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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26.
GEN. PHELPS AND THE PEOPLE
OF VERMONT.
The Windsor Journal asserts that the
proclamation of Gen. Phelps will find
a universal and hearty response in the
hearts cf Vermonters." We are not a
little surprised to see in a paper of the
character and standing of the Journal,
such a gross misrepresentation of the feel
ings and sentiments of the people of this
State. That thev are strongly anti-slav
ery in sentiment there is no doubt They
regard slavery as a great social, moral
and political eyil, and would rejoice could
some feasible plan be devised whereby it
might be abolished with the consent
of the States in which it exists.
And if in the progress of this war it shall
be fairly demonstrated that the way to the
restoration of the Union leads only through
the utter demolition of the system of slav
ery, the people of Vermont will not hesi
tate about putting the axe to the root of
the accursed tree. But that time has not
yet come. There is no apparent military
necessity for declaring this a war of eman
cipation in order to save the UHion. In
deed the military necessity of the hour
seems to dictate and demand the opposite
policy. It should be distinctly understood
that we are not waging a war of emanci
pation against the people of the South,
but onlv for the restoration of the Union
and the supremacy of the Constitution
and the laws. Such i- in f- . ih ;!.
object of the contest. It was so declared j
by a resolution of Congress in its extra j
session in July. It is so declan-d by the ; the rine.-t armies the world vr -aw. i
President in iiis message. It is so under- ' ignored or overlooked, and hi- incomp
si(Mj(l by ninety-nine of every hundred of eency a-serted with all the flippancy
the people of the loyal States. Were the i which characterizes ignorance and unrea
administration. as a few zealots would 1 -oning impatience. But 'Jen. McCh-llan
have it do. to declare this war, at the pres- 1 will not be apt to ri-k another Bull Run,
ent juncture, a war of immediate, gener-
al and nnqualitied -mancipation, what : Threats to .-trip him of his epaulet- wiil
would be the result:- AU .f Manhinrl not move him from the regu'ar and -y--and
Wfsfem Virginia, nil of Kentucky, tematic execution of hi.- great plan-. Let
al Mis-.uri, w.vb.f t in arms against i th country rese contidenc in (".en. Mc
ns Tl, ri,i armies in Knituckg and ' ' Clellan. Lt meddlesome civilian- who
Missouri iroulil mcil and disappear Hh" dont' know -rough to keep th- ir plact-.
icn.r n t'hp Tin-. We should thus defeat be indignantly frowned upon by the p-o-
ttie vers- object w have njo-t at heart :
the speedv conclusion of the war. and the
re-toration ot' the Union.
Now mi th proclamation f General
l'in iii- uf't fin word is -aid about the res
toration of tli Union not one word about
a Constitution trampled upon by traitor.-.
H "ells the people ot the Southwest that
he ha- come to them to abolish their in-
stit;uionot slaM-ry. II tells them abolition
isthe olt'-ectof th war which is being made ;
unor: them : Hm as if th's were not 1
enough to inttame the resentment
the people of the south toward- the Fed- belonging to the Tenth Alabama, after
eral Government to a -till higher pitch, 1 they were brought to General Mcl'aU'.
Gn. Phelps proceed- to lav downjeertain headquarters. They state that their reg-
, i iment was organized seven months ago.
political principles by which he ay his : Fonn(.rlv thev were under command "of
' command will be governed.'" the first ofj
which is as follows :
We heliew that everv State that has
i....... ... St:,te into the
. ' . . " . ' .!.
l nion since me uu piioii oi iiic ,ii.suiu-
, , , i ,i rmlo
tion has been so admitted in direct viola-
tion of tint Constitution "
This language, be it remembered, is
addres-ed to the inhabitants of Mississippi
and Louisiana, both of which States have
. i .. i - . ,t. it-, ... ci.,.,.
" been admitted into the I. nion as siavt;
.
States, since the adoption of the Constitu-
tion." What does Gen. Phelps who is ; 0f imy further enlargement of their ex
sent bv bis Government to restore the su- ' chequer- at the hands of their command-
premacy of the Constitution in those two j ...
V J ! (icneral Hancock s division, under or
States, tell their people r lie gravely le- of Gt.ieral iicicllan inarched tow
dares to them that they never legally or j ard the battle ground to supjiort General
..:,.,o--.o!K, 1w.1,mrocl to the Union! I McCall. but their services were not need-
i.OUSlltliCiv.iiaiij .... -
lie tells them mat uiev cam.. ..uu ....
Union as interlopers, m direct violation of!
thc Constitution, and of course had no
constitutional right to be, or remain in the
sister-hood of States. Why, in the name
of common sense, then, does Gen. Phelps
go down there to force those States back tgfTA genuine ernionter an oid Clay
into the Union, to which they never con- Whig and of course a Union man has sug
stitutionally belonged ? Would not that ' gested to us that it would le gratifying to
be a very pertinent inquiry for the people j send one regiment of Vermoaters into Ken
of Mississippi and Louisiana to put to I tuck' to ht the battles f tbc Union
-m, Tf tt1Q .T.nol th;nl-a th J the soil where tbe " Gwat Commoner "
well, x uvipo . 4-1 V" rj ..... s.,.....w
r. ii. t
people of Vermont will adopt such a
principle" as this, enunciated in the
very foreground of the proclamation, it
sadly mistakes their intelligence. The
people of Vermont believe in no such
principle. They believe that Louisiana
and Mississippi are constitutionally mem
bers of the Union, and they intend to
have them remain so. And while the
people of Vermont ask the people of those
States to return to their allegiance, they
will not mock or insult them by saying to
them in the same breath that the have
-THE RUTLAND WEEKLY
belonged to the: Union heretofore in viola
tion of the Constitution ! That Is not the
character of the people of Vermont.
The fact is, the proclamation of Gen.
Phelps is ah illogical, wishy washy, crude
piece of political senlimentalism. It has
no more to do with thi real object of his
mission than would an extract from the
Koran of equal length, and yet it is preg
nant beyond what can now be measure '.,
with mischief and diaister to our en lse.
Gen. Phelps has committed a grave blun
der, and in war a blunder has sometimes
been called a crime. We do not see how
the administration can do any less than to
recall Gen. Phelps, if indeed he be not
court-raiytialled and dismissed from the
service. It i- time for the press and the
people to let it be known that they do not
desire their generals to make .-tump
speeches to the Southern people. Injury
enough has been done by it already to the
cause of the Union, and there is not much
room left for the exercise of patience.
Let the President and Congress declare
the object and policy of the war, and let
our Generals do the fighting and lav the
stump to the politicians.
FAULT FINDING.
A tew members oi toogres- are again
, ( t - ' !
netting restless to do th country s)me
further damage, and are beginning to
raise the old cry ot "on to Richmond."
Our young commander-in-chief is dk.
nound by the.- Brigadier Congressmen
in no measured terms, as wholly unfit for
his position. His brilliant dds in West-
ern Virginia are all forgotten : his va-t la
bor in organizing the army after the Bull
Kun disaster, making out of that frighten-
ed mob. with the additions sine, one ot
even to
pleas
Member- of Congre.--.
le. It we los.
contideiice u; our leaders
w here mav we look tor nop
THE i:EBKL ARM V
Th'- -xirrespondent -t the Herald,
-peakincr ot' th- pri-oner- taken by Mc
CallV di i.-ion i: the recent nagmnt
on the Potomac, lays :
The iiri-iner- iielon' to th different
remments eii"a"eii :n the action. .el-
ar (lr,.r.;.,i ,llik,.. Tiie ty
had on are ragged and filthy. Ki-h w as
without any overcoat, and their -jeneral
looks betrav anvthing but nutritious far.
I had a conversation with three prisoner-
General Johnson, but after the battle of
Bull Run were transferred to General
j Brard's division. Of the condition
I the rebel army they give the most de-
1 nlorable account, contirminir the previous '
i . , ,.
i statements received a- to the want ot
' Pml'VT clothing and bxxl. and the general
j j,',' ( " f ' , . "
"iiscuiiiem uortum .uiiun- me men.
t -j
' j,a- gone into winter quarter at Manass-
j as. Since their connection with the army
! thev have onlv been paid twice, and the
; - . i
prospect ot a third payment was so diinlv
; oJscur that n,.ariv all iKlli 2iven up hope',
aieTjd Ml.(;k.Uall itarned tliat
General McCall's troops were engaging
j the enemy, he jumped into his saddle, and
accompanied by Col. Colburn, proceeded
to Minersviile, where he learned the re
sult as given above and returned. i
i , , , , 7 r X -
slpns. It would he -a. .-.inrmns dar lnr V er
monters when they should set their feet upon
the soil of the State of Kentucky, the twin
sister of Vermont, to tight with her for the
Union. Cannot Gov. Ilolbrook procure the
Seventh Regiment to he sent to the "dark
and bloody grouud ?" We hue our brethren
in that State and desire to fight for theui.
Tbe bad financial coidition of the reb
els is illustrated by tht fact that one of
the regiments at Manassas has begun to
issue a currency of its own. in the form of
shinplasters.
HERALD: TIHRSDAY, DECEMBER 26. ISiii
ENGLAND'S TAXES.
out
We give a few specimens of th Stan!
and other Government duties of Gre;
Britain, and to make the matter plain
our readers ve give the figures in Ame,
can currency, leaving off the fraction!
parts of cen s:
On recebtn for $9.68, and upward
there is a sump duty of 2 cents ; perse
receiving tin money are to pay the dut.
The penaltj for giving a receipt withot
a stamp is $ 48.40. Agreements of ti
value of $-24-20, or upwards, 12 cent;
if the agreement contains 2100 words, r
upwards, th n for every quantity of 10
words over he first 1080, a further p
gressive duty cf 1- cents. Lea-e- of ay
lands, tenements iVc, the yearly rent c
ceeding S i. 10 and not exceeding S72.0
thirty-six coits ; exceeding Soo3. and jt
exceeding two dollars and toy
cent.. Thre is also an rnlorn
ttatnp, cia'geable on each lae win
ranted. Admission to act in any crxt
as advocate. S242. To act as Nofy
Public in England, $1 45.20. All dra,
warrants, or orders tor the paymenof
money are chargeable with a stamp hy
of one peny,,by using an adhesive e
oeipt -tanp, which must be cancelled!.-
the trsiii drawing the check, drati orr-
the j
I der. by witing his name on the stamj
i From Ajril, 1801 to April l82. albn-
; comes anounting to $44 -r annm
were taxie) $12,10, and those ot S?0,
twenty-sjit'en dollars and forty-five cets.
j Th dut-s on male servants are. for th-e
j aged 1 i Ivear.-, and upwards, $5,0, nd
uin
ier tl
sage, 2.54. Hor.- dealer- e
the cities, 121 : tho- residig
J ?ftn
1 ir
j m (.liixirv, SCo.oO. For very ho-
j i, or f(jr racing.$l8.i4 : and r
everv oil
ier hor-e. and mute, .-xcee.lig
! retpectiely the hight of thirteen had.-.
I of tour inches to eachthand. kept t.r Ue
, purpose ot riding, or drawing any . arntre
I charjeaihi with duty. S5.0. lor
t-r
ijarriag wnn tour wii- i-. l-o
.1- , l.U. ..r m,.r Viiirs.- .r iril!--.
liliinii t " ''i iii"i - - i
1 .'.' 4. 1 Hor-e, mule-, wag 'ti-. Sc. i
used solj-iv in the cour-e ..f trade ,,r
i ' . .
handrv ire exempt from luty
t?' Our bri'-t -ketch' - i
Vermont" ai rec.-iv.-d wit
bv the pLblic than "v. - i
the "
:nor-
rel of
tav.r
a.uii.s,?.-d. .
We bejin to realize that our r-ader
.ie-ir.H ot patromzin- a io. .o tr I i. .1 -i ,r , Wj. pr.,mi:irn: memb-r ..: the
which, kvhil'- it tjives a lull record th I)or- t Conw-ntiot. .m i a!-o ot tie- W. -t-'
t.rorrresil .' the War tor the Cnioti. .a- a !"i'''- r V.jia ention. I:, 17-2. he. to
regard i',,r the if.r(ft ,,f thi Sa
,
- - r-" T
the Virnity in which it i- published, .-on-
siderabl' lalor i
required iti prpring!
these Sketch.--, th'- pi j I ll i cat ion ot Wllfii
we have und. Tt ikf-n. and we are la to
know- that our lalxir- are appreciate.
Our aim i-to make the Hki: M.n.Uith )ai-
lv and Weeklv, a va'hiaUr f taper
t'.,y he i
people f UrW.and al! we ak it re-
. , ,.
turn, is, that ernionter- mav patrnie
1 ' i
it with th- same liberaliy with whici w ;
arc servir.g their interest... The-e Sktch-
es. whiph we are publishing, will 'fin
alculaHh1 value to everv intelligent er-'
; - '
monter. Every household should ':T-
them. Now i-the time to -ub-crib' t r
. . ., .t . t i ft rt,,t
the paper and secure that kind ot kovl-
'
. .(p,e th'M .-ha 1 elevate our State pn.e.
. . . , .. . . . it 1
-ivliieh slc.ll melt., lis t.i Tinnier Hiirf atlil
make of Vermont what her early pincers
fondly hoped she would be : the nsgivi of
i .. . . t-
tnr ttrare ai.i the ,r-.
;
!
SOUTH CAROLINA CO'ITN.
Th? I lilt ti Head correspondent t the
New York Herald, under date of lc. 10.
! writes as foil iws ;
J The cot tor. gatherer. under Coloiel No-
; ble continue lo be activoy engagedon the
j neighboring islands witl. a good dejree of
I success. I am informed, b- the b3t au-
thority, at ha.-t tive hundred thousand
pounds of cotton, ginnd and ungned
mostly, I su)pose. of the latter chiracter j
have been collected, ready to Itf sent i
to Hilton Head, where a large nunber of
cotton gins are to be set up and pit into
operation. The negroes, who havi come
in in great numbers, will furnish tie man
ual skill and labor necessary to wors them
in an effectual manner. The cotton will
be ginned, picked and placed in sacks
ready for transportation north. Captain
Kaxton, whose laliors are already hercu
lean, adds thereto another branch to his
department, and will doubtless cosduct it
in that efficient and satisfactory nanner
which has rtarked all his efforts this far.
I have nc doubt that a million ouuds
or more will be collected during tlie pres
ent month. A large amount lias been
destroyed by tire by the rebels during the
past two or three weeks. Not a night
passes by without the heavens being lit
up, in one quarter or another, and fre
quently in every quarter, by the flames
arising from burning plantation nouses.
t 1 .... .1 ... 1 . 1 . ,.,.tin i Tl tl
uania aiiu
provisions, and we are unable, of course,
to do anything to check tb work. With-
our lines and in striking di.-tance I be
lieve there are not a dozen planters' hous
es intact. The torch has been applied to
generally that nothing but ruins are found
on every tide. ,Thj enemy have endeav
ored to pursuado the slaves to accompany
them, after the destruction of every hab
itation ; but in a majority of cases tlf ne
groes have refused, and are finding their
way into our linei, where they find pro
tection, food, and work, the latter fumi.-h-ed
in small quantities.
THE MEN' OK VERMONT.
2. MOSES ROBINSON.
Moses Robinson, the second Governor
of Vermont, was the son of Captain Sam
uel Robi:i-on, who came from Hardwick,
Massachusetts to Bennington in 1701 and
immediately took a prominent part in the
affair of that town and of the State.
He was sent, by the M-t tiers under the
New Hampshire Charters, in the fall ot
17M, to England to (present their griev
ances to the King and had so far succeed
ed in his mission a to obtain an order In
Council rommandlng that the Governor
ot New 1 ork "do not, upon pain ot Hi
Majesty's highest displeasure, presume to
make any grant whatsoever of any part
of the lands'' in dispute ; when he -ick-ened
of the small pox and died at In-
don, It tJi Uctober i ht in the l year
ot his ae.
Governor Robinson was rxrn at Hard- '
wick. Ma-- . Mur,.!, -T.il. lTil rofi-
ablv came "to Benn!nrtoii with his father.
, ...
u Wf inr. flint Ik. uq; i-i,iU.i f.nt. cleric
lit I iifiniifMfin at iti tir.t . irnj ni -ut ir in in !
March 17G1. Win- then barelv 21 vear
of age, to which olS?e he wa- annually
... x.i,.,...i :. , . :
ics.l':i. l';i Ullll'lf'ru SU'i'Ssl . e .'"ill-.
He was appointed t, the cmrnand of a
Regiment of Militia in 1777. and wa.-
present with lis regiment at Mt. Ind. pen-
i . .i . i- 'r
dene at the evacuation ot -port Ii in
.July ot that vear. and during th -am
year wa- aijxintd a member of th
Council :t ."afety " It; Octolr 177.
he was electee .,ne of tit twelve Councillor-
of the Stae and wa- continued in
that po-ition iritil 178owhn fie wa- uc
ceded by El-ner Walbride, alj of
Bennington. At -he (organization of ttie
Supreme 'our. ot Vermont in ctol-r
1 77 - he wa- lect,-d Chief Ju-tice and
was re--lt.-( ted in 1771 and 17". In
171 Colonel ElisliA Payn w ho re-id-l
in one of the town-cast of the 'nnecti
cut River, in Niw ilamji-hire. which tor
a short time wa annexed to Vermont)
Was elected Chl'f Jn-tii e ahd Judj Kob-
inson wa- elctel 1st A--'t Justice, but
j in 17"2 he wa- ;ra:ti -lect.-.i t'f,ie? .Iti
i tice, which ..;ice continued to hold i 1
!l7..
Thi- ear. ( 17""., the :.e.,p";. bavin.
j taih-d to 'a.ijfce ihoic ut a a ern
thatdutv devohed on ih . ;-!at lire an 1
Va- dl-ctiari'eil l.V tin- el. ctloli -,t M.. -
K0i,ii,.-oti
II
was
.Vet
e.,-1. ;
but a siiile
: in !"'.
io .-rn r
ar. ( io e i
aain elected bv
gtl.r with J na- Fay. Pa-il j.ii-r m l
J-aai: 1 n.-n.-nor. w.-re appo!":t;j "11. tiiK
tentiarie-. ;i.ve-teii With fuii POWef to
agre,-,,n t.-rm. upon which thi- 'ate shill
com.- lnto an union with th United Stat
ot North Ameri'-a " Thi-cimmitt'-.-t tii'-d
ti, itgrtf ,,n ti r-ns" and Vermont continue d
an indcpen,lct)t Stat'-" till 1 7 '- 1 whitish
a admitted into the Cni-m and to-catne
on .it ;he Cnited Stat.--, (iov.-rnor K"!-
Z "'" 1 ridnt "t th- ( o,-
Veil;!,,!,, which, oil the part ot el tnont.
.. ' ,. .
ratified the l on-titutioi: ot tne I nit'-d
Stat.-s.
In 17;1. immediately after '!' admi
. I "'oh, he Was elected olie of th I Ilit.'d
. ... w .. t ' I.. 1-.11-.
. , A . ...
;t -hort tini het.-re the expiration ' t th
,r w hid, he wa- ejected. U-ing a
strong Jetb-r-onian. and the Stat l-ing
decidedly federal in :t politn-. '"- re
signed hi -' ai and wa- -ucc. ... .) l.v
Isaac Tichcnoi. .n t i'cnr..iig-o'i. In
lM2hrep" -ellle i th foW.'i Ot B.-!it:ig-
ton in the L-vi-iature ot v .-rniont. .... l at
the clo-e ot that -e--ioii. att.-r nearly lor
tv vears of continuous public service. r-.
tired to private lit.
In 17".'. ; 'art mouth College conferred
upon him tic honorary degree of Mat- r
of Arts.
(iovernor Robin-on died at Bennington
the gt'.th of May 11'". in the 7 -id year ot
hi.-
age.
i is A 1( ill.Noi:.
Isaac Ticli'-M ... t"e third (iovrno: of
Vermont, wa- born at Newark. N- w Jer
sey, on the sth d.-n of l-'ebruarv. 17 '.
and graduated at Princ-ton College in
that State in 177.".
At the early age of twenty, he ti'Ied the
important post of Assistant Deputy Com
iuiss4irf (teiieral of Pnretases for the
Northern Department of th Army of tbe
Revolution. The exigences of the service
brought him to this State, and in June
1777, immediately before tbe battle of
Bennington, we find him for the first
time at Bennington procuring supplies tor
the army. The condition of affairs in
Vermont attracted his attention, and see
ing ii broad field of usefulness and honor
before him. he determined to make Ver
mont his future home, and accordingly
located himself at Bennington, where lie
continued to reside till his death.
II soon liecame identified with the
interests of his adopted town, and was one
of her representatives, sh at that time
being entitled to ttm, in t lie Legislature
of the State, for the year 1781, S2, 3
and 64. and wa- Speaker of the House
during the year 1783. During this time,
he was pursuing the study of the law at
Bennington, and having completed tiis
i ..:...! . .; .1.
,T y v,,Cu (iZ
' c4 the
ty Court: and iji 1780 was elected by the
legislature onf ot the ju-ik's ot th
Peace for the county of nennington. 1 h:
was the first election of that officer by 'fie
State, and but three were allowed to the
town of Bennington, and eighteen to the
entire county.
In 178-1 and subsequently, n wa- ap
pointed one of the Agents on the part of
this State, to negotiate the admision of
Vermont into the I nion and " in a- ot
such admission, a Belegaf to Congr
and in 171 he wa on of th" vn
Cornmiefcion-rs who finally ucedd in
adiustine the matter in controversy with
New York, jind thus paved the wv for I
adml-sion into the Union. In 177 Li- i
was elects on ot tin- councillor- oi me
State, and contmm-d in that 1.0-ition five
year-. In 17fl. being -till a W'-mVr of .
the Governor's Conned. I,.- was h . ted
one of the Judg-; of the Supreme Court.
and was re-!, t-d to that office m each of j
the yar I7f2, Kland W and durm? ;
1.-4" 1 .
Uj ia-I two Var- "its ,n-i
In 172, he wa-
ni-rnbr o! th
Couiuvl '-f Cl
n-or-.
arm a-ui in i i .
th Council ofj
ment to th
.f.,!1r.iproiaanaui.n.i-
r'on-titution .Mablishing a
Sr-nat a a
L?i-latur.
Uw.rdinat branch of t..
Wbih howvr. wa- int
adopted at that titn.
i ;-toir fin. J ",' io-i noi miiiii-
-on hainr r
i'TiM hi- sat. Judg Ti'-h-
enor was elected bv th Lgi-!ature. then
'n -ession. to
ucced him a- errator in
Vermont, and on th same
Uongre - - from
dav he wa a!f lcted tor the full term
of -IX Vear
cfnrnncirig March 4th 17'7 :
b'lt III til. O'
obr follow in? h rc-ignd
his -eat. having !- by th L-i-!atur
elected Govenior of th Stat, to -ijf-d
I t
i Augu-t prei-ji- : to whi- l, latter otln-.
i h wa-annual y n l-.-t-d. by large ma-
'joriti? of the fpular vote , t , var-
lT't 1 nl. i2. ''5. Ol. o.,.
1 1 . . -
i nomas Llntlii'in. who i-a-o in
and Om. H
was the f;r-t Governor of
e-fabli-nd th- practi of
h I'gi-laTur :nd d-Jivr-
Vermont wh
meeting with
iiig his m--ar iti jn-r-on. and it we tni--
take not. with ix-rha:- otie or two in-tan-
c' i. ot delivering ani iriu'V ta. --age.
Iu ( ''-.olrf-r 14. Governor Ti henor
wa- again I- ted to represent the State
in the United Stat- Snat. forth tnn
t -ix var from th 4:h of Marh. l -l"i.
h rved ih full j-erio-l for which he
had be.-n i le'lted. and at th expiration o
thfct titn. Milrch 4th 1 "21. h rturr:d
to Beiini'i 'toi. bavins lo-i a long, u-
ful and honor d.le public career.
The ',-, , ,,rni d-"reeof Mast,-r ,f Art.
w.i- ::'.' -rre.i urf.n him by Dartmouth
College :? 17-'.'. and -UK q'jently he wain.-.
..r-d with that ot' h'lrtnf t .ars bv
th-.- amv i-i-'ltufion.
(i...--or Tichiioi-did at Bennington.
the Uu. .Lv ,, !.-.. , 1 at th
:fi i age -4.
i v I -t
- rn- t'
Sherman ha
wort!, o CO?
i-iiTi.:-. tiijt
wai'i- pav it.
d:i:-ti. L'-t
gr-... Th
a- - i!" a- p"
thi- ton! r. b
- r a!n true, and :li ti,ct
-U t,utt.etl' vlte.i. tl.ftt -n.
a!r-adv urd o millions
in oil B' iUt' I atid adjacent
iiiiout.t wi:i g v-ry tar to-
'..' .-Xp-li"- ot It. epe-
thf work ciiti-cat
.ii j ro-
pay
rt'U-i- -hoilld b- Ili.t i.
-;hl'- ti '.!';:- . .!.-
-lion. I.- :.,.,.....'
of
W . i.'l.t Of tile
; j-:,M g , ..w ! ..
.-r d i-ni
tS C"ii. Th.i. Fran. :- M-2hr ha- .n
a;."jiTife.i a
1 a
i.'.i li'- 'ienero? Vo'r.-e.-r-.
A similar hoi r iw ii. ("oi. Corcoran -r o ;M
h h.- exri.anL -i-i and r.-t'j-n home.
!
I Kn.f l. S-IU1V.TH AT CrVTKKVM I t .
i The Ccn:r ill. Fairfax cuntv. eorr-
sjndet;t ot the Richmond Di-patch writ
I)ecemlr l"'tli. that th fortifications
around tr.-vill are now completed.
. and prnT quite a formidable app- ar
i anee. Kor . field fortifn-atun- th-y are
! built rv strfng. some t," the work b
i ing l..isti'ii.l fori- con-tni-te.'. in a man
ner thai -IkWs skillful engin- ering o:i th
part of' s. .int-body. pro a!'y Gen. B.-aur. -gard.
Gt'-at care seem- to ba Ik-.h
taken with th embra-ure-. which ar
built to combine convenience tor handling
tin- g in-, with the best method f r pro
tecting th mn. Thy ar very strongly
built, w itb hurdles and sandbag-, and will
stand n heavy cannon;..! before giving
aw ay. The armament of th.- tort- hav
ing lie.-ii received from a place wli.-re they
make most excellent gun-. theV ha been
put in pce-ition. and all that i a-kd tr i
tiir Mc'lJlan to bring n Id- Yank.-.--
DiHerent artillery coq.- ar drilling in
ths batteries Vel V da . and soul ha
be-oin- proficient -.jaik-nicn. while ali
have obtain'! perfectly the rang. it any
Mroint where a hostile battry could !
pla- t' d.
FlKK JN i'l.ATTsl.l :.!!. N. Y. We
regret t U'arn from the Burlington Time
of Wednesday morning, that Pittsburgh
has Ijeen again vi-itd by a senoiis and
destructive tin-. Th fire occurred on
Monday hii-t, nd wa discovered on Mon
day mornitig. al)ut ha!f-pa-f three o'clock
issuing from the store of ii. N. Webb, in
a brick block on Bridge stm t." It spread
rapidly in both direction, burning all th
buildings on the right hand of Bridge
street, w -t of the bridge, to the corner
ot River street, not burning the building
on th corner of the street, but the tire
from the rear ot i he burning block com
municating with a tine block of buildings
on River street, consuming it entirely,
ai.iI .il.h siiii.i, u.uuli'll tcl.af.lelif w -till
iioith of the block, where the fiaim and
destruction were arrested by almost -u-jw-i
iiilliuui etloils. The ioMi is quite
If
n:vv.
THE CNADIA GCNIiOAT FLEW.
from tte McntrI (on r -reiL' drt -r
Thi-1 swann of horT!t-. d--tir!d in--;
of war to play ti ir'ii"rTTit osirr in
contest, ronsi-ts of aUut 22f v I., ard
is divided into four :i . Th fir-t
d:i-s, of which tl rivir- Fi-h. of) 'rf
the Prince of " ! -juadroT-. wa.
specimen, is corii --d of -crw..-am-T
of 200 ft in h-nuth. and J5 Ir- rw
r. and carry ' .vn UK jrfjuod Arm-'roi;
pivrit ?'in-. a ! four 42-f"Ofid Arrn-trorjg
!roadsid g;:Tc. Th yW" i-
rlac-d on abaft th forms-t and oo
! twn th fiinn!-. Th 1r:it-iar rr
f.t.t Hf)( (r1
tf"
m a'nt r.i!- f-t whri li'.?.
100 ir.n.
-j-j w,n1 (.i.1B. Mr t rm
w ,..ltTl !o,,r .;HJ(,(,mder-.
tljJ,.r,.tt i(,nn,..r. i,.,,,.. Th-da't
- ,.,.t
Ti(j tjrj',.i .. ,;r,. aUMt Jom feet lot-,
fjf , ((rw. r t..u irmi.,i w &
4-K 5(.r. iv1. Jfi two hrd.m
1
.M - ..un.l. - r h-W-r. on tli.- t,r..:4-
This ela-s i- bv tr th ino-t numrou-of
, f, ,, ,ruf, f . ,
f .AX,, . ., , .im into -hallo
, , , , - f(irTn:jaiv
!irrn...nt.ut r. r.,i,.r. tb-m ffVi a-ain-T
g;ron''fci fort. The whoK bulwark-
arfJ .,rovidd with movable wrotht inr.
plat-. ri'-pn'f. and raching t
-en ft aViV th dck. -o a- to jW
tt the mn fnm th Timy. rflm5,
in a- of having to for th pa--ag ,
narrow rivers defndd by sharp shooter
Th fourtli cla-s i- al-o a u-ful floti1a ' .
for vrv -hallow -trarn- and clo-e in Aw
. - i . r . i ... .
service, it eompn1 -j. oi aiwi "
feet long, the ngin- averaging 2 1k--
pwr. ach l.oat carrying two 32-KviridT
pivot gun- amid-hip.th Twnutnhrirg ,
thirtvix Land-. xcluiv of officer-.
Th draft ot wafer, with -tor-, ammur.i
tion. prow-ion, and got . oti Uiard. d'.'s
tlOt xci iJ to 4 ft.
Tl wl.ol fotiila provided with
l.igh-pre--ur ximU e l.ilr-. th plac'.
ner-es-arilv devoted to the rnahinrv r3--
- - r'
A..-e.r .1 vr-(3.rtt '..Kil lit e1 f l'TiTi-T-- ;X
tive
.-ma
-J.ee'
rn
7 to knot., and the fate-ttirm '. to 1 1
knot-.
Th momr Uat-. Pi in nurnir. a"
utter-rigged, with -mall -par-. Their
tonnag average- 12" ton, and thir dra"
of atr trom 4 to ' J-t. Ech i- alo'j
4 . et lor, gaud 1" hrfd'i. and armed wit
oLi lo-iti h mortar, w.-ighing w itii -tat A.
ton-. S'jtne ida of th immeri-e -trer.gth
of the eoTi-truction of' th-- e-sL- jnny
b tormd w!ih it i- mntiot 1 that wAtr
each di-cl.arg tht mortar rcoii- with
i pressure i 7" fon-
Th whole of thi- flotilla -ould
e;uii'ped tor -a iti a tew w.-ek-. an." tnJ
; liO-til. j.res.-rice upon th atiadian lake
would in t only cover all We-teni Caiw
fr' rti attack. but rei.d-r fb Aoi.rire
1 luke .-iti.-. vr unjiV-a-ant ptac ot resT
' ei . e for p-act-MM p'pi. ; AU can J
, up he St. LawieTi.-.- atial.anvJ a zmc
pat: ot th.-m tl roogh lbamblyk.f.
I . ! f ...... I..',. ' ' '
Thre i- ! do'lbt tha' th - V.'Lote!?
ti:;- . jilla" cuid a- -hro'Jghtl, Cham
biv into Lak- Ciian-'plain, a- -uggs:d V
tl - Montreal A :-.-ni-er : b it we are :I
;tt- -o -ur
on . oti,r haO'l, that I
p.: ii Lake Chami'latn V
o'lj.
'a
,. i 'itattdM-j.'' :iga:n '
riotilit
into Lak 'harnpluin. and th Yankee
woiol t.,k pr.-ciou- g'ol c-ir that t
rivr l.-ft t! - w:,t'T- ;td-- manned b;
A'-u-ricaii -oldi'-r-. d fined 'iw..n a htxtij
-xi-dition to Can;d;i. ur !x-liiger?nt
neighlwr- Ix-tP-r keep a .f di-tanc fvm
Pla't-f Mirgb ! To thm tljr mu-t af-ple'-ant
a H-iation . o:in.-td with that
pla.-. v. hi' h might hav a d.T"-.-ing :B
1ii.-i ce :i?,ti their -i.ir't. i--'iM 3"?
...... . - i
Venture t"0
i ear it
T1IK PRKslDKNTs LKVKf
Tlie I'le.i 1. Tit gav hi first I-
th. - a-o-i at the Whir H cJ-e. T&
. 1
it the
rpn
r. r.r Titeii a- Iti f.tl
and -pint-.
and wa. gr. . i !y an ir
rn!.- ' hro'ig o'
V! -'!'
f.' Aiii'rtri tic- ".-.Tor
(i-ii-ti
Mcfl-raa. ti. in.- i if- iti-n hug 1k-apjx-aran.-e
are thu- ie-cri!ed :
N.-xtfotii 'r-i'ift in atf ra.-ti.o
1 ;... i i'h-1'ai.. The mofneiit b erti-fJ
ed til h."l-e all ey were lived UpOlt
Ladi.- and gentlemen, civilians and c
tun off;.-, r-. f.r tie- moment forgit
... i lu. ion. and -re2':'
..ni,-. ." ......
1 l.: V,...,..I. I,e wa. a -sl'tf'
ai'.uii'i in.!, .i- ,ii,.i. -
.....I I. ...I in .f mini' to i.a !l re-i
th Cournandr-i!i---hef. Tl- t'-
. n... .... ii ;)... Ulejrnt-
maniK ii oy uh- i je- ..j. , -
in-Ghief toward b .thr give :W !
to the repealed assertion that t' -en -
a nerfe-tlv umlerstanding i"-
1 u ef'
1 ?!iat th lonner d
confidence ' 1 latter. ,
Mr. McCMlan was a new sr'
Presidential mar.-ion. and shared th1"
or will. Mrs. Lincuh.withamo'le-'?rs'
Mi.ddigi.it that won her hot '
s)... ,!' tn.-.l'illll hh'ht
.-..V ..- r- , i
form, iler eye i hazel, -pi" -,a. ; ';i
MH-akii.g. He fac is not what a f
' - ii tti'J C
stripling tre-li trHi. c.ng
Iciti.lsome. but it lams with g'1'1"' ,,
atleciioH. ir.teiiigeiKe ani determm j
Mrs. MeClellai. was uhh1sI1v vai d
attired. Si.e retired with lf;
il"
hour.
. A.-.tU trom AsiatK l" a
!.!
to eeinomiz tfi miTd ara. iet, 1
.. .1 t . .i
U a", in nor--r npjiears. ir;
-d ot th fit of gun itrW-1- i- by an I
-an- vntuiptibl. tbsow-t avragii M.
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