Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-05-24

The Legislature has unanimously appro-
pratcd 81 900 900 for the war.
BA1rtMonE, May l6.
100 more Union troops have reached the
city--one regiment fiom Michigan and seye-
raj companies from Pennsylvania
MoNroowERy. May l6.
The Confederate Post Master General has
given notice that he shall take control of the
Confederate postal service on the lst OF June,
The Spanish government is building ten
steam sloops Of war to stop the slave trade
to Cuba
DR.. Livingstone has discovered a water
fall in Africa which eclipscs Niagara. The
stream is 2O00 feet wide, and the fall 500 feet
~ Il the war IS 20 be long, how may our
farmers make provision so that our troops
may carre their way 20 victory, BY raising
cdiyes and beef
~ The steamer Africa. from Liverpool,
which arrived in Now York l. 'twcek, brought
10000 Enfield rifles for the L. s. govern
ment.
The census returns in the Office Of the in
terror department shows that in ten years,
ending with 1850, the loss to the South by
the departure Of fugitive slaves was 80 per
cent. less than in the ten years ending with
1850 So their chief pretext for secession is
grouudless.
SYNrATnY PROM CANADA. A correspond
cnt at Sherbrooke. Canada, informs as that
there is much sympathy for the United States
Government in that section. A few Of his
neishbors joined in fitting out an officer to
Join the volunteers. Others were leaving
their homes in almost every town TO go to
tho States for the purpose Of onlisting. Mr..
A ,.f no
town. had offered to cothe a regiment at
short notice, at his own expense.
ALMOST DUEL ~ CANADA. Nh Morni
and Mr. Dessaullcs, two Quebec officials, hav-
ing had bitter correspondence through the
newspapers, proceeded to Island Pond last
week to settle the matter by duel, but the
seconds, Intentionally or otherwise, could get
no caps or bullets for the pistols, aud the af-
fair tecame farce. The two gentlemen have
to bear the laughter Of the public.
M1y l7.-LctteI- wiiters from Fort Pickens
say that Bragg was intending TO open ON the
flrt on the 9th or nth Per contra. the
government does not expect collision at
present
The Baltimore Ohio railway has asked the
government to take military possession ofthe
iosd.
Nh Douglas. or friends, never applied to
the President for Major Generals commits
siun for Mr.. Douglas but at the same time
tbc President complimented Douglas for his
s4sac.y and earncstness in supporting the
government.
There was "a great panic at ST.. Louis on
Sunday for fear that the Germans would
burn the city. Many men sent their families
out Of the city.
Breckenridge was making a speech against
the Government the other day, and asked who
brought the country into such troubles
whereupon a man in the crowd cried-"War-
rem county charges you with il Well, he
g. entitled TO good share Of the responsible
lty. lie was the secessiouists candidate.
4 company Of Virginia scoessionists APP
preached Fort Monroe the other day and de-
manded possession of bridge. Col Dim
mick told them he would give them just ten
minutes 70 di.pcrse - and they dispersed
There was an immense throng TO meet Col
(late Major Anderson at Cincinnati.
70 He who sin. against men may (ear dis
coyery, but he who sins against God it sure Of
it, Jones' Of Nayland.
He who rcars up ono child in Christian yir-
tues. or RECEIVERS one fallen creature to God
builds a temple more precious than Solomon''
or ST. Peter s--more enduring than earth oi
sky Claiming
~ The triumphs of truth are the mos
glorious, chiefly because they arc the mos
bloodless of all victories, deriving their high
est luster from the number of the sared, no
the stain.
L5- Senator Douglas has not been offered
major gcnoralship
rT Three regiments Of Kansas have beer
accepted.
70 Accept lock of my hair said al
old bachelor to widow, handing her a larg
curl. Sir, you had better give me the who'll
wig" MADAME, you bite hard, but don
risk breaking your beautiful porcelain teeth,
t-1 Charles Lever the novelist, died y
Spezzia, in the latter part Of April He wa
a native of Dublin, and was educated in Pari
as a physician. He was the author Of som
25 volumes, all of which are the delight q
those who love adventure. Mr.. Lever ha
lived at Florence most OF the time since 1919
IMPORTANT ~ TRuE.-ln the Irish Gar
drners Magazine it is stated not only tina
decocton OF the leaves of the camonlle wi
destroy insects. butsthat nothing contribute
SO much to the health of garden as mum
Der OF the plants dispersed through 1t.
ARREST OF SOUTHERN CoMMIssIoNERs.-
We learn from reliable source that the tw
Southern Commissioners, Hon. j. c. Faulk
ner and d. I. g. Holland arrested at Ne
York, as reported by telegraph yesterda!
were on their way to Europe. Mr., Kenned,
Chief of New York Police, hasteegraphed I
Washington to know what he shall do wit
them.
Man II, 1861. John Bells speech h1
at length been published. He goes asaln'
responding TO the Presidents demand f'
troops and admits that that's quasi rebellion
but at the same time he is against declarin
Tennessee out of the Union, for that woul
be actual rebellion.
One Ohio regiment contains l6 men OF OF
famiy-all brothers.
President Lincoln has been importuned
coudscate the property of Southern men
the North. He answered. " No, gentleme
never" But they do it, They I
Joined the President, lean afford to do
wrong--l cannot"
A gentleman recently arrived at Bost
from Charleston, S G., says Beauregard
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