Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-02-07

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The secessiunsis in ST. Louis were b,a
ly frightened, few days ago, by reDo,,
that Gen. Halleck had telegraphed to ii.
Secretary of War, asking permission ia
send away during the war about five bu.
bred of The most noisy aud troublesou,
Of the rebels in ST. Louis, and tic rsp,
was, I" FIVE thousand, If necessary"
Mr.. Ely kept full journal Of events
from The time Of his capture at Manasa,
to his release from Imprisonment at Rich
mond, which he has placed in the hands d
Charles Lanman, to be edited.
Colonel McCook, wounded in Somerss
had brother killed at Manassas, and Ia,
two other brothers in the army--one in liz
| front OF Buell's advance. The faith,
Daniel McCook, is in Washington, and w
in the battles of Manassas and Balls BID
as an amateur fighter. He has byolh,
with six sons in the Union army, andh
two families contribute about dozens
| tive fighting men to the war.
| The rebels have refused TO receive q
distribute the two thousand suits Of cloth,
sent from the North to our prisoners. n
whom they have themselves denied ever,
comfort, because the packages were not al.
dressed to the Confederate States
The Official report Of the killed and wound
ed at the battle of Mill Spring, KY, state
that So were killed and 1913 wounded. o.
the rebels, 1870 were buried on the field, and
"A wounded we're cared for by the national
surgeons.
The New Orleans papers say that three
officers of the Federal fleet visited the civ
in Disguise on the 9th. @Belore leaving.
one OF them dropped letter in the posl&
fee 10 a military officer with whom he VA
formerly acquainted, ban;ering him upon
the laxity of our guard, and promising au-
other call at an early day, under circua.
stances not constrsining masquerade"
1t is now nearly six months since Sen.
alor johnson has heard directly from bis
family in Tennessee, though learning from
the public prints that large amounts Of hs
estate have been confscated by the rebsls.
Mrs. Cook, Of Lawrence. Mich, was Kin.
ed recently by her nephew,a boy Of u
years. He picked up gun and asked i
il was loaded.--She answered mo- Sad
be jokingly, well, / guess Ill shoe, you
then" She replied, "Shoot away whea
he fired, shooting her through The head and
killing her instantly. The boy at once fed
to the woods, and at last accounts had no.
been taken.
Tie Nsv Bedford Mercury states thai
Mrs. Samuel A. Frazer oil Duxbury is nOs
engaged in knitting stockings for III,
soldiers in our army. She was employe,
eishty-fise years ago IN knitting stocking
Tor the soltiers Of the Revolution. She /
now ninety-two years Of age.
Gen. Helleek has seized ex-Gov Clai
borne f. Jacksons hemp plantation, il
Saline county, Missouri, for confiscation.
The London Star and Dial cautions Ma
son and Slidell to restrain their curiosity
not show themselves too freely in England
and in particular no, TO visit Barclay brew
cry, where Haynsu, the Austrian woman
whipper, was assaulted.
1t is estimated that the late queen o
Madagascar, in the course OF her rrigi
caused 100000 men 10 be put 10 death
but she did what she could towards re
populaling the country.
A eolored woman named Stanley. VIII
, was slave till she was 40 years of ag'
has lately died in New Haven, leayin
$4,000, since accumulated, for beneyolen
purposes.
One scholar has been expelled from
school at Stafford for chewing and splitting
tobacco in school hours.
The agent of the government for secur-
ing cotton in south Carolina reooris thai
he has already gathered one million dollars
worth. He has about three thousand slave:
at work and they work well and promptly
A large quantity of arms and war ma
terial cent nue. 10 arrive from Germany
Last week the Bavaria brought four ihous
and sabers and forty five thousand rifles.
The Louisville Journal of the Both 0
January reports the rebel prisoners secur
ed after the battle of Mill Spring and dur
ing their flight, at nearly 700.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN WARE Mass
Last Monday evening Perry Cheever 0
Ware, attempted to Hill Miss Elizabeth E