Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-22
President Jeff. Davis, salarv ia =.

President JEFF. Davis salary - nom-
inally $4,000 q year; but by the de-
probation Of the confederate money, Is
is equal to but $500 and on this prae.
tically he has to live, for the federsls
have overtaken and destroyed nearly I'll
his private property.
The franklin IN W Gazette, demo-
plastl66a, repn.a..S. T.. candidates. TIE rEe-
form because 1t does not declare against
the war from principle, and only because
it is a failure; and against Mcclellan
because he is worse than the platform.
There was an immense Lincoln rat-
flcation meeting in Independence SQUARE.
Philadelphia, Saturday evening. John
Cessna, speaker OF the last Pennsylvania
House. and an old Democrat, made .
stirring speech for the Union candidates.
He said he should have supported til
Chicago ticket If national men had besa
nominated an patriotic platform.
Fifty peace democrats met at the
st. Nicholas Hotel, New York, Wednss-
day evening, and determined to bolt
McClellan's nomination. They will cali
a nominating convention at Cincinnati.
some day this month, probably on the
same day with the Pomeroy convention,
the 2Sth. The new party is to be chris
tened the Jeffersonian democracy. Long
of Ohio and O'Conor of New York are
talked of as presidential candidates.
In twenty-seven campaign tracts ad
vertised by the democrats there are
three devoted to the defense OF slavery
as divine institution--one by Bishop
Hopkins, another by Prof. Morse, and
another that undertakes to show that
emancipation has everywhere proved .
calamity to the negro. Thus demOcra-
cy still clings insanely to its own and
the nations curse.
The railroads in the vicinity of thu
rebel capital charge twenty-five cents 4
mile. The Virginia and Tennessee road
says the Examiner, consents to do the
peoples business for the contemplate
remuneration, for one year, Of only =
few millions more than it's entire origin
al cost"
PEACHES grated on the wild plum
stock are hardy, do not winter kill. put
out late in the spring and so escape the
frost, don't take on the peach-grub, and
live longer than the tree au nes.ra-
Bring on the wild plum peaches, O ye
nurserymen.
The heir apparent OF Russia, the
future master OF realm OF more than
seven millions of square miles-ap en-
PHI colpriSing sas- :. =
ritorial part Of the globe, ami ao,u. oae
twenty-sixth part OF its entire surface
is in want Of wife and cannot find one.
Grand Duke Nicholas, heir apparent Of
all the Russias, q years old, tall, good
looking, In splendid uniform, speaking
five lan2 uages, and with all the accom-
plishments, Is willing to wed, yet cannot
get wife. Only Ave candidates have
presented themselves. and Of these b
doesn't like three OF them and his fatAne
doesn't like the other two. So there h
Is, poor fellow, and can't get wiiA-
And cold weather 10 coming.
"A new style OF veil coming into a.
vor with yousg ladies, Is made OF TIE
fashionable black and white figured
lace, with fine elastic run through the
upper part, which fits 10 the edge OF tia
bonnet and second elastic run through
the lower part OF the veil, short de
lance from the bottom, which fastens 6
under the chin, giving the eject Of
street mask, transparent. but very -.
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