Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-03-11

Of bundle of clothes which he picked up an,
h brought home with him.
e 1t recent meeting of the stockholders ol
J. the First National Bank at st. Adams, th,
J. following gentlemen were elected Directors
Hiram Bellows, William l. SOwles. Lorcnz.
James, Orange Adams, Romeo H. Hoyt At
II a subsequent meeting of the Directors, HI
u ram Bellows was chosen President and Albert
Sowles, Cashier. The bank we understand
will commence operations in about two
months.
h The Vermont correspondent Of the Con
gregationaiist saws more than 50 sons Of Yer
mont are or have been ministers in the ma
tional army
The books olthe Treasurer at Rutland show
that from June lst, 1861, TO December 5tb
1868, !, ,l69 Vermont Volunteers have died
in the United States service. This is about
! Of TO- This number does not include the
Officers of all grades, who would undoubted-
" swell the number to $500 men
The Thermometer in Woodstock on the
18th ult. indicated Sl9 below zero.
Patents have been issued to vermonters,
as follows
A. B. and y. Il. Shaw, of Swanton, a.
signees Of said A. B. Shaw, for improvement
in sewing machines, patented Dec. 10, 1862
Edward Lawson, of Island Pond, for in
provement in separating and sorting ores,
&c.
Calvin E. Meyers, of Bristol, for improve
ment in selfacting sled-brske.
0bed Peck, of Windsor, for improvement
in securing bits in braces.
a Temperance League has been formed in
Rutland, H. G. Clark, President; g. P.
Hannum, S. VI. Dorr, Vice Presidents; G. L.
Vance, Secretary; II. G. Kingsley, Treasur-
er
In Bennington week or two since a
sleigh broke down throwing out the ladies
in 1t, and causing one TO break an arm and
the other her nose.
The School house at South Londonderry /
was burned down on the night Of Feb I7th. .
1t was two story brick house, nearly new.
In Bennington last week Monday a man
undertook to 20 through the covered race /
way Of Stewards Planning mill, and clear out .
the ice which nearly filed it. In the course
Of three hours he got nearly through, but be-
coming chilled was unable to g further and
his return was blocked by the cut ice behind
him. lie was finally dragged out, barely
soon enough to save his life
PERsov,L.-Nr II. L. Lamb. lately editor
of the TrHe' in this place, is now one Of the
principal editors of the Utica Morning Hr-
aid
Rev Il. F. Leayitt Of Vergennes, is elect
ed Commissioner in Addison County. with
little or no opposition.
Gov. Smith arrived at Brandy station, on
his visit to the Vermont Brigade, the day
before they moved with SIX days rations in
the direction of Culpepper,on the recent de-
monstation.
Henry B. Colby. Of Bradford, Vt, has
been promoted TO Acting Ensign, L. ;. ship
Beauregrd, stationed at Key West. On the
9th Of February he took an armed boat, and
the next evening captured three slOops, in
all containing thirty-fve bales Of cotton and
FIVE barrels Of turpentine, together with
some fifteen prisoners.
Messrs. George and William Harding, who
were formerly engaged in the manufacturing
business at Winooski, have recently pur-
chased the Okeeno Woolen Mills in Ludlow.
They will take possession about the 18th Of
the present month.
Lieut. Frank A. Haskell Of Madison, Wis.
formerly Of Tunbridge. in this State, has
been promoted to the Colonelcy of the S6th
Wisconsin.
Among the nominations confirmed by the
Senate recently the following are Vernon
ters; y. c. Sawyer, Brattleboro, Additional
Paymaster Geo. \. Sawyer, Burlington,
Paymaster in the Navy; F. W. Olmstead,
Bridport, Hospital Chaplain. ..
Rev. Edward Hitchcock, DID. LID. from
1s45 to 1854 President Of Amherst College,
both before and after Professor at that insti-
tuition. died at Amherst, Saturday Feb. 9th
about O'Clock, at the age Of 20.
Ex-PKEsIpENr PIERCE is the democratic,
candidate for the Office Of L. ;. Senator,
hoping to succeed Mr. Hale. whose term will
expires year hence.
He is much more likely to be struck by
lightning, than to be elected 10 the L. 5.
Senate.
Lieut.. Eugene viele Of Co F, had with his
command a piece of artillery. He sighted the
gun himself, though the first time he had any
thing to do with field piece. and it played hav-
oc IN the ranks Of the " Rebs The shot that
he made dismounted rebel gun, which the
Ninth have with them now. The rebels charg-
ed upon the Leutenant's gun. but he got limb
cred up in time to get away from them Lieut.
Viele was complimented for his services by his
superiors before his regiment
Lieut.. Viele is a son of W. B. Viele, ESQ,
of Hinesburgh, the popular route agent Of
the P 0. Department on Lake Champlain.
He has recently been promoted to the Cap
taincy Of Co of the Ninth.
PERSONAL - Last week a communIca-
tiOn, from a most respectable and res
ponsible citiren, appeared in our columns, in
which some current rumors in reference to
one Of the candidates for lst Constable of
Burlington were alluded to. No one was
named, but the individual referred to was
understood to be Mr.. Henry Stanton. One
of the imputations was corrected at once.
We now learn that Mr. Stanton denies Who'll
ly the other allegations or insinuatiOns OF