Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-08-07
Deferred News Items.

Deferred News Items.
Wilbur p. Davis, of st. Albans, and
George w. Hendee, of Morristown, have
been appointed Deputy Provost Marshals
for the third district.
A. w. Morrill, is about erecting large
foundry at Derby Line.
A Coon PoINT.-One James James c.
Morris, running as a conservative candidate
for the Legislature in Kentucky, is thus de-
scribed, politically, by the Kentucky Loy-
aia - slGJ ro
Mr.. Morris is Constitutional Union
man. He flies a very small Union kite.
with long tail of Constitutional ifs and
butts appended. OF course, if some of the
tail is not cut off the Kite IS bound 10 come
dotcn No kite can fly with such a ponder
Gus long TAIL and therein is contained
moral which Constitutional Union men will
do well to heed. IA; ra
Admiral Porter has officially informed
the Navy Department of the result of the
expedition recently sent by him through the
navigable waters of the Red river country,
The enemy appear TO have been taken COM
pletely by surprise. Two fine steamers
laden with stores were captured, and two
others were burned by the Rebels to pre-
vent their falling into our hands. Large
quantities of ammunition were also captur-
ed il o
A library and many private letters and
papers of jeff Davis have been seized near
! Jack son, Miss. Some of The documents throw
light on the recent history of invasion, and
implicate northern as well as southern
traitors. a EV 94
/ Coy. Seymour was not so far out of the
way in addressing the mob as peculiarly his
friends. In the Five Points, Mackarelville,
! and other localities occupied by the desper-
ate classes, he had 12, 2,664 votes to 1851 for
/ Wadsworth. In fact the entire majority by
which he was elected was gwen in these
! stropgholds of his friends. baa4 [e4
The mob at Troy broke open the Jail, re-
leasing eighty-four prisoners, four of whom
were confined for murder. An index to the
character of the mob. Gov. Seymour ad-
dressed the thieves and murderers of New
York as his friends" We guess he is not
| proud of them.
The U. s. grand jury at Cleveland, Ohio
in their presentment state that there is full
| evidence Of the existence of secret societies
1 inthat state, the members of which we're
sworn on the Bible to protect each other
and others, whether living North or South,
from all drafts that might be made by the
government for solders--to shield all deser-
tiers from our armies from arrest, and in all
| practicable ways to oppose every move
ment of the government to re-establise its
authority over the whole country. The
signal for assembling for mutual protection
|. or to prevent the arrest of deserters was to
be the firing of rife four times in as many
minutes. Certain signals were agreed upon
by which members of this and other like
associations might make themselves known
TO each other. Any member giving infor-
nation of any kind, referring in any way to
! The band, was to be killed and quartered,
the four parts to be buried respectively at
the north, south, east and west gates
In the attack Of the rebels upon our
forces on James Island, S. c., the Mass
achusetts 54th, being on picket duty, re-
I ceived the first attack. After line of battle
had been formed the 54th led in charge,
before which the enemy broke and ran, and
finally retreated in disorder through Sc
/ cessionville and behind the strong batteries
they have in position but short distance
from the village. Gen. Terry speaks in
the highest terms of the conduct Of the 54th
Massachusetts, and says the best disciplined
white troops could have fought no better.
In fact, the 54th did about all the fighting,
and suffered all tie loss. Rebel prisoners
captured in this engagement estimate their
own loss from the fire of the gunboats and
from that of the 54th Massachusetts at from
two to three hundred. They were about
5000 strong, and expected to overwhelm
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