Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-01-14

| oNh Couultlon until made conscious of
IL by the painful tingling which follows
neglect in such cases, Children were
crying, women moaning and ialnting,
men shouting and rushing hither and
thither, with snow and liquors.
a dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
| nom 81, Louis states that ON the North
Missouri Railroad 10000 hogs have mo
zen to death and an immense number OF
cattle have frozen along all the railroads.
In the city several persons have died
nom similar cause, and the suffering
of the poor reported 10 the authorities
surpass belief In Wisconsin trains were
hedged in by snow drifts and remained
for hours, unable to move. AT Madison,
ON the I'd, the Mercury was 80 degrees
below zero. At Camp Randall, the sup
ply OF wood became exhausted, and
large number of soldiers We're badly fro
zen. AT Oshkosh the mercury fell So
below, one woman was frozen TO death,
and frozen hands and feet were numer-
Gus. At Milwaukee the thermometer
ranged from 80 to 80 degrees below zero,
with q driving wind most terrible to en-
counter. Frozen ears, noses, and feet
are inlullerable, and many persons were
picked up insensible on the streets. Ears
and feet were frozen while going but
few blocks. Many employees of the
railroads were badly frozen and crippled
for life, and railroad travel was entirely
suspended.
AT Springfield, H., all railroad COM
munication was suspended with no pros
pect of being resumed for several DAYS.
The weather was bitter cold. Several
soldiers froze to death at Camp Yates
A stage driver was found dead on his
box, supposed to have frozen to death.
Dispatches of similar tenor. from va
rlous points in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan,
Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin are
published showing the weather to
have been terribly severe. In some pla-
ces the snow drifted to depth of twelve
feet.
Of the storm generally the Tribune
says
From the eastern boundaries OF Ohio
TO the plains of Kansas; from the eX-
IRENE South Of Illinois to the Northern
limits of Michigan and Wisconsin. the
storm has ragged in uncontrolled fury
The vast eXpanse of territory known as
the Northwest has been bowed down
by its visitation. Like the sirocco of
the desert it has taken in its broad sweep
almost continent, and devastation has
marked its course. On the level prairies
of Illinois the storm has held high car
nival no natural barrier interposed to
check it's progress; it has leveled all be-
fore it in one fell swo9p For days
perhaps weeks-the sad record will meet
with constant accessions, as from places
situated outside of the regular line of
railroad and telegraph communication
the details will arrive.
Scores, perhaps hundreds of persons
will have been lost, their property de-
stroyed, and their homes left desolate.-
Never, since the bitter cold and SHOWS
of the winters of 1S54-'55 and '56, have
we experienced a storm anything like
that whose fury has just been expended.
Indeed, it has surpassed those bitter visi-
tations, for although the snow was deep
er, the wind was not so strong nor the
cold so severe. Then but a few persons
were seriously injured Now we have
great number who have lost the use of
their limbs from the frost bite, and some
have been lost" s.a.
YANKEEIsM IN THE FIELD The Port
land Transcript has the following which,
whether exactly true or not, is a good
Yankee story;
At the battle of Rappahannock Sta
ton, after the Fifth Maine had gained
possession of the works in their front
and were taking a whole brigade of
Johnnys to the rear, Col. Edwards, who
was one of the first to reach the rifle
pits, took few men from company G..
and pressed on IN quest of more prison
ers, supposing some might be trying to
get away in the darkness of the night
Following the line Of forttlcations
down towards the river he saw before
him long line OF troops in the rife-pits.
Finding that he was in a tight fix, he de
termined to put on bold face
Where is the officer in command of
these troops 2" demanded the gallant
Colonel.
Here, answered a Colonel who was
commanding rebel brigade, "and who
are you, sir 2"
"My name is Colonel Edwards of the
Fifth Maine, and l demand you to sur
render your company"
/ viii confer with my officers, first"
replied the rebel officer.
Not a moment will | allow, sir"
said Colonel Edwards. Don't you see
my columns advancing? pointing to a
large body of men, marching over the
hill, but who were the rebel prisoners
being marched to the rear.l Your forces
on the right have all been captured and |
your retreat is cut off and as the rebel |
commander hesitated he continued,
Forward! Fifth Maine and Twenty
first New York r. m
! surrender, sir, said the rebel CON- |
mander, quickly.
Will you allow me the courtesy Of re-
tanning sword that has never been dis
honored 2"
" Yes, SIR replied Colonel E., but I |
will take the swords of those officers"
pointing to the Colonies by his side.
They were handed to him.
"Now order your men to lay down |
their arms, and pass to the rear with |
this guard |
They obeyed and a whole brigade of |
Louisianians, the famous Fifth and Sixth |
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