Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-08-02
VERMONT ITEMS.

The Vermont & Canada Railroad Company
declared a dividend Of Iour yer cent.
,,le eu ;hc l5tfSday Of August.
iantcr a Patterns PAPER mill at North
.lnston MAS burned on the morning of
-oth. The engineer Of the night train
rr saw the flames first and reused the
by the whistle, but il was tco late TO
.uythiuv The mill had been closed
u thlee weeks, and the fire is supposed
- boon tic result of Spontaneous COM
a. The mill WAS used for the manu-
4 wall paper exclusively, and the
900, on which there is an insu-
ISl2, Gee.
.r uaS a great rain and hail storm in
,teld on the 18Th Listing nearly three
Tie quantity of rain was very great,
many reads, carrying off barns and
, undermining buildings, and filling
The damage is estimated at So. 600.
r. thieves are plenty in Windsor coun-
t'ycrai valuable horses have disappeared
IN a Few weeks, which the thieves pro-
' sold To- the army.
II. g. Bcattic Esq, of Guildhall recently
V Icing fever a valuable Morgan stallion,
d at $1,000.
u>jn, Goodnow & Yale, for some time
I'd in making cutlery at Shelburne
Miss, have purchased the Robbins &
fuee armory at Windsor, Vermont, and
,',d with the United States govern
80 manufacture . 1000 rifles, to he
ptcl within about nineteen months.
Il lice has been appointed Postmaster
ch IIcso, in place OF Scion Clarke.
raikc has been postmaster for eight
Tie present location of tie Office, it
a.ht. VIII better accommodate the ma
y # he iowa.
fra. T. saith Of Montpelier. caught with
hook. on Monday, a trout weighing
goo rounds ara nine ounces.
We ar, requested by the t. 5. Sanitary
/ mmleslu to glyc publicity to the follow
inyoitant circular
AID To VOLUNTEERS.
- A. e.
Al Volunteers in the service OF the United
can ella M a. their right, under the Army
equations, suitable clothing AMI equipment.
lie Quartcr-Mastc1s Department is now able to
4,lly neatly All proper demands upon it, and
20 soon 10 prepared 10 do so still more fully and
-tsiHlr. Before the end of the month, the De-
,rtGcut will have engaged, for instance, three
Llion yards Of flannel, eight hundred thousand
rs o; t%ootees, eight hundred thousand pairs
u'oea stockings, 200, 900 felt hats, 200, 900
@7Tcsicks, with blankets, ETC., in proportion
,e quantities being in addition to what had
q previously secured. These supplies are of
d superior quality to those furnished by the
-s 6oFe:niccntS, or those generally furnished
@i-.ioiic Societies and individuals for Volun- |
@ A large proportion of the articles fur |
eIsoliicrs gratuitcusly or which they pur- |
tT their Own use, are soon found to be en-
l9snccs, and are thrown away or left behind, |
% they will be useless at the first important |
ota campaign.
,Amc is true of regimental hospital sup |
ii is not intended that men seriously i'll
,-l"l, shall remain with their regiments,
it they shall be taken TO General He's.
No provision is therefore made for the
!, or the conveyance Of Regimental Hos |
"a an important advance Of our troops |
ICONS stores, including his tents and per
81 It's and those Of his assistants and stew
lust generally be restricted TO almost half
A.. q load, ard when an action is anticipated,
--.lck full is often al that is allowed to be
The wounded and sick are expected to
we'd las soon as their most immediate and
necessities have been attended to, as far as
cable in the open field by means of am-
-ces. to general troop hospitals, in the rear.
.i-entsi hospital supplies are thus of little
4 ghust be admitted that the provision for
neral Hospitals, however, is not all that the
.ntry demands 1t should be for its dear Noluns
r.. After great battles, or In case epldemlcs
lli Rage in the army, large quantities of bed
.hinc would be much wanted, for, under the
-.-,ut regulations, only straw beds and blan-
u, without sheets or pillow-cases, can be at
10 provided, and the wounded lie in their field
hing. Precisely when and where these articles
/, be- wanted can not be known beforehand.
l. Government Sanitary Commission has, by
60 Of the Surgeon-General, arranged to re.
| % and hold in readiness all such suitable ar
IS as may be furnished by voluntary cOntribu-
and will supply them where they will be
( needed, guarding against the waste which
y; attend u-nsystematized liberality.
,. i, best that all societies and individuals dis
I'd TO ald the army, for the present, concen-
-4.e their Labor on the class of articles indica-
The sanitary Commission will establish
eet. atl forwarding agencies at different
, Hts a last If which will soon be published.
] the present there is immediate need OF all
tatcia be ent, at Washington. Donations Of
.s'riaI. and of money may be addressed to Fred.
-s 'nstead, Resident Secretary, office of the
's7a1v Commission, Treasury Building, Wash
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