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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-06-29

PouLTNEY NORMAL INsTITUTE.-The ex-
animation of the Poultney Normal In
stitute took place ON Tuesday the 23d
inst. This school under the charge OF
Messrs. Martin d. Cole, and ID. Dwight
Cole-has been successful in all its de-
partments, and the examination was
creditable to both pupils and teachers.
The following Report of the Committee
presented by John A. Nichols, LII. d.,
Professor of Mathematics in the New
York Free Academy, indicates the opin-
ion Of the public and patrons of the
school.
Report of the Examining Commit
tee.
The undersigned having been present
at the examination of the pupils of the
Normal Institute in Reading, Spelling,
English and Latin, Grammar, Arithme-
tic, Algebra, and Natural Philosophy,
express with pleasure their satisfaction
in the progress manifested, and the thor
oughness Of the methods Of instruction.
This was especially apparent in the
Spelling and Reading exercises. .
We some of us took a considerable
part in the examination, and uniformly
received prompt and correct replies to
the questions proposed.
The whole was creditable to both pu-
pills and teachers. ....
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08

C1~ WILLARD WARNER-A cores
nonde of the Newark True AmericaR
gives the following sketch of the public
career of the Union candidate for Senator
IN this district, which will doubtless be
neruged with interest by the Union voters
Of our county:
Cen. Willard Warner, our candidate
for Senator, is a native Of Licking Co.
His Mother dying in his infancy, bus early
troininr was entrusted to an Uncle IN
Muskingum Co. His Father, Willard
Warner SEN, remaining in Licking Co.,
represented the district in the Senate
Cen. Warner, at the age of p IN common
With many of the young men OF his vleln-
itv caught the gold fever and emlgrated
to California, where he was successful,
and at the end of three years, returned to
Newark. and invested the products OF MS
mining labor in the Newark Machine
Works. The history OF that enterprise Is
familiar to all. In the fall of 1861 he
went out as Major of the 10Th Regt- He
| acted in the capacity of Major till after
the fall of Vicksburg when, owing to the
nromotion of the Col. and the absence OF
| the Lieut.. Col. recruiting, he was placed
in command Of the Regt. and had the hon
ar to follow Hooker through the CLOUDS
of Rocky faced Mountain, over Mission
Ridge, and finally to the terrible charge
on IaYlOr s hIQge, AZ bnS Da1btO Va AoAh5,
gold where 9 went down at the colors OF
Soon after he was called to the position
of Inspector General, on Gen. Sherman
staff, which position he filled to the entire
satisfaction of that gallant Commander,
10 the fall of Atlanta, when he was specl,
allv detailed to superintend the removal
of the inhabitants of Atlanta, which del
icate position he filed In such a manner
as to call forth the approval of both Reb-
Ell and Union officers. At the close o.
these labors, he was promoted to a colo.
nelcy, and given the command OF one o.
the new Regiments, the 1SOth y. VI
:, With his new command he took position
at Dechard to hold the railroad, durln!
the Hood and Thomas campaign, which
eliminated in that terrible thrashlnl
II which Thomas gave Hood at Nashville
His Regiment was then transferred to tn
coast of N orth Caralina where under Scho
field and Cox, it rendered essential ser
vite in that campaign, especially at Kins
: ton. and when the rebellion burst up, h
was found at his post; having in the mean
time been breveted a Brig Gen. He Ia
retired to private life, desiring to avoid
public one, but the Office has sought hin
l and at the earnest request of many friend
he accepted the position. fo p
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08

A meeting of the English rebel bond
holderssWas called for the 4th inst! to- be
heldin LqndonAthe object, as stated in
the call. being to protect their rights
and interests aud consider their alter
ed position now.that the Government of
the United States has becomethe de fac
to government of the Confederate States
1t is manifest from the language used
that the worse than rebels of that coun-
try, who invested their funds in the now
utterly worthless Confederate bonds in
order to aid the rebellion, are nursing the
delusiye expectation that in some day or
other they will be able to save something
of their Investment. and 1t is doubtless
even hoped that the United States, hav-
ing taken charge Of the effects of the
late ''Confederacy,'' will some day as
sumo Its debts. They will have an in
teresting waiting for that time to arrive,
Commenting on the call for the meeting
the London Star of Aug. 23d says:
There is not in i~nternatIo nal law one
shred of authority to support the idea
that a rightful Government is bound to
6SSum0 Tic uOUOS W41Ca W6ES COubEdCbcQ
to aid in its own destruction. The doc
trine is so manifestly absurd that it only
requires to be stated to be its own refuta-
ton. The Confederate bondholders are
not debtors to the late Southern Gov
eminent. IF they were they might, per-
haps, find some theory of law which
would absolve them from the disagree
able duty of paying. They are unfortu-
nately creditors, and their debtor has
disappeared, leaving no effects which are
not claimed by the creditor having the
preference. The United States Gov
eminent claims all the cotton, all
the ships, all the money, all the stores of
the Confederates in neutral countries, as
we'll as in the South. The Stonewall has
already been given up to them by Spain.
The Shenandoah will be given up by any
country in whose harbors she seeks ref
uge. They claim all the cotton and funds
ofthe Confederate Government now in
this country. IF such questions come be-
fore a court of law in England, the
judges cannot look favorably upon the
bondholders in connection with a loan
entered into in c~ontravention of the
Queens proclamation.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08

A REBEL SURGEONS TESTIMONY
ABOUT thou
sand of our soldiers died at Anderson
ville-and Surgeon John E. Bates testi-
fed last week that seveuty-fve per cent.
of these deaths might have been prevent
ed shad the patients been properly cared
for. When he first visited the prison
hospitalshe was so shocked at the condi-
ton of affairs that he wrote a report to
his superiOr-Who reprimanded him Sc
verely. He visited his patients as a ply
stefan, but they begged him for food-for
a bone, for the "siftings" or waste of corn
meal, for any scraps to eat! He was os-
tensibly sent there to make them we'll
but he found the best medicine was a POI
tato, a piece of meat, or some bread; and
surgeon as he was, he had to carry in
these scraps secretly. It was forbidden
to relieve our starving and dying men,
ven with a morsel of food!
This was in the hospital-what must
have been the condition of things in the
prison bounds? A hospital is commonly
supposed to be provided to help the sick
to get Well-but DR.. Bates testifes that
this was only a pest-house: a-a.
The efiuvium from the hospital was
very offensive; if by accident my hands
we're abraded, / would not go into the
hospital without putting a plaster over
the affected part. IF persons whose sys-
TENS were reduced by inaction should
perchance stump a toe or scratchthe hand,
the next report to me was gangrene, so
potent was the regular hospital gangrene,
The prisoners were more thickly confined
In the stockade, like ants and bees"
What fate is fit for the cold-hearted
monsters who projected and committed
these ~cruelties ?-LoWisUiHs journal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08
~ SYSTEM

We were invited BY the Postmaster of
this city, a few days ago, to inspect b
workine of the money order system In
operation at many Offices IN the United
States.
The person applying for a money order,
states the name and residence OF the par
tn to whom he or she may desire TO send
a sum of money, greater than 2 ooiIar
and NOT more than thirty for no n or
der can be issued for an amount greater
than thirty dollars also the name and
residence of the party sending the money.
A check. on the Postmaster atthe desIgnat-
ed Office. is issued for the amount required.
No names are mentioned on this check
which Is given to the person sending the
money to remit to the friend at a distance.
IN an official order sent to the Postmaster
on whom the check is drawn, the parties
are named and the residence stated. b
order is sent By the Postmaster issuing
the check. to the one on whom the cheek
is drawn. Orders remain valid Tor ninety
DAYS, but, after this time, can be renewed
by application to the Department at
Washington. There Is scarcely a chance
of money being lost by this system. The
cost for an order for any sum over one
| dollar. and not more than ten dollars, ten
cents over ten and not over twenty dol
lars. fifteen cents; and from twenty to thr-
ty dollars inclusive. twenty cents; The
officer issuingsthe order can tell by his
| hooks at anv moment for whom, and on
whom. and in favor of whom an order
was drawn . he can ascertain from the Of
fee. on whom the order was made. wheth-
er it has or will be paid, and he can stoI
payment, or repay an order. This IS the
peoples safe mode of sending money by
mail Wilmington (Det.) Repu6tican.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08
TILE NEWS.

A convention held recently in the terri
tory Of Colorado for the purpose Of form
ing q State Constitution preparatory to
application. for admission into the Union,
has completed its labors, One of the
clauses forever prohibits slavery within
the State. sT
The amended Constitution of Missouri
requires all civil officers, officers. of corpo-
~ratiohs, clergymen and lawyers, to, take an
oath Of allegiance. before discharging their
functions under the new order of affairs.
The requirement has caused considerable
squirming among the disloyal, especially
the clergy, some of whom eYince a dispo-
sition to disregard it. Gov. Fletcher has
aYoWed his determination to adopt decid-
ed measures in regard to all such cases.
Nothing definite is yet known IN regard
to the trial of JEFF. Davis, though the i'm
preston generally prevails at Washington
that he will be tried before a civil Court
ct Richmond. Late advices from Fort
ress Monroe state that he is suffering
from an attack of o~rysipelas, but the dis
ease has not assumed a serious form.
A steamer sailed from New York a few
days since for Brazil, taking out a num-
Der of prominent Southerners, deeply i'm
plieated in the late rebellion, who go for
the purpose of ascertaining from person
al observation the inducements offered to
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and many of their
friends proposing, in case they find they
can do so to advantage, tomake their per-
wnomorA oknIn q, tAak oOvo4rxr
The receipts into the U. S. Treasury
for the month of August, amounted to
$57. 00O, 600, They have recently reached
as high as four millions in one day.
While the summer in the West has
been characterized by an unusual fall of
rain, Canada, Western New York and
Somerof the New England States have
suffered from drought. In Canada espec-
tally the absence of rain has been and is
still severely felt.
The loyal papers throughout the eoun-
try speak in terms highly eulogistic ofthe
late Gov. Brough. They justly rank him
among the most able men and devoted
patriots Of the country, and regard his
death as a national loss. 0
capt. H. Is. WInder, son of the rebel
General Of that name, and the person
who selected the site and laid out the
prison at Andersonville, was arrested a
few days since, and it is said will be ar
Faigned before the same tribunal that is
engaged inftrying Werz.
. A number Of soldiers who were under
sentence Of death by court martials, for
desertion and bounty jumping, ghave had
their sentence committed by the Presi-
dent to Imprisonment
The President and members of his Cab
met have received a formal invitation to
visit Richmond, and it is understood they
propose doing SO ere long.
Waiter Browns Wool Circulor for
the present month reports not much ac-
tivity in the New York wool trade, but
looks for a good healthy trade the coming
month. The following are the quotations
for wool from Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Virginia: Choice selected Saxony fleece.
W@sOci saxOpy fleece, 75@77c; Three
81 nanEH-aA .
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08
EleHIn an nN IHAT IINE.

a planter of the Parish of Iberville,
La, has addressed the following eommu-
nication to the Freedman's Aid AssOcia-
ton of New Orleans:
GENTLEMEN I am a planter of twelve
years experience this year | am working
twelve hands, six men and SIX women
my laborers are to get e~ne-fourth of the
net proceeds of the crops. They have a
full understanding of the interest In he
said crops. Our contract was made on
the LIST of February last, and the result
so far is a complete success we have to-
day IS arpents of cotton % arpents OF
sugar-eane; 70 arpents of corn, all In per-
feet condition. I don't mention the veg
etable crops.
Under the old system ten arpents to the
hand was considered a fair result, and
more than three-fourths of the plantations
failed to come to that standard.
My laborers are all good people, behaV-
ing we'll, having good common sense they
are honest and true to their family. Be
sides the crop in common they have rais-
ed on their private account small crops of
corn and vegetables, they have poultry,
etc, of their own
Not a single difficulty has occurred
among them since they have agreed to
work on my farm.
Thus is the whole labor problem solved.
Deal Justly, give the freedmen interest in
their work, and there will be no trouble.
Inathis case fifty per cent. more of ground
is cultivated with the same number of
hands than. underline oldsystem, and the
probability is that the planter will make
that per cent. more. 1t is probably best
to peg away at the old shareholders, till
they conclude to deal justly, and thus
: fight it out on that line. Pa 1T is nothing
but sheer ugliness on their part that
causes all the trouble and inficts all the
distress upon the freedmen Cincinnati
Gazette. q 7
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08

onarter and fuII-blood Merino fleece
7Oa75c; half blood fleece, 7O@75c Ma
tive and quarter-bloOd fleece, 6z9ote,
Common fleece, 55@58e; Tub-washed
fleece. 1000.
One Of the most interesting features OF
the New York State Fair, to meet at on-
ca on the 18th Of September, is to be a
splendid show ofeheese. The greatcheese
tent will be opened on the 9Th Dairy
operatives will be on the ground to Illus
trate the manufacture of this article,
The annual election in Vermont, which
came off Tuesday last, resulted in the tn
umph of the Union candidates by largely
increased majorities.
Hon. WV. MEDrLL. formerly Governor
of this State, died at his residence II
Lancaster on the I'd inst.
The receipts from Internal Revenue fol-
July and August amount to about ffty-hv'
m~illions.of dollars.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08
Al kHAc0NDA LOOSE.

Some two weeks ago we saw IN the New
Philadelphia Democrat some account OF a
big snake which has been seen in the
neighborheod ofNeWcomerstownandPort
Washington, on the T. .. Y. railroad
We regarded the, tale as a myth; the
Democrat ofthe 11th instant returned to
the charge, and said the big snake was no
myth, and added: $50
He, was actually seen, and IS as much
ofa verify as the greatsea5serpent eYer
was. A farmer from the nelghborhood
told a gentleman of this town that he had
been seen a year ago trying to. swallow a
rabbit. His presence in that locality Is
accounted for by the fact that about ten
years e a menagerie, travelling through
the country, had one OF its wagons break
down, and ayoung anaconda then escaped.
c0nsideFed-aliYing wonder. The snake
was seen by, Andrew Stocker, of Salem
township, some time in June last, while
he was ploughing in his field. 1t was as
large as an ordinary stove-pipe.- and was
standing with its head erect, and as nigh
as his. He made a hasty retreat, but said
nothing at the time, fearing that his story
would not be believed. Mr.. Stocker is a
reliable farmer, and his statement is enti-
tied to credit. The snake has his lair
near a culVert on the p. O. and G r. r..
about a mile from Port Washington.
The Democrat, of the 18th instant,
which has just come to hand, is silent IN
regard to the snake. But from a gentle
man Of this city who passed through the
locality said to be infested with the pres
ence of the huge reptile. early yesterday
morning on the P. C, and G. road, we
learn that the whole country in the vicin-
ity of Port Washington and Newcomer
town was ia estate of intense excitement,
and that an immense C0ncouTse OF people
of both sexes, and of all ages and occupa-
tions, had assembled at the former place
for the purpose ofhaEing a grand hunt
yesterday for the big snake, who was said
to have his headquarters in a large swamp
in the vicinity. -5aa4iza5 a45H 80
Some time ago, the farmers in the
neighberhood, it was said, had offered a
thousand dollars reward for the capture
of his snakeship, whom they accused of
milking their COWS without leave or IL
cense from the wners. The snake was
estimated to be at least thirty-two feet in
ength, and it is stated that where he had
lcrossed the roads he left a trench in the
sand eight inches in width. We shall
await the result of yesterdays expedition
to capture the monster with some inter
est.-Ohio Statesman, 29th.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08

The UNION Mass MEETING.-We
hope the Union men of the county will
bear in mind the meeting appointed by
the State Central Committee for this
county, which comes off on Saturday of
next week. We shall have a rich treat
in the way of speaking, and no true
friend of the Union cause should deprive
himself of the privilege of enjoying it
The rebellion is crushed, but there is
still much to do in connection with the
full restoration of the national authority
throughout the country. Let us make
this first meeting held in county since
the restoration of peace one worthy of
the occasion, and by our attendance
evince our appreciation of the importance
of the great work devolving upon us as
Union men and friends of liberty and
progress.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08
Notice to Cane Growers !!

THE undersigned having purchased the exclusive
y right TO manufacture the celebrated GOODRICH
NAPORATORn-use IN the manufae ture Of Chinese
and African cane juice into sugar and syrup-in this
State, is now extensively engaged In their manufae-
ture IN Delaware, Ohio, and is prepared to sell them al
such rates as will enable all to purchase. He has. al
so, the necessary castings, viz: Doors, Crate Bars and
Bearing Plates, used in the construction OF the tur.
naces on which the Evaporators are used. The cheap
ness, utility and simplicity OF the Goodrich Evapora-
tor reoommen ITO the masses. Please call at my Tin
and Stove Store, north room, Williams and LAtimer's
Block, and see the Evaporator Castings, sc. and get a
circular containing testimonials as 70 their value, and
giving complete and clear Instructions how to con
struct the furnace and operate the Evaporator. All
orders and letter. will receive prompt attention.
Please address NATHAN WILLIAMS,
August Is. t6b-3m. Delaware, Ohio.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08
o 4 UNION MASS MEETING
aHf AT
~ 81 -aEF 1IHtsf
DELAWARE OHIO,
Sat.Wda9, So. 1eth, go.

@ErNna.T
The friends Of the Union and the lovers
Of Liberty are requested once more togird
on their armot. Eternal uigttGnceR Is
still the price Of Liberty
aoafn0 Cur foes although discounted, defeated
and driven TO the wall, are en~deavoEing to
concentrate the scattered remnants of
their forces and wrest from us al that we
have gained in the glorious struggle
through which We have just passed.
Shall the party succeed now whose
d8 representatives claiming TO represent two
/, = hundred thousand of their constituents in
convention assembled but short time
& sent Greeting to their bretheFen OF
the South, who were star7ingoursoIdiers
ia 20 death? No, no, itcannet be if we but
ll5 10 our dug.
Come then and listen to the eloquent
So SHERMAN mhis-ezPesitiOn-oftha schemes
So and planslof the party who oppose US.
as RI Come once more and reneWyour pledges
Of devotion to the time honored Union,
and forget not to bring with you the good
old Flag-starry emblem of our liberties.
floating Enthusiastically oEera prosperous
happy and ssdiaided country. .
s5To Thezmeetinr will be addressed byiSena-
.9Y tor SHERafANg, Hon. JAMES r. HUBBELI
and Hon. p. b. CoLE.
Speaking to commence at 1o'elock P. NJ.
at TEMPLAR HALL.
BY order of the Union Central Com
mittee.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08
MHEREARnuTs nE nHIn 1Rnnps.

The infantry regiments from Ohio now
remaining in the United States service are
disposed of as follows, according to the
latest official advices: LIST, I'd, Sd, 24th,
35th and 18th consolidated as the 18th, at
Chattanooga the 18th, 1S4th, 185th,
186th, 18th, 1S9th, and 189th, at Nash
vile, Tennessee, and vicinity; 10Th at
New Orleans 10Th and 22d at Fort Smith,
Ark; 18th at Charleston, South Carolina
18th, 41st, 10th, 51st, 9th, Goth, list, and
the remaining eight companies of the
125th, with the old 4th Corps, at Green
Lake, Texas; 56th, 5Sth, and I'D in
Louisiana and Mississippi cd %consoli-
dated with the 9th, under command Of
Colonel Voris, at City Point, Virginia
18th at GAINESVILLE, Texas the 191st,
1920 and 196th ordered home to be
mustered out, and the 193d, 10th and
195th, at Martinsburg, Va.
The 4th and 10th Batteries are at Nash
vile the 18th and 18th at Little Rock /;
the 18th at Chattanooga; the 21st at
Koxville, and the 18th at hatcher. When
last heard from the LIST Cavalry was in
Alabama the I'd in Virginia, and the
18th in Kentucky.-StGte Journal. -ad
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08


HIRAM OLIVER and j. w, HARrUP
were hung at Camp Chase Wednesday
last. They had been convicted by a mil
itary commission sitting at Cambridge,
Guernsey county, of numbering J. b.
Cook, a Deputy Provost Marshal and
resident of that town. The men executed
were brothers-in-law deserters, and occu-
pants of adjoining and recently purchased
farms in Illinois. They had reason to
suppose Cook had traced them up and
was about to arrest them, and to prevent
1T they made a trip to Ohio, called during
the night at the residence of their victim,
called him out, and shot him in his own
yard. Previous to execution Oliver con-
fessed that he committed the murder, and
Hartup confessed that he was an access
ory. The murder was committed the lat
ter part of last winter. m
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08

EFlHE undersigned Intending to move West, win offer
y At Public Yendue, at his residence i mile south
west or Delhi, on THURSDAY, SEPT. II, 1855, the fol-
lowing property: 8 head Horses, 90 head Cattle-in,
Guiding Mich Cows, several fresh, 90 head sheep, IS
head Hogs, IL acres ofCorn, from Is to 80 tons OF Hay,
l two-horse Wagon, I Buggy, Farming Utensils Of all
Kinds, and q lot OF Household and Kitchen Furniture.
known on day Of sale. WTILIAM TOMIEY,
&c. VIsINa, AuotloneoF, sep 8-2tt
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-08
school Examiner's Notice.

THEREAFTER, and until further notice, the
~ School Examiners Of Delaware county win meet
at TEMPLAR HAIL, in the town of Delaware, on the
FIRST and THIRD Saturdays Of March, April, May, June,
September, october, November and December; and on
the THIRD Saturdays in February and August. Exami-
nations will commence at 10 O'Clock a. m. Candidates
MUST present satisfactory testimonials of good moral
character. The law requires. as a condition OF ezdaa-
nation, that each male applicant for a certificate shall
pay TO the Board Of Examiners a fee Of so cents, and
each female applicant a fee Of IS cents.
April 8. '64s-tf "a. n CARPER, Clerk.