Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-02-06
VERMONT ITEMS.


Two Vermonters are now serving on Gen
Hunters staff, Gen. Truman Seymour, Chief
Of Staff, and Major Ed w Smith, Assistant
Adjutant General. Gen. Seymour entered
the artillery in 1916, from West Point. He
was appointed Brigadier General of volun-
teers in April, 1862 and still ranks as Cap
tain in the Fifth Artillery. Major Smith is
son of the late DR.. Smith, President of the
University of Vermont, and was appointed
to the regular army from civil life in May,
1861. He was appointed from Chicago to
Lieutenancy.
1 lst Lieut.. ]. f. Eldridge Of Warren, Co.
II, lth Regiment, has lately received as
token Of appreciation from his company fine
----. A --.-a ,-,. a. 60 ~-'N To sNtvS
years men he offered himself to his country,
joining Co. F, Srd Regiment, in which he
won imperishable honors at the battle of
Lees Mills where be was taken prisoner
Having been paroled he did efficient service
in recruiting for the llth Regt which he join
ed as soon as exchanged-receiving a I'd
Lieutenant's commission. He has since been
promoted to a position he has won, and has
the respect of his entire company which this
testimonial proves.
Lieut.. o. +. Babcock, late OF Berkshire,
who graduated at West T Point, in 1861, among
the distinguished of his Glass, has been ap-
pointed Assistant Inspector General, to the
9th Army Corps, with the rank of Lieut.. Col,
I from Jan. LIST, 1868. with order to report in
person, Immediately 10 the Commander, Gen.
Smith.
( About two o'clock Saturday morning the
Green Mountain House at Stevens village,
Barnet, was discovered to be on fire by two
travellers from littleton, who were stopping
there. They avoke the household and gave
the alarm, but the fire was so far advanced
that it was impossible to save the house,
though most Il the furniture was taken out.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.-The following
promotions nave recently occurred:
lst Liert. Adace f. Walker, OF battery
b., has ben made Captain of battery G, in
place of Capt. Hyde, resigned.
2nd Lieut. Orlo II. Austin, of battery T,
has bee, made lst. Lieut.. of battery |, in the
place o Lieut.. Tucker, resigned.
Sergeant Major Wright has been made 2nd
Lieut. in battery f. vice Austin promoted.
Clpt. William Sweet, while out target
shooting with another Captain of the regular
army, at White River Junction, on the 23d
, iisi., accidentally shot him, the ball lodging
{ ing in bis head. The ball has been extracted,
> and hopes are entertained Of his recovery.
Patents were issued January 10th, to S.
b. Spauding. OF Brandon, VT, for improve
ment in stoves for boiling sap; Rowoll VIII
bur of Poul,ney, W., for improvement in
brake mechanism for carriages.
| DR.. S. p. Daniorth, Of Royalton, has a
COW which made thirty-fve pounds of butter
in twenty-one days, the last of June and first
Of July, beside furnishing during the same
time all the milk and cream used by family
of seven persons.
The Baptist Society of Felchville and vi
cinity assembled at the Village Hall, in
Felchyille, on the evening Of the 22d inst,
! and donated the sum of S82, ,33 to Rev Rob
ert @. Johnson. This sum was subsequently
increased to S85,
The friends of Rev. Cyrus Liscomb met al
the Methodist church in lrasburg, ON Thurs
day evening Of last week, and gave him do
nation of some over eighty dollars.
Henry b. Colby, of Bradford, member o
: the 18th Regiment, has, after passing an ex
= animation before the proper naval officers, re-
a ceived the appointment Of Masters mate il
the Navy.
D Lieut. Sam. Darrah is now the acting Ad
jutant of the 10th regiment, Lieut.. Wylly'
! Lyman now acting ss Assistant Adjutan
!, General.
Lieut. Blodgett, of Co. q, is now Captain
!, Of Co. II, 10th Vermont, recruited in Ben
nington County.