Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-11-01
NFw YoRx. Oct. 25.

NEW YORK. Oct. 20,
The overland telegraph to California is
completed The following dispatch was re-
ceived this afternoon
"SAN FRANcGsco, Oct. 25.
To The Mayor Of Neo Tork
San Francisco to New York sends greetings,
and congratulate her on the completion Of the
enterprise which connects the Pacific with
the Atlantic. May the prosperity of both
cities be increased thereby and the projectors
of this important work meet honor and re-
ward.
(Signed) II +. TEsoHEMAKER,
Mayor of san Francisco
A letter from Edwards Ferry from the a.
gent Of the sanitary commission says there
are l75 wounded in our hands. Forty-seven
of the dead were buried yesterday by permits
sion of the rebels Probably so were drown
ed in attempting TO cross the river, probably
400 or 500 are prisoners
I.rxtNoroN. Oct. 25
Information from camp Wild Cat says Zol-
licofier has retreated beyond Loudon and is
supposed to be falling back TO Cumberland.
las mounted rebels armed with U. S. musk
cts, revolvers and bowie knives coniessedly
bound to join the rebel army, were surround
ed and taken prisoners by "a Of the Home
Guards.
The Courier of Bowling Green publishes a
card from Breckenridge avowns his intention
to resign his Senatorship.
Passengers from Nashville report great
suffering and sickness among the rebel troops
at Bowling Green, Hopkinsville and other
contiguous points. They claim to have 90
600 troops in those localities. A letter from
Hopkinsville says that 700 out Of 500 reb-
ell troops are sick, and fiom one to ten are dy-
ing daily.
WHBKIGNo, Oct. 25.
Further reports from different counties
show that a division of the State has been
carried almost unanimously. The vote Is not
full, owing to prevalent Disturbances.
P1or KNoB, Mo, Oct. 25
Col. Boyd, commandant at this point, an
nounces that the proclamation Of Gen. Ere
mont is modified by the President, but de-
claring that martial law will be rigidly en-
forced in Jefferson, st. Francis, Washington
and lronton counties, and all persons taken
in arms against the federal Government, or
who have participated in any manner in burn
ing or otherwise injuring railroad or 9TH
er bridges and cutting telegraph wires or
injuring any public property, will be SUM
arily shot also that sympathisers with the
rebellion, who constantly visit the Iron
Mountain railroad ss,tion and giving informa-
ton to the enemy will be dealt with as spies.
san FRANcIsco, Oct IS.
The completion Of the last link of the Amer
lean telegraph to this city connects Cape Race
with the Golden Home, trayersing nearly o.
600 miles with one continuous wiic. and
bringing those two points within two hours
telegraphic time of each other The next
Westward extension of the line will be via
Bhering Straits to the Amour river, To- which
point the Russian Govt i, Already construct
ing line from Moscow. 1t will connect A
merica with Europe, via Moscow, and throguh
lines, already built or projected, with all the
commercial points in China India, Jcddo, and
even Melburne in Australia. One very i'm
portant feature in this project is the fact that
when the line to the Amour is finished from
both sides. the whole world will be in tele
graphic communication, with but 40 miles Of
submarine cable across Bhering Straits.