Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-18

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| WINDSOR.
LAKE DUNMoRE Housr. of our
readers who desire and can afford little
recreation, will be glad 10 learn that the
Lake bunmore House in Salisbury is TO
be opened on Wednesday OF this week.
On Wednesday evening there is to be a
bali. A grand time is anticipated.
Medical CoNvEErIoN-Thp Semi-an-
nuai meet g of the Vermont Medical So
ciety will meet in Woodstock on the Oath
and 25th of the present month.
fATAI ACCIDENT. Willie. 4 son of
MIR. j. b. Stanton, of North Danyille.
aged about five years, was instantly kill.
ed by the kick of a horse, on Sunday, the
7th inst.
FouND,--ln Mortified, Lower Falls
village, the body of an infant was recent
ly found in a mill-pond. The child was
drowned purpOsely, but by whom is not
known.
OuR QroTA AND ITS UsE.-The Wood
stock Standard, remarking on the. state
ment that the quota of this State under
the draft would be 1000 men saws
We have reason to believe that there
is some foundation for this report regard
ing the quota of this State. which the
Governor has been informed by the prop
er authorities will be taken TO fill up our
regiments in the field instead of being Gre
ated into new regiments. II wlll REQUIRE
however TO NIL up the old regiueuts to the
maximum standard, over four thousand
men. The number from which this two
thousand vii be drafted is probably about
hfteen thousand, as eighteen thousand of
our forty-seven thousand militia are alrea
dy IN the service, and something less than
oae-halt OF the baiance will be enrolled
IN the second class. This viii take about
one in seven.
The conscrlption act provides that the
draft shall be made by Congressional dis
tr1ets, or that each Congressional district
may be divided into six sub-districts. In
th's manner injustice is likely to be done
to m.1v towns in our State which have
hitherto furnished more than their actual
quotas. Take for instance the town of
Rutland, which has exceeded its onota bv
eighty men. u making the draft, it must.
with several ne. 'ghboring towns, furnish
one sixth or the D. -oportion of the six hun
dred and seventy .qine required of the
first congressional district, while il cannot
if classed Sith other towns receive credit
for the excess already furnished. The
Adlutant General Of oG.r State has labor
ed to effect a modification OF this regula-
tioii, and also to have the certl.H, H,eates OF
disability granted by the State Medical
Board, taken as evidence or at least con- |
sidered by she Enrolling Boards in de- |
termning exemptions, bnt he has failed in !
his endeayors.
WINDSOR COUNTY CONVENTION
The Republican County Committee of
Windsor County have issued call for
County delegate Convention, to be held at
Woodstock June Both, at 10 am. They
have also issued the following call for /
Mass Convention;
The Republican and Union loving freer,on
of Windsor County. and ALL wbc, are in
favor of sustaining the constitution of opr
country, and the National ADMINISTRATOR
in their efforts to SUPPRESS the present
slave holders rebellion, all who believe in
FREEDOM and FREE INSTITUTIONS, and
who are in favor Of ushing NOW ard
forever the institution of human sla-
very in this country,-all who sonrove
OF that great act of justi..e = The
Presidents Proclamation of Freadom
all who are in favor of ns;,r all
the means which God End paturs have
put into our power, for the purnose
of suhduing traitors who are seeking the
destruction of our Government. are re-
spectfully invited to assemble in Mass
CONVENTION, at the Town Hall in Wood
stock, on Tuesday. the 3Oth day of June.
1868, at one o'clock in the afternoon. fer
the purpose of ratifying the nominations
of the County Convention on that dav and
TO encourage each other In the great work
of sustaining the present administration of
the Government, and OF saving the coun
try.
Col. HOLDEN PUTNAM. of the 93d H.
linois regiment, formerly of Montpelier.
Is now Acting Brigadier in Graut's army.
the Brlgaiier General in his brigade bay-
ing been killed in the assault on Vicks-
buro. Col. Putnam was in all the late
battles in the advaace on Vicksburg. ami
his regimen lost 400 out of 700. its en-
tire strength at the commencement OF the
ti!h'. The Colobel's horse was shot un-
der him IN one of the engagements. Col.