Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-10-26
Miscellaneous Items.
A schoolmasteF struck 'ilen the other
day, but il was only Juvenile.


day, but it was only Juvenile.
Coal Is q cent a pound in Chicago +
that is to say, twenty dollars ton,
- The notorious guerrillas. Champ
Ferguson and Henry C, Magruder, were
hung, the one In Nashville and the other
in Louisville, on Friday last,
49, The trial OF Emerson Etheridge
closed last Thursday. IheaCcused sub,
mitted his case without argument, and
is confident OF acquittal, except on the
unimportant charge TO which he pleaded
guilty,
Some schoolboys meeting a poor
woman driving asses, one Of them said,
GOOD morning mother Of asses, Good
morning, my child, was the reply,
Wendell Phillips delivered lecture
full of bitterness and cursing, at Boston,
on Tuesday evening, entitled "The South
Victorious" Phillips never can be suit
ed, and if he could, it were not worth
while to make the effort.
"A company has been formed in Geor-
gia for the introduction of "hardy white
emigrants." One Mr. Sherman engi-
neered the introduction OF party Of
''hardy white emigrants" into Georgia
some time ago, but the people of the
State hardly seemed to like their style.
Commodore w. +. Lynch, recently
Of the rebel navy, died at Baltimore on
Tuesday, aged ga. He was once a Uni
ted States naval officer and when
lieutenant commanded the famous Dead
Sea expedition,
&c For what do you wink at me.
sir?" said beautiful young lady, angri-
ly, to a stranger, at party an evening
or two since.
I beg your pardon, madam, replied
the wit. {" I winked as men do looking
at the sun-your splendOr dazzled my
eyes"
As 4 surgeon in the army was going
his rounds, examining his patients, he
came TO a sergeant who had been struck
in the left breast, right over the region
Of the heart, The doctor, surprised at
the narrow escape OF the man, eX-
claimed:
why, my man, where in the name Of
goodness could your heart have been p
i guess it must have been in my
mouth, just then, doctor, replied the
poor fellow with faint and siCkly
smile.
THE PRESIDENT as TO THE REBEL DRBT.
The telegraphic dispatch from the
president to Provisional Governor Hol-
den OF North Carolina, urging the for
NAL reputation Of the debt incurred by
the state in supporting the rebellion,
was as follows -
WASHINGTON CRY, October IS, 1865,
W. W. Holden, provisional governor
Evry dollar of the state debt created to
aid the rebellion against the United
States, should be repudiated, finally and
forever. The great mass Of the people
should not be taxed to pay debt to aid
in carrying on a rebellion which they,
in fact, left to themselys, were opposed
to. Let those who have given their
means for the obligations of the state,
look to that power they tried to estab-
fish, in violation of law, constitution
and the will of the people. They must
i'As .. thei- en+" II 80 +lair r,,iafartl1ne
and cannot be recognized by the people
of any state protesting themselves loyal
to the government of the United States
and in the Uuion. repeat that the
loyal people Of North Carolina should
be exonerated frOmIthe payment Of every
dollar Of Indebtedness created to aid in
carrying on the rebellion. / trust and
hope that the people of North Carolina
will wash their hands OF everything that
partakes in the slightest degree of the
rebellion, which has been so recently
crushed by the strong arm OF the gov
eminent, in carrying out the obligations
imposed by the constitution of the
Union. ANDREW JOHNSON.
President OF the United States.