Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-12-01
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS

LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS
RECRUITING DEPOT. Charles l.. Mead of
Brattleboro has been detailed by General Wash
burne for the porpOse of receiving all recruits
that may be forwarded from various districts in
this State. lie has an Office at the Barracks at
Brattleboro where the recruits will be mustered
in, clothed, paid, and from which they will be
forwarded to their respective regiments as speed
lily as possible.
COPPER MMNG.-The Rutland copper min
ing company are at work excayatIng the lime
stone, aud are constantly meeting with traces
of copper and lead The specimens obtained
are said to be very promising.
A NEw CHUEcH.-A new Christian Church
at Morrisvle is erected and enclosed, and the
work will be prosecuted this winter
COOP BuslNEss.-The Messrs. Fairbanks EN-.
ploy about four hundred men in their shops,
They distributed $50 turkeys at Thanksgiving.
ALLOTTED PAY-Assignees and others hold.
ing orders for allotted pay OF members OF the 9Th
regiment and LIST Vt. battery, are hereby notl-
red that returns have been received for July and
August, and this Office is prepared to pay the
sums received in the usual way.
JoHN B. PAGE, Treasurer.
Rutland, Nov. 81, 1863.
The Woodstock railroad is now being surveyed
by Hon. Thomas f. Powers, and Hosea Doten,
Esq, ct Pomfret.
TowN BoUNTEs. Several towns in this
State have already held meetings, and voted
bounties to volunteers to fill up their quotas
East Montpelier and MlddIeseT, we understand,
voted $500 respectively, St. Johnsbury offers
$500, and Rutland has voted fire hundred dollars
bounty to actual residents of that town who
shall volunteer for the old regiments, and hoo
hundred dollars bounty to non-resdents
CASUALTIES IN THE VERMONT CAVALRY In
some recent operations of the Vermont cavalry
near Morrisville and at Bucklani Mills Va
tine following casualties are reported
r WOunded-Sergt. Horace A. Ide, Co. d, in
shoulder private Dennis 6. Laahy, Co. c
: slightly.
Missing-Maj. Josiah Hall Corp. Henry
d Hicks, Co. NJ Alex Bio, Co. V private Nor
It man A. Morris, Co. +.
z Tux VERMONT DIRECTORY, by W. W. Atwat
y or, for 1864, has been sent U.S. 1t contains all
o the information that ran be crowded into l3C
pages, in reference to the civil government, busi
!. ness, and institutions of Vermont. 1t also con
: tains list of the officers of the Vermont Regi
= ment. For sale al all the bookstores.
ACCIDENT ,-Philo Drew, of Sheldon, member
a of Capt. Browns Company, 18th Regiment, mac
G Dis leg broken, Thursday last, by falling from
the barracks which the Company were erecting
1nlEvEs.-Six persons have been arrested
charged with stealing articles from the cars
their names are John Ambrose, Charles Pear
+. sons, l.. l.. Pearsons, Tim. Smith James Mel
r win and Daniel Talbot
.e PERsoNAL.-Capt D, T. Cross, formerly o
IN this town, and recently Lieutenant in the 5tt
N n. H. Regiment, leaves this tMonday) for Chat
l. tanooga, to report for duty on Maj, Gen. How
ards staff, 18th Army Corps
Is lie has seen abundance OF fighting already
!, having been 10 fourteen battles, but he is, II
+ armEphrase, in excellent spirits, at the pros
at pecta joining the Army of the Cumberland
under the peerless General Grant.
ID The town Of Berlin has voted a bounty
at $500, to volunteers.
IL MONEY FousD.-The $500, advertised in lhi
:, paper as lost by John Patrell was found wher
a. he stayed over mig in Moretown on his wa
to home from Montpelier.
III Col SAWYER, of the lst Vermont Caviar
10 with several nOn-commissioned officers and Or
Yates, have come homo 10 recruit Tor the Cayalr,
OF COUNTERFEIT, -Coun,eriet two's on the Peo
+ pies Bank, Derby Line, have made their appear
Ia anee, but so badly executed as not to be yer
Ell likely to deceive
Col. Thomas is to address war meeting a
he Newbury on Wednesday next.
no STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. The Exc
y eutlve Committee of the State Temperance So
!. oiety have agreed upon holding the next annua
he meeting of the Society in Burlington on the lot
n, aud 18th of December next.
10, TnE DESItR TROUPE are coming, and vii
." appear at Village Hall, on Monday and Tues
Al. day evenings next The entertainment consist
m of Magic, Ventriloqusm, and grand Panic
oil mime of Vol-au-Vent. The Magic is not Of tn
old style, but everything is new and original
Henri Donier is the best yentriloquist now be
he fore the public. The Pantomime is somethip,
new in this place. 1t is very mrlhlul. an
uS never fails to convulse the audience. Go an
he sec them. You cannot fail to be delighted.
ed cAPlroL Engine Company No. s. las chose
h. the following officers for the ensuing year
or Foreman, Robert J. Hargin lst Asst do
Henry Barnes Ind Asst. DO, George CLARK
ne CLERK and Treasurer, Rodney Lund Auditor
lot William Il. Adams Collector, Zebina Camr
II was voted that the company adopt as
private signal, to be used In case Of partis
ch alarm, i've strokes upon the bell in rapid succes
ve sion, 70 be repeated A. often a. naoecsarv vii,