Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-07-19
Miscellaneous Items.

The gambling dens in New Orleans
have been ordered closed by the mayor.
1t is reported that Howell Cobb is
to take the stump in Georgia in behalf
of President Johnsons policy.
The Cincinnati Academy of Music
was destroyed by fire on Thursday
night. The loss is twenty thousand dol
lars. .
The Fenians presented candidate
for prosecuting attorney to the county
convention heltisrt Columbus, Ohio, on
the I'd. He was not nominated, and the
Fenians treaten bolt.
AT the Soldiers Fourth of July cel-
ebration in Salem, ILL.,, Gen. Sherman
publicly stated that he had never been
democrat, and had never voted but once
in his life.
Senator Lanes funeral was fixed on
Sunday, but in consequence of the rapid
decomposition of the rema ins they were
buried at Lawrence, Kansas, on Friday.
All business was suspended and the fu-
neral was largely attended.
"A traveller says he saw Gen. McClel-
Ian at Dresden, few weeks ago, and
it was thought he would "break up his
Summer quarters, and advance in the
Fall as soon as the roads were hard.''
VIM. Lloyd Garrison is suffering
severely from the results Of two falls
upon the ice, last winter, and is unable
to use pen, and, consequently, his work
on the history of the anti-slavery cause
is wholly retarded.
"A sensational Washington letter
states that Charles O'Conor Of New
York, one of JEFF Davis counsel, has
letter written by Mr.. Johnson in 1850,
proposing to join the rebellion, provided
| he could have seat in the confederate
cabinet-and that this is why Davis is
not tried.
The Alabama call for a convention
to send delegates to the Philadelphia
convention is signed, except in one in
stance, by former secessionists and ac-
tive rebels. The candidates named are
| ex- Senator Parsons, Houston, and Alex.
White of the rebel Congress, and ex-Gov.
Watts, executive of the State during the
rebellion. .Ht
-Elmore Z. Studley, II years old, a
clerk in the post office at New Bedford.
has been arrested for stealing valuable
letters, the contents of which are alleged
to have been valuable. Among the
missing property are 81 500 in bonds not
negotiable. The money stolen has been
spent in lotteries and gift enterprises.
The mileage report of the Thirty
eighth Congress lays down the distance
between Washington and Cincinnati and
Washington and Covington, KY, as be-
ing, severally, 672 and 756 miles. As
the Ohio river separates the two places,
and as there is suspension bridge
across it between them, the length Of the
bridge is exactly l16 miles.
The Duke Ge Chartres, who had ap-
piled for commission in the Italian
army. has been informed that consider
ations of q superior order compel the
Italian government to deprive them
selves of his services" This would
mean that for fear of offending Louis
Napoleon, Victor Emanuel cannot give
a Bourbon prince an opportunity OF dis
tinguishing himself.
"A despatch from st. Louis says that
a singular appearance was observed in
a pond attached 20 the Harrison mills,
at Bellville, on Friday morning. Thou
sands of dead fish, of all sizes, were seen
floating upon the surface of the water,
and lining the shores of the pond, while
thousands of Others were observed rising
to the surface and gasping for breath.
During the day men were busily engaged
taking them out of the water and bury
ing them in trenches dug for the pur-
pose.