Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-07-14
Miscellaneous Items.

The rebel Gen. LOngstTeet was eX-
pected to resume his duties on the 30th
ult.
The Coles County, On, rioters, six
tv.ave in number have been sent to
Fort Delaware.
The finn eral of Josiah Quincy took
place in Boston on Wednesday. The at
tendance was very large and included
many persons isting1ished in science,
letters and mercantile life.
Ninety three thousand fous hundred
and forty-one emigrants have arrived at
New York since January. During Inc
same period last year the number vas
sixty-nine tbousaL.11 eight hundred An"
eighty-three.
"A handkerchief in the hat, or wet
cloth, will avoid sun-stroke to those
walking in the sunshine. This guard is
used in tropical climates extensively,
and even horses and mules wear wet
sponge on the top of the head.
THE Buffalo Journal, German daily
recently established in the Lake city as
an organ of the radical German element,
and designed to be in the political in
terestS of Fremont, has thought better
of it, and on Tuesday ran up the Lincoln
and Johnson flag.
R. D. Ferguson, engaged in q billiard
saloon at Cairo, H., recently made . sun
of four thousand aud thirty points on q
carom table He was playing a m. Itch
at the beginning of the run, the t~,.rms of
the match being that he r,ould not
get credit for any count under sixty
five.
-Gottschalk SIS: The orientals
people their p@.ladise with marvellous
hourlS thF red man fills his with YER
cant pr tries and forests of game, where
the r,nase is eternal for my part, like
! &, imagine myself in paradise where
piano concerts are prohibited, and
ssthe Carnival of Venice" with varia.
lions crime.
Postmaster General Blair has writ
ten letter to VIM. Lloyd Garrison, IL
which he says that he endeayored at one
time to buy an interest in the Baltimor
Clipper, in order to secure an emancipa
ton organ in that city when there wa
then none there, and that he dissentet
from the repeal of Fremonts emancipa
ton proclamation. This puts Mr. Blai
in new light in some respects.
The Tammany society of New Yorl
celebrated the 4th of July, listened to {
patriotic address by Gen. Hiram Wal
bridge, and resolved, chat whoever, un
: der any circumstances, and under an.
pretext, advocates the separation OF thu
United States and the consequent over
, throw of the American Union, is trait
or to constitutional liberty, and deserve
a traitors DOOM" Such democrats can
not vote for eopperhead for Presi
dent.
Saturday nights session of the Sen
, ate was made ridiculous and disgracefu
; nv the drunken conduct of Salisbury
| McDougal. wilkinson and Chandler
1 The two former were in their usual afte
D dinner condition, and each made half
5 dozen different speeches, by times abu
siye and maudln. Owing to the orgie
e of this drunken quartette, it was no
} until 3 O'Clock on Sunday morning tina
e the Senate effected an adjournment.
, All the bills passed by both house
: and presented to the President receive
: his signature, except the bill providin
= republican governments for states oyel
thrown or usurped by rebellion. Thi
E bill authorizes temporary governors t
: be appointed until a majority of tn
people could take measures for restorin'
, civil institutions, excluding certai
classes of persons who have given al
and comfort to the enemy, and maxim
one of the conditions of re-admission tn
; abolition of slavery.
!, "A careful estimate makes Gen. Shel
/ mans losses in killed and wounded, i
y his Georgia campaign, thus far, abou
o 1900. The rebel losses are fully equs
y to ours Our loss in prisoners, howeye
+ falls far under those of the rebels, an
may be safely placed at 1900, while the
/ loss in prisoners up to the Odd ult. wa
l. nearly 5060 Thus far we have lost n
If cannon that we did not recapture, viii
the rebels have certainly lost twent.
t. three pieces of artillery, and ofcourse
Of large number of small arms, besides til
e. loss they have experienced in foundrie
1T ! workshops, sc.