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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20
RuTl4AND VT THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST 20 1868.

THEN AND Now,--If the Union arms pro-
gress IN the future as they have progressed
slrce the commencement Of this war,lt will
take about one year 10. ger to end the re-
bellion, We have met with reverses. and
we may therefore allow for some possible
ones to come without disturbing this cal
cuation, though we trust that with the
benefits OF past experience, we shall run
into no more "Bull Run's,n "Balls Bluffs"
"Seven Days Battles" or "Fredercks-
burgs." But despite defeats in battle,
the substantial successes have so predomi,
nated,-a steady progress has so crowned
our arms-that since the opening of the
war, yhe territory claimed, and held with
small exceptons) by the rebels, has been
reduced from an area of 887 $40 square
miles, with a population of S,678,
to one of 335, 900 square miles, with a
population of 5,l07, ,286. In States and
Territories, the account is given as fol-
lows; At the opening of the war they
We're credited with Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi Louisiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Arka nsas, Missouri, Mary
land, Texas, Indian Territory, New Mex
leo and Arizona. Now they have under
their military control, South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama, and parts of Vir-
glnia, North Carolina and Texas.-The
great want, to end the war speedily is a
large and immediate reinforcement of
our army, to operate before the rebels are
afforded an opportunity to recover from
their present disheartenmg, demoralizing
and restricted condition. Fill up the
racks.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20
the Commission, will be cheerfdlly COM
muncated by Mr.. Demond or myself.
! remain, sir,
Your obedent servant,
GEo. A. AINswoRTH,
Agent Christian Commission.


The Cincinnati Commercial says, upon
information gathered from the friends of
Vallandigham, that he has been urged to
withdraw his name from the Democratic
ticket, in favor Of some person from whom
Mr.. Brough could not take so many dem
ocrabc votes as he is now likely to do.
The great Federal successes in July have
etfectually destroyed all chances of dem
ocratic triumph, and the very men who
were the most active in putting Vallan-
digham forward, and most vociferous in
proclaiming his certain success, are now
anxious to throw him overheard. hoping
that 1t may save their crazy craft from ut
ter wreck. Their candidate, however.
stoutly refuses, il is said, to yield, deelar-
ing that he will not withdraw his name
unless new convention shall be called
and new nominations regularly made. As
the adoption Of this course would be a
formal confession of the hopelessness of
their cause which, of course, they are
not disposed to make-the leaders will be
compelled to stagger forward as best they
may under their heavy load, conscious
that every step they take viii but bring
them nearer TO their inevitable doom.
This condition of affairs is said 10 be
peculiarly aggravahng TO Cox, Pendleton,
and some others who have been trying the
war d-dge in the northern counties of the
State, and who, now that Vallandigham
utterly refuses to be put aside, and per-
slsts, by letter and otherwise, in declaring
his opposition to the war, are wholly un-
able to make any impression on the peo-
pie. Meanwhile the Unionists of the
State are earnestly at work, holding i'm
mense meetings in all directions, and gath
erlng new strength daily for their candi-
dates and principles.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

! IA REFUGEES REPoRT.-TheWa Washing
i correspondent of the New York Times
rs that a young man named William H.
erks, formerly of Washington, but a
dent for the last FIVE or six years of
Virginia, and who arrived,
a the latter place, at Washington on
Jay last, reports that a fight occurred
N days before he left, at or near Saick-
Pile, between several regiments of
lssippi and Texan troops, and Stuart's
FRY. The Mississippians and Texans
very much dissatisfied, and started
ave for home, when they were at
ED by Stuart's cavalry, and compelled
turn to duty. He represents Lees
as almost in open mutlny, owing to
Gloomy aspect of affairs in the Con-
facy since the fall of Vicksburg and
Hudson, and that it is with difficulty
together. The rebels were deserting
rye numbers, and he says the North
htalns are full of deserters from Lees
y,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

The CHARLESTON NEws.-The New
South of recent date gives the following
summary of affairs at Morris Island up
to the time of its issue:
There is very little punishable news
of interest since your last advices. Our
lines have been steadily advanced under
hot fire from the enemy, with scarcely
casualty. Not one has been reported for
two days. Our advance is now only six
hundred yards from Fort Wagner. Our
batteries ard the fleet allow the enemy
but very little rest. Occasionally there
has been very sharp and continuous firing,
and on one or two occasions the Wagner
ties have responded vigorously for few
moments, as if enraged at the effect of
our shells, but the principal shelling is
from Sumter, Fort johnson and its out
works, and Battery Gregg"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20
The VIsrT To THE PRESIDENT.

IHE NIsrT TO THE PRESIDENT. Ac-
cordlng to the correspondence of the Tri-
bune, the visit of Gov. Tod and other
prominent Western men, to the President
on Thursday, was for the purpose of urg-
ing the immediate organization of mount
eo force to operate in Tennessee. The in-
tervlew was renewed on Friday. The
greater Importance was attached to the
expedition, as General Rosecrans deems
such force essential to the success Of his
future operations.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

THE INDIAN TROUBLES. Il special dis
patch of the l4th INST, from St. Paul to
the New York Tribune, states that three
battles have been fought with the Indians
by General Sibley. The fighting was
desperate, and large numbers of the Tndi-
ans were killed. Those who remained
alive were all driven across the Missouri
river. A Chicago telegram OF the same
date says that advices from General Sib-
ley to the 22d ult., had been received. He
had reached camp where GOO lodges had
been, but the Indians had left. When be
wrote he was on their trail four miles from
the Missouri Coteau, and said he should
follow them wherever they might lead.
The reported death of Little Crow is said
to have received positive confirmation by
his son, who was captured by a detach-
ment of soldiers on the 29th of July.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

THE CHROMOSOMES" FROM MATCH
Ez.-The 81. Louis Union gives the fol-
lowing account of the reconnaissance in
the rear of Natchez. On the Oath ult. a
detachment of three hundred mounted IN
fantry, under Major Warden, of Gen.
Rosecrans' staff, left Natchez on a recon
noisance to Liberty, thirty miles out, Sum
NIT, thirty miles further, and Woodville,
some ten miles beyond Summit. At the
latter place they destroyed FIVE locomo-
tlves, forty-three platform an twelve pas
senger cars. AT Woodville they de-
stroyed the confederate cotton factory,
cotton and manufacturers goods to the
amount of two millions worth, when thev
they started on their return. The rebel
Gen. Logan hearing of these proceedings,
started in pursuit with about | 200 men,
of which the Eleventh Arkansas formed
part Warden succeeded in reaching
Natches in safety. Logan pursued, how
ever, to our picket lines before leaving,
burning the bridge over St. Catharine's
creek, three miles from the city, and then
retreated.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20
MOVEMENT ON CHATTANOOGA

MOVEMENT ON CHATTANooCA.-P
vate advices from Rosecranz's army state
that our forces have been divided into two
grand divisions, and moved forward to-
ward Chattanooga on Monday, by differ
ent routes. The siege of the rebel strong
hold will doubtless soon commence, as it
is not probable that our forces will meet
with any very serious opposition before
reaching there.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

THE Missouri CONGRESSIONAL ELEc-
TIoN.--It is possible that the copperhead
rejoicings over the election of Scott in the
Third District of Missouri are prema-
ture. The st Louis Democrat publishes a
letter from a correspondent at Ironton,
Mo-, stating that in the recent vote for
Member of Congress In that District 1.-THE
Third) the figures stand as follows: Lind
say. Union, 1902; Scott, Copperhead,
1858; Bogy, "Claybank," 405. The
letter says Lindsay is undoubtedly
elected" and adds as matter of opinion
that two thirds of those acting for Scott
perjured themselves by taking the oath
of loyalty, thus having given aid to the
enemy.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20
FALL ELEcTIoNs.-The following list
gives the time when the several State
elections are to be held this fall:

A BIG IF."-Upon its turning out
that the report of an anti-draft riot at
Sugar Grove, Warren county, Pennsylva-
MIA was hoax, the Albany Atlas and
Argus gravely remarks: Warren eoun-
ty is a Republican stronghold and If
there had been riot it goutd hare been
chargeable to that partyf'
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

That CONSERVATIVE MEETING.n--
Hon. d. S. Dickinson, in recent speech
at Binghampton, speaks of the " recent
conservative meeting in the city of New
York, called by some radical, ill-natured
people Of a riot and mob.n
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

= we are sorry to say that not a
u one OF the many Democratic Con-
Elons held during the past six weeks.
bries. o'
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20
HOTEL TALK IN ALABAMA.

'The game's up. Its useless calling for
US men up to AS, for we can't go Re-
construction on whatever grounds we can
get it, say L. These startling words, ut
tered in brisk, confident and shameless
tone, awoke me from my after dinner tor
por as lay back in my chair at public
house in Tuscaloosa. The speaker was
hale, hearty, old-young fellow of A. His
auditors, numbering half a dozen, were
mostly younger than himself, and appar-
emily as fit food for powder as any class of
robust exempts' as have come within my
vision. The various replies in answer to
the speakers discourse were fatterirg
enough tc him. One of the subm;ssionists
exclaimed: "You're right, John. A
ID old Mississippi refugee, with his fam
lily and 50 niggers, stoppea at my place
yesterday and wanted supplies. Told
him I'd see him in purgatory first to 90
home and defend his own State, not run
off and eat us all up. If having to run
Oft and leave everything to the Yankees
amt subjugation, I'd like to know what is.
It's time this thing was stopped, and now
I'm ordered out, although my substitute is
with Lee, and must leave my property to
take care of itself. I'll be id frst.n
Such ideas as these | have heard re-
Gently so frequently advanced by men of
property, who for various reasons are ex-
empt from military duty, and who have
never shouldered musket or carried sa-
bre, that wealth and patriotism seem in
compatible.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

WHAT THE SOUTHERN People ARE
TALKING ABOUT, The Mobile Tribune
has correspondent at Richmond who
seems to keep a close watch upon affairs
and to mark the drift of things with much
intelligence One of his recent letters has
several suggestive passages =
AN OPINION OF THE DAVIS GOVERN
MENT.
We are now in the very throes of this
revolution. The bloody sweat and agony
of our labor for the birth of liberty are
upon us. All hopes Of peace have be-
come obscured by an impenetrabe gloom
At every point of the compass from which
we look for fair wind and bright sky,
dark cloud storms threaten and lower.
The time has come when every state in the
Contederacy must depend upon itself. Let
blind adherents and partiZans close their
eyes, but the people must awaken TO the
fact that our government lacks vlgor,
health and strength. This is no time to
enquire into the cause of its deb;lity or in
ability. But the fact has been too long
apparent, that morbid distemper has ex-
hibited itself in the exercise of Its func-
tlons.
RETALIATION A FAILURE,
After the brutal murder of ten of our
innocent soldiers in Missouri by the as
sassain McNeal, president Davis issued a
spirited proclamation in Mississippi, in
which he declared 20 further exchange Of
officers should take place until McNeal
was surrendered and declaring that all
Yankee officers found tsmperng with or
running off our slaves, should suffer the
penalty of the state laws. After the bat
tie OF Murfreesboro, in which we took
some 6000 prisoners, Lincoln refused to
receive the paroled prisoners unless we al
so sent the officers with them. This was
the time we should have stood up to the
letter Of the bond We did not however;
the officers We're released - and McNeal's
ten fold murder stands unavenged When
Burnside murders two Of our officers in
Kentucky, the Yankee officers (prsonersl
are made to draw lots Two are con-
dCuiuCu W Suiet III Ittdllttluu, dtlQ lO-Qdb
Lincoln threatens that if they dare to
touch his men he will execute Gen. Rod
ney Lee and Capt. Winder. More than
this, at the last session, Congress passed
an act that all Yankee commissioned Off
GERS commanding negro regiments who
should be captured, should suffer death,
and all negroes found in their ranks TO be
turned over to the state authorities for tri-
al. In what case has the law been execu-
ted ? AS | urged year ago, it would
have been great humanity had we IN the
first instance declared we would take no
prisoners, though it seems barbarous at
first blush. 1t would have saved thou
sands of lives, and perhaps ere this ended
the war. What bounty could induce d
Yankee to enlist when he knew that his
fate was certain death | believe it is
not too late yet and is the best we can
do The Yankees carry out the black
flag secretly, and murder openly, while we
are carrying on the war coIear de rose and
then threaten whenever we offer to retail
ale
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-25

DEMOCRATIC SYMPATHY WITH TREAsoN.-The
following, being the concluding paragraIh of an
article in the last Argus and Patrlot on the
Presidents Message, needs no comment
The amnesty which is offered to the confeder-
ates, under certain rank, in official and military
life, is too absurd to be worthy of a passing no.
tice To offer pardon to men who have shown
their ability to maintain their position, who are
thoroughly united, who are urged by every con-
sideratiOn to perseyere in the determination
with which they set out, is preposterous IN
the highest degree. The Southern people are
lighting against ursapation and confiscatlon, and
for freedom and State rights. They are fight
ing to preserve their land against the fate of Ire
land and Poland. They are fighting against
power that has trampled every principle of law
and constitutional authority under foot. They
are fighting for their homes, for their dearest
rights, and 50 long as they are united and ac-
tuated by the spirit which they have thus far
exhibited they cannot be subjugated.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-25

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The HUTcHINsoNS' CoNcERT.-Tne Concert,
Friday evening, by the Hutchinsons, old and
young, was great success. The Hall was
densely packed by an intelligent and apprecia-
tive audience, who had come expecting good
thing and il was not disappointed. OF ar
tistic excellence, the perfection of the singing
as musician would judge of it, we cannot
speak, because we chance MT to have an ear
nicely enough adjusted to the delicate harmo-
MES of music to enable US to be critical. But
we are confident we express the opinion Of all
presentawhen we say, that no concert givers
could have more pleased and satisfied the popu-
lar taste than did the Hutchinsons Friday eve
ming. The young Hutchinsons, one boy
twelve and the other six years old, delighted
the audience, and got full one-half Of the APP
plause. The Hutchinsons STILL as of old, sing
the songs of Freedom, and give no quarter to
the pro-savery sympathIsers with treason.
They will sing in other places as follows -
Waterbury, Saturday, Goth; Stowe, Town Hall
Monday, 2Sth; Morrsville, Town Hall, Tues
day, Goth; Hydepark, Town Hall, Wednesday
Both; johnson, Town Hall, Thursday 81 LIST !;
Burlington, Town Hall, Friday, Jan. |, 1864 !;
Vergennes, Town Hall, Saturday, 3D.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-25

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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-25
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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-25

SENATOR COLLAHER.-" Perley " the Washing
ton correspondent of the Boston Journal, thus
writes of Senator Collamer:
The Father of the Senate " is Judge Collamer,
who was born ia New York State in 1872, but
was taken when a lad 10 Vermont where he
served in the last war with Great Britain. is
upward of twenty years since he first took his
seat in the House OF Representatives, where he
remained until he accepted the portfolio OF
Postmaster General rendered MIN by President
Taylor, From the General Post Office he re-
turned to the bench, and in 1854 he was elected
to the Senate, where he is now the chairman OF
the postal com littee. The Judge carries his
years bravely and is a noble type OF the Old
Viii. gentlem en-well educated, liberal and
courteous to all. As a statesman, he takes
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legislator he is industrious and patriotic, as
debalor he is logical and argumentauve, and IN
private life his coloqual powers and rare stock
of anecdotes afford amusement and instruction
to those who enjoy bis society. While the Re
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excellent features OF our present postal system,
Others have emanated from the department,
and their failure should not be attributed to the
Senate committee.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-25

The VERMONT BRIGADE-The Rutland Herald
says that Col. Grant has written to Maj. Dud-
ley that three.iourths OF the 9Th Regimen have
re-enlisted and that the regiment might soon be
expected home on their thirty days iurlough.
Efforts we're being made in the other regiments
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1t is almost certain that the 4th and 9th will re-
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er month at their rendezvous in recognizing
their regiments before they return to the field
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-25

The ENROLMENT Law The Washington
correspondence OF the New York Journal Of Com
merce notices the following proposed amend
ments of the enrolment law
1.-The clergy everywhere will be pleased to
learn that Senator Dixon is about to propose an
amendment TO a bill before that body relleveing
all ministers of the Gospel of all liability to per-
form military duty.
When the proper time arrives and the proper
bill comes up, Senator Hendricks will propose
an amendment dividing those who may be draft
ted into two classes the first to include all per-
sons subject to perform military duty between
the ages of eighteen and forty five who are I'M
married and the second all other persons sub
ject to do military duty, but who are not to be
called out until the first class is exhausted -
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-25

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