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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

PERsoNAL.-Among the officers pres
ent at the funeral of Gen. Stedman, on
the 14th, at New London, Conn, was
Mai. Gen. VIM. F. Smith. Gen. Sted-
man had been an officer under General
Smith.
Chaplain Webster, of the Sixth Ver-
mont regiment it is expected, will be de-
tailed to take charge of the Hospital at
Montpelier.
John j. Ladd, son of P. w. Ladd, Esq.
of Newbury, has recently been appoint
ad paymaster in the Army Of the United
States with the rank or Major, hoo az
cepted the appointment and entered upon
the service. r.-s
1t is said that the credit Of suggesting
chain armoS for the protection of wood
en- vessels is due to Chief Engineer John
W. Moore, United States Navy, Of Platts-
burgh, N. Y.
Charles H. Dickinson, Of Chelsea, vt
who enlisted as private in the Chj,capo
Mercantile Battery in August 1s,62 and
has participated in the ms.ny engage.
ments in which that bs'a terry has won
such honorable distip,, ,;tion. has received
the appointment ri Assistant Quarter.
master with b,.e rank of Captain.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

MrDDLEBURY CoLLEGE.-At the Festi-
val of the Alumni on Thursday of Com
mencement week, in response to the toast
FRIENDS of tie College I; their works must
prove them when their leader ealZs.n
President Labaree was called upon to
speak. The Middlebury Register gives
the following report of his remarks:
He did not know what the word lea-
der meant in the toast, but he was re-
minded that he had just been appointed
by the Trustees leader in a new sense,
They had told him to start out upon the
enterprise of securing an additional en-
dowment for Middlebury College Of
100000. He called upon the Alumni
to prove the wisdom Of the Trustees in
appointing him their leader by helping
on the enterprise with their money and
influence He exhibited the subscrip-
tion book which he said he should not
open at present for small subscriptions.
1t had been opened twice since yester-
day aud already $4,000 were subscrib-
ed, and he wanted the Alumni and
friends present to fill it up to 500, 900
and then he should be encouraged to 60
on. He said the conditions OF the sub.
scriptions were one-third payable at
once, one third in three months, and the
remainder in nine months. 100000 must
be subscribed before the subscription
would be binding. The President guar
anteed subscription of $1,000 from Sen.
ator Foot, and said. only $1,000 more
mere necessary to give the enterprise
such a start that he would feel warrant
ed in pledging to the College the remain
der. He knew it could be raised if the
Alumni would help. He had been over
the ground and knew what could be
done.
The subscription book was circulated
and considerable sums added, but wheth-
er it is filed up to $4,000 we have not
learned.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

BIG SNAKE SroRY.-Waltons Journal
says that common striped snake re-
Gently found near Bruce's saw mill in
Peacham, measured two feet and six
inches in length, and being subject to a
pOSt-mortea examination out of curiosity,
was found to contain fifty young snakes
each of which was six inches long by
one-fourth inch through the body, and
they were separately confined in a trans
parent sack of very thin skin. The
whole length of both young and old
snakes would measure twenty seven and
one-half feet.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

VINO SHOULD PAY FOR STAMPS ON RE-
CEIPTs commissioner Lewis in re-
cent decision says; Ordinarily at law
no person is bound to give receipt for
money paid. The receipt is an instru-
ment of evidence, useful only to the
person to whom it is given. If he needs
a receipt it is necessary for him to fur
nish the stamp, or to stamp the receipt,
if required, before it is signed. The
person who receives the money is not
obliged to give receipt unless the 9TH
er party furnishes the proper stamp.
If person gives a receipt without re-
quiring that the party to whom it is
given shall furnish the stamp, the ma
ker Of the receipt must himself stamp
the paper before he delivers it. If he
fails to stamp it before he delivers it
he is liable to the penalty provided by
law for the omission; but the other par
ty may stamp it Immediately upon its
being received"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

A Loyal SOUTHERN REGIMENT. The
first regiment of United States volun-
teers, Col. Diamond, composed exclusive
ly of rebel soldiers, about which much
has been said in the papers, passed
through Troy early this morning, re-
naming in the depot from to 3o'clock.
They were fast asleep when they reached
here from New York by the Hudson
River railroad, and some time was occu-
pied in waking them up and transferring
them to the Central cars. They were
fine-looking body of men, and seemed
in good spirits. Six hundred are going
to st. Louis four hundred to Milwau-
kie. Their train consisted of twenty
eight cars, drawn by two engines. A
regiment "a thousand strong" COM
posed of men who for two years did
their best on the secesh side, is one of the
novelties of the war.-7,vy Times, 1911
inst.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

THE DRAFT.-Orders have been re-
ceived at the Provost Marshal's office
here to have the enrolment lists closed,
the ballots prepared, and everything in
readiness in season to proceed with the
the draft Immediately at the time ap
pointed therefor by the Presidents proc,
lamation. Towns whose quotas are not
full should govern themselves accord.
ingly, and improve the remaining inte"
val to the best Of their p,t,jilitv in hurry
ing up the recruits.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

Why HE WASN'T THERE.-Among the
speakers announced at the recent Nc
Cieiian meeting in New York, who did
not appear, was Brig. Gen. Meagher.
The Herald took the delinquents to task
for their absence, whereupon Gen. NJ.
writes to the Herald that he had not the
slightest intimation that he was expect-
ed to appear at the meeting, until three
days after it took place, and that had he
been asked, he does not hesitate to saw
that he should not have appeared. We
give the closing paragraph of his let
ter:
Having assured you of this-assured
you, as L do emphatically, that the only
party swear and vote by is the army Of
tae FoVomac-and having informed you
OF where | was at the time of the meet
ing referred to, and my determination
never 10 contract, if can possibly re-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

DRUNKEN OuTRAGEs-On Sunday eve
ming last, the premises of individuals in
South Royalton who were recently infiu-
ential in suppressing vile GROCERY in
that place, were entered and grape vines
and shade trees were girdled, vegetables
and shrubbery destroyed, and other
damage done. A rum bottle partly fl
led was left on the ground, which with
other things may lead to the prompt de-
lection and punishment Of the perpetra-
tors.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

HORSE STEALING.-Capt. L. II. Bisbee
Of Newport, lost valuable mare on
Wednesday night last, and the Newport
News says the thief is supposed to be a
young man from Rutland.
On Tuesday night, some rascal who
had stolen horse and harness in Fair
fax, completed his travelling outfit by
stealing wagon from a barn OF Mr..
Halbert, in Essex. The thief was pur-
sued and tracked some distance but
had not been captured at last accounts.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

DIyoRcE.-Twelve petitions for d.
vorce were granted by the supreme
court of Vermont at its late session in
Orange county. Ten Of the petitioners
were wives asking for divorces from
their husbands.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

From all quarters we have reports
of copicus rains having fallen, and of
the great improvement they have made
in the condition of the crops. From
some districts we learn that the supe-
rior quality o3 farmers produce all
kinds will make up for the falling off in
quantity-particularly in respect to
grains, corn and potatoes.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

pei it, the cancerous distemper of being
a New York politician-the falsest and
foulest of lepers-l beg you to redeem
my name from that very dubious litany
of orators in which you involved it in
your issue OF the 10Th of this month"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

CALEDONIA COUNTY UNION TIcKEr.-
Senator'S. d. Abbott, Barnet; G. s.
Dana, st. Johnsbury.
Judges-Adolphus Holton, Hardwick
VIM. B. Palmer, Danville.
Sheriff Coffran, Groton.
States attorney H. Davis,
Wheelock.
Judge of Probate.--Asa l.. French, st.
Johnsbury.
Bailf-Dayid Trull, Burke.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

John Mullaly, editor and proprietor
of the Metropolitan Record and New
York yindicator, was arrested yesterday
and held to bail by commissioner Os
born, for melting resistance to the draft,
and for counseling and advising zone
Seymour" to put stop to the opera
tions of the enrolment act.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

Essex COUNTY UNION TioKRr.-Snat~
Rev. l.. ii. Tabor, Concord.
-AssistGNt JHdges-W. II. Kneeland, Vic
tory I. r. Carbee, Guildhall.
Sheg-Charles Chase, Concord.
JHsgs Of Probate, W. Hartshorn,
Lunenburg.
States Atterney-D. s. Storrs, Island
Pond.
High BaaV-D. C. Hudson, East
Haven.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

tg The agent of the Associated Press
is making arrangements to have reports
of the state of the crops sent from all
sections of the country by telegraph this
and next week, and the results will
be published at an early day.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25
Letter from n Secesh SOjer TO his
Better Half.

Camp Of the FIRST South Carolina Gray6ack';
before Scamp, and behind Petersburg, or
Aerea6outs, July 81, 1864.
BELOVED OF MY Soul: Your war-worn
husband takes his pen in hand in
strange land on foreign strand under
the command of our mutual friend Col.
Pluck Buzzard, of Rainwater Court
House, S. @. My ink is pale, and have
no ale. My pen is poor and so is my
grub. My quarters in camp are passa-
Bile, but the quarters in my pocket are
not. Last night had mud-puddle for
my pillow, and covered myself with
sheet of water. | long for more whisky
barrels and less gun barrels; more bis
cult and less bullets. How / wish you
were here. The further away get from
YOU the better l like you. So that you
NAV know how we work here, in spite
of the cussed Yanks, send you what
dye call it-a dairy o. my daily labor.
4 o'clock. Called up from roll in
mud by a roll of drums. No prospect
of a roll of bread Shoulder spades.
41-2 to s AN. / dig and throw up
the earth. Get sick and throw up yes
terday's rations.
7 o'clock. Another roll of drums
Filing off into line, and defiling my in
expressibes with mud and other sacred
soil drawing ramrods, but no pay. No
shelling out by government, buta cussed
deal too much shelling out by Grant.
O'Clock. More drilling but not Of
the cotton kind, wherewith to increase
my present supply of one shirt.
10 o'clock. More digging. Spadulal
researches into the geological formation
of the earth. Find it to comprise alter
nate stratas of sweat, sunstroke, swear.
ing, boulders and blisters.
u o'clock. Evidences of dinner. Saw
Captain Yapsack picking his teeth with
q tenpenny nail, and the corporal taking
chew of tobacco.
Oh, Mariar, if you only knew what
have suffered to save you from being
bombarded by the diabolicai Yanks +
Rather than any of the Northern scum
should blockade my dear Mariar, I'd
I'd divorce her Col. Pluck came very
n ar being shot in the neck last night
by one of his own officers.
The Colonel had just got his staff to
gether, and struck his noble steed with
it when Captain Swipes leveled his bot
tie at him. Fortunately the content:
missed his jugular, and went down tn,
natural way. l am reduced to a skele
ton. My eyes have sunk SO far into my
head that I can look down my wind
pipe, clean through my entire interior
If there was a hole in the top of my
head I'd make a first class telescope
GIVE got the glasses in me now.) My
chin is so sharp it shaves itself. an
going on picket duty tonight. Picket
duty is awful hard work. Almost eve
ry night a picket's gun goes off,and wher
we go to look for him we find he's gone
off too.
Ever your dear husband,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

Nor A VERMoNTRR. The Boston Tray
eller corrects its statement that one
Corkrey, drover who was robbed OF
$4,000, in saloon in Boston the other
day, was from st. Johnsbury, vt. Said
Corkrey was from St. Johns, N. B.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

RETuRSEp,-Nearly all Of the thirty
mechanics who left st. Johnsbury for
Tennessee, a few weeks ago, to work for
the government, have returned home.
Cause not stated
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

PArEST.-A patent has been recently
issued to Amasa Woolson, of Spring
field, for an Improvement in cloth-shear-
ing machines.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

EscAPED,-A convict named Theodore
De Foe escaped from the State Prison at
Windsor on Thursday.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25

Formerly one life was lost by acci-
dent for every 235 persons whe travelled
by land or sea now there is only one
in 100000 of those who travel by rail.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25
Ever your dear husband,

P. S.-If your father has drank up all
that tanglefoot juice left at home, I'll
cram the demijohn down his throat and
cork up his areophagus with boot heel.
That's So Mariar.
P. S.-No more at present.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

New Life.Like Scenery!
IS Splendid Flag for every Pole.
Beautiful Lady Balladists, n"4# $
Comedians and Danseus, #s@m
Comic Vocalists,
lrgedan, Comedians,
Ethiopian Comedians,
e.. .. The Great Yankee Robinson,
The Celebrated
Broadway Band,
At IL o'clock A. NJ, will
Lead the Grand Process
sion OF all Carriages,
.... -... Vans, Cages, Bag.
., .sa.. gage Wagons, and
Yankee Robinson's Gorgeous and Costly Pri.
vate Chariot.
Poonah Obgja, the Great Lion Tanner,
will appear conspicuOusly in the
procession with his
PET BE.aR,
A feat never attempted by any other man.
A1-Pertormancs at 1880 and 1880, rain shine. ~
Notwithstanding the great rise in Salaries, Hotel
Bills, Printing, &c &c the Price a. yet has kot
been raised. SEATS FOR ALL.
J. NJ. CHANDLER, Agent.
SALISBURY, Advertiser. 81"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
Native Wines

Native Wines
Sacred History abounds in allusions to wine,
and as there are thirteen distinct Hebrew terms
used in the Bible to distinguish vntages OF
different kinds. condition and ages, it is evident
that the "ancient people" were no less partic.
ular in the matter Of ''brands" than are the
people of the present day. The Greeks and
Romans had two hundred varieties, of which
the ''Falernian" was the choicest; and the pro.
ducts Of particular Vineyards were as highly es.
teemed in + thens and Rome, as the Cliquot
and Metternich wines now are in London and
Paris. The wines Of antiquity were often vii.
lainously adulterated. The art of "doctoring''
the juice of the grape is 60 far from being a
modern invention that it dates back to the siege
of Troy. Helen, the fair and frail, is said to
have learned the trick in Egypt, and to have
practised it for the sake of increasing the ex.
hilerating properties of the wine she gave to
the defenders of the city after hard battle
with the Greeks.
The safest and best ofall exhiarents is GOOD
mine. Many physicians and matrons suppose
We must have foreign wine. There is one
hundred times the quantity OF wines exported
from France, Spain and G ermany, than c:.n be
manufactured there fromth quantity of grapes
There is but one safegard, and that is to use
our own pure native wines. Imported wines
now pay heavy duty, and bottle of real Port
or Sherry can only be obtained at high price.
There is no duty or tax on native w,nes-there.
fore, in the name of purity and economy, let US
have our own native wines.
Messrs. Bennett Peters &; Co., of Chicago
always have an assorted stock of fine imported
wines in t.. s. bonded warehouses, from the
most reliable houses Of France, Spain and Ger.
many also, brandies. gins runs, &C.; and have
for the past three years been making exten.
sive preparations for the manufacture of home
made wines. They have the most extensive
arrangements with fruit growers, and in the
proper season they gather strawberries, cher
ries, peaches, blackberries, raspberrcs, &c
&C., to an enormous amount. Their strawber-
ry, chcrr, blackberry, raspberry and muscat
wines far excel many Of the imported wines,
both in purity and exhilarating effects. Many
of these home made wines are being largely
adulterated, and many a bottle Of cherry wine
is sold, which never had drop of cherry juice
in it. Buy none but those with the unmistak-
able label Of Bennett Peters Il Co. These
gentlemen are men of high responsibility, and
guarantee every article from their house, pure
and unadulterated.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

DRAsr DECISIONS. follxing draft de-
cisions are promulgated by the Asst slant Pro-
yOst Marshal General for Ohio:
"When q supplementary draft is made for
the deficiencies occasioned by drafted men
failing to report, aud the quota is thus filled.
deserters from first draft, ii arrested and held,
will be credited on future CALL
"Men drafted in 1862, who furnished substi-
tates for three years, are not exempt from the
present draft under the Act amendatory of the
Enrolment Act"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

VTNIlEsE Bitters are prepared, in pure Bourbon
L Whisky, from q combination OF over twenty diff
ferent kinds of roots. barks and herbs which act in
perfect concert with the 9th. prepared from the
original formula given by the great chief Red Jacket
to DR.. Chaplin, who used them successfully in his
practice for many years, and BY their gained SO
great popularity the treatment and cure OF pys
pepsa, Liver Complaint, Con tpation, Sick and
Nervous Headache, Fever and Agur, and all diseases
arising from torpid liver Indigestion. Persons SUI
tering from either of these loathsoms diseases will
find a sure cure by the Of these Bitters, which
poisons Usually put up in such preparations and
paimed off Hnsuspecting public. single trial
will convice the most skeptical that in the RED
JACKET there Is virtue which no other Bitters pos
Sess. i .
They strengthen and invigorate the system.
They are uneaualed for general debility.
They are sure cure for Dyspepsia.
They give good and healthy appetite.
They assist digestion.
They the best stimusant in existence.
They are a preventative of Fever and Ague.
They relieve constipation. .-..." = ..s.r
They cure Nervous Headache.
They are perfectly pure and palatable.
Aged persons and delicate females will find they
large doctors bills by the OF these Bit
ters .F#. ...
Beware of countereits Red Jacket Bitters are
and our private government stamp across the cork.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

I The Dano English conference proved a
failure and it is said that the English gov
eminent has issued orders to have equip
ments ready for thirty thousand troops.
The officers and sea,uen Of the Alabama,
captured by the Kearsage, were liberated
on parole at Cherbours.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

New and untried Medicines should not al
ways receive the entire confidence of the PEG
pie, but when q remedy has been practically
tested for ten years. in the general practice o
thorough physician, as hasDr u. IL. Seelyei
Liquid Catarrh Remedy, and never failed, per
sons afflicted with Catarrh should Immediately
test its merits
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

THERE is not more ''loyal" man in the Uni
ted States than jeremiah Colbaithe, by act oil
the Legislature, Henry Wilson,. and whilom
shoemaker at Natick, Massachusetts. He has
80 earnestly "engaged in the interests Of God
and humanity as to have secured from the
shoddy misccgen party seat in the United
States Senate. simply because he stated as a
fact that We have put in the field 7O0,SOO men
within the last year, he is thus opprobriously
bcrated by 'loyal" newspaper:
"T'he assertion that ZOO, 900 men have been
raised since last fall has no better foundation
in truth than the Senator's vivid imagination
and aversion to q draft that may obl,xe some
of the shoemokers of Natick to shoulder mus.
kets and serve in the armies of the Republic,
instead of buying OF for few greenbacks
It may be very 'odious' in the eyes Of his Girls
pin friends, but there is no help for it, il the
Union is to be saved by putting down the 70.
bellion.'
1t is saddening to witness these chickering's
and contentious among patriotic, Union" men
What manner Of language 10 this to use TO-
wards venerable Senator, and what bitterness
Of spirit is here manifested toward the descend
ants Of Pilgrims ? We shall soon see this
"loyal newspaper discussing the propriety oil
"leaving New England out in the cold.'-
Chicago 7ines.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
The Gold Bill.

The Gold Bill. ....-...a
Men legislatc, as web as marry, in haste
to repent at leisure. The Geld Bill was
rushed through Congress with headlong
precipitation, and, after few Gays expe-
rience Of its disastrous tendency, it has
been repealed by large majorites. In the
words Of Mr.. Lincoln, who sometimes says
good thing, though he seldom, does wise
one, it Las proved as incfIicacous as the
Pope's bull against the comet. There are
some things which statute makers cannot
do-such as contravening the principle Of
gravltation or reversing the laws Of demand
and supply which govern the prices OF
commodities. When there is famine,
necessity, the first law Of nature, deter
mines the value of a dinner. When paper
representatives Of money are enormously
in excess Of the precious metals, the rela-
tive values OF bank notes and bullion can
not be controlled or limited by legislation.
The worth Of dollars and Of dinners de.
ponds entirely upon the available number
Of the meals and the coin, and the wants
of the public; nor is there any human
device that can keep the price Of eth
er below the mark at which necessity
fixes it for the time being. 1t is unne
cessary, however, to tbeorise upon the
subject, when the futility Of the Gold Bill
has practically demonstrated the fact tina,
the standard Of value, like water, finds its
own level, in obedience to higher laws
than those framed by currency -,inkers.-
fCanuts, when the sea refused to 60 back al
his bidding wisely moved beyond ,hs
reach Of the in-rolling tide, and we com
mend the discretion Of Congress in follow
ing the Danes example. 1t would hav'
been better for the nation il that body hao
been equally amenable to reason in other
matters Of equally serious concern.-Sun,
day Times.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13

CAUSE OF BAD TEMPER.-If person eats
light and nutritious food and digestion is good,
the temper ought to be mild Much Of the
sourness Of temper noticed is doubtless attri.
butable to food. Bad bread is prolific source
OF mischief in digestion, and bad temper as a
consequence. No one will have poor bread
who uses lie Lands Chemical Saleratns, pure
article, making light, wholesome bread and
biscuit. The grocers have it, -....
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
FOR S.ELE!

FINE LOT (the old stand Of Hsmuertlough
n Bros. y between Jack Lemons and lIaights
Store at r.as enable terms for CASH. Enquire ut
nammerslough Bros. They have determined to
wind up business in Mcdregor, and are selling on
their stock at reduced rates. 402