Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-01-07
Miscellaneous Items.

An tAtuuiiS-' soy = thas Wal hus hhiA
en- IN Philadelphia. We learn on good
authority that coal can be bought in New
York for seven dollars a ton, Ifsuch is
the fact the question arises whether coal
dealers hereabouts could not come down
apeg,
An lrishman says "lt's q great
pleasure to be alone, especially when you
have your sweetheart with you"
"A female rebel writes TO her lover in
the army Il loveyou better than candy,
and YOU know that loveit. | want you
to recollect what | told you about Cap
tain berry
Judge Eastman, who was the Dem
ocratic" candidate for Governor in New
Hampshire last spring, declines TO try
again The Judge nevertheless profess
es to feel great confidence in triumph
of his party-but he don't want To be
the candidate. He is at once very san
guine and a very modest man.
Between Pembina, Mimi, and Crow
Wing, distance of three hundred and
fifty miles, the United States mail is car
ried by dog trains. They have regular
harness, hncifully ornamented, and are
driven in tandem style, at the rate Of
from forty to fifty miles Il day,
- The Richmond Wing says that in
every battle where the Federal troops
have gained an advantage, they had an
advantage of position. Indeed Look
out
49, Speaking of territories, Idaho is
large enough to make ten States each as
large as New York, and wherever the
miner inserts his pick the gold dust
sparkles in rare profusion. Arizona is
more than three times as large as the
State of New York, and its silver mines
have been worked for centuries with
profitable results.
- The hovel of a miserable old apple
woman was lately robbed of Il few half
dimes at Madison, Wis. We expect to
hear next of some FOOLS robbing the
Southern COutederacy.
CoURTsHIP UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 49, A
story is told of German who attempted
to court in England, with the aid of
dictionary. Having obtained an inter
view with an English lady, who, having
recently lost her husband, must be open
to new offers, he opened the business
thus:
"High-bOrn madam, since your hus-
band kicked de bucket"
Sir !" interrupted the lady astonished
and displeaSed.
''Oh, pardon-nine, ten thousand par
don Now make new beginning-quite
anoder beginning Madam, since your
husband have cut his stick"
1t may be supposed that this did not
mend matters and reading as much in
the lady's countenance, he said perspiring
with shame at having q second time
missed fire:
Madam, since your husband has gone
to kingdom come
This he said beseechingly, but the lady
was past Precipitation by this time, and
rapidly moved toward the door Taking
g last hurried look at his dictionary the
German flew after the lady, crying out
in voice of despair
Madam, since your husband, your
most respected husband, have hoped de
twig-"
This was his sheet anchor and as this
also "came home" OF course the poor
man was totally wrecked. 1t turned out
that the dictionary he had used had put
down the verb ster6es TO die with the
following worshipful series of equiva-
Tents l. To kick the bucket. =. To
cut ones stick. 8. To go to kingdom
come. 4. To hop the twig; TO hop off
the perch into Davy's locker
Eight or ten days ago Miss Elizabeth
Bidgood, sisler of Mr.. Bidgood book
seller and stationer in Richmond, and
Mrs. Frances Levy, started from Wash
ington by the Port Tobacco stage, en-
route for Richmond. -Four large trunks,
several carpet bags, and number of
bundles comprised their baggage
Their journey was interrupted however,
by Col. L. c. Baker, near Port Tobacco,
who arrested the twain and brought
them and their baggage to town. An
Investigation of the trunks. bags and
bundles disclosed cloths, silks, handker-
chiefs, hose, &C., which would have
readily brought in Richmond twelve to
fifteen thousand dollars. The goods
were packed in the most skillful manner
to escape detection. Handkerchiefs.
towels, and even cloths were stitched
together to be passed off as under skirts.
Mems half hose were adroitly rolled up
inside ladies stockings, and every pos
sible device used to conceal the real ma
ture and value OF the articles. In addi-
ton to the dry goods Miss Bidgood had
a large mail sew9d into her skirts. An
account with a firm in New York
showed a balance Of about $500 in
favor Of the Southern depositors, who
had forwarded drafts to New York,
where they were sold The ladies also
had about ST 200 in Confederate money
with them. The correspondence impli-
Gated number of persons, and several
arrests have since been made. The two
ladies are now in the Old Capitol.
The CHESAPEAKE APFAIR-John Z.
Holt, master Of the British schooner In
vestigator, has made affidavit that after
the Chesapeake had been taken possess
sion of by the United States gun-boat
Ella and Anna in Sambro harbor, where
the Investigator was lying at the time
a boats crew in charge of an officer was