Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-10

FIGHTING POPULATION, The follow
ing facts in relation to the arms-bearing
population Of this country are taken from
the forthcoming report of. G. Kennedy,
the Superintendent of Census. II seems
that in a war Of such magnitude even as
that now raging, the population, Of the
"military ages is still kept up. When
population, says the report, has reached
nearly its permanent condition, as in Eu-
rope and in the old states Of America one
9th of the total population is found still
70 represent nearly the number of males
between the ages of Is and As. But the
emigrating ages are nearly allied TO the
military ages; and in thu newly settled
states Of the West the proportion OF tight
ing men is accordingly greater than in the
Atlantic states. Beginning at the East
and proceeding westward, the proportion
of white males from 1S to As to the white
population is in Maine l9.5per cent, New
York 2o.S, Illinois 22.l, Minnesota 1913,
California AL, Virginia 1871, South Car
DINA 1879, Arkansas COL, Texas 2l.9.--
The total of white males between the ages
of Is and As In all the states (seceded in
cluded), and in the territories and the
District of Columbia appears, by the cen
sus tables of 1860, to be 1924 ,065. Du-
ring the year 1861 about 277 500 white
males reached and passed the age of Is,
and 1913 600 arrived at and passed the age
of As, leaving difference of l4S,9oO.
This latter number, when diminished by
the natural deaths, and increased by the
accessions from immigration, will evil
IDENTIFY express the total increase of the
military population (whites) during 1861.
e Dunn Browne, the army cores
pondent of the Springfield Republican, is
somewhat astonlshed, and "greatly en-
outraged" An order has come down
| that the men are not to be compelled to
carry on their backs more than five days
| rations. Furthermore he declares it to
be "positive fact' that only forty rounds
of cartridges are required henceforth to
be carried by our soldiers. Besides the
belief from the burden, the boys will no
ronger be compelled to drink gunpowder
coffee from cartridge in their haversacks
bursting into their sugar or coffee sack :
or to be blown up by match setting fire
to an ezra package in their pantaloons'
pocket. He thinks that more cartridges
| ave been wasted during this war by com
polling the men to carry sixty, eighty and
one hundred rounds, while their boxes
would hold but forty, than would carry
I on for ten years, small "scrimmage'
like that of England and France, in the
Crimea. ar.s t4at 57e
Dunn Browne evidently likes to make
, a sensation, if nothing else.
Il GEN. MCCLELLAN AGAIN p,iN TIL
, | FIELp. Gen Mcclellan has taken thu
, field. The long incubation is over, ane
! he comes out a candidate for President
The Conservative Union National Com
|, mittse met on Thursday at Cincinnati, it
proceedings being managed by such Unloi
, men as Washington Hunt, Garrett Davis
t Leslie Combs, j. Scott Harrison, Emerson
) Ethsridge, VIM. Read, B. Davis Noxon
aided bY host of unheard-of fledgllngs
A great number of speeches were made
$ and the Advisory Convention finally re
solved to adopt the Kentucky Platform Q
1862, and Mcclellan for Presidential can
didate. These proceedings were on Fri
g day laid before the larger body, who re
ferred the resolution to the meeting to b
held in Philadelphia on the 23d inst. Du
ring the proceedings about dozen horde
state men were put down as candidates TO
e Vice President Tribune. aug sdg hra +
tx Rebel accounts of recent ope
rations in Tennessee and Georgia are re
ceived They are meagre, but "terribl
disaster" IS frankly admitted and thong