Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-05-17
TO PATIENTS.


business men, put them away from home .---
Nine out of ten win make better headvay
than they will So remain under tho care OF TOO
partial parents Eut the boys 90 their own
resources and make them try their strength.
They grow stronger the moro they are tried.
Look around and sec what your own obscrya-
ton will tell YOU in regard to it.
4 Cs,a Obssrrer nf F1fiy Ya1rs.
Succession .G,y. all over Tennessee" u,aphis Ara-
iruchc.
We are glad to see the Union spirit Of Ten
ne.see confirmed by so confirmed disunion
paper / secession .d'gs in Tennessee the
Union probably is on the rare.
OUR REGIMENT on ITS MARCH.
WHAT THEY THINK OF THEN AT ALB>NY.
Of their passage through Albany, the dtos
4 Argps says
A Regiment of Vermont volunteers passed
down the hudsQY. Riger Railroad ia the 40
train from Troy Ast night They are 10y fan
the finest troops We have yet seen among the
volunteers iromags State. They look tit for
service
Every man in the ranks is " every inch a
man, and not one Of them, from the Colonel
down to the last man in the rear column but
seems fully capable of unfolding Tie lighting
reputation Of Molly ohrks State The
Green Mountain Boys will be helrd from
" down SOUTH
How they were received in New York
Tho lPo,ids reporter says;
The appearance of the first regiment from
the Green Mountain State is such as 90 elicit
the most cordial commcndau1n of all who
have seen them. Trey are Il rugged. ,igor-
Gus, powerful body OF men, go whom the hard
ship, Of camp-liie will be little less than
pasume. I'm the ranks are about one hundred
college graduates. and many of the members
are gentlemen Of wealth and the highest res
probability of Vermont There are, also. a
large number Of me chauics and farmers in the
rcgimout-men who are used % every possi-
bic hardship. and VIA will not be the first TO
iaiut " alter on he battle field Every man
in the regiment is said to be a shot At a
trial of the new muskets b} one of the COM
panies, every man struck the target at a dis
tanco Of twenty rods. and the officers say there
are not ten men in the cgiment who would miss
itat that distance
DEPARTURE OF Tue FIRST REGIMENT
VERMONT VOLUNTEERS The Green Noun
tain Boys strapped on their knapsacks and
shouldeEed their muSkets Saturday afternoon,
to resume their route to Fort Monroe An
immense crowd were congregatcd in the Park
from the arrival Of the Nermontcrs until their
departure, so eager were the people to behold
a portion Of the armed force Of the State
whose history is SO bright aud whose fidelity
in all emergencies has ever been unwavoring.
The hearty cheer of encouragement that babe
them farewell was echoed by a brave Green
Mountain shout that when heard by the enc
mics Of the whole country will bodo them no
good. The Hue Of march Law through Broad
way, franklin and North Moore streets to
Pier No. SO, where the Alabama, with steam
up. awaited them. The crowd that accompa-
MED them only dispersed when the pier gates
we're shut in tlgir laeds And the Boys began
to unsllng their kHapsacks. The steamer
hauled ont into the stream at half past o.
clock and proceeded on her voyage and as
she passed the Battery the howitzer corps of
the I'd Regiment gave her seventeen guns in
honor Of the brave Boys
As the Alabama went down the BAY. the
British steamer Great Eastern passed her com
ing up, and the passengers saluted the Green
Mountain Boys with rousing cheers.
GorNG oS To JoIN MS REoMENr.-This
morning member Of the Vermont Regiment
passed through this city en- route for New
York, to join his regiment, on its way to Fort
Monroe. lie was detained at homo by the
illness Of his father, who is very aged. Yes
terday the physicians decided that ho could
not recover, when the old man called his son
to his bedside, and said to him " My son,
cannot live; if you would see me die happy,
90 join your regiment and fight for your
country The young man babe his father
farewell, and is off for the wars. lie was
passed over the Hudson River Road free of
charge. Troy Times, Ny /
BouND FOR FoRr MoNRoE The Rut-
land Herald O. Monday says
John b, Page, Esq, Of this place. took
leave of the Vermont regiment Saturday af-
ternoon at o'clock. The men we're then
embarking on board the alabama for Fortress
Monroe. As Mr. Page parted with the Rut-
land boys, many were the kind messages to
their families and friends with which he was
charged One said to him. Cumlort my
poor old Mother another. flake care Of
my little bro,her;' and yet another, Tell
my wife to be Of good courage, that am in
fine spirits, and engaged in a noble cause"