Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-06
Miscellaneous Items.

President Lincoln has sent reprs,
sentative recruit TO the army.
A writer in the Boston Daily Ad.
yertiser says -" Since that public .et
ter, Gen. Mcclellan has written private
letters to various influential persons
very different from his letter Of &C.
ceptance."
The eagle that perched on the ban
ner of the Sth Wisconsin regiment in
the battle of Kenesaw mountain, and has
been with tie regiment in all engage
mentS since, was presented to the state
of Wisconsin, Wednesday, by the return,
ed regiment.
-Pendleton; while member Of Con,
gress, voted against the resolution Of
thanks to Gen. Mcclellan for his prom,
Use of victory in Virginia And now
that they are linked in incongruouS
union, each of them is doubtless aSham
ed of his company They are both right
n that.
1t is stated that Mr.. Pendleton, ina
speech delivered in New York, before
Democratic Association last spring,
said that the prosecution of the var
can lead only to Union or separation,
II it leads to Union, il ,eM lead to an w.
nlittgated aepOtism."
Gen. Patterson, the cowardly or in.
competent General by whose aid the res
els won the first Bull Run, presided ova
a Mcclellan meeting at Philadelphia the
other night. He is inst the man. Whe
will Fitz John Porter preside over SOM
Mcclellan meeting 2
A vote was taken on the train that
conveyed Gov. Seymour and staff, Cen
Wool and the oath New York Regt to
Gen. Russell's funeral the other day. The
vote counted, Lincoln I'll, Mcclellan 3D.
Gen. Wool voted for Lincoln, and Gov
Seymour didn't vote at all. So
The soldiers will bear in mind taS
fact: That the Democratic Legislators
of New Jersey, Delaware, Indiana ana
Illinois, refused to PEGS Eatos enabling tAs"
to vote. On the other hand, all tie thsa
Legislatures passed the necessary acts for 'a'H'
lowpose. .a
--Thos. T. Marshall, formerly mem
Der of Congress and prominent, Du,
very cratic Kentucky politician, dlea
at Versailles, KY, lately, aged 64. MI
Marshall was man of rare natural .aol'
tiles and gifts, but he deadene0 Dis
brain and brutalized his whole natHre
by the excessive use of whisky.
--Incendiary fires are of daily occur
renee in Charleston, and are gradually
consuming the city. Less than ten days
ago one occurred which destroyed forV
buildings sweeping away two entlE
blocks. No success has rewarded the
efforts of the people to detect the incen
diaries, and they are becoming. nervous
and badly frightened. Fires are started
every night at different poiats in the
city, and the fire department Is worn Op
with their unceasing and exhaustlng
bors. The same state of things exc
at Richmond, and the rebel press UNIV
out serious, hints of a conspiracy
burn the principal cities of the South
The New York World parades wiz
great ostentation the names of three ef
Presidents of the United States who a,'
for Mcclellan. They are Millard fil.'
more, who signed the Fugitive ols,S
law Franklin Pierce, the most pel.ess.
specimen of a Northern doughface 'aa'
ever lived; and James Buchanan, WHY
more than any other man, is respola
Bile for the existence of the rebellion "
day. If such advocates help MeCleiian
he is welcome to them.