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Instructions and Regulations Concerning
E~nlistments.

Provost Marshal General Fry has just is
sued the following instructions and regula-
tions to be observed by all concerned
EnIisiments. First-Under the Presidents
call of July IS. 1864. for FIVE hundred thou
sand volunteers, men will be enlisted and mus
tered in for one. two or three years a, they may
in each case elect.
BouHties. Second-The bounty provided by
law is as follows For recruits, including re-
preventative recruits, white or colored, for one
year 500, two years $500, three years $500
The first instalments Of bounties will be paid by
the mastering and discussing officers when the
recruit is mustered in as follows To a recruit
who enlists in the army for one year, S33 80;
TO a recruit who enlists in the army for two
years, SEQ &c; to a recruit who enlists in the
army for three years 500.
Premiums. Third-No premiums whatever
for procuration Of recruits will hereafter be paid
by the United States. This. however, viii not
affect the payment Of premiums due for procu-
ration of recruits previous to date Of this order.
Fourth-Neither drafted men nor substitutes
furnished either before or after the draft are en-
titled to the bounty from the United States
The fact as 10 whether n man rs n recruit Is
entitled to the bounty, or a drafted man or sub
stitute not entitled 10 Il, shall he motel on the
enlistment papers and muster rolls.
(Signed) JANEs b. FRY,
Provost Marshal General
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The Sentinel thinks that the present call
for 500 1000 men will 60 far towards taking
'sthe last mar and the last dollar" in con-
nection with 1.-THE fact that we have already
previously supplied this Administration with
over two millions of men,"
We wonder if the Sentinel thinks its read
ers such consummate fools as to suppose hat
men, all the two-years men, all the three
years men, and all the l00-days men which
have been called out since Fort Sumter sur
rendered to the rebels, have been either kill
ed in battle, have died in the army OF are yet
In the service.
The Sentinel however docs not, apparently,
doubt but that the men will be raised, and
does not again dare the Government to try a
draft-at least not yet.
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Recruiting in Southern States.

Gen. Washburn's Order, published in
another column, divides the State into u
district. for each OF which an agent is Rp-
pointed. {" obtain recruits in Southern States
under IT, iatc act of Congress. 1t provides
thst each Town may deposit with the State
Trrn-urrr money. $500 for each recruit so
10 be gut. 10 the number of 40 per cent. of its
quota nnItr the last call-the remaining 60
per rent 4 the quota, Of course, to be rails
ell ll 81 mtccring within the State. or by
drai, ~ lie usual way and the money so
hcI.>i' will be used in payment Of houn-
tar t- ,'rh recruits and necessary expenses.
The VI .lc number Of recruits obtained will
Dec ,--irn d to the town So d'positing money,
in r,roJ.u ton to the number Of recruits for
winch toy make deposit. ANY money re-
naming IN the Treasury to the credit Of the
REFUNDED to the several Towns. Agents are
appointed. and their recruiting districts as
elgnfts FpE AHllttifltH t'hiltNs Htdl- Ooliu
l.. Bnr-tow. Of the Sth Vermont. is assigned
To r,r1uit in Georgia and Alabama, with
headquarters at Nashville. Tennessee for
Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, y. F.
W~ri is assigned To the same region for
Lrmrile County, \. Il. Camp is assigned to
nrr,it in North Carolina, with Headquar-
tor ut New Berne.
lie pay Of recruiting agents II to be de-
t,lmined by the Governor and all necessary
regulations are to be prescribed by him.
Tiicir term If service not 10 extend beyond
Sept. 9Th.
No doubt many Town will avail them
selves Of this arrangement in the expectation
that 40 per cent Of the recruits required Of
them will ne obtained more cheaply in this
way than they can he at home. That may
re 30, and VIC will in no wise discourage the
attempt. An absolute reliance on that plan
will nevertheless be imprudent and if it
leads to slackness of effort at home it NAV
result in disappointment.
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University OF Vermont.

The following is the order of Exercises at
the coming Commencement of the Universe
ty:
SUNDAY, July 3l.-3 P. NJ, Baccalaure-
ate Sermon by Rev. W. G. T. Shedd. D. D.
Ga P. NJ. Address before the Society of
Religious Inquiry by Rev. F. D. Huntington,
d. d.
TUESDAY, Aug. 2d.-S 4. NJ, Examina-
ton of Candidates for admission
l0t \. NJ, Address before the Phi Beta
Kappa Society, by Rev. R. D. Hitchcock:
d. d.
2P. NJ. Obituary discourses, on the late
Pres. Wheeler by Rev. Joseph Tracy, d. D.,
and on the late Pres. Pcase by Rev. W G..
7. Shedd.
\ p. N-JUNIoR EXHIBITION.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 80 \. NJ, Com
menccment Exercises.
: p. NJ. Lcvce ut the University Rooms.
The Public Exercise will be held as usual
in the lst Calv. Cong. Church.
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from each OF which there shall be an agent ap-
pointed to obtain recruits under the provisions
Of said act Of Congress, who shsll be commits
stoned by the Executive Of this State, and shall
be subject to such regulations as nav be pre-
scubed by direction Of the Governor Of the
State. and who shall be stationed At such points.
within the purview Of said act, and shall receive
such compensation as the Governor shall direct.
The term Of service OF such agents will be sub
Jet 10 the order Of the Governor and will not
be extended beyond Sept. ., 1854.
Sd. Such towns rs desire to avail themselves
Of the benefits Of said act may deposit with the
Treasurer Of the State, to the credit Of the Ad-
jutant and Inspector General, the sum Of three
hundred dollars for each recruit desired by such
town TO be raised under said act Of Congress.
not exceeding. however, the amount q
forty per cent. Of the whole number needed 20
be raised to I'll the quota Of such town under
the call Of the President Of the United States
Of July Is, 1864, for FIVE hundred thousand
men.
The amount 80 deposited shall he used for the
payment Of such bountes and such necessary
expenses incident thereto, as may be necessary
to raise such men. The recruits 50 obtained
shall be mustered into the United States service
to the general credit Of the State Of Vermont,
and shall be assigned, upon the order Of the
hNhtAANA ~ NV NAtAAA y AAt ttNtEAl NUMDa mlh-
ing .uch deposits, IN proportion TO the number
OF recruits for which each town shall have made
such deposit. The money so deposited shall be
paid to the several recruiting agents, upon the
order Of the Adjutsnt and Inspector General. as
may be required. Any sum Of money remaining
IN the Treasury TO the credit Of the Towns, after
final adjustment, shall be refunded to such Towns.
4th. Recruiting Agents under this order are
appointed as follows:
For Georgia and Alabama with H~eadquarters
at Nashville, Tenn
n. F. Wood, District No. l John L. Bars
tow, Dist. No. ,.
For South CAROLYN. and Florida. with Head
quarters at Hilton Head
Noble F. Dunshee. Dist. No. 3 Charles
Field, District No. 8.
For Northeastern Virginia, with Headquar-
tiers at Alexandra
Wheelock G. Veazey, District No. 4 Gard
ner |. Howe, District No. =.
For Southeastern Virginia, with Headquarters
at Fortress Monroe
Robert B. Arms, District No. 6 Henry c.
Hatch, District No. S Joel Foster, IT., Dis
trict No. Q.
For North Carolina. with Headquarters at
Newbern
Asa R. Camp, District No. 10 GATES B. Bull
lard, District No. IL , William W. Grout, Dis
trict No. u.
BY order Of His EIcellency,
J. GREGORY SMITH,
Governor and Com. in Chief
PETER I. WAsHBuRS, Adj't and Ins.Gen.
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FRoN EUROPE -Advices from Europe %
the 18th say that the successful passage OF
the Lymford by the PrusSians i confirmed.
IL Is also confirmed that Denmark has
proposed an armis,ice with a view to peace
negotiations. The belief is generally enter
tanned that peace will soon be concluded. /,
Is reported that King Christian propose, IN
the peace propositions u include the Trans
fer Of the Danish navy, on the condition OF
his remaining King Of Denmark under the
protection OF the German Confederation.
\ letter from Calais says that the Confei-
crate steamer Ra~ppahannock, at that port
lately. bad judgement pronounced against
her By the Bologne Chamber OF Commerce.
for commercial debts contracted by her cap
tain and officers. that the Board ATTEMPTED
to TX the notice OF sale, but that they are
prevented by the captain and had to draw
up a process verbal
Capt. Semmes was travelling incoguito in
Ireland.
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INDIAN SHREwDNEss.-ln a letter from Z
soldier Ia Sherman army the following in
cident was related. Four Indians agreed %
CAPTURE AID bring IN four rebel pickets
One Of the number erawled through some
bushes in front Of the rebels and shaking a
bush. lodged one side. Immediately all The
Pickets in sight discharged their guns at ,bs
bush. Again he moved another bush ant
lodged az before. and again they fired at the
moving branches While he was ~occupyir-
the attention Of the rebels, the other three
Indians proceeded stealthily IN the rear Of
the plckets. The first Indian As soon as the
rebels had emptied their pieces a second
time, jumped up in plain sight and COM
menced hObbling back 10 camp as though be
was badly wounded. The rebels started az
ter to capture HIM. and she three Indians 10
their rear followed them and soon drove four
OF them as prisoners, into the Union lines.
amid the shouts and acclamation Of our sol
diers.
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SAMUEL WILLIAMS,

SPECIAL Town MEETING.-A special tow
meeting is called for Saturday, August 9th,
at 10 A. NJ. for the following purposes
To elect a Second Constable to fill the va
cancy occurring in that Office by the death of
Enos Peterson.
To see if the Town will elect d Second
Grand Juror.
To take measures and provide means to
fill the quota of the town under the call Of
the President of the United States for 500
900 men.
To consider and act upon a proposition made
TO the Selectmen by the Trustees and NAL
ayers of the Vermont Central and Vermont
& Canada Railroad Companies for the dis
continuance of the old railroad track through
the village, and for the settlement of the
matter; and to take such further aciIl IN in
the premises relative to this subject as shall
seem proper.
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HE PEACE PRoFosITIoNS.-Mr james r
fillmore, known as " Edmund Kirke." who
has returned from Richmond, in a letter %
the Boston Transcript, refers TO the mission
OF MIR. Greeley To Niagara Falls az follows
81 have not, however, exchanged = word
with Mr.. Greeley, or even seen him, for fully
three months, and have no connection with, ia
iaet know absolutely nothing Of. hrs 'neg-
tiations.'
This much, however, in reference to that
much talked-of matter. beng q Yankee, l ean
guess. 10 riH result in nothiug.
jefferson Davis said to me last Sunday tand
with all his faults | believe him a man Of truth
: This war must 60 on till the last Of this gener-
alton falls in his tracks, and his children seize
bis musket and fight our battle, unisss you az
Snortsdge our right to ssl-%gorerHmsnt. We
are not lighting for slavery. We are fighting
Tor independence, and that. or determination.
We 0iH have
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The long drouth was broken Monday az
ternoon by the commencement Of a rain
which lasted nearly all night. The haze,
which has been So thick for several days that
the fog-bell on the Island was ruus con-
stantly, and which prevented any prcmo-
nition of the ram Monday-the first drops
seeming actually to le from the haze and not
from clouds,-hasl, morning disappeared
and the sky looks natural again. We trust
the rain has been As widely dlfusel As the
drouth. In this immediate vicinity. the lack
Of rain, though felt, was by no means as Sc
we're as elsewhere. In Western Massachu-
sets the crops have suffered very seriously.
As an instance of the excessive jryncss. the
Springfield Republican mention, that unies,
rain should fall soon some of the freight
trains on the Western X. j. must be discon-
tinued, there not beng water enough along
the road to supply all the engines Along
the Hudson River the fields look brown and
withered past recovery. In W eStern New
York, so severe a drouth has not been known
for many years there was a little rain how
ever in that region last week. At the West
there has been in many places no Jain for
more than a month. Indeed the drouth has
been severe IN all parts of North America,
and at latest advices was very severe in South
America, Hungary, Italy, Greece and Tur-
KEY.
No doubt as one consequence Of this, fres
have been for a month very frequent and
destructive, hardly a day passing without
report of the destruction Of half of some
town, and the loss Of thousands Of dollars
The Canada newspapers mention that fires IN
the woods are unusually frequent and wide
spread.
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GEN. " B-LDY" SMITH on NEGRO SOLDIERS.
-" Carleton" the correspondent of the
Boston Journal writes as follows:
\ few days ago | sat in the tent of Gen. W. F.
Smith. commander Of the 18th army corps, and
heard his narration Of the manner in which
Gen. links division Of colored troops stood the
fire and charged upon the rebel works east of
Petersburg on the 10th Of June. There were
eighteen guns pouring a constant fire Of solid
shot and shells upon those troops, enflading the
line, cutting it lengthwise and crosswise. "Yet
they stood unmoyel for sir hours! Not a man
tinched. II was as severe a test as | ever saw.
But they stood It. and when my arrangements
were completed for charging the works, they
moved with the steadiness of veterans to the at
tack. | expected that they would fall back, or
be cut to pieces, but when | saw them move over
the field. gain the works and capture the guns,
| was astouniei They lost between FIVE and
six hundred men in doing ii. There Is material
in the negroes 10 make the best troops in the
world if they are properly trained"
Those are the words Of one of the ablest
commanders and engineers in the service.
\ graduate Of West Point, who, earlier
in the war, had the preiudices which we're held
by many other men against the negro. He has
changed his views. lie Is convinced, and hon
orably follows his convictions, as do all men who
are not stone blind and perversely williul.
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lFrom the Rutland Courisr.l

BRAINS, Nor MEx.-Since the war begun,
Abraham Lincoln has been furnished with mine
hundred thousand men a year. These men
have, by him, been deprived Of their chosen
commander whom they loved, and the army
used to promote the election of Mr.. Lincoln.
Can not the rebellion be put down with nine
hundred thousand men q year, Or is the five
hundred thousand now called for, to re-elect the
man who promised to suppress the rebellion
with 5000 men in three months ? If Mr..
Lincoln is reelected President Of what is now
left of the Union, then weep, Oh, mothers Of
America for not only your sons Of fifteen, but
the babes now nursing at your breast, will have
TO participate in the f~raternal strife that cannot
end until, indeed, ''the last man and the last
dollar" is used up.
The country does not need another man for
the war, all that is wanted is brains. Five
hundred thousand, or thrice FIVE hundred thous-
and will do no good until this incompetent
and corrupt administration is changed, and men
having brains put in their places.
We quoted a similar remark from the
Sentinel a few days ago, though not so ride
ulously extravagant and bombastic. We see
paragraphs of like tenor i'll other copper
head papers. If they are not intended to
impede compliance with the call of the Ma
tional Executive for troops, by stirring upa
spirit Of unreasonable dissatisfaction with
the government of the country and to give ad-
ditional influence to those who are doing all
in their power to hinder instead of to help
the cause Of their country against rebels in
arms against it, We would like to know
what they are intended for. Certain it is
that they are just such paragraphs as the
rebel leaders delight to see in northern pa
pers, and to quote in rebel prints for the en-
enlargement of their blinded followers.
Just take notice that not a hint appears
in these paragraphs that it is because of the
powerful armies of those who seek to rend in
pieces their common country, and to debase
it before the eyes of the European world. and
to build an atrocious despotism on its ruins,
that such large and costly armies are needed
to ave and defend it. All that is kept out of
sight by the writers to whom we refer. 1t
would be the last thing which a stranger
would gather from them, that the rebels were
much IN fault. He would see that all their
are leveled at the constituted
and rightful authorities of the nation. They
and those who stand by them to save the ma
ton from degradation and ruin, are the only
ones whom be would understand these cop
politicians to make out blameworthy.
Allowed to vent their hostility against
heir Government with a disregard to all
airness which was never surpassed, and with
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State of Vermont.
ADJ'r AND ISsP. GEMS OFFICE, !
WOODSTOCK, July y, 1854 !
GENERAL ORDERS, NO q.
JANIS Il
Provost Marshal General.

For the purpose Of securing for the State Of
Vermont the benefits Of the act OF Congress ap-
proved July 1, 1864, by which it Is made law
ful for the Executive Of any State to send re-
c%ruiting agents into any Of the States declared
to be IN rebellion except the States Of Arkansas,
Tennessee and Louisiana. TO recruit volunteers
under any call under the provisions Of said act,
it Is hereby ordered,
lst, The Adjutant and Inspector General will
have charge of the recruiting in this State IN
der the provisions Of said act Of Congress. and
will receive all such reports and returns as may
be required from the several recruiting agents
hereby appointed, and will issue, under the d.
recion Of the Governor, such instructions and
regulations. as may from time to time be uecess-
airy.
ID, The State Of Vermont is hereby divided
into twelve recruiting districts, as follows
District No. franklin and Grand Isle
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aid in the hope of turning his available means
to greater immediate profit is specializing upon
his country's misfortunes and may find that what
seems to be present gain leads to future loss. l
appeal, therefor, with confidence to a loyal and
patriotic people, and invoke the efforts Of all
who love their country, and desire for it a glor-
ious future, TO aid their government in SUSTAIN
ing its credit, and placing that credit upon a
stable foundation.
". P. FESSENDEN,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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The copperhead newspapers are bowling
over the Presidents last call for troops, and
claim that We have already put over two
millions of men into the field. To arrive at
this result they add up all the calls that
have been made, carefully keeping out Of sight
the facts that very many Of the three years
men were already once counted in the three
months men, and that Of the present force a
large number, l20, 600 at least, are rc-enlist-
ed veterans who have been already counted
once,-and some of them twice. by these
copperhead reckoners. 1t is probable that
actual count, were it possible, would reduce
the number of men who have entered the
army to not much over a million.
Now the howlers say that to furnish half
a million more men will exhaust the North.
But here too, they carefully keep out Of
sight the facts, that to make up tins half
million there will 20 a very large number
who have already enlisted,-and so are
counted as Of our forces now in the fcld,-
and that a large percentage Of the three
years regiments now returned will ais, re-
enlist. 80 that Of Trash men the call will
probably not bring out over 300, 600 If it
does even go, 600. This number. for a peo-
pie Of thirty millions, is not so very large.
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a license which was never seen under any
other government than our wi since the
world began, the future historian will give
them their true place among those who in the
days of their country's greatest trial, were,
ready to assail her with every thing short of
fighting her in the field and ready to help
her enemies with every thing short of taking
up arm on their side.
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An ACCIDENT occurred at the Phoenix
Collitry at Schuylkill Haven, Pa, on Satur-
day evening, which resulted in the instan {
death of twenty one men. They were on
the slope car conming ont of the mines from
day work, and when near the top the slope
train broke, letting the car run back a dis
lance Of six hundred feet on a slope of
seventy-fve degrees, killing all who were
in the car.
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VI TICKET.

For Senator's.
l.. r. ENGLESBY, of Burlington.
AMOS HOBART, of Westford-
A. j. CRANE. of Huntington.
For Assistant Judges.
LYMAN HALL, of S%helburnc.
WM. V. REYNOLDS, of Milton.
For States Attorney.
RUSSELL S. TAFT, of Burlington.
For Sheriff.
WIN. D. MUNSON, of Colchester.
For High Baihf.
X. 5. BL0DGETT, Of Jericho.
For Judge of Probate.
TORREY F. WALES, of Burlington
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STATE OF VERMONT. !
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER.
ST. ALBANs, July y. lS6IS
[Cmcular.l

His Excellency, J. Gregory Smith, Governor
of the State OF Vermont, and B~rigaiier Gen.
T. G. Pitcher. A. A. Provost Marshal Gen
eral, having been appointed by the Secretary Of
War a Commission to ascertain what credits the
State ofVermontan the different subdivisions Of
the State are entitled to on account of persons in
the naval service of the United States under the
provisions of the eighth section Of the Act Of
July 4, 1864 for enrolling and calling out the
national forces and for other purposes
The Selectmen of the several towns in this
State will return to Samuel Williams, Secretary
of Civil and Military AffIirs, st. Adams, on or
before the fifteenth day of August next, a list Of
all persons residing in said towns who have ell
tered the naval service of the United States
during the present rebellion and who were not
enrolled prior to February %, 1864.
These lists must be verified by the affidavit Of one
of the Selectmen and should specify the date Of
entering the service and in what capacity, giving
also any other particulars which may aid the
Commission in deciding upon the credit to which
such towns may be entitled under said act.
By order of the Commission.
SAMUEL WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of c. and VI. Affairs.
Blanks making these returns will be furnished
Selectmen.
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tRIG HTFuL ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA FAILS
An accident occurred on Goat Island. Ma
CARA Falls, Friday afternoon, rear Biidle
stars. carriage containing the wife Of
capt. Webster, and the wife Of Capt. Hunt,
oil the quarterma~ter's department, was
precipitated over the precipice in consequence
OF the horse taking fright. Fortunately a
shelf in the rock, some 80 feet down, broke
their fall and the ladies lodged in the trees.
One OF them was seriously and the other
slightly injured.
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To do any other business proper to be
done and to vote such sums of money as the
meeting shall judge necessary for the prose-
cution and defense Of their common rights
and interests, and for all other necessary
and incidental charges in the said town.