Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-03-24

GRS. GRASr.--Gen. Grant has issued
lls order formally assuming command
OF the Armies ofthe United States. The
order Is as follows: rs
headquarters Of the Armies Of the u. 81
Nashville, Tenn, March ~, 1864.
6e'erai Orders No. l2.-In pursuance Of
the following order of the President:
"ExEouTvE MANSION,
washington, ID. c., March 10, "a. (
-" Under the Authority of the act OF
congress to appoint the grade of Lieut..
General In the army, of Feb. 20, 1864,
Lieut.-Gen, Ulysses S. Grant, u. s. A., is
appointed TO the command of the armies
of the United States"
ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
assume command of the armies of
the United States, Headquarters will be
in the field, and, until further orders
will be with the Army of the Potomac
There will be an Office Headquarters in
washington, d. c., to which all official
communications will be sent, except
those from the army where the head
quarters are at the date of their address.
.r.F rr U. s, GRANT Lieut.-Gen.
A Nashville dispatch says that Gen.
Grant is to leave for Washington to- day,
and will Immediately proceed to the
front.
" DIDN'T SEE INA correspondent
L" writing from Wells, gives us the
following instance of Vermont pluck
" In Kilpatrck's last "On to Richmond"
was soldier boy by the name of Edwin
A. Porter, whose mother lives in Wells,
Vermont. In one of the skirmishes, he
rode up fearlessly to squad of rebels.
The officer demanded of him to surren-
der. He replied coolly, Don't see it,"
And suiting his actions to his words, he
instantly drew his sabre with which he
cleft the head of the officer, at the same
instant wheeling his horse to join his
company, the rebels firing a yolly at him,
of which shower the lad carried off in
his person four bullets, joining his COM
pany, G, He kept his saddle for more
than one hour, and is now doing we'll"
THE FRACAs AT THE CAMP OF THE SBv-
EsTEEsTH.-Thea affair at the camp of the |
Seventeenth regiment in Burlington |
which occurred on Wednesday last, and
which has been mentioned in our col
umns, proves to be of more serious
character than at first reported. The !
Burlington Free Press, gives the follow |
ing account of it: a.Fsf-
"a somewhat exciting affair occurred
p NJ. up at Camp. Sergeant
Wolf,i of the 18th U. s. Infantry, on re-
crulting duty here, drove up to the en-
trance in company with Sergeant of
the 4th Infantry. The guard there has
orders to stop all persons passing in, in
order to satisfy himself that they have
proper business within Wolf, however.
drove suddenly in before he could be
stopped, and shortly after attempted to
come out in the same way. The senti-
mel ordered him to halt the only reply
to which was the putting the whip to
his horse. The guard, who is an old |
soldier of the 18th, Immediately brought
down his bayonet and stood his ground.
The result was that the horse was driven
upon the bayonet, which went in full
length, killing the animal almost in
stantly. On the fail of the horse Wolf
sprang from the buggy, drew revolver
and fired upon the guard, when he was
seized by the corporal of the guard and
one or two others, disarmed and taken
INTO custody. He is now held under ar
rest by Lieut. Col, Cummings, till the
acts are reported in the proper quarters,
and will probably, before all is over be
taught u lesson which an old soldier Of
The regular army ought already to have
known, viz: not to attempt to force a
guard, or fire on a sentinel in the dis
charge of his duty. The sentinel is full
" justified, and indeed commended BY
ais officers for his conduct. The horse
was valuable one, owned by Stacy and
Appleton, and worth $780,