Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-01
miscellaneous Items.

soon be drafted under Lincoln as under a
war democrat.
An unusual feature of the specia
shipments from NewYork last week wa,
$4,000 in copper coin.
The Solicitor of the War Depart
ment has been instructed to prescott,
dismissed Surgeon General Hammond
for fraud.
Carl Shurz addressed Fremon
meeting in st. Louis the other night
Does he blame President Lincoln beCaus,
he himself didn't happen to have any
military talent
The rebel state treasurer is unOe,
indictment for gambling. much to TN
disgust of the Richmond papers, whia
are specializing as to the amount of th
| public money he has embezzled.
The carpenters OF the New Yoh
navy yard lately attempted a strike 70,
half a dollar increase in daily wages
but failed and were glad to go to won
at former rates.
The Herald's last Niagara Falls stO
nv is that Mr.. Seward has, through bis
friend Hollis White of Buffalo, tendera
that grand diplomat, Sanders, a aA
passage to Washington and back, ifh
wants to go.
Coy. Bramlette is said to have sa
to work for the enlistment of all the n
naming able, bodied Kentucky negroes
and to reduce the states deficiency to a
least 5000 or 10000, if not much less
The necessities of the state were 0o
strong for his political prcjudices
The Boston gossips say that Co..
Seymou- Of New York had long ina.
view with GOV. Andrew at the SaF
House on Saturday and that Gov Az
drew is making a return visit to NH
York this week. What does it mean
The New York Central Park wa
visited last year by 1927 400; the luG
Der of vehicles which entered 1t wG
90, 450. The largest number Of peds
TRANS on any day was 94,076 Chris
mas. The number of woIkmen Cr
ployed on the Park during the year va
1907.
AT Woodstock, H., young ma;
was drowned, and his father and Solt
200 people went to the shore and fred
. cannon in order to raise the body ID
cannon burst into fragments, but oD1
the father, out of the whole crowd wa
hit by them, and he was killed,
AT New York on Monday seven
r lines of stages raised their fares to cisi
cents aud had lots of room. Ihos
lines which kept at the Old rates, 40.
one line which came down penny (fro.
six to five) were crowded. New Y0i
] will stand high prices everywhere Ol
: on stage lines. Then she rebels az
' goes afoot.
The pirate steamer TallahasSe
now said to be none other than
steamer Atlanta, vessel which cd1
E out from the Clyde some three mont
l ago, and ran into Wilmington. She b
L taken in and out several valuable q
j goes, and after discharging her freigb
few weeks ago, she was put into coz
d, ton, furnished and armed as a vesse
= war.
-. In Iowa this year, in spite Of 4
= croakers, the crop will be third heard
: than ever before. The corn is "pere|
: ly huge" and wheat, oats, sorghum
@ potatoes are unusually fine. BY i
time the crops of the country are 10
gathered, it will be found that the ~
ulators have had good share in n
wall over short crops.
- Jerseyman, who lately paid SUI
! man to take his place in the army
y received a letter from the fellow, dsaI
%, at Quebec, informing him that his n'
Il ey had enabled the substitute and i
9 wits to set up corner grocery, and
. were doing well; and if his pain |
would give him call, he should haV
drink gratis.
= The New York Herald is up to |
S sorts of sensations. Its latest is
windy correspondence from NiasI
> Falls, written either by Colorado jew
d or oily George Sanders. The fellow
It working hard to make the people BEL
v that Mr.. Lincoln has sent commits
If ers to the Falls to reopen negotiaI
t for peace. The trick of such Corresp F.
. ence is too flimsy TO stand.
e A horrible case Of youthful deF'
= ity has come to light in Patterson
e One day last week, couple of chia
h named Long, sisters, aged respect
y nine and thirteen years, seized an 10
l. two years old, the daughter of )
h Hurlburt, stripped it entirely naked
c threw it beadlong into we'll Tht
= venile murderers confess the crime Z
t relate the circumstances attending
p The Long family are represented 10 Il
n drunken, vagabondish set.
q Brig. -Gen. Charles P. Stone, OF W
= Bluff notoriety, has resigned his l
:. ton in the army, married rich WI
10 New Orleans, and proposes to
! down in private life. His carer
. been an unfortunate one. The dis,
:. at Balls Bluff, and his unhapR
y perience in the Red River capis
. were fatal mistakes, but whether w L
i altogether responsible for them d
the public has never known lts
J, ter for the country that such Wv
! should not be connected with Wv
= vice. 1
h -Burleigh of the Boston jour
g says there is no dancing at san
8 this year. The young men are a
/, war or at their business. Mefe