The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-22
July 22.
NEWS SUMMARY.

ms - Nts'' " Jay.
The onion fund in New yorl
up to nearly $4,000 Is
"A Canadian heiress has dion,
with one of Rilmsey's negro minstTrsyiu
The commencement in Yale r.,
lege occurs on the 2sth of july. NOi'
-Four steamers per week co..
vegetables to the Army of the Potc
mac.
--One-fifth Of the national moon.
of Great Britain is derived from tho
tax on ardent spirits. 0
Third Assistant Engineer W II
Anderson, I. S. n, has been promoted
to Acting Second Assistant Enoinoor
The water cure establishment n,
Saratoga Springs, was burned INV
4th, with about half of the adioin;ng
block. Entire loss estimated at s1n6
600
Robert j. Walker estimates 4bo
yearly gross earnings of all the trade.
professions, occupations, &c. of tbo
United States, at the immense sum ~
two thousand millions of dollar
President Lincoln has sent TO Mrs
Harkor a Major Generals commiss;or
for the late Brigadier General Hartor
who lost his life while gallantly leodl
ing his men against the enemys works
at Kenesaw Mountain.
james +. Simons, formerly United
States SENATOR died on Thursday nj
his residence in Johnston, r. l.. at tbe
age of about sixty-nine years. He
was for many years connected with
important manufacturing enterprises
in Rhode Island was a prominent
Nbig politician, and was member
Of the upper branch Of Congress in
1910.
The Maryland Constitutional Con,
yonton, in session at Annapolis, de.
cided June 30th TO abolish slavery in
Maryland, by n vote of 81 to 81. The
following article of the Bill Of Rights
viii hereafter be o portion Of the Con
stitution of the State:
Hereafter, in this State there shall
be neither slavery nor involuntary ser
yitudc except in punishment of crime.
whereof tho party shall have been du.
ly convicted; and all persons held to
service or labor as slaves, are hereby
declared free
Il have ridden, says an army
l. . V...J..
nearly all the roads in the region we
have traversed, between the Kappa
hammock and the James, and I have
seen barely one schoolhouse Curios
ity led me to enter. Every seat was
furnished with spittoon.'
"A California correspondent thus
speaks of the wants of his State
What California needs most to-davs
rain What She wants tomorrow. is
Sereply.fre Thousand fcmqies, which
would equal the male population ac-
cording to the last census"
"A gentleman who lately SAW John
Bell in the South describes him as
sour bitter peevish, querulous, mo
rose and misanthrophic. He has no
friends, and is a friend to nobody He
hates all around him, and gets Their
contempt in payment. He curses bis
own course curses himself for having
taken it, and others for having advised
him to take it. His yenomous heart
like mass Of aquafortis, is eating
away his life. No matter how soon it
shall finish the meal.
5 The design for the Soldiers Mon
j ument at Gettysburg, Pa, by Mr. Bat
terson Of Hartford, Conn, has been &C.
: ceptcd The monument viii consisted
l a base. pedestal and column, 80 feetm
height, surmounted by bronze rep
; resentation of the Goddess of Liberty
j / 3 feet high At the base are to be
four colossal figures, also in bronze Il
e feet in height The statues will be Of
a his orical character, and will proba-
t bly, be cast at Munich The monu-
3 ment it is thought, will be built Of
( Rhode Island granite, and will cost
I about $4,000. 1t will require two or
, three years to complete it.