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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21

Mr. Truemam Tenney, Jr., Uf Motristown,
while in Hydepark on the 26lh ult, was TAX
eu with apoplexy and soon became inseEsible
He was carried home, and died the next day
at the age Of 60 Years He had long been
member OF the Methodist church, and was
much esteemed by his townsmen.
Ia accordance wit instructions from the
Surgeon General, the General Hospital in
BraIlleboro' will be hereafter designated, the
T" Governor Smith U. S. General Hospital" +"
as compliment to Governor J. Gregory
smith.
4 DRowNED--W regret TO hear tha: DR..
Nelson W. Farchild, OF Milton. was killed
on Monday by being thrown from his horse
while crossing the sand Bar bridge. He
rolled from the bridge into the water, and be-
fling stunned by the Isll, was drowned before
aid could reach him.
NRw ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
+ AT a meeting of the Board OF Trustees Of
; the New Eoglsnd Agricultural Society, held
In Boston, 1t was decided to hold the annual
( Fair at Concord, n. h., on the 5th, 9th, 7th,
and 9Th Of September next.
4 Aon. Moses Humphrey, of Concord, was
bappointed General Superintendent.
( An Executive Committee was appointed,
donslsting OF Hon. Frederick smyth, n. II (;
EHenry Clark, VT. John S. Anderson, Me. (;
Paol La,hrop, Mass A. b. Chudsey, X. /. ,
Burdett Loomis, Conn.
On Saturday, April /. just after the stage
had passed, here was slide on the farm Of
10. X. Andfus in Wolcou. An acre or
Smore came down with tremendous force, cross
ling the stream stopping the water for some
Aminutes, and covering some considerable por-
tion OF cultivated field at the base Of the
hhill and the road from fifteen to twenty feet
kdeep.
GEN. THoMAs.-Brig. General Stephen
kTbomss, late Colonel sth w. Vols, has gone
to the front in obedience TO orders TO report
to Maj, Gen. Hancock for duty.
3 Vermopts soldiers are having full share
kof he honors in the successes Gen. Grant ID
NOW winning. The Vermont brigade is il
the 9th corps, which caused the evacuation
\ kof Petersburg and was IN the engagement o
tho 9th mat. The 18th VI is in the oh corp
which entered Petersburg from the East side
and the 9th Vt. is in the 24Lh corps which il
snow garrisoning Richmond, Maj j. G. Brook
Sand Capt. A. Il. Leavenworth VI the 9th VI
Hbeing among the first officers who entered
1.-THE city.
II c. G. Spa,ding, formerly Lieutenant il
1.-THE 5th VI. regiment, aud late editor of tn
= Hate Newport News, has enlisted in Han
ncock's corps.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21

INCOME Tax" Rental Value There is
a common but erroneous impression prevalent
regarding the right under the excise law for
owners Of houses to deduct the rental
value" which it seems proper to correct, in
order to avoid mistakes in making income re-
turns
The language Of the law on this point is
as follows
" The amount paid by any person for the
rent Of the Homestead used or occupied by
himself or his family, and rental value Of any
homestead used or occupied by any person or
( by his family, in bis own right or the right Of
his wife, shall no. be included and assessed
as part Of the income Of such persons.
This means simply that the owner Of a
house in which he resides is not to return the
4" rental value" Of such houses as part Of his
income. The rental value" OF such houses
has not been so returned in the two past
years.
II ii should now be deducted. according to
a common impression, when the rental
3value" is not returned as part Of the income,
Fit would make two deductions. when the law
Hcontemplstes but one aud all such returns
would have to be amended. We have these
( facts from an official source
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21
wAH DEPARTMENT. \
Washington, April 1876 PM 4


To Maj. Gen. Dir
This department, after mature deliberstion
and consultation with the Lieutenant General
upon the recent campaign, has come to the
following determinations, which will be car
red into effect by appropriate orders to be To-
sued Immediately.
2. To stop all drafting and recruiting In
the loyal states.
@ To curtail purchases for arms, ammuni-
ton, ouartermaster and commisssry supplies,
and reduce the expenses Of the military es-
Enlistment in all its several branches.
g. To reduce the number Of general and
staff officers to the actual necessities Of the
service.
To remove all restrictions upon trade and
public safety.
As 30 n as these measures can be put in
operation it will be made known by public
orders.
X. NJ. STANTON, See'y Of War.
wAsHISeToN, April Is.
To MOI. Gen. Die
The official notice OF the death OF the late
President was given by the heads Of the De-
partments this morning to Andy johnson the
Vice President. upon whom. by the consti-
tuition Of the United States, devolyes the of
fee.
Mr.. Johnson on receiving this notice APP
peared before Chief Justice Chase aud took
tue oath Of Office as President Of the United
States, and assumed it's duties and functions.
At IL NJ. the President pet the heads Of
the Departments in Cabinet meeting at the
Treasury building, and among other business
the following was transacted.
Firs-The funeral OF the late Presiden
was referred to the several Secretarys as far
as relates to their respective Depa, tments.
Second-William Hunter was appointed
Acting Secretary of State during the disabilit
ty Of Mr.. Seward and his son Frederick Sew
ard the Assistant Secretary.
Thrd-The Presideat formally announced
that be desired to retain the present secre-
taries of the Departments of his Cabinet.
and they would 60 on and discharge their
respective duties in the same manner as be-
fore the deplora6le event that had changed
the head of the government.
All business in the Departments was SUE
pended during the day.
The Surgeons report that Mr.. Stewards
condition remains unchanged. He is doing
we'll. There is no improvement in Mr.. Fred
eriok Seward.
(Sgned) E. NJ. STANTON
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21

REBEL SENATOR FooTE.--This noted in
ldividual, who arrived in New Y ork last week
from kurope, publishes a card saying hat be
reported to zen. Dix on arrival, expecting to
be detained in custody until President Lin
lcoln should decide whether he could proceed
Ito Nashville or not. He says he has nothing
Ito complain Of in regard to the action Of the
Washington officials toward him, and that 1t
is for them to determine whether it be pru-
dent to allow an individual To visit the popu'
lous portions OF the South who has been at
one time member Of the confederate Congress
who has neither received nor asked for auy
special exercise of executive clemency in his
own favor and who has constantly avowed
his determination to share the general fate Of
his fellow citizens Of the South heretofore
Engaged IN this war, whatever that fate might
be- Still he comes back in the hope that, in
view Of the virtual termination OF the war,
! he may be permitted to return to Tennessee.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21

serenus Swift, Esq, one of the Oldest in
habitants of Manchester. died on Friday las'
at the age of 9l. Mr.. Swift entered Dart
mouth College when thirteen years OF age
and graduated in 1871. He wac during the
last few years Of his life the Oldest living
graduate of that institution, and in 1861
seventy years after the close OF his student
life, he revisited the College halls and attend
ed its Commencement exercises. During
Wssninglon's first administration he held hi
commission as collector Of the State OF Yer
mont. being then but nineteen years OF age
He was admitted TO the bar of Bennington
County in 1894. and during the more activ'
years OF his lie enjoyed large share OF III
practice.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21
lMR. NAsBY RENoUNoEs SLAVERY
SAINTS REST, which is in the strait !
NV Moo Gersey, Jan. IS, 1865.

Nv Moo Gersey, Jan. Is, 1865 I
The wages NV sin is deth." Sich is the
substance NV passage Nv Skripter, which,
Sssnce my exile 2 this loanly shoAr, hez bin
my soils, how troo the remark, how feerfully
hez it bin reelized.
The anshent Dimocracy owned this Guver-
ment, and might hev he'd it to-day. But then
they wuz rychuz set. They wuzn't dissips-
ted. They didn't run after harlots. Jtxon
and Benton and Silas Write aud sich men,
who wuz men kept us strate. But when they
went to their respective rewards, another
class Nv men okepied us. jim Bookannsn
and jeff Davis took hold Nv the Dimocra,ic
kite, tore off it's time honored tsle-Ekal
Rites--and subs,itooted slavery.
The result is before the world Dimocrasy
is in the mud, and the Ablishinisls hev the
post or6ises. Alas
In the oden times we used to hear this
ong:
" Hoe the car Of emsn nsipsshun,
Isrolling grAndly throo the NAHUM"
I've seer that car It. on 2 wheels and
carries balls from to 500 pounds in waite.
Sherman rode IL into Ssvanner tother day.
The harder the work you do for the devil,
the more deth you git for wages. We labor
led faithfully in the seryis Of slavely. We
dismissed our consciousness, went back on our
record, swore black wuz white and yicy versy
even goin so far as go in 2 wars to perpe-
tooate it. What is the result
Linkin hez abolished it by proclamation
His bloo- kooted hirelings hev abolished it,
lniegers and all, wherever they hev gone, and
they hev made some rather extensive toors
And finally the Confedrssy which wuz iLsti-
footed to preserve it, is proposin to throw il
overheard ez the price Nv recognishen. and
this thay do without stoppin 2 enquire what
is 2 to bekum Nv US northern dimoerats ShC
hev tied ourselves to il.
SO reckless sailors fling overheard price
less cargo to save a worthless hulk. So Jouei
was histed in the bilin wa5es to save a SCI
Nv mariners who wuz not profits. Wood, q
wood that !. like him, Good be gobbled uT
by some friendly whale, who wood in doc
time vomit me out on dry land
Ez fur me I'm dun. I'm a anti-slavery
man rom this time out. Ny conscbenc,
won't allow me to support it no longer, and
besides it don't pay. Ez the sole servivin
leader Nv the Dimocrisy, ! shell immej atel!
ishoo a ssrkler instructin Nv EN- to make th
change Nv from.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
Lait Faster Nv the Church Of the Moo Dis
penshun.
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21

Three rebel armies have surrender to Gen.
lGIaut--that under Buekner at Fort Donelson,
Feb. 10th, 1862; that under PemberIon at
]Vicksburg, July 4th, 1858; and that under
4 Lee, April 9th, 1865. He Is the only one Of
our Generals who has ever induced rebel
lsrmy to surrender.
The Louisville Journal OF the 18th says;
Z" We understand that Gov. Brsmlette yes
lterday furnished all OF HE slaves with free
papers ae
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21

We cannot comment on this horrible deed
Words give no relief the strongest men can find
it only in tears. The legal consequences are sim
'ple, the Constitution providing amply for the exi
fgency. This terrible event will avail nothing for
|oyerthrowing the Government, and nothing to the
rebels unless it be to abate something OF the too
generous confidence and kindness that President
Lincoln has been accustomed 10 extend TO them,
and which have time and again before exposed
him to assassination. Andrew johnson Of Ten
nessee is now President Of the United States
He is probably more radical than Mr.. Lincoln in
his hostility TO the rebellion, and to all the leading
men who have taken part in it. He has been
schooed, too, for four years in posts Of personal
danger His known hatred to the rebellion will
be an inducement for assassinating him also. and
his watchfulness may not prevent It. In that
event the President of the Senate Senator Foster
of Connecticut. will become President of the Uni
ted States and in the event OF his death the office
will fall to his successor in the chair OF the Senate,
or to the then Speaker Of the Housl. An extra
session Of Congress will undoubtedly be called
promptly, 70 elect Speaker.
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Watrb an & Stair JoutnaI.
MONTPELIER. APRIL 81, 1865.
CLOSING TIE PORTS.
BY E.P. WALTON

In printing telegrsphic dispatch on We'd
nesday we enormously printed opening in
stead Of " closing" Southern ports. The
fact is that the President has issued two
Proclamations one closing all Southern ports
to foreign nations, with exception Of three
ports through which cotton, &c, may be
shipped and the other giving notice to for
eign nations, which have denied the usual
courtesies to our ships of war, that the
United states will treat their ships precisely
as they do ours, In 1861, Congress author
lied the President to close ports in the states
in rebellion but England and France pro-
tested that the Southern states we're entitled
to belligerent rights, and therefore that they
would not recognize what they we're pleased
to call a paper blockade" In this view o
the matter, the President thought it unwisC
to use the power vested in him by Congress
and in lieu Of paper blockade, he gave then
a real one, to the destruction Of multitudes o
blockade-runners, and the confscation OF mil
lions Of derelict British property Now those
ports are in our peaceabe possession, no
one belligerent rebel being in them, unless II
be in prison or on parole; and the Presiden
has chosen to do whs, be pleased with oui
own ports, leaving England and France
to like it or lump it, as they may choose
In fact 1t is notice that these Government
must back down from their concession o
belligerent rights to the rebels, and treat ou
ships of war ciyilly. We guess they will b.
glad enough to take these doses, even if it b.
with wry faces.
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21

BY spontaneous and natural agreement, the peo-
pie Of Montpelier signifed their grief at the great
the bells from u to l O'Clock, p. NJ, placing flags
at haf-mAst, closing places OF business, and drap-
ling public buildings and many private dwellings
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member ever OF seeing here before an adoption Of
the custom, which prevails in many cities. Of hx-
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mourning and thus forbid unwelcome Intrusion.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,


Washington, April l5-4.l0 A NJ. !
To Maj. Gen. Di1:
Miss Laura Keene who was coming on to
the stage at the time of the shooting testines
that Jay Wilkes Booth the actor is the Assas-
sin.
Secretary Seward remains without change.
Frederick Stewards skull is fractured in two
places besides severe cut upon the head.
The attendant is still alive, but hopeless.
Maj. Stewards wounds are not dangerous.
IL is now ascertsined with reasonable GER
tainty that two ssssssins were engaged in the
horrible crime. j. Wilkes Booth being the
one that shot the President. The other was
la companion OF his, whose name is not known
but whose description is so clear that he can
hardly escape.
1t appears from letter found in Booths
trunk that the murder was planned be-
fore the 4th of March, but fell through then
because the accomplice backed out until Rich
mond could be heard from. Booth and his
iaccomplices were at the livery stable at 6 o.
clock last evening and LETT there With their
norses about ten o'clock or shortly before
that hour Ii would seem that they had for
several days been seeking their chance but
for some unknown reason 1t was not carried
into effect until last night. One Of them
has doubtly made his way to Baltimore
The other has not yet been traced
(Signed) f. Nj. STANTON.
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FORTRESS MONROE. April l2.


An expedition. composed Principally OF the
lst Mounted rifles, left Norfolk on the 7thI
inst, for reconnoitering purposes up ChowanI
river, with the intention il possible Of reach
ing Weldon. NC. 1t resulted in entire sue
cess. The csvsrv struck the Seaboard and
Roanoke railroad. and demolished the track
for considerable extent While thus en-
gagged they we're attacked by force OF 600
rebels, and after a severe fight succeeded in
repulsing them. The cavalry then fell back
to Murfrees boro, where the booty was de-
livered to gunboats. Among the captures are
100 bales of superior cotton, large amount
of tobacco and snuff, and 80 prisoners. Par
ties of cavalry secuted to within few miles
Of Weldon, and from prisoners taken IL is
learned that the town ID strongly fortified
and gartisoned by force Of 1000 rebels with
several batteries of artillery. The expedition
returned on last Saturday night. This ex-
pedition, said to be the largest sent into north
ern North Carolina, accomplished a great
deal OF good in ascertaining the exact locality
of the rebel forces in that section Of the state.
PORTLAND, Me-, April l2.
The stesmership Morsvisn arrived here to-
day, from Liverpool on the LIST, bringing two
days later news.
The following important telegram has been
received from Lisbon. il is dated March 30
"The federal frigates Niagara and Sacrament
to attempted to sail in pursuit of the confed-
crate ram Stonewall before the expiration oi
the time fixed by the Portuguese authorities,
"a hours after the departure Of the StonewaA,
and were fred upon by the Belan fort. The
Niagara was struck on the poop and sea
man was killed. The federal vessels there
upon came to an anchor"
NEW ORLEANS April 10, /
via Cairo, April l6. !
/ The Times publishes the official dispatch
of the capture Of Forts Spanish and hlakely
/ The former was captured at 10 80 ou tn,
/ morning of the 9th with 700 prisoners, The
| later was captured the same day by asesul
with over 5000 prisoners aud large amoun
Of ordnsncestores. The eguuboA'S and troop
were proceeding unmolested towards Mobile
which place was captured last evening by
portion Of Gen. Smiths command and TN
light draft gunboats after short resistance
by The enemy.
NEW YoRK, April 10.
The Timess special ssya Important actor
took place here yesterday affecting the re
construction movement in Richmond, and par
tcularly that portion of it providing ses
sion of the rebsi legislature in Richmond II
the very face of the thousands OF real Unlo
men over whom they so long held evil sway
Gems. Wei,zel and Shepey have been super
seted for their action. Secretary Stanto
does not approve OF Gen. Shepley's orde
concerning the prayer in the Episcopal churc
in reference TO the President. The Assem-