Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-08-18

winds of winter. More than fifteen thousand
men, worn out by exposure and suffering, are
buried here. This prison should never be
permitted to be destroyed, bat should stand
until it's stockades fall to the ground by de-
cay, so that unbelievers in the North may
look on this ground and convince themselves
of the inhumsn crueltes performed by the
rebels upon our prisoners. There are about
fourteen thousand head-boards yet to letter"
The FARMERS BARoNRTER.-Takea a com
mon glass pickle bottle, wide-mouthed fill it
within three inches OF the top with water
then take a common Florence oil flask remov-
ing the straw covering and cleansing the flask
thoroughly plunge the neck Of the flask as
far as it will 60, and the barometer Is com
pete. In fine weather the water will rise in
TO the neck Of the flask even higher than the
mouth Of the pickle bottle, and in wet and
windy weather il will fall to within an inch
Of the mouth Of the fask. Before heavy
gale OF wind, the water has been seen to
leave the flask altogether at least eight hours
before the gale came to it's height. The in
vention was made by German, and cCmmu-
nicsted to a LoLdon journal.
A New Orleans letter to the Mobile News
Gays :" sm very correctly informed that
the war an enemy Of Abolition and Abolition
lists, and most likely negro hater by instinct,
distinctly announces himself in favor of negro
slffrage. have it, too, from source equal
( ly deserving CT credence, that the late equivo-
cal utteranoes Of the Picayune have drawn
| from him mild warning which it is quite
evident the Picayune has profted by, judg-
ing by its recent moderation and change Of
tone. 1t is again laboring under circumstsn-
ces over which it has no CONTROL as 1t re-
marked the other day in apology for its fore
ed utterance OF Union sentiments"
The Treasury has more than sufficient funds
now on hand to discharge every dollar OF in
debtedness to the soldiers With the re-
ceipts from Internal Revenue the department
hopes to be able to meet all Liabilities be-
tween this time and the session of Congress.
The Treasurer has been redeeming old certif-
icates Of Indebtedness at the rate Of million
day, as they have been maturing. Nearly
all Of these have been disposed of and very
few more will mature for the next nine
months.
The Treasury Department discredits the
report that counterfeit one dollar greenbacks
have been put in circulation.
A St. Louis dispatch states that most graf
flying accounts come up from all parts Of the
State as to the harmonious relations between
the negroes and their former masters. 1t Is
/ said that the present crop will be raised with
more profit and satisfaction between farmers
and negroes than any yet produced under the
system of slavery. Negroes are being gener-
ally re- married, including old people who have
. raised large families of children.
. The number Of National banks authorized
: up to date is fifteen hundred and four. The
aggregate capital is over three hundred and
> sixty-fve millions Of dollars. The New
. England States have four hundred and sixty
l. one as follows: Maine ffty-four, New Hamp'
e shire thirty-six. Vermont thitty-one, Msssa'
rs chusetts two hundred and six, Rhode lslanc
1t ffty-one, Connecticut eighty-three.
Il The anniversary Of the battle Of Benning
ID ton will be celebrated at Bennington, Angus
l6 and H. The ex rcises will be under the
G. auspices Of the Vermont Historical Society
as The address is to be delivered by Rev. Il. H
Chaplin of New York. There will be mill
tary aud civic procession, and the HistoTioa
- Society will hold meetings on both days, d
which historical papers will be read.
IN An Irish glazier was putting pane o
II glass into a window, when a groom, who wa
pc standing by began joking him, telling him 4
g mind and put in plenty of putty. The Irish
; man bore the banter for some time, but a
ne last sienced his tormentor by: Arrsl
u now, be off wild ye, or else III put pain II
. yer head wild out any putty"
lie Among the sufferers at the great FIRE i
RS New York recently. which destroyed Bar
NUNS Museum, Museum, was Commodor
10 Mutt Daring the period Of his stay at tn
=, Museum be was the recipient Of many vslu
able presents. Nearly all of them were de
ut posted at the Museum, and were dessroye
"Wife," said married man, looking fc
his boot 4ck, after she was in bed, haV
place ior all things, and you ought to kno'
= it by this time" " Yes" replied she, ~"
ought to know where you keep your lat
tly hours, but don't"
rst The colored schools in Louisiana, estsl
lished by Gen. Banks, embrace, 1t Is reported
es' l26 schools, 80 teachers, Is 900 coildren
'ne day schools, and 5000 adults in night an
"a Sunday schools; in all, 10000 persons und
instruction.
:, Gen. Gideon j. Pillow has been making
}. speech at Columbia, Tenn, in the heart
an intense sectsh district. He tells his reb
the comrades that they have been splendid
,rrh - shipped, and ought to make the best of 1t.
sor-
are Gov. Letcher Of Virginia, who is nc
era studying the United States laws, is SO utter
and stripped of his property by the rebellion tn
and his family have had to rely altogether up
ous kind friends for their support ever siAce
aos' imprisonment.
mo-
Herschell V. Johnson Of Georgia, the ca
be didate for Vice President with Douglas
for 1860, has been pardoned on the solicltati
Of Mrs. Douglas.
" q. W. Hendee and H. H. Powers, Es'
orA' of Lamoille County, were admitted to pr
- tice as attorneys in the U. S. Circuit and u
~ trict Courts at Windsor, July 25Ih last
1t is positively ascertalned that there
no counterfeits on the notes of the Nauo
,,oL Banks in circulation.
NOR Deputy Provost Marshal Blossom oil
h All burn, Me-, is now in Jail at Montreal for
We ing concerned in the attempt to kidnaP u
own N Sanders.