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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22

QUoTA OF TowNs.-We publish to-day
the ofheial quotas Of the towns in the Fist
Congressional District Of this State, for the
draft for the 200, 900 men, ordered by the
President for the 10th of April-a day which
will be past ere most O! our readers have seen
this article. They had better read it never
theless.
The number assigned to the District is 7ls,
which is 46 more than the quota of the Dis
trict under the last call for two hundred thou
sand, This is occasioned by reason Of there
being few or no men to be credited to the state
at large, thereby making the whole quota OF
the state to be drafted some what larger than
under the previous call. 1t will be seen that
credits are given to the towns up to the 18th
Of this month. Possibly few men may have
been since credited to the deficient towns by
but those towns which are deficient have no "
last chance to fill their quotas and avoid q
draft.
These quotas are published by order Of the
fGONost Marshhl Geheral OF me Ohlteu otAAes
aud those towns which are deficient must fl
up that deficiency, or the draft will do it fol
them. 1t will be recollected that, according
to the amended enro llment act, towns can fur
nish volunteers to fill their quotas at any
time up to the day the drafted men are order
ed to report; so that should the draft b
made on the day fixed by the President, ther'
would still be few days in which to furnisi
the men. OF one thing, we are authorized t'
say, the towns can rest assured; the Bosr'
Of Enrolment is all ready for the draft, an'
click of the telegraph ,0iH surely start IN
tobeel for those towns which are deficient
This is doubtless the last warning. "A wor'
/ to the WISE" &c.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22
officer. alluded to by DR.. Marsh, is as follows:
SANITARY COMMISSION IN FLORIDA
LETTER PROM THE Fosr SURGEON.

jacksonville, Fla, Feb. -, 1854. \
This il certify that the 2lst day Of February
received telegram from DR.. A. Mayor, Medical Dreat-
of the District Of Fl0da then at Sanderson Station,
Florida Railroad, ordering TO forward TO him at the
earliest possible moment certain medical and sanitary
supplies, and special train Of We had large
number Of wounded there.
lhat AZ the time such telegram reached me had no
supplies whatever, except such belonged 10
hve regiments then IN the field and they not embracing
the articles required
That in this emergency, called upon Mr.. A b Day,
agent charge ofthe afrs Of the u S. Sanitary Com
mssion in this district, and made requston upon him
for the articles.
That he At supplied from the stores Of the Com
mission all the articles specified in my requisuon and
proceeded himself with them the 'front.' where have
since learned he arrived safely, and with his assistants,
rendered valuable service taking Of and removing
sounded.
That within the ensuing twenty four houIs received
fiom 'he front hundred sick and wounded
men, and again drew upon the stores Of the Communist
for all the requisite oes for their proper treatment
and care, and the establishment o the hospitals in which
they placed.
That my acquisitions " re all honore1 by Mr. Day,
him the patients under my must unayodably have
sutil red very severely
That my large requision upon the Commission stores
rendered uuayodabl necessary from the fact that
the required articles could be obtained from any ota
eT sources
That I received from the Of the Commission an
abundant supply Of all articles embraced in my requlsl
tons and cheeruy bear testimony the great service
rendered the Medical Department by It's agents the
occasion named. WIN. A SMITH.
Surgeon 47th NY in charge Post Hospitals
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22

~ We understated the benefactions Of
the late John C. Rive, to soldiers families.
He gave over $4,000 in one year. The
- Globe" says be the most liberal man
who ever lived in Washington. He began
business as clcrk-got into the Globe"
prsss-acquired money enough to help Pres
ident Jackson in hard pinch OF debt-and
kept on making money until 1857 Since
that date, his fortune has been diminished by
liberal gifts and running the "Globe" at a
loss: still he was wealthy mLn at his death.
He leaves a son, who has been educated TO
conduct the Globe and he will do so il
Congress will pay fairly for the work. Mr..
Rives always took good care Of the men and
women who became disabled by age or sick
ness in bis service and his kindness eN tend
ed even to his horses, Of which he at one
time had Ave, on good feed, although too old
for work.
The editor of the "Globe" expresses the
hone that Congress will not let that record o
its speeches aud acts die. We dare say it will
not, and now comes our time to say a word
We have said that the Globe was literally
supported up to 1857 The came is true as
to Gales q Seatou's Annals, &c. This was
done by furnishing each member of Congress
with a set Of those works. The 34th Con
gress stopped these purchases. but the people
or government saved nothing, because mem
bers of Congress added the money to thei
salaries. There was the lob" and il wa
unfair, to say the least Of it, TO the Globe ant
to Gales IL Seaton. Now Congress has go
to increase the expenditure, or the Globe viii
die. Will members of Congress restore th'
old contracts, and reduce their own salary
That would be no more than honest We d.
not expect il, Members will retain their sal
ary, which is not too large; they may ais
save the Globe, but Col. Seaton is poo
old man, and they won't treat him generous
ly, saying nothing about equity. There i
Z not a Member of Congress, and has not bee
! for more than six years, who has not bee
taking salary at the expense OF these oil
printers We took our share, but we wer
/ honest enough to be willing to do liItl
iustice IN thoae concerned
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22


Artificial limbs are now made OF vulcanizcd
india rubber. AS they are hollow all the
machinery is contained within, and is not lia-
BILE to be deranged or broken. They are
much more readily made, and lighter than
those made of wood or iron.
These limbs were invented by Hiram Kim
ball, young man from Stockbridge, VT. who
is now manufacturing them in Philadelphia.
Gen Sedgwick's evidence before the Com
mittee on the Conduct OF the War was full OF
vindication of Gen. Meade's course at Gettys-
burgh, and consequently, on being asked by
by the committee, Gen. Sedgwick said that he
did not believe there ever was any necessity
for recrossing the Rappahannock by the army
after the battle Of Chancellorsville. He ad-
ded that it was the opinion Of most of the
corps commanders that if the army had re-
NAMED near Charlottesville it would have
succeeded in finally defeating the rebel army.
Positive orders from Gen. Hooker to recross
were produced.
Lewis Hancock, Union, has been elected
Judge n the southern district Of Illinois over
Mulkey, the democratic candidate.
Counterfeit twos on the Bank OF the Re-
public at Boston, and fves on the Lechmere
bank at East Cambridge, are in circulation.
The election in Cincinnati on Monday gives
majority of 1851 for the Union ticket
against ll49 last springs Union gain Of
over $500 votes. The Union majority in
Observation-Disclosures home--wss 500 and
in Cleveland 1900.
The sales Of the ten-forty bonds have for
the last three days averaged 81, 500, 900 daily.
/ The National Bank at Washington sold
$500 900 worth Friday.
The gross receipts at the New York ssni-
tary fair last week were nearly s600,oo0.
The immigration for the past three months
reaches the enormous figure OF 25,475; for
same period last year, il was 1851. Ireland
sends 1850 Germany, 6,045; England.
| 3,4S4; and other countries, 1857 The lar
gest arrivals were in March. being l2,so5.
Returns from every town in Connecticut
make Gov. Buckiugham's majority $3.50.
The local elections in Illinois present an al
/ most unbroken series of Union triumphs.--
The Chicago Tribune heads the list, A Cen
eral Snake killing
Out of o3s towns in New York that have
held town elections this spring, the republic
ans have carried sos, gain of ss over last
year.
Forty.three thousand dollars paid out and
$500 900 paid in is the result OF tax collect
ing in the rebellous districts under Mr..
Chase's treasury regulations.
Eigat Companies Of the Seventeenth Reg
iment leave here Monday morning at o'clock
for Annapolis, via Vermont Central railroad,
in command of Lit. Col. Cummings. The reg
iment has been filling up, somewhat IN the
last few days, but there is still room for eff
ort. Col Randall will remain here in com
mand of the camp until the regimen, is full
Huntington Times.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22
OBITUARY.

Mrs HARRIET HouGHroS BELLows.- Died, at Wal
pole, n. H. January 2S, Mrs Harriet Houghton BEL
lows ~ifc II the late Abel Bellows, Esq, aged ~
This record will carry into many hearts. for it
nntes the departure Of woman warmly beloved and
destined to be greatly missed and long amcuted Con-
neoted her side and the side OF her husba d.
with large family circle, and equally faithful in aheo-
tion Ard in service TO her and her adopted Kin
ded she for nearly y years the head Of hospita-
bic home shelter Of the less fortunate and the
of bounty and kindness numberess objects Of interest
and Affection Endowed BY nature with great beauty OF
person, Of refined and elegant manners, asmodest as
she prepossessng and retired her station per
mted, she passed her life in Assduous devotion to
invalid husband who was nutsed by her care INTO iu
score years, in patient and persistent acts o day kind
the successive objects thrown upon her protee-
ton and noseless round OF able duties and
She animated by universally operative conscience
end an uupreiending Christian faith, which, in things
great and small guided and elevated her conduct Un-
eKAotng, equable candid and Just her lte howed IN
calm, stifa sIeam-benhcent, yet without ostenta-
tom AdeetionA e, though undemonstTatVei religious
but with few professions of being SO
Tried the sudden loss OF only daughter just en-
tering womanhOod in loynsss OF person and
character she bore the terrible burden Of her GRIFFIN "a
ent submission. Widowed in the death OF her veneIa
bic husband, whose long dependence on her waehiu
had made him douby important her she took ~
the unusual duties that fell upon her, with spirit ant
ability She proved herself equal to every position II
which she was thrown--alwAys respected hnnored ant
beloyed-aways Judeious thoughtful Of Others and th
discreet adviser Of her own always confederate TO
wards the unfortunate, helpful the helpless sppfecia
tive Of merit, and charitable to the undeserving
Her place in the community she adorned never b
filed while her memory Will be permanent honor AM
fragrance there In many private hearts scattered ihTo
the county hid the records Of her goodnessj youn
women she counseled, educated, and enriched with se
gifts poor relatives she aided aud countenanced
aud man, in heaven will welcome her as one who
their long sioknesses d,ily visited remembered them
She has joined great family Of departed Kindred q
whom the to which she belonged Is losing u
few last win, n,sses-eAoh more precious the numbe
grows smaller May those who inherit the blood an
the of this departing worth, transmit its yrtue
It's faith and its good works, and be oonsoed In the e'
oleeton Of il, graoes by the expectation Of seeing theI
exalted by tIAnspAntAon TO the garden where We sha
again walk with God without fear Of death, separ'
ton II m Him or from each other. II. w. b.
Mrs Bellows sister 10 Mrs, Charles Bowen and
II II. Sal..lnI n.c... ~ NnniI.ner
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22

FIRE IN CABor.--On the llth, inst, the
Cooper's shop Of Benz. Durrell. with his coop
er's tools, and timber for 800 baskets, were
entirely burned up. No insurance. Loss
estimated at S75
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22

A child of Joseph Jacobs, Of Johnson. aged
IA months, on the sth inst. swallowed but
ton, which a,used its death
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22
PHovosr MARSHAL OpFtcE. }
Ii ni.lriiI NnDulnn


The following quotas Of Towns Sub-districts)
in the First Congressional District for the draft
ordered for April 10th by the President Of the
United States, are hereby announced for the in
formation Of all concerned
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22

Big AND LITTLE.-There is man in the
N. Y. Legislature by the name of Mickle-
john, and another New Yorker in Congress
by the name Of Littlejohn.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22

Somebody in Bennington has been stealing
DR.. Morgan's butter. That chap was not
well bred, though his bread may now be well
buttered.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22

Lee Taft Of Stsrksboro' has received an ap
poirtm' mt to $1,000 clerkship in the Audi
tors department at Wsshineton.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-22

The items man Of the Boston Advertiser
mixes old things and new in an amusing way
Man wants but little here below
Nor wants tha, little Long Of Ohio.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-24
ATTOHNEYS.
J. r. MAXWELL n. u. HE'LL
Maxwell ~ Heller,

ATTORNEYS AND COT NSELTORS At LAW
Mllorsburg Ohio. Office, in the Court House,
up stairs. nui0.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-24
Discovery of a statue ofHercu-

a correspondent Of a London paper,
writing from Rome under date of the 25th
of last month"; says
An important discovery of antiquities has
Just occurred here. 4 man sinking a shaft
for well close to the Campo del Flori, came
upon some stone slabs at depth of thirty
yards placed at an angle, and bearing the
letters +. ). G. These slabs were found to
cover colossal bronze statue, eighteen feet
IN height, OF Hercules, perfect except the
feet, which were wanting, and the occiput,
the whole strongly gilt. The club, too, on
which the statue leant when in an upright
position is wanting, but the left hand bears
the apples II the Garden of the Hesperides.
Its value Is estimated at S20, 600 upwards
of 81 0OO), and a. the line of stone slabs
continues, It is thought not improbable that
another statue may be concealed there. 1t
Is conjuctured that this valuable relic was
purposely overthrow and buried previous
t. some barbarian incursion, and arched
over for safety by the inscription F. s. c.,
Factum Sonata Consulto done by decree of
the senate. The feet were probably broken
off in overthrowin@ it, but there is no trace
of the pedestals. The back of the head, as
the statue lay on its back, has probably been
lost by corrosiOn. The discovery seems to
point at the existance of temple OF Hercu-
les at this point, or, with still greater prob
ability, Of Flora The literary journals will
doubtless give shortly furtherdetails respect
ing this valuable discovery. The statue is
a very fine one.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-24
The Continent an Iceberg.

Prof Agassiz, in the Atlantic Monthly,
comes to the conclusion that the continent
OF North America was at one time covered
with ice mile in thickness The proof is
that the slopes of the Allegheny range Of
mountains are glacier-worn on the very top,
except few points which were above the
level of the icy mass. Mount Washington,
for instance, is over six thousand feet high,
and the rough, unpublished surface of its
SUBMITS, covered with loose fragments, Just
below the level, at which Clazier- marks
come to an end tell US that it lifted its head
alone above the desolate waste of ice and
snow. In this region, then, the thickness
of the sheet cannot have been much less
than six thousand feet, and this is in keep
ing with the same kind Of evidence in other
party of the country; for, wherever the
mountains are much below six thousand
feet the ice seems to have passed directly
over them, while the few peaks rising on
the nights are left untouched. The glacier,
he argues, was Gods great plough, and
when the ice vanished from the face of the
land it left it prepared for the hand of the
husbandman. The hard surface of the
rocks was ground to powder, the elements
of the soil were mingled in fair proportions,
granite was carried into the lime regions,
lime was mingled with the more arid and
unproductive districts, and soil was pre-
pared fit for the agricultural uses of man.
There are evidences all over the polar re-
gions to show that at one period, the heat
of the tropics extended all over the globe
The ice periods is supposed to be long sub
seduent to this, and next to last before the
advent of this earth
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-24
4 Touch of Nature

A car full of passengers passed over the
western railroad, in which simple but
touching scene occurred, worthy of record.
One of the passengers was woman, carry
ing in her arms child, who annoyed ey-
cry one by its petulance and crying. Mile
after mile the passengers bore the infiictioon
of its noise, which rather increased than di-
minished, until at last it became furious,
and the passegers nearly so. There were
open complaints, and one man shouted,
Take the child out" The train stopped
at station, and an old gentleman arose
and made the simple statement that the ia
ther of the child had died recently, away
from home; that the mother had been on
a visit to her friends, and had died while
ON the visit that her dead body was on board
the train, and that the child was in the
arms of stranger to it. 1t was enough;
There was a tear in nearly every eye, and
III were melted into pity and patience All
,elishness was lost in thinking OF the des-
,lation of the poor little wanderer, who,
would have found warm welcome IN
lands that, a moment before, would almost
,ave visited it with blow.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-24
Damascus.

Damascus is the oldest city in the world,
Tyre and Sidon have crumbled the shore
Baal Is a ruin; Palmyra is buried in the
sands Of the desert Nineveh and Babylon
have disappeared from the Tigris and Eu-
pirates, Damascus remains what it was be-
fore the days Of Abraham uentre of
trade and travel-an island Of verdure in
desert 'predestinal capital" with martial
and sacred associations extending through
more than thirty centuries. 1t was near
Damascus, that Saul of Tarsus saw the
light from Heaven above the brightness of
the sun; the street which is called Straight
IN which It Is said ''he prayeth, still runs
through the city, The caravan comes and
goes as 1t did thousand years ago: there
are still the shelk, the ass, and the water
wheel; the merchants Of the Mediterranean
-tlli occupy these with the multitude of
their waters" The city which Mahomet
surveyed from neighboring height, and
was afraid TO enter, because it was given to
men TO have but one Paradise, and for his
part he was resolved not to have his in this
world, l. to this day. what Julian called
the eve Of the East iu the time Of Isaiah,
'the heal Of Syria. From Damascus
came the damsou or blue plumb. and the
deilclou, apracot Of Portugal: Damascus
dana x. our beautiful fabric Of cotton and
siA with vines and flowers raised upon a
smooth, bright ground: the damask, rose in
trQdqccd into England in the time Of Henry
VII: the Dama-cu. blade. 50 famous the
world over for it. keen edge wondeful elias
triclty, the secret Of whose manufacture
was lost when Tamerlane carried of the arts
into Persia; aud that beautiful art of wood
and steel with silver and gold; kind of
Mosaic engraving and sculpture united
called Demaskeening, with which boxes and
bureaus and swords and guns are ornamen-
ted. 1t is still city of flowers and bright
waters; the streams from Lebanon. the
rivers Of Damascus the rivers Of gold"
still murmer and sparkle ike the wilderness
nf St.r.inr 1.nr.In,,-.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-24
Whom that oontinpenc,

can be mutual. When that contingency
shall happen, the government, to which is
coniidcd the treaty-making power can be at
no loss for means adapted to accomplish so
desirable an end.
In the hope that the day will soon be
reached, when, under Divine favor, these
states may be allowed to enter on their
former peaceful pursuits, and to develop the
abundant natural resources with which they
are blessed, let US then resolutely continue
to devote our united and unimpaired ener-
gies TO the defence of our homes, our lives
and our liberties. This is the true assured
result. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Richmol!, November I, 1864.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-24
'EllOsnlnS A. Taylor,
Andrew y. Eesl.

COUNTY RECORDER AND NOTARY PUBLIC
Millersburg, o. VIII fill up ana acknowledge
all kinds of Deeds, &c, and record the same !;
take Depositions to he used in any Courts in
this state; also, Protest Notes, &c. Otllce in
County Recorders office. 25-5
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-24

Your special attention is earnestly invited
to the report of the secretary Of the treas
ury, submitted in conformity with law
The facts therein disclosed are far from dis
couragng, and demonstrate that, with judi
cious legislation we shall be enabled to meet
all the exigences of the war from our abun-
dant resources, and avoid, at the same time,
such an accumulation of debt as would rem
der at all doubtful our capacity to redeem it.
The total receipts into the treasury for the
two quarters ending on the 30th Of Septem-
Der, 1864, were S4l5, l9l, $50, which sum,
added to the balance Of S30S, 2S2, 723, that
in the treasury on the lst of April
last, forms total of SIPS, 474, 272. OF this
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-24
states OF Sarrrns,ns.
JOE PRINTING

Df every description executed in the best styis
and on reasonable terms.
The FARMfR has larger circulation than any
other paper In this section of tho state II IL
now, and has been for thirty-seven consecutive
years the Oftcial paper Of the county.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-06-30
Domestic Treason.

That formidable organization exists
in Indiana and other Western States, lock.
ing to the success of this infamous rebel
lion, the recognition of the South, the
seizure of the Ohio ana Mississippi rivers,
the establishment, temporarily, of q
Northwest Confederacy. and the ultimate
union of said Confederacy with the South.
against the Government at Washington
and the Eastern States, is well known a,
Washington and throughout the West
The people themselves are beginning to
estimate the true value and nature of the
oaths which have been administered, un.
der the guise of a better organization Of
the Democratic party Z iis1' q g7a
Democracy. true and genuine. has moth
ing to do with such nefarious schemes, and
the Democracy of Indiana are already
loading the mails with letters divulging
these secret operations and rcpudiating
their falee leaders idTrac il is. that these
leaders dare re'notsyet diyulge 70 the nulner-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-06-30

WHAT WE ARE FrGHrISG For.-We
arc fighting for Louisiana, for which We
paid SIS. 5.000.0 900; for Florida, for which
Spain charged MS S5.000.000 for Texas.
which cost us over S4O,0O0.000 fer
Mexico, which cost us SIS. .000, 900, be-
sides SO 600, 900 for the extinguishmcnt
of Indian titles for Arizona, for which
we cashed up slO,000.oOO. Some say
that we did not pay this money-tbat the
South paid half of it. lie: US see. From
the year 1871 to 1850, the amount paid
into the Federal Treasury from the free
States was. less the expense of collecting,
1892. .222.6 GIL. From the slave States
1898, $40, ,756. giving the North an excess
Of over s6O0,0QO,0O Figures don't lie.
What else are we fighting fore For the
dignity aud unity Of the nation for tha
supremacy Of the Federal over the heinous
doctrine of State rights; for republican,
principles.