Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-11
misceiIano"t,s Items.


"A servant girl, hearing the lady Of
the house ask her husband to bring home
"DOmhey and som with him when he
came to dinner, laid two extra plates on
the tabl efor the supposed visitors
Ashes carelessly thrown from to-
bacco pipe ocCasiOned n cOuf0garGtiOn
last week, which swept four thousand
acres of Long Island land bare OF Gerry
thing like life and property
Negro recruiting is going or rapidly
In Kentucky. Both the loyal and the
di>loyal are sending their darkiys to the
recruiting offices. They regard it as
their emily chance for compensated eman-
cipatiOn.
Jacob strown, the great cattle king
Of Morgan county, ILL.,, challenged the
county to match him with $4,000 to
the Christian Commission. The county
tOed the mark ana thousand better.
So that the commission gets S21 goo.
Commodore Charles Stewart, "Old
Ironsides," completed his eighty. sixth
year on Thursday last. and he is yet az
active and cheerful as u man of, fifty,
While the woods in the vicinity Of
Montreal were on fire lass week, the
smoke made the day SO dark that the
river steamers were unable to proceed
on their voyages,
Gov SeymOr of New York has re
luctaItly consented to recruiting in the
rebel states, and agents are to receive
$50 for each recruit, and each recruit
$3.50. This Outbids Massachusetts two
to one.
Pennsylvania voted Tuesday, upon
three constitutional amendments, The
the FIRST one relating TO the right of sol
diers to vote. Only small vote was
polled, but the returns as faI"as received
up to Tuesday night indicated that all
the amendments were carried.
Mrs. Muligan, wife OF The brave
Col. Mulligan, who fell at Winchester
on the 18th. uragecusly peue rated
within the enemys lines 70 lind e. hus-
band; who died only few hours before
she rceched him. She was treated by
Gen. Early and his officers with marked
courtesy and great kindness, receiving
prompt and efficient assistance to Ie,
move the remains Of the gallant hero
within the federal lines,
The Smithsonian institute, at Wash
ington, has, from a great Du,aber of
sources OF information calculated an
average fall Of rain in the country at
large, since April, aud makes the fall or
rain to be In May Ave inches June eight
tenths Of one inch; and July but six
teenths Of one inch. II was the extra
proportion Of rain In May that saved us
from most destructive dr2uth.
The customs revenue Of the Govern
ment in coin, for the last fiscal year,
was $l08 coo, 900, or about twice the In,
terest of the gold bearing debt OF the
nation, to meet which this revenue is
strictly pledged,
AN lrishman, fishing in the rain,
was observed carefully keeping his line
under the arch OF the bridge Upon be.
Ing asked the reason, he replied as fol.
lows Sure, an won't the fish be-
crowding here to Keep out Of the wet
ye spalpeen Z"
John Reeve was accosted on the
Kensington road by an elderly man with
q small bottle of gin in his hand. pray.
sir, l Deg your pardon, is this the way
10 the poor house I" John gave him a
look of clerical dignity, and pointing to
tie bottle, very grayely said, mo, sir,
bat that Is p
-Ogdensburg was the scene of great
fire, July 18th, destroying an immense
quantity Of grain, &c, stored for trans
portaiion by the Northern New York
and Vermont Central railroads. sone
OF the -four dealers OF this State are vic
thus, but as yet we know not whom, or
90 what amount. The total loss is ee,i-
mated atabout $50. Geo.