Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-05-07
Local and State Items.

fire was raging all day yesterday on Pine
Hill north of the Cemetery at Centre Rut-
land - supposed to have been set by the
oarelessness, or wantonness of some party
on the previous day. Although a large
force was out fighting the destructive ele-
ment, something over hundred acres of
woodland, owned by Messrs. Shedd, Goo
kin, Ripley, Bailey and Others was entire
ly overrun, and to say the least of it, great
| ly damaged. In the course of its raya-
ges it came down TO the heavy wall dlvid-
ing it from the Cemetery, and but for
sudden veering of the wind its progress
could not have been stopped there. AS it
was, it entered the Cemetery at some
dozen points - but no damage was done
to the grounds.
A fire which has also been buraing for
some days to the east or northeast of the
one above mentioned, is not yet entirely
extinguIshed.
FAST DAY.-The services at the church
es here were well attended on fast day,
and the day was very generally and APP
propriately observed by the citizens of this
village.
Who Is IT? We received letter yes
terday from Proctorsville asking us to
send to the writer our daily paper. AS
the writer forgot to sign his name, We
cannot of course, comply. Win those,
| generally, who write to us upon business
connected with our paper, please be par
! ticular about names, post office addresses,
&C., as we are often tronbled in this way.
NOVEL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Ballou h
Langdon have thrown a building across
the North Branch at Montpelier, on State
street. The building SPANS the river like
a bridge, and is one of the finest blocks
on the street. 1t is called the "Rialto,"
and is now completed for occupation.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH-E M. Bradley,
son of D. NJ, Bradley, of Brattleboro, the
1 hOSlilA says, was dOtlutIltdHN hlIltb dt
Cairo, H., last February. He was SOL
der in the 9lst Illinois regiments had
| been a long time sick at Louisville, KY;
| had recovered, and was on his way to Join
his regiment in st. Louis; stopped over
night at Cairo, and in the morning Just be-
fore breakfast he picked up a gun barrel
which was used as poker to the stove
1t happened to be loaded, the powder ig-
nited, and the deadly contents passed
through his heart and he died without ut
tering word. He had been living at
Greenfield, Green county, Illinois, was in
the thirty-fourth year of his age.
and left young child who short time
before had been deprived of its mother
| The intelligence of this sad and singular
! accident was conveyed to the friends of
the deceased in Brattleboro by Capt. New
man, who commanded the company to
which he belonged.
The CoNyALEscENr CAmp.-Ii. E.
Richmond, who .earned the printers trade
p sue Standard (WoodsIock) Office, and
lsnow Serg't. Major in the Convalesoent
Camp at Alexandra, reports that there
, are now about twenty-three hundred con-
valescents in camp against fifteen thousand
in January.
SOMETHING IN 1T.--A few weeks ago
w, L. Leach of Troy, VT, brought out
an invention which he claimed embodied
perpetual motion. The perpetual notion
myth has been so often exploded, that
| Leach's idea was very generally viewed
as belonging to the same category. But
it seems to be exciting quite an amount of
| investigation and comment. A writer
from the place speaking of it says che has
had the pleasure Of witnessing the OPP
erations of the machine, and it is truly no
humbug. 1t is so constructed that 1t starts
| itself, and it will continue TO run until
stopped by brake arranged for that pur-
pose. Its construction is very simple, and
| there is no doubt bat that it can be ap-
piled as motive power Persons compe-
tent to Judge of its merits have tested 1t,
and they pronounce it worthy the attention
Of scientific men,"
The 9Th REGIMENT.-The New Or
ledlS correspondents Oi Oub bOStOu fdNel-
Ter, speaks in high terms Of the bravery
exhibited by the 9Th Vermont during re-
cent operations in Gen. Banks depart
ment. and makes particular mention of
Col. Thomas and Captain Dutton. We
find the list of casualties in this regiment
given with many variations by different
correspondents. We give them once
more as presented by a correspondent of
the Boston journal:
killed-Adelphus Blanchard, g.
Wounded-Joseph Calcott, C, in hand
l. L. Petty, C; H. G. Richardson, D, in
head; VIM. Corley, E, in leg; Frank A.
Sanford; Chas McCauly, F, in shoulder
G. w. Coles, G.; Corp. VIM. Perry, Fl,
in head 0. D. Perry, H; VIM. Hawk
ms, K, in leg; Jonathan Durham, K, in
leg.
PERsoNAL.-Lleut G. C. Backus, of
the 9Th VT, is spending fifteen days fur
Tough with his family in Brandon.
SCARCITY OF HAY.-There is said to
be scarcity of hay in Orleans county,
apa tho narfhorr mart Of ralodoo;a