Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-05-12

GERS OF the rebel ram WebD arrived at New
York from New Orleans on Saturday. They
represent that finding the water in the
Red river falling, and knowing that his yes
sci would be burned by our forces IL she re-
NAMED in The river aground, Captain Reed
determined to take on board more cotton and
attempt to run the gauntlet Of our gunboats,
get to sea and proceed to Havana, burning
and destroying every vessel he could come
across on the way. With her great speed
she could easily run from the passes Of the
Mississippi to Havana in thirty-six hours,
and Reed preferred to take the chances o! es-
Gaping, and even Of being destroyed, than be
burned in the Red river, where be could do
no harm. At Havana he intended to sell
his cotton and purchase articles Of necessity
for the rebel navy, and then run the blockade
at Galveston, where there are several rebel
gunboats. Once there, he proposed to use
the Webb as a torpedo boat and destroy or
drive off our blockaders at that port. On
getting below New Orleans an attempt was
made to blow up the ordnance ship Fear Not,
With torpedo attached to a spar, but it failed,
Farther down the river, espying the Rich
mond in the stream, and supposing she had
been placed there to intercept him, Captain
iNetu NIutTbu tue NeOO TO De run ashore,
saying that he had tested the Richmond's
guns once and did not desire to again. The
ram was accordingly run ashore and fred
She probably would have passed the Rich
mond in safety had she kept on, as the officers
Of that VESSEL we're ignorant OF her character.
The TENNESSEE SENAToRs.-One of the U.
S. Senators elect from Tennessee, as has been
stated, is Hon. David T. Patterson, son-in-
law Of Presden Johnson. He is As years Of
age, native Of the State and an able lawyer.
He was Circuit Judge in East Tennessee a
number of years. and being radical Unionst,
has stood by the Government in its darkest
hour The other Senator is Hon. Joseph S.
Fowler, lately Comptroller of the Treasury Of
Tennessee. He is about AZ years of age, and
a native Of Ohio. He was for some Years
Professor Of Mathematics in Franklin College,
Nashville, Tenn. He isa thorough Union
list and one of the first scholars of the South.
The formal surrender of Johnston's army
took place at Greens boro', N. c., on the 30th
ult Twenty EIGHT thousand men were pa
rolled, OF whom one-6llh were allowed arms
to keep the rest in order and preserve disci-
pline as they march to their homes. The
number Of cannon surrendered was 1908. The
most noted of the generals paroled were Beau
regard Hardee, Hoke, A. p. Hill and b. F.
Cheatham. Included in the surrender we're
Admiral Raphael Semmes, Commodores Lynch
and Forest, and the entire secesh navy, con-
sisting of brigade OF GAG seamen.
1t appears that the reward offered for the
| apprehension of jeff Davis was issued by the
/ President only on the decision of the proper
/ legal authority. All the testimony in the
matter was placed officially in the hands OF
Advocate General Holt, who examined it very
carefully and reported upon il to the Secre-
tary of War, giving it as his lega opinion,
that it proved Davis to have been connected
with the inception and execution of the plot
against President Lincoln's life, and that the
conspiracy was framed and executed with his
consent.
The wickedness of the rebel leaders is only
equslled by their meanness. In the ware
house of Haxsll g. Co., Richmond, was dis
covered lot of blankets, from 500 to 1000,
marked u s., which it was confessed were
stolen from our men imprisoned there, not
one of whom last winter mad Il blanket.
Commissioner Ould, it appears, says the
I
the Federal prisoners in rebeldom was one
Major Morft, who stepped out with jeff. Da.
Wis and the other thieves when they left Rich.
moud.
TheRichmondW of the6th inst, says that
the military authorities there are picking up
sundry Baltimoreans who reader themselves
amenable to law by participating in the riots
on the l9ih OF April, 1861. Others have
bsen caught and imprisoned in Baltimore.
A great many Of the owners Of lots in the
burnt district in Richmond, not being able tC
build themselves, or borrow money to do so
are selling or leasing to Northern men who
are numerously around seeking such invest
ments
All but four of the encircling line of for,
about Washington are to be Immediately dis
mounted, their garrisons Withdrawn and dis
missed, and everything appertaining to thii
enormous expensive branch of defensive war
fare, is to be put upon the general retrench
ment path.