Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-07-21

lected, and 1t Is surmised that this depression
has been caused by some one having commu-
nieated to him intelligence Of the execution
OF the assassination conspirators. 1t is said
That one Of his eyes Is almost entirely blind
and the other gives indications Of soon be-
coming so.
Clsy's health is improving. He is very
lively, cba,ty and hopeful as to the future.
John Mitchell is apparently in good health.
The orders issued by Gems. Granger, GUS
ter and others, requiring negroes to have pas
ses from their employers are TO be revoked
by the Secretary OF War.
The South Carolina delegation, now in
Washington, have come to ask pardon for
themselves and Others. They also wish to
consult the President on the situation Of af-
fairs in that State.
SLAvERy.-T The only States OF the Union
in which slavery now has an existence are
Kentucky and Delaware, and the institution
is in a frightfully morbund condition in each
Of them. In Delaware it is an sbsufdity, ia
its character as well as in its magnitude, and
the people ought to abolish what there is OF
it, If only for the name Of the thing In Ken
lucky nearly all the able. bodied blacks have
/ done service in the army, and are therefore
/ free and the fact that those men had done
military service in our army makes oil their
wives and children free. SO that what re-
mains OF negro slavery in Old Kentucky is
the merest skeleton, di,joiuted, lifeless, hope
J less, with no present value and no prospect
in the future. The action Of the States on
the Constitutional Amendment will wipe out
the institution clean, and in favor Of this
amendment we expect thrt both Kentucky
and Delaware will vote, though both of them
have once rejected it.
workmen are engaged at St. Louis in re-
moving bodies from the old cemetery to the
new enc, aud in digging up the graves have
found money enough to made the work inter
esting; not such valuable treasures as were
discovered in the graves a, Chiriqui, but still
! enough to excite their oupidity. la one
! grave the sum OF $500 in French gold was
! dug up; it appeared to have been sewed up
in the collar of the owners coat. who doubt.
| less had died of cholera during the epidemic
Ut 1910, and had been buried without being
! undressed. In another grave $3.50 was un-
earthe. and Sl20 in another. Large sums
may be found, and the laborers are on the
qat piOe for the precious metal
All but sixteen Of the sobel prisoners re-
Gently cuufned at Camp Douglas Chicago,
have been sent to their homes, and those re-
msining are too i'll to leave. The Chaplain
OF the camp has received letters from many
I of those who have reached their homes, in
nearly all of which the great restitution ex.
! listing in that section is spoken Of and the
| complete absence of that capital which forms
the basis Of remunerative labor. They write
to ask for situations at the west, which it is
very difficult to obtain for them.
The Savannah Herald contains an address
! by Gov. Brown to the people Of George
in which he urges them TO support not only
| the government of the United States but ad
ministration of the present chief magistrate
| He appeals to them to take the amnesty OATH
and observe it in good faith. He argues tina
slavery is now dead forever. As to his owl
slaves he will Immediately emsncipate anC
treat them as free, giving them part OF thu
crop or wages for labor. To those who can
not support the constitution Of the govern
ment he suggests emigra;ion from the coun
| try.
SINGULAR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES weel
the house and barns of Mr. Sargent, Of Hill
N. H., were consumed by lightning. Jus
previously fash had gone down the chin
one Of the daughters of Mr. Sargent A
the same hour, another flash went down tn,
chimney in house in the adjoining town
where Mr.. Sargent and wife were paying
visit, and knocked them down, doing no in
jury to any other person.
The log cabin which was used by Genera
Grant as his headquarters at City P5int, ha
been removed to Philadelphia and is to b.
placed in one Of the public squares of tina
city. 1t is two stories elevation, having
chimney on the outside, in the rear erd
which is used for cooking purposes. Their
is also another chimney for the purpose O
being used during the winter to keep th,
cabin comfortable, by having cheerful fir
inside.
The Macon (Georgia) Telegraph says al
the jewery belonging to citizens of tina
place. which was cent If on the approach o
the federal forces and afterward captured nea
Athens, has been turned over and will be il
Macon in a few days. The gold e~p,ar-,
from tue Georgia central Railroad Compsn,
last April has been returned by the miltar
authorities.
The Richmond correspondent Of the Peters
burg Express says that the delegation from
the citizens Of Richmond who presented me
mortal to the President praying for mod6
cation Of the $40, 900 clause of the Amnest.
| Proclamation, have returned home, pretty
well satisfied that Andrew Johnson meant
what he says.
he supposed murderer of the Joyce chill
dren at West Roxbury, Mass, has been ar.
rested. His name is Stewart, he is % years
OF age, and is a bounty Jumper. He says h,
was born in Ireland, and has mother nov
living in Pennsy lyania. He had resided il
West RoxbuTy, near the scene of the terrible
Tsgedy.
Ia answer to resolution of inquiry on the
part OF the Legislature of that State the Jud
ges Of the Supreme Court Of Connecticut say
that, in their opinion, free colored person
born 10 the State is a citizen Of the State, and
| of the United States, within the meaning o
the Amendment OF the Constitution recently
passed.
The Postmaster General has notified pro.
visional governors that postal service will be
resumed on all the lines of railroads in the
south as soon as they respectively certify thai
Their routes are in proper condition for the
puTpose