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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

BISHOP HoPKINs.-The Episcopal Re-
corder says that Bishop Hopkins, the
presiding bishop has addressed circu-
lar letter to the bishops proposing a let
ter to the Southern bishops, to be signed
by each Of them, and to be sent with
such signatures as may be secured. Its
main point is to assure the Southern
bishops of the cordial welcome with
which the bishops in the loyal dioceses
are prepared to greet them at the COM
ing general convention. 1t takes the
ground that the Episcopal Church had
no part, direct or indirect, in producing
the war. How many bishops there are
who have signed or will sign this letter,
we do not know but we do know that
six of them have already declined to
sign it. 1t is rather remarkable too,
that the Bishop of New York is one of
those who have refused their signatures.
We Judge from this circumstance that
the bishops who have refused their sig
natures to this document, have done so
from no want of Christian spirit and
brotherly regard but from determi-
nation not to be pledged in advance to
any course which shall hinder such
testimony as they shall feel that a duty
to God and the country, and the future
may demand of them in reference to the
sins of slavery, schism and rebellion
and from an indisposition to seem anX-
ious to purge themselves from the sus.
picion of having sanctioned the efforts
Of the Government to defeat and punish
treason. -Er.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

RUTLAND COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
Prof. Oliver P, Stoves, graduate OF
Union College in the class of 1862, and
for three years past Professor of Ancient
Languages at Fort Edward Institute,
has been engaged as one of the Profess
sors in Lansley's Commercial College,
Rutland. Prof s. was the first scholar
in his class at Union, and was very pop
ular as a teacher at Fort Edward where
he resigned his position only to accept
the more lucrative one here. He will
undoubtedly prove valuable acquisition
to our Commercial College.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

INNOCENT AMUsEMEYT.-George How
ard, John Gibson and Ora Whitman of
Londonderry, while in high state of
"sps5t9oln excitement, met James H.
lofts of Jamaica in the highway near
Jacksonville, in Jamaica, on the 18th In
slant, and attacked him and beat him
with stones, pitched him over the fence
and down bank, scratching and bruis.
ing him generally.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31
Local and state Items.

REAL ESTATE CHANoE.-We understand
that Messrs. Bardwell and Cook have
purchased the fine residence on Wash
ington street. known as the Strong
house, and for some time occupied by E.
II. Chaplin, Esq.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31
WE HAVE JUST RETURNED

from market, and our Stock of goods was never
better than a. the present time. Doctors ana
heads of families and all wishing anything in oui
line will do well to call before purchasing else
where. No charge for showing goods. Call anu
see.as. Remember the place.
FEM & FUTILE.
Herald Building. Center st. Rutland, y"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31
FEM Il FUTILE.
gro BE OR NOT TO BE ?n

THAT'S THE QUESTION.
Whether to suffer with men,a al anguish,
Feverish lips, cracking pains, dyspeptic agonies
And nameless bodily suffering;
From want of nerve and unfounded prejudice,
Or whether with sudden dash
jump into the general current,
Seize bottle of DR.. BoYoE's BIrTERs,
And, as Gunther svears, be myself man again
Three months it is since thus thought,
And spoke with faith exceeding weak,
But Guntber said my eyes were sallow,
My visage hsggard, my breath tremendous bad,
My disposition troublesome, in fact
He gently limited was fast becoming
Quite nuisan &c, and strongly insisted
And it was thus / reluctantly yielded.
Four bottles now beneath my vest have disap'
peared,
Friends say changed man now is Jones.
My food has relish, my appetite is keen,
My step elastic, my mind brilliant, and
Nine pounds avoirdupois is added to my weight
A gentle hint brought to my notice
Quite gratifying to the tailor as well as Dr.
Boyce.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

INTERNAL REvENuE.-The Commits
eioner of Internal Revenue decides that
all persons travelling about the country
as agents for manufacturers and dealers,
and seeking orders for goods in original
or unbroken packages, are to be regard
ed as commercial brokers, and must
take out licenses as such.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

CHITTENDBN County FAIR.-Maj. Gen.
Butler has been invited to deliver the
annual address before the Chittenden
County Fair at Burlington, and it is
confidently expected that he will accept.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

FATAL RAILROAD ACC1DENT.-Mr. Asa
Bordwell, a drover of Tunbridge, was
killed or Monday evening, soon after
passing White River Junction, by com
ing in contact with a bridge, as he was
climbing up the side of a car.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

LARGE BIRD.-G. W. Kent of Bonds
vile, shot Blue Heron recently, which
measured six feet across the wings, and
and was four feet and eight inches in
height,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31
GEO. w. CHAPLIN, Jr.


preaching when Those dreaded diseases
s1r>,,rpp ro,,pr AMT ,,,ppu,,. AVN
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

THE ELEVENTH VERMoET,-The re-
naming battalion OF the Eleventh Yer
mont list Vt, Heavy Artillery is ex-
pected home early next week.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31


PERsoNAI.-Capt. Herman Seligson of
Co. c, Ninth vt. Vols, has been commits
stoned by the Governor as Lieut-Col
The ninth" battalion is now on duty
at Norfolk. 1t is expected that it will
soon be ordered home.
Col. Chas. Mundee now on duty as
mastering officer under Major Aust;ne,
has been appointed Brevet Brigadier-
General for gallant and meritorious
conduct during the war, to date from
the I'd of April last, when his division
so CALAMITY bore themselves before Pc
tersburg.
Rev. E. G. Cummings of st. Johns
bury, has received six months leave
Of absence from the North Congrega-
tional Church of st. Johnsbury. He
proposes shortly sailing for Europe.
Rev. W. w. Atwater, Agent of the
Vermont State Temperance Society, has
been lecturing in Caledonia County.
Gen. A. j, Mower, a native of
Woodstock commands the eastern divis-
ion Of the Department Of Texas, with
his headquarters at Galveston.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

VERMONT ANEcDoTEs.-Nathaniel and
Thomas Fullerton, of Chester, were in
company in the mercantile business, sell
ing large quantities of liquor, and
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

L LbLiL--ANOs 40
AN ACT to provide internal revenue to sup
port the government to pay interest on the
public deb-, and for other purposes
BE Il TeSolred bg the Senate and House Of Repre-.
sentatireS Of the United States Of 4merlca an Con
o,race 1ecsnbIpJ
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-31

THE STATE FAIR.-The press Of the
State are requested to announce that the
several railroads will carry stock to and
from the State Fair free of charge, as
has usually been the practice. 1t may
be well to remind people, however, that
this applies only to stock entered for
premiums and returned home again by
the original owners. Stock which
changes hands at the fair will not be
transported free.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-05

wished TO speak o. odsr sentiment. Mr.W.'
W. Warner was called for, and made very
fine speech, entirely unobjectionable and sat-
isfactory to all. He was greeted with three
cheers at the close. -
Mr.. Joseph Cook, = returned soldier, then
took the stand and spoke in behalf Of the
soldier, making |. very good speech, full Of
Good sound ssnse Although repnblican
himself, he exploded the presence of demagog-
ical politicians that there were disloyal peo-
pie at home. He believed, and the soldiers
generally believed that the great mass of the
people of the north were true to the Union
1t was not to be expected that all could think
alike-they had right to differ-but, in all
differences they were true to thegreatfact tha
the Federal Union must and shall be preserv
ed. Mr.. Cook was frequently applauded, ane
was greeted with three rousing cheers at tn
close of his remarks.
A vote of thanks to the ladies who prspar
ed and superintended the dinner, the tables
&c, &c. was passed, ALSO to the young ladie
of the glee club for music.-also to the com
mittee of arrangements and officers of tn
day.
/ After several toasts, songs. and more mu
sic from the band the people dispersed +
their homes, we'll satisfied with themselve
and the rest Of mankind. 1t was a genuin
good old fashioned celebration, well done an
worth repeating. Three cheers for Colona.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-05
Dickens as a Reporter.

Readers of "David Copperfeld" will remember
Dickens lively description of newspaper repor
ter's struggles with the stenographic system Of
shorthand reporting, which was so incompre
hensible in its details and so difficult to master
that the luckless learner was driven to the verge
of distraction BY the severity of his labors-
This passage and its alusion to the life of news
paper has generally been regarded as a bit
autobiography; and this conclusion is verified by
Mr. Dickens recent speech at the newspaper
press fund dinner in London, at which he presi-
ded
The newspaper press fund is new institu ion
in London, founded two years ago for protective
and charitable purposes. Its second celebration
took place on the goth of May. Mr.. Dickens
made the opening speech, in which, after alluding
TO the power exercised by free press, he gave
the following pleasant "reminiscences of his own
life a reporter:
81 went into the gallery of the house of COM
mons as parliamentary reporter when was
boy not eighteen, and left i'll can hardly be-
lieve the memorable truth--nigh thirty years ago:
and have pursued the calling of a reporter IN.
der circumstances of which many of my breath
ern at home in England here, many of my breth-
ern's successors, can form no adequate concep-
ton. / have often Transcribed for the printer
from my shorthand notes important public
speeches IN which the strictest accuracy was re-
quired, and q mistake in which would have been
to young man severely compromising, written
on the palm OF my hand by the light of dark
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-05
-.v roIIRTa IN EDGINGToN.

fhe people of Edgington deserve muen
air for adhsring to the good old fashioned
de of celebrating the 4th without regard
aoartv politics. Itwas the desire OF many
1.-The lower end of the county to have suon =
nebration at some central point. wners Oil
aid ioin-but clique of partizans having
hkineered a party celebration az iiino''
the effect was to divide the people INTO
- other celebrations. There was one
"a Murdock's, in Drury, another at Andaiu'
81 and another at Edgingtou.
.a3rs hear that the Eigington celebration
i'll large and very successful one there %
company of over hundred on horse
rkk. and some ], 500 in wagons. The pro
q sion formed at Edgington village, under
irArge Of John Il. Eby. and Mr.. Benedict. ..
esArshals, and proceeded about mile anu
emf. to q grove. The procession was pea1.,.
t,a,v ootten up, and finely decorated WIN
III hammers, So, &C., and led py nne
ic nd Of music.
O .Arriviue at the grove the assembly ws'
u Had 70 order BY William Fisher. Esqrpres
A..n. of the day, AMI the proceedings opened
NJ prayer by the Rev. Mr.. JOhns0n-.ns nrs
tt4ur and half Of the prayer is said to have
.,jen much better than the last hour and
klf of it.
Music by the band.
!. Reading of the Declaration OF lnoepeno
3 ice, by Marcus B. Taylor.
sOrasion by Jacob Norris, ESQ, OF Rock Is
md.
From Mr.. Fisher, the president OF the day
y ID from others who were present, we hea
z q Grafton of Mr.. Norris spoken Oh IN his'
rms of praise, as peculiarly appropriate 10
e occasion, and as entirely satisfactory u
I who heard it.
n After the grafton came q superb dinner
hich was followed by toasts, responses, mu
), &c., &c.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-05
BY TELEGRAPH
Exported for the Daily argus.

New YORK. June 5.-The N. Y. Herald's
Washington special says:
The health of the president is so far i'm.
proved as to warrant his devoting few hours
to business.
The navy department has decided to send
an ironclad to the Pacific coast but has not
decided which one shall 60.
The troops encamped in the vicinity ofWasb-
ington have been 40 luminous in mplaip ing
of bad treatment by ommissaries for months
past Those remaining here declare they
Jared better in the field during she campaign
against Richmond, for three months prior to
being encamped in sight of the national cap.
ital. They also complain for not being paid
in many instances for six months.
CINCINNATI. July "A dispatch to the
Cincinnati Gazette from Lexington, XIV, an
nounces the notorious guerrilla Pet Everets,
as been arrested and lodged in jsil at that
place, on a charge Of murder and Of burning
ilroad trsins.
The Cincinnati Gazette's Nashville cor
says:
Gen. johnson Is in pursuit of guerrilla Nc
Waits squad of out laws with every prospect
Of capture.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-05

lantern. IN 1 post-chaise end four, galloping
through wild country, all through the dead OF
the night, a. the then surprising rate of fifteen
miles an hour.
into the castle yard there to identify, for the
amusement Of friend, the spot on which once
ssook' as we used to call t. election speech OF
my noble friend Lord Russell in the midst OF
lively fight maintained by all the vsgaoords m
that division of the county, and under such fei-
ting rain that remember two-good natured| col
leagues, who chanced to be at leisure, held
pocket handkerchief over my notebook, after
the manner ofa state conopy in an ecclesiastical
procession. daughter.
| "I have worn my knees by writing on them
1 on the old back row of the old gallery OF the
old house of commons, and have worn my feet
by standing to write in preposterous pen IN the
/ old house Of Lords, where we used to be bud
died like so many sheep (aughter,) kept in
4 waiting till the woo-sack might want restuffing.
l "a laugh) Returning home from excited polti-
cal meetings in the country to the waiting press
in London, do verify believe have been upset
in almost every description OF vehicle known in
this country "a laugh) I have been, in my
time. belated on mry by-roads, towards the small
hours, forty or fifty miles from London, in a
rickety carriage, with exhausted horses and
drunken postboys, and have got back in time
before publication to be received with never-for-
gotten compliments by Mr.. Black, in the broades'
| of Scotch, coming from the broadest OF hearts
ever knew Hear, heas.)
/ Ladies and gentlemen / mention these
trivial things an assurance to you that ne vel
have forgotten the fascination of that old pursuit
(Cheers.) The pleasure that used TO feel in tn
rapidity and dexterity of its exercise has fades
| out of my breast Whatever little cunning o
hand or head / took to it, acquired in it,
have so retained as that fully believe l coul'
resume it tomorrow. Cheers To this prrsen
year of my life, when sit in this hall, or wher
not hearing dull speech-the phenomenon doe
occur Qaughter)-I sometimes beguile the tedi
um of the moment by mentally following tn
speaker in the old, old way; and sometimes,
! you can believe me, even frd my hand goinl
on the table-cloth. Qaughter.) Accept thcs
little truths as q confirmation OF what know, q
confirmation of my interest in this old calling
, , Accept them a proof that my feeling for tn
vocation of my youth is not a sentiment take
; up tonight u be Z clwn away tomorrow (heai
hear, bu' "a fs:thiu. sympathy, which is part @
myself lcheers.) verify believe, am sure
that if had never quilted my old calling
( should have been foremost and jealous in the II
, terest Of this institution, believing il to be
sound, awholesome, and good one. Ladies all
gentlemen, / am to propose TO you to drink 'pro'
perity to the newspaper press fund.-"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-05

MN Yo.x. july 6-The seth anniversary
Independence was observed here yesterday with
an the ecIat New Workers could give to the ocea-
sion The parks and streets were full of brave
men and fair women. In the evening there were
FIRE works in the various squares, and other To-
cations, which alfogether kept the city in blaze
Al Gettysburg the day was celebrated with
great Enthusiasm, and the corner stone OF the sol
der monumen was laid with impressing ceremo-
nice. At daylight 100 guns were fred on the bat
tie field. AT 10 O'Clock ia the morning the pro-
cessfon, headed by Major General kearney, moved
from the streets of the town TO the cemetery. IL
was reached at q few minutes before eleven o.
clock when the exercises were opened with pray
err, and address by Rev. DR.. Tying, OF this city
After the reading Of letter from Pres't johnson
regrettng that illness deprived him OF being pres
emit When the ceremonies Of laying the stone
were through with, Gen. Howard, orator OF the
day, made an eloquent address on the sacrifices oil
| priyates which was followed by the poem for the
| Observation-Disclosures of the Time and Place-writ-
ten and read by Col C. G. HahIin. The exercises
OF the day were concluded by an address from Gov
Curtin.
The Catholic Pic NIc.-The Rev Father
McElherne wishes Us. in behalf of himself and
his congregation to express his and their sincere
and hearty thanks TO the people for their very
generous patronage at the Catholic pic mic on
hhe 4th The total receipts cannot yet be told,
but they win exceed the expectations Of all
An soon as ascertsined, the sum total viii be
published.
! ALBANY, July 5.-Among the distinguished per
sons present and participating in the celebration
| Yesterday, were Gen'ls Grant, Fitzpatrick, Sech
Office, Sickles, Batterfeld and others. Gen. Gran
arrived yesterday al To- so n, by sp scia train
He was escorted TO the residence of Gov. Fnltol
where the other military gentlemen and "a selec
party Of citizens were IN waiting to receive him
the hour having arrived for the services whic
the gentlemen were involved.
The party from Gov. Fulton's house Were brive
in carriages TO the Washington parade groun
under escort of military, and the Young Men
Associations here. A building had been erects
for the occasion.
The appearance of the general ON the stan
, was signal for hearty cheering. In re
Spouse he arose and bowed to the assemblegt
The lettered flags of about 100 New Yor
regiments were then formally presented t
, the state.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-05
From a New York Paper.l
A Monomaniacs's work.

Has anybody noticed the miniature fort ut
the top of Biackwell's Island, to he north OF
the lunatic asylum 1t is the work of an
insane man, who has spent half his life upon
il. He lost his mind in Mexico, or somewhere
else, where high-prlvates were in demand,
and just escaped being Mr.. Armstrong, or
Mr. Parrot, or Mr.. Whitworth. by going era
~.
Gunnery was what allied him-and FORTH
cation.
He was found to be quite hopeless, aud
obedient to his monomania, they gave him
entrenohing tools, and told him to fortify the
Island.
He took the geographical and geological
bearings with the accuracy of a West Pointer
and concluded that any attack upon it would
come from the Sound. So he devised q sea
coast battery, with bomb proof, approached
by dyke with sluices and gates. and mount.
| ing heavy ordnance.
There never was more patient worker for
humanity or patriotism team this poor added
head Nobody else being insane upon the
same point he could get no assistance. All
the other monomaniacs bad oil on the brain,
or poetry, or capital punishment, or negro
suffrage, and were quite as devoted and zeal
Gus he upon their several claims.
So the old soldier, with a long sigh, and a
brave heart, took up his single shovel AMI
commenced to build the whole fort by HIM
self
He wheeled barrow after barrow of earth
into the sea. tugging from morning till night,
until at last he raised a narrow causeway from
the main land to "a rock at the end of long
sand bar. With pebbles and shells and
stones from the river, he walled this cause
way until it became permanent. All this
was not months or a years work: year af-
ter year passed over his gray hairss bat he
kept on wheeling, wheeling! The great city
on the greater island required protection, and
he was making it, agis. So he went on like
the men who threw up the Charleston re
doubts, and for fear that he might be late to
his task, he left his bed in the asylum alto
gether and built himself hut close to his
place of labor.
Here he slept and dwelt, In the company
only of his assuring conscience and when at
last his path was done. he set to work at his
fort.
The result of all those years is before u.s.
His battery is soddsd green. with parapet
BERN, ditch, magazine, reventments, abattis,
and 1t mounts mock, or quaker guns upon
carriages of capital construction, looking mp
the sound toward He'll Gate. like real arbiters
of dominion.
The old lunatic is worn and failing. but he
is satisfied. His fort is done, but not his
whole duty. SO he has projected a water
battery and sea wall around the entire island
and means to bring to bear upon il all the
knowledge of Vauban and Todleben. When
the island is impregnable. he will wrap his
mantle about him and die at his battery.
For the truth of all this story, let any body
passing up the East river look upon the is
land tap, aud see an old man diIching and
building, aud the little fort close by him
bristling with pop guns.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-05

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