Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-01-14
From the Vermont Brigade--rhe re.
eni,sinlest,--th ange in Political
Sentiments, &c.

ceased here for the present, and nearly
all those who have re-enlisted, have re
ceived their hrloughs The following
numbers have re-enlisted In the different
acknowledgements In the "a, 100; the
"a, llSi the It'll, 1863 the 9th, $50; in the
9th lf9; In all Sl5-being about three
.to"ths Of all the originally enlisted men
! In the brigade AstNern are probably not
more than twenty-five tho. ana men in
this army whose term of service viii ex-
pire next summer and at least half of
these have re-enliSted, there is very little
danger to be feared from this cause, in
this army at least.
The absence of the veterans" has
given rise to the usual number of rumors
of rads-"Lee moving down the Shen-
andoah, etc. The sending OF brigade
from each corps to Harper's Ferry gives
coloring of truth TO the latter report.
The holidays passed off very quietly
here "Commlssary" was dispensed OF
little too freely, but generally the best
of order prevailed
Although the position Of this army Is
scarcely any in advance Of that occupied
one year ago, yet the change in its morale
is in the highest degree encouraging
There has also been great revolution in
political sentiments. This. though ow-
ing to various causes is due in a great
measure TO the change in the character
OF the newspapers read here. Owing TO
the leisure afforded him, the soldier reads
the newspapers much more than the
same class of persons at home; and when
this army read little but the New York
Herald, 1t is easy to conjecture what it's
political faith, or rather want of politi
cal faith, must have been. But lately.
the circulation and influence of the Her
aid have greatly declined, and for some
time past the Washington Morning
Chronicle paper eminently loyal and
scarcely inferior either in size or ability
to the leading New York dailies, has had
more extensive circulation in the army
than any other paper Nearly ten thou
sand copies ofthe Chronicle are sold here
when the communication is regular. 1t
reaches us early on the day it is issued
thus being twenty hours inadvance
of the New York papers. The corps news
agents also keep ON hand for sale a great
variety Of periodicals., novels, etc, so
there is no lack of reading matter here,
though it must be confessed It's quality
might be improved
Those who wish to send anything to
their friends here, need not hesitate on
account of the risk involved, since COM
municaton, both by mail and express, is
very safe and regular
There is scarcely any sickness here at
present and the Office of q Surgeon is al
most q sinecure. A. A. G.
RIcHMoND-T New York Evening
Post prophesies the approaching evacu-
alton of Richmond. The most signif-
cant sign is that the chief arsenal and
depot Of the rebels is transferred from
that place to Columbia, in South Caro-
lima. Important removals of machinery
and the heavier supplies have been
made, and the capitol of Virginia is no
longer the great central arsenal of the
rebels. 1t further fays
The possession of East Tennessee
settles the fate of Virginia. No doubt
the rebel chiefs will remain at Richmond
as long as they dare, but they dare not
leave their great depots in place from
which they may be compelled to fly at
any moment. A glance at the map will
show that Richmond is now bound to
the South only by a single narrow line
of communication, which can be reach
ed at any time by a dashing cavalry
troop in North Carolina q march which
is too long to be defended, and must be
abandoned whenever it is threatened
Such line cannot be maintained against
an active general and the new demon
stration made, with strong and deter
mined force against Petersburg or We'll
don, will carry panic to Richmond and
probably interrupt the work of reno
val"
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