Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-02-21
WAR ITEMS


The Cairo correspondent of a St Louis pa
per relates that the minister Of the Presby-
terrain church there not making his appearance
at the proper time on a recent sabbath, and
the elder of the church refusing TO officiatc,
Com. Foote, on the impulse Of the moment,
took the pulpit. read a chapter In the Bible,
prayed, and delivered a short discourse from
the text, " Let not your hearts be troubled.
We believe in God-beieve also in me" The
congregation was delighted On coming
down from the pulpit the minister who had
arrived Just after the prayer, approached and
rendered his thanks but the Commodore
rebuked him for his tardiness, and also for
his neglect to take the pulpit Immediately on
his arrival.
The rebels Of the South have destroyed
l2S lighthouses that have been erected by
the federal government for the benefit Of COM
merce, endangsring the lives of thousands Of
persons not connected with the war. Yet
Earl Russell has not word of protest to Of
fer against this outrage, Why don't the
Liverpool shipownera call his attention to it !;
Why don'. ,ney remind him, also, that the
rebels have sunk stone-laden vessels in the
channels leading to one or two of their har-
bors. and that they tried to destroy Charles
ton harbor in the same way, short time be-
fore the assault on Sumter;
A man giving his name as }. ~ Hendricks,
and claiming to be a native of Ohio, has been
arrested in Chicago on suspicion that he is
acting as an agent Of the rebels. He had per-
suaded a photographic artist to print about
$500, 600 Of confederate scrip Of the denom-
inatisns Of SleQ sri $50. The artist notif-
ed the police Of the propositions when they
were first made to him, but they allowed him
to complete his work, and when he had been
paid for it arrested Mr.. Hendricks with the
bills in his possession. He now claims that
it was his intention to defraud the rebels.
The death Of .. Jennings Wise will create
q profound impression at the South With
out any very commanding talents, he was so
active, so bitter, and so impetuous, that he
carried the young men of eastern Virginia
with him in all his movements. To him and
bis father, more than to any other two men,
is to be attributed the passage Of the seces-
sion ordinance by the Virginia legislature.
The channel Of the Tennessee opposite
Fort Henry was full of Maury's torpedoes,
but the water was so high that the gunboats
did not hit them. Five OF them were fshed
up. The things contained about rs pounds
Of powder each, which vas to be exploded
when a vessel should hit the wire connected
to them. They might have been very destruc-
tive if they had operated.
The depressing influence of the war on real
estate in New York city, was illustrated re-
Gently by the sabe at agetiOn Of eight brown
Stone houses in Madison ayenae, al prices va
rying from SO 900 to 49, 400 Six months
ago it cost $4,000 to build each of these
houses.
Claims upon the government for damages
inflicted by the war being to pour in at a
rapid rate. The majority Of them come from
the states of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia
Taken together, these claims will amount to
an enormous sum.