10 four. If one town come
up to tie full requirement of the law SHOULD
not every town DO the same2 Would it no
be good thing to have uniformity of valu
upon the same kind of property through th'
county? If these things are Of any weight
would it not be well to call a convention Of th
Listers of the several towns in the county, 70
the purpose Of securing uniformity IN thes
matters?
Should these suggestions meet the views Q
other Listers in the County, let there be a ca
made by the Listers of Rutland as soon :
NAV be, to meet on or before the last Thurs
day in March inst"
VERMONT STATIsTIcs-Statistics of th
staple productions of the State show that MOI
pork was grown in 1850 than in 1860 bylG,oO
pounds, but the value of live stock had great
increased, its value in 1850 being Sl2,643
228; in 1860, Sl5,S84, 1913. Vermont
stock is worth more than that Of any othe
New England State. The quantity Of whea
grown in 1850 was 535, ,955 bushels in l86i
43l .12l bushels, more in each year than an
other New England State grew 1862
bushels of rye were grown in 1850; l3O,97
in 1860; of corn 2,O32,396 in 1850, an
1853, ,02O in 1860 of oats, 2,307,7 ,734 in ii
former year, and 3,51l COS in the latter )
1888 pounds of tobacco were produced
1860, while the cultivation was not begun
1850.