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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-12-06
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The monthly statement OF the public debt now
issued for the month Sf November last 10y Mr. Secle-
tsry Mctulloch, presents = mmarkable improvement
IA our financial affairs. Wise ahd jHdicQus man.
ayenent, and wholesome economy, have pg6duceda
marvellous reduction IN current expenses ana largely
increased the public revenue The Secretary OF the
Treasury has good reason for cOngratuaton ON the
wisdom he has displayed in the successful manage
men, Gl the financial department of the Government.
some OF his projects severely criticised by many
who INDUCED in evil predictions as to the results
These persons may now sec the signal success ol
these efforts by the great rsductan Of the national
debt in the short space of time which has elapsed
since the cessation of the rebellion. Below is given
the most important items OF the statement form
,-.fular-
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misCeiIan eOus Etems.

The day Of thanksgiving in New
York has been changed to April Goth
Our recent captures of rebel Geper-
ais turn out to be seven instead of five,
as at first supposed. Gems Hunter and
Dick Anderson are the additions.
ords of Castle Thunder: George Bar
ton-giving food to federal prisoners of
war; forty lashes upon the bare back.
Approved. Sentence carried into effect
July 2,
"A prominent Virginian once proph-
esied that the slave masters Of his State
would, one day, run away from their
slaves. That prediction was, last week,
fulfilled.
Quite number of rebels who have
acted as spies during the war have been
arrested in Richmond and thrown into
Castle Thunder. That loud talking
rebel, Edward A. Pollard, has also been
sent to those snug quarters in spite of
his boasts that he is Virginia gentle
man who was even respected by the Bos-
ton Yankees.
The Mayor of Richmond. Mr.. Mayo,
who has been Mayor from time i'm
memorial, declared three years ago that
he would fire Richmond with his own
hands before it should fall into the hands
Of the Yankees. He kept his word by
coming out to meet Gen. Weitzel, and
handing over the city to two Massachu-
setts majors.
Reports come from several sources
that Stoneman's cavalry have reached
the railroad south of Danville, and torn
it up between that place and Greensboro.
jeff Davis and several of his cabinet
reached Danville on Monday afternoon,
and Davis was taken in carriage to
the house of a Mr.. Sutherland. Stone
mans operations obStruct his flight
southwark and may make his stay at
Danville perilous. JEFF. Davis is report
ed to have been at Danville, Saturday
night, trying to join Johnston with the
archives Of the rebel government, and
a large amount Of specie. He is report
ed to have arrived at Danville On Mon
day Of last week.
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WIDELY KNOWN. 1T is generally
supposed that the Websters Palmers-
tons, Gortschacoffs, Mettemichs, and Gar
ribaldis of politics are the men of world
wide renown, and so they are where
newspapers circulate, but not much be-
yond. One of our friends lately return
ed from China, amuses US with a recital
of his journey inland for some distance,
where the inquiry oftenest made when
he became known assam American, was
whether he knew or ever had seen the
great chemist OF his country, DIR. Aver,
that made the medicines. They use his
remedies-many of them have been cured
by them-and they speak of him, as if
he occupied the whole of America or
were at least the great feature of it. A
mandarin who had been cured of a ma
lignant ulcer on the hip by his Sarsa-
parilla, seemed to consider it our prin-
ciple article of export, and it's inventor
one of the few men this continent had
ever produced worthy the attention of
Chinaman.-Nes0 York Netcs
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AccIDENTs.-On Monday, while aid
ing in firing a salute at the hospital
grounds in Montpelier, Carlos B. Cush-
man OF Tunbridge was badly injured.
by the premature discharge of a cannon
losing two fingers on each hand, one
eye, and having an arm broken and his
face badly burned by powder.
In Burlington, on the same day, an
accident occurred while a salute was
Solng fred. A cartridge had accidental
ly been broken and the powder spilled
and catching fire by spark from the
gun, it burned severely two young men
standing by named E. B. Blake and E.
S. Bliss. Blake was most severely
burned, as he stood in the midst of the
spilled powder.
In their rejoicings at Bellows Falls
last week Monday, musketry salutes
were fired and pains enough not being
taken to take all the balls out of the
cartrid ges, Is or 20 went through Jabez
Hills house, one shot narrowly missing
a boy.
Rev. Isaac McAnn, of St. Johnsbury
got a bad fall some days since he was
riding on horseback and while crossing
a brook bridge near the depot, his horse
reared and fell off, ten feet down on the
rocks. Luckily the horse did not fall
on the rider or Mr.. tMcAnns would not
have escaped with cuts and bruises
only.
Some foolish or malicious person re-
moved the lid from one of the street
cisterns in Brattleboro, the other day,
and put on a loose board. A little girl
named Elliott stepped on it and fell into
the water but was drawn out by by
ISLANDERS as she rose to the surface, get
ting no hurt but the fright and wetting.
The cistern was full, and had she not
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THB HARD NUT CRACKED This is
what the Richmond correspondent Of
the London Times, writing on the 10th
of February said of the difficult job
then before Gen. Grant:
II think can promise MIR. Lincoln
that he has in Gen Lees army a nut to
crack which will severely try the jaws
not only of Gen. Grant, but also of Gen.
Sherman. 1t has been my fortune dur
ing the past week to be much thrown
among officers of Gen. Lees army,
whom | have met either in Petersburg
or Richmond. There meets me one
unanimous assurance that, since the day
when it was made patent to these war
wearied soldiers that peace is only to be
obtained upon such terms as involve in
fanny, a new and irrepressible fire of in
dignation and resistance has warmed
every heart Already the fierce fight
ing of 1855 has commemorative prelude
to campaign which Gen. Longstreet
anticipates will be the most bloody and
truculent of all that this desolated con-
tinent has witnessed"
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RUTLAND HERALD.
WEDNESDAY APRIL u, 1865.
What Is left of the Rebellion.

Lees surrender is practically the end
of the rebellion. But there Is still a
rebel force somewhere In North Carroll
ma, and another in Mobile If that city
has not already fallen into our posses
sion. 1t is reported that Johnston, who
commands the first named rebel force,
has retreated from Raleigh towards
Danville. When he learns that the only
formidable army of the boosted and
bursted Cofnederacy" is wiped out of
existence by one single weeks Outright
ing and outmarching of its glorious an
tagoniJts, his immediate action will de-
pend upon the kind of man he is; if he
is a man of brains and heart, he will
at once surrender on the same generous
terms that were granted to Lee; IL he
is not man of brains and heart he
may render his name infamous, South
as well as North, by compelling an ut
terly useless slaughter. We think he
will Immediately surrender. Or, Gen.
Lee, as COMMUNICATIVE chief of all the
armies Of the Confederacy," may take
the matter into his own hands and or
der surrender of Johnston's army as
he did Of his own. In any event, with
Grant, Sherman, Hancock and Stone
man all operating against Johnston's
small force, it cannot for many days es-
cape the fate of the rebel Army of
Virginia.
We have good reason to believe that
Mobile is already in our possession. But
If not, its defenders will not think it
worth while TO hold out after receiving
intelligence of the events of the past
few days in Virginia. There is nothing
else of the " Confederacy" except few
loosely organized and disheartened thou
sands of rebels on the other side of the
Mississippi. The news of Lees surren-
der will disperse them.
Peace is already being discussed be-
tween prominent rebels and President
Lincoln. The only question is as to the
terms which shall be granted the rebel
leaders, for we presume there is no
doubt that general amnesty should |
and will be extended to the masses of |
the Southern people. But the loyal PEG.
pie Of the North will demand that the |
Southern leaders shall be so dealt with |
as to secure us against future treasons
to the Union. Else would the tremen-
dous sacrifices Of the past four years be
but half recompensed.
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with kindness, He came as frlendo
alleviate sorrow and sufferiug-toe-
build what has been DESTROYED.

RBAssRMBLING OF THE VIRGINIA LES.
LArURE.-The Richmond Wing of ae
It'll inst, says;
An informal meeting of the memrs
of the Virginia Legislature remaininin
the city was held in the Law Buildg,
Franklin street, this morning, forhe
consideration of the propositionof
President Lincoln TO reassemble ne
Legislature for the purse
of authorizing a convention to TIE
Virginia back into the bonds of ,e
Union. The propositions of the Pn,
dent were laid before the meeting. A
formal meeting was appointed to TIE
place at four p. m, this afternoonto
which time the meeting adjourned.
The Virginia Legislature adjoured
on the 18th of March to meet on le
29th of that month. 1t met on the Nh
without quorum According tone
constitution the members could, uuer
such circumstances, only adjourn nm
day to day, This they did till Sunay
last, the day of evacuation, when tey
held a meeting in the evening and is
persed without resolution-sme
going off with the Governor and sme
leaving on canal boat chartered or
the purpose. According to law, he
members now in the city are the ely
remaining legal representatives ofhe
State of Virginia. 1t is importanto
state that the Legislature of 1865 is IL.
thorized by the constitution to ca a
convention for the purpose of setting
and adjusting the basis of represera-
ton. This question is settled, br
convention called for any purpos is
Omnipotent.
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~ A most distressing tragedy G.
Cured a day or two since in Readig,
near Cincinnati. A Mr.. Shovel andlis
wife were startled by a noise in he
yard, and, thinking it was thief, Ir.
5. took his pistol, went to the door, ut
seeing no poacher discharged his wep-
on. Unfortunately Mrs. S. had followed
her husband and CHANGED to be in sch
position that the ball pierced her heat
and she fell a corpse Before dying, se
fully exonerated her husband from III
blame
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Missouri CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
The Missouri constitutional conva-
ton adjourned Monday after a sessbn
Of 78 days. The new constitution that
has been slowly built up section by SC
ton was adopted as a whole by the can
yention on Saturday, 81 to 10. The con-
stitution is to be voted upon by the pto-
pie, June 6, and if ratified, of whth
there is little doubt, will go into etfjct
July 4. The votes of Missouri soldiers
are to be obtained. With new fee
state constitution Missouri will pr(s-
per. She has great resources, and free
labor and intelligent skill will develop
them.
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MISUNDERSTANDING and Wicks
played a billiard match for 5000 at
New York on Thursday evening. The
best Of fifteen games, caroms, on a four
pocket table, when Goldthwaite won
eight games, Wicks only winning the
seventh one out of nine. A summary
shows that the points made by the
winner woro loco, those by wicls 29A
Innings, Goldthwaite, 81; Wicks, 81.
Average, Goldthwaite, 2020, Wicks,
1927. Goldthwaite run the fifth game
ont in single inning. His average is
exceedingly large.
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TERRIBLE SUICIDE. ON Friday eve
ming, a sad case Of selfmurder occurred
at Gansevoorts, near Saratoga, on the
Troy and Whitehall railroad. A man
named Eleazer Strong, about fifty years
Of age, had been suffering from tempo
rary alteration of mind, but was sup
posed to have pretty well recovered his
faculties. About O'Clock p. m. on Fri
day. he stepped out from his wife's pres
ence for moment; she heard noise,
and found him weltering in his blood.
He had cut his throat with a scythe, and
died instantly
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The NEW CAVALRY RRGMENT-Those
in this vicinity desiring to become mem
beers of the new cavalry regiment of
militia, should apply to Col, Redheld
Proctor of this village.
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PRESIDENT RETURNED.-TheP President
has returned to Washington. On his
arrival he Immediately proceeded to Sec
rotary Stewards, where he remained up
to late hour in consultation with the
suffering Secretary. Beyond sympa-
thetic coincidence, it is supposed that a
forthcoming proclamation of amnesty
to the Southern people was the subject
matter of the evenings interview.
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gY' Mr.. Seward has limited that
proclamation to the Southern people
may be expected on the 18th. Of its
character nothing is known, but it will
doubtless offer amnesty and reconcilia-
ton to the Southern people, and perhaps
to some classes of civil and military Off
GERS not included in the previous amnes-
ty proclamation.
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A NEW RRADIse.-At the Brooklyn
mass meeting Monday night, speaker
told this story:
In Sunday school the other day,
while the recitation OF verses OF Scrip
ture was in progress, little lad sud-
denly exclaimed: " / know verse p
He was desired to recite it, and did so,
thus: " If any one tries to haul down
the American flag, shoot him on the
spot"
"And that, said DR.. Wiiletts, who told
the story, "is the gospel according to
General Dix"
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FRR.-A tenant, house was burned in
Bennington, Il week ago Saturday.
Next day, another house close by was
burned and 1t IS believed that both
were set on fire, in hopes that sparks
would fire the powder mills which were
not far Off
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Local and state Items.

TnE CoNoRRT.-"That comical Brown"
drew large audience last evening, as
he always does in Rutland. His per-
sonatlons of comic and eccentric char
acter were aslrich, as perfect and inimit-
able as ever. Brown Is a genius, and is
a general favorite as he deserves to be.
OF Miss Marsh it is enough TO say that
she fully sustained the high reputation
she had already won here as a superior
vocalist. Mr.. Canterbury was a stran-
ger to the audience, but made a very
favorable impression by his fine voice
and artistic use of it.
The entertainment was well applaud
ed throughout, but the part which re-
celved the most enthusiastic response
from the audience was an impromptu
speech of Comical Brown to the effect
that it was a shame that town of the
size and wealth of Rutland would not
furnish hall more than half full Of
seats, obliging a large portion of the au-
dience to stand, We agree with Comical
Brown entirely on that subject.
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IWe call the attention Of our read
ers to the advertisement of DR.. LARGO
kah's Sarsaparilla Compound and l. v.
P. Syrup, published in another column.
We can assure our readers they need
have no hesitency in giving the medi-
cines a trial, as they are recommended
to us by a large number of eminent men
who have tested them, and say they will
do all they purport to.
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SEVEN THIRTY LOAN.

These Notes are issued under date of June
18TH 1865, and are payable three years from that
time, in currency, or are convertible at the Oh.
ton Of the holder into
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s8-The Richmond Wing of the 9th
instant says that Governor Smith Of
Virginia made speech before the city
councils Of Richmond last Sunday after
noon, announcing that the Confederate
troops were victorious, and that the city
should not be evacuated. He soon af-
ter left on horseback.
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71s111il71aa
FINANCIAL.
TT S. 100 LOAN.

by authority OF the Secretary of the Treasury
the undersigned has assumed the General Sub.
S9rpuon Agency for the sale of United States
Treasury Notes, bearing seven and three, tenths
per cent interest, per annum, known as the
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FUTILE, GAY ~ co.
AkfALL PAPERS.


Buyers of Room Papers at Wholesale or Retail
are invited to call and examine the largest and
choicest sto k ever shown in Rutland, ranging
from the common Brown Blank to the choicest
Hand Stamped Gold, all OF which we are now
opening at our New Store on Centre street, and
which were bought to sell. Also a full asso1t-
meat OF Borders and Curtains.
FUTILE, GAY co.
Rutland. April 8, 1865.
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THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET

Now offered by the Government, and it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that its superior advantages Will
make il the
GREAT POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE.
Less than $500, GOO 600 of the Loan authorized
by tie last Congress are now Oh the market.
This amount, a. the rate at which it rs being alb
sorbed, Will all be subscribed for within four
months when the notes will undoubtedly COM
mand premium, as has uniformly been the case
on closing the subscriptions to other Loans.
In order that citizens of every town and seq
ton of the country may he afforded facilities for
taking the loan, the National Banks, state
Banks, and Private Bankers throughout the coun-
try have generally agreed to receive subscrip-
tons at par. Sub,or,bers viii select their
own agents, in whom they have confidence, and
who only are to be responsible for the de-
livery OF the notes for which they receive orders.
JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent,
n4d&w3m Philadelphia.
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militia, should apply to Col, Redheld
Proctor of this village.
FRE.-A tenant house was burned in
Bennington, week ago Saturday.
Next day another house close by was
burned and 1t Is believed that both
were set on fire. in hopes that sparks
would fire the powder mills which were
not far Off
GLENwooD LADIES SRmINAEY.-At the
next anniversary of Glenwood Ladies'
Seminary, Rev D. Fisk, p. d., Of Fps
witch, Mass, will preach the sermon to
the graduates, and Rev, L. Swain, D. D..
of Providence, r. l., will be the orator.
~ The Vermont annual Conference
of the NJ, E. Church is to hold its next
session at Bradford, commencing the
18th inst, Rev. Bishop Clark is to pre-
side.
NAME or THE BRATTLEHoRo HOSPITAL.
ing 1t is reported that the U. S. Mill
tary Hospital at this place is to be des-
ignated as the Governor Smith" Gen
eral Hospital, compliment well de
served, no doubt, but one which will
meet with but little appreciation among
those who know that permission for the
establishment of the Hospital, rs well
as its successful completion, as about
the first State Hospital allowed, was on
ly gained by the untiring efforts OF Ex-
Gov. Holbrook, aided by others equally
devoted to promoting the comfort Of
disabled NermOnters.-Jt. Record,
WANTED REINFoRCEMENTs.- friend
in the tn Vt. VOuChes for the follow
ing anecdote, which we consider too
good to be lost, for it deserves a high
place in the record of the humors of
the war. "-Sergt Trever Of the 18th Vt.
was an old soldier before he joined that
regiment having served a full term of
two years in the 22d n. Y. Being an
old tried veteran he was hOnOred with
marks of especial confidence by his su-
periOr officers, and was always allotted
the post Of danger, which demanded the
exercise of unusual intelligence and cool
courage. In one Of the battles Of the
campaign OF last summer it was dis
covered by the commander of the brigade
to which the 18th VT was attached that
there was break in the line Of battle
caused by the neglect of our forces to
occupy a small knoll situate between
his own and the brigade next on his
right, Col. Cummings was directed to
throw out skirmishers and hold the
point. The Col. designated Sergt.
Treyer for that duty, and gave him seven
or eight men, telling him to deploy
them and hold the position. Within
five minutes after the order was given
two of the men returned severely
wounded About ten minutes after the
voice Of the sergeant was heard calling
out to Col, Cummings The Col. looked
up, when the sturdy fellow bawled out,
excitedly, "By Cd, Col. if you expect
me to hold this point any longer Ire
got to be gcj2torced d,,y'o all dcqd only
me-" We regret to say that this brave
soldier was killed at the battle of the
Mine, while lighting desperately by the
side Of the lamented Major Reynolds
Darlington Times.
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ENVELOPES AND PAPER.

Just re Heived, large stock of Envelopes of
every grade and color, and large ock Of Note,
Letter, and Cap Paper, to which the attention Of
buyers is invited,
April 8, 1865.
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risen to the surface again exactly at
the mouth, she must have drowned.
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Notes of all the denominations named will be-
promptly furnished upon receipt ofsubsonphons,
and the notes forwarded at once. The interest
to 10Th June next will be paid in advance
Thisls
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U. S. $40 SIX PER CENT,
GOLH-BEARING BONDS

These bonds are now worth premium which
increases The ao'ual profit on the 80 loan, and
its exemption from Sta,e and municipal tardtioH,
adds from one to three per cent. more, according
to h, rate levied on other property, The interest
is payable in currency semi ann ualiy, by oou-
pons attached To each note, which may be cut
OF and sold to any bank or banker.
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Personal. 49, Brig. Genl Stephen II.
Thomas, tate COZ. OF tile 9Th Vt repi-
ment, has returned to the 'front.' under
orders to report to Gen. Hancock for
duty.
"A. N. Swain, Esq, of the Bellows
Falls Times, was the first to demon
strate in his village over Lees surren-
der. Getting the news first he opened
the celebration by salute of 40 guns
(musketry) at his residence, before break
fast. Soon after, guns commenced fir
ing all over town.