Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-02-16
CAusur AT LAsr-Our little CITY was

SAU9Hr AT LAsT,-Our uLtl6 city was
unusually excited last Saturday by the
discovery that certain of our merchants
were being largely plundered by COM
pany OF shoplitters, belonging, we be-
lleve, in Bristol. Some ladies looking
out OF the back window of Mr j. IL.
6tearNS photograph ROOM discovered
several women taking parcels of goods
from under their ClOakS and shaWlS.
aud placing them in bags for transpOrta-
ton TO their already well stocked depots,
Information being lodged with the prop
er persons warrants were issued and
the parties arrested-fOur women and
one man. AT the examination, the eyl.
dence against three of the womeL and
the man was sufficient to warrant their
commitment TO Middlebury jail, whittier
they were taken by Sheriff oslin. Goods
Were found in the house Of the woman
released, utshe claimed they were given
her by her brother. The plumber found
IN possession of the arrested parties con
sisted chiefly OF cotton cloth, boots and
shoes, shawls and calico; also hoop
skirts, The value of the recovered
property was about 500, and was IN part
identified by Messrs Parker, Booth g.
Co, and Air Bingham, The premises Of
the thieves in Bristol were subsequently
! searched, and $40 more recovered, pOr-
ton OF which only has as yet been
claimed. We shall have comments to
make next week, This gang is only one
OF several that have plundered ia this
city for long time; the Others will
| perhaps take the alarm,- VvgEWss FER
btoHtcr
6ToNB-CUrTrNe BY STEAM Our rcad-
| ers will have observed the advertise.
meUt, for some days past, US 81 new ma.
chine, to be heard OF at No. Is Wall
| street, for cutting stoue in the quarry
and elsewhere by steam power 1t Is
the invention Of Mr. George j. Ward.
| well, & Maine Yankee who sharDcned
his genius by several years labor and
! observation as a mechanic at Lowell
| and then went to Rutland VI, de-
termined to perfeCta machine that would
probably quarry stone by steam He
failed in his first effort, but persevered
obtained peCuniary aid and finally
made q machine that wnld work-thaG
| is working, and is now cutting stone to
| his hearts content His first perfected
machine is now in practical operation
at Sutherland's Falls, Vt, running night
and day, and doing, by the help Of two
men and boy, the work of thirty-siy
men, He has four more comp. eted
many ordered, and more o.. wanted
faster than they can be made All kinds
of stone can thus toe cut better smooth
er, and witt. less waste of material, than
by h&pI, and al less than half the cost.
This machine is evidently destined to
reyolutioniz5 the stone-cutting business,
as well as to make some ones fortune.
1t first began TO do regular work about
eighteen months ago-N. T. 7ytjpnr
~ The Canadian militia that have
been called out to do service OH the
frontier will number about 5000 and
will be commanded by officers who have
seen sevice in the British army. Their
term of service will be until spring
Thirty companies were called for. and
they will be sent off as fast as they can
be armed. Some Of the troops have al
ready left Quebec and Montreal The
number Of troops called out seems very
small but they will be able, or ought to
be, to render tolerably effective police
service. A company Of heavy artillery
stared from Boston for the frontier
on Friday They were to go to Platts-
burg, Ny. Brig. Cen. Stannard will
probably have command OF ou, iorc's
on the frontier Altogether it looks SO
though raiding would be more DIFFICULT
for the rebels in Canada than it has late
ly been
THE OLp CAPITOL PRISON Secretary
Stanton has directed that in future no
onicer or enlisted man in the service
snail be committed to the Old Capitol
Prison, save upon his personal order
Other reforms In the administration of
this establishment are taking place The
prison has been entirely cleaned out Of
rebel officers and men, including q large
nu 8 Der of guerrillas, several hundreds
of whom have been sent to Northern
| prisons within the past few DAYS.
ARRIVAL OF EXCHANGED PR1soxERs.-
Col milford, the most welcome import
lag merchant who ever Travelled the
chesapeake, landed a cargo of q thou
sand OF our exchanged prisoners at An
/ hapolis to-day, "The best conditioned
| lot of our poor boys said he, "ever de-
livered to me. Nearly all Of them could
walk" He endeavored 70 bring away
| from Varina more of our sick and
wounded prisoners, but theice on the
river backs made it impossible to ship
them. The boats could not be forced up
to the dock. The exchange on both
sides has been fully agreed to and ar
ranged for. 1t will 60 right on-Cor.
| n Y. Trf5*as, FEB. 8.
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TIE ARMY RATION IN OLD TtMEs.-The
army ration as fixed by the Continental
Congress, November 4, 1776, consisted
| Of
One pound beef or IA ID. pork, or
lb. salt fish per day.
0ae pound bread or -four per day, 10
pints of peas or beans per week, or vege-
tables equivalent at one dollar per bush
ell for peas or beans.
One pint milk per man, or at the rate
| 1-72 of a dollar.
0ne-half pint of rice, or pint OF In
dian meal per man per week.
One quart spruce beer or cider per