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

Europe maintains under arms In
time OF peace 3,Sl5,4l7 men, at an ex-
pensc of s700,000,0O0.
The famous trotting mare, California
DamSel, recently purchased by Senator
sprague, OF Rhode Island, for Sll 900, as
present for his bride Is dead.
1t is estimated that General Averin,
in his recent raid, destroyed rebel pro-
perty to the amount of five or six mil
lions of dollars.
One ofthe heaviest Confederate stock
brokers on the London exchange has
failed for Sl50000.
-Acouple announce in the Providence
Post their marriage, and add to the
notice: No cards-nor any money to
get them with"
"A Kansas Chaplain, who has been a
prisoner among the rebels, saws that the
rebels either shoot or hang every Kansas
soldier whom they capture. Border
rufianism" is not extinct yet.
Joe Coburn, a New York pugilist,
challenges Tom King to come to America
and fight for s, 900 q side, Tom to have
$1,000 to pay his'expenses across.
over twelve millions in gold will be
paid out during the first days of the
coming year, by the general and state
governments for interest ON bonds.
A room has been prepared in Phila-
delphia for the Matching of eggs by
steam after the custom of the Chinese.
The establishment is of about 900 hen
power
The Americans at Paris have con-
tributed $1,000 for the Sanitary Com
mission.
Governor Cannon of Delaware has
issued proclamation calling for negro
volunteers Tor the army. That cannon
makes a sensible report
The largest stock and land owner in
| the United States, is said TO be Abel
Stearns, of Los Angeles, California He
ownes 4S,000 cattle, besides 5000 calves.
He has lost 1000 head during the last
few months from want of food
MIR Murdoch, the tragedian, has
! given to the Cincinnati Sanitary fair a
memorial relic from the treaty tree of
Penn, the keel Of the first vessel that
carried the American flag, and the flag
rope of the famous frigate Cumberland.
"A determined effort is being made to
| establish Branches of the Methodist
| Church over Southern territory. Money
has been appropriated for the purpose,
| and ministers are now accommodating
! the ground.
An army correspondent tells an an
l.ecdote of Stonewall Jackson. The rebel
army was on its march to Maryland. A
! secesh farmer sought an interview, and
said: General, are you going into Ma
/ ryland ?" do you seek an interview to
ask me this question y inquired Jack
son. NO, sir, replied the farmer; "but
if you will inform me, | win tell you
secret" "a secret, eh 2" "Yes, SIR
Can you keep secret 7" asked Stone
wall, cycling the man sternly. "0h, yes. ;"
"Well, SIR" said the General, "yop keep
yoa,s, and III Keep mine r'
The Boston Transcript publishes a
sketch of Deacon John Phillips, of Stur-
bridge, Mass, who is now in his one
hundred and fourth year, The venerable
man was born in MassacI' cI'nusetts when
George ii. was King o. Great Britain
lie was drafted IN l776, and served in
the early part o., me american Revolu-
and has distinct recollection o.
/ the battle of Bunker Hill, witch toot
place when he was fifteen years old nS
has lived all his life on one farm, ate al
one table, and during a space of ninety
years has not had severe sickness.
"A Manting, of London, was very
greatly troubled and incommoded by ex
cessive corpulency, for which he coult
find no remedy. All the plans recon-
mended for reducing his girth proved
failures, until he was advised to eat moth
ing but meat As soon as he fell intl
this habit, he began to decrease, and was
soon able to go down stairs forwards
feat which had long been impossible tt
him. To his omission of bowl of breat
and milk, morning and night, is chiefly
A ttributed the change of diathesis.
Col. Streight and his Adjutant lateI,
otten, ted to escape from Richmond by
br;hing he guard with $3.50 in green
hacks and 'e prisoners watches. TIL,
guard accepte, 'ne oripe! ana, when the
parties had gotta snort distance on, gavt
the alarm and had 'he,l Ieairestea, ou'
retained the money am "a.cnes; G aoou'
the same time the rebel lisiais s aIonel
and Jones, two captains a. oi'Illal
made a similar attempt to e. eapt IRON
Johnson's Island and gave th e green
backs and watches, but failed fl, ON the
same cause. When Col. Streigh,' ano
his companion Were retaken they !, we're
| placed lie irons. What has been done \
Generals Archer and Jones and their
companions
= Surgical examination of Heenan
discloses the fact that there was con-
gestion of the lungs, and singular
weakness in the action of the heart-not
organic disease, but striking debility,
which they attribute to overwork in
training and consequent exhaustion. 1t
Is the opinion that he was in better con-
dition five weeks before the fight than
when he stripped to meet King. He
looked a giant, but his looks deceived
every one. When he fought Savers, he
Knocked him down or threw him seven
ty-four times; and, at the end of two
hOurS' fOht fffla ho &ba&