Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-08-10
Domestic Nttus.

WAsHMaroN, August /.
Gen. Baird telegraphs FROM New Orleans
July 31st. " The riot has been suppressed.
/ have declared msrtial law in the city
About 40 persons have been killed and a
large number wounded, nearly all the killed
being friendly 10 the convention.
WAsHrNGroN, July 81, 1866.
Wid1ws aud heirs Of dsceased soldiers and
sailors entitled to bounty under the new law
oqualizny the bounties, must make their ap-
pucAtol Co Hon f. b. French, Second Aud
itor. All other claims should be addressed
TO the p lymaster-G3neral. Second Auditor
French estimates that Atty millions will suf-
fee % settle all the claims arising from the
new bounty law. Tie is confident tha! the
claims Of the widows and heirs Of deceased
soldiers which will come TO his ofiss for set
clement can be hquldated by the expenditure
of oiyh zen millions, and he believes that
thirty-.wo millions will suffice for the pay
m9nt of b other class of claims. The Pay
Department, on the other hand, estimate
seventy Millions as the amount which will be
feq IirsI 80 settle the seven hundred thousand
claims which will arise under the act
The statement that the Secretary of the
Treasury has decided that under the law
eqlaIizng bounties he has no power to pro-
vide the money for their payment, is unfound-
ed, as the Secretary, in answer to a note on
tho subject to-day replies tina. the matter
has no. yet been considered. The report
lha. the Second Comptroller has declared the
second section of toe bill, granting 6fty dol
lars bounty 20 two years men imperative is
also untrue.
HgARr's CONTENT, n. +. July 81.
The Iestdents message to the Queen. con-
tanning u words passed through the Allan
tic Cable in eleven Minutes, and was deliver
ed to the Queen almost Immediately.
The Albany, and the Terrible leave here
tomorrow morning for the spot wnere tbe
cable of last year was lost.
The Great Eastern and Midway will fol-
low in about one week.
C. w. FIELD.
WAsHrNGroN, Aug. l.
The following important oder was issued
to-day by the 5eo'y Of war: "One thousand
Indian scouts will be organized, mounted and
equipped Immediately to serve with the fol-
lowing commanders, viz: Lieut.. w. I.
sherman, 600, Maj, Gems. Hllleck and Sher-
idan, 200 each
It Is the understanding that these scouts
will be u,ed in the commlnds Of Gens. Sher-
man and sheridan to protect officers in charge
Of he Freedmsn's Bureau and Government
officers in the Southern States.
NEW YORK, Aug, 2.
Since the 22d ult, there has been 80 cases,
and only 2l deaths by cholera on Baokwelrs
Island
From the 59,h to the alst ut., 90 cases
and 26 deaths on Wards Island.
In this city yesterday there were 81 cases,
and nine deaths.
T-o-. hon., h,nr al
land, and nine new cases, and one death on
Randalrs Island.
In Brooklyn the epidemic is on the in
crease Yesterday there were l6 cases and
three deaths.
New York, Aug.
Hsnry H. Paugborn, Paymaster in the U.
s. Navy, died at Pensacola yesterday. Son
Of 4. X. Paagborn, formerly OF Montpelier.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.
Twenty-lour cases and ten deaths by chol-
era are reported in this city for yesterday,
and sixteen cases and three deaths in Brook
lyn.
There have been II confirmed cases of
cholera in Kings County since the 9th ult.
The cholera has broken out in the Kings
County truant house.
A Havanna correspondent says another
Spanish aset is about to sail for the South
Pacific, 20 resume the war against the allied
South American Republic.
An O.awa, Q, W., dispatch says infor-
nation has reached the Government that
another Feniau movement will soon take
place. Gen. Dick Taylor the Commsnder-in-
Chief
It is thought that the next struggle will be
a severe one
A war with the United States is not un-
likely, as things look
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 4.
The Chronicle says that Gen. Grant yes
terday received dispatch from Gen. Sheri-
dan, which throws additional light on the
New Orleans riots He says they were not
the sudden outbreak of an excited mob, but
the result ofa preconcer.ed plan for the MUIR
der Of the leading Union men Of the State
which WAS concocted weeks ago.
lie does not consider the affair to over yet
The Seo'y Of the Treasury has prepared the
staten 10 of the public debt for the month
ending June 80, 1866 1t was made public
to-day
During the fiscal year ending June 80,
1866, there has been decrease Of the debt
OF 4bou Sl25,00O. 900.