Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-07-15


That sir is the spirit Of the Green Mountain State.
That the spirit Of the loyal people Of every State in
ths Uuon That ia the spirit and that is the determi-
nation that to out down this rebellion, that is 20 re-
store this Union that s 10 save this Republic and it's
therefore that say again, This Republic will be saved
such my faith such is my reliance upon the loyalty,
upon the patriotism, upon the valor, upon the fidelity
upon the self sacrificing endurance aud above all upon
the unconquerable will and the undying purpose OF my
fellow couutrymn Though .ong and severe and terri
bile may be the ordeal ye God helping them, believe
Che strength OF the Amer can people will prove equal TO
the task--tha the virtue Of the American peoplr will
prove equal 20 this great trial
Sir. will detaiu you no longer This Republic must
be saved and twenty million responsive voices give back
lac answer, " This Republic Of ours shall be saved
From an account of the recent expedition
Of Gen Wilson in rear Of Lees army, by
private Edward jameson of Meriden, Con-
necuct, private 10 the LIST Connecticut cav
airy, we take the following paragraphs
The longitudinal striugers Of the Danvile
railroad were made Of yellow pine, and they
burned like finder, being full of resin. More
than sixty miles were burned up, and the fiat
rails rendered utterly useless. They went to
Roanoke bridge, which was strongly defended.
There they met with the only Union maa
they saw on the route He and his wife were
quite aged. The wife would draw water from
the well and fiji two washing tubs, one Of
which the old mau would wheel to the gate
in a barrow for the soldiers to 6ll their can
teens with They can only burn my house
down and kill us, said the faithful old man.
They have been prosecuting US ever since the
war begun. l have no Stars and Stripes.
boys, but there's sheet on that pole that
takes its place He had blessings upon his
head from every soldier.
Over six thousand slaves came off with
Wilson, but most of them were driven back
by the enemy in our retreat. Some four
hundred got through, and one woman with
her child. The rebels would murder in cold
blood all who would not turn back, and hun
dreds who did.
The negroes fought desperately, many Of
them with clubs, some with stones, and some
with such arms as they picked up. Had
Wilson carried ten thousand muskets and
ammunition with him he could have mpro-
vised and irresistible army on his return
The rebels swear they will make the pris-
oners taken from us in this raid rebuild the
Danville road. Hundreds of barns stored
with tobacco were burned by our men on this
raid. Mr. jameson says that the people Of
that country asked very anxiously whether
the people Of the North were not starving out
He says it is just as ridiculous to suppose
those people will be starved out, as it is for
them to suppose that we shall be. Abuud-
ance Of the necessaries of life exist on all
sides. Our men had plenty Of ripe peaches
and other fruit
Most people have doubted the literal &C.
curacy OF the dispatch concerning the battle
OF Spottsylvania, fought on the 18th inst,
which alleged that trees were cut down mn
der the concentrated fire of MIME balls. We
doubted the literal facts ourselves and would
doubt It still but for the indisputable testi-
mony of DR.. Charles McGll, an eyewitness
of the battle The tree stood in the rear a
our breastworks, at point upon which, at
one time, the most murdefous musketry fire
that ever was heard of was directed. The
tree fell inside our works and injured several
Of our men. After the battle, DR.. McGill
measured the trunk, and found il twenty-five
inches through and sixty-one inches in cir
cumference, actually hacked through by the
awful avalanche of bullets packing against it.
The foliage of the tree was trimmed away as
etfectually as though army Of locusts had
swarmed in its branches. A grasshopper
could not have lived through the pelting Of
that leaden storm, and but for the fact that
our troops we're protected by breastworks
they would have been swept away to man.
Richmond Enquirer.
Charles Gates, minor son of William K
Gates Of Lee, Mass, wished to enlist, three
years ago, but his aged parents objected to
it. One morning he was sent to drive the
cows to pasture, on his way to work, taking
his dinner with him. But at night he did
not come back, because he had run away and
enlisted in the 10th regiment. He remained
fnYh h., h.. 80 /.
and returned with the regiment unharmed by
rebel bullets He arrived in the old pasture
at home, one night last week, Just at " cow
time, and leisurely drove up the same old
cows, as if he hadn't been away for three
years His reception was joyful one,
none the less so because his coming was
complete surprise.
According to all official statement, the to-
tai public debt on the 5th of July was seven.
teen hundred and ninety-two millions, eight
hundred and sixty seven thousand and forty
dollars and htty-seven cents, against seven
teen hundred and forty millions, thirty-six
thousand, six hundred and eghty-nine dol
lars and ffty-three cents on the 2Sth of June,
which shows an increase Of fty-two millions,
eight hundred and thirty thousand, three
hundred and hry-one dollars and four cents,
loI week endlng 0lh instant, Ihls important
difference is mainly caused by acquisitions
made on the department for money to pay the
troops on the lst OF the month.
The rebels at Petersburg made an attack
upon our lines on Saturday, with the evident
Intention Of ascertaining whether they had
been weakened but the enemy we're driven
back by murderous fire from the troops I'M
der Generals Martindale end Stannard, upon
whose front the attack was made
The Pans correspon ent of the Daily News
says Cap. Winslow has demanded Of Mr..
Bontls, the rebel agent at Cherbourg, the
rendition Of his prisoners, who escaped in
French pilot boats. NJ Bonf!s claims that
the prisoners have right 10 escape if they
can and that he will have nothing to do with
surrendering them.
Mason has written letter to Lancaster,