Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-06-09

of the Executive. The New York w orld es-
Inmates the different classes Of these except
ed rebels as follows:
Persons above the rank Of colonel, 4O0
Ra defs from Canada, zOlO
Privateersmen. SO
Voun eer rebels worth abo,e $40 OOo 6OUJO
Foreign agents Of rebel government, 2lO
Rebel nava officers, 100
Disloya iIrisis, ~
Seeding ngressmen, L.
Old army officers, lJb
Per,ons Who have maltreAted prisoners, 800
Governors Of rebel states, 10
North eru men in rebel employ, 400
ded. 90 600
In Northern prisons at the current time. rs 900
Those sho have taken the oath and broken Il, 3OUOO
The total exceptions will come under two
hundred thousand men. and may not reach
a hundred and fifty thousand.
The Unitarian Society in Montpelier some
time since purchased the lot next North Of
the old Union House ruins upon which to
erect meeting house. and on Tuesday last
purchased the unslighty corner where the
Union House formerly stood. They then
sold five rods off the united lots to j, @.
French, who purposes erecting a dwelling
thereon, and will build their house on the
corner. The amount OF subscriptions for
erecting this new place of worship are report
ed to be over $40 900, and not yet closed
Argus.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald says " Secretary McCulloch,
in conversation with prominent politician
few days since, stated that the government
was now ready to resumed specie payment I;
that its finances were in a condition to enable
it to adopt tha, course. The only thing that
prevented immediate adoption Of that plan
was the injury it would do to the business
interests OF the country. The indications
are that a return to specie payments would
be made before many months."
/ Official returns in the War Office snow
that the deaths in the army since the war
/ broke out, so far as heard from, with the
estimate made for those returns not yet hand
ed in, including starved prisoners, &c, wilt
aggregate about three hundred and tioenty. fve
thousand These are the deaths alone
4 When we estimate the wounded in the ratio
OF three for every one killed-whieh is less
than the usual average-we see at what a
fearful sacrifice of life and limb the nation
has preserved it's existence.
The proprietors of the principal stock
yards OF Chicago have resolved to stop all
business on sunday except receiving such as
may arrive on that day. The Eastern roads
have resolved to ship no stock on Sunday.
The plowman is dangerous occupation
around Richmond and Petersburg. because OF
the unex ploded shells.
A mock funeral of Mr.. Lincoln took place
in Ma'amoras, Mexico, when the news OF his
death was received The secession sympa-
thizers collected in the streets, and had GER
emoDy over something they pretended was
the body of the late President.
The dove was the first newspaper carrier,
when one morning it went out and fetched a
leaf for Noah. 1t contained paragraph on
the weather, notifying him that the heavy
rain storm had subsided.
Gen. Sherman issued farewell address 10
the Armies of the Tennessee and Georgia on
Tuesday. In it he announced that the cir work
was done, recounted briefly their victorious
campaigns from Chattanooga to Raleigh, and
advised those who are about to be discharged
from the service not to yield to invitations tc
seek new adventure abroad, for it will lead
only to death and disappointment.
It Is alledged that the terrible calamity al
Mobile. by which 500 persons are reported tc
Lave lost their lives, was the work Of Tebe
iucendiaries. and the military authorities are
blamed for allowing such quantity Of pow
! der as blew up eight blocks of houses to re-
main in the heart Of great city.
Gen. Beauregsrd, accompanied by two sons
and other members of his staff, arrived at his
home in New Orleans on the 2lst. He pro.
a ceeded at once to his house on Espanade St.
A large number Of people gathered in the vi
cinity Of his residence as he ali GIFTED, but nc
public demonstration occurred. lie speaks il
9 high terms of his treatment while in Mobile.
Gen. Halleck is much censured for restor
ing to power prominent Virginia rebels
y Among them is Mayor slaughter of Freder
e icksburg, who. during the battles of the Will
Il derness, decoyed several hundred wounded
i Union soldiers to the railroad depot and sent
e them prisoners to Richmond
I. The Connecticut Senate has unanimously
h psssed a constitutional amendment strikin,
}, the word " white" out of the Constitution o
e the State, thus admitting men of all colors t.
It the right OF suffrage if otherwise qualified
n The amendment goes next to the people.
/, The Savannah river is completely cleare'
!. " torpedoes. The work OF destroying then
was in some cases very laborious, it beinI
necessary to bore the torpedoes with auger
n as they lay, 10 order to let 10 water to destr'
st the powder before il was saf, to raise them.
= More than 1900 claims for damages by tn
!. war have been filed at Washington, amour,
ing to over $50 000, 900. s.l