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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

A MYSTERIOUS ROAD IN MAINR.-A
correspondent of the New York Evening
Post, writing from Wiscasset Maine,
says:
Maine has her mysteries also. There
are in various places various indications
of former inhabitants not like the In
dians but in East Northport there is
the most remarkable trace of at least
the visit here Of another people, which
the writer at present remembers. 1t is
a mineral spring OF chalybeate water.
That 1t was once place Of much i'm
portance and of grea. resort there is ev-
idence. Beginning at the spring and
running due East, is highway cast up.
A road, straight as an arrow, from three
to four feet high and about twenty feet
wide, Is traceable for between one and
two miles. 1t reaches across q farm, is
lost in morass, appears again Just be-
yond the swamp, ascends ridge Of land
into the woods, goes down on the east
side of the wood into a field and is
finally lost in wet land, where the frost
and other causes have destroyed it.
The earth OF which this remarkable
road is formed could not have been
taken from the neighborhood, as it is full
of yellow mud, Of which the soil in the
vicinity is quite destitute. Sixty years
ago this road was covered by a large old
growth Of trees, which proves the work
to be very ancient one. Whose were
the hands that fashioned it Not the red
mans, certainly. They were never so
industrious. We live amid mysterious
relics Of the past, ignorant of how to
understand them The course of this
old road lies directly to Penobscot Bay.
Perhaps in remote ages people came in
strange ships to tho oooob of Maluo, and
travelled this highway to the health
giving waters. What sort of hotels did
they have at the spring? 1t is too cold
region to be comfortable in mere tents.
And what sort Of people were they that
drank at the spring? All! there was no
power in the draught to confer immor-
tally, or even to enable those who drank
to leave behind them the story of their
life. This road, almost unknown in
vites the notice of biologists and anti
quarians. Why do they not explore
il ?"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

AUGMENTATION. Paul Dillingham;
has had erected over the grave of his
son, Major Edwin Dillingham;, who was
KILLED in the battle near Winchester, Va.
Sept. 10, 1864, one OF the largest and
finest monuments in the State. Elegance
and simplicity seem to be combined both
In the design and cutting. 1t is fifteen
feet high and weighs seven tons. 1t is
entirely production of Vermont. The
marble, of which it is constructed, was
taken from the Sutherland Falls quarry
In Rutland; and the work of cutting
and erecting was done by Geo. c. Arms
OF Waterbury. The Sutherland Falls
marble is white delicately mottled, and
admits OF very fine polish.-WaltOa's
Journal.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

TIE ATLANTIC CABLE.-n the acct
dent to the Atlantic cable, reported by
the last steamer, was similar to the pre-
yious break, it may have been repaired,
and the Great Eastern may soon arrive
onthis side. OF the previous break and
It's repair the following account is
given: 80
when about SO miles of land, with
dead calm weather, the ship going six
knots, and the cable, we are told run
nlng OUT as softly as "silksrope, the
usuai signals Were being sent through,
when suddenly both those to and from
the shore gave most serious indications
Of faulty insulation. Valentia was in
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

4 SPANISH ABOLITION SoCIETY.-A
society with monthly organ, has been
established in Madrid for the abolition
OF slavery. The society is composed of
the first men of the nation, Knights of
the Golen Fleece, Ministers of the
Grown, diplomats, grandees of the
kingdom, priests, members of Congress,
scholars, and men of progress and of
probity. moo
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1865,
The southern Choice.

There seems 10 be a pretty general
agreement among correspondents writ
Ing nom the South, that the spirit Of
submission which possessed the South
ern people on the collapse Of the "Con-
federacyn has undergone considerable
change, and has in many quarters been
replaced by spirit Of resistance to
government measures and Of hostility TO
Union men. Having been defeated at
the game OF bullets, they propose to
fight IL out with the ballot. The
treacherous politicians who led them
into rebellion are again leading them into
a hostile attitude against the govern
ment which has just subdued them.
All this, If true, is but evidence that
the blindness which seems to have
befallen the Southern people years ago
has not left them. 1t was their armed
assault upon the Union which brought
the death blow to their cherished insti-
tuition OF slavery. 1t was their con-
tinued resistance to the government
which placed the musket in the hands
OF black men as soldiers OF the Union.
It was the war OF their own inaugu-
rating that has desolated their homes
and destroyed so many Of their people
And now continued hostile attitude
on their part to the just plans and mea-
IS 4hn will 1Na
surest and speediest course they can
adopt OF destroying It's clemency tow
ards them, Of keeping themselves in
subsection to military discipline, and Of
elevating and enfranchising those whom
they are particularly striving to keep
down-the hated freedmen. Let them
heartily cooperate with the govern
ment in restoring their States to
proper and harmonious relations to the
Union let them recognize the
fact, by their treatment Of the
blacks, that slavery is abolished
indeed as well as in name, and military
rule would be speedily abolished, pardon
for past offenses would be almost uni
versa the regulation of the suffrage
would be left in their hands, and indus.
try and prosperity would soon resume
their sway A contrary disposition and
action on their part, will degrade them
the lower, the longer it is persisted in.
The action Of the government in the
matter Of the recent Richmond election
shows that it is not to be trifed with,
and that the loyal disposition of the
late rebels must be proved by deeds as
well as words, before military restraint
will be entirely withdrawn from the
rebel States.
The matter is in their own hands. By
their own conduct are they TO deter
mine whether the government shall treat
them with clemency, forgiveness and
of the past. The action
cf the government must in any event
be determined by a regard to its own
and safety. The South
must choose by its own loyal or dis
loyal action whether it will have mild
ness or rigor, clemency or severity, an
immediate resumption Of free action or
continued military rule.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17
LocaIa nd state Items.

SUCCESSFUL FIsHTNG.--A party of five
gentlemen, consisting of Samuel Terrill,
S. E. Burnham, w. H. Bryant, ]. P.
Woodbury., and Evelyn Pierpoint, of
this village, caught one thousand and
twenty-eight trout out of Furnace
Brook on Thursday. The number of
trout caught by each member of the
party was as follows
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

The KENTUCKY misunderstanding
to the latest returns from Kentucky,
Messrs. Rosseau, Smith, Randall and
Mckee, all strongly in favor Of the
abolition amendment are elected by the
maiorities respectively Of 1900, 800,
1900 and 1900. Messrs. Trimble, Hard
ing and Shanklin, anti-amendment, are
elected by majorities of 5000, $500 and
5000. In one of the remaining two dis
tricts Mr.. Yeamans, the amendment
candidate, is probably elected, and in
the third district the chances are about
even. But five out of the nine Con-
gressmen elected are probably for the
amendment, which is doing well for
one Of the three Mcclellan states.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

NATIONAL BANKs.-The number of
National Banks authorized up to Aug
Sth, is fifteen hundred and four. The
aggregate capital is over three hundred
and sixty-five millions Of dollars. The
New England States have four hundred
and sixty one, as follows: Maine, fifty
four; New Hampshire, thirty-six; YER
mont thirty one; Massachusetts,, two
hundred and six; Rhode Island, fifty
one; Connecticut, eighty-thre
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

lsS The dispatches from Washington
announcing reconciliation of Gen.
Butler and Admiral Porter was not true.
They met but once during Buffers stay
in Washington, and cut each other d.
rect.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

COMMENCEMENT AT INDIVIDUALITY
anniversary exercises of the Associate
Alumni on Thursday, concluded the Goth
commencement of Middlebury College.
A report of the proceedings of that day,
which reached US too late for publication
this morning, will be given in our next.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

A"o'J GIN mas dIIeHueu year WIFI
out whispering or being absent or
tardy once during the whole term.
The "LELANDs." We find the follow
ing pleasant gossip about the famed
"Lelands" in Saratoga letter to the
Troy Times
Renowned hotel keepers seem to have
been more extensively produced in Yer
mont than in any other State of the IN
ion. There are the Towards, Stevens.
Wizards, and the Lelands, all from the
Green Mountain State--the Lelands hav-
ing made themselves the most famous
of them all. Hotels is their forte, hav-
ing projected and made successful the
Metropolitan Hotel of New York, the
Occidental of San Francisco, and the
Union Hotel Of Saratoga. There are
five brothers, four of whom are engaged
in the hotel business. Aaron, the eldest
whose sons are the proprietors of the
Occidental at San Francisco, resides at
Cleveland, Ohio. Simeon, the second,
is the eldest Of the brothers of the firm
of S. Leland & Co., proprietors of the
Metropolitan, New York city, Mai. VIM.
w. Leland, eldest of the firm of Leland
Brothers, proprietors of the Union Hotel
establishment of Saratoga, is the third :
Charles, the fourth, is the European
traveller; Warren, the fifth and youngest,
is the renowned mountain tourist, hav-
ing gone twice overland to Behring's
Straits, without losing his scalp or
spelling his capacity for writing up his
adventures-both of whom Charles and
Warren ar also connected with the
Saratoga Union establishment. The Lee
lands are something more, and outside
of the hotel business. William, the
Major, now at Saratoga, the most ad-
venturous of the brothers, secured the
legislative action necessary to ensure the
building, ultimately, of the Pacific Rail-
way; he projected the building of the
Metropolitan at New York, and the Op-
era House and other great improvements
In the Saratoga house of the firm; he
was, at the beginning of the war. the
owner of a ranch of thirty thousand
acres in Texas, which he was compelled
to abandon at twelve hours notice. or
merely be hung, on account of loyal
principles; coming North to save his
neck and country, he joined the Union
army first as Chief Commissary of
Grants staff, participating in the battles
OF Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh
and Pittsburg Landing, losing a horse
from under him at the latter point. and
so forth.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

l<3'" We enjoyed the first half of the
concert very well-the chorus singing
on the whole pleased US, but voices
which are adapted to the chorus or quin-
tette are not always pleasing in solo
singing. - VDgeneS TIeymoater.
How would it be with voices adapted
to the quartette
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

LUDLow.-The school in Ludlow vii
lage closed this week, and in accordance
with promise made by the committee,
rewards to the number of twenty eight
consisting OF Docks and albums, were
given to the scholars who had the least
number of marks of absence, hardness
Or whispering. One boy by the name OF
Eddy Parker, has atten ded year with
out whispering or being absent or
tardy once during the whole term.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

AN ACT to provide internal revenue to sup
port the COVE nment 70 pay interest on the
public d,b;, and for other purposes.
Be Il resolved By the Senate and House Of Repre-
seRtltiues Of the Uatted States Of AmsrlcG IN Con
grs % 1yseulbIp9
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-04

HEADo'Rs ARMY OF THE PoroMAc,
Feb. Lon Sunday flag of truce sp-
peared on our line, near The center, ard
vas found 70 be request, in pursuance
of an understanding with Mr.. Blair
aud Gen. Grant, for permission to let
Col Hatch, A. A. G., Executive Com
missioners Alexander Fl. Stevens, r. M
I. Hunier and J. Campbell, 10 visit
Grants Headquarters. Owiug to Gen.
Grants absence from City Point, no re-
ply could be sent-being referred to
Waahington--and after several eonver-
sstions had taken place, permission wes
granted 70 meet the gentlemen and es-
cort them within our Inca After few
minutes spent IN the interchange Of
civilifies, The party came within our
lines, at which moment the troops on
both sides united in cheers.
The commissioners we're escorted 10
the railroad in carriages, where 3 spe-
cial train was waiting to convey them 10
City Point On arriving there they
we're taken TO Gen. Grants Headqaar-
tsrs where they spent the night Msssrs.
Stephens snd Campbell looked much
emaciaied, but Hunter appeared hearty,
as did Col Hatch. The only allasiea
TO our difficulties was the hope expressed
By Mr. Stephens, that We would meet
under happier auspices.
Information from Fortress Monroe
states that the Southera commissioners
on Tuesday morning, we're on General
! Grants dispatch boat awaiBg the Presi
dents order as TO whether they shouli
I proceed to Washington.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-04

ernmsnt Ii pays the market nr;ee far
property taken for pablic use.
The tax bill viii raise s7o0 OOO OfaO
and fifteen per cent will De alIowsd for
prompt payment
4 dispatch mentions the arrival az
Senator Foote north of the Potomac
and says let as hope that he will 90 to
Europe, as the United States is no place
for emigrant Confederates He viii
tnd heart broken exiies in Great Britain,
who viii like to hear from their dear
country.
he can give them the latest adviees
upon one point that virtually touches
their sensitive notions, whether scenes
tration in England means sequesting in
the Confederaey The same paper
menhons Mr. SingletoE's visit to Iibby
prison, and says that be expressed him
self highly pleased with its condition.
II also reports the arrival Of q large lot
Of blankets aud shoes for the federal
prisoners Il is also understood that
the name Of Gen Lee viii be sent 10 the
Senate today to FIJI the newly created
office OF Commander-in-chief No steps
have been taken bY the President with
reference 70 the resolution recommend
ing the reinstatement Of Gen. johnson.
Gold on Saturday run as high as 81
dollars, but the news Of the appointment
Of commissioners sent ii down rapidly,
AMI considerable was sold at ~
The Sentinel has long article on the
attitude Of the North and South towards
England and France, and looks for
irouble between the United States and
France on the Mexican question. II
says this viii bring about peace between
the North aud South. 1t closes by urg-
ing the people 10 stand firm, and assures
them Of a speedy triumph
Foote, in letter 10 the rebel House
OF Representatives, announces bis mis-
sion to be one OF peace, No one but
himself is responsible for il
CHARLESTON, Jaa 29.-1he ehemy's
Infantry are encamped near James,
Cross. Reads They have wagon trains
with them.
A Reconnaissance IN force was report
ed ssithin four miles OF RobertsvilIe,
Hardee telegraphs 10 tas enemy that
he crossed at Springfield on The night Of
the 10Th. aud moved northward IN two
columns on the 9th. He reports that
al attempts 10 cross the Combabee have
oeen baiiied ~
The Goldsboro Journal says that be.
yond the garrison Of Fort Fisher, aud a
few troops aud vessels, there are no
Yankees below Wilmington. The flset
Is said to have disappeared, aud il is
probable that the infantry have gone to
reinforce sherman.
The Lynehburg Repablicaa learns
from the Army of Tennessee that Gen.
Beauregard would assume command Of
the army, and was about TO moT e, but
IN what direction was not known.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-04

NEw YoRk, Feb. 3.-The World :
special tonight says the Presidents de-
paFture was looked upoa in Congress as
giving a very serious turn 10 the Peace
question, while throughout very conf
dent mir prevailed that il would speedily
result in something
The Peace Commissioners came down
this morning from City Point 10 Fortress
Monroe. Tomorrow an interview will
take place At the latter place Il is un-
derstood that If these gentlemen have
peace propositions that do DOT include
aH acknowledgment Of their independ-
eucs, they will be immediately escorted
to Washington
The impression Is hourly growing
stronger that these informal negotiations
are paving the way for peace.
Another special 10 the World says il
Is understood that Mr. Lincoln has gone
to confer with JEFF Davis in person.
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-04
miscellaneous News.


NEw YORK, Feb. 3.-The excitement
still continues concerning peace rumors,
and the World thinks that JEFF. Davis Is
fully aware Of the fact that the North
would rather suffer twenty years Of war
than surrender the Union. The fact
that be sends commissioners is evidence
that on some terms or other be is ready
to consent to . reconstruction Of the
Union.
The Tribune thinks it best to sag
notaing On the question, but leave the
President entirely uuembarrassed in bis
action.
The Herald repeats its statement Of
yesterday, and hopes our Government
will continue its preparations for vigor-
Gus war.
The TTibGASs Washington special
says there are powerful officers Of the
Government and powerful men IN both
branches Of Congress who are impatient
with the whole olive branch business
When peace On any other terms than
Submission is proposed it is we'll known
that sharp division viii instantly take
place.
The TSnsss Washington special says
that the Committee on Commerce con-
tinue the examinations Of gentlemen
who hold permits to trade 10 cotton. 1t
appears these permits have been obtain
ed from persons connected with the
Treasury Department The witnesses
in most cases refuse to tell why and
where they obtained their permits.
The same special predicts that the
Niagara Canal and the Illinois Ship
Canal have no chance Of passing this
session
The Richmond DispGEch Of the 30th
says: a We think it certain that General
Breckinridge has been appointed Sec
retary Of War, though his appointment
has net yet been presented to the Senate
for It's approval
Il Is said that f. Bruce, Of Kentucky,
Is to be the Commanding General
Should Congress pass Law, IS it
probably viii, 10 give the yalue Of al
the proper1y taken for the Government,
the iab6rs Of the commissioners will be
desired. and there win be no necessity
/ Tor impressnsnt =
The House finance COMMITTEES are
now perfecting q sweeping tax bill, which
viii remedy the reducing of currency
that would otherwise be made by the
immsnse Gums disposed Of by the Gov
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-04

GEv. BUTLER AND FoET FIsHER.-A-
most everybody at the reception Of the
news of be failure Of the first attempt
70 take Fort Fisher, joined in the absse
Of Gen. Butler, and attributed the fail
ure to either cowardIce or ineompetency
on part Of Maj j-Gen. Butler, and no sue
cess Of fhe federal arms has brought
half the JOY to the copperhead fraternity,
as did the order relieving Gen. Butler
Of his comman1 and returning him to
Lowell. The reaction is as sudden and
almost as universal as was the disposi-
ton to hold him responsible for the fail
nre.
On the subject, the Louisville Journal
uses the following emphatic language :
It Is well knoRn % our readers that
we have never expressed admiration Of
Majorl General Batter as a military Of
fcer, but We have recently received from
him eourtesies and kindn esses that en-
title him as indeed all men are entitled
to the fullest justice from uz he was
not educated As a military man, but We
do noe suppose there is an intslligent
persoE IN the country who really doubts
his personal bravery. General B. may
iadge Incorrectly in regard 70 military
matters, but certainly not under the in
auenee Of fear or timidity Let any one
sho doubts his courage look in bis face
and talk with him. and the doubt will
vanish.
1t Is very possible, perhaps even prob
able, that Gen. Butler erred in not
making an assault upon Fort Fisher
/ Bat he acted ia accordance with the
most enlightened military advice We
heard al the particulars Of the affair
from the lips Of Gen WeitzeH before
we heard them from General Butler
General Eeifzellis graduate Of West
Point7 and be is recognized By every
body as one Of the most gallant and ef-
fective officers IN our service ne, un-
der Instructions from General Butler,
reconnoitered Fort Fisher after the iirst
naval b0mbarlment, and reported that
an assault hypur land forces would in
volve a terrible and utterly useless de-
struetion- -oflife He requested General
Butlsr 10 Fecbhhsiter with him, and the
two, after Fseonnoileting together,
agreed II, under the circumstances,
General Butler had attacked and been
repulsed With terrible loss, we alI know
what loud and fierce clamor would
have been raised against him. He de-
eided as most brave men would have
decided
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-04
OUR SPECIAL REPORT.
Burleigh, the Lake Erie
Pr ate, given up to the
United States.
President Lincoln gone to
Fortress Monroe.
JEFF. Davis Reported en-
route TO Fortress
Monroe.
Lincoln and Seward Move
ments.
Soldiers Enthusiastic at the
prOaTsaof 0f poaao
Soldiers Enthusiastic at the
Prospect of Peace.



WAsHIsGrcS, Feb. 3-The Star has
issued en- extra in regard to the move
menls Of President Lineoln- IL says:
To-day, at II e'slock, President Lin
coin left by special trein for Annapo-
lis, for the purpose, it is understood, of
joining Secretary Seward at Fortress
Monroe or City Point, to hole an inter
view with a rebel depatation consisting
Of A. H. Stephens, r. NJ 7. Hunter and
John A. Campbell From the fact Of The
President going 10 Fortress Monroe or
City Point. color is given to the report
that the rebel deputation lave been per
tailted 10 enter our lines, and it is un-
deratood that they are nov at Fortress
Monroe.
BALTIMORE, Feb IA dispatch from
Annapolis says that President Lincoln,
accompanied By only a servant, arriYed
there aud left a. one o'clock for Fortress
Monroe
Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-04

Ea- A letter from the Chief Com
missary Of the rebels at Wilmington,
has been picked up at Fort Fisher,
which is OF some interest Il says that
by the authority Of the Secretary OF
War (rebeD "the ration OF breadstuf
is reduced TO one pound, aud be adds:
please to instruct the officers 10 this
district, IN view Of existing difficulties in
Georgia, toe department looks to North
Carolina and South Carolina for supplies
of bread and meat: and our officers aad
agents must not only put forth every
effort 70 supply our local demand, tu:
also to collect and forward, without de-
lay, every bashel Of grain and barrel Of
-four that can be spared from the State
at least until Sherman is disposed Of ="
This IS proof that the rebel forces in
/ Virginia and North Carolina draw
supplies largely from Georgia, where
existing difficulties (the dzte Of the
i letter IS Dec |, 1854 were found SO
embarrassing. The solIcitude Of rebel
Commissary that Sherman should be
a disposed Of is not IN the iesst mys-
/ terious.