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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

ANOTHER VILLAIHY. - There Is little
danger of the race OF scamps and vii
lains ever becoming extinct In this
country. For every one of them that
gets his just deserts score or more of
fresh ones arise and every deep laid
scheme that Is exposed, only leads to
the forming of other plots still darker
and deeper. One of the latest and fresh
est of these plans to ipjure people, IL the
establishment Of what Is called "Pho-
tograph Union" at New York, for the
collection of the photographs of young
women, to be accompanied with infor-
nation concerning their residence, pecu-
MARY circumstances, disposition, habits,
and other particulars of interest To
stimulate activity in helping on with
this enterprise, six prizes, ranging from
twenty dollars down to set of jewelry,
are to be given to those who shall bring
the largest number OF pictures and "bio-
graphical notices" before February IA !;
of course the money will be counterfeit
and the jewelry bogus. After q good)y
number of photographs have been col
lected, the proprietor of the "Union"
proposes to open private gallery, and
will allow young men to examine the
pictures and documents for a consider
ation," and select some one whose per-
sonal acquaintance they wish to make.
Comment upon such a proposition is
needless. There is nothing honorable or
pure about it, and still there are many
who will be inveigled by its specious
pretences, and we can only regret that
the innocent and thoughtless can be so
easily duped by the crafty and design
ing.-N. Y Iribane nv. .,.., BAD. ,..
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

j
SupJUeArINa TRE..soN. - Gen. Gannett
thus happily puts the question Of South
era subjugation a
LET me tell you that there are one
or two classes at the, South that must
be subjugated: either the man who has
drawn his sword against the Govern
ment Of his fathers, the man Who has
attempted to subjugate his. Government,
hamust be subjugats.u and brought back
to the Cover r..rnent; or, the other man
N inc :: 1S:.h who, in darkness, a tSa
storm, and trial, has oa in never
flag Of his country, with his la,...
wavering. The man who has worked
for his country must be subjugated or
the rebel must be subjugated. Now,
which are you going to whip. The for
mer has lost all. He has been confiscat-
ed he has been hunted like wild beast.
VIII you ,subjugate that man, or send
do, a your columns, to uphold him and
save ", ur country7'' e. gss-sa .fs ~.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

~ The Lamoille Newsdealer says
GAS direct result of the freedom with
which liquor is sold in Hyde Park, a
soldier at home on a furlough, got SO
lost to himself as to be recently persua-
ded by one Lyman Peck, Of johnson, $50
the testimony says to give his money,
about $50, to him for safe keeping till he
got sober. On coming to himself he
could not find his money, and Peck de
MED having taken 1t. Thereupon Peck
was arrested on Thursday last, and had
an examination on Saturday before JUS
tice N. F. Keller G. s. Small for the
State, and Brigham & Waterman for the
defense. The evidence was of such a ma
ture that the court thought he ought to
be held to answer to the County Court
and fixed his bonds al $500. The father
of the accused recognized for him, anG
and he was permitted to go home.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

LIQUOR SALRs.-The amount Of liquor
sold by the Town Agents, as given BY
the Commissioner of Caledonia county,
recently, is 2,946 gallons. The renn--+t
covers only the first two quarters OF the
agency year. .ta
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

"A good anecdote is told Of Ali Pasha,
the sultan's grand vizier, recently In Pa
ris. A lady to whom this gentleman
was introduced at soiree hazarded the
question, ais the sultan married 7" "a
great DEAL" was the Turks reply.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

CAvENDIsH ITEMS. - The Cavendish
quota of men to fill up the 18th regi-
ment is full by enlistment of selectmen.
At Proctorsville, January 18th, the
following named DirectorSfor the Bank
of Black River, were elected for the
year ensuing, viz John f. Dean, Hiram
w. Allen, Asa B. Foster, H. M. Dicker-
man, C. H. Chapman, H, II. Spafford,
P. Merrill.
The Bank divided A per cent. for the
last six months, Government tax Off
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

MORE THAN HE BARGAISED FoR.-At
the Orleans County Court, w, w. Grant,
ESQ.,. late Lieut. Colonel of the Fifteenth
regiment, obtained verdict of $500
and 1926 costs, against Hiram Hill and
one Drew, for an assault committed in
1858, while the plaintiff was engaged in
conducting prosecution against Hill,
for selling liquor. The case showed that
Hill told Drew to kick the plaintiff $50
worth, and Drew did so, and it now
turns out to have been $400 worth
Lan,oiNe Ne,csaealer. Sax ~
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

s-g Last week Bennington county
produced live grasshoppers and new
sugar, and OH Jan. 28th, equally preco-
cious Rutland blowed its horn on mus
auitoes. Western papers, &c.-Woltons
Journal.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

MURDERER CoNvIcTRD-Samuel V. B.
Bennett, who has been on trial for some
days past at Manchester, N. H., for the
murder of Mary Ann Gilbney of that
city, was found guilty, yesterday morn
ing, of murder in the second degree.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

PERsoNAL.-Col Redfleld Duryee, of
the Sixth Connecticut regiment, whose
promotion was noticed in our columns
few weeks since, has been recently APP
pointed Post Commandant at Hilton
Head, s. G.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

GBoLoGY,-The lectures of Prof Den
ton increase in interest and the audi
ences increase. The breathless atten-
ton and occasional outbursts of APP
plause clearly evince that speaker and
hearers are Gin harmony" This evening
the lecturer will speak Of the First APP
pearance of Man, and also of the Changes
on the surface of the Earth. Monday
evening, the subject will be The future
Destiny of this Globe and of its Inhabit-
ants. Tuesday evening lecture on
Temperance. Wednesday evening, the
subject will be Ethnology Thursday
evening, as we have noted it, the subject
will be the Grand Design.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

Hol wmsKss DRrHKRas.-Those who
imagine that the whiskey they drink Ia
the "pure article" should read what
western dealer tells the Chicago Tribune
In reply to the question OF show much
will tax Of one dollar and twenty cents
per gallon decrease the consumption 7"
He said;
Very little; one gill Of high wines
makes one gallon of the beat whiskey
retailed to drink. There are thus two
gills In a gallon, and not less than two
gallons of whiskey to a gill, rs men on
the average consume it. 1t retails now
at ten cents a drink; sixty. four drinks
TO gallon comes TO ten dollars and for
ty cents, and costs the retailer not more
than two dollars, and IA 1t leaves him q
margin of eight dollars profit per gal
Ion. says our informant. he can well az
ford to pay dollar more OF tax, ~ he
will still have seven dollars clear profit
on each gallon sold to his drinking Gus
tomen
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11


JKrr. DAVIS. DoxEsrIc TKoUBLRs.---
The Richmond En-. miner says that the
miscreants who set FRI 10 Jet. Davis's
house, first broke into tn store room
and stole a large quantity Of be,.tter, iard
and groceries, from which il seems that
JEFF. is not on short rations The Exal2-
iner thinks it quite as likely that some
OF the house servants didIit rs anybody.
Three OF the servants have run away
within three weeks, the last being Hen
~. the butler, who had been in Jef,s
employ only three months, and there
fore cannot be the one lately announced
at Washington, who had been in Davis's
employ twenty years, according to the
story. 1t seems evident enough that
Davis is not happy in his home depart
ment. There is gossip afioat too to the
effect that Mrs. Davis has been upbraid-
ing her lord with some old offences on
his Mississippi plantation, such rs our
northern reforners call by the pleasant
name of miscegenation.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

Colon DISTINCTION "A colored Major
in the United States service summoned
as witness before the Court-Niartial,
of which Col. Willeits is President, ar
irving half an hour after his time, Offer
ed as an excuse written statement, to
wit, that dressed in fsill uniform he en-
tered car of the Washington and
Georgetown Horse Railroad ut the other
end of the city to proceed to the Court,
and was expelled therefrom, and COM
PEELED to walk, which delayed his arri-
val. The President, Col. Willetts.
promptly Endorsed the statement as An
outrage upon the officer, and an insult
to the Court, and referred the same to
Gen. Martindale, who viii iuvestigate
the matter.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

DRUNKEN SRNAToRs-It would be re-
ally amusing, if it were not thoroughly
disgusting, to witness the drunken va
carries of Senator Richardson, of Illinois,
as he reels about from place to place
in the capitol building; drunk at morn
ing, drunk at noon, and drunk at night;
drunk in his seat, and drunk out of his
seat; drunk at assembling, and drunk at
adjournment. AS he passes the street
corners, the little boys point their fingers
at his bloated features, and mock his un-
steady gait 1t is sad, indeed, to look
at him rolling, rather than walking to
the Senate chamber, and to think that
he should have voice in the enactment
of laws to govern great nation. Citi-
zens of the United States ought to take
pride enough in the highest legislative
body in the land, to see that worthless
drunkards are excluded from it, and
when one gets III occasionally, the press
ought to write him out, or, IL that will
not do, the people ought to kick him out.
McDougal, of California, and Richard
son, of Illinois, are the only habitual
drunkards of the Senate. McDougal is
harmless in his cups He goes out
horseback riding, falls into the gutter
and the small boys rally round him, and
have little fun at his expense. He sell
dom troubles the Senate chamber with
his presence. Richardson, however, is
disgusting in his bacchanalian revelries
always obtrudes himself upon the
Senate when scarcely able to stand
erect--always unfortunately for himself
and for his State, in his seat, to be
pointed at from the galleries, and to
have his aame given in reply 10 the
ot-repeated question, "Who is that
drun.nnen fellow over there ?'---Washing
| ton Cor Gitaclntlati Commercial --- ~. 5.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

Tn os~r LEcTuRE.-Rev. ] Henry
Giles, of Hydeville, will deliver a ie.--
before the citizens of Whitehall, at the
Baptist Church, on Monday evening
next. Subject ~ Intemperance the
Worlds banen
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

sS The Burlington Times says, John
b. Cough is expected to deliver couple
oflectures in Burlington during the COM
ing month Cough is splendid ora
tor and fine philanthropist always
welcome to Burlington, and will do
more for the temperance cause than halt
dozen prohibitory laws" +
We believe that John B. Cough is very
much opposed to prohibitory laws. Per
haps that's what's the matter We
wish he would come here and " deliver
a couple" let the case be as it may.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

TRINITY CHuRcH.-The afternoon ser
vice in Trinity Church, tomorrow, will
be postponed until evening, to com
mence at O'clock,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

CoMrNG HoHE.-Col. Walbridge, of the
Second Vermont regiment is expected
home on a short furlough in few days.
Capt. F. Ray, of company G, First Yer
mont cavalry, is also expected home on
d short visit.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

REIleIous.-A religious revival is in
progress in Springfield, and three weeks
since eight persons united with the Con-
gregational church Of that place, ell
young persons, among which class the
interest is said to be most marked.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

DEMOCRATIC CHANGE OF BASE We
copied day or two ago, from the New
York Express and the Boston Post, some
remarkable admissions that the war will
result in the downfall of slavery. Al
most simultaneously we find in the New
York World remarks OF a similar charac-
ter. Says that paper ;aa
tThe war--which, after the firing on
Fort Sumter, was necessary, being alike
demanded by the honor of the govern
ment and the interests OF the unlon---
has not changed the attitude of North
.ern Democrats on the question of inter-
vention; but it has rendered the princi-
ME of non-interference, to which the
Democratic pas.rtv steadily adheres, of no
further advantage t3 the South as
shield to their peculiar institution. The
emancipation proclamation is illegal in
tervention, and we oppose it; but we are
bound to support the war until the reb
els lay down their arms and the natural
tendency and necessary consequences of
the war is to shake the institution Of
slavery to its foundations So far as its
downfall is the natural result ofthe war,
the Democratic party can not interpose
to save it, -
These coincident declarations from
leading organs of Democratic opinion
would seem to indicate change of tao
tics on the part of some of the leaders of
the party. They see the folly of further
attempts to stem the force of Northern
and Southern sentiment which will
sweep away slavery, and desire to swim
with the current. 1t remains to be
seen whether the so-called "conserva-
tive" who forget nothing and learn moth
ing, win have power enough to check
this very sensible progressive movement.
-Roston Journal.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

BETTER TRY AGAIN The town of Viii
tingham held town meeting on the
23d ult., and refused to vote any boun-
ties to those soldiers who had re-enlist-
ed to fill up the deficiency.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

FAT AND SwBET--Mr F. w. Coolidge,
of Plymouth, made some maple SUI
gar last week. The same individual,
not loug since, killed hog that weigh
ed 54l pounds.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11
Tax ON Liquors.

The House have passed bill impos-
Ing a tax on all liquors, including those
already ON hand, of go cents a gallon.
The principle to be kept In view Is TO
raise the greatest possible amount of
revenue from the luxuries, rather than
the necessaries of life. As America used
10 be called nation of drunkards, and
has not yet entirely lost its right to
that title, 1t has probably been assumed
that America will drink whisky let the
cost be what it will, and therefore we
ought 10 get all the good out of 1t we
can. How DESTROYS our "public fanc-
tionaries" may be that inhibition should
be general, we know not. II has been
said that Louis Napoleon smokes osten-
taiiously, to encourage more general
use of tobacco, from which he derives a
great revenue. BE all this as II may, "a
bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush" and as it is well known that
there Is an immense stock of liquors on
= hand, IL would seem to be good policy to
put on the taxes.
1t is urged in opposition, that such
tax would be retroactive" and un-
I constitutional. 9
We would just ask for information
whether the whole system of excuses and
Internal taxation is not retroactive.
The idea is to raise money from the
capital aud the business of the country
as 1t exists. The manufacturers, the
wholesale and retail dealers, had in
vested all their available capital in their
business before an internal tax was
thought of If they could have known
what was coming, it is reasonable to
suppose that some of them would have
made different disposition of their eff
fects In England, when every pane of
window glass was taxed, there were
hundreds of dwellings in which there
were no glass windows.
SO far as the masses are concerned,
who buy necessaries rather than luxu-
ries, their interestAkill certainly be pro-
ulOltu DN tuAlilS tuC iuAulltcJ ihSluulAis5
the whisky now on hand. We are salts
fed that Vermont has no interest in
staving OFF the whisky tax, and we pre-
. sumo her Senators and Representatives
will truly represent her in this particu-
lar. A tremendous influence however is
now being brought to bear, more par
ticularly upon Senators, TO modify the
House Bill, by taking off the duty Of 40
cents from liquors already made. The
liquor dealers, and they alone, are inter
ested. They have been anticipating i'm
mense profits from the rise of prices,
As there are only about fifty U. s. Sen
ators, il is not difficult matter to APP
proach every one of them personally
with such arguments as will be best
suited to their individual cases and the
consequence may be that the whisky
will escape untaxed. We shall see.
Since writing the above we learn that
the Senate by decided vote have refus-
ed to tax the stock of liquors on hand.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

UNCONSCIOUS HUMoRIsTs - Children
are often funnier than they know. We
have in mind q certain secular sheet,
reme of whose editors are more or less
Ga1yon,st,o :. = belief. One Of them re-
Gently took home for ...,s own reading q
copy of Remains Life of Jesus, in which
the Savior Is represented as something
Of charlatan-li little dreaming that 1t
would poison by contagion the Mix for
the babes of his household. How was
he shocked when, q few nights after, h. y
little son, who wanted to 90 to an even
ing show, and was watching painfully
the falling rain, gave voice to the sug-
gestion: II guess Jesus Christ is only
making believe rain, to keep us at
home" Another exemplary editor, as
ssociate of 4the preceding" as the Cyc-
lop9dia would say, during the late frosty
weather was surprised to see his little
daughter bring home from the Sunday
school library a grave treatise ON "Back-
sliding" "My child, "said he, "this is
too old for you; you can't make any
thing of it, II know it, papa,p was
the artless reply, but thought could
when / took it, thought ii would
teach me how to slide backwards. -
Springfield Republican. s,sk e9
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

WARNING TO GOVERNMENT SwINDLERs.
A Government contractor has been tried
recently, at the instance of Secretary
Wells, and sentenced to years impris-
onment and a fine of $4,000. 1t is said
that this gentleman is engaged in bust
ness of considerable importance, which
requires his personal attention daily,
and that the execution of the sentence
will destroy his means of living as well
as character. This should be a warning
to swindlers.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

MADAME FASHION has just intro
duced change-and change for the
better-in the manners and customs Of
her New York votaries. Heretofore, it
has never been ton to go to an evening
party earlier than nine or ten o'clock, SO
that before one well had time to look
around and make himself acquainted
with the company, it was pretty well on
to daybreak The nuisance is now ahat-
ed. 1t is fashionable to go at five and
come away before midnight. Some of
the first class parties lately given have
observed this formula, to the infinite
satisfaction of anxious mothers and
fathers-and henceforth, of course, all
the smaller fry will go and do likewise.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-11

Mrs. JONI PAINE,
Com. for soliciting from farmers.
New York, Feb. l, 1864.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-23

WANT OF CouRAaE.-Sydney Smith, in
his work on Moral Philosophy, speaks in
this wise Of what men lose for want Of lit
lie brass, as it is termed: A great deal Of
talent is lost to the world for the wact Of I
little courage. Every day sends to their
graves a number Of obscure men, who hare
only remained in obscurity because their
timidity has prevented them from making .
first effort, and who, fthey could only have
been induced to begin, would; IN alf .pfU6a.
bility, have gone great lengths In the career
Of fame. The fact Is, that in order to do any
thing in the world worth doing, we must not
stand shivering on the bank, and thinking OF
the cold and danger, but jump in and scram-
BILE through as well as we can. 1t will not
do to be perpetually calculating risks and
adjusting nice chances; it did all very well
before the food, when q man could consult
friends on all intended publication for a hum
dred and fifty years, and then live TO see its
success, six or seven centuries afterwards :
but at present a man doubts, and waits and
consults his brothers, and his uncle and his
first cousin, !ani his particular friends, till
one day he finds himself sixty-fye years Of
age: that he has lost much time in consult
ing first cousins and particular friends that
he has no more time to follow their advice.
There is SO little time for oyersqueamishness
at present, that the opportunity slips away.
The very period Of life at which q man
chooses to venture, II ever, Is so confined,
that It Is no bad rule to preach up the neces-
sity, in such instances, OF = little violence
done to the feelings, and Of efforts made in
defiance Of strict and sober calculation.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-23

A SHORT, chunky man, named Edward D:
Wilson, having been recruited BY one Of
Captain Manwaring's recruiting officers, was
Yesterday taken befose the examining
surgeon, DR.. L. D. Morse, for examination.
The new candidate for military honors looked
rather clumsy and unpromising Of being able
to perform active duty. The surgeon, there
fore, determined to make thorough examin-
alton of his anatomy, to discover any defects
in his joints that might interfere with the
celerity Of movement necessary in q soldier.
Wilson was stripped Of every stitch Of his
clothing, leaving him in the nude condition
Of Adam before he turned tailor. The sur
geon examined Wilson's spine, chest, legs
and arms, and then requested him to hop
around on the floor. To his astonishment
the recruit stepped forward and threw a series
Of summersaults, backwards, forwards, side.
ways and endways, with all the ease and
Rrace of Levi North in his palmy days. On
Being questioned concerning his history,
Wilson stated that he was circus actor,
and was an adept in ground and lofty tum-
bling" He was passed after this display
Of agility, and will, no doubt, make a valu-
able soldier.-S. Lo1I Democrat, Jan. q,