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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

,rg GREAT SCARE,-Ihe storm of eX-
element which prevailed throughout the
North IN the early part of The week, has
rrctty much subsidcd, The grand rebel in
vssjon Of Pennsylvania seems at the present
wiring 10 have been little more than a
con, derablo i6raging expedition, or a
chase after federal baggage train, \
Bait more dispatch Of the 18th, (reccived
Yesterday says that reliable information
relative to the invasion is that q small
nrp olrcbels, not exceeding $500, crossed
tho Potomac at Williamsport on Sunday,
evidently in pursuit Of Gen, Kclly's bag
yaoc lain, winch arrived at Harrisburg
tha, evening, This force passed through
Hagerstown aud entered Cumberland on
Moaday night. They did not proceed fur
the. than scotland, five miles beyond
Johannesburg, where they burned a
bridge.
What grand scheme of desperation on
the part OF tbc rebels, the dispatches to
BE- received before going to press, may un-
fold we canuot tell. But It is very prob
abe that the above mentioned Baltimore
telegram numales pretty clearly the
whole story relative TO the invasion OF
Pennsylvania, which 50 excited the nerves
of the North early IN the week,
Meanwhile Lees army and Hooker's ar
my are on the move, and may come into
collision, Great anxiety is natural under
these circumstances, but the North can
now look upon the situation with cooler
judgment, anu from more rational point
of Wow. Lee may follow up this e torsg.
ing expedition hut 1t is improbable. Ih,
great battle may I've fought again on The
old ground in Maryland, instead OF The
heiJ OF Bull Eun, The chances would be
50 mucn the better in our favor \ grant
rebel INVASION OF Pennsylvania scem
hardly in the programme Of possible
events. The ioval states are having Tim,
To mas troops in front OF any advance
Lee may make, whether INTO Maryland
Pennsylvania or Ohio, and Hooker ough
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25
Maj Gen ID. HUNTER

PROMOTIONS IN THE VT. CAVALRY
The following are promotions which have
been recently made in the Vermont Cav
airy;
Capt John w Bennett, Co D., to be
Major, vice Collins resigned LIST Lieut.
Oliver L. Cushman, of Hartland, to be
Captain Co E, vice Rundlett resigned !;
I'd Lieut. Hiram FL Hall, of Wilhston. to
be lst Lieut. Co E, vice Cushman promot-
ed LIST Sergt Caleb B Chandler, of Pom
fret, to be I'd Lieut. Co Il, vice Hall pro-
NOTED lst Sergt John Sawyer, of Iii Oh
gate, to be I'd Lieut. Co i, vice Pixiev
killed ID Lieut. John Sawyer, of High
gate, to be LIST Lieut. Go B, vice Wood
bury killed LIST Lieut. Josiah Grout, Jr,
of Kirby, to be Capt Co |, vice Flint kill
ed I'd Lieut. Eben Grant, of Irasburg,
to be LIST Lieut. Co |, vice Grout promoted:
Regt1 Quartemaster Sergt Patrick Fl
Caldwell, of johnson, to be I'd Lieut. Co
|, vice Grant promoted LIST Lieut. Chas
a Adams, of Walhngford, to be Capt Co
Fl, vice Huntoon ID Lieut. John II Ha
zelton, of Rutland, to be LIST Lieut. Co II,
vice Adams promoted lst Sergt Carlos
A Barrows, Of Wallingford to be I'd Lieut.
70 Il, vice Hazelton promoted lst Lisut
Frank Ray, of Bennington, to be Capt
Co 6, vice Bean dismissed I'd Lieut.
Gilbert n Stewart, Of Clarendon. to be
lstLieut Go G, vice Ray promoted.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

CHARACTERISTIC. - News of the ad-
vance of Lees army reached Pittsburg on
Sunday, and on the evening of that day
the citizens had intelligence that an i'm
mense force was marching to Pittsburg,
with the avowed object of laying the city
in ruins" A despatch was also received
from Gen. Halleck to the effect that an at
tack on Pittsburg was imminent, and that
the city should be put in state of imme-
date defence. The excitement of course rose
to fever heat, and the manufacturers had a
meeting on Sunday night, and resolved
that business be temporarily suspended,
that the workmen might have an opportu-
nifty of fortifying the city. On Monday a
crowd of several thousand workmen gath
cred togather, and rumors of the near ap-
proach of the rebels also gathered thick
and fast. 1t may be thought the men
rushed headlong to work with pick and
shovel, certifying. Not at all. They
marched up to the hotel where the local
commander was stopping, and called for q
speech The officer did not crafty them,
but the crowd was determined to have
speech from some one, and various gentle
men were called upon. Finally, it is re-
ported, an " old soldier. three sheets in
the wind, forced his way to the front of
the balcony, and after waving his hand for
silence" began his speech, which was soon
cut short; but he only gave way to anoth-
er orator, who proceeded to address the
assemblage." 1t is well that the rumor
of the advance of the rebels, was little
ahead of the fact for had they been up
to time, they would have found the cit
zens busily engaged-one class in making
speeches, and the other in listening to
them. 1t is but just to say, however, that
in the course of the day, and after the able
speeches, the audience went actively at
work on the fortifcations.-N. T. Times.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

The UNION CONVENTION IN OHIO
The telegraph has announced the fact that
John Brough an old Democrat, who is
said to be great favorite with his party
In that State, received the nomination for
Governor at the Union State Convention
of Ohio, held at Columbus, on Tuesday.
Speaking of the candidate the Cincinnati
Times says:
John Brough was at one time the ed
itor Of the Enquirer of this city but it
was in the days when Democracy meant
devotion to the country, the Union and
the popular rights. 1t was then that the
Enquirer had wide reputation for ability,
which it lost as soon as he retired.
The nomination of Buchanan in 1856
was bitter pill, which DR.. Brough refused
to swallow. He was a Democrat but
would not support the sage of Wheat
land and who will condemn him for his
act? In 1860 he voted for Mr. Douglas,
but did not take an active part in the
campaign, as he was busily engaged man
aging the affairs of a railroad company, of
which he was president.
1t was with reluctance that Mr.. Brough
would consent to become a candidate for
the goyernship. 1t is well known that he
| has never been an Office seeker; but he
has at length consented to the use of his
name and we mean no disparagement to
other candidates, when we say that he Is
ten thousand votes stronger to-day than
any man who could be placed in nomina-
ton and he will gain in strength, as Val
landlgham becomes more odlous, from this
time till next October"
The convention was very harmonious
and enthusiastic. The following resolu-
tons were passed
Resolved, That the calamities of the
present rebellion were brought on by null
LITIGATION and secession, which we de-
nounce as incompatible with the unity, in
tegrity, power and glory of the republic.
Resolved, That the war should go on
with the utmost vigor until the authority
of the government is re-established, and
the old flag floats trlumphantly over every
State.
| RcsoIced, That we lay aside personal
preferences and prejudices, and draw nc
party line except with those opposed to
the government.
ResoJued, That, confding in the hon
esty, patriotism and good sense of the
President, we pledge ourselves to support
him to put down the rebellion.
| ResOtUed, That Governor Tod, by hi
honest and able official conduct, deserves
to receive the appreciation of all loya
people.
| ResoJved, That gratitude is due the sol
diers; and sympathizing with the army il
its hardships, all lovers of the Union will
stand by it, and support the disabled ant
| the families of those who fall lighting 70
their country.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

In relation to the nomination of Vallan-
digham for Governor of Ohio, the Summit
Beacon says:
1t would seem that the opponents of the
present Administration, still under the lead
oftheir Southern task masters, have thrown
off every semblance of loyalty, or even
common decency, and have determined to
see how perfectly devilish they can make
themselves. Through the influence of
their secret organization, the Knights of
the Golden Circle, there was not only a
packed Vallandigham delegation secured
in every County in the State, but large
number of rebel sympathizers were order
ed to be in attendance as outsiders, to give
eclat to the seeming spontaneous nomina-
ton of their rebel chief to the Gubernato-
rial Chair of Ohio.
That it was the settled determination to
place the convicted and banished traitor in
nomination, we have from the mouth Of one
of the designated delegates to the conven-
ton from this county, who stated to US on
the day Of the convention, that be did not
90, because it was the intention of the del
egatlon from this county to support VAL
landigham whom he could not, and would
not, vote for. We trust that he will re-
main true to that declaration.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

[ vud knot dye in wintur,
When whiskey punches flo
When poorly gals are skating
Oar toalds ov ice & sno,
When sassadee meet /, phryins
& hickory knuts is thick
Oh who cud think ov dyeins,
Or even getting sick
Nary time,
I wud knot dye in spring tyne,
n miss the turnip creams,
& the pooty song ov the leetle travss,
Sthe sky-larks arly STREAMS;
When birds begin thar wobbline
4 taters gin to sprout-
When turkeys so to gobbling,
Iwud knot then peg out.
Knott by iugs tul,
I wud knot dye in summer,
q leve the garden sass--
The rosie lam Il buttermilk-
The kool phase in the grass.
Twud knot dye in summer,
When everything's so hott,
& leve the ice-oreme fxins-
Oh, kno! I'D rayther knot.
AS knoes on.
Iwud knot dye in ortum,
With peeches at for Getting,
When the wavy korn Is Citing vripe,
And candidates are freezing.
Phor this, & other wreasons,
I'd knot dye in the phall;
& sense I've thort il over,
Ivud knot dye at all.
BY no manner ov means.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

The SITUATION AT VIcKsBURG.-
YANKEE Ingenuity The Chicago Trib-
une's correspondent, writing the 9th inst,
gives the following interesting account of
the way in which our boys are working to
drive the rebels out of their entrench
ments:
On the man road from jackson TO
| Vicksburg the rebels have constructed
strong Notifications ON ridge running
directly into town. This is about the CEN
ter of their line of of works, and if we
can get possession of these, the others
must fall without much trouble. This is
appreciated by our commanding officers,
and they are making strong aggressive
movements in this direction. Gen. Logan
who is very active, energetic holds this
point with his division.
In order to approach the main fert as
desired, Yankee ingenuity must be called
into requisition. Always equal to any
emergency. the Yankees were not long in
| deciding what was to be done We were
approaching the fort by the way of the
road along the ridge, and the fort being
built right across the road, commands the
position so perfectly that it was impossible
to dig the ditch that is to lead us to the
base of their works without some protec-
ton. A ditch six feet deep and six wide
was completed to within two hundred feet
of the fort, when it was necessary to turn
it in direction to the left across the road.
From this point 1t was to be turned al
right angles, nearly, and one hundred
feet would bring us to the base. To dig
the ditch across the road was the main
difficulty To accomplish this car was
constructed 30xl0 feet and put upon small
wheels. A row of cotton bales standing
on end were put in front and on each side
After 1t was ready the men ran it out from
behind our earthworks into the road ii
front of the fort. 1t was hardly out be-
fore rebel popped up his head and ex
claimed with an oath, "here comes the
Lincoln wagon"
Their curiosity was excited, and it wal
very evident that with them it was Q
mixed question whether it was simple
car load of cotton, Or some internal ma
chine of Yankee invention. Heads woult
peer above the parapet for an instant tt
| get look, just long enough to hear tn
crack of some sharpshooter's rife tha
fractures the cranial box of some inquirin.
mind
Yesterday the car was run out and dur
ing the day the ditch across the road wa
completed. This morning onr men wer'
at work again behind a large round bali
of cotton made expressly for the occasion
AS they advance they roll it before them
Before this reaches you we hope the oh
ject of this work may be attained, and j
is no harm to say that it is for the pur
pose of blowing up the main fort or IKE,
to Vicksburg." A few days more wi
complete the work, unless some unfore
seen obstacles are thrown in the way
When we once obtain possession of thes'
works and the ridge running into town
the fate of Vicksbmg is decided.
Last night large number of deserter
came into our lines, and they tell the sam
story of hunger and restitution. They
report still larger numbers coming over al
the first opportunity.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

A " SpECx" OF REBELLIoN-Persons
not acquainted with all the elements
which make up the population OF Rutland,
vii be astoniShed 10 learn that any thing
SHOULD occur here to throw doubt upon
the loyalty Of any portion OF our citizens
and especially that any class of them
oheuld manifest disposition to shirk
responsibility which the United States
laws throw upon all alike,
We have looked-with some anxiety,
but not without coutdsnce-for the time
which should try the courage and the pat
rot,sm of all our citzens-both native
and foreign born, (and who have all shar-
90 equal privileges under our laws,) and
despite the doubts which have been ex-
pressed as to the Willingness of our foreign
population to join with Us in the common
canse of our and their country, we have
not been led to believe that any consider
aoie number of them would enter into a
combination, as hopeless as unpatriotlc, to
dodge the laws of the land, or shirk a
common duty.
We are sorry to say that the occurrence
IS of the past few days, as we understand
them, have tended towards different
conclusion, so far as a portion at least of
our Irish population is concerned. We
are informed that an Irish blacksmith,
employed in one of the shops near the
quarries in West Rutland, was called up
on by the enrolling officer, and refused to
give his name, or any information what
ever in regard to himself, and thereupon
the officer reported the case to the Pro
vost Marshal of the District ;-whereup-
on the Provost-accompanie by the en-
rolling officer, deputy Sheriff and one
other person, proceeded to the shop of the
refractory blacksmith, on Wednesday
last, with view to arrest him, and also
to make q general Reconnaissance On
entering the shop it was found minus the
occupant, he having incontinently ske-
daddled." On coming out of the shop an
Irshman fouished his shillalah at the
deputy Sheriff, got into a scrimmage with
him, and sounded the alarm, when out of
the guarries swarmed the Irish en- masse,
armed with chips of marble, which they
discharged Unfortunately at the officers.
A brief fracas ensued, and the Marshal
was hit several times, when the object of
the reconnaissance having been accom-
phshed," the United States forces were
withdrawn, and the officers returned to
their "frst base of operations
As to what the next move will be we
have no knowledge. The enrolment, of
course, will be proceeded with and COM
pleted, and any attempt on the part of
any man, or any combination of men, 10
to butt against the authority of the United
States, will display only the mest prepos-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

ABOLITION OF SLAvERY.-The follow
ing remarks are forwarded to us by cor
respondent, who states that ii is verbatim
report of speech delivered at meeting
OF young mems debating society, in
October last;
Mr.. Chairman, the proof which | wish
to prove this evening is, that it will be for
the universal good that the Southern States
should conquer the Northern, or slave
holding States for slavery, to all honest
hearts and christian men, must be an abom-
nation. But above all other slaveholding
States, the Northern States of America
have been held up to the execration Of the
world, for their abominable conduct tow
ards, and their atrocities committed on,
the wretched Hindoos whom they have so
villainously enslaved. But we hope now
that retributlon is at hand, and the brave
Southern general, Mcclellan, who is now
at the doors Of New York clamoring for
admittance, and his coadjutor, President
Jefferson Davis, will soon burst the bonds
that have so long ground down the unfor-
tanate Brahmns, and bound them in
chains and letters in New York dark dun
geons, and in the dismal swamps Of
Toronto, and restore these unfortunate
members of society to that pre-eminence
in the social scale Of humanity that they
have so long been deserving of. Their
social life, and the high cultivation that
those highly gifted members of the human
race have attained to, is too well known to
need any further argument upon it, Then
when at length New York and Montreal
have yielded to Mcclellan, the commerce
of the New World will again be open To
the Old; then Europe once more will b,
able to export cotton TO America, and
America IN turn will be able to export Il
Europe wine, frankincense and myrrh
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

Ia Polygamy was brought to le-
gal test in Mormondom last month by
proceedings before Judge Drake. A
mother, by writ Of habeas corpus brought
her daughter Of seventeen before the
Judge, asking that the mother have Gus
tody of the daughter, who was then under
the control Of man named Park, who
claimed her as his lawful welded wife
The Judge decided that as Park ALREADY
had one wife the marriage was null and
void, and remanded her to the custody Of
her mother, but the girl preferred her
Mormon associates, and was at length tri,
umphantly carried off by them.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

- At a public meeting in Mont
gomery County, Indiana, on Saturday, a
resolution was passed declaring that no
enrolment of the militia in that county
should take place. A committee was ap-
pointed, who waited Oh the commissioner
and read the resolution, and notified him
that an attempt to enroll would be at his
peril. The United States Marshall will
arrest the parties Immediately.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

TAKEN PRIsoNERs.-The first battaI-
lion Of the Sprague cavalry left Platts-
burg on Sunday on the steamer United
States for Whitehall. The officers OBJ
tanned one hundred and fifty soldiers, with
arms, and proceeded to Plattsburg Satur-
day night, arriving there at 8 o'clock on
Sunday morning. When the battallisn
turned out in the morning they found
themselves under guard and were march
ed aboard the States.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

Rev. Mr.. Walker, son-in-law of Rev.
DR.. Child of Castleton, has been called to
the Passionate of the FIRST Congregational
Church, Worcester, Mass, at a salary of
eighteen hundred dollars a year. His
installation occurs seXt week-sermon IL
Doct. Child.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25
Headquarters Dept Of the South, J
Hilton Head, Port Royal, ). c. !
June 10. 1868.

GENERAL ORDER No. 46.-Maj, Cen
David Hunter, commanding Department
Of tue South, hereby announces that he
has been temporarily relieved from COM
msnd of the Department, and ordered to
report to the Adjutant General, United
States Army, for special service, and that
Brig Gen Q A Gilmore has been assign
ed by the President to the command of
the Department OF the South.
In turning over command to his sue
cessor Major Gen Hunter congratslate8
the troops of the Department that in Gen
Gilmore they will find an officer well
known to them, and whose worth they
have long since learned to estimate and
it is the earnest hope of Gen Hunter that
the same skill, perseverance, and gallant
ry, which 50 largely contributed to the
reduction of Fort Pulaski, more than a
year ago, may be equally successful in
whatever enterprises Gen Gilmore shall
next be engaged in.
By command of
Maj Gen d. HUNTER.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

ferrous foolhsrdiness imaginable. Those
who have taught disatfectiou to the con-
scription act who have done all m their
power to render II odious to tho sboring
population, would do well NOW to use their
efforts IN preventing those who seem too
apt scholars, from getting into unneoessa
ry trouble thereby, At all events we
trust for their own good, the deluded men
will discover the utter iGolhardness of the
course they now seem pursuing, in time
to avoid tho swift penalty which will be
the only result of persistence in il.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

TIE CONSTITUTION As Ii Is.H-The
Democracy in two States have already
begun to repudiate this, their once favor
tie maxim, The Ohio Convention, which
nominated Vallandigham, resolved in ia
Vorot obtaining " such amendments TO the
Federal Constitution as experience has
proved to be necessary to maintain that
instrument in the spirit and meaning IN
tended by It's founders, and to provide
against future ctnvulsions aud wars.n-
This is virtually saying that the Constitu
ton is not good enough, and must be
amended to suit the copperheads and reb-
els, for most other people appear to be
satisfied with it. In the same spirit, the
democratic mass convention in Illinois, on
Wednesday, called for national conven-
ton in order to secure "by constitutional
amendments such rights to the several
States and the people thereof as honor
aud justice demand" This implies that
"the Constitution as it ia denies rights
which are demanded by "houor and JUS
tice." Surely, all this is IN strange con-
trsdiction to the recent professions from
the same quarter, but it is well that these
agitators should unmssk their designs as
early as possible.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-25

W "Noiu 'ue swift penalty NhlCh VIII De
the only result of persistence in il.
A CHALLENGES - EX-SENATOR PUGH
INVITED TO "FACE THE MUsIc."-Cspt,
George 7, Edgar, late aide de camp on the
staff of Gen, Lew. Wallace, has invited
Geo. Il. Pugh, the Vsllandigham candl-
date for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, to
canvass the Ohio regiments in the army. 1t
will be remembered that the ONO soldiers
have right to vote - Gov. Tod, of their
State, unlike Gov, Seymour, of New York,
having approved bill enabling soldiers to
exercise their franchises. Captain Edgar
says to Pugh:
''Seeug that you are second on the Dem
ocrauc ticket nominated yesterday at Col
umbus to be voted for next October, and
that you feel proud to follow where c. L.
Vallandigham leads, you doubtless will
use your best cndeavors to secure the cleo
ton of your friend To shat end perhaps
YOU may feel inclined to canvass the Ohio
regiments of the armies of the Cumber-
land, Tennessee, Gulf and elsewhere.
If YOU feel disposed to risk the results
OF debate before the soldiers you so much
effect to despise, | am your willing servant
to that end"
We hope Pugh's pride will not permit
HIM to decline Captain Edgar's offer. Ii
would be interesting to note his progress
in the work Of electIoneerlng for Vallan-
diaham among the soldiers through whose
camps the traitor had TO be conveyed i.
the night to save hm from being mobbed
WHAT GEN. MEAGHGR THINKS OIL
PEACE MEN.-Gen, Meagner IS a Demo
crat. The committee ON national affairs 0
the city council of New York presented
him the Keaney medal, specially prepar
ed for him, al the Astor House on Tues
day,
In his speech after receiving the gift
| the General said:
- trust that from this hour, there shall
be no SapplicatioHs for peace since hes
applications hare fuag open the gates
and iagited tie enemy to cross the Potomac
This is not moment to mince words, Ger
talnly not for one who has been accustom
ed to utter nothing but words of command
and to see those words promptly an,
punctually and literally obeyed. / for0a,
raae9t bat regard any one who utter
'peace' from this mOmeat out rs a confirm,
Ell and byGaded tyait0r.n