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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22
Internal Revenue Report for tho
Year Ending June 30, 1865.

The report of the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue for the year ending
June 80, 1865, has made its appearance,
from which we gather the following
facts
There are I3l collection His.-,"a~ ,-,,,'.1 w W
The g ouates and Territories Of the
Union, Nothing yet has been received
from the Southern States, and they are
not counted The total collections for
the last three years are 1868, Gal 1,O03,-
1872; 1864, s1l7, las, ,746; 1865, s2ll, ,l29,-
629. OF this last amount, manufactures
paid s104 ,S79,609, incomes $49,669,96s.
banks, railroads, &C, Sl4,385 ,606, IL
ceuses, $l2,613,748, and stamps Gil 1922
392. In manufactures, distilled aud fer
mented liquors paid s18652, 1882, tobac-
co, $11 ,OS9, ,4S7, iron s., ,494, 1888, woolens
s7,G47 ,O94, and clothing s6,820,936 cot
tons s6747 1923, leather s4,337, ,267, oils
s8,49O, ,444, bo1ts and shoes sS,2SO,e27.
paper 81 ,Os2,475. A portion of the rev.
enue goes directly to tISee commissioner
such as moneys for stamps, passports
bank and railroad receipts, &c. - Ing
one hundred and eighty-three millions
collected by the district collectors the
following are the receipts and expenses
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dated July LIST, 1866, and interest there
after will be payable on the first of jan
uary and first of July. The bonds are
to be accepted in payment of all claims
for expenses incurred or loss sustained
In the war for the Union, whether by the
state, or any municipal corporation
within the state. These bonds shall not
be delivered to any state until legisla-
tive thereof has formally consented to
accept them on the above terms; but
the conditions contained In the third
section shall not be construed to exclude
any demand or claim from state or
municipal corporation which can be
audited and paid under any law in force
at the time Of the approval Of this act.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

The total cost Of assessing and col
lecting last year was about sir769,o66.
It costs the most in the newest sections.
For example, In New Mexico and Utah.
the expenses were over one-fourth of
the receipts.
The amount collected from Vermont
appears rather small compared with the
other New England States, and the di-
minutive figure may be attributed main
Iy to the lack of our manufacturing en-
terprises.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

"THE STAR OF THE GALAXY. The
National Republican has a glowing ac-
count of 'fste" given at the National
Hotel in Washington on the evening Of
the 18th inst, by the ladies sojourning at
that House. The account concludes as
follows;
The display of elegant costumes of
silks, ve'vets, laces, and all the ingeni-
Gus fabrics of the loom was very rich
and varied Some of the ladies were
crystalline with jewelry, and others,
with more simple apparel, displayed
charms that would tempt an anchorite
from his lenten repast,
The star OF the galaxy was however
young lady from Vermont, a niece of
Senator Foot, who was dressed with a
simplicity that charmed everybody who
saw her. Her dress was pure white al
paca, covered with transparent lace, and
she wore not an ornament either of
jewelry, ribbons, or anything of the kind
Her hair was allowed to fall naturally
without comb or any visible confine-
ment, and her figure presented picture
worthy Of she pencil of the Italian mas
ters.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

appoint commissioners to settle the diff
terences between the Troy and Boston
Railroad Company and the trustees of
the Rutland and Burlington Railroad,
in pursuance of an act passed at the last
session of the Legislature. The import.
ance of the interests involved, the ability
Of the counsel engaged, and the obstina.
cy with which every point was contest
ed combined to make II one OF the most
interesting cases ever heard in the
county. 7. W. Park, +. ]. Phelps, of
Burlington, and Judge Gould of Troy,
member Of the New York Court of
Appeals, appeared for the Troy and Bos.
ton Railroad Company; Levi Under
wood of Burlington, for the trustees
Burchard' and Page; John B. Gale of
Troy, for the Rensselaer, and Saratoga
Railroad Company A. Tracy of Wood.
stock, for the Rutland and Burlington
corporation. A question was f.rst raised
as to the right Of the Chies Justice tc.
sit in the case, in cOnseoIence ~ n,s he.
ing related to the owSer of a large
amount Of the he M w.,yrtgage bonds Of the
TS'o .Sis ohiaotic- c .rlington Railroad. Had
Snls oo1eo" III been sustained 1t would
nav" ..eIeated the proceedings, as there
was only quorum of the Judges pres
ent. After an elaborate argument 1t was
decided by the associate Judges that the
Chief Justice might properly sit. Quite
a numbes of preliminary objections were
then succes.sively raised, argued al
length. and ovc.ruled. In this way
nearly the entire day ~aS consumed be-
fore the main question %as reached
The court then decided to appolns com
missioners, and appointed Hon Isaac +.
Redheld, Timothy P. Redfeld and Du'
gald Stewart.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22
The Debts of the Loyal States.

The report made to the House on
Friday, by Mr.. Blaine, from the select
committee on the reimbursement of the
wsr dentI1 of the state, includes data on
the subject of the debts of all the loyal
States except California, oregon ana
Nevada. The total is ascertainea ~ oe
S467 ,954, ,364. The committee recon-
mend the reimbursement of states in
part, upon the basis of the proportion Of
men furnished by each State. 1t was
deemed too burdensome to the general
government to require more than frac-
tionsl credit. Twenty-Five per cent. of
the average expenditure throughout the
loyal States, or fifty. FIVE dollars for each
man furnished, as reduced to three
years standard, is recommended. A bill
to that effect is appended,
1t is believed the total amount is not
less than s475 100000 The separate
amounts have already been approx
mately stated, The following are those
of New England:
Maine, s12,632, $50; New Hampshire,
l3l25,0O0; Vermont, $500, ,759; Mas
sachuseetts, s47 ,sO9,8 ,827; Rhode Island,
s65O0772i Counectict, sl7,SS6.15l.
To the State OF Maine for SO 595 men,
s3,ll2725; New Hampshire. 80 827 men,
81 e95, ,485; verment, 29,0952 men, ST.
697 $50; Massachusetts,, 12s s44 men,
s6 8ll ,420; Rhode Island, 1873 men,
1888 29O; Connecticut, 60,514 men, ST.
77S, ,270; other states are proportioned
in the same rate. New York gets s20,-
993,280. -.a. ..... ..--
The amounts to be re reimbursed shall
be In registered bonds OF the United
States OF not less $1,000 each, bearing
interest at the rate of Ave per cent. per
annum, payable semi-snnually In law
ful money and redeemabls at the pleas.
ure Of the United States after twenty
years from date. Said bonds shall -
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

CoPPBRHRADIsN AT A DIsCoUNr. - At
an evening party in this village, not
long since, young man from Kinder
hook, n. Y, (who, by the way is much
addicted to copperheadlsm,) became
greatly enamored of fair damsel, and
at an early honr obtained permission to
escort her home. In the course of the
evening politics unfortunately happened
to become the topic of conversation,
when the hydra head Of copper, always
difficult of concealment, was displayed
to an alarming extent. The young lady
before alluded to, being a very estima-
BILE and patriotic person, listened for a
lew moments in silent astonishment to
her woHld-be escort, and then, casting
upon him look of withering contempt
left the room. The evening drew to
close, and the young gallant, not with
out some misgivings, came forward, hat
in hand, to seek his lady-who, hooded
and shawled, was in waiting-but not
for him, as the sequel showed. Coolly
remarking that she would not dare
trust herself to the protection OF an in
dividual Of such principles, she walksd
away with staunch young republican,
leaving the discomftted and now thor
oughly chagrined New Yorker to dlaw
his own conclusions respecting the poll
cy Of avowing copperhead principles in
the presence OF our Vermont girls.
Blessings on their patriotic hearts.
ONE WHO HBARD.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE AT RoYALToE.
The Woodstock Standard speaks highly
of the new bridge over White river,
built by the Vt, Central, 1t is 600 # ia
length, ar.11 cost the road about s24, 900.
A.snough twenty -one trains passed and
repassed every secular day and night for
nine months, and the deck of the bridge
was fifty feet above the bed Of the river
there was no interruption Of the trains
and no accident to life or limb occurred
while the work was in progress.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22
Great Fire Sn Pithoie---New Dss-
COVery of OIL.
pIrgoLp Pa Feb. I

PITHoLB, Pa Feb. IL, 1886.
.RfGto, RnRar6 Herald Great fire In
ptthoIe and great o,-,, -c"Hrv Of oil.
Last Wednesday morning, the sysrs.
cuse House was discovered to be on fire.
and about five rods above in the side
hill are two water wells, one Is feet
deep, the other %, with common wood
pumps. The water used in trying to
extinguish the fire was obtained from
these two wells. After pumping about
one hour, the fire seemed to increase
rapidly, and upon investigation the wells
were found to be producing oil of 80
gravity, and up to to-day they are in-
creasing. One Of the wells Is owned by
8 wash woman and she has given her
customers notice that no more washing
would be done for want Of water, the
other, by q boarding house which
pumped yesterday Sunday 20 bbls. Of
oil. Vermonters are also in luck-two
large flowing wells lately struck on Pit
hole Creek, partly owned by Vermont
IHeU, UUC Itslucub vi all huNCHt ~ ID
we'll worth the time and expense Of any
Vermont man to visit the oil regions.
The Herald finds its way here weekly
and the Editor Is welcome to weeks
hoard by calling at the Hotel kept by
Densmore and Liscomb, on the Vose
Farm.
Give US q call. We have now 26 large
flowing wells at Pithole besides quite
number Of pumping wells. Last SUM-
mer 1t took about two thousand teams
daily to draw the oil to the railroad and
river. We now have railroad from
Pithele to Allegheny river, also six inch
tubing and tubing to the Miller Farm
Station Oh Greek railroad, besides q
plank road from fitssvlle and HNsr
IAeA.
Yours, 80. L.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

ANOTHER RAILROAD ACoIDENT.-As
the freight train was going from Ben
nington to Troy, last Thursday evening,
an engine that had been taken on board,
and no1 having been properly adjusted,
slipped around until it fell off, Just as
the car was passing over the bridge
leading across the Bowman road, near
Lansingburgh. The great weight of
the driver striking upon the projection
of the bridge, broke in the structure +;
the car went off the track sad down
the abyss the three succeeding cars
also plunged of, and were entirely
smashed up. The last car was loaded
with Burdens iron ore, which was dis
tributed around like pi. superinten-
dent Moseley set forty men to work to
clear away the debris, and succeeded in
getting the track ready for trains to pass
the next morning. No person was in
iured by the accident.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

-esE-TRAbE ON rug BRAIx.-"Ine Perfect
free trade and unfettered competition
will be found the best protectors Of
American industry, as they have proved
to be of the industries of Great Britain
and Switzerland, who alone, as YET,
have had the intelligence to adopt this
wise policy"
The above is the philosophy of the
New York Commercial Adver:jse and
is simply the madness Of tleorizing at
the expense of trutt. in order to sustain
the selfish interests of importers. The
statement quoted is made in defiance of
.ne factt that Great Britain raises $780,
100000 yearly from customs, with an
average tariff on her dutiable imports
quite as high as ours, and duty on
millions of pounds Of American tobacco
of toto times ITS COST amounting, in 1859,
to over Sl9,0O0,OO0
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

DIssoLvED.-At a recent meeting Of
the stockholders of the Fort Edward
Sandy Hill and Glens Falls Railroad
Company, held at Gleus Falls, reso!u-
ton was unanimously adopted dissotv-
ing the corporation and authorizing the
Treasurer Of the company to refund the
amounts paid in by the several stock
holders upon their signing a written
consent that the corporation be dis
solved and returning the vouchers Of
money paid in by them, and giving re-
celpt for the money SO refunded, the
money so refanded being made proper
tionately after deducting the expenses.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

"A private dispatch received here
from promnant member of the Con-
necticut URion state convention states
that a resolution recommending the
early admission of Tennessee was voted
down in the committee on resolutions.
This is interesting news TO the senators
and representatives here who had been
made to believe that the Immediate re-
admission of Tennessee is tmperatively
demanded by the people Of the loyal
states.- Washington correspondent Of the
Tribune.
A resolution in favor of negro suffrage
was also voted down in the committee.
What then The republicans Of Con-
necticut mean to hold the state and do
the best they can for the country, but
they did not think it duty or policy to
dictate either to the President or Con-
gress.-Sprtngfsld Republican.
A little more thoughtfulness and less
Of the sensational in metropolitan jour
nails, would have beneficial effect on
the public mind.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

CAsTLgroN. - Editor RsRas9 Herald :.
The old homestead Of the Sanford fami-
ly was made joyous on Tuesday even
ing of the 18th inst, 1t being the fifty
fourth anniversary of the married life
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Sanford. A
goodly number Of their children and
grand children were present, besides sew
erai invited guests. or the family at
home were DR.. James Sanford and wife,
Franklin Sanford and wife and two
daughters, Carlos Sanford and son, Mr..
L. w. Preston wife and three children.
or their three daughters absent, one re-
sides in Albany, one in New York, and
another in Wisconsin. They have raised
a family of eight children, all are living
but one, all of them are married, set
tied in life, and doing well. We be-
lieve the venerable pair have lived to-
gether longer than any other two Per
sons in town. They have occupied the
dwelling and farm for more than forty
years, and they are in the euicJyment o,
every needed comfort to make old age
happy. Quite an Interesting paper was
read by DR., Sanford, giving a brief his
toyv -, % the family from the 18th of Feb
ruary, 1918, to the 18th o. feoruary'
1856. After partaking of the sumptu-
Gus hospitalities of the house, and con-
graduating the old people on the long
and eventful welded life, the company
separated, feeling that 1t had been good
thus to observe this anniversary. Mr.
Sanford has been patron of the HER
AID during these tlfty-four years and
thinks that his family relations would
be incomplete without it now.
Rev. Mr.. Townshend, agent of the
Union Commission presented the claims
of the suffering Union people Of the
South upon the liberality and sympathy
of the North, before the Congregational
and Methodist congregations at the
brick church, last Sabbath. Mr.. T. was
two years or more connected with the
Christian Commission. He knows a
good deal about the South and of the
cruel war through which the nation has
Just passed. His labors here were we'll
received. At the close of his address 8
contribution was given, amounting to
sixty dollars, to aid and encourage this
humane commission.
The Union Musical Convention, to
be held at Poultney this week, promises
to be grand affair. The officers of the
association are spsring no pains or ex-
pense to make it an occasion every way
worthy of the cause it is designed to
promote. The best musical talent has
been engaged from the cities and some
Of the finest singers in Rutland County,
ank Washington County, N. Y, will be
there to lend their aid. The convention
will be held in Joslin Hall, one of the
most magnificent in the County, IL not
In the State, for such purposes. By
the way, Joslin is musical man, deals
extensively In musical instruments, and
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22
More Northern Treason

s Joshua Hill was candidate before
the Georgia Legislature, recently, for
the United States Senate. His claims
were urged ON the ground Of his un-
nnching loyalty to the Union through
out the rebellion-that he could take
the test oath without a scruple, while
DIS competitors could not. He was not
eleCted, as our readers know-but Alex
o stephens and Herschel V. Johnson
pere.
The New York Daily News comes out
$40 defends the Georgians, in thus re-
lecting Mr.. Hill on account of his Union
Hm. The News says:
Never can he represent there, or else
rrhere, the brave and gallant men of
oeorgla. They know better than to in
sust the honor of their dead and the
EVerests of the living to such as he
80 90 not trust those who have been
nlse 10 them in the hour of danger and
y darkness. The Southern people new
81 WILL never can. conf1de In those who,
IN among them, or living in their
alost during the dark and stormy days
their grand struggle, prayed, or
sued at least, for the success of the
~ ~ ana for the ruin and desolatinn of
s ~ MONIES and temples and fields of the
outn, and for that fearful oppression
xneath which these people are now
Mggering and grosning."
II the News was paper OF much in
'ence, the hand of the government
sould no doubt be laid upon It as an
OS'ruction to full restoration of
ace' Very few papsrs in the South.
e venture to assert, would deem it
BOD policy, or even Just, to utter such
ssuage. But Northern co.perhead
$ : all along been deemed by crizeus
a soldiers as more yeaomeas than an
Pen seoessieniet, --s-- .. :
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

REVISION OF UNITED STATES Laws
Senator Poland has reported, from the
judiciary committee, bill to provide
for the revision and codiication of the
laws of the United States. Senator
Sumner and others have repeatedly
urged this measure, but it has always
failed, and for no good reason, The
only convenient volume for reference,
we believe, is Brightly's Digest, and that
is neither official ror posted up to the
present date.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

FEMALE SHARpER.--A female calling
herself Mrs. E. s. Smith, and hailing
from Troy, n, Y. was arrested in Bur-
lington by constable Drew, Thursday
evening, on suspicion of passing drafts
in New York, altered from 50 to 800,
on G. G. Lincoln, cashier of the First
National Bank Of North Bennington,
and VIM. P Black, cashier Of the Bat
tenkill Bank, Manchester. She was to
be taken to Manchester tor examina-
ion.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION -
1t has been iudicially decided that
the Presidents signature is not neces-
sary to a constitutional amendment.
l.he eleventh amendment, concerning
the nrI,,itations of judicial power, was
never submitted to the President for his
approval In the case OF Hollaysworth
vs.. Virginia, heard at the February
term, 1898, of the Supreme Court, re-
ported in Sd Dallas, 37s, it was argued
that the amendment was void for this
reason. The Court unanimously pro-
nounced the amendment valid, and the
Presidents signature unnecessary.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22
RUTLAND HERALD.
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1866.
Tne Habeas Corpus in Kentucky.

Kentucky is aud has been nominally
4 loyal State-but her loyalty has been
Of a peculiar stripe. She has clung
with more logged pertinacity to the
negro than any other State, II she has
nrpished 10000 or 10000 men for the
Union army, she has also furnished
thousands to the rebel army. She is
to-day more restless under the new
state Of things brought about by the
s,vsr than any OF the States that went
oreuly aud boldly into rebellion. While
most of the reconstructed States have
ratified the constitutional amendment
abollshng slavery, Kentucky still re-
fuses to ratify. She is sore to the back
hone. She refuses to be Comforted. The
troubIe is she has copperheadism on the
brain in addition to the regular seCes-
eIon maady The suspension Of the
writ o. habras Corpus still dsturbs her
repo5c.
The Louisville Journal recently made
4 .eouest OF Gen. Palmer, in military
command there to urge the restoration
nrtaat writ Now this was rash re-
.nuest ou the part Of the Journal, sor its
editor, ought 20 have known Gen.
Pa,me- whoi,A native kentuckian, we
beIieyc and ha, been made to feel t7ibip
The influences o. secession and copper
head malice. The General 90 ,.o,u,. >.
elne. TO iutCrpose his kindly offices on
behal. 0, the suffering quasi disloyalties,
because returned rebels. Of whom there
src 10000 in the State, are openly re-
gardtd and treated as patriots. whereas
loyal citizens and soldiers are objects
og prejudice. dislike and often Of per
eecution because Courts in many in
stanCcs are permitted to become the in
struments Of the vengeance OF those
VINO are hostile to loyal men because
laws are in force tending to embarro ~
she citizens formerly slaves, but now
Ireemcn, and that the Government is
bound 20 protect them until they shall
pave the SANE privileges as other cit
lsen before the Jaw because outrages
have been commit led upon negroes
which have been allo ,Ved TO go un-
punished in fact no single L. SVSnce mas
existed in which punishment has each
ed the aggressors because negroes ha, Z
been murdered and their murderers have
escaped because Of the legal inCOmpe-
tency Of negroes to testify against them;
and finally, because there are illegal
combinations Of men in the State got
up to drive colored men out of it to pre-
vent them finding employment and
such persons are allowed to act with
impunity. Citizens generally, says Gen.
Palmer condemn these acts, bat none
demand the punishment OF the actors
for the reason that they are afraid to do
30 because OF the threatening Of the
Regulators, as they are called. Under
such circumstances the restoration OF
The habeas corpus cannot be reasonably
or appropriately recommended.
Gen Grant, it is said, is now engaged
in carefully examining the reports Of the
military officers in Kentucky which
reports are said to sustain thc charges
mad. by Gen. Palmer. 1t is possible
Shat the strong hand OF the Govern
nrnt may be laid upon the state, unless
Q better conduct is soon manifested
among its people
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

OGDESsBuRGG AND LAKE CHANPLAIN
RAIRoAD.-The Ogdensburgh and Lake
Champlain Railroad has obtained au-
thority from the Legislature of New
York to issue s2.OO0,OO of s per cent.
preferred stock, sl,5OO0OO of which is 10
pay the first mortgage for that amount,
which natures in 1859, while the remain.
ing 100000 will be issued to equip the
road anew.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

VIRGINIA PoLITcs,- The Richmond,
Va, Sentinel, says paper has been han
ded around the legislature, the signers Of
which pledged themselves to vote for
Mr.. Bolts for the L. 5. Senate, the I'M
derstandIug or pledge being, that Judge
Underwood, senator elect, will resign
to make him room. The Sentinel, calls
this eectins y Senator 'by subscrip-
ton
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-22

PBRsoEAL.-Hon. Asa o. Adds, of st.
Albans, was confirmed by the Senate on
Friday as Consul to Nice.
DR.. Ramsey, for two years an able
assistant of DR.. Rockwell, the superin-
tendent of the Vermont State Lunatic
Asylum, has retired from the situation
which he has acceptably filled.
First Lieut., John s. Adams, who was
for long time on duty at Brattleboro,
is now sewing on the staff of Major
General Fisk at Nashvill, Tenn.