Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-11-17

reelection of Abraham lincoln.
CAsTLEToN IrEMs.-Edtor Rutland Her
aid The most attractive place just at
present in Castleton for our own people
as well as strangers, is the studio of our
skillful artist Capt. James Hope. He
has recently completed his magnificent
army painting, and his master piece, on
canvass ten feet in length by five feet
in width, representing the whole of the
Potomac Army in camp at Cumberland
Landing, Va, on the Pamunkey River,
thirty miles from the doomed city of
Richmond, Everything connected with
this vast army of eighty thousand men
stands out in bold relief upon the can
vass. No pen can describe it. Those
who see it can alone comprehend its
beauty. The room is visited daily by
scores who look upon this painting
with admiration and delight. During
our brief visit there Saturday, some
twenty or thirty were in from Poultney
and Granville, feastipg their eyes upon
1t. Mr.. Hope has spent most OF his time
for year on this grand Work of art 1t
is soon to be surrounded with an elegant
frame and taken to New York for exhibit
ton or sale. Now, Mr. Editor, permit
me to invite you to turn the kew and
your back to the door Of your old sane
tum and come over and view this pic
tuie, designed and finished by one of
Fermont's most eminent artists.
The same can be said of the election
here that is said of it in nearly every
other place. 1t passed off quietly with
larger vote than usual. The demo-
cratic vote was "a, gain of II since the
state election. The Union vote was $40;
it could have been 400 if the voters had
all turned out as they did in Rutland
and other places. Some twelve or fifteen
returned soldiers from Co. B, I'd Yer
mont, whose time expired in October.
voted for Lincoln with but one or two
exceptions. They fought well in the
army and voted right at home. Two of
the above number were prisoners in the
enemy's hands four months. When
they, with Others, were being moved
from Andersonville, Ca, to Columbia, s.
T., and when within twelve miles of
their destination, they made good their
escape by jumping from'the car window,
in the night. After suffering perils by
day and perils by night for three weeks,
they came into the Union lines, and
finally arrived home after an absence of |
three years and four months, to the ex-
ceeding joy of numerous relatives and |
friends.
Rev. Mr.. Bancroft a Methodist !
clergyman who held the position of |
chaplain at Panama, in the year 1862, |
under the auspices of the Panama Rail-
road Company, delivered an interesting
lecture Sunday evening, descriptive of
his voyage from New York to Panama;
also portraying in language replete with
graphic passages the manners and Gus
IONS of the people Of that country. He
spoke OF the city as one of eighteen or
twenty churches; but now only three or
our remained for use; they had decayed
md fallen to pieces. He was the only
Munster at one time in the
Whole of New Granada. This company
employed chaplain constantly to labor
md preach among the three or four hun
lred men in their employ. Mr.. B. held
he appointment of Missionary for the
Friend Society, and preached
to the seamen once a week during his
stay there. We trust this is the begin
hing of series of popular and useful