Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-03-26


arrangements for the Annual Fair Of the So
ciety for 1863.
By order of the President.
HENRY CLARK, Sec'y.
Rutland, March 20, 1863.
A FLooD.-The warm rain yesterday rap
idly melting the snow, and partial stoppage
of the culvert running across Merchants Row,
together caused flooding of that small por-
ton OF our village known as Edsonville The
water commenced filling in about noon yester-
day. and at seven o'clock last evening was
some three to five feet deep in places, render,
ing pedestrianism in said Vile entirely out OF
the question. The cellars were OF course hlled
with water, and the lower floors OF some OF the
houses, we understand, were flooded. The
basement rooms of the buildings on the east
side of Merchants Row were also filed with
| water to the depth of nearly two feet, render
| ing necessary hasty removal of goods, gro
ceries, etc.
A NEW DoDGE.-The owners OF the stolen
| pants and cotton cloth advertised by the Sher-
| iff in yesterday mornings HERALD, came for
ward and obtained their property yesterday,
| while the person charged with the theft was
| examined before Justice Smith, and committed
| for trial by the County Court. The thief is
| an Irshwoman an old offender by the name,
we believe, of Carroll Her manner of OBJ
! tanning the stolen pants was more ingenious
than delicate. She entered a store on Mer-
chants Row on Tuesday, informed modest
| clerk that she had lost one of her gar-elas-
tics, and requested him to give her string to
substitute in its place, as her stocking gave her
much trouble The obliging clerk complied,
and she went behind the counter for the avow-
| Of facf If N
string, it appears, was really used to tie the
| pants. which she contrived there to lay hands
| on, inside her hoop-skirt She pawned the
captured property at another store, whose pro-
| prietors. supposing it-stolen, notified the Sher-
if and thus she was detected.
STAMP DUTIEs.-The amount received by
:. the Treasury for stamps in the last six months
was S.. 6O3,934 IS of which Vermont paid
Sll3.6OS 20. Only seven States paid more
than Vermont Connecticut, New Hampshire,
Maine and New Jersey, are far below Yer
mont Representative Walton writes that he
does not understand this. Certainly the stamp
taxes of either OF those States should consider
ably exceed ours.
DEATH OF LIEUT.. PIxLEY.-The death of
Lieut.. Pixley, Co. B, Vermont Cavalry, by
drowning, while attempting to croas Broad
Run. on the 10Th ult., has been noticed IN our
columns. At the request of subscriber, we
take from a letter in the Freeman the following
brief account of it.
: The circumstances were these: The day
previous, in company with number OF others
I he went TO Leesburg via Goose Creek, and at
, tempted to return the same way the following
, day. but on reaching the Greek, the rTer was
. so much swollen that it was dangerous cross
, ing. Notwithstanding this, Bean of Co. /,
| N led vi
: stream, with his horse, and drowned in the riv-
er. The correspondent of the Freeman thus
tells the rest of the sad story:
The party then attempted TO go TO camp
: by another way by crossing Broad Run. Lit
i Chas. Pixley, of Co. B, volunteered TO go ovel
V first saving to his boys that if he got oyel
), safely they might follow.
+ When about half way over his Horse threw
IS him into the swift running current which car
d ried him rapidly down He came up once anc
Is held on to stump of tree for moment ,ant
IS his boys heard him say, 80, boys" just as h
IS went down for the last time Those who wer'
il present say it would have been sheer madness
IF to attempt to save him. Lieut. PIxley was {
brave officer, gentleman, and true soldier
T. He died like a patriot and man, and the mem
al orv of his brave deeds will ever remain gree
a in the hearts OF his fellow soldiers"
ie DIsMIssED.-We regret to learn from tn
q Washington correspondence of The New Yorl
= Times that Capt Huntoon, of the Vernon
lo Cavalry. has been dismissed from the servic
VI on the charge of remissness in duty, whic
~ led to the surprise of the pickets at the tim
~ he and others of the regiment were captures
nd PRoNoTIoNs.-A correspondent OF the z
IN Vermont Regiment sends us the following III
We of promotions which have been made in thu
en- regiment, viz
it Lieut.. Col. James H. walbridge 10 be Co
-. onel, vice Whiting, resigned.
er- Maj Newton Stone to be Lieutenant Co
Ia Ia mel.
ed John S. Tyler, Captain Company c, to
ll,t Major.
out ist Lieut.. Elijah Wales to be Captain Cor
pany G.
- Ist Serg't - Worcester, Company
Oh to be I'd Lieutenant Co. G.
'si I'd Lieutenant D. S. White TO be CAPITA
III, Co. /.
ght lst sergt E. Priest TO be LIST Lieutena
y. Co. /.
w. ID serg't o. G. Howe to be I'd Lieutena
'ie Co. /.
nf New DREss-The Vermont Standard.
A. its new dress, has Just reached US. Ii frle
as Green had hurried his papers over this way
The little more regularly we should have been g
TO have noticed earlier this evidence OF
nor prosperity in the face of the high price OF ]
ear. per.
ith RoBBERY-Wa shington City seems oy
,rl, run with robbers, swindlers and villains
1cer every degree Among the numerous instan
rVes of this. il is now reported that Lieut.. Col.
cred l.. Barney, of the 9th Vermont regiment '
robbed at the National Hotel in Washingt
on the night of the l4th inst A thief ente
on his room, took his pants from under the pill
:, and after abstracting 1915 and watch
, placed them. The Colonel discovered his
le OF at an early hour the next morning, and tho
hing vigilant measures were taken to detect the I
Jan they have availed nothing as yet. The !
81, Der managed adroitly, having administers
iuii good dose Of chloroform previous to bleed
MS of the Colonels pockets Col. Barney was
pro- his way back to camp after a brief furlor
ndod and had drawn his money only the day
vious.
~ THE QUESTION SETrLED.-lt is sad
the Newiasy Litapasy sSosiety .sas: 4ea az 2
atch- evening of last week to discuss the follow
the ssResolred, That Northern aggression has
the cause of the wars The house was I
feet and all seemed to enjoy the meeting (says
we.e Argus and Patriot), when suddenly the
! co. dience and speakers found themselves ohol
orks with the fumes of cayenne pepper, W
;abt came from the heated stove. Rushing to
c c. door they escaped with their lives, and ha'
, To- ventilated the Town House for an hour,
of all re-entered anu .he urscusslon was resun
ming ne question: "as nnay - =. uie AN