Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-03

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been Cor weeks confined in our Jail under
bonds, was on the Goth released from con
fnement, having obtained bail for appear
ance at the County court next June.
Mr.. Ephraim Kirby, highly respect
able citizen of our town, while convey
ing some logs with a span of horses tC
the saw mill in our village on the Goth
ult., met with ttshe terrible misfortune Of
breaking his leg below the knee. He
was conveyed to his house, some two miles
from the village, and DIR. Eddy set the
limb, and at last accounts he was doing
well. The bob sled upon which he was
seated swung around upon the ice and
threw Mr.. Kirby off and the log rolled on
him, and it required the strength of seve-
raj men to move it from his body and re-
store him from his perilous condition.
Col Amasa S. Tracy has been by the
Senate of tbs United States confirmed as
Postmaster of our town, in place of JUS
tin Cobb, Esq, who has held the Office for
nearly eight years. Col. T. was brave
soldier during the war of the rebellion,
and was wounded twice very severely /;
once by being thrown from his horse in
action, and once by ball striking his leg
below the knee and fracturing it very
badly. Yonr correspondent saw him in
Washington when it was thought that he
would die from the effects of the wound,
and the surgeons were making arrange
ments to amputate the limb. But kind
Providence spared him to his family and
friends. We trust he may make as good
and efficient Postmaster as hewas officer,
assured as we are, if he does, he will be
very acceptable to our community. The
new position to which he has been called,
imposes different duties from those i'm
posed by the military service we are sure,
but we have no doubt Col T. will prove
himself fully competent for the place and
secure troops of friends by his strict at
tention to the duties of his Office, and by
constant and uniform politeness and cour-
tesy, justly approaching the wants and
wishes OF the people whose servant he now
is, will show that the brave soldier of the
pastI and good citizen of the present, can
make frst-class Postmaster in the fu-
ture We understand it is contemplated
by Col. T.. to make some important i'm
provements in the Post Office for the ac-
commodation of the public. Some changes
n,,,1.r Cd ~, he off. 40
what it should be. We predict for our
new Postmaster successful administra-
ton of affairs, and when the time comes
for him to retire we trust he may do it
as gracefully as he has in receiving the
appointment from the President and Sem
ate.
Hon. Rollin J. Jones of Cornwall has
been confirmed by the Senate as Collector
of Internal Revenue in this Congressional
District. We learn that Mr.. Jones con-
templates locating the Office in our viii
lage. This is as it should be, for such an
Office should be on the lines of the rail-
road and telegraph, easy of access to the
business community. 1t also seems APP
propriate that the county or shire town
should be the location of the office, as it
is here our courts, fairs, &c., are held. We
feel confident Mr. Jones will give general
satisfaction to the district in the discharge
of the duties of his new position, and that
his appointment win meet with great
favor. He is, we think, eminently fitted
for the Office in every respect, and will
prove highly popular and efficient Off
Ger.
The friends of Rev. NJ Bond, NJ. E.
clergyman, who breaches at East Middle
bury and West Cornwall, met at East
Middlebury in large numbers at the house