The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-16
The First Vermont Regiment.

: mcnt was reviewed on Thursday of last week
by Gov. Fairbanks. Lieut. Washburn, VIII
has command of the Regiment, addressed tn
Governor as follows
Sir In the absence of him to whom VOL
entrusted this Regiment and as the result of hi
well earned but tardly received promotion, il
has become my duty to return this Regiment tc
you. They return with a reputation which
does honor to themselves, to their officers and
their State. But We do not bring back all
One has been killed by the enemy Five have
been stricken by disease, and yet, have died a.
much in the way Of their duty, and with as
much title to respect and remembrance, as
though they had fallen upon the field of battle.
The service of the Regiment has beeen severe
In handling the spade and pick, and construct
ing the entertainments at Newport News, as
we'll as in handling the musket and standing
bravely under the fire of the enemy, they have
proved themselves worthy of the State that
sent them out. Placed constantly in the ad-
vance, to them belongs the honor of having
first of all the troops Of the United States, ia
ken permanent possession Of the soil of Virginia
They return for a brief respite from their la
bors, and yet ready again, when their dutyehall
require it to respond to their countrys call, and
fight again, ifnecd be, for the upholding of the
laws and the supremacy of the glorious old flag
OF the Union
The Governor made an appropriate response,
and in closing said:
| am gratifed with the assurance of your
commanding officer that if your services De need
ed, you will again respond to your countrys
call Your past record is sufficient guaranty
OF your undlnching patriotism, and OF your
readiness to consecratc yourselves to the service
OF your country in the hour of her peril
Again l bid you welcome to the State you
have SO CALAMITY represented, assuring you that
the people, with one acclaim are prepared to
award to you the need of * we'll done good and
faithful servants
ltappears that the delay in paying off and
discharging this Regiment is not at all the fault
of any State official. Major Halscy, the Pay
master, Was at Brattleboro Monday, but the
proper officer to muster out the Regiment had
not arrived Wednesday evening, and of course
nothing could be done but wait. Adj. Gen.
Baxter has made every effort possible to hurry
up the mastering off ,or, and on Wednes-
day commenced paying the Regiment their
dues from the State, which will be over $40, 900
and they will receive nearly $780, 900 from the
United States, which will be paid in coin
The Phenin adds
During the stay of the Regiment in this
pllce, the conduct of the soldiers has been a
constant theme OF praise. The men have all !
behaved admirably. Coming as they have from |
the strict discipline of u camp in the enemy's
country, they have not allowed its relaxation to
degenerate into rude license, but they have re,
nenbered that they were Vermonters and gen
tlemen, and have acted accordingly.
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Democratic County Conventions have been
called In Windham and bennington Counties.
In the former, the Convention is to be held at
Fayetteville, on the Oath inst, and in the lat
ter, at North Bennington, on the 10Th inst
1he treemen of Bennington County have also
been warned, by Mr.. Beeboe, Chairman of
some County Committee, to meet at North Ben
nlngton, Aug. 10th, for the purpose OF support
log the Constitution and the Union.
The Breckenridge State Central Committee off
New York held II meeting at Albany the 18th
inst, They interchanged Secession sentiments,
expressed Secession sympathles, adopted the
trtest kind Of Secession anti-coercion, resolu.
lions, drank Individually and collectively great
1eal OF liquor, good, bad and indifferent. and
then went home.
Augustus q. Bradford was, ON Thursday, NOM
ma ted by the Union Convention in Baltimore
IS candidate for Governor of Maryland He is
aid to be an uncompromising Union man.
PoLlTlcAL.-ln the list of names amended
. the Call for the Body Guard to the Cons.itu
ion Convention called here on the alst inst
We notice the name of Geo. T.. Shepard, ESQ, Of
his village one Of the State Committee ap-
'onted by the Convention which pu. in NOAH,
alton our present excellent State ticket. (
we learn from the Free Press that DR.. Thay-
r, OF Burlington, will forward to the Vermont
legiments at the Seat Of War, any magazines. ;
ooks, papers, &C., that may be sent to him
reylous t" next Wednesday.
Henry Is. Stacy, ESQ.,, OF Burlington, is ar. t
'edited as Consul to Revel, Russia, as first
'ported, instead Of Santiago de Cuba. :;
HE small pox Is reported as raging among