Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-04-19

health Ct tho men is very good lhofe are :" &c"
vacaucie. ye.in the Battery, and llteen or TWEEN
ty volunteers can get good POSITIONS IN ~
TnE SECOND REGIMENT. Col ). Ii Wal
bridge has resigned the colonelcy 9i the Second
Vermont Regiment owing to continued ana IN
creasng i'll health. lie is succeeded by Lieut.
Coz Newton Stone.
ARRIVED. About twenty members OF the
Second yermonNBattory, attached to the Eighth
Regiment, arrived Of Rutland Wednesday night
The ELEVENTH REGIMENT The Green Noun
tain Express Gays hatia letter from a member
of this regiment states that the regiment was
under marching orders, and that the general
impression was that they we're going to tho
front.
TENTH REclMENT This iegment Is now in
the lat Brigade (Gen Norris Sd Division
ICON. Rckctts) 9th Army Corps Capt Hiram
Plat Of tho Swlr ton company, has resigned
The Committee Of the United States Sanitary
Commission at st. Alban- have received from Mr.
Henry Brainord Of Swanton, dfy-two House
wives, which. have been forwarded to tho Execn'
tive Committee.
Lee Taft Of slarksboro, has received an ap'
pointmcnt to a $1,000 clerkship in the Auditor .
department at Washington.
A patent wa issued April jtb TO Almond
swift, Of East Elmore, for improvement IN but
tsr workers
MuucAL-owaia If tho Bellows Falls Tunes
has been elected President Of Musical Asso'
cation just organized in his village,
ASSISTANT QrARTgmAsrtR. Lieut. Ad2nram
Austin, for o,er year past QaartermasIer OF
the Vermont Brigade, has booa appointed Az
.istant Qaartcrma.ter of volunteers with The
rank Of Captain
P.iuic Martin A. BAtcbolIer, o. G, fourth
Vermont Infantry, died in the hospital near
Brandy sntiou, Va, March 26lb, aged p
yeat-. lie cnlisted from Hardwlck last Deeeni-
Der and pinned the regiment in January.
CouNrERrmrs -Counterleits on the Bank OF
Rutland VI. are in circulation, The coulter
feits are lOs raised from 2's. Wig. man on
horseback and Drove Of cattle, some OF them
drinking ina brook Picture Of Washington
in tie upper ieit-bapd corner, and male portrait
10 lower right The genuine has for yig large
spread agile, with word TEN IN green letters ~
two places below it also portraits Of Gen Scott
in lower left corner ami Gen. Stark in lower
right
Mr.. II. Alden, having received au APP
pointnen; to labor as Missionary among the
Freedmen, was ordained to the work Of the
ministry, 90 tho 18Th inst, by 40 Ecclesiastical
Council, convened by the church in Windsor.
The sermon on the occasion was preached BY the
Rev !. Ray, Of White River Village,
EIdridge II. B4Jbitt Of West Randolph, Tor
nery Of the 18th T. ; Infantry. has been pro-
moted to p Lieuteuan, 10 The 1t North Caro-
lima (aldte) regiment.
PEssOSAL.-Leut. Ge0rggR Hall, Go. /, 9th
VT. Vols, d is resigned and his resignation has
been accepted. Lieut. Han has Tor more than d
year past been Acting Quariermas;er OF the
regiment
Cor SAwYER.-Ihe HydepaTk Ne'csdeair says
it has reliable authority Tor saying that Col.
Sawyer ras c5mplmented Tor the manner IN
which he handled his brigade at the recent re-
view, aud that be did not commit gross blandss,
as has been stated.
TnE SRyKSrEENrH.-Seyen companies OF this
regiment left Burlington Monday morning ior
Annapolis. They received their State and
United States ray before leaving.
james Sweeney, OF Burlington, a private OF
Co. B, Of this regiment, attempted to run tue
guard between eight and nine O'Clock Sunday
ni,ht, aud vas bayoneled five times and go dan
gcrously wounded that he died in about fyc
minutes. Sweeney was quite intoxicated at the
= time, duu uhu loiucu Vhe quar- 'Nt"i' w "'4
stopped by the one who killed hun. The guard
was a private in Co. +. A court of inquiry
was Immediately ordered by 1t. Col. Cum
mines, but Is result we have Inot learned. Ii
does not appear, however, that the guard did
any more than his duty.
/. TuE SEVENTH REGMENr-We copy from The
4 Burlington Times the following
private letter from the Seventh Regiment
dated Barrancas, Fla, March -, says there are
but very few sick 10 the regiment Two com
panics Of the regiment are at Font Pickens, ont
on Santa Rosa Island aud two in Fort RedOu0
on the main land, a very strong place, built 1t
the Indian Wars. The Burlington company i;
I stationed out to the front with some pieces o
h light artillery. Two companies are there doing
a picket and guard duty.
IS STATE CoNITrKE.-rhe Republican State
Q Committee OF Vermont lie composed Of the fol
e owing gentlemen
e j. w. Stewart of MiddlObury, ). Is. Colby Q
Montpelier, B. W. Bartholomew Of Washing
ton, &. n Dale, Island Pond, d. q. benson 0
+ Royalton, G. W. Wilkins Of stowe, and iona
r than Ross OF ST. Johnsbury
Madame Demorcst's New York Illustrate,