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The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-03-09
An Affecting Incident.

Who can read without athrill this incident, re-
lated by correspondent of one of the journals,
writing from the Boston Fair
"As stood to-day looking at the bristlina
piles of bayonets that rise either side of the
great organ, and are surmounted by the blood
stained banners of the Massachusetts, regiments.
1 was conscious of stir and murmur in the
crowd that caused me to turn and look behind
me. pale and haggard countenance, lit by
eyes of wonderful power and expression, met me,
and drew back instinctively to make room for
their possessor. he was only private but
had enlisted in the Sixth Massachusetts the very
next day after the Presidents call for troops in
1S61-had been wounded in that ever memorable
passage through the city of Baltimore; but had
continued in the service, and finally at Fred
ericksburg, his leg was shot away, and his lower
jaw was torn and horribly disfigured by q MINI
ME ball. Now, dying with consumption, he had
come home, and could not die in peace he said,
until he had been carried to the hall, tolook at
the tattered and bloody flag under which he had
fought SO long He was supported by two men,
and slowly and painfully made his way up to the
platform where it hung, waving solemnly, as if
pronouncing benediction the poor pilgrim
who had given his life in it's holy service. AS he
reverently lifted his cap and saluted it, it requfr
ed no prophetic vision to see the martyrs crown
"AAO"Ay uoooOAIOluS oii tIdC yOuuS u0du anu
many a heart in the vast crowd was baptised
anew in the flood of patriotic devotion that we'll
ed up into seyes all unused to tears
"a few feet from him stood Edward Everett.
the scholar, the statesman and the patriot, whom
New England delights to honor. But in the
great book of records, who shall say that the
name of this poor common soldier may not
shine as brightly, if it cannot hold as lofty a
place?'
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CLEANING THE HULLs OF THE MONITORS
The diver when clothed in his armor is weighted
with one hundred and eighty-five pounds Be-
sides his armor, he has two leaden pads fitting
to his breast and back. The soles of his shoes
are of lead, an inch and a half thick. All this
weight is needed to overcome the buoyancy
given by the mass of air forced into the armor
and Dress the latter of India-rubber, worn by
the diver. When below the surface, he can in
stantly bring himself up by closing momentari-
ly the aperture in the helmet for the escape of the
air. His buoyancy is Immediately increased
and he pops up like cork and floats at will upon
the surface The work of scraping the bottoms
of the Monitors is very arduous. The diver sits
upon spar dashed athwart the bottom of the
vessel so arranged as to be moved as the work
progresses, and, with scraper fixed to a long
handle works on both sides of himself as far as
he can reach. The mass of oysters that become
attached to the iron hull of one of the Monitors
even during one summer here, is immense By
actual measurement, it was estimated that two
hundred and fifty bushels of oysters, shells, and
sea-weed were taken from the bottom of the
Montauk alone. The captains of the Monitors
have sometimes INDUCED in the novelty of q
mess of oysters raised ON the hulls of their own
vessels,
The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1864-03-09

THE REBELS have made chemical mixture
which they call "sneezing compound which
they inject into hiding places on board blockade
runners, in order to discover any individual who
may be surreptitiously endeavoring to leave Jeff
Davis's dominions
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THE PAX OF COLORED TROOPS,-A
'.''' '.l GOOD STORY. tlt.aHh

During the debate in the u. S. Senate
concerning the pay of colored troops, in
speaking of the loose and uncertain lam
guage used in an amendment offered, Mr..
Collamer remarked; =, osfe< ls5od
ut should be an act by itself, diree-
ting them to pay according to the terms
Of the contract made at the time.
would not put it upon any contingency as
to whether the men were led or not led so
to believe. That does not alter anything
at all. That is the loosest of all possible
modes of Legislation. 1t so strongly re-
minds me of an anecdote Of the last war,
that will be an illustration Of it, that
cannot but tell it. two = 'ast"3'
1--WE had lieutenant by the name of
Bezeau, who was famous recruiting off,
Ger. l say we because I was then in the
service. He was sent down to Middle
bury, in Vermont, to recruit in the winter
1928. In the spring the recruits were
brought in. There were about seventy or
eighty of them. When we came to mus
ter them in according to their enlistment
it was found on examining the men
that he enlisted one as major, two as
chaplains, about twenty men to each bass
drum, and three or four as lieutenants,
Laughter. When we came to take off
the citizens clothes and put the soldiers
uniform on them and place them in the
ranks, there was distress and trouble
enough.--If we had been compelled to
carry out the assurances they had received
| do not know how we should ever have
done it, / will only add that Bezeau
took care to stipulate that he should never
serve with his own recruits. :" Laughter
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gusiness Garbs.

NIoRRIsvILLE HOUSE. Morrisvile, VT, R.
M 0. Spaulding, proprietor. The proprietor
hopes to be able to make the traveller feel at
home. afIs- uL st ..gHH lf l3 f.
OREEN MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Wolcott Vt,
" X. Day, proprietor This house has been
fitted up and additions and Improvements naue
during the last season, so that the proprietor
feels confident that he can make the traveller feel
at home. ITO g#}fN #si. fG agG
A MERICAN HOUSE, Hyde Park. Vt.' J. A.
II Child, proprietor Horses and carriges for
co veyance to any part of the country always in
readiness. Also horses and carriges to let. 10
Y Nesmith, Proprietor.
VILLAGE HOTEL. Waterbury, VT jeremiah
Brown, proprietor. t...,..- .... ......
ELMoRE POND HOUSE, Elmore VT. A. W.
u Averill proprietor. Conveyances to any
part of the county on short notice.
A MEXICAN HOUSE, st, Albans, VT, S. G.
N Field, proprietor. III
TDEN HOUSE, Eden Mills VT, G. W. Denio,
T. proprietor ~ l ~
JRASBURGH HOUSE, Irasburgh, Vt, by R.
| w. Nye. Stages leave this house daily for all
railway stations. Horses and carriages to let. 36
uUBBELL's HOTEL, Wolcott, VT. Justus
Irasburgh. Conveyance to any part Of the coun-
ty vn short notice, .. "a
TDEN HOTEL, Eden Corners, Vt, j. Har-
T. rington. proprietor. Good Accommodations
for man and beast. .,..,, -..
NOoDRIRH's HOTEL, Stowe Lower village)
" VT, D. Goodrich, proprietor. AZ
VILLAGE HOTEL, West Albany. VT, A. b.
Y Shepard. Proprietor. t| 80 1910.
INAGLE HOTEL, by H. p Seeger. Cambridge.
II Boro', Vermont. AZ
HOTEL. Albany Centre, Vermont, W. How
III ard, Proprietor. This is good place to stop.
once knew dinner for fonr, with good cup OF
tea, got up in ten minutes. Ed. 50 Ht
VITESTOvERS HOTEL, Waterville, VT. S.
w B. Westover, proprietor.
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Attorneys.

DRIGHAM & WATERMAN, attorneys at law,
ID and solicitors in Chancery, Hyde Park, vt.
Particular attention given to the collection OF
all claims against the Government, widows, in
valid, and other pensions, bounties, back pay,
&c. WALDO BRIGHAM, GEO. L. WATERMAN. TO
n W. HENDEE. attorney and counsellor at
VI, law and solicitor in Chancery. Morrisville,
Vt. Office in Masonic building. 64
M O. HEATH, attorney and counsellorat law
Ill. and solicitor in Chancery, Cambridge, VT.
Particular attention given to the collection OF
military claims, including pensions and bounties.
Terms reasonable. Office at Jacksonville.
BOWERS u GLEED, attorneys at law and So
| licitors in Chancery. Morrisville.V VT (O6ice
formerly occupied by Hon. I. Gleed.) H.H POW
ERs, P. X. GLEED.
ID +. PARKER, attorney and counsellor at
IL, law, wolcott. Vt. Particular attention
given to collecting all kinds of military claims.
Having an experienced agent and attorney in
Washington, D. c., am prepared to procure PEN
sions. bounties, back pay, &C., on reasonable
terms. sE #H4 t.u 5rt
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we will say, that there has but one man
deserted from our state, and he was res
ident of New York. From other States
they have deserted by buying up the
guards with few dollars.
Having voluntarily enlisted to help
defend our common Country and to do
honor to our State, we feel that such
treatment is not only abusive, but dis
graceful to ourselves, and the cause we are
engaged in. ,bgiu p rfsH
Now in behalf of the above statement,
all we ask, is this: that we either be sent
on to tn e front or else be allowed to 60
out of this stencil and foul air into that
which is pure and healthy. Being resi-
dents, of the Sd Congressional district, of
which you are the Representative, we
sincerely hope and trust that you will
give it your attention.
Yours truly, M. M. PARKER
To the Hon. P. Baxter.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-03-02

!, Col. THOMAS AND GAMBLING.-Some
friend In New Orleans has sent us a copy
Of the Era of that city, in which we find
the following :--B. r. Times.
Coop OUT OF EvIL-AOn the last trip Of
the transport steamer Cahawba to this
port, party Of soldiers, contrary to army
regulations, engaged in gambling. Col.
Stephen Thomas, Of the Eighth Vermont
regiment, fearing trouble would arise from
this evil practice, determined to initiate
the soldiers, who were new recruits. into
army rules and benefit their suffering CON-
rades at the same time. He confscated
all the money on the board, and on arriv-
ing at the city turned it over to DR.. Geo.
A. Blake, Chief Agent of the Sanitary
Commission in this Department.. The
funds seized amounted to $l35. and will
be used for the relief of sick and wound
ed soldiers. This is a practical illustra.
ton that s0petimes. "Good cometh out Of
evil" e2ftJmtgrd1o
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@r Among the list of patents issued

% Among the list of patents issued
from the United States Patent Office for
the week ending Feb. '23d, we notice the
following to Vermonters:
Edward Lawson of Island Pond, VT,
for Improvement in separating and sorting
ores. Sc; Calvin E. Myres Of Bristol.
VT, for improvement in self-acting sled
brake; Obed Peck of Windsor, Vt, for
improvement in securing bits in braces
A. B. and N. H. Shaw of Swaptoa, VT,
assignees of said A. B. Shaw, reissues for
improvement in sewing Machines, Patent.
ed Dec. l6, 1862. .,4 ~ ,,.., go
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A SNAKE IN THE GRASS.

THE HORRORS OF DELIRIUM rREMENs.
Come listen while to me, my lad,
Come, listen, to me spell
d.. Let that terrible drum
For moment be dumb,
For your uncle is going to tell V
lag What befell
A youth who loved liquor too well.
A clever young man was he, my lad,
And with beauty uncommonly blessed,
Ere with brandy and wine
He began to decline,
And behaved like person possessed;
s,a .tia. Iprotest ....I
The temperance plan is the best.
One evening he went to tavern, my lad,
He went to a tavern, one night
And drinking to much s..
Rum. brandy, and such,
The chap got exceedingly tight -
And was quite
g What your aunt would entitle fright" f"
The fellow fell into q snooze, my lad
IT'S horrible slumber he takes
He trembles with fear,
And acts very queer;
My eyes how he shivers and shakes
When he wakes,
And raves about horrid great snakes
'Tis warning to you and to me, my lad
A particular caution to all ...
Though no one can see
The viper but he
To hear the poor lunatic bawl, '.
.......... How they crawl
All over the floor and the wall E"
Next morning he took to his bed, my lad,
Next morning he took to his bed;
And he never got up,
To dine or to sup,
Though properly physicked and bled;
And read
Next day the poor fellow was dead. ..i
You've heard of the snake in the grass
my lad .
OF the viper concealed in the grass
But nowyou must know,
Mans deadliest foe
Is snake of different class.
Alas J. 5.....
It's THE VIPER THAT LURKs IN THE GLASS
0
ae. .-. J. G. SAKE.
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Tnilors.

A H. WELLS. merchant tailor. Waterbury,
III, Vt, dealer in the best broadcloths' doeskins
, sassimeres, yestines, tailors' trimmings custom
a2esdy- made clothing, o. Gents furnishing
V3opds, &e,, Graments made in the most ap-
proves manner. and warranted to fit 30
IN III! MILAN, fashionable tailor johnson vt.
,aU.All work made by him will be done in the best
style and warranted to ct. Cutting done for
Others to make. Terms, cash on delivery, n
q N. TRACY, fashionable tailor. johnson, vt,
j.. .O.Work done to order on short notice. Cutting
done for others TO make. All work warranted. 2s
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Jewelers.

III A. SCOTT, matchmaker and jeweler, Nor
Ill. ristown Plain, vt. Clocks, watches, and
jewelry cleaned and repaired on short notice.
All work entrusted to him executed in salts
factory manner.
n W. SCOTT, matchmaker and jeweler, John
Osisoa, VT, keeps constantly on hand an as
s6rtment of clocks, jewelry. patent medicines,
Essences, hair oils, candies. spruce gum, DC. ~
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SOLDIERS REST, ALEXANDRIA, Va. !
Feb. 18th, 1868. (

To THE Hon. PoRTUs BAXTER, Sir - =,
We, the undersigned, do subscribe our
names to the following, as being a correct
statement of our confinement, and treat
ment while in the Soldiers Rest. Alexan-
dria, Va: q
lst We have been and are now, close
ly confined in room 40 K 80. with from
300 to 500 occupants since the 29th Of
JAN, no one being allowed to spend a
minutes time outside of this room unless
it was absolutely necessary, and then at
tended by guard. Many times lowing
to the limited number of guards) they
have not been able to attend to all of our
necessary wants. and the men have been
Obliged to resort to the floor and the can
teens as substitutes for water closet.
p 2dly. Consequent upon this close con-
finement and the large number of persons
in the room, the health of tho soldiers
has been greatly impaired. and we can
truly say that nearly oue-half of our own
number from the State Of Vermont.
(Which is 40,) are now unfit for field du-
ty. and the number is daily increasing.
. The officers give us, as reason for this
treatment, that the men desert. To this
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-03-02
AFFECTING INCIDENT OF STAGE
RIDE.

A correspondent of the st. Louis
Democrat, in describing stage ride from
Seda liza to Springfield, Mo-, during the
cold term in January, when the mercury
stood fourteen degrees below zero, relates
the following touching incident which be-
fel one of the female passengers who had
an infant with her:
Every few miles VIC stopped to warm,
and at each place, until within about five
miles of her destination, the mother took
the babe, an infant of fifteen months,
into the different houses. 1t was nearly
4 o'clock in the morning, and we were
within five miles of Bolivar, when the
stage drew up at rude cabin, where the
driver informed us we could get warm,
and that we would not halt again before
reaching town.
l got out and assisted the lady to
alight, when we entered the domicil. l
noticed that she was not carrying the
child, and asked her where it was. Il
have wrapped it up and laid it on the
seat, as / was afraid if the wind blew on
it it might catch cold was her reply. l
told her she had better bring it in. as it
would certainly freeze. She said. No,
it is warm and will sleep We remained
in the house half an hour and re-entered
the stage. The baby was still lying on
the seat, and the mother, after she picked
him up, remarked, He is asleep yet.
Not a whimper, not a cry proceeded
from that child during the remainder
of the trip. The wind moaned piteously.
Closely the mother nestled her babe to
her bosom. We reached Bolivar before
it was yet day, cold, chilled almost be-
yond the endurance of nature. went
into the tavern, accompanied by mother
and child. Walking up the lane the
mother said to me, Did you ever see such
a baby? he hasn't cried tonight i 1t
was half an hour before the fire was made,
no one being out of bed when we went
in. f.. se. ..r..
We drew chairs to the cold fire. place
and awaited the kindling, which in time
followed. The fire was lighted and soon
gave out its grateful offering Of heat.
The child remained wapped up; it was
quiet. His mother repeated, He is asleep
yet He was asleep he is asleep yet
the child was frozen to death, and in
this world he Is asleep yet Death
spared him the colds of sarth--he was
frozen into Paradise" .g..
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-03-02

& RAILWAY HEARINe.--Gov. Smith Of
Vermont was before the Legislative Com.
mittee on Railways and Canals this morn
ing. on the question of the consolidation
of the Boston and Lowell and lowell and
Nashua Railroads, yys9ogoT
51 He spoke generally of the benefits Of
having connecting lines of road under one
management, and said that recently ar
rapgements had been made for through
rail transportation from Boston to the
West by way Of Moptrealor Ogdensburgh,
which would be much improved by any
measure which would lessen the number
of corporations whose interests and claims
are to be consulted and met.--.BoSton
1Yareler, Feb 18Th. ''' .''4
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known to me, thus suddenly brought be.

known to me, thus suddenly brought be.
meath my eye HsiruJ d .A
We trust the United States authorities
will look to'it that justice is done upon
the perpetrators Of the cold -blooded assas.
sination. They must DWELL among the
inhabitants of the border, for they ap-
pear to have been given to 5oasting of
this and other. like deeds. And what can
Christian men think Of an English off.
cer--presumably gentleman--who does
not scruple to speak of his pleasant com.
panship with such assassins? sssa
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-03-02

ORDINAFIoN--A. A. Smith was or
dained as a Congregational preacher on
the ith inst, and settled over the socie.
ties in Westfeld and Lowell. oji-HA
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Painters.

Painters. ia
II N. LEIGHTON, Eden Corners. VT. here
L., by announces 10 the citizens Of Lamolle
County and vicinity that he has made arrange
ments for doing House, Carriage and Furniture
Painting and Graining in the neatest manner,
and with the utmost Dispatch He also attends
to paper hanging and glazing. All orders
promptly attended TO. eiGtlHW edl 81 oA
a Son Carriage Maker.
: WTIL50N GRIswOLD. carriage and sleigh
w maker. Elmore, VT, keeps constantly on
hand, carriages and seighs. Of the best work
mapship. aud got up In the best style, Repair
ingacHs premp*ly
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% MONTPELIER HospITALITK.---The Argus.
in speaking of the late Musical eonyen.
tion, and of the manner in whith stran.
gers were received and entertained says:
@ When members came they were, Ia
most cases, seized upon, and carried of
to private houses. where they were hand,
somely entertained "without money and
without price" The gentleman we con-
versed with went TO one of the Hotels,
with two ladies, The ladies were at once
carried off to enjoy Montpelier hospital.
ity, and he. although pretending to re.
main. found it impossible to do more than
to breakfast there"
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7 A. STEELE, Md, Homeopathic physician
J. and surgeon, Morrisvile, Vt. Office at his
residence--at the d. T Noyes house.
WTM. l.. WHITE, NJ. D., physician and sur
w geon, Hyde Park, VT. Office at the for
mer residence Of J. 7. Allen.
n P. FoRBUSH, surgeon den 1uur-
W. tst. Office in the Patriot NJ
Building, State st, Montpelier VT. elIIYYD
7 B. MORGAN, NJ. D., physician and surgeon,
u. johnson, vt. Office over S. Belongs store
, Office hours from loan till 5 Pm. Particular
ttention given to operative surgery. 10
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w. H. PARKER.
SOLDIERS REST, ALEXANDRIA, VA,
Feb. 10th, 1864.

EeD. lOtH, lOUt.
FRIEND SAxE:-This day still finds us
confined in the above named place.
might say prisonEforit isjust two weeks
to day since we came here, and we have
been confined for the last eight days in a
room 40 by so, with from 800 to 500 oc-
cupants, not allowing us even to go out
to the sinks, or to get drink of water,
without the attendance of guard, and
then to return Immediately. AS a natu-
raj consequence, the health Of the soldiers
is greatly impaired, and | can truly say
that of the 4S cavalry boys that left our
State (Vt.,) not more than one-half are
fit for field duty, and the sick list is daily
increasing. Owing to the limited num-
ber Of guards, they have not been able to
attend all the calls Of nature, and the
men have been obliged to resort 70 their
canteens and the floor as substitutes for
watereclosets. The officers tell us that
the reason tlky treat us SO, is because we
desert! 70 this, can only say that
from the squad which left our State, there
has but one man deserted, and he was a
New York thief From other States they
have deserted by bribing up the guards
with few dollars. .
Having voluntarily enlisted in the de-
fense of the sacred institutions which
our fathers have transmitted to us, ! feel
as though this treatment is abusive to us,
their legitimate posterity. All we desire
is that we be sent on to the regiment and
be turned over to our gallant and humane
Colonel, or be allowed to breathe the pure
cir Of Heaven. The boys say that when
they enlisted, they did not know that
Libby Prison had been transferred to
Alexandria, Va, and that they were soon
to enter it. But Notwithstanding all this,
] do not know of boy that would accept
a discharge if it we're presented him.
We are contented as could be expected,
anticipating brighter future.
Feb. l4M When you receive this,
give three hearty cheers for we have es-
capped from prison at last. Last Friday
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CAMBRIDGE, VI, FEB. Oath, 1864.

CAMBRIDGE, W., FEB. Oath, 1864.
Mr.. EDITOR The following letter, of
which l send you copy, may per-
haps be of some interest to those who
have friends in the service, who have
been confined for the past few weeks, at
the Soldiers Rest" Alexandria, Va.
They certainly speak we'll of our Repre-
sentative, who has proved himself to be
The man for the times, and the position he
occupies. Yours, &c.
'H- # - w. H. PARKER,