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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-23

The Tclcdo Commercial gives the following
good retort " 'l'he other day as Il number Of
rebel prisoners were being shipped for Sandusky,
!Ir the traitors home ON Johnson's Island. u
little German made himsel. quite prominent
with hls noisy remarks about the secesh One
OF them, brawny sx-footer, turned savagely
upon him aud said, We cat Dutchmen down
south Wy den Jcu no eet Sgel? was tho
Instant rctort. Seccsh had no reply 20 give,
hut passed sadly on
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-23

REV. WV. TAYLOR, the famous CaIlioFo'
preacher, has just closed campaign OIL '''
ty five weeks in Canada, during which P'r"'
he has preached three hundred and ''V'"|
four times, besides delivering numerous 'y'
lures on temperance. The last iour "'''
we're spent in Montreal, aiding 10 an eS''"'
sive revival, in which, among Others, over '''
Nv British soldiers were converted.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-23
The ARMY IIOsPI1

The ARMY Hospitals AT CoRINTH The wife
OF Senator Harlan OF Iowa, publishes a letter
in reference to the hospitals at Corinth. She
complains that Gen. Halleck's order prohibiting
The conuabands from entering the lines entails
very much suffering upon the SICK and wounded
soldiers, who might be waited upon and cared
to7 nv the contrabands driven away by his
cruel order.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-23
s1>iEZI'EiIER. IT.
MONDAN, JUNE %, 1862.

uAYiHG CHOSEN oUR CAUSE WITHOUT GUILE
ND WITH PURE MOTIVES, LET Us RENEW OUR
RUST II GOD AND 90 FORWARD WITHOUT FEAR
AND WIrH MANLY HEARTS.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-23

Col. Cahill Of the Ninth Connecticut Regi-
nenI, who has had but 700 men until recent Y,
writes home that he has filled his regiment to
the maximum standard (l040) by recruiting
loyal men OF New Orleans. Tho Thirteenth
and Twelfth have also received additions IN tho
same manner.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-23

Notice the change of time on the Vermont
Central Railroad, commencing the 23d inst.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-02-07
WHOLE NUMBER :21S.

The PHILOSOPHY OF SHALLOW
, CULTURE FOR WINTER GRAIN.-When
a piece Of woods is cleared off and the
ground is simply narrowed thoroughly,
without ploughing, and is sowed with
winter wheat the soil must be uncom-
monty wet, and the winter must be very
uufavorable indeed if that wheat is much
injured by freezing and thawing. And
there is very cogent and philosophical
reason why winter wheat is injured less
by freezing and thawing on such soil
than it is on old ground.
We all know that when we set a stake
or post perpendicular in the ground about
one foot deep the frost will soon heave ii
to the surface; but when it set at an an
gle Of forty or forty-fve degrees, it will
remain about as deep as il was originally
set until it is rottenJ because az the soil
freezes and thaws it is lifted with and
settles back with the soil
The sod of grass ground is raised by
the frost bodily, and settled back bodily
when it thaws, and for this reason the
roots are not all lifted out by the freezing
and thawing in winter
Now when wheat is sowed on new
land that has never been plowed, the
roots spread out almost horizontally on
the suFiace Of the ground, and thus form
almost complete mat, SO that when the
soil Is expanded by freezing, it is raised
bodily, roots and all, and thus it settles
back, when it thaws, to its original posi-
ton, without severing any of the roots of
the plants. In new land that has not
been plowed large proportion of the
vegetable matter and the elements of fer
tiIlty are near the surface of the soil,
and consequently the roots spread out
horizontally much more than they do ver-
tically. But when the soil is deep, and
the vegetable matter is thoroughly incor-
porated with it, aud when the elements
Of fertility are more abundant six or eigh.
inches JeloU the surface than near the
surface, the roots will strike almost per-
downwards. Hence when
two or three inches of the surface of the
soil comes to freeze, the plants are lifted,
and the roots must either give way at
the lower ends, or be severed just below
the frozen earth. 1t is easy to perceive,
when such is the case, why and how read
ly the wheat plants are injured and
brown out by freezing and thawing in
he winter or SPRING. Country Gentle
nan.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-02-07

ca The governmen: has issued an
order prohibiting the expectation of qui-
nine and opium to Cuba for the future.
1t seems that immense quantities have
been sent recently from New York to
Havana, the real destination of which is
the Southern States.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-02-07

ca A father, the other day, wishing
to form an alliance between his stupid
son and fine young lady of his acquaint-
ance, sent him to her with the following
note;
Dear Madam.-Allow me to present
my Bill for your acceptance"
The lady sent the spoony back to his
father with the following erply:
"Dear Sir,-Your bill is vetoed"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-02-07

There is but one thing to do.-Run tn
gauntlet, gain the cover of the bill, an
charge up the steep. These thought
pass quicker than they can be told. HI
waves his sabre over his head, and shout
ing, Forward follow me F! quick trot
gallopI' he dashes headIong down th'
stony road. The first company and mos
of the second follow. From the left
thousand muzzles belch forth hissin!
food of bullets: the poor fellows clutct
wildly at the air and fall from their sad
dies. and the maddened horses throw
themselves against the fences. Thei
speed is not for an instant checked; far
ther down the hill they fly, like wasp'
driven by the leaden storm. Sharp vol
leys pour out of the underbrush at the
left, clearing wide gaps through theil
ranks. They leap the brook, take down
the fence, and draw up under the shelter
of the bill. Zagonyi looks around him
and 10 his horror sees that only fourth
Of his men are with him. He cries "They
do not come-we are lost !" and frantic
/ ally waves his sabre.
He has not long TO wait. The delay
of the rest Of the Guard was not from
hesitation. When Capt Foley reached
the lower corner of the wood and saw
the enemy's line, be thought flank at
tack might be advantageously made
He ordered some OF his men TO dismount
and take down the fence. This was done
under severe fire. Several men fell,
and he found the wood SO dense that it
could not be penetrated Looking down
the bill, he saw the fash of Zagonyi's
sabre, and at once gave the arder, " Fer
ward - At The same time Lieutenant
Kennedy, stalwar Kentuck ian. shouted
" Come or, boys remember old Ken
tnckv - and the tbira co,,,.,,, of ,bo
Guard, fire on every side OF them-from
behind trees, from under tie feuces-with
strides and loud cheers. pour.
ed down the slope and rushed to the side
Of Zagonyi. They have lost seventy
lead and wounded men. and the carcass.
- of horses are strewn alono the lane
Kennedy is wounded in the arm and lies
lpon the stones. his faithful charger
,tandipr motionless beside him Iieut
ToF received vound in he tbich he
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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-02-07

| order. i ou are unworthy TO be mem
Der of the guard. / dismiss you Th
bugler showed his bugle TO his indgnan
commander the mouth piece of the in
strument was shot away. He said "Th,
mouth was shot off. ! could not bugl,
viz mon bugle, and so l bugle viz MOI
pistol and sabre" 1t IS unnecessary t,
add, the brave Frenchman was not dis
missed.
must not forget to mention Sergean
Hunter, of the Kentucky company. Hi:
soldierly figure never failed to attract the
eye in the ranks of the Guard. He hat
served in the regular cavalry, and the
Body Guard had profted greatly from
his skill as drill master. He lost three
horses in the fight. As soon as one wa.
killed, he caught another from the rebels
the third horse taken by hin in this way
he rode into St. Louis.
The Sergeant slew five men. 81 won't
speak of those | shot, sad he, another
may have bit them but tthose touched
with my sabre / am sure of, because /
felt them
A. the beg;nn;og If ,bo ohoroo ho
came to the extreme riybt and took nosi.
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lismounted trooners vera nl.cad il
barpe Of them--in the donhIe c,,oo;tv
f nurses and ouards Za,onri exnso,sd
ba foa to rat,rr e,,sr,, r,;n,+a 1tsoon
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,ereGara left SnrioofeId ooJ r.tirod
efore morning twertv.tioa niIss on ,ba
,oI;ror rooa
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,mmapder after Isavino the coInmn in
,e lane. at the commencement Of the {
onaqement Abopt dusk he renaired TO /
le prairie, and remained tIere within
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a followed Zagonv; r.ioinin, lin, IN tho t
.orn;ny q
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,ma IF their work;na ,a,t,, .os ora t
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.r of wounded conld M, ha ,scartainad
fter the conflict had drifted away from
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tbe field taken away tb-;r woYoaed t
ID robbed our dead Tbe loss Of tbe 0
nard was tiftv-tbree o,t ,f ono bnndred o
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on boy;rr hoo, ,,c. ha Z.corr; :, il
arge of bis train The pr,ir;a Sco,ts tt
norted loss Of tbirtvoro ont of ono I
'ndrad ard tbirtv. Io1f of those he u
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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-02-07

Corn STALKS FOR FODDER. AS the
corn stalks are usually fed out, only the
husks and leaves are eaten while the
stalks, which are far richer in saccharine
qualities, and more nutritious, are left to
trouble the farmer during the slow pro-
cess of their decay. A better way is to
cut them fine, mix with coarse hay or
bean stalks, throw in little fine feed,
then wet both with cold water and let it
soften during the interval from one feed
ing to the next. One who has tried it
says half bushel OF this three times a
day will keep COW in high flesh all win
ter. If the farmer has no cutting ma
chine, his first errand should be to get
one.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-02-07

CORN BREAD. - The committee on
corn bread at the office of the American
Agriculturist, have made their decisions,
having consumed something like three
hundred loayes of bread. The conditions
OF the award were, that the bread should
be baked on Thursday, Dec. u, and
sent to the office on or before the noon
OF the l4th that it should be of fair size
Tor family use; of moderate cost: with
crusts not to thick or hard, and that a re-
cipe of the process of manufacture should
accompany it,
The award Of the committee were as
follows lst premium, $40, to Mr.. James
O'Brine, Carrick, Penn, I'd do. So, to
Mrs. Lot Cornelius, Locust Valley, Long
Island; Sd do So, TO Mr.. Franklin, An
napoiis, Md. An additional prize of 81
'or the best loaf of cake of any kind, of
which corn meal is one Of the chief ingre-
iients, to Mr.. W. II. jenkins, of Will
iamsburg,
The receipt for making corn bread like
hat which took the first premium, is as
olIow: 10 two quarts of meal, add one
lint of bread sponge; water sufficiently
o wet the whole, add one half pint of
lour, and table spoonful of salt let it
Use; then knesd well the second time,
md place the dough in the oven, and al
ow il to bake an hour and half.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-07-22
THE ANACONDA" DEFUNCT.

The Tribune acknowledges that the great
Anaconda which Was to surround and crush out
this g Infamous rebellion" is defunct. He is
right, hear him:
Advices from various quarters justify the graft
flying belief that that conception Of neffable stu
pidity, the grand Union "Anaconda" is defunct
Hencefortb, We confident, the policy Of mass
ing our disposable troops into one grand army and
hurling it swiftly and strongly upon the chief
strongholds of the rebellion will be successfully
adhered to. The Anaconda has cost us a gears
time, one hundred thousand men, and fee hun
dred m'Vions Of money, and its fruits are not at
all commensurate with the cost. Had it never
been conceived, We should have failed to take
New Orleans and some other ports quite so soon,
while we should have ere this utterly extinguished
the rebellion in Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee.
The "Anaconda" makes present to the rebels
of the all but exclusive of railroads and tce-
graphs. 1t enables the enemy to choose among
our several army corps that one OH which he shall
precipitate his entire movable force. It enables
him to be uniformly superior at the point of col
lision, though we have more and better troops in
the field than he has It enables him TO know the
result of any conflict within few hours after its
occurrence, while we must wait fortnight for any
account of it but such as he chooses to give US
In short, the "Anaconda" is blundcr, humbug
and nuisance. Away with him
These arc bold words for the Tribune man tc
utter and We shall expect to hear of his carly in
carceration in Northern dungeon.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-07-22
NORTHERN ITEMS.

Gen. McClellan's repulse has caused stocks and
Government securities to tumble down in the
North. The shock was very great to the capital
ists who had loaned their money in a confident
hope OF the capture Of Richmond The Herald
says:
The financial credit .of the country has re-
celved shock from the disasters to Mcclellan s
army, from which it will not easily recover
Previous to his being driven back from his posi-
ton before Richmond, Government socks ge.a at
an unexampled premium.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Times states that Gen. Fremont was relieved of
his command in consequence of his having boasted
OF great victory at Cross Keys "when we were
actually repulsed with terrible loss" The War
Department thus lost confidence in the candor of
the commanding General. If this be the fact,
what is to become of Gen. Halleck and Gen
Mcclellan, whose magnificent Munchausenisms
have made their names World-famous?
The Yankeezed New Orleans Delta, of the 5th
instant, notices in a very spteful manner the fact
that the British armed vessels il the Mississippi
river near New Orleans did not, on the 4th of
July, pay the usual compliment to the United
States by hoistng their colors at the peak, and
dressing themselves with streamers.
The Chicago Tribune says there are thousands
Of soldiers in the West who were sent home sick,
out are now we'll, who do not intend to return to
their regiments until the war is over, when they
will report to draw their pay.
The New York Post estimates the total value of
the vessels and cargoes seized during the past year
and sent to Key West, while attempting to run
the blockade, at 81 ,379, ,289 68.
THE EVACUATION OF CeRINTH--A cores
pondent Of the New York World, writing from
Corinth, Miss, under date Of June lst says:
"But do religiously believe that it is best now
for the commonwealth to hear and heed what is
bitter undisputed fact-the Confederate strategy
since the battle Of Shiloh has been as successful
as it has been superior Taking the enemys
stand point and writing when and where do,
cannot possibly imagine how it could have been
more eminent for perfection or success. Taking
our standpoint, the stand point of the Unions
hopes aud Halleck's fame, l canuot possibly
imagine how it could have been more mortifyingly
disastrous. If the attack at Shiloh was sur
prise to &c Grant, the evacuation of Cornth was
no less a surprise to Gen. Haleck If the one
ruin ed Grant, the other has laid out in paIlid
death the military name and fame of Major Gen
Halleck. That order, Don't bring on gen.
eral engagement" household word that
makes this army vince, lasted, / am reliably in
formed, down to an hour when there was no enemy
with whom il was possible to bring on a general
engagement"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-07-22
THE ENEMY's LOSSES.

We are satisfied that our papers greatly under
rate the losses of the enemy in the battles before
Richmond We understand General Johnston
! says they lost greatly than 10000 at Seven
Pines. One of the Yankee papers says their losses
have now been ascertained to have exceeded 49,
000 We learn that captive officers estimate it at
not one man short of.20, 900 killed, wounded and
missing. Our own loss was $500 in round mum.
bers. Yankee prisoners say they lost in the last
battles not less than So 900 men, killed, wounded
and prisoners This estimate is corroborated by
every person we have conversed with, who had an
opportunity to form judgment. Including the
battle Of Williamsburg, and the less from sickness,
we feel convinced that Mcclellan is sufferer
since he landed the fatal peninsula to the tune
of at least SO, 900 men. Our own loss-putting
that in the last battles at $4,000 killed, wounded
and missing, is about $4,000 in the last three
months. Mcclellan has been several times rein
forced; on one occasion by 10000 men. He has
now probably, about 10000 with him.
Since the great battles below Richmond, the
railway aud wagon trains have been kept busily
employed in bringing in the property abandoned
or thrown away by the Yankee troops while exc
| cutting their "grand strategic movement" Up
wards of twenty, five thousand muskets have been
received at the Government Arsenal many Of
them in damaged condition; besides number
of superior field pieces, and vast quantity OF
ammunition, equipments, and clothing. Rich
sQOud DiSDatch
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-07-22
ANNOYING THE ENEMY.

On Thursday Confederate battery of eight
guns having been placed in position on James
River commanding the channel below Berkeley,
opened very effective fire on several Federal
transports, conveyed by two or three gunboats, as
they were ascending the stream. The river was
narrow and as the shot from our guns fell thick
and fast among the federal craft the CONSERVATION
among the yankees great. The gunboats at
tempted to return the fire. but the elevated posi-
ton Of our guns rendered the enemy S fire COM
paratirely harmless. Over fifty shots were fired
striking several Of the federal boats and damaging
them severely. The large transport Daniel Web
ster, crowded with troops, suffered more than any
other; she, from some cause unknown TO US, max
ing slower progress IN escaping from the scene OF
danger. In addition to the fire from field
pieces, we had some 250 sharp-shooters lining the
bank of the river, who poured repeated volIeys on
those occupying the decks of the steamers. Many
must have been killed, the range being short, and
the sharp-shooters comprising several Of our most
expert marksmen.
The Daniel Webster was afterwards seen lying
but short distance from Berkeley apparently use
less, many holes in her sides being distinctly visi-
BILE, and her smoke stack, ratings, and other upper
works bearing palpable evidence of the damag iDg
effects of the fire from guns. Our men es-
capped without injury. The latter facts we learn
from gentleman who passed up James River
under flag of truce from Old Point
The present position 81 Mcclellan can in this
way be rendered wholly unsenabe. No river IN
the South offers superior advantages for tins
peculiar mode of warfare than the james, and We
are gratifed to perceive that authorities have
determined not to allow such advantages to go un-
improved Cut off Gen McClean's supplies, and
check the advance of his reinforcements, and he
will soon discover that Berkeley is place fo-
him In fact, the New York Tribune and other
Lincoln sheets have already stated as much
T'-terSJurq ErprcSS
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-07-22

The HEAVY GUNS or MCCLHLLANs ARMY.
1t is now believed that large number of siege
guns, designed tohaye been planted around Rich
nond, were at tie White House when the Yankees
evacuated that place, and that they thrown
into the Pamunkey river Everything that has
transpired since the stampede of McClela ms army
proves that arrangements were nearly perfected
for an immediate advance upon the capital, and
the purpose undoubtedly vas TO pursue the same
system OF uncivilizcd warfare that has marked the
progress OF the Yankees elsewhere. The blow
struck by the Confederate forces vas timely one.
Beyond the Illustration of scheme initiated i'm
mediaely after the battle of Manassas it 0ccasioned
the destruction of war material SO vast 10 extent
that the Federal censors are driven to the subter
iuge Of faschood in order to conceal the value in
dollars and cents, By which the popular clamor at
the North is to some extent alIayed.