Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-21
,y,sn,neton Facts and Rnmors.

A Harrisburgh letter says that the
denomination of State Treasurer Mac
key by republicans has been decided by
the delegates already chosen. - ,.
The United States steamer Powhatan
left Norfolk on the 18th inst, for Hall.
fax. She will return about the first on
September.
A telegram to the post office depart
ment from Springfield, Mass, states
that the number of postal cards furnish
ed to the public to this date is "A, 49,
900.
CAPTAIN III. G. Blake, Lieut.. Command
or q. G. Wiltze and Surgeon q. X.
brush. have been detached from the ma
val rendezvous at New York and placed
on waiting orders.
The detail treasury clerks sent to San
Francisco with legal tenders have lett
for New York in charge of $4,000, 600
in gold, and are custodians for about
that amount of coin certificates.
The promotion of William A. Brown
TO the chief clerkship of the depart
ment of state has been followed by the
promotion of John Fl. Haswell as senior
index clerk, and Warren G. Stone in
place OF Haswell
The Belfort correspondence of the
London Times says that time has not
softened the animosity of the French
toward the Germans, but the hostility
seems more intense than ever.
The contractors for the supply OF
the postal cards have not as yet been
able to furnish them in sufficient quanti-
ties to meet the demands, and 1t is
thought that the supply of the cards will
not be equal to the demand before Octo-
Der 1st
The Monongahela, fitting out at Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, is now ready
for her officers, and they will be order
ed aboard of her in a few days. The
vessel will be ready for sea about the
25th instant, and viii be sent out to
reinforce our naval forces on the Span
ish coast.
Upwards of 900 men are now employ
ed in the Washington Navy Yard, with
every prospect of work continuing and
increasing during the fall and winter
months. 1t Is proposed to enlarge the
ward by the addition of 26 acres, at a
cost Of $27O,00O
On the eighth day of July eleven
horses were stolen from the private
raEche of a citizen of New Mexico.
Ten men of Company G followed the
trail and recovered the animals after q
sharp skirmish, in which one soldier and
three Indians were killed. The saVages
belonged to the Apaches.
The punishment already inflicted on a
private of the marine corps, for whose
trial on charge of desertiOn a marine
q,
convene at the Washington navy yard,
having been deemed sufficient atone
ment for his crime, the order cOnvcning
court has been revoked by the Navy
Department.
The attention of the post Office de-
partment have been called to the prac-
tice of stamping postal cards on the
back with the carriers stamp, which
tends to deface the cards and in some
instances to render illegible important
communications, the postmaster general
has ordered that the practice be discon-
tinued, and that hereafter the cards be
stamped on the face only.
A dispatch has been received at the
war department from CO.. d. S. Stanley
commanding the Yellowstone expedition
in which he gives detailed account of
his operations, and announces the gen
eral good faith of his command. He
is now engaged on the Yellowstone, fif-
teen miles above Glendines creek, from
which place he will proceed to Muscle
Shell. He will return to Glendine's
creek, Sept 10Th.
Governor Austin of Minnesota, repre-
sents the prospects of the republicans
in that State as exceedingly favorable,
and that there is no doubt of the election
of Davis as governor. The farmers
oranges are generally coming to his sup
port, and the disaffection which his OPP
ponents hoped to develop among the
friends of Washburne, is rapidly disap-
pearing, The democrats have not yet
called their State convention, but will
probable follow the example of those in
OHIO, and nominate a straight party
ticket.