Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-13
General News Stems.


editorialIy
"Grant's conduct in paroling the Vickt
burg prisoners is being investigated Va
hone his head will be cut off, for he coua
not have struck heavier blow at the Con |
federacv. pemberton's army is disper
ed and the Texas and Alabama tron
which have crossed the Mississippi n
lost beyond control, The whole mas
the remainder is precipitared upon .Oh f
ston's camp, to eat up his stores, dIsor
ave and decimated his ranks, and nov
thew are ordered to report to the SAD
officer as fast as exchanged, rhich Id
aoiU not do, as they hate htm. We ID
it upon record, that if Pemberion is
stoned TO the command of that arm
again. it will be equivalent to its aunhI
ton. Not 1.-THE of it will he gatheu
together again.
- The lack of horses in the rebel az
| is demonstrated by an order reR
promulgated in Gen Lees camp, dis
| ina all of the Quartermasters ana
mlssary attaches.
A correspondent of the ST, "a
Republican gives the names OF no
than thirty-four steamers which have y
DESTROYED on the Yazoo River and its
butaries, by the rebels, during the
few months, to prevent their falling i,
our hands. Most Of them had been ~
verified mto gunboats. Among them EaS
the former Star Of The Nest. She vas
used by the Confederates as a tranwt
and was sunk in the Tallahatchee hy1
near Fort Pemherton, to obstruct the c6a-
mel duriug the Yazoo Pass expedition,
- Some of the rebel journals are arg
ing IN favor of the humiliation OF
whole canine race. They furnish sag
ties to show that there are million
dogs in the confederacy and that IN
article of bread alone they consume al
ally over four million six hundred ing
and dollars worth.
- Late Southern papers denounce
spirit of the people in crying out for "A
and retura to the Union, and they a
a desperate appeal to them TO stand BY
confederacy. Occasionally bitter aa'
u on the mismauagemento Of the warapna
but on the whole the tone Of The I'd
journals is Respondent IN the last degi
The Maine Democratic Convent
has again put Bion Bradbury on
course for Governor. The resolution
the Convention are very coppery, opP|
everything the Government has done
poses to do, or can do. Bradbury
tributes letter, in which he says
ness rules the hour 1.-The Republic
only be saved by the union OF all co
yative men to put down fanatl"lsm
opposed to emancipating niggers, oF2I
to confscating John b. Floyd's stolen
pertv, opposed to military authority
posed to the draft, and opposed to
beaten for Governor.
The DAYTON, Ohio, Journal
5th inst. announces that Gen. Rs,
passed through Columbus on the
dav, on his way to Washlngtc
Thomas commands the Army OF 10
berland during his absence.
u The Teachers National Cow
= met in Chicago on THURSDAY lhe
dance from different parts OF the %
is large, fully l,5o0 teachers beng
ent, three. fourths of whom are lelnaS
A large number are from Ne" pu5
The present occasion promises 10 NC
much interest to the frlends Oh eo"''
An amusing CONTROVERSY IS gu5i
,e- between the Richmond Examiner ~,
ourer as to which is the most Ivy
of the two. A disinterested resae'
saw that both are about as baby
as they can be, md that the saill1 l.
true of the southern press anu
generally. The Enquirer Of "eOs
last makes fervent appeal to tue
rm Of the South to send back the "
tp- to the army. 1t confesses lnele
power anywhere TO compel tue !,
the soldiers to their duty to any ~
able extent, and if their mothers i
and sweet hearts do not perssu H.
shame them to it, the cause O ~
federacy is gone. All the Rlcn 'nos
ners eschew the false and ridiculous ",
boo story of President DAVIS .dd
a az weakess, proclamation, and pre-, ,an
oof most terrible SCIENCES OF deVas' a.
iugation, rapine and horror i u, "nd N
armies are not now resisted
back. n
fare you the mate saw
the Irish cook of vessel III PO' boiB
said he, "but I'm the man a.
mate"