Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-11-17
Miscellaneous Items.
"A salute of 100 guns was fired on
Boston Common ON "Wednesday in honor
of the re election of President Lincoln.

Boston Common ON tdnCsnay in honor
of the re election of President Lincoln.
Boston gave 9l7 mai ,rity against
Mr. Lincoln ON his first election; now,
5,O63 for him.
Deacon Phillips of Sturbridge, Mass,
l0t years old, came ont TO the election
and voted the Union ticket.
Isaac Camp, a gay Lothario OF Deer.
field, Mich, decampel from that place
the other day, clad in suit OF tar and
feathers, applied by the matrons who did
not approve Of his conduct.
Among the gratifying results of the
election in New York, are the triumph
ant election of Hon. John A. Griswold
of Troy, to Congress, and the success OF
the gallant Roscoe Conkling for Con-
gress in the Oneida district. The latter
was opposed by combination OF poll
teal apostates in his own party, and
yet he goes in by eight hundred major
ity.
In conformity with Gen. Burbridge's
recent order, requiring the death of four
guerrillas for every Union citizen muir
dered, eight OF the thieving assassins
were on Wednesday last taken from
prison in Lexington, Ky, and shot. -Four
were executed near Frankfort, on the
| spot where some citizen was killed a
| short time since, and the remaining four
were executed in Henry county. They
were selected by lot.
The salutary effects Of the recent
4 unAprillAS a n
| noted secessionists on the trains run
| ming from Alexandria become more ap-
parent daily, and the depredations Of
| guerrillas along the road have been al.
most entirely checked. Since the plan
was adopted, not single obstruction
has been met with by the trains, and the
| inhabitants state that the bushwhackers
contemplate abandoning Fairfax and
Prince William counties altogether.
In many of the county towns of Hi
nOis day has been set apart for the far
mers to bring In their vegetable offer
ings to our brave boys. Large potato
ami onion PROFESSIONS have been inaug
urated when the farmers have come "a
the shire towns, from all parts of the
county, with wagons heavily laden with
vegetables, apples and pickles, and have
been received with grateful cheers anC
music and speeches. These vegetable:
have been forwarded with dispatch &c
the northwestern commission, who have
FASTENED them to the front.
The New York Tribune reporting
the freedom from riot and violence o
the voting in that city says; The
praises of Gen. Butler were in every
mouth, and the general conclusion was
that no tongue nor pen could have de
scribed the scene which would have
taken place had the government moi
taken the precautionary measure o
sending a sufficient force to suppress any
disturbance which might be attempted
Strong men who had misgivings week
ago, and who feared there would scarce
" he a chance even to get within seeing
distance OF the polls, felt strengthened
by Ger. Buffers order and presence
A cattle drover at Cincinnati, Ohio
the other day, dropped $500 roll o
greenbacks while taking out some to
bacco, and one of his cows picked uI
the money and ate it. Upon killing the
COW the drover found his money "all
chawed up" but care, patience and ar
internal revenue collector helped him tc
patch up $3.50 of it. The cow lost hel
life and the drover s214 by the opera
ton.