The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-05-23
STATE ITEMS.

Hon. !. i, Woodbridge, NJ. G. will deliy-
er an eulogy upon The late President Lin
coin, in Montpelier. on the Isl day Of June,
the occasion Of the national fast.
Gen. james NJ. Warner has received fall
commission as Brig. General from the Sec
rotary Of War for g~alantry at Fort Stedmau
on the 10Th Of March. and, and at Peters
burg. on the "a Of April.
Frederick A. Aiken Is announced as on o
OF Mrs. burratt = counsel. He was former
y editor Of the Burlington Sentinel, and Is
well known in Vermont lie has always
been a bitter pro-slayery Democrat.
Some bibulous chaps at Rutland who
stole the other day pretty good whiskey"
from a cask that nobody seemed 10 own,
found to their infinite horror and disgust,
not long after, that the cask contained be-
side the whiskey," the body Of a negro
preserved for dissection
A couple Of oopperhead girls at the West
Brattleboro Seminary, have pictures az
Booth dressed In mourning hung up IN their
rooms. Such admiration for crime and
Booths moral character combined. midi
Gates their need Of such an order as Butler
issued to the women Of New Orleans. We
apprehend however that the trouble will
these girls will prove to be their training
at home.-Beti0Ds Falis Times.
THREATENED GgoESDrAnism .-Citizens Of
st. Johnsbury have received anonymous
letters threatening the burning Of that yil-
lage. As a means Of security against ineen-
diarism the members Of the militia comma
ny have been ordered to take their guns.
together with ten rounds Of ammunition. from
the arsenal to their houses, and an extra
night watch hiss been put on.
The st Adams Traascript complains that
Sundays are dcsecrated there By IAN play
ing in front Of the five places Of public
worship in that village.
VERMONT TRoops. The 18th Vermont IL
encampel With the rest Of the 9Th Corps at
Bailey's Cross roads, near Alexandria.-
Sheridan's cavalry. which includes the list
Vermont, are AZ Washington BY Ibis time.
as they passed through Richmond "a the
10th. The 9Th Corps ie also reported 10 be
on the homeward march from Danyille.-
Haucock's corps in which is The Sch Yer
mont, arrived some days ago.
Gov. Smith has appointed Thursday.
as q day Of /" humiliation and mourning
n accordance with the proclamation Of
President johnson.
AT the battle Of the Wilderness. the 9Th
day Of May, 1864, Mr. Clark W. Powers,
from Danyille 81 the 5th VI. regiment, was
seen to fall, aud as the rebels took that DO.
sition a few miuutns later be was NOT again
seen by his comrades ia arms, ahd they re-
ported and believed him killed lie was
mournet BY bis friends as dead. Nor did
they know 70 the contrary till the present
spring, when among o lot d prisoners from
that slaughter pen at Andersonyilio he vas
sent North. lie Is non III hospital IL siont-
pelier, recovering from a severe attack II
typhoid fever. le says be was not even
bit By rebel bullets Oh tile day Bhea be was
reported killed. but that he fell from faint
ness aud exhaustion.
The colors Of tie I'd Vermont regi-
ment are inscribed with the names Of
~ battles the 3D. regiment with y
the 4ih With 81; the 9th with Il
the 9th with Il the 10Th with 8 the
l7lh with z the "a Uuited States
sharpshooiers with 20; the lss Artil-
lery with IL and tie lst United
States sh~arpshooters with 24.