Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-12-02

I 80 extensive llOei against lnose VINO lesl
confident Of managing the affairs placed under
their control, and areTesponsible therefor.
Is it not strange that man so far removed
from the transaction which he falsely reports
so 30 be, should stoop or even dare to circu-
late such libels against any person who has
for 80 many years been so highly respected
for his strict regard Of law and order as the
p. M, at Calais ut rather attend to his
own legitimate business and If the affairs OF
the p o. at Calais, need investigation. let
those in its own vicinity VINO know about
matter investigate it
J. II. McLoUD,
Clerk of p o. Calais, Vt.
NoTB.-We have authority from the gen.
tleman who wrote the previous article to state
that he was informed by one of the Town
Committee, who himself called for the votes,
and is ready to vouch for the entire truth of
the former article
GLESwooD LADIES SEMINARY.--We are
pleased to learn, that this institution is in a
very hourishing condition, being full to over-
flowing, and its pupils hsving come from
seventeen states OF our Union. Mr.. Oreutt,
the Principal, finding his mmodations at
Glenwood too limited for all applicants, has
leased "rilden Female Seminary" at West
Lebanon, Y. H., as a branch institution
This fine building is to be enlarged so as to
furnish a new gymnasium, drawing-room, re-
citation and mushrooms, and the young
ladies rooms are to be elegantly re-furnished.
whole expense of Improvements some S2,-
000y The school is to be classified on the
t.l. (aI.,uoo1 rd ad ,y,a FILL
board of teachers. Success to the new en-
rprise.-Buriington Times.
In cavalry fgnt on the 10th instant, at
Middletown, Va, Paul Dumas of Co. l., lst
VI. Cavalry, was instantly killed, being shot
through the head. Three others OF the me
company we're killed in the same fight. Du-
mas was from this villaga, and well known TO
our citizens and those OF ST. Albans and Mont
peliar asia skillful photographer, formerly in
the employ OF Charles Miller. His death will
be universally regretted. d.--4imes
Admiral Fitzroy is now one of the wonders
of Great Britain. He sits in his office near
London, and every morning receives detailed
telegrsphic reports from all prominent points
regarding all the meteorological phenomena
Of the day, and combining them, he is enabled
to predict with great accuracy the weather
for the next day, and the next few days. This
be does, and telegraphs his prediction back
for the guidance OF mariners. Sometimes, of
course, he is mistaken, but as a general thing
he is surprisingly correct. But that he can
do this is certainly one OF the great triumphs
of modern meteoro ogieal science.
Tne total losses of the rebel Price in Mis-
souri, from the commencement of the cam
paign at Pilot Knob down to the time when
he took refuge in the eastern part OF Kansas,
on the 26th ult., are estimated at over three
thousand seven hundred in killed and wound
ed and about three thousand in prisoners
The entire Union loss during the same time.
was sixteen hundred.
A letter from Winchester says that the
.elles of the Shenandoah Valley 60 about
in faded gowns and poke bonnets, frown up
on the Union soldiers, and give all their
smiles to the few manned rebels of Stonewall
Jacksons old army, who, disabled from fur
her service, linger in that vicinity.
REBEL BARBARITY-Commis Hol
brook reports to Adjutant Gen. Washburn's
Office that Daniel NJ. Clough, lst sergear #
co. +, 18th VI. vols. lay on the tattle field
aftes the engagement of Sept, so, and curing
the night OF Col. Cummings death, and
heard him groan. The next morning he
crawed over to where the Colonel lay and
found him dead and stripped OF all his cloth
ing. This is but single instance of rebel
barb aritios and crueltles throughout the war
The Chicago Tribune states editorially that
a letter received in that city from a gentle-
man holding high position in sherman's
army, conveys the information that Sherman
had started for Savannah. St. Louis dis
patch to to the same paper furnishes the fol-
lowing;
"a gentleman from Sherman's headquar-
ters at Kingston, Ca. says that Gen. sher-
man is by shis time some distance on the war
path. His amy consists of the I4th corps,
Gen. JEFF. G. Davis 10th corps. Gen. Oster-
haus. l7th corps, Gen. Blair ; 10th corp,
Gen. SiOcum.
These, with $4,000 cavalry under Kilpat-
rick and brigade OF artillery, make total
force Of about so, 900 men, splendidly equip
ped and supplied with every appliance OF
war
All the public buildings, depots, manufsct-
oIies, &c., 10 ATLANTA are rendered worthless
and the railroads north and south Of the city
and all surrounding defensive works destroy
ed. There is to be no turning back, and
nothing left behind of va'ue to the enemy.
Letters from Gen. Sheridan's command state
that our army has fallen back to Newtown, a
small village about nine miles souts west from
Winchester. The cause of this retrograde
move is thought to be to get nearer our base
Of supplies, as hitherto we have been COM
PEELED to transport all of our supplies from
Martins burg to the front at Cedar Creek in
wagons. The railroad from HaFper's Ferry to
Winchester is being rapidly put in repair,
and will be finished in about ten days, and
then the transportation of supplies will be an