The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-03-24
NEWS SUMMARY.

trip to Charleston and Savannah
Plymouth church, Brooklyn, n.
Y, Rev. II. W. Beechers, has con
tracted with the Messrs. Hook for a
$4,000 organ to be done next Jan
uary.
There have been several failures
in Philadelphia among the Wholesale
merchants.
The Savannah cotton is to be sold
at auction in New York. There was
fear of too many foreign claimants if
sent abroad.
One David Baldwin tried to make
a railroad train at Newark, n j., stop
the other day 10y walking directly to-
ward one, despite all approximations.
His foolhardiness cost him his life.
The oldest man in the world is
Joseph Crele, now living in Caledonia,
Wisconsin, who is 1870 years old. He
has lived in that state for over cen
tury He resides with daughter by
a third wife, who is over 70 years old
-Adyices from Egypt state that,
notwithstanding the reaction in the
cotton market. the prospects Of the
country continue steadily to improve,
owing to the iudicious exertions of the
Viceroy for the development of its re-
sources by MI modern aid.
"A notorious Desperate named
Wright has been arrested at Savannah.
charged with having sci the fire which
resulted in the recent conAagration in
that city. Proofs strong against him,
and it is likely be will get his Just de-
serts from the military commission
about him. The police are now after
a deserate gang, of whom he was chief.
President Lincoln, by OH order
issued from the Department of State,
has directed the immediate arrest of
all persons found in the country who
have been engaged in or connected
with the blockade trade Those of the
offenders who are citizens or resident
aliens are to be imprisoned during the
continuance of the war; and such of
them as are non resident foreigners are
to leave the country within ~ days,
not to return while the war lasts, un-
der a penalty similar to that Of the
first named class.
The egg Of a bird called the "Moa"
has been discovered in New Zealand.
1t is ten inches long, five inches in Iii
ameter. and is of dirty white 1t
was found in the hands Of a dead
Maori, - who was buried in sitting
position. The bird is seldom or new
err seen now.
1t has been discovered that the
rebels had no torpedoes in Charles
ton harbor That WIS q deception
of Beauregard to flighten our COM
manders, and it succeeded.
"A correspondent with Shermans
army says that coffee and sugar were
the chief rations issued during the
march; most Of tho rest was foraged
off the country He adds: "The army
is in excellent health I'LL feathored out
below the knee, from having lived so
constantly on turkeys, chickens and
game
Tho Augusta GA papers appeal
for aid for the people of Columbia, S.
c. They say; The cries Of ten thou
sand hungry, starving and homeless
women and children appeal to the sym
pathies and benevolence of our people.
The horrors that attended the destruc-
ton OF Atlanta were ten-fold repeated
at Columbia" An appeal from the
mayor of Columbia is fun OF execra-
tons of Sherman,
The latest invention is cloth woven
from the seed-encloaing fibre which
fills the pods of the plant well known
as milkweed and botanically named
1sclepios Spiaca. These fabrics are
said to be soft and pleasant to the
touch, as would be expected, but seem
also quite firm and strong, us would
mol be expected.
The Bangor Wig says that the
present is one of the hardest winters
on record. The snow in that region il
from three to four feet deep, and in
creasing rather than diminishing, as
they have had n snow storm about
every week, and there has been no
thaw to reduce it materially.
1t is estimated that the capture
of Charleston and Fort Anderson, to-
gether with the certain capture Of Mo
bile before two weeks more, viii liber-
ate at least twenty-five thousand men
from the navy, who can be organized
into a corps for offensive operations
on land.
The President orders that the
penitentiaries at Albany, n. Y, Column
bus, Ohio, and Jefferson City, Mo, the
State Prison at Clinton, n. Y, and
such other prisons as the Secretary Of
War designates, for confinement of
prisoners under sentence of court mar
tial, shall be. deemed and taken TO be
military prisons.