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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25
The Wool Question.

Editor Rutland HvqH, Your cores
pondent subscribing himself "A Yer
mont Wool Grower attempts to answer
my communication Of April 9th, and
though occupying two full columns of
your paper does not prove nor attempt
to prove one statement Of mine false or
erroneous On the contrary he admits
all | charge and then as an excuse
charges the manufacturer with all the
blame and guilt OF present practices of
our wool growers. 1t is about as valid
an argument as the one we read in the
book of Genesis, when old Father Adam
after committing sin and being detected
in it, attempted to lay the blame on an
other party. | recommend d careful
perusal Of this history to your CORES
pOndent. l cannot speak for other man
ufacturers, but my invariable practice
is to avoid his Sam Sloven's" and "Pe-
ter Stacks" aud never give orders to
buy so as to have my price "aro-age
right" but to buy the best HyayjaJly and
pay fair price for it, Wool Grower
must reCollect too, that very large share
of the wool in this state is annually
bought up by spectators, with as little
care and judgment exercised Iin buying,
l will admit, as the growers have used
in preparing it for market. But as
'WOol Grower" makes no argument for
me to answer | will not take up your
valuable space, but will simply assert
that if the growers Of Vermont wool do
not take heed and put their clip in bet
ter condition, they will soon be left
alone with their clip, unmolested by
manufacturers or their agents" while
they can supply their wants in other
markets. Let the thoughtful, judicious
grower ponder the subject well and not
be led astray by these fancy breeders, or
the 'patent finish" dealers, who think it
no harm to sell any amount of dirt in
their fleeces "for forty cents per To-"
When Wool Grower" finds some
vailed argument for the course he and
Others pursue with their clip, I should
like to hear from him.
And as the season for preparing the
wool for market is now nearly upon US
let word to the wise be sufficient.
MANUFACTURER.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

RUTLAND AND BENNINGTON COUNTY
CONFRRBNCE.-The next annual meeting
of this conference will be held at Clar-
endon, commencing Tuesday June sixth,
at one o'clock, P. NJ.
The opening sermon will be preached
by Rev. J. B. Clark Of Rupert.
The order Of anniversary exercises is
as follows;
Bible Society, Tuesday evening.
Cause of Seamen and Foreign Mis-
sions-Wednesday forenoon.
Communion service, followed by the
Cause Of Peace and Emancipation-Wed-
nesday afternoon.
Missionary sermon by Rev. P. S. Pratt
Of Dorset-Wednesday evening.
Tract Society and Domestic Missions
Thursday A. NJ.
Sabbath Schools-Thursday P. NJ.
Delegates will be appointed by the
Conference representing all those Con-
gregational Churches within our limits
that shall have signifled their acceptance
of the invitation, to the National Coun-
Gil to be convened in Boston June IA.
AZARIAH HYDE,
Register Of Conference.
PaWlet, May 10, 1866.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

Armstrong; Guns IN REBEL latter
rEs.-lhr Montreal Witness of late
date, in }e.,lriug to II report that among
the war matrliai captured hy Gen. Sher.
idan were five gnuo OF Tie Armstrong
pattern. naE hv following state
ment
list i sin 'hr highest degree improb-
able that the British Government would
act in such a &lariu2 manner in opposi-
tion TO their avowed policy of neutral
ity. ID. The British GOuernmcnt has
most distinctly denied having sent Arm
strong guns either to the Federals or the
COnfederates.
In reply to the above it is sufficient to
quote the following from Admiral Por-
ters official report to the Navy Depart
ment, Jan. 5, 1865, announcing the cap
ture of Forts Caswell, Shaw, Campbell
and Bald Head Fort, all of which fell
into our hands directly after the cap
ture of Fort Fisher, where, it is wei
known, an Armstrong gun was also
found. The Admiral says:
we have found in each fort an Arm
strong gun with a broad arrow on it,
and the name of William Armstrong in
full on the trunions. As the British
Government claims the exclusive right
to use these guns, it would be interest
ing to know how they came into forts
held by rebels
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

The LOST FOUND AND THE DEAD RE-
sToRED.-The st. Johnsbury Caledonian
says:
Three years ago this spring Mr.. Dan
lei Il. Shaw of Barton while riding from
Island Pond to Charleston, lost his pock-
ct book containing S97. The present
spring, while driving over the same
road, man from Island Pond turned
this same wallet out of the mud on his
wagon wheel, and restored it to the
owner. About $40 of the money was
well enough preserved to be redeemed
by the banks.
At the battle of the Wilderness. the
9th day of May, 1864, Mr.. Clark W.
Powers from Danvillc, of the 4th regi-
ment, was seen to fall, and as the rebels
took that position few minutes after
he was not again seen by his eomrads
in arms, and they reported and believed
him killed. He was mourned by his
friends as dead. Nor did they know to
the contrary till the present spring,
when among lot of prisoners from that
slaughter pen, AndersonyiIle, he was sent
North. He is now in hospital at Mont
pelier, recovering from a severe attack
OF typhoid fever. He says he was not
even hit by rebel bullets on the day
when he was reported killed, but that he
fell from faintness and exhaustion, and
though conscious of his hazardous po-
sition could not help himself until the
rebs had possession of the ground and
he taken prisoner. His testimony to
the barbarity of the rebels towards
Union prisoners corroborates what all
who have experienced of the tender
mercies of the "shivalry," everywhere
q firm
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

FARM WORK IN VIRGlNIA.-The Rich
mond Republic says that in all parts of
Virginia the returned soldiers are busy
cuitiyating the ground. Many of the
ladies on farms in the eastern portion of
the State rom which all the negroes have
gone during the war, and where other
labor could not be procured, have en-
gagged with alacrity in the lighter duties
of agriculture. Three young ladies Of
one of the most refined and formerly
Wealthiest families in Hanover have
planted on their fathers farm larger
crop Of corn than has been grown there
during the war.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25
Local and State Items.

MILITIA DRAFT. "A supplementary
draft took place at the Selectmen's office
in this Village, pursuant to notice, on
Saturday last. Five names were drawn,
as follows;
Daniel Carmody,
Hugh Donahue,
NJ. d. Chapman,
A. F. Davis,
James Howard.
Two of the above were drafted to sup
ply the places of men formerly drafted
who had joined the cavalry, and three
Of them for other drafted men who had
moved out of town.
The conscripts' are notified to ap-
pear at the Selectmen's Office on Tues
day the 23d inst, at 8 o'clock A. NJ.
Those who fail to appear at the speci-
fed time will be considered as fit for
service and treated accordingly.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

ag~ Il. II. Forsyth, a prominent grain
merchant of Chicago, and his two
daughters, have been arrested on the
charge of disloyalty. 1t is alleged that
on the day following the assassination
Of President Lincoln, a gray flag bor-
dered with green, was displayed from
one of the windows of Mr.. Forsyth's S
residence, and that picture of Booth,
the assassin, surrounded with a laurel
wreath, was hung up in the parlor. 1t
Is said that the arrests were made to
avert the threatened destruction of the
house.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

TIE SIXTH CoRPs.-The Sixth Army
Corps, in which is the Vermont Brigade,
commenced its return march from Dan
vile, Va, on last Tuesday, and was ex-
pected to reach Manchester ON James
river, opposite Richmond, on Saturday,
whence it will move on to Washing
ton.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

THREE NIEWs,-Thc London Times
was never remarkable for its consisten-
ey, 1t has played the role of good
Lord good devil towards this country
for many years, but more particularly
since the war began, We quote some
Of its lulminatOns at three different
periods Of the war:
ut is evident on the smallest rehec
ton that the South, even ifunitcd, could
never resist for three months the greatly
preponderating strength of the North -
-Londoh Times Nor. 26, 1860.
The public will admit that they have
not been misguided by our comments.
We said that the North never could
subdue the South, and the North has
now proclaimed the same conclusion. -
Ao"don I'n's Sept, Il, 1864.
The catastrophe seems complete, and
in all its accessories calculated to i'm
press people with a feeling that the
work is accomplished, and that the civil
war is really at an end. ."-Lopdou Times
Ap,H Is, 1865.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25
RUTLAND, VT, THURSDAY 1865 II

GEN. BANKs-The report of General
William f. Smith and James 4. Brady,
ESQ., commissioners appointed to inves-
tigate the civil and military administra-
tion of affairs at New Orleans was made
to the President and Cabinet on Wednes-
day of last week, and it was rumored
that one of the results of their state
ments is the removal of General Banks
from command in that city, and his su.
persedure by Gen. Candy. The New
York Times Washington correspondent,
however, says that all reports of Gen,
Banks removal are untrue.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

The VT. CAvALRY.-A letter from q
member Of the Vermont Cavalry to Wal
toms Journal, gives the following inter-
esting description Of the last march of
that regiment;
PETERSBURG, May 9.
On the morning Of the oath of April,
the cavalry corps, which had been rest
ing at Petersburg for few days, moved
out on the Boydton plank road, which
extends from Petersburg seventy three
miles in a southwesterly direction, to
the town from which it takes its name.
Soon after the column started General
Sheridan rode out on his famous "steed
as black as the steeds Of night The
men cheered him, and he acknowledged
the compliment by taking off his hat
and bowing. Referring TO that hat-a
low.crowned, black felt, which he al
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

REsToRED.-The steamer John Brooks
has arrived at Washington with large
lot of machinery used in the Richmond
Armory by the rebels, and which had
been stolen by them from Harper's Fer
ry. This machinery was all packed in
boxes by the rebels, and ready for re-
moyal from Richmond. The boxes all
bore the mark Of Richmond, C. s.
Armory;" and it was doubtless the in
tenuon of the rebels to run them into
North Carolina, as they were all direct
ed, Deep river, North Carolina"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

FROM THE FRoNT.-Rev. II. Webster.
chaplain Of the 9th Vermont regiment,
arrived at Montpelier on the 18th inst.
He left the old brigade at Danville ex-
pecting marching orders, supposing
they were bound for Alexandria, for the
purpose Of being mustered out of ser
vice. The men were in fine health and
spirits, but feeling as though they had
got a hard job so nearly finished,
they wish much to get to their homes,
to live again as citizens, and have a
coveted rest from the tolls and perils of
army life.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

Mr.. BEEcHER on JEFF DAVIS CAPrURF.
I'm Plymouth Church, on SUNDAY,
heV. Henry Ward Beecher delivered an
eloquent sermon from the text concern
ing the reward that is reaped by those
who SOW. In conclusion MIR. Beecber
spoke OF two Presidents who had been
painting different kinds of seed. One
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

SHEEP. B. P. Clayes of salisbury
sheared, few days since, Paular eve
which was q days less than a year old.
The fleece weighed Ia pounds and four
ounces, and the carcase but 80 pounds
Il ounces. Such a proportion is very
extraordinary even among Vermont
sheep. ...
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

The CHICAGO FATR.-Burlingto is to
be represented at the Chicago Fair by
contribution of articles to the value
OF $50, made up by Champlain Lodge
No. 20 of the Independent Order of
Good Templars.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG.-T steamer
Mountain Maid commenced her trips
for the season last week. Newport has
OF late been growing summer resort.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

CAR HoUsE.-A new Car House is be-
ing built over a portion of the track of
the Rutland and Burlington Railroad
between the depot and Landon's store,
in this village.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

GENERAL CoNvENTIoN-The Vermont
General Convention of Congregational
ministers and churches will meet at
Burlington, Tuesday, June Goth.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

FATAL ACcIDENT.-Jason Babcock was
fatally injured at st, Johnsbury on
Thursday of last week, by an iron ap-
paratus weighing 500 pounds, which
fell on his head, crushing in his skull.
He survived the accident two hours.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25
PaWlet, May 10, 1866.

FoUSD.-The body of Lloyd Kimball,
who was drowned this spring at McIn-
does Falls, has been found more than
so miles from the place of the accident,
in Hartland. with the papers and money
on his person all safe.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

The ASSASSINATION TRIALs.-Some ad
ditions are made by newspaper CORES
pondents to the revelations brought out
by the TESTIMONY in the great trials
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

THE rebellion IN TExAs.-A Wash
ington correspondent says that the tail
end of the rebellion beyond the Missis-
sippi, still wiggling under the leader
ship Of Kirby Smith, Magruder & Co.
will soon receive its quietus, Sheridan
is booked for important business ia that
direction and will soon be settling the
final account of the Texas fire eaters.
DELIBERATE STARVATION OF OUR PRIs.
oNERs.-The Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald states that the
rebel Congressman FOote declared Davis
and his Cabinet responsible for the star
yation Of our prisoners. He says:
Mr.. Foote was a member of the com
mittee to examine into the treatment of
the prisoners and the reports of their
harsh usage ard starvation. His story,
as told by his own relatives, shows a
deeper intention than has been general
ly supposed, and faStens upon jeff. Da-
Wis and his cabinet a crime both start
ling and appalling in its details. Mr..
FOote, it is said, sthates that the inves-
legations showed conclusive evidence
that it was decided in cabinet meeting
to reduce the rations served out to prls-
oners, that it should so weaken their
constitution, in connection with their
confinement, that it would destroy them
as soldiers, and make them when ex-
changed worthless. Senator Foote de-
termined to report the facts to the
House, but the balance Of the commit
tee overruled him and suppressed the
facts. My informant further states that
it was on this point that the quarrel be-
tween Davis and Foote broke out afresh
which resulted in the latter leaving
nlchmond and seeking some sequest,
cred spot where such hOrrid deeds were
not committed"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

PERsoNAL.-Mr. Henry Clark of Poult-
ney will deliver eulogy upon the late
President Lincoln at the NJ. E. Church at
Wells Corners, on the National Fast
Day, June 1st, at II o'clock A. NJ.
Maj. L. J. Ormsbee of Brandon has
been appointed Assistant Adjutant and
Inspector General on the staff of Gen.
T. 0. Seaver, commanding Sd brigade
Vt. militia.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

The COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCr OF
THE WAR.-The fourth 10 the sixth vol
umeS, inclusive OF the report Of this
committee have been given to the public
printer A seventh volume is nearly
ready, and the eighth and last will be
published sometime in the autumn, en-
bracing a resume of the great cam
paigns of Grant and Sherman during
the year, and containing much valuable
supplementary matter A writer in the
New York Tribune who has glanced
over the volumes now in press. gives a
summary of their principal conclusions.
The committee are very severe on the
Red River campaign, and are said not to
spare Gen. Banks. With regard to the
first Fort Fisher expedition, it is said
that Gen. Butler is substantially exoner-
ated except from the technical charge of
disobeying Gen. Grants order to land
and intrench. AS to the Petersburg
mine failure, the committee relieve
Burnside and bear rather hardly upon
zen. Meade, whose over caution, also,
after the battle OF Gettysburg, is cen
sured. 1t is said to be not quite true
that Gen. Sherman has refused to appear
before the committee; he has merely
tailed to appear in answer to summons.
Perhaps the most startling development
Of the forthcoming volumes will be the
evidence which they furnish of the Chey-
cnne massacre Of Indians by Col. Chev-
lngton in colorado Territory. Itproves
to have been most brutal and unpro-
yoked slaughter of men, women and
children, who were living in a quiet
manner in state of entire peace with
the whites,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

The rebel Gen. Pillow has haor
SST1p'ured. APP He was taken near Selma
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25

of them had just been laid away in his
tomb, followed by mourning millions,
and other millions would continue to
honor his memory while the grass grew
and flowers continued TO bloom above
the place where Abraham Lincoln was
buried. The harvest gathered by the
other President was fittingly alluded to
by Mr. Beecher, who appropriately in
troduced and read the telegram an
nouncing the capture of Jefferson Da-
Wis, a red handed traitor, who, Mr.
Beecher said, it did not beat him as Il
minister of Christ's gospel to- wish
hanged, butit was quite consistent with
his duty as citizen and Christian to
expect that President johnson would
not interpoSe any obstacles to the course
OF justice, whatever decision was ar
rived at in regard to him who had
sOwn the seeds Of disUnion, and was now
on his way to reap the harvest thereof
The applause that greeted the remarks
Of Mr.. Beecher sufficiently testified that
the audience thought 50 too"
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-16

the suffering, and forgiven such wrongs
as make men friends, and striven through
all the trials and temptations of his long
sad life to be true to God aud himself. =
On his breast was imprinted the Golden
Rule. So the angel, with a countenance
as radiant as the MONDAY sun, wrote I'M
der the last chapter of this mans life,
and every letter shone like rare setting
of diamonds: HE DIED RICH.n
And the old man knew it, too, when
he stood at the silver gates of the Eter-
nal City, andangels.led HMM and show
ed him the "inheritance to which he
was herr
This was the house not made with
hands, with Its columns of pearl, and Its
ceilings of jasper, with Its pleasant
rooms, and its lofty halls, and its mighty
organs and choirs continually pouring
forth notes of praise to our God.
There, too, was the pleasant land
scape, with its green avenues, its golden
pavillions, its trees waving in the Joy OF
eternal leaves, and its silver meadow
lands, slowing down to the river OF
eternal waters. He was heir to all these
things, for he had laid up for himself a
crown of glory in the Kingdom above,
where moth and rust doth not COR
rupt.n
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-16
TEXAS.
Arrival of General Merits Cavalry
Column at San Antonio.


New ORLEANS, August IL, 1s65.-Ma-
jor General Merritt arrived at San An
tonia on the 1st
The New Orleans Times correspon-
dent with Merrittis cavalry expedition
through Texas writes that Texas Is q
wilderness.
Very little cotton has been planted In
the section traversed by Merritt's caval-
ry. Corn ia so plentiful as to be drug.
Society is demoralized.
Senior Amijo, the Mexican General re.
siding at Sap Antonio, was robbed in
that city on the Goth of July Of thirty
thousand dollars in gold coin aud dust,
by about twenty disguised men.
Large quantities of cotton are arriv-
ing daily at Houston.
The San Antonio Herald is informed
that there are $4,000 troops at Victo.
ria, Green Lake, Jovora and indiana
la, of which five thousand are colored.
The robberies by some negroes are be-
coming fearful in Texas.
Reports from all quarters innicate q
cheerful disposition on the part Of the
people towards restoration.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-16
Stage Fright. "

Gamma" the lifetime and pleasing
Paris correspondent of the Picdyasne, 10
responsible for the following:
Ii has been the week of merriment.
The French Emperor, too, has made us
laugh, which he does oftener than the
public suspect, for lac is a capital mimic,
and when he is in congenial and not
over humorous company, he delights In
taking OFF, odd people. His last story
is, that quite recently he received visit
from the Mayor of q provincial town,
who had come up to Paris to lay before
the master of Frenchmen plan Of pub
lie embellishments, which was really
admirably adapted TO the provincial
town. The Mayor had carefully studied
his speech, and while the carriage was
bringing him from the Grand Hotel to
| the Palace of the Tuileries, he went over
and over his speech, like parrot. He
was at once introduced into the Empe-
ror's study. He was struck dumb. The
Precipitation stood on his brow and rolled
down his cheeks, his mouth became dry,
his tongue was paralyzed, his lips moved
but uttered no sound. Court fright Ia
as dreadful as stage fright--the poor
Mayor was a victim of the former.
Thereupon the Emperor said with
smile IF L embarrass you, Mr.. Mayor,
just say so, and will leave the room"
What a strange thing Is this peculiar
form Of fright Mime Marie SAKE,
now veteran actress, had it at the
Grand Opera this week to such degree
that she tainted on the stage, 1t attacks
| the oldest actors. Bouffe never plays
| example, one of the greatest, purest, and
l tpnqt far-ci III tQ1 man noAri0Q pvQr v,r0-
duced, John G. Calhoun, rose upon
| memorable occasion to address the Sem
ate, and after saying Mr.. President, at
tempted to go further--the attempt was
vain. He took his seat, trembling like
an aspen leaf. A most painful impress
sion was made on the Senate, and there
was silence for some minutes.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-16
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