Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20
Miscellaneous Iselaas.


= The Louisville Journal learns by a
private telegram from Cincinnati that the
Ninth Army Corps, Maj, Gen Burnside's
fighting veterans, arrived in that city on
Saturday, from Vicksburgh.
A drafted man in Springfield sent a
letter to the Provost Marshal, addressed
"Mr, Examining Comfy Of Soulgers."
1t is surmised that he may have hard
spell of it, going South.
= The American Union, a Democratic
paper, published at Steubenville, Ohio,
and edited by John Sheridan, refuses to
support Vallandigham for Governor 1t
has been the Democratic organ Of jefferson
county for more than thirty years,
- The Baltimore Sun says there is a
convention of ant-slavery Union men
called In the First District of MARYLAND,
Tor the purpose OF placing in nomination
candidate TO represent their views as
against those of Mr.. Crisfeld, the present
slave-holdmg member, who has been nom
mated for reelection.
The Committee on Relief for Colored
Sufferers, having distributed over S26, 900
to the sufferers by the late riots, are bring
ing their general distribution to a close,
and are now giving their attention to the
more considerable collection of the claims
from the city, New York;
The essence of abohtionism-" Be-
lleve as | do or you are traitor."-
tS0ttte Democrat.
The essence of secessionism-" Believe
as do or you are an abolitionist."- Lou
tSUite J0uraaI..
Late arrivals from Richmond bring
word that many of the aristocratic rebels
who emigrated from Washington at the
early stage of the rebellion are in INDECENT
circumstances. Illustrations of the remark
are given. ....
The new conscripts are received to
the army with salutations such as, Chow
are you, Conscripts % "Bully Bounty Ba-
bies " ooh, why did you go for sol
der :" "Does your mother know you're
out ~
The New York Herald is a sad wag.
1t proposes Fernando Wood as the Soon
sentative" candidate for Speaker, and
gives as reason therefor that the party
would then be prepared to enter upon a
brilliant campaign against ''venality, cor
ruptlon, peculation," etc, of which Wood
Is known TO have a constitutional horror
If that isn't a constructive libel, what is
The cares and respons bilities of his |
office are obviously telling upon the health |
of the President, He looks thin and fee
BILE, and his eyes have lost thei humorous
expression. His friends entertain much |
sollcltude about his health, and have en-
deavored to persuade him to leave Wash
mgton to recuperate, but so far the pilot
sticks to his helm, and does not seem dis
posed to leave it so long as he held out.
A London man has been walking IN
the water. He put an air tight vessel on
his breast, and another on his back-both
worn under his clothes. He had also
sort OF paddle on each heel fixed so that
when his foot moved forward the paddle
moved sideways, and when the paddle was
subject to lateral pressure it offered a
Hat surface to the water This arrange
nent enabled him to walk with ease. The
propellers or paddlers were invented by
Mr.. Stewart-and the whole affair NAV be
worth the attention of some enterprisine
person on this side of the Atlantic.
"A committee eff five gentemen-mem-
oers of the Washington Union League
waited upon the President at his private
at "Soldier's Home" on Satur-
lay last, in relation to the case of Lieut.
\. j. Sanborn, who was murdered in cold
flood at Norfolk, Va, by a secesslonist,
,nown as DR.. Wright. The chairman of
he committee, Col. Turner, having intro
uced his colleagues to the President, pre-
ented an address, setting forth the enor-
lity of Wright's crime, and expressing
ne hope that the cohdign punishment
'hlch he merited would be administered.
he President, in response, said ian ex-
mple would prove great benefit to the
ause," and added that strict justice
1ouId be melted out to all guilty parties.
lie remarked that he had been requested
} pardon DR.. Wright, but that he had
OF yet examined the evidence, although
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