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

REPUBLICAN 1 OWN COMMITTEE IN w OR
cHsTER--O. L. Watson, L. b. Harris. II. S.
Johnson. +. J. Abbott, and A. p. Benson
were appointed town committee for Worces-
ter, at the recent Republican Convention in
this County, but by some accident their names
were omitted from the regular list published
ct the time
Henry G.. Lyman, Of Company X, (Ver-
gennes,) I'd regiment, died at Vergennes on
the llth inst, Of diptheria. He was on fur
lough
A. J. Noyes, Of Company A., Bennington
I'd regiment IS prisoner at Richmond, Va.
He was wounded.
Capt Eaton has secured his 25 recruits to
fill up the Vergennes Company More than
50 offered to 60.
Gen Ethan Allen Hitchcock, formerly of
the army, has offered his services to the gov
ernment. He was born in Burlington, and is
descendant from Ethan Allen.
I0 Information, by letter, was received at
Northteld on Saturday, that Capt Randall
and Capt. Dillingham; had been arrested
f. b. sawyer, oElIydepark, has enlisted
ninety men. An officer Of Zouaves has come
on TO drill them. 1t supposed therefore that
this will be a Zouave company.
We learn that Lieut.. Colonel Hyde has
been promoted to the Colonelcy Of the Sd
regiment, in place of Col. Smith who is made
Brigadier General. Gen. smith earnestly
urged this promotion on the ground Of Col
Hyde military education and general fitness
for the position.
We also understand that Major Veasy,
Formerly Captain Of the Springfield company
has received the appointment Of Lieut.. Col
onel, and Captain Seaver of the Hartford
company, that of Major CdledoaiaR.
THE RIGHr SrurP.-We understand that
School District No 4, in Bolton, has turned
out Hrenty soldiers. We suspect no district
in the state has beaten this These are all
men Injured to hard labor, and are competent
to eat their daily allowance, or to get along
wlthoutit. They have enlisted for the war -
Times.
THAT ELoPEMENT We are informed by
Nj Bradley himself that his wife did not
elope with Antonio s. Camps. but is at
home attending to her lawful business
Mrs. Bradley went to Canada to visit sister
about the time that DR.. Camps left these
parts but Mr.. Bradley informs us that she
went alone, and that it was another woman
who clipped with Camps. We are exceeding
I ly sorry if We have done injustice to an nno-
cent person by giving currency to the stories
that we're flying about.-Caiedonjan
/ r. b. Crandall is appointed assistant re-
oruilng officer for the towns of Berlin and
Brookhed.
Capt Edward w. Smith has been appoint
ed Aid Of Gen. Hunter, who will tommand
the Illinois Volunteers. Capt Smith is the
son vt the late President Smith of the Uni
versity Of Vermont.
/ HUNTINGToN "A new post office has been
established in the south village called "Hun-
tington Centre" and A. H. Loveland appoint
ed Postmaster.
The Messrs. Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury
have secured a largs contract for the manu-
iacture OF army irons for artillery use for tho
government, and they are employing their
whole force in getting out the work
/ In Weybrdge, few days since, a boy
named John DALEY, aged 2 years, attempted
to mount a load Of hay, when the horses
started forward, and the boy falling struck on
the point of a scythe, making a wound in the
abdomen from which the bowels protruded.
Modification setting in, death resulted in a
bout week.
The other day, as gentleman was coming
into the village OF Morrisville, he saw young
lady of about sixteen summers, come ont
from the residence Of her father, with gun
in her hand and dog by her side She pro-
ceeded up the road a short distance, till o.
posite buttornut tree, where she halted
and at arms length, took aim at a squirrel in
the tree, and fired, bringing the little trespas-
ser to the ground. The gentleman told her
that she would do to go South to shoot the
rebels on which she remarked that she in
tended to practice while, first, on those re-
bel squirrels, if they did not let her butter
nuts alone She said that the one lust shot
was the second she had killed that day.-
Nersdeoier.
Rev H. A. Stevens, Of Hyde Park, re-
ceiyed and accepted call to the Orthodox
Congregational Church in Melrose. Mass
ordin ton services, Sept 18th lie expects
TO be In this place but Two Sabbaths more
we are sorry to lose Mr. Stevens but trust
that our loss will be his gain msoleaisr.
AERossNr Ou"-By reference to the ad-
Verusement in another column, it will be seen
that the Do'paer Kerosene Oil Co. have re.
duced the price Of their celebrated oil