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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

" We have thought that the military
preparations ia Vermont got on rather slow.
We have said so pretty often-perhaps too
often. Another call has been made on the
State and much remains yet to be dome
But, as we are informed, on the best authori-
~, this is attributable to a considerable de-
gree to the fact that Governor Fairbanks was
written to some time since by every member
Of Congress from the State and advised not to
20 on aud raise as many men as be then con-
iemplatod raising. They were better prcpar-
ed to give advice, it was presumed, than any
one here at home. Few men would have re-
fused TO defer 10 their judgment. Now
however, it is apparent that it would have
proved best to have raised all the men possi-
be some time ago. BarliogioH Times.
The opinion of the members of Congress
was that it was best to raise only one regi-
ment at time. unless hs Var Department
should require m,rc In other words, they
would have Vermont do her whole duty, but
no more than is necessary. Reason Yer
mont pays $4,000 year ertra to each Of
her regiments which the u. s. Government
will not refund The War Department hay-
ing asked for more than one regiment, the
Governor is entirely right in ordering two
regiments.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

THE VERMONT PAruior.-The Patriot of
this week announces that in consequence of
the failure of Mr. T.. NJ. Brown to fill his
contracts. the publication of the papef will
be suspended "till an arrangement shall be
made for the future publication of the Patr'-
riot that shall promise to be permanent, A
publisher is wanted who will 'ery out against
that inefIiciency at Washington and in Ver-
mont that has almost seemed indictablc for
giving aid and comfort to the enemy In
deed The Patriot has been doing just that,
and has cried tsell--to sleep. Poor eneour-
agement for that sort Of crying
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

Ig~ Suter Bradish Of the Sd Vermont,
writes that Chester Walton sop of the lato
John Walton Jr. Of Montpelier is in she ar
tillery at Chain Bridge. and stands torch in
hand, ready to let off the battery on the first
appearance Of the rebels on the Virginia side
Of the river. We doubt whether a passage
will be attempted at the bridge Colonel
Smiths brigade can hold the bridge against
a much larger force.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

WAN STArIsrIcs.-Ihe Rebel army has
So Generals, the Union army 9s. In all the
battles from the bombardmeut of Fort SUM
ter April l2,) to the battle of Springfield,
Mo, aug lO) the rebels have lost gem
erals. Union ; the rebels have lost col
onels. Union 5. OF total killed, there were
1867 rebels. and s2i Union; wounded. 1878
rebel, and l746 Union missing, rebel un-
known-Union 1915.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30
APPOINTMENTS BY the GOVERNOR

+. IL. Stoughton, Bellows Falls, Colonel
Of the 4th Regiment
H. N. Worthen, Bradford, Lieut. Colonel.
j. Halsey Cushman, bennington, Quarter
Master.
Dr. Samuel j. Allen, Hartford, Surgeon
DIR. Willard A. Child, Castlston, Assistant
Surgeon.
DIR. VIM. p. Russell, Middlebury, Surgeon
of the 9th Regiment.
DIR. Henry c. Shaw, AVaits6eld, Assistant
Surgeon.
l.. A. Grant, of Bellows Falls, has been
appointed Major of the 5th regiment.
The appointment Of Colonel Of tho 9th
Regiment has been rendered by tho Governor
to Captain Henry Smalloy OF the u. b. Artil-
lery, who is one of Gen. Dix's staff at Bslti-
more Caedoniaa,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

TO Illinois alone, with her men now in
the field, is ready to furnish 100, 900 men for
the war.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

Joseph X Arlington, formerly of St. Johns
bury, was burned TO death at Hartford Iowa,
on the goth ult by the explosion Of kero-
sene oil lamp.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

A letter from Atchison, Kansas, dated Au-
gust l6, states that Azel w. Spalding, late of
Montpelier, was in the battle near Springfield
Missouri, and came out uninjured. His Cap
tain speaks in the highest terms of him, and
of all the Kansas boys. Spalding is Lieut.
enant in one Of the Kansas regiments.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

Incendiaries have been at work at Concord,
n. H., Robinson's plow factory being one OF
the buildings fred. The Robinsons went
from Barre, in this county.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

10 The PFC Nrc on Friday evening was
a very pleasant afar--esprTfully ct sufficient
distance to give clearness, smoothness and
sweetness to the music Of the band above the
hum Of happy voices The lights twlnkling
in the grove reminded us Of the description
of a Chinese mandarin's tea party, while the
social enjoyments were like the out-of-door
parties fashionable among the Germans.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

Letters from Washington speak of the ex-
traordinary good health Of the great body of
the rank and file of the army. The per cent
age Of sickness is but a triAe more than in
civil life and many Of the soldiers have ao-
quired in three months service, better state
Of health than they have enjoyed for years.
Well, that's always the way with the tel
egraph folks ~ exclaimed Mrs. Mellows !;
" the good news they send US one day is pret-
Is sartin to be eontradicted the next. Why,
there's our neighbor, Sally Shute. who got a
story how her husband had been killed in one
Of the battles, and the day arter il was all
opsot. for il proved TO be another man. Gin
me the old mail stage, arter all, continued
Mrs. Mellow, " if twas slow, twas sGrtin r
MILITARY.--Mr. Charles P. Dudley, of
this place. who was private in the Rutland
Company of the lst Vermont Regiment, has
been appointed ID Lieutenant in the regular
army OF the United States. We have no
doubt that he will do honor to his country
and to himself in these perilous times.--
Manchester Journal.
Factory PoINT.--H. f. Bradford has tax
en- contract from the government for the
manufacture Of 10000 yards of blue kersey
4
mill at Factory Point, soon as possible
Manchester Journal
tY- Dr. A. &. Dana Of Brandon, died at
his residence Tuesday Morning last. lie
died full of years and surrounded by the res
pcct and affection OF the community in which
he had lived.
FIRE IN HUNTINGToN.--A barn belong
ing to Mr. Wilson Philipps in Huntington
was burned on Monday evening last. The
barn was filled with hay and was fred By
some children carelessly playing with match
os. No insurance. - Times.
THE SECOND VERMONT REoIMENr-A
letter from the Second Vermont which appears
in last evenings Free Press dated Camp Lyon
Aug. lS, gives the following information II
regard to Capt Drew and his fellow prisoners
at Richmond,
we have received our first authentic news
concerning our missing, in the shape Of let
ter which Col. Whiting received day or two
since from Capt Drew, in which he says tina
he is very sick at Richmond, and wishes Col
w. To procure his exchange if possible
Capt. Drew says that Conroe, Martin and Red
mond are prisoners, and that they are wei
treated. This relieves us of much anxiet
concerning them, as their names have not ap
pearcd in the list Of persons which we hav
seen heretofore. Their many friends at hom
will also DO much relieved by this news
From the accounts of those who escaped
should Judge that prisoners receive the bes
OF treatment. One of our Vermont boys mad
his escape few days since from Manassas
aud reports that George sueeter of Milton
(Co. H. was a prisoner at that place. Ais
that Orderly Sergeant Woodbury. of the sam
company was at Manassas; both are wound
ed He also says there are six others fror
other companies who were prisoners wit
him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-08-30

There are other recruiting offices now be-
ing opened, that there may be least possible
delay in enlisting the number Of men neces-
sary for the two regiments.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
About Andrew johnson.

The Richmond (va.) Examiner.
publishes the following dispatch
Lyuch1urg, Va, Ap7az 2l.-Andy
Johnson, late United States Senator
from Tennessee, passed through here
to-day on his way from Washington
to Tennessee. A large crowd assem-
bled and groaned him, and offered.
him every indignity he deserved, in
cluding pulling his nose. Every ef-
fort was made to take him off the.
cars.
The demonstrations Were first sug.
@ested by Tennesseans. Great diff
Guilty was experienced in restraining
the pcpuiace. johnson was protec-
ted by the conductor and others, who
begged that he might be permitted to
proceed home, and let his own people
deal with him.
He denied sending a message as
seltin@ that Tennessee would furnish
her quota Of men.
The Memphis Avalanche has the
following i'll reference to the same
affair:
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04

i Smult U0muu-A nice, respec-
ted lady. not Il thousand miles away
had ION" noticed. to her diSnay. thar
h,r.. worser half" was growing fool
ishlv suspicious and jealous OF her.
SOME evenings since, ~ he was lrav-
my, she told him he need not hur-
rv back-she would not be lonely
She wished her ducl<v TO enjoy linn
self, &C., &c. Benedicr smelt inevi-
table :: mice under the h>,ocricv,
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
To Arms.

The war dunn is bcating-prcparc for the
Sight
Thcs stern bigot Northman exults in his might;
Grid on your bright wcapoI,s--ior toemcn
are nigh,
Aud this be your watclrword-"NEE Con
QUER OR Die.
The trumpet is sounding from mountain to
shore,
Your swords and yo'r lances must sl'mber
n!urci
Fling forth to the sunlight your banner On
high,
Inscribed with the watchworG-''wc con-
qucr OF dic.'
March on to the battlefield, tilcre to do or to
dare.
With shoulder to shoulder all danger to
And les your proud watchword ring up to
tlI" sky,
Til the blue arch re-cchocs-'we conquer
or die!''
Press, forward ,uidaunte1, nor think OF re-
The enemy, host on the threshold;o rrct;
Strike firm, till the tuemcn before you shah
fly,
Appalled, by the watchword-''we conquer or
t,iu.'
50 forth in the pathway vorr torefathers trod;
We too. fight tor hcCdolH-u;U captain is God.
Their blood in our veins, with their honor
we Vic;
Theirs, TOO, was the watci'word-'.we con-
quer OF d.e.'
We strike for the South-mo,,ntaiu VALLEY
and plain
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
lows, handkerchiefs,

vests. pillows, handl1erchiefs, and
the like, made up for the occasion
Z" l say dear, what does all this
mean q exclaimed the husband, with
Il blank, sheepish look.
"Weli, dear" replied the wife. Sc l
did get lonely, after all, and just
amused myself by dressing up that
puppet, and making believe YOU We're
at home. I'm sure l didn't think
you would s,,spect-''
There, there" said the charging
husband, (" say no more about it. /
thought it was a robber dead crea-
ture, I'm so glad it didn't hit you:''
Benedictrepeated, ''Now l lay me" ~,
and went to bed, resolved not to watch
any more at present.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04

He had no thonght of accepting the
poor privilege of being swallowed up
at last.
Hon. Andrew Ewing, followed, de-
claring in the strongest and most sm-
phatic terms for resistance to the at
tempted subjngation of tho South.
He was for the whole South standing
as aunt.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
E'ro,u the Memphis Argus, 10Th
Visit to Caire---E'l.4 Abolition
Preparations.

H2taoycd De$cent on TIRE SOuth-N N"n'der Ct
Troups IN C4ifO,-U hcye h,cy are ir0m-
CGwDiug in tn. SirnnpS-SJHtArrH EinojS
DiSpoS,dfobc TrirnWy- I"1'c0tsto Drolr"
Coiro--r roasrcrca hAoti4 StapPcd-.idoti-
Hon 1HieriAg-Sri-"'n Gt ,N."phis Prop-
eyiy-rr0M3Ut Ht I!tMoiS"3Is at Lair". .u0rh-
iiy uihi TIE Pcypic. ctc.
We returned this morning from
Cairo. where a sojourn OF p hour~
satisfied us that We must make every
necessary arrangement to rrpcl an III
vaSiun from the troops NOW concern
rratin- there.
There is in Cairo and vicinity about
2l0O troops, and the number is IN
creased by the arrival Of every tram.
These troops are principally from the
tIsa, uuprincipled hole, Chicago.
AIar@e number of them are c;'lnped
along the Mississippi anld Ohio rivers.
for tie purpose OF preventing any
u,trInpt 10 cut the levec by the Cairo
lies and true Egyptians. The people
IN Southern Illinois are very indig-
nan, at ,he action OF the w;,r depart
nent in sending troops to Cairo.-
Some ot them have Si@nitied their
intention 10 drown them ont by cut
tiu. the lnvec. The cnnmandcr-iu-
chi,T of til. Illinois militia caused
the following notice to be posted i'll
Cairo:
GEN. Il. X. SwiFT-Dr4r Sir -
Say to the people OF Cairo that troops
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04

hands on and stopped the following
articles: eight kegs shot and thirty
bales lead, consigned to Burton,
Titus & Co, and twenty kegs
Shot and lead to L. b. Hawley & Co.,
Of this city, for which Col. Prentice,
the commanding officer, receipted.-
They had it under contemplation for
some ti1ue to take off 124 casks of
bacon, destined for Macon, Georgia,
but better Judgment prevailed, and
they did not stop them. Committees
have been appointed to examine every
train arriving, open express packages,
and take just what they choose. On
Wednesday, the following articles
were taken from the express office ::
One case rifles to Sam Tate, on box
revolycrs to Schneider e Glasick,
and two bundles military caps for
Miller & Dunn, Memphis.
Several prominent politicians from
the interior OF Illinois are at Cairo.
Col. John a. McCernand and Judge
Palmer are among the number, both
Of whom are and have been Douglas
Democrats. They assured lis the in
tentions of the administration are to
act wholly on the defensive, and these
troops are placed there to repel any
invasion from the SouthernerS.
They have all proved themselves
such liars that no on" can rel y on any
thing they say, Judge McCicrnand
talks like Lincoln did in his inaueur-
IL, that we are brothers, and viii not
DO to fight.
From the preparations they are
making, it seems they have other OBJ
iectS III view besides plcrcnting an
invasion from the Southerners. We
cannot be too hasty in arming our
solves, for he conflict Is coming just
rs S,tre as the sun shines.
The Glendale, which left here We'd
nesday evening, arrived II Cairo last
night about eight o'clock, with no,leS>
,han two hundred aboiition!sts from
rhis city on board who have lived
here for wears and sent away every
dolar th"y made.
We were informed that al the way
up to Hickman they kept very silent,
bur a. soon a>s the boat came in sight
Of Illinois they commenced rejoicing
that hey could then hlwarh, freer and
easier. They hcaped curses on Mem
phis and wished it stink, lhcre is
one thing true, they comprehend our
motives and viii lose no time in relat-
iu.r their adventures 10 their friends
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
Saws the Galveston News:

We We're ont on the east end Of The
Island yesterday, and found General
Sherman busilv engaged preparing
TO throw up entrcnchments to protect
the heavy ordnance he has placed
there. in different positions, so as TO
thoroughly command the approaches,
to the bar, the channels into the bay,
and the bay and city. Those long.
iron 24-pounders, howitzers and brass
32-poundels, with the piles of shot
and shell next them, look formidable;
and when the three mortars are put
in position, and the entrelch,uehts,
thrown up-which will be in day
ortwo-we may consider the entrance
TO our harhor as tolerabiv well de-
tended.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
Andy Johnson's Nose Pulled, and
He Near Being Hung,

We once heard OF a Wag that seiz
ed hold Of All. elephants 5 snout on
every occasion, and he always e2-
cused himself upon the pretext that
he could not resist the temptation 10
pull Il nose that he could get hold Of
with both hands. 1t seems that An
dv johnson is such Il miserable trail
tor, that an editor at lynchburg
could not resist the temptation to pull
his proboscis.
Our citizens heard yesterday, with
every demonstration OF delight, the
indi@nitv offered Gev. Johnson on
his way from Washington to Green
Vile. His presence i'll Virginia was
regarded as exceedingly oiiensi i've to
Nirginians. He was insulted at al
most every depot. At Lynchburg
his nose was most handsomely pull
led. while he was hooted and groaned
at by the large crowd. The traitor
is meeting his reward.
We have heard since, from good
authority. that Liberty, in Bedford
county, Va. johnson was taken from
the cars, and u rope placed around
his neck. preliminary to a proposed
hanging. Some old citizens of the
country begged for him, saying that
Tennessee would do for him wh@r
they proposed to do, and he was le.
Oft.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
RICHARD \ YATES,
(OmlnNMNNl. In NML.

>rRENGFlELD, April 2l. lS0l.
Whatever may be the intention of
the government, there is one thing Ger
tain. that in Il few days more we posi-
lively believe commerce on the Mis-
sissippi and Ohio will bo wholly IN
terccpted. They have he little
dilapidated steamer Swallow cilarter-
ed for thcir man-ot.war, which they
keep in the middle OF the river to
make all boats come in and undergo
Il thorough examination. The john
u. Perry was met last evening about
five miles above Cairo by their man
of-war and ordered to come in. Capt.
Zeigler yielded, and shortly afterward
the thieves were engaged in ransack-
ing the entire cargo. Ihev lad
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
TenLessee'S Position.
HON. JOHN BELL FOR THE
SOtIEt

SDlII
The Nashville papers bring us
abstracts Of the speech Of Hon. John
Bell, Hon. Edwin Ewing, and others,
in a public meeting. The editor of
the Nashville Republican Banner, too,
who fought to the last, repudiates the
old Union, and, like true and loyal
man, stands by his own people,
From the Banner and Patriotic date
tnion) we make extracts:
Hon. john Bell spoke for about
three quarters Of an hour, stating in
effect that sof;,r as present duties and
responsibilities are concerned the
past is sealed book. Tie time tol,
action and unity Of action il the
south had arrived, and he was for
standing by the South and defen-
ding the South, all the South, against
the unnecessary, aggressive, cruel,
unjust and wanton war which is be
ing: forced upon Us. He recounted at
some length the efforts which he had
made in the past and especially with
thc present administration to avert
this war, and the hopes he had cher
ishrd for the preservation Of peace !;
but those hopes had now vanished
and our duty was 10 deftnd our
selves and to make common cause.
with all our sister slave holding.
states OF the South against com
mon invading foe. h, advocated IL
strong and effective military league
or union amOnm all the SlayrhOitino.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04

TIE Spirit at Lyuchburg, Va
Tn" LyncAburg Republican, OF the
10Th. ult., SAYS:
The ranks Of all our volunteer co1l-
panies are nearly filled up, and b:-
tomorrow will be on complete war
footing, ready for any emergency.
The city Council has appropriated
the sum Of one thousand dollars to.
each company of one hundred men
now organized, and like sum to,
every other company of the same
number OF men, hereafter organized
for State service.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
Tie Shreveport Daily News,

PpJijshed ero'ym"r"i"y { (-N>"d"y exccpted
OHoe corner Texas & Spring SITS.
firtr HNrr's Styyc-5.n'rnNreG Ga !fyring street
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-04
y L r M S.

Daily. per year IN advance, $50
Delivered hy e"lirr, :" coats
per week.
- ertly (Muntuy) in advance %
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-02-08

OvER-WoRKED WoMEN.--An over-work-
ed woman is always sad sight--sadder a
great deal than an over-worked man, be-
cause she is so much more fertile in capaci-
ties Of suffering than man. She has so
many varieties of headache sometimes as
if Jael were driving the nail that killed
Sisera into her mples-sometime letting
her work with half her brain, while the
other half throbs as if it would go to pieces
sometimes tightening round the brows as
if her cap band were Luke's iron crows
and than her nessalgias, and her back caches,
and her fits of depression, in which she
thinks she is nothing, and less than nothing
and those paroxysms which men speak
slightingly of as hysterical-convulsioss
that is all, only not commonly fatal ones
so many trials which belong to her fine and
mobile structure, that she is always entitled
to pity, when she is placed in conditions
which develop her nervous tendencies.-Dr
o. w. Holmes.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-02-08
New Haven and Northampton Co.

ia aMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN RAILROAD.
IL Winter ArraDgement-lS60.
NORTHAMPTON AND NEW YORK via Canal and New
York and New Haven Rail Roads
On and after Nov 26th 1900 Trains will run as follow.
TRAINS PROM NoRrHAMPros
gu a. INSTRUMENTATION New York connecting nj
Panyille with Hartford Providence and Fishk railroad
Arrive in New Haven As a.. m, New York II AZ o m
lI05 m..Express Train Tor New York Receiving pas
engers from the Conn. River R. from Greenfield Brat
eboro and the north Receiving passengers from and con
Meeting with the Western Railroad and west at
held Hartford Providence and Fshki r. r. at plainxie
arriving lin New Haven 2.05 and New York A. AZ
m-freight train with passenger car for New IIa
ven receiving from the Express on West
ern haroad at Westheld for the Harrington Valley al
Pianyiie at 445 m. with Hartford, Providence and
fishk Railroad east and and reaching New Haven in
season for the night Express New York
53J m-Freigt Train with passenger car attached FIR
Nested receiving train on Conn River
r. from Montreal Burlington, Brateboro Greenfield &c
Albany Pttsheld Worcester and Boston.
TRAINS TO NORTHAMPTON
ooo m.-Ileeh, IRAN with passenger car from New
Pennington Valley will reach westfed by this train 4,
son for the Express Trains and at IL a. reaching
1850 m.-Express train from New Haven In conp.ct;o,
with 800 train from New York Connecting M Nor,h
sp.on with trains on Conn River Road for Greenfield
brattieboro and the White Mountains reaching Nortba,
ton at 2 05 p. P
$50 m-Aeeomodstion train from New Haven. rec.,v-
ing passengers from the IL 10 train YORK
Piainve from the Hartford Providence and Fbk;li n ~
east aud west and in close connection with Western Rail
Toaa ior Albany at Ilo and 800 for Worcester and
Boston reaching Northampton at ITO D. M
800 p m-freght Train from Wes field with nassen,.,
car attached for Northampton receiving passengers fr
train on Western Ralroad from Ptsfed AlbanS and ~
West, reaching Northampton at so D. m anu the
Inc ~ m train from New Haven arrives in season
Tor all the Stage Lines. o"
Freight to and from New York forwarded rv;,h.
o. cars at as low rates direct Line Freight Should
be directed via Canal Railroad Freight Depo in S VET
Garner Franklin and Center Streets.
y'estheld, Mass, 1850.