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

ou' 'ong resident of the United States,
mas .eoently gwen an able exposition of
tposs parts Of the constitution which re-
lale TO the suppression Of rebellion. lie
also mentions several cases in our history
which show how former presidents acted
under the constitution:
"When the whisky insurrection broke
out in Pennsy vania, Gen. Washington
required Gov. .Miftiin the chief magistrate
of tho state, to suppress it by the state
militia. Miftlin temporized. Washing
ton lost no time, but calling out the mill
tin Of the neighboring states, entered
Pennsylvania at the head OF between
twenty-five and thirty thousand men, and
put down the revolt.
Mr.. jefferson, while President, ordered
the arrest of Aaron Burr the moment he
| suspected him of treason to the United
States. The arrest stitled Burr's treason
in the very beginning. ...
When South Carolina claimed the right
OF disobeying the laws OF the Union,
General jackson made immediate arrange
ments for enforcing them by the military
! arm. and South Carolina was compelled
10 weld and allow the laws To be execut-
| ed In all these cases the extraordinary
emergency required the exercise of extra
ordinary powers.
How THE 3o0-PouNDER PARRors ARE
WORKED. A correspondent on Morris
Island gives the following lively descrip-
ton of the manner of working the monster
Parott guns:
As there is no manual laid down tor the
three hundred-pounder PARROT, sabloin
that in use. The piece is on its carriage
| and 'sfrom battery Implements, no two
/ TO be in the same place, and no one in its
proper place. The instructor gives the
command "load her upm AT this COM
mand the gunner says, ''some Of you fel-
lers bring a she'll" and "John, bring n
cartridge" Some of the ffellers" take a
small handbarrow and bring she'll
Gunner SAYS, " Stick in that powder" p
snow, boys, hold on till | get on, fuse %
"Stick it inn
All hands, by hard heaving, get the
| shell TO the embrasure Gunner saws,
"Swah her out" She is swabbed out
| snow heave and haul, and IN ii goes II
! goes IN accordingly. "Now ram it down"
Ii is rammed down. s'Now run her in"
She is run in. 'Screw down the recoil
bands They are screwed down. Gun
ner aims. "Slew her round little. p
San right =" where's that primer 2''
"Now git out OF the way, everybody. p
All 60 TO wirdward, and No. steps
round corner, so as not to be hit if the
gun bursts. Gunner says, "Blaze awayw
She blazes away Remark of the gunner
on returning to the gun: SHOW are you,
Sumter 2" Repeat.
The CLEREsmP. One of the most
prominent candidates for the clerkship OF
| the House of Representatives in Congress,
is Green Adams Of Kentucky. He has
held the Office of Sixth Auditor of the
Treasury for year or two past. He and
his brother resided in the southern part Of
Kentucky, and as they were Union men
without any ifs, they were obliged to for
sake their homes and live about as they
best could. Green Adams is the only man
from the border States for whom anything
Is asked. He has given his personal SER
vices to the Union cause not only in Ken
tucky, but also in New York and Penn
sylvania. His election to the clerkship is
claimed upon these grounds.
/ iz The Springfield Republican says
there is we'll authenti Gated story, in pri-
vate circles, that, few months ago, when
the rebel rams were about ready to leave
Liverpool, and our affairs with England
were most fearful and threatening, Presi.
dent Lincoln wrote personal private let,
ter 70 Queen Victoria, on the subject; and
irem its reception by her dates the new
and more just policy of the English gov
ernment towards MS. A singular and
pleasant bit of political history, If true
and 1t not true, 1t is very like, at least
| IuE War. Gen. Ranks ,s npsb,,,