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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

OBITUARY .RBsoLUTIoNs.-The folloH
ing resolutions were adopted by Cent?
Lodge. No. "a, F. and A, NJ. of RutlaDa
on the 5th inst;
1t having pleased Almighty God
remove from our number our wortl
brother william Peabody, who fell, me
tally wounded, in the defence Of D
country at Monocacy, Maryland, sata
day July 9Th, 1854 therefore be 1t
Rssoseed, That while we recognize,
hand of an Almighty and overruiDs
Providence in thus taking IRON o.
midst one after another of our beio''
brethren, yet we deeply feel our loss. h
Resolved, That we extend our hearlp''
sympathies to the family and frienos
our deceased brother in this, their oe'l
atfiiction. "a
Resolved, That the thanks of this Loos
be extended to our Masonic brethren, 7
Frederick City, Maryland, for the ~ -
attention given to our brother in the ~
hours of his life. IN
Resolved, That a copy of these res
tions be placed among the recorus
the Lodge, and that the Secretary " 4
rected to transmit copy to the la prs
of the deceased, and also one to tne y
land HERALD for publication.
A. ". WARES. secfe''"'
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

AT WsRK,-The selectmen of Rut'S,
have opened a recruiting ONCE over -
Ter and Staley's store, corner of GEM.
Street and Merchants Row, They M
secured seven volunteers on the Tow,
quota under the new call, besides ~
eight who enlisted In the frontier CAV
alry,-hfteen altogether. They are M,
ing liberal oounties, and all proeos',,
70 enter the service would do wei !,
give them a call.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

GRANT AND THoMAs.-A correspond
emit Of Western paper gives the follow
ing as the facts regarding the alleged
movement to supercede Gen. Thomas,
Just before the battles at Nashville
Grant telegraphed Thomas that he
was rather slow in moving, and order
ed him to attack Hood. Thomas sent
back reply to Grant, saying that he
was not ready to move, and could not
move until his plans were completed
and If Grant had any man that he had
more confidence in than himself, to send
him at once to relieve him, and he would
take subordinate position. Grant re
piled, that there was not a general In
the army that he had more confidence
in, and to go ahead and do as he though
best. Grant said, probably the distant
view ne had taken was wrong, and thu
the matter rested"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

TRANsPLANTING AT NIGHT" A friend,
in whose power Of observation" says
the Working Farmer, 1--WE have conf
dence, and who is an exact experiment
er, informs US that last spring and sum
mer he made the following experiment:
He transplanted ten cherry trees while
in blossom, commencing at four o'clock
in the afternoon, and transplanting one
each hour until one in the morning,
Those transplanted during daylight shed
their blossoms, producing little or no
fruit, while those planted during the
darker portions maintained their condi-
tions fully. He did the same with ten
dwarf pear trees after the fruit was
one-third grown. Those transplanted
during the day shed their fruit; those
transplanted during the night perfected
their crop, and showed no injury from
having been removed. With each o
these trees he removed some dirt witt
the roots"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

men, and have the right by law TO as
sign such persons as substitutes for
himself or for any of his friends for
whom he or she may desire TO provide
substitute against any draft that may
hereafter be required. He suggests that
there are thousands of rich men and
women who would be glad to do some
thing liberal for the country in this
way.
Col. Ewing, bearer of dispatches
from Gen, Sherman, contradicts the
Richmond story, that Gen. Sherman has
given assurance that the war win not
change the status of the slaves, and
that he viii not allow his army to inter
fere with the slaves. Col. Ewing says
that Gen. Sherman would be glad to
have fifty thousand negro troops in his
army, though he does not profess TO
place as much reliance upon them as
some commanders, He has already
taken measures to organize all the able
bodied negroes who went to Savannah
with him. There are very positive re
ports, however, that some of his officers,
Gen. JEFF. c. Davis, especially, treated
the negroes with great cruelty on the
march, and there should be a rigid in
vestigation of the matter.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

OH ON THE BRAIN.-A correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial, writing
from Parkersburgh, Va, gives the fol-
lowing description of the all-oil-pervad-
ing mania in that locality:
If you want TO be bored, come to this
oil region. Here's the place where you
bore and get bored. It's nothing but
oil from morning till night-Oil on pa
per-boiled oil-people talk, write, sleep
and snore oil Ask man how far it is
to Charlestown;
"Twenty-six miles from slabsides's
offspring"
What time does the steamer leave
for Wheeling?"
Just as soon as slocum's oil is
loaded"
"what was that fight about yester-
day" .... ...-
"Oil." .. .....
Jenkins married an oil well yester-
day-or just as good-married Miss
Snifkins, whose father struck lie" a
few days ago." ............... -.
'.Snifkins hadn't time to go to his
wife's funeral last Tuesday-his lie
would run over"
Preachers preach about oil being
poured upon the troubled waters, and
say this is the very spot where the oil
for that occasion comes from.
! slept on four barrels of oil last night
every hotel full The entire country
looks greasy, people have oily tongues
and your oilfactory nerves are strongly
impressed with the terrible stencil
Everybody has territory for sale an(
there are plenty of fools and thei
money who anticipate the realization
of the Baron Munchausen stories tina
are afloat. e~ p
Every sharper has map Of the re
gion, and can tell a stranger exactl.
where the incest spot is--he has bee
there, knows the place, but is short O
funds-has no personal interest in tn
matter, not he indeed. But in mer
matter of friendship advises you to bu
there and then do what he is doing
bore and oil must come.
Men seem crazy; victims are plenty
Seeking to become suddenly rich man
tolerably welLto-do, but over-sar
guine individual goes his pile and lose
all he has end sneaks off; few strik
oil and become millionaires, but not OF
in a hundred but get their fingers terri
bly, burned. ga
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

THE REBEL PRESS ON THE BLAIRs.-
The Richmond papers of the 9th inst
ridicule the peace mission Of Francis P
and Montgomery Blair. The Examiner
calls the senior Blair "an of1cious busy
body in a state of second childhood, u
and styles the twain u fresh Yankee
spies" The Wing declares that the OBJ
ject Of the mission is to break up the
Confederacy by alternating the States
separately, and that the Blairs richly
deserve hanging, adding
"The cool impudence Of the PROPOSE
ton is absolutely delightful. They tell
all whom it may concern beforehand,
the President among them, that they
are coming here to SOW dissension
among us and break up the Confederacy
if they can, and they seek permission
from the authorities to prosecute their
mission. Was there ever any PROPOSE
ton so unblushingly Yankee 2"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

New FLAG FOR THE TENTH REeMgr
We are glad to state that the sam Of
one hundred dollars has been raisedil
Rutland towards the purchase of a nes
flag for the Tenth Vermont. 1t is pro
posed to raise similar sums in Burling
ton and Montpelier for the same object
An elegant flag will thus be secured.
We give below the names of the Rui
land subscribers for the puchase Of Tt
flag
Chas. Sheldon, J. B. Page, Chas. Glen
ent c. Kingsley, W. R. Gilmore, W, {
Clement, French & Kingsley, Chase
Parker, futile, Gay & Co., H. II. Paib
G. R. Hall, /. D. Cole, Clark & Brotheh
J. w. Cramton, ]. c. Dunn, W B. Mus
sey, e. r. Campbell, n Weeks, MasH
& Marshall W. H. Smith, E. PierpoiI.
N. Kellogg, M. Mortrom, F. Freeman d
W. Hooker, D. R. Bryant, c. E. HawleI
Ned Temple, D. Billings, Nathan Peiral
W. c. Dunton, VIM. W. Fields, r. Ba
rett, C. E. Lewis, Sawyer g. Dunn, sac
dler & Sweet, 0. A, Peck, ID. Nero' /
John Eddy
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

BANK or RUTLAED.-At the annual
meeting OF the stockholders of the Bank
Of Rutland held on the 10th inst, the
following gentlemen We're elected Di-
rectors for the year ensuing
j, B. Page, Francis Slason, william
Gilmore, Frederick Chaffee, Edwin Mar
tindale, VIM. Y. Ripley, Jacob Edger-
ton, 4. A. Chaplin, II. c. Gleason.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

The GREAT RUSSIAN TELRGRAPH.-A
party of Americans have gone ont to
San Francisco TO superintend the build
ing of the telegraph line to where it is
to connect Russia with America by way
of Behring's Straits. The wires of this
great enterprise will extend from St.
Petersburg east about 1000 miles, and
probably by this time reach the mouth
of the Amoor, on the Pacific. The party
on this side are to extend the line along
the Pacific coast tillit reaches Behring's
Straits, across which a submarine cable
will be laid when the connection
around the world Geographically will
be completed. In the operations on this
side they will be aided by facilities ex-
tended to them by the United States.
Congress at it's last session directed the
Secretary Of the Navy to detail for the
use Of the surveys and soundings
along that portion Of the Pacific coast,
both ofAmerica and Asia, where it is pro
posed to establish the telegraph, one
steam or sailing vessel in his discretion,
to assist in surveys and soundings lay
ing down submerged cable, and in trans
porting materials connected herewith.
Whether the coast will be pursued
strictly, or new direction taken across
the continent, as a shorter and more
practicable line, through the great natu-
raj basins or lakes stretching from Chi
cago to Behring's Straits, is not yet de-
termined. The fogs along two thousand
miles Of the Pacific coast are thought
to be an objection almost as great as of
fifteen hundred miles Of submarine ca
BILE. Across the continent this objection
would not exist.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

PERsoNAI.-At the December FERN @
the Bennington County Court, Mr.. LA
knight, OF North Bennington, was ad.
mitted 10 the bar.
Major John E. Pratt, of Bennington
is prisoner in Columbia, South Caro-
lima. His friends are thankful TO lean
that he is in good health, though gettlnl
nothing but corn-cob cake and molassss
to eat.-Neics & TRANSCRIPT.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19
Local aud state Isems.

MAsosIo,-Center Lodge No, "a, OF thil
village, elected officers on the 9th inst,
for the year ensuing, as follows;
f, A, Pond, w, ".
Chas, ii, Sheldon, s, W.
N, 8. stearns, j, W.
II, IL. Paine, Treasurer.
A. w. Warren, Secretary,
b. W. Marshall, S.
Geo. II, Cheney, j. D,
&c. d. Plaisted, Tyler
Norman d. seayer Chaplain.
o. L, slader, s,eyor5s
Il, Stevens, wv ""'N''
l., A. Morse, OrgaMst.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

WINDSOR COUNTY CoURT-0rvllle F.
Blanchard was sentenced to four years
Imprisonment in the State Prison for
forging guardians bond presented to
the Probate Court for Hartford district ;
also to one year in State Prison for at
tempting to break jail. Ellen Reed, ia
dicted for murder, pleaded guilty ofman-
slaughter, and was sent to Windsor for
ten years,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

The PASSPORT SYsrRM.-Consul Gen
eral Potter has notified the Grand Trunk
Railroad (Canada) that the United
States have stationed soldiers at Rouses
Point and Mooer's Junction, N. Y, to
enforce the rule requiring passports
from persons entering the United States
from Canada. The Montreal Gazette
says the transit OF Americans through
Canada is completely stopped, and that
the Canada trains are running nearly
empty
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

PoRr or ST., ALBANs,-The Prcsld.
has issued a proclamation that the oo
o. ST, Adams, VI. is entitled TO a., -.
privileges in regard 70 the exportatc
o. merchandise In bond to the BIRTHS
North American provinces, as exteuds
70 other ports.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

BROADWAY UNDERGROUND RAILWAY -
The Broadway Underground Railroad
bill is again revived in the New York
Senate. It was introduced last March,
in compliance with petitions from a
number Of New Workers, bat majority
Of the Railroad Committee reported
against it, and it was dropped. 1t is
now renewed, and will be strongly push
ed. 1t provides for single or double
track underground in or near Broadway,
from the Battery to the Central Park,
along one or both sides Of the Park to
its upper boundary, and then above
ground up Eighth, Ninth or Tenth ave
nue. to the city line, with side tracks at
the foot OF the Central Park to the Har-
lem and Hudson river railroads.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

AID FOR SAvANNAH.-A public appeal
is to be made by the New York Cham
Der of Commerce for contributions of
money or provisions for the aid Of the
people of Savannah. A steamship has
been offered gratuitously to carry the
supplies. Boston mas appointed COM
mittee to receive subscriptions for the
same destination, Philadelphia is also
at work and proposes to send ship
load. That is the way the yankees"
treat the subjugated" Southern peo-
plg
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

ACcIDEET.-On Friday, Dec. 30th, Nj:
c. A. Sherman, OF West Rupert, had hi.
team harnessed to a pair of traverR
sleighs, and wishing to run into til
house for moment, he handed the reiu
to his son, about twelve years of az
and left him standing with one foot c.
the sleigh, the front traverse Of whiCa
was partly turned around. In the 40
sence Of his father the boy thought be
would straighten the team, and while
doing so his foot was caught betweeE
the sleigh and reach or bolster, throw
ing him upon his hands and face and
breaking both bones Of his leg, just
above the ankle, Although the hOrsel
were spirited ones the boy held ther
until his father relieved him from Ii
dangerous situation, Manchester Joa,ra
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

Orr THB TRAcK.-The train which left
here at six o'clock yesterday morning
on the Rutland and Washington rail
road was all day in reaching Granville.
The detention was caused by the snow
and the train getting Off the track. No
train came in during the day on that
road.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

ETHE CASE OF THR RAIDERS Mont
real dispatch OF the 10th i. Q. 70 IN,
Burlington Times saws:
The Court was again crowded al.
though scarcely 10 the same extent AZ
on Saturday. His Honor having taker
his seat on the bench said he was prn
pared to pronounce his decision on Ii,
second objection raised by the counst
for the defence The objection was owe,
ruled. The preliminary objections {
the defense Were now concluded and me
case for the prosecution closed, ana s.
ter some discussion between the coz
and the respective counsel for the e.
Tense and prosecution the prisoBey
voluntary examination was enterE
upon. The charge, namely, of robhy
one Samuel Brock OF St. Albaul ~
then read TO the prisoners, Each q
these prisoners In reply read q brig
written statement giving an account q
their connection with the raid al st.
Adams, disclaiming any allegiance to
the United States and their having
broken any law Of neutrality either Q,
Canada or Great Britain. These STATE
ments were substantially the same
those made on a like occasion before 4
Justice Coursol. The court then 81
journed
SHEEP SALR.-Cyrus Jennings OF Hot
tonville, sold fourteen yearling ewes and
four buck lambs to H. F. Dean OF Corr
wall for 81, 800.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

possible for Admiral Porter TO run the
gauntlet of Fort Fisher and into Cape
Fear river-reported to be port of the
Wilmington programme-as there are
only nine feet of water on the bar of
New Inlet at high tide, and no vessel of
war of any effective force draws less
than eleven feet
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

Az EXPENSIVE PRINcE.-English pa
pers say that the story is current that
the Prince Of Wales finds his present
State allowance, $4,000 $500, 000) in
sufficient to maintain the dignity OF his
position, and that the Government in
tends to ask Parliament for consider
able increase of the vote
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

T Geo. d. Prentice Of the Louisville
Journal reports, on his return from
Richmond. that the JET Davis Govern
rent has conclusively resolved to free
md arm the slaves that 100000 of
them would soon be equipped and put
int the field. FH a
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

Y The report of the Richmond pa
pers that Gen. Sherman has said the
war would not change the condition of
the slaves at the South, is contradlcted
"by authority" The General would
gladly add $4,000 Samboes to his army,
and is organizing all the able bodied
who followed him to Savannah.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

SUNDAY SCHOOL EXHIBITION. - The
Methodist Sunday School Of Brandon
will give an exhibition in the Town
Hall at that place on Thursday and
Friday evenings, January 10Th and Goth.
A highly interesting entertainment is
promised.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

EscAPED.-Lieut. H, Carroll I'd Vt.
Vols, reached his home in Middlebury
Tuesday morning. He escaped from the
rebel prison at Columbia, s. c., Nov. /,
and after weary march OF 500 miles
reached Nashville Jan, l. He says that
he owes his escape to the assistance of
the negroes he met on the way.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

MILITIA DRAFT - Eighty-three men
were drafted in Burlington on Tuesday
for the militia commands Ar"~'g
envec urarUed were Gov, Underwood and
Rev. D. H. Buel, the Episcopal clergy
man
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

FlRR.-The Essex County jail at Guilt
hall, was burned a short time sine,
leaving the one prisoner incarceratet
there houseless. He was removed 10
the jail at 81. Johnshury.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

BBNNIEGTos COUNTY AGRICULTURIl
oe,.nr1.-The Animal Meeting of Ii
Bennington County Agricultural Soch
ty will be held at North Bennington. OF
Wednesday January 18th.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-31
OrpIcE-Soufh side Public Square, Coping-
ton, Indiana.

gENHE Company holds BY lease, and In fee, about
twenty thousand acres Of the most select coal
lands in Western ludiaua bordering both sides Of the
Wabash river. Maps Of these lands may be the
Vim. Dale, No. IS Park Place, " City, the Office Of
Hon. J. X. Cofroth, Huntington, Indiana and at the
Office OF Roach Mcdonald, indianapolis.
A reference TO the report OF the Hon. David Dale
Owen, late State Geoogst will show that these lands
situate in the midst OF the finest coal fields Of the
State Astounding also in SALT iron and other valuable
mineral substances.
Near the mouth of Coal Creek where the Company has
large quantities OF lands salt water has been discovered
equal in qualify to the kanawha. This
cured some 35 years ago by boring, after the On
ondsgs salt finding its way down the wabash and Erie
Canal Mr.. Thomas, the proprietor. finding himself
able to compete with it, abandoned the manufacture In
his boring be encountered that which recently dis
closed facts prove to have been coal oil
Those lands all lie in close prox nifty the wabash
and Erie Canal, some Of them upon its banks.
Mr.. John hchsnomy, tho business agent OF the COM
psny las retu ned from tour of observation Of the oil
by the company In Fountain and Parke counties, has
far the general formation Of the country and the
surface indications present themselves stong analogy
In the oil and mineral substances found French
Creek Pennsylvani where the greatest quantity and
the most valuable oil is found Mr.. kcAanomy has pur
chased for the company the most approved machinery,
with all the fixtures necessary for operation and pre-
pairing with experienced workmen the speedy develop
Of the hidden Of the lands Of the company
All the ndices OF coal oil found 10 localities where IL
has been procured strongly marked in various To-
cates Of the lands OF the Company anording every
rational prospect Of TIE company thinks
necessary make any other reference 10 the character
Of the lands other than the report and map referred
tl00 900 Of the stock being 900 shares proposed
by the Company to be offered In the market At half
its par value being e25 per share for the purpose OF
aiding the Company in speedy development Of tho
lands. apr25-dkwtf
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-31
ExpENsuyE LUxUauEs.

We commend to the attention Of our neighbor
the Journal. "a article from the New York Tri-
bune. good Republican authority. ~heh 10 copy
for its OBLIGATION. upon certain expensive luIu
ries. to which IL seems attached With ardent
devotion. The time will come. that is If Repub-
lican institutions are preserved. when Military
Commissions and their spologists will be regarded
a. relics Of barbarism aud despotism, and both
will be consigned to an unenviabe grave. The
civil courts in Pennsylvania seem to have just
appreciation Of these star chambers and kick
their findings out Of the way With the utmost
contempt. There is one thing certain. however,
the people will finally rule in spite OF the mon
eyed sristocracy and the partisans who are seek
ing to perpetuate the political power Of the pas,
four years. solely for their personal agerandize-
ment The Constitution has been regarded as
an obsolete instrument by the party in power.
but il sometimes 40 happens in the DEGREES OF
Providence that a just retribution overtakes
those who have set laws at defiance, by the very
instrumentslities they used in the oppression Of
others
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-31
THE CROPS

Co the fonrth page Of tbis mornings issue 40
publish al interesting statemen, Of the condition
Of the wheat crop in the Northwestern States.
There is no question but tia, the rains Of the
past three weeks have done serious injury 10 the
-hes, in the Geld, whether In shock or stack
and IL il had continued . fec days longer but
very little would have been saved. In portions
Of Illinois. Iowa. Missouri. Kentucky and Ohio.
aud IN nearly the Whole Of Indiana. the wheat
vas deficient In yield and quality before the We,
weather. and the reports We give show most con
elusively tha, the deficiency will be largely in
creased BY the rains which followed the harvest
But this loss was not general. The wheat Wis
oonsin vas never better. and such will be the re-
suit In Minnesota. There will be good crops in
Michigan and in portions Of lows. Illinois, Ohio
and Kentucky. This. With the old wheat yet in
the granariss. will insure ample for all the in
habitants in the land at fair prices IL must not
be forgotten that the cry OF short crop Is cpl
demical. and that the injuries are generally eIsg
gerated. The weather for two days in success
sion has been cool and clear. and IL it continues
90 a few days longer the prospects cannot fail to
look more cheerful even TO inveterats croakers