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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-04
Local and State Items.

RUTLAND FARMERS CLuB,-At the last
meeting, "the best methods of improy-
ing our pastures" We're discussed by
Messrs. S. W, Curtis, C, G. Lester, IL,
Hall, George Bidwell, IL, w, Lester and
others. narrowing was partially recon-
mended, but generally thought inefficient
Plaster had been found of little value in
the experience and observation Of the
speakers; blowing, even without ma
nuring, had succeeded wonderfully;
draining was much recommended-th
statement being made that if the farmer
drained only few acres the first year,
the increased products would pay for a
like amount of draining the next year,
and so on until the whole farm was
drained, the cost each year being paid
by the increased products. Mr.. Bid
we'll related an instance of thick, large
growth Of alders being utterly killed
by being cut in the winter when frozen /;
the same effect upon willows was said
to be the accredited theory, How to kill
bareback bushes was equally asked, but
no man could tell The necessity of
fencing well, plenty Of water, not over
stocking, and manuring, were enforced.
Subject of discussion next Monday
evening-How shall we best increase the
fertility OF our soils
Messrs. Charles Bebee, p. X. Osgood,
Moses Hayward, and Benz. r. Greene to
open the discussion. Con-.
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The LIEUTESANT-GENERA the
debate on this topic on Monday, Mr..
Spaulding administration of Ohio, in
quired whether this bill contemplated
that the lieutenant general should actu-
ally take command and replace the gen
eral-in-chief If so, he would vote for it.
Mr.. Boyd (adm of Missouri, also avow-
ed the same sentiment Among those
who spoke against the measure, besides
Gen. Garfield, were Thaddeus Stevens,
Mr.. Hubbard of Connecticut, and Mr..
Boutwell, of this State The following
voted against the recommendation of
Gen. Grant for the position of Lieutenant
General:
Messrs. Ashley Broomall, Bailey,
Clay, Davis (Md. J, briggs, Garfield, Hall,
Highly Hotchkiss, Hubbard, Julian,
Longyear, Shannon, Epson and Will
iams'
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Times, on we know not what
foundation, makes the following re-
marks:
"The event of the day was the vote in
the House on the bill to revive the bre-
vet grade of Lieutenant General. 1t has
left behind an impression of the uncer-
tainty of politics, and somewhat dis
turbed the convictions and arrange
ments of the multitude who thought
that the next Presidency was provided
for. The bill was crowded to its passage.
The Democrats and all the opponents of
Mr.. Lincoln's Administration fell into
line Immediately, and voted with Grants
personal admirers and political friends,
and passed the bill by vote of ninety
four to forty-one."
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!, January Is, 1864.
IPyBLIcNo. IL

An AcT declaring the assent of Congress to an
act of the Legislature Of the State of Il linois,
therein named.
Be it enacted by The Senate and House Of Repre-
sntdtfues of the United States Of America in Con-
gress assembled =: 'fte
That the consent Of Congress is hereby given to
the operation of the eleventh section, chapter If
teen, of the act Of the General Assembly Of the
State of Illinois, approved February thirteenth
gbteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled can
act to reduce the charter Of the city of Chicago,
and the several acts amendatory thereof, into one
act and to revise the same,n which section is as
follows "Said city shall have the power to ex-
tend acqueducts or inlet pipes into Lake Michigan,
SO far as may be deemed necessary to insure
supply of pure water, and to erect pier or piers
in the navigabe waters of said lake, for the max
ing, preserving, and working of said pipes or ac-
queducts; Prov,ded, That such piers shall be fur
nishei with beacon-light, which shall be lighted
at all such seasons and hours as the light on the
pier at the entrance of Chicago river"
Approved, January Is, 1851 .eHI t
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at he First Session Of ne Th1ty-eigh
Congress.
IPuBLIe RxsoLurIos-No. IL


JOINT Resolution Of thanks TO Major General
Ulysses s. Grant, and the officers and soldiers
who have tough, under his command during the
rebellion; and providing that the President OF
the United States shall cause a medal TO be
struck, to be presented TO Major-General Grant
in the name Of the people Of the United states
of America.
Be Il resolved BY he Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatirss Of the United States Of America IN Con-
gress assembled, That the thanks Of Congress be,
and they hereby are, presented 10 MAJOR General
Ulysses s. Grant, and through him 10 the officers
and soldiers who have fought under his command
during the rebellion, for their gallautry and good
conduct in the battles in which they have been en-
gagged and that the President Of the United
States be requested TO cause gold medal to DO
struck, with suitable emblems, devices, and IN
scriptions, TO be presented to Major-Gsneral
Grant.
Sec. 2. And be IL further resolved, That, when
the said medal shall have been struck, the Presi-
dent shall cause q copy of this JOINT resolution 10
be engrossed parchment, and shall transmit
the same, together with the said medal TO MAJOR
General Grant, TO be presented 10 him IN the name
of the People of the United States Of America.
Sec. 3. And Be IL further resolved, That sum
Gent sum of money 10 carry this resolution into
effect is hereby appropriated out Of any money IN
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SCHUYLER CoLFAX
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
II. HAMLIN.
Vice President Of the U. ). and President Of the
Senate
Approved December IL, 1868.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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TPUBLIs-No. 6.

An Act relating TO the admission of patients 20
the Hospital for the insane In the District
of Columbia.
Be IL enacted By n. Senate and House Of Repre-
ssRtdtiuss Of the Cnited States qf America AZ C0E-
gress assembled
That the Secretary of the Interior be author
lied in his discretion, during the existence OF
the present war, TO admit into the Government
Hospital for the Insane such transient insane
persons as may be found IN the District Of Co
lumbia without the means of selfsupport, 20 be
there detained until they can be sent 10 their
friends or proper places of residence, under the
direction of the said Secretary of the Interior,
whose duty ii shall be to provide therefor; the
steps preliminary TO their admission 10 be the
same, except as TO the affidavit Of residence at
the time they became insane, are required IN
the case of INDECENT persons who became insane
while residing IN the District.
Approved, January Is, 1864.
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Approved, January rs, 1864.
lPusLIo REsoLuT1oN-No. 81

RESOLUTION expressive Of the thanks of Con
gress to MaJor-General Joseph Hooker, Ma.
1or-General George G. Meade, Major-GeneraI
Oliver Q. Howard, and the officers and soldiers
of the Army of the Potomac.
Resoired by he Senate and House Of Represen-
tdtires Of the United States 81 Ameriod ia Congress
assembled
That the gratitude Of the American people and
the thanks of their Representa- ives in Congress
eral Joseph Hooker and the officers and soldiers
Of the Army of the Potomac, for the skill, energy
and endurance which fir,t covered Washington
and Baltimore from the mediiated blow OF the
advancing and powerful a my of rebels led "
General Robert + Lee; and to Major-G Genera
George e. Meade, Major-General Oliver q. How
ard, and the officers and soldiers of that army
for the skill and heroic valor which at Gettys-
burg repulsed, defeated, and drove back, broken
and dispirited, beyond the Rappahannoek, the
veteran army of the rebellion.
Approved, January rs, 1864.
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[PusLlC-No. II

An Act making appropriations for the paymcn:
of invalid and other pensions of the United
States for the year ending the thirtieth OF
June, eighteen hundred and sixty five.
BE IL sHacted by the Senate and House u Repre-
sentdfUes If Tie UHtted States Of AHseyioa "a Co..
grees dss,Hiblsd:--
That the following sums be and the same are
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
payment of pensions for the year ending the
thirteenth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty
five.
For Invalid pensions under various acts, enc
million dollars
For pensions to widows, mothers, children,
and sisters, under the first section of the act Of
July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six
act of July first, eighteen hundred and iorty-
eight fret section of the act OF February third,
eighteen hundred and hfty-three; June third,
eighteen hundred and ffty-eght; and July
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
two million two hundred thousand dollars
Approved, January %, 1864 .s..
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LPupL,c RnsoLurIoN-N O.

JoIsr RESOLUTION rendering the thanks Of Con-
gress to Captain John Rodgers, of the United
States Navy, for eminent skill and zeal in the
discharge of his dntles.
Be ii resolved by he Senate and House Of Repre-
senatipes Of The Uaited States Of 4neried ia Con
gress assembled, That, in pursuance OF the recon-
mendstion of the President OF the United States,
and to enable him to advance Captain Rodgers one
rsde in pursuance of the ninth section of the act
of Congress of sixteenth July, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, the thanks Of Congress be, and
they are hereby, rendered to Captain John Rodg
ers, "for the eminent skill and ganantry exhibited
by him in the engagement with the rebel armed
iron clad steamer Hngal alias Atlanta, whilst in
Weehawken, which led to her capture June
seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three !;
and also for the zeal, bravery, and general good
conduct shown by this officer on many occasions"
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lPupLre RssoLur1ox-No. s.

JOINT RESOLUTION to supply, in part, deficiencies
in the appropriations for the public printing,
and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations
for bounties TO volunteers.
Be IL reSoiUed by the Senate and House Of Reprs-
sentdttves Of The United States Of America IN Con-
grssS assembled, That to supply deficiencies, IN
part, in the appropriations for the public printing
the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same
hereby is. appropriated out of any money in the
treasury not othsrvviee ePPi vpIieted.
That the sum of twenty millions of dollars, or
so much thereof as may be required, De, and the
same is, hereby appropriated for the payment of
bounties and advance pay +; Prorided, That no
bounties, except such as are now provided by law ,
shall be paid to any person enlisted after the fifth
day of January next.
Sec. 2. And be ii further resolved, That tho
money paid by drafted persons under the '.act for
enrolling and calling out the national forces and
for other purposes" appro we'd March third, eight
cen hundred and sixty three, shall be paid into
the Treasury Of tie United States, and shall be-
drawn out on acquisitions, in the case of other
public moneys, and the money so paid shall be
kept in the Treasury special deposit, spplics-
Bile only to the expenses of draft and for the pro-
duration of substitutes; for these purposes it is
hereby appropriated
Apprpypd December % Ig62
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Doc LoGIC.-A half crazy secessionist
named Corey has been making tedious
address ON state rights" in Cincinnati,
to which the Commercial of that city
says:
A lisping cockney, in reply to the
question why dog wags his tail, re-
piled You thee dog waggeth hith tail
becauth the dog it'll stronger than the
tail Mr.. Corey and other eminent state
rights gentlemen want tail construct
ed with a dog attached to tia governs
ment, in which the tail shall be strong
enough to waggle the head.'p
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More Acknowledgements.
RUTLAND, VT, Feb. l, l,

RUTLAND, w., res. 1, 1904.
Mr.. GBo. DENNIS, Chief Engineer Rutland
Fire Department Dear Shallow us to
present through you to the hessrs.
Clark g. Brothers, our kind acknowledge
ments for the testimonial of their appre-
citation of our labors at the recent fire,
presented to us on Saturday evening
last.
Should it hereafter be their misfor-
tune to require our services on a like &C.
casion, please assure them that we shall
be always ready" to give them such as
sistance as may be in our power.
Respectfully,
JAS. X. McLEAN,) Committee Of
J. W. CRAMToE, : Washington En-
G. P. HANNuM, gine Co. No. 2.
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PETRiPAcTIos.-A correspondent of the
CALIFORNIAN relates the singular fact in
connection with the removal Of bodies
from the old cemetery at st. Johnsbury,
that three bodies were found petrified,
with their faces and limbs retaining their
usual proportions. They were persons
buried about the same time, but in differ
ent portions of the cemetery. The soil
vas sandy. The correspondent peril
nently suggests that these facts might
probably furnish the subject Of scien-
tifc inquiry.
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IPVBIIo--No. Al

An Act TO anne ad the Law prescribing the articles
to be admitted into the mails Of the United
States.
BE IL enacted By the Senate and House Of Reprs.
sentdhues Of tie Unitsd States Of America ia Con.
qrsss assembled -
That articles Of clothing, being manufactured
OF WOOL cotton, or linen, and comprised in pack
age not exceeding two pounds in weight, address
ed 10 any non-eommissioned officer OF private
serving in the armies Of the United States, may
be transmitted in the mails Of the United States
at the rate Of eight cents, to be, in all cases. pre-
paid, for every four ounces OF any fraction there
Of sub, CT to such regulations rs the Postmaster
General may prescribe.
Approved, January, % 1864.
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TPupIIo Rrs6LpTIoN-No. 10 ]
A REsoturIoN presenting the thanks OF c

A Resolution presenting the thanks OF Con-
gress TO Cornelius landerb bit for gilt OF the
steamship Vanderbilt.
Whereas Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New ORR,
did, during the spring of eighteen hundred anu
sixty-two, make free gift TO his mperilled co IN
try of his new and stanch steamship "VanoeI-
biit,' of FIVE thousand tons burthen, built y
him with the greatest care, of the best rnateriS,
at cost of eight hundred thousand dollars, =,
steamship has ever been actively employees an ~
the service of the Republic against the reosi ,be
vastations of her commerce; and whereas .' w
said Cornelius Vanderbilt has in no mail ne
sought any requital of this magnificent GUT nv
any official recognition thereof; Therefore,
Resolued by the Senate and House 81 hfre a',.,
tatices Of The Untted States Of America az
assembled;
That the thanks of Congress be presen!t.eu. y
Cornelius Vanderbilt for this unique \ anns
ton of fervid and large-souied ratr1orsli.' tho
Sec. 2. And b. q ti0the resolved, ina ina AL
United States be requested to cause golu .sta.
to be struck which shall fifty emb9dy an a, vhch
tion Of fhe nations gratitude for this grt VIZ
medal shan be forwarded to Cornelius san AN tdr
bilt, copy of it being made ana aeposi'eN
preservation in the library Of congress
Approved, Janusry2 Is, 1854.
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LpunLlc RrsoIrrlor-No. 8.

A RESOLUTION amendatory Of the Joint Resolu-
ton "to supply in part defcienciesi in the appro-
priations for the Public Printing, and to supply
Deficiencies in the appropriations for bounties
to Volunteers.
Resoired by the Senate and House of Represent
tdtiUes Of The United States Of America in Congress
dsssmbled:-
That the money paid by drafted persons under
the act for calling out the national forces and for
other purposes, approved March thru, eighteen
hundred amp sxty-three, or that may be paid un-
der any act for like purposes, shall be paid into
the Treasury of the United States, and shall be
drawn out on acquisitions, as are other public
money, for the expenses OF the draft and for the
procuraton of substitutes; for which purposes the
money sopaid shall be appropriated.
Approved, January 10, 1864.
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fPuBue REsorurroS--No. n

RESOLUTION expressive of the thanks of Con-
gress TO Major General Nathaniel T.. Banks
and the officers and soldiers under his com
mand at Port Hudson.
Resolved by the Senate ard House Of ReprtteF-
tdtfres Of the United States Of America ia Congress
assembled -
That the thanks of Congress are hershy ten
dered to MaJor-General Nathaniel L. Banks and
the officers and soldiers under his command for
the skill, courage, and endurance which com
PEELED the surrender of Port Hudson, and thus
removed the last obstruction TO the free pavga-
ton of the Mississippi river
Approved, January 2s, 1864.
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LPuBLIe RrsoLurIoN-No 81

A RESOLUTION Of thanks to Major-General Am
brose + Burnside and the officers and men
who fought under his command.
Resotued by the Senate and House Of Represts-
tdttreS Of the United States Of Ameried ia Congrts
assembled -
mat the thanks of Congress be and they here
by are presented to MajorGeneral Ambrose h.
burnside, and through him to the officers and
men VINO have fought under his command, for
their gallantry, good conduct, and soldier-lke
endurance.
Sec. 2. And be 10 further resolved, That the
President of the United States be requested 10
cause the foregoing resolution 10 be eommunica-
ted to Ma General Burnside in such terms as
he may deem best calculated to give effect there
to.
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owed December %, 1863.
[PusLIo RKsoLurroN-No. IL

JoIsT RESOLUTION TO provide for the printing an
nually Of the report of the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue.
Be ii resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
s,ntattces Of the United States Of america IN Co,s-
grtss assembled -
That it shall be the duty Of the Superintendent
of the Public Printing annually to print, for the
use OF the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
one thousand copies Of his report TO the Secretary
of the Treasury.
Approved January Is, 1864.
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miscellaneous Items.

Major Gen. Banks was 38 years old
on Friday.
Hay has declined from two to three
dollars per ton in Troy within the past
week.
All the troops at Lexington, KY,
and other neighboring posts, have been
ordered to the front by Gen. Grant.
The story about the rebel leaders
taking steps to propose for submission
was stock-jobbing lie, bnt not a shrewd
one.
Frank Ginly, the murderer of Gen.
McCook in Tennessee, has been con-
demned by court martial and the SEN
tence awaits the action of the president.
The question of removing the State
capital from Augusta to Portland, is be-
fore the Maine Legislature again, and it
is believed there is prospect that the
measure will be successful.
The sale of confiscated estates now
being made at Beaufort, S. c., is carried
ON from the verandah of the Edmund
Rhett house, where more than ten years
ago the GtDelllOn was UEoOucu ONti ny
the very men whose estates now pass
under the hammer.
While Gen. Rosecrans was dining
at western hotel with his staff few
days since, he unfortunately tasted some
Tennessee butter, when he Immediately
,-r>~A and ra,oatkt-l. % ElontleuIs-,-, tl,nt
butter outranks me-"
1t is said that the Connecticut ode
mocracy' propose to nominate for Gov
ernor another member of the Seymour
family-one ORION Seymour, of Litch-
field ..|
-Moseby always has a telegrapher
with him on his raids who aftixes his in
strument to the Union wires and learns
many fine things.
"A young Englishman was sworn in
at New Haven last week. who was one
of the famous "six hundred immortal
lied by Tennyson. .a-a
The grave of some unknown soldier
who is buried at Newport News, Va. has
been beautifully marked by the erection
of plain cross with the inscription, "a
soldier of the Union mustered out"
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lied TO appoint, by and with the advice and con.
sent Of the Senate, for the term Of one year from
the passage OF this act, an Office in the War De-
partment 10 be called the Second Assistant Secre.
tary of War, whose salary shall he three thousand
dollars per ahnum, payable in the same manner
as that Of the secretary of War, who shall per-
form all such duties in the office Of the Secretary
of War belonging 20 that Department as shall be
prescribed by the Secretary OF War, or as may be
required by law,
Approved January 10, 1864
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[PUBLIc REsoLvTIeN-No. 6

JoIsT RESOLUTION TO continue the bounties here
tofore paid.
BE uresotped by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdttees Of the United States Of America in Con-
gress assembled: -
That the bounties heretofore paid, under regu-
lations and orders from the War Department, to
men enlisting in the regular volunteer forces Of
the United States for three years or during the
war, shall continue to be paid from the fifth day
of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, UNI
Ill the first day of March next, anything in the
act approved December twenty third, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three, to the contrary notwth-
standing. This resolution to be in force from and
after its passage.
Aappoyed, January Is, 1864
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Rutland, Feb. 1, 1864.

PROF. DENToN's lecture on Geology
last evening was deeply interesting and
suggestive. No person who has any
love for mother earth" could fail to en-
joy the occasion. The lecturer is nat
ural and eloquent speaker, full of his
subject, and perfectly at home. All
those who are capable Of enjoying an
intellectual treat of the highest order
should not lose the present opportunity.
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TBxAs.-A loyal Texas man informs
the New Orleans Era that the wheat
crop of Northern Texas was very large
last season. The Union sentiment i'm
Dallas, Calhoun and Parker counties is
SO strong that men talk openly for the
Union in the streets. The new conscrip-
ton law will give Magruder $4,000 to
10000 men, but it is said large portion
of them will lay down their arms at the
first opportunity. Large numbers will
enlist in the Union army If it penetrates
to the interior.
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TERPsIcHoREAN.--A VALENTINE BALL,
at Dawley's Hall, Cuttingsville, is set
for Friday evening Feb u. Mnsir7
-.-.......1. a u.uIIII Band
AT Brandon, in the Town Hall, on Fri
day evening, Feb. II, F. J. Fairs Qua
drille Band will give their Ninth Annual
Musical and Terpsichorean Festival.
See what an array of music they are 60
ing to have! Rutland Quadrille Band
Colby & Walkers Band; Cobb g. Vince
ler's Band; G. F. Robbins Band Nor
man LOOMS, and others. a...
RUTLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SooI-
ETY.--An adjourned meeting of the Rut-
land County Agricultural Society will
be held at the Court House in Rutland,
on WEDNESDAY, February 10th, 1864 at
l o'clock p. M, for the election of officers
for the ensuing year, and the adoption
of the revised constitution.
HENRY CLARK, Sec'y.
Rutland, Feb. /, 1864.
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Information has been received at the
State Department that in an official pub
LEGATION of the Custom House rates at
Stockholm, pork has been declared duty
free, the act making pork taxable hay
ing been restored by the King on the 18th
of December last.