Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-07-01

and il he was good boy. am glad ?
Why glad, my boy ?
Because, sir, think it was the best time
for him to be taken way
Why the best time ,
Because, sir, what the Lord does is al
ways best
The funeral sermon was preached, the reg
iment attended the funeral, and the usual
volley was fred over the grave"
They say out West that John Morgan.
when he recently entered Kentucky, was on
hs way to the Chicago Convention with
Southern delegation.
Extensive contributions were levied on the
flower gardens about Frankfort, KY, for the
purpose of making magnificent floral wreath
with which to encrcle the brows Of John
Morgan, when he should enter the place.
The wreath was made, and was 10 be pre-
sented by the transient young ladies of the
Capitol Hotel. The presentation speech was
written, memorized and rehearsed. Mr.. Nor
gan, however, didn't call.
When Morgan was at Flemingsburg, KY,
on the l4th inst, he denied the truth Of Gen.
Burbridges dispatch in relation to the affair
at Cynthiana, and asserted that only lao reb-
ell prisoners were taken, and 80 killed and
wounded. Morgan said he had not left the
S ate, nor did he intend to. do so; that his
troops were not scattered, and he intended to
return to Northern Kentucky.
John Morgan surrendered TO Gen. Hobson
in Ohio, and Gen. Hobson surrendered to
John Morgan in Kentucky.
A copperhead politician in Augusta who
was telling how Lee was going to chaw
up our armies, was interrupted by an old
farmer, who broke out " Sir, I've heard
enough of this kind of talk. I've got two
sons in Buffers army--my only boys-God
bless EN- That is for one of 'em (hitting
Mr.. Copperhead square in the face with his
ist,) and that is for the other" hitting him
again and knocking him down. Copper stocks
found no takers after that.
Southern papers give a horrible account of
the execution Of ii deserters from the rebel
army at Dalton. Ga. They were sentenced
to be shot, and the affair was so bunglingly
managed that some 20 minutes were occupied
in accomplishing il, the groans and yells Of
the men, who were only wounded at the first
volley, being heartrending in the extreme.
The navy department has received intelli-
gence of the capture OF the British steamer
Sirene, off Beaufort, N. c., with cargo OF
liquors, hoop iron, paper cases, kegs, &c, by
the United States steamer Keystone State.
Some intercepted letters show that the
Georgia rebels are terribly afraid Of " fight
ing Joe Hooker" They say when he assaults
a fort he always goes through.
One of Johnston's men, taken prisoner,
having been asked what he thought OF our
forces and Gen. Sherman, replied in the fol-
lowing inelegant terms " Sherman gifts on
hill, fops his wings and crows; then yells
out, Attention creation By kingdoms,
right wheel march ! And then we git !"
1t is easy, after little practice, to tell
rebel shot from ours. The rebels use finer
and better powder, which on being fred gives
sharper crack. It's evidently the manufac-
ture Of British neutrality.
Deserters from Charleston say that by the
late bombardment Of Sumter, twerty-eight
rebels were killed and number wounded, aud
the fort was greatly damaged. The force de-
Tending Charleston is small.
/ The New York World calls Gen. McClel-
] Ian a finished soldier. Yes, he is. He fn-
ished himself.
/ A communication has been received by the
/ Navy Department from Admiral Porter. Civ
| ing the particulars of an expedition up the
| AtchafalAya river by the steamers Chillicotbe,
/ Neosho, and Fort Hindman. When about q
mile and half from Semmesport battery
on shore opened upon them. The rebels
were driven off and the battery of two 80
pound PARROTS captured. Our loss was one
man wounded, mortally.
/ 1t is comforting to know, in view OF our
recent heavy losses in battle, that at least ten
thousand fresh men per month are now being
received. 1t is said that 1000 recruits, on
an average, pass through the city OF New
/ YoIk daily for the front.
| There we're only 242 applications for the
Canadian consulship, just bestowed on Hon.
John +. Potter.
1t turns out that the gold stolen from the
Englishman, Gill, at New Haven, the other
day, was by him stolen from the Leeds bank
ing company OF England, he having abseord-
ed with nearly $4,000 belonging to that IN
stitutiou, An English detective followed Gill
to this country and arrested him at New Hs-
ven IN Tuesday, but released him after res
toration os most ofthe missing proner'y.
A dead mule. belonging to a Memphis eit-
zen, was being hauled out Of the lines the
other day. when a bayonet-thrust revealed
the fact that the carcass contained $4,000
percussion caps, quantity of ammunition
and other contraband articles, which some
rebel sympathizsr had taken this means OF
smuggling