Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-07-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A SwINDLED GERMAN.--A good story is
told of German farmer near Gettysburg, who
Joined the knights Of the golden circle" to
save his property, but found the rebels hard
hearted. He tells his Cwn wrongs thus -
" Mister - be comes 10 me and say
for Won tollar he will makes me Won knights Of
te golden schirkies dat he will give me all te
signs and grips, so ash dat ven the Southern
man comes he shall not touch any of my brob-
erty, but shall get all he wants from de plack
republicans. SO gives him te Won tollar and
he gives me te grips and te signs, and says |
shall give dem ven de Southern man he comes
he no stheal from me vel he comes and gets
my horses right avey 80 goes out and says
Mynheer, | ish knights golden circle | give
you de grip, de signs, de passwords, and ev-
cry tings so YOU leave mine horses - ven he
says Ito h--ll with your grips and takes
mine horses Oh ish ruined man gives
mine tollar for de grips and it is nix goot, bur
is so peter as nothing at all, for dey stheals
from me worse as anybody else. oh it ish
Won shwindle and shall have my tol' ar back
for de grips"
Gen. Meade, the new leader of the army o.
the Potomac, is the grandson Of Geo. Meade
of Philadelphia, an eminent Irish-Americar
merchant, whose firm Meade y Fitzsimmons)
contributed in 1881, $4,000 to a fund for tn,
relief Of the furnishing army Of Gen. Wash
ington.
The privates Of the 18th VI on presenting
themselves to be paid off, at Brattleboro' on
Tuesday, were agreeably surprised to find
that each man, in addition 10 his u. S. and
State pay, was to receive from government
bounty of ttoenty,fUe dollars, of which they
had heard nothing, and Of course were not
expecting. 1t was found, however. mot bad
to t Ike, and conduced materially to the gen
eral state Of good feeling with which the reg
iment disbanded. A large number of the
men of the regiment will undoubtedly re-en-
list after a short stay at their homes.
The Governor Of this State has been au.
thorized by the War Department to raise two
regiments Veteran Volunteers Infantry, and
one battery Veteran Volunteer ARTILLERY, to
serve for three Years, or during the war, to be
composed wholly OF troops who have been in
the u. s. service not less than nine months
The bounty is to be S4O2, to be paid in in
stalments, Very likely large proportion of
the nine months men from this State, now
just leaving the service will enlist, in these
regiments.
By Telegraph TO Merchants Exchange.
PORTLAND, Me, July L.
Capt. Hall, who has just come up from the
lower islands, reports having heard hevy firing
about nine o'clock this morning about eight
miles off Portland light The fog being very
thick he could not ascertain the cause. bat is
confident that there has been cannonading in
that direction. 1t was also distinctly heard
from some Of the wharves in this city.
To the Associated Press.
A fisherman reports that while coming up
from Harpswel this morning between 10 and
II o'clock. and when about fifteen miles
southeast from Portland, heard heavy firing
apparently two vessels firing broadsides One
vessel appeared to have heavier guns than the
other.
The captain of the New York reports hear
ing about 10 to 2 o'clock heavy guns south
west of Cape Elizabeth, apparently eighteen
or twenty miles off he being within seven or
eight miles of the vessels, but in a thick fog.
The enforcement of draft here has been sus-
pended this afternoon, rs we learn from adyi-
ces from Washington.