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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-11
Miscellaneous Items,

One Of the transparencies carried in
the procession at Philadelphia, On Fri
day, bore this legend If Maine gives
10000, where Andy did rot go, what will
the States give through which he passed.
"A Buffalo man has taken out pat
ent for q 0ne,handed knife and fork.
which is so arranged and united that it
can easily be used for eating and table
use by any One-handed man, as readily
as the scissors can be used with one
hand.
In Chicago, last Tuesday, a colored
man employed spOn propeller asked
the mate for some money, when the lat
ter seized him and threw him overheard.
Efforts were made by others on board
to save the man from drowning, but
without avail.
One of Mr.. Lincoln's Secretaries, in
his "White House Sketches" tells of a
personal popularity in him we have not
seen mentioned. His writing was done
when alone and was rarely corrected,
either by himself or others. He com
posed slowly, and when done, was &C
customed to read his manuscript over
aloud, "tO see how it sounded, as he
could hardly Judge of thing by merely
reading it."
The fall races by the Yale navy will
take place on Wednesday, the 18th inst.
In shell and gig races three boats will
be entered. In the barge race the barges
will be rowed by freshmen. There will
be prizes offered in this race worth $50.
consisting of silver oars, to be worn by
the crew of the victorious barge, as
breastpins.
While in Washington, on Thursday,
Thurlow Weed was met at the State
Department by prominent Republican
who asked him how my Policy ~
was going in New York State. Mr..
Weed shrugged his shoulders, looked
askant and replied It's all going one
way" A prominent Republican saws
that he did not say which way, but the
inference was perfectly plain.
AS man, accompanied by his wife
and child, was riding leisurely on the
road between Columbus and Fall River,
Wis, one day last week, two boys, aged
II and Ia, demanded his money or his
life" The eldest at the same time drew
a revolver and fired, the ball coming in
close proximity to the gentleman's head.
The report of the weapon startled the
team, which left the precious urehins
standing by the roadside. The bows
have been arrested.
Nathan Boyd Of Leavenworth, Kan
sas, and seven companions were recently
killed by Indians while q, route to Mon
lana.
The whites and blacks on Cat Island,
about twenty-five miles below Memphis,
Tenn, had a fight on Saturday, in which
two of the negroes were killed and three
wounded. One white man was slightly
injured.
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Local and state Items.

POLICE CouRr-On complaint of Grand
Juror Joyce, several old offenders were
yesterday brought before Justice Smith,
to answer the charges against them, and
were convicted and disposed of as fol-
lows;
Frank Morseman, drunk fined sll,Ss,
VIM, Valquette, drunk; fined SllS5,
Vallquette was re,srraigned on a charge
eff assault and battery, the circumstan-
ces of which were OF such an aggrava-
ted nature, that the Justice held him
for trial at the March term of the Conn
ty Court.
Fideia Johnson, drunk; fined sll5o'
Fidelia was also convicted OF violation
of the liquor law and find $40 and costs.
Ellen Mahar, violation of liquor law ;
fined S. and costs.
Richard Johnson, assault and battery
fined S. and costs.
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THR CoPPRRHBAp Riot AT PHLADELs
pHIA.-After the great Union Republic
can demonstration at the Union League
Club Building, Philadelphia, on Friday
evening last, about midnight, an attack
was made upon the Republican Invlnci-
bles, as they were proceeding to their
headquarters, from those OF the Demo-
cratic Central Committee on Walnut
street. The Invincibles were attacked
by bricks being thrown from the alley
and building in question, The Invincl-
bles Immediately halted, and just at this
moment 1t is alleged that shots were
fred from the building, which resulted
in its being pretty efectually cleaned
out. The lnvincibles soon after pro-
ceeded on their way, when another at
tack was made on them at No. 3l6
Walnut street, occupied as the head
quarters of the white Boys in Blue
After this attack on the lnvinCibleS the
crowd outside rushed into the building
and tore it completely out, the furniture
of various kinds being smashed, and the
windows and shutters demolished. Sew
everal of the Invincibles were wounded.
Capt. ]. J. Fisher Of Company q was
shot in the wrist the ball going through.
Private Levi Thomas was shot in the
thigh the ball remains in the wound
Private Harry Hopkins of Company D
was shot in the head and it is feared
mortally wounded. Benjamin Swayne,
marshal's aid, was shot in the leg below
the knee.
Same evening, and about the same
hour, as the Myers Campaign Club was
turning around the corner Of Sixth and
Cestnut streets, an unprOyoked and COW
ardly attack was made upon the mem
bers by the Buckwalta Club, a society Of
copperhead rowdies. There were seven
reports Of pistols, and though nobody
was killed, yet several made narrow es
capes. The riot did not last long, as the
aggressors, it seemed, fred and fell back
to avoid arrest. Four Of them were ar
rested.
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RUTLAND HERALD.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER o, 1866.
By what Authority.

A recent telegram from Washington
startled the public with the announce.
ment that, by order Of the President,
the movable property of the rebel chief
tain, Cen. Lee Ut Arlington, Va, had
been stored = him. This is an i'm
portal order If true, and we have no
reason % douhr its reliability. This
properly had been condscated by the
general government as the property Of
traitor, and should have been sold to
help defray the enormous expenses Incl
dent to crushing out the rebellion, Of
which its former owner was one of the
chief instigators. The debt of the
United States at the present time is i'm
mense, and the people are taxed to pay
it, and every dollar that the sale Of this
and other confsoated property which
has been restored to rebel owners by the
President, would have Melted the gov
eminent, must, in lieu thereof, be raised
by taxing the people. By what author
ity has the President restored this prop
erty? We know of no power which
guarantees him the right to do so. The
Constitution declares emphatically in ar
ticle I, Section s, clause II, that The
Congress shall have power to declare
war, and make rules con-
corning captures on land and water"
This property was captured by our
armies ION land, and Congress had the
sole power to say in what manner it
should be disposed of; yet the President
has again brought the One-man- power
into vogue, and virtually taken the dis
posal Of captures on land and water"
out OF the hands Of Congress, which
body has already spoken and expressed,
in the confsCatiOn law, the manner in
which it intends to dispose Of such cap
lures. This law is binding upon the
President who has taken solemn oath
to faithfully execute it and all other
laws Of the land. The only plea which
the executive can have for this breach of
his oath OF Office is the privileges
granted him by the pardoning power to
remit q penalty Tor crime, and should
the C0nfscation of Gen. Lees property
be viewed in the light of a penalty for
crime, he had no right to restore the
property until after the case had been
tried in the courts and the penalty de-
clared.
The pardon Of the President can set
aside the penalty of the law, but it can
not abrogate provision OF the Consti-
tuition itself, and the President in as
Stunning the right to do SO, has usurped
a power which the trainers Of the Con-
stitution placed only in the hands of the
Congress OF the people,
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JoHNsoHIsM.-Tbe effect OF ':my pol
icy" in TennesseP. may be inferred from
the following extract from a private let
ter written 'oy Methodist clergyman
in Nashville to q friend in Washing
ton
"TPings are quite different now to
wh8,,5 they were when you left US. Then
SsTJ Union men felt like freemen; they
" ere jubilant over the many and glori-
Gus victories of the army and the Union,
and the downfall Of proud and naughty
rebel foe, Then Union men felt that
their troubles were at an end; then they
could say what they pleased, and do
what they wished, and there were none
to molesc ". make them afraid then
the rebels wcIe prostrate and in despair,
and would have submitted to anything.
But how Is ii now ? You can have no
conception Of the change that has come
over the spirit Of their dreams. The
old rebel virus is still in them. They
ale in good spirits, and have hopes yet
Of slavery and separation. The old reb.
els have been reinforced by the copper
hCaNcs 1trI tutf SAptCb YET 10 WIN JIle
fight What has done this? Answer
My policy"
Union men are no longer free in the
greater portion Of the South, and all be-
cause the President saw fit to pat rebels,
and TOOK to cursing like au Arab at
Northern Union men. This gave the
rebels courage to attempt to renew their
control o. the country, and getting the
upper hand they do not hesitate to rule
with severity. The writer OF the letter
from which the above paragraph is
taken, says that his life would not be
safe an hour if certain historical works
were sent him; and it is a frequent &C.
currence 10 hear of men moving North
to avoid the precautions to which they
are subjected because they were such
Union men as would not fight against
the old flag,
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SITTING ON A BLIsTER.-In Mr.. Car
penter's six months at the White House
he states that, in 1858, when gentle
man informed the President that the
elections in New York and some other
States would 60 against the Republican
party, Mr.. Lincoln, much disturbed,
paced the apartment some time in silence.
1t was at q dark hour Of the war and
ne felt that the army and his admins
tratiOn neededH support and popular
approval more than ever. At length
Mr.. Lincoln stopped, and sat down with
a grim smile, remarking "Well, l can't
run the elections. If the American peo-
Pile back up the rebels, and get scorched
in the rear, they have got to sit down on
the blister !"
This illustration is as good and true
now as then. If the people Of any State,
or any congressional district, in this years
elections, back up toward the rebels, as
Andrew Johnson desires them to do,
they will certainly get scorched; and they
will find the blister most uncOmfort-
able cushion to sit upon. Andrew John
son himself has told them that the bis
ter, if large enough, will be civil war. If
it only covers a congressional district,
that district will have Representative
in Congress in hopeless, powerless
minority, unable to accomplish anything
! either for his district or for the nation,
and wholly without influence in the
councils OF the nation. The district that
sends disloyal man to the next Con-
gress will get badly scOrched, and it will
have to sit upon the blister for two
years without any relief.-Tri5Hne.
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HoN. D. e. NICHOLSON 5 ADDRESS.
Hon. David Z. Nicholson of WalliDg-
ford, delivered the address before the So
ciety in the Town Hall at three o'clock
p. m, He began by expressing the pleas
ure ne felt in being permitted to address
so fine an audience, in the midst Of so
much talent. Not having prepared a
speech, he must depend upon the inspi-
ration Of the occasion and his Surround
ings, "What DO think 2" he supposed
to he the question his friends desired to
have considered. He then took the
GROUND that of all fairs ever held, town
fairs are the most useful and successful;
and the t.cts exactly harmonic with
the philosophy involved, hence it ought
to surprise no one that Town Fairs
should exceed all o. ers in merit and ex-
celence. Town Flirs bring together
those who are intimately Interested IN
each other. So long as sOcie Ties Keep
within their proper bounds, they Rre TO
be commended and supported, Here the
ordinary prejudces Of religion educa-
ton and politics are ignord all know
each other all meet on common ground,
and are impelled by common sympathies.
Another reason in favor of Town Fairs
is found in the peculiar organization OF
our State into townships, and not on the
basis of population. Town Fairs are in
perfect harmony with our anomalous or
ganization as a political community.
AS in the original organizatin OF YER
mont institutions the town was a horn
Of strength, so now town is q town
with all that is essential to powers and
esponsibilities-wh it be Ripton
with its eighty voters, or Rutland with
its eighteen hundred. The speaker elab
GRATED this thought with much point
and force.
He next spoke of the advantages of
organized effort, referring to the achieve
ments of the electric telegraph as an il
lustration. What could the nation have
done toward putting down the rebellion
without organized effort? How could
our soldiers have been properly cared for
without the Sanitary COMMISSIONERS
contributions, its prayers, its tears
Not the contributions were alone valua-
bic, but the influence of all those efforts
GA the hearts and the patriotism of the
people. His illustrations of the infiu-
ence of prayer on the community were
touching and beautiful.
The speaker then alluded to the meth
DDS of national reconstruction, and par
ticularly to the methods Of teaching the
loyal colored men Of the South. {" Let
there be test for the enjoyment of the
elective franchise-I care not what that
test is, provided it be made applicable
alike to all persons, irrespective Of the
accident of color or condition"
The people are now cut loose from po-
litical leaders, and no man can lead the
loyal masses astray. We have only to
trust in Providence aud do our duty,
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A GREAT YIELD.-A piece of meadow
land in St. Johnsbury, owned by Messrs.
f. & 7. Fairbanks Is Co, containing
. Il acres, which had not produced for
several years over one ton Of hay to the
acre, was plowed in the month Of August
1865, top dressed with 80 loads Of yard
manure to the acre, well narrowed and
on this was sOwed IA 5ushel of Timothy
and 10 lbs. clover seed to the acre, and
again narrowed and rolled. There was
cut from this piece Of land in 1866, the
last week in June, tons; and the sec
ond crop the first week in September, of
5 ID tons-in all 13 IL tons of fine
Timothy, well matured and made hay,
being and 2-5 tons to the acre. No
clover appeared.
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Although an entirely new invention, this Rr,
Gle has already excited the surprise and adm
ration Of many Of the prominent scientific mel
OF the day, and is pronounced by all who have
seen Its almost magical operation. one Of ta
most valuable inventions of modern times
II Is complete electro silver plating batter
In bottle, aud Is destined to work wonders il
every household as by its use all slyerphca
ware, whose plating is worn of can be restore
to its original beauty, and article of brass COZ
per, German silver, etc. can be instantaneous
Iy plated with pure silver. at a cost so trialn-
that no family need be without it.
There are thousands of articles in daily u.s.
made OF the bascr metals, which, by an occ'
liOnal Use IF the Sjlvermc, may be made high,
Ornamental NJ well as useful.
IL IS perhaps needless to say that the SllV'
inc. as its name implies, is a preparatlol o.
PURE SILVER, and contains no mercury, aclo,
or other ingredients. nor any property IN Inv
slightest degree injuTiOus to metals OF Inc
hands
Applied to Silver Plated Table Ware, Fruit
Dishes Trays. Casters, stair Rods, Harness
Trimmings Military Equipments, Door hnO0H
and Plates, Metallic Window aud Show case
Frames &c, whose plating is worn on, II give I'VE
them all the beauty of new ware. Whlca tnsy
will retain the Siverine is applied as oiIen NJ
such articles are ordinarily cleaned. I'LL,
Applied to Copper, Brass or Bronze arl arr, p.,
1t will keep them beautifully silyered, WIN ouS
quarter the troable required to keep them cleaI
by securing, etc.
1t will also be Sound TO be the best and mos
economical silver cleaner ever ured, producing
all the brillanCy Of unallOyed silver.
HOWE 81 STEVENS,
Manufacturers, 960 Broadway, Boston, Mas
Oct1d6t&40w6W
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-11

1 The inquest on the body of VIM.
McKeever at Chicago, was concluded on
Thursday evening, and the jury return
cd q verdict that he came to his death
at the Chicago Driving Park on the
evening Of September 90, from injuries
inflicted by board in the hands of some
person or persons unknown; and that
there was evidently plot among some
Of the friends Of the horse Cooley to
prevent the horse Butler winning the
ace.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-11

TRoTTINa.-We learn that trotting
match for a purse of 500, between sew
eral fast horses owned in this vicinity,
including Young Darkey, Sweepstakes
and the Gleason horse, is to come off
over the race track OF the Rutland Coun-
ty Agricultural Society on Thursday,
18th inst. Good trotting and d lively
time is anticipated.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-11

tbs DAVIS FAMILY.-The Jefferson
Davis family, consisting Of Mrs. How
ell, mother Of Mrs. Davis, q younger sis
ter Of the latter, unmarried, and two
boys and q girl, children Of JEFF, the
Oldest boy not over fourteen, are liv-
ing at Montreal in plain, quiet way.
Since their sojourn in Canada they have
been at times in very Strengthened cir
cumstances. They are very bitter
against the United States, and fear that
Canada will be annexed. They admire
The distinctions of caste which prevail
IN Canada.
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Brandon Town Fair.

BRANDON, Oct. 6, 1866.
Editor Rutland Herold: I send you for
publication in the HERALD the following
list Of awards made at our Town Fair
on the Sd inst. The list, you will see is
interspersed with one or two special re-
ports, such as that Of the committee on
grapes, which probably cannot, in JUS
tice to the committee, be published in
better form. The report Of the Fair
closes with brief synopsis of the adj
dress by Hon. D. E. Nicholson.
E. JUNE, Secretary.
List Of a,cardS OH articles entered for er1i5i-
ton IN the ToWm Hall.
ROOT CROPS.
Best lot Of potatoes ten
kinds, Rowland
I'd do. J Messy
Sd do. French
Best lot Of beets, wa Williams
I'd do. Fl II Merritt
Sd do. z Nearing
TURNIPs.
Best specimens, Alb Jones
I'd do. 8 var. H & L Churchill
FGosben
Sd do. ] Sargent, Pittsfd
CARROTS.
Best lot, DR. A T Woodward
I'd do. w A Williams
ONIONS.
Best lot, Fl II Merritt
I'd do. H&SLC Churchill
Sd do. 0 Rowland
BETTER, CHEESE AND MAPLE SUGAR.
a tub containing very nice
sample of maple sugar, R Phelps
Best specimen of cheese, w NJ Slavery
I'd do. J Parsons
Best lot of butter, FL Rust
I'd do. W NJ Slavery
HOUSEHOLD MANUFACTURES.
The committee say the great crowd of
people in the hall prevented the inspec-
ton of one half the articles except at a
distance.
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THE DEMOCRATIC SLATB.-The Bur-
lington Times says: Mr.. Johnson's Dem
ocratic friends had an old fashioned " To-
cofoco "corkus at Montpelier recent
ly where it is understood the following
appointments of federal offices in this
State was made, signed. sealed, and de-
livered. The list comprises but single
demi-J ohnsonite, Judge Beardsley, of St.
Adams. This is the " Slate"
District Attorney--H. R. Beardsey, st.
Adams.
U. S. Marshal.-Geo. P. Baldwin,
Bradford.
Collector internal Revenue, 1st Dis
trict Samuel Wells, Montpelier.
Do, I'd District-Henry Chase, Lyn-
don.
Do, Sd District-waldo Brigham,
Hydepark.
Assessor, LIST District-Geo. H. Sim
mons, Bennington.
Do, Cd District-Col. Henry N. Wor-
Their, Bradford.
DO, Sd District-Jasper Rand, St. Al
'Oans
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and the rich inheritance bequeathed to
us by our fathers will be transmitted tn
our ehildren's children to thousand
generations.
The speech was characteristic of the
honorable speaker, terse, animated and
eloquent and was well received.
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RUTLAND WEEKLY HERALD THURSDAY, OCTOBER IL,

Giles; four soap stone stoves of different
patterns, equally elegant and ornamen-
tai as we'll as useful; one May Flower
cook stove one comfort cook stove.
Among their manufactured articles were
some of the incest specimens OF work
we have seen.
COMMITTEES AwARDs-PouLTRI.
Best Brahma PoOtra, a cock and two
hens, five chickens, one.half Brahma,
awarded to j. Powers
Best pair Brahma Pootra chickens to
A T Woodward
Best pair black Spanish chickens to A
T Woodward
Second best Brahma chickens, three
cocks and three pulletS, II A Barnes
Best Malacca, one cock and three pull
let's, D r Putnam.
One pair of Grades, C w Carr.
SWINE.
Best boar yr Old Sargent PittsIord,
Best pigs weeks old, A A Dickerman,
Best boar and sow, April pigs, C W Con-
nant, Brandon.
Best brood sows G w Conant, Brandon,
Best two filters of pigs each, W CO.
nant, Brandon.
Best boar, Is weeks old, n 7 Sprague Jr.
COWS AND HELPERS.
Best COW, John H Johnson,
Best Ave yearing heifers w Rand.
MATCHED OXEN, STEERS AND FAT CATTLE.
Best pair working oxen, Sylvester Segar.
81 best, Jesse Hines,
81 Z D Johnson.
Best pair years Old, Asa Paine Pitts
ford.
"a do. VIM A Williams. Brandon.
Sd do. Benz Johnson.
Best pair years old, Geo Swinnington,
Leicester.
q do II A Sumner, Brandon.
30 do Reuben Noyes,
Best pair years Old, Josephus Manley.
~ do. w Rand.
Best and well formed fat COW, John
Johnson.
BREED EWES,
Best pen of 10, LIST premium, Samuel j.
Merriam.
Best pen of >, lst premium, a G Stiles
STOCK HORSES,
lst premium to stallion owned by Bird
& Halsey.
ID do. to stallion, Rutland Morgan) Mr.
Cole.
Sd DO. to black stallion owned by W c
Butler, PittsIord.
MATCHED HoRsBs.
lat premium, d Harlow.
% do, A W Goss.
WORKING HORSES.
lst premium, Benz. Stevens
ID do, pr of grays, VIM w Slavery.
SINGLE HORSES, TRoTTgRS
lst premium, R WEIGH.
I'd do, - Fletcher, Goshen
SINGLE HORSES, DRIVERS.
LIST premium Geo Merriam, Salisbury.
ID do, + E Terry, Brandon,
BROOD MARES.
1st premium, NJ Wallace,
ID do, S S Hooker, Goshen.
Sd do,
SUCKING COLTS.
1st premium, J NJ Wallace.
ID do. David Rowel.
Sd do, S S Hooker.
COLTS TWO YEARS OLD.
lst premium, Horace Barnes.
I'd do, NJ c Johnson.
+. JUNE, Secretary.
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THAT SEIzURE.-We mentioned short
time since the seizure Of sheep, the prop
rety of Ruggles, Hastings & Co., by
revenue officer from Newport The sheep
have now been released. The Caledonian
says:
A custom house officer from Newport
seized several Car loads Of sheep at this
place last week, the property of Rug.
giles & Co. We understand the sheep
were bought in Canada and the full mum.
Der not being reported to the customs Of
ticer he seized the entire lot. On the
case being laid before Gen. Stannard, and
it fully appearing that no fraud was in
tended, the sheep were released and sent
on their way. The loss by delay and
shrinkage On the sheep was several hun
dred dollars, but these dealers care very
little for that, as long as their honor is
untarnished.