Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-04

the first order, Such an officer would
not be hard to find near Petersburg, ifa
malignant jealousy, unparalleled out
side the bottomlesS pit could be
0uenched by the love of country"
REFUSAL TO SURRENDER Prisoners or
WAB,-The Cherbourg authorities, n cor
respondent of the London Daily News
says, refuse TO give up 10 Capt, Wins
low eight wounded sailors Of the late
ship Alabama, whom he sent to the
Cherbourg Marine Hospital, in order
that they might be better taken care Of
than they could he on board the Kear-
sarge The ground OF tDo r,fasnl is
what is said to be an indisputable rule
of French law, that every prisoner of
war who sets foot ON French soil be-
comes, by that act, free. If that be the
law Of France, Capt. Winslow no doubt
acted IN ignorance of It when he parted
with his prisoners, though the Cher
bourg officials are not likely to let him
derive any advantage from that fact.
IsrMABL DAY.-ThoSe of our readers
who do not know Mr. Ishmael Day, may
remember the following birthday toast,
which lac published about six months
age:
1lTH DISTRICT BALTIMORE COUNTY,
March 90, 1868.
Hr BiitOr | having, through the
goodness of an All-wise and most mer-
ciful Being, been permitted to see my
seventy first year, and after having Of
fered up to Him this morning my poor
feeble, but humble prayer for the good
health, reason, and all other blessings
bestowed upon me, my family, and all
mankind, (if we would but acknowledge
IL, and having done all this, am about
10 take a little apple tOddy, but before
doing so, offer the following toast, viz:
From ali sedition, privy conspiracy and
rebellion, good Lord deliver us, and let
all the people say amen, and cursed be
he who has, or hereafter may become
traitor to this once happy nation and
its FLAG, and let all the people say amen
and lastly:
All the glory be to God on high,
And TO a ! the earth be pc ce;
Good will henceforth from heaven 70 men
Begin and never, never cease.
And let all the people say amen. Now
for the tOddy. IsHMABI DAY.
DISAPPOINTED AMBITION. - Not more
than six years ago, Marshal Pelissier,
then more than sixty five years of age,
was married by the Empress to q near
relative of her own. The MareCha'e
will return to court, and become lady of
honor TO her Majesty. The only child
issue OF the marriage girl, Is to be
confded Immediately, according to the
express terms of the Marshars will, to
| the ladies Of the SaCre Cmur, of Paris,
| by whom she is to be brought up till
the age Of fifteen, The heart Of man
I can never realize its warnings. 1t is
! only few months since Pelissier, being
! in cCnfding mood with one Of his
oldesc friends naively confessed that the
| dream of his life had ever been the re-
! tired life Of country town in France,
with the small competence afforded by
! the military pension a bit Of garden,
| and n fishing Tod-EO gun-the very
thought of one made him sick; but a
! sling, such as the peasants use in his
province for poaChin@ then service at
the cathedral the giving Of the blessed
bread, and the handling Of the purse foI
collection These were the occupations
he loved to dream about. And what
was the realIty7 Drums and flies, she
roar of artillery, and the memory oil
that yell of anguish from the caves OF
Datra.
FINANCIAL MATTBRs.--The government
revenue is very heavy just now. The
receipts from customs are at the rate OF
a million dollars Il week (gOld) since
July began and those from the internal
taxes run from s750,000 to 100000 q
day Gin currency and in one day
within a week, they amounted to ovel
one million dollars. Keep this going
and give the government steady reve-
nue. Of four hundred millions year, and
the country is safe beyond peradyenture
The pnbliC debt stands now at $780,
1884. Our exports are temporarily
enormous but it is partly because i'm
mense quantities of tea, coffee and sugar
are going out again. While there are
large stocks OF these articles in the coun.
try, the consumption has decreased and
is decreasing through the high prices
and the consequent economy OF the PEG,
pie, and IL is found cheaper to re-eXport
them, Notwithstanding speculation has
forced their prices so high, than it is tc
buy and export gold, at its present
enormously inflated rate. So that O
the total of sixteen millions dollar:
worth of exports within the last fort
night Tor over a million a day. nearly
half is made up Of tea, coffee anC
sugar Tobacco and cheese are also
very large items in the exports bu
these are home productions. All this i:
well for the country-better these luxu
ries go abroad than the gold, or than Il
accumulate foreign debt against US.
BLOODY THREATS OF THE Sioux TNDI
ANs.-The st. Paul Press gives full &C
count of the progress of the expedition
sent against the Indians in Minnesota
The determination of the warriors o
the western tribes, in common council
is vented in message to the "Long
Knives" They desire the government
to pay them for Buffaloes killed las
year, and make good all losses and dam
ages sustained by them from the expe
detions of Generals Sibley aud Sully las