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l. :. GRANT,
Lieutenant General.

The OLD BRlGADE.-Lyceums have recent
ly been organized in the Sd, 18th and 9th
Regiments, and those 80 disposed manage to
enjoy them hugely; the exercises compare
favorably with similar intellectual efforts
in our schools or academies, and are par
ticipated in nv both officers and enlisted men,
The brigade bas been honored by a visit from
our friends Hon. g. F. Edmond-. Hon F E.
Woodbridge. NJ. c., and Mr.. Garfield of our
town. \ Brigade review took place before
them, yesterday, at which Gems. Sedgwick,
NoIl, Tarbert, Sc., were present but a
drenching rain came on in the midst of the
review, and we all returned to camp, wet.
mud besmeared and disguised.
Lieut.. Gen. Grant came down to Gen.
Meade's Headquarters yesterday, but the
ram has prevented a review or an opportunity
to see him as yet.
The attempt to break Gen. Meade by cal
ling him to account before the political Gen
erals in Washington meets with no sympathy
in the army. lie has the confidence OF his
army, and unlike most OF his predecessors,
his soldiers are always ready to give a rea-
SON. for the faith which is in them.
Our division commander, Brig. Gen. \. p
Howe, has been ordered TO relieve Brig Gen.
Barry, as Chief of Artillery about Washing
ton.
The good wishes of the division follow
Gen. Howe in his new field of duty. If not
brilliant man, he was a cool, temperate,
brave and reliable commander. Gen. Neill
commands the Division temporarily. but if
the army is recognized, as it is said it soon
will be, into three corps, some other General
will probably be assigned the command
VERMONT.
-BurLnQtou Times
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When the negro went to hear George whitefie

The President AND GIN. GRAST.-Gen.
Grant. it is said, will soon return to Wash
ington to take another look at the Army Of
the Potomac, and possibly to lead it in Its
first campaign. If he does it will be because
the President intends to make his Lieutenant
General responsible for his position.
Ii is said that Mr.. Lincoln takes a very
shrewd view of the whole subject-that he
remarks that Gen. Grant has, by the action
of Congress and himself, attained the highest
military position within the reach of any
General-Gnd noic he must take all its respoz-
sibilities. In accordance with these views he
will order Gen. Grant TO take charge of the
Army Of the Potomac, $50 the story runs }
and at any rate will make him responsible
for it and its conduct. 1t is shrewd plan,
and to great extent relieves the President
from responsibility for the conduct of the
war. He may be held responsible for the
appointment of Gen. Grant, and that is all
Wash. Cor. Boston Traveller.
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REBEL PIRATE SHIP IN FRANcE.-The Paris
correspondent of the y. Y. Times announces
the important fact that Minister Dayton has
served written notification upon the French
Emperor, that if the rebel cruiser Rappahan-
mock, now at Calais, is allowed to proceed to
sea, the French Government will be held res
ponsible for all the damage she may do to
American commerce.
1t is also announced that the French Gov
ernment has issued more stringent regula-
tions concerning the cruisers of the belliger-
ents. Among other things specified in these
regulations are two, TO the effect that no
vessel of either Of the belligerents can remain
in port more than "a hours, unless by stress
of weather or for necessary repairs. and that
no vessel can return to French port after
leaving it in less time than 8 months
Messrs. Annon & Voruz, the builders of the
si3o. Confederate vessels at Bordeau and
Nantes, have given their word to the French
Government that these vessels shall not pass
into the hands Of the Confederates. One or
more of the vessels are ready TO launch
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- over Tr~ee Htr1-r- ff0Hslr-c DIT ,s~s are poi
O. swiui.,l- quacks annually On View E1glar
alone. which is worse tl an thrown auar- I1is come
from trusting O. rhe false al1 deceptive -yvrii'e
u.eut- nf men calling Themselves Doctors haFiu'
uU medical education and whose only reccmmer.f
q % 5. what tl-y sly ~ thCmselye-- Advertise
physicians il nine cases cut 90 ten, are IMP re-
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Your di-la.e a specially, be sure that Dr. IS phys
elan, and o. % rrct--ler, or You Wi have le-'
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cisn Ia Providence. D. not In View Tn -lauc W-t a"
vertlses treating S1c-ia - 1iis', and DEE gives --
d145tsd festi7-1rl1s III % eminent plys-l-'
surgeons, rud citizens of this and other States
NO other advert sing physician can do, and VII
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Encluse ere stamp for postage and send u'-
with q pamphlet on Special Diseases and Ii'sus'
W1neu, sent tree. Dr. VI. IS regularly edu1's.
physician o. twenty years experience ten in az si
teusive general practice, until declining let
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practice, trestins all the various ailments al- or
eulties resu.ting from impIudence and contl-- p
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PREsIDENrIAL.-The Washington Repu5h-
can says, that since Secretary Chase has de-
clined to be publicly considered candidate
for the presidential nomination, Senator
Pomroy has sent to the army 10 ascertain if
a certain major general will not agree to
stand upon his ''strictly private" platform as
Il candidate. The Newburyport Herald is
reminded Of - a. little story" by the predica-
ment of the POmeroy committee:
When the negro went 10 hear George Nhiteield
preach, whose place was supplied by another
clergyman-and rolled on the ground and groan-
ed as was the fashion Of the Whiteield converts,
after the whole was over, be heard some one
remark that he was sorry not 10 hear Whitefeld,
since he had come 20 miles for that purpose.
Thereupon the negro rolled his eyes and showed
lis ivory and asked % You say dat not Masser
Whitefeld - "Yes," was the response. Den
dis niger roll in de dirt for nofinr' That is
pretty much as the Chase men, who have sent
out from Washington 300, 900 circulars against
." Old Abe" find themselves. They have said
against the Lincoln Administration what no
Democrat would dare TO say, TO kill off Lincoln
and make way for Chase And now Chase de-
clines TO be candidate-which is the best thing
he could do, if such means were resorted to for
his nomination-and they find they have rolled
in the dirt for nothing. 1t may be worse than
nothing; for if Lincoln is nominated they will
have 70 support him; and then they will be
forced to eat the very dirt they have made.
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ANOTHER SNAKE SToRY.-Between the
point Of Lookout Mountain and Bridgeport.
down The Valley of the Tennessee, lie 25
miles of dead mules, in one continuous string
the head of the first carcase lying on the
Quarterback of the one beyond HIM, and
so on, throughout the entire distance. Just
imagine convulsion of Nature of sufi-
cient magnitude to bury these remains as
they now lie, and fancy the feelings of fu-
ture Agassiz, who In his geological research
es, strikes either OF the termini, and attempts
TO exhume the entire SNAKE" Won't
1t knock the socks of the saurians of
the diluvian period twenty-five miles
of vertebre with two pedal arrangements
every three feet What bully side-show
for future circus, 1t will probably be
called ''the old he Oopperhead of the Rebel
lion Period. Admission 10 cents Peace Dem
ocrats half price. Chattanooga Gd=ette.
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The Agent of the American Bible Society
at Constantinople has received subscriptions
towards supplying the 4" contrabands - in
America with Bibles. Many of the Protest
ant Armenians have given freely for this
object, and some even who belong to the old
church have Voluntarily put down their
names and sent in their gold, remarking that
since American Christians has helped to send
them the Bible, it was but just that they
should, in return, do something for the poor
blacks. A number of the English in Con-
stantinoplc have also subscribed handsome
".
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The attention of our readers Is calleu to the
advertisement Of - Gray's Patent Nodded COL
lar in another column of this paper This
collar, are assured, is vastly superior to any
thing else ever designed to superse,le the linen
collar, and is considered by those who have
worn them to be much more comfortable and
easy to the neck than the linen collar. II is an
article destined to have liberal sale wherever
introduced.
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Gen. Grant formally assumed command Of
the Armies OF the United States on Thursday
the 18th inst. The following is his order on
the subject
HEADQUARTERS OF The UNITED STATES, !
Nashville, Tennessee, March II, 1864.
General Orders No. u. In pursuance of the
following order of the President:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., J
March 10, 1864.
Under the authority of the Act of Congress TO
appoint the grade of Lieut.. General IN the Army,
ofFebruary 20, 1864, Lieut. General L. S. Grant,
U. S. A, is appointed to command the armies Of
the United States.
(Signed) A. LINCOLN"
assume command of the armies of the United
States. Headquarters will be in the field, and
until further orders will be with the Army of the
Potomac. There will be an office headquarters
in Washington, d. c., to which all official COM
munications will be sent, except those from the
army where the headquarters are at the date of
this address
(Signed) L. ;. GRANT,
Lieutenant General
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We are assured by gentleman in Dover
Mass, that on the morning Of the recent ex
plosion of the powder mills in Bennington
VT, his brother distinctly heard four or fv,
loud explosions which he supposed at tn,
time were from the blowing up of the
powder mills IN Acton. The distance from
Bennington to Dover is lis miles by the all
line.-Boston Journal.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-03-25

WATCHING FOR PRIzEs.-It is stated that
the Confederates in Europe have succeeded
in obtaining list of all the American yes
sells that have changed registers and now sail
under the British flag. The object of this
list is of course to post up the commanders
of their war vessels that they may not lose a
prize through the dodge of a charge in name
and flag
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-03-25

The French Consul at San Francisco adj
yertise- hat he has the honor to inform the
mercantile community that the Admiral of
the French feet has declared Acapulco and
Manzanilla under blockade until further or
der. Neither passengers or merchandise
are allowed to enter these ports
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-03-25

s.How does Mr.. Lincoln stand in Iowa 90
was the query of sturdy old farmer from
that state. ''Stand," was the reply, with
glistening eyes and raising his brawny fist /;
"Old Abe stands seventeen feet higher in
Iowa than any other man in the United
States"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-03-25
Thirty.Eighth Congress...First Session.
WASHINGTON, March l6.

WASHINGTON, March 10.
SExArE-A large number of petitions in favor
ofincreased mail and railroad facilities between
New York and Philadelphia were referred
preparation bill was passed.
HousE.-The House concurred in the Senste's
amendments to the Post Office Appropriation bill
These amendments appropriate S64O, 600 for the
payment Of letter carriers, and 81 100000 to
meet any deficiency which may exist In the Post
Office revenue.
The House then resumed the consideration Of
the Gold Bill, which was passed as amended-o3
to 56.
The bill to drop unemployed general officers
was discussed.
Thursday March II.
SEyITE-The bill for the summary punishment
of minor offenses against the laws of the United
States was passed.
The bill incorporating the Metropolitan Rail-
road Company Of the District of Columbia. with
an amendment preventing the exclusion Of any
one from the privileges of the cars on account Of
color, was passed.
The bill defining the pay and emoluments OF
chaplains, after being amended so as to allow
them pay when absent on leave or from disabili-
ty or in prison was passed. Adjourned.
HousE-The House postponed for three weeks
the joint resolution dropping unemployed gen
ersl army officers.
Senate bill enabling Nevada to form consti-
tuition and State government, and admitting her
into the Union, was passed without debate.
The Senate's Colorado enabling bill came up.
A proposal to strike out the clause prohibiting
slavery got only II votes and the bill was then
passed.
The House passed the bill enabling Nebraska
to form constitution preliminary to admission
into the Union.
The House passed the bill providing tempo
rary government for Montana The bill divides
Idaho by the Rocky and Bitter Root Mountains.
The enabling bills passed by the House for
Nevada, Colorado and Nebraska, require that
each election of delegates to the convention which
an submit a constitution agreed upon for rati-
hcation, shall be held on the second Tuesday in
October The constitution shall be Republican,
and not repugnant to the Constitution Of the
United States and the principles of the Declare
ton Of Independence. Slavery shall be prohib-
tied therein by an ordinance forever irrevocablt
without the consent Of Congress. When the
Constitution is ratified by the people, the Presi.
dent is to leclare, by proclamation, the admis
sion Of these States on equal footing with origi
nal State, each to be entitled to one member Of
the House until the next apportionment, snC
two Senators.
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224NO
10000

GIN. WV. F. SMTH.-lhis officer, who is
elieved to have to have received the power
ul endorsement of Gen. Grant for the COM
mand, ultimately, oil the Army of the Poto-
mac, is not, as many have supposed, West
ern man. He is a native Of Vermont, and a
graduate of West Point in the class of 1916.
lie has for some time been serving IN the
Army of the Cumberland, where his reputa-
ton as a keen and practical strategist has
been Of the highest order. 1t was he who
planned the movement, executed in part by
Gen. Hooker, for the crossing of the Tennes-
see river near Bridgeport, and the dislodging
of the enemy from the south banks, which
gave US the possession Of both railroad and
river routes TO Chattanooga, and really ena-
bled our army TO maintain itself there. 1t
was substantially turning the key which IN
locked the whole position for US in that vi
cinity. The rebels saw it in the same light
when it was too late, and their papers said
that their officers were Unanswered out of
their whole standing-ground so quickly and
adroitly, that they knew nothing of it at the
time. 1t is impossible for US TO say how
much truth there is in the current rumors
respecting the retirement of Gen. Meade
from the command of the Army of the Poto-
mac; but should they prove true, Gen. Smith,
according to present appearances, would
stand the best chance Of becoming bis sue
cessor.-BOSt0n Journal.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-03-25

The y. Y. Herald has changed Its pro-
gramme and now goes for Grant on Mondays
instead of Tuesdays-reserving the latter for
its Mcclellan day. Thursday is still its
Fremont day.
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A Washington letter to the n. Y. COM
merciol says:

Government is now paying Sl47 for all csval-
ry horses not less than five nor more than nine
years of age, and from fourteen and a half to
sixteen hands high, delivered at the Giesboro
cavalry depot. The contractors are rather in
dignant about recent regulation, which directs
the inspectors to brand all horses with the letter
R on the shoulder when they have diseases or
defects which have been concealed or when they
too old, or never can be fit for,seryice in any
capacity. Horses 'rejected'' for the cavalry
are branded on the hoof, and may be taken
for the artillery or for wagon trains.
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THE REBEL ARxY-A Nashville cores
pendent of the Philadelphia Inquirer fur
nislnes that paper with statistics, proving
that the rebels have as large force IN the
field. armed and equipped, as we have, not
counting in the colored troops. The follow
ing table sums up the writer's conclusions
Number of troops in Lees army, includ-
ing Longstreet's and all other forces
in East Tennessee, and Breckinridge's
GINA 10000
Number Of troops in North Carolina
and Eastern Virginia, under Generals
Pickett and Barclay. including those
at Richmond and Petersburg, and
along the line Of the Virginia and
North Carolina Railroads, -22,OOO
Number Of troops In Joe Johnston's
command, including the army of the
Tennessee and other portions Of his
command distributed in portions Of
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, $1,000
Number Of troops in South Carolina,
Savannah and Florida, under Gener-
ais Beauregard and McCown. 10000
Number of troops in the trans-Missis-
sippi army, under Gems. Kirby Smith,
Holmes and Magruder, $1,000
Number of troops at Mobile, under
Gems. Maury and Claiborne, 5000
Number Of troops under Forrest. Chal-
mers, Lee and Richardson, 5000
Number of troops detailed as special
guards, quartermaster's clerks, hos
Pital assistants, &c, 1900
Number of troops engaged on the banks
of the Mississippi, in the guerrilla
uniform, 1900
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BYan order from the War Department the
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orders hitherto issued in regard to the corps
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