Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-12-28
Domestic Nrins.


CAPTAIN Craig, the Fre.dmen's Bmtau
agent Of GauAsloupe county, who was impris-
oned BY thu Cltil authorities, was released b,
U. S. cavalry, who surrounded the prison and
demanded bis reta'e. The sheriff complied
and he now discharges his duty with guard
OF the 18th infantry.
Captain Richard, formerly Of the 18th Hi
nois cavalry, was murdered on the 10Th by
his plantation partner, David Randall, near
Millicau.
Mr.. Campbell arrived here to-day from
Matamoras, and sailed Immediately for New
Orleans, to confer with Generals Sherman
and Sheridan aud the authorities at Washing
ton. He reports Mexican affairs on the Dor.
der in a very unsettled condition. Wednes-
day morning Ortega and his brother left
Brownsville and went to Matamoras. 1t is
supposed that very exciting times will ensue.
1t is thought that Ortega will join Canales
and Cortinas and attack Escobedo, who has
gone with part Of his force 10 Monterey.
NEw YORK, Dec. 20.
Five additional distIleties were seized in
this city yesterday. and the revenue officials
find that the reputed propietors are merely
the agents Of wealthy capitalists.
Most of the distileries in this city and vi
UNITY nave stupptu optiatluht III consequence
of the action Of the officers.
WARRINGTON, Dec. 81.
The members Of the Darling committee
have partially concluded their labors in New
York. Frauds exceeding belief have been
discovered. The Johnson clubs are seriously
implicated. The operations connected with
raising money for political purposes have
come to light. Collectors of revenue, and
inspectors Of whiskey and distileries are
among the guilty parties. Whiskey was sold
freely in the city for from 81 25 to Sl.75 per
gallon, and some Of the most respectable
firms are engaged in the illicit trade. In the
matter Of compromise the facts developed
show unheafd Of corruption. 1t is under
stood that the frauds discovered in the Gus
tom House are on a still grander scale than
any mentioned above. The whole whiskey
interest of the country has been engaged in
the attempt TO remove Mr.. Rollins.
The Senate committee on finance held their
first session upon the tariff, this morning,
and gave long and patient hearing to the
National Association of Wool Growers and
Wool Manufacturers. Mr.. Montgomery Of
Ohio and Mr. Garland Of Illinois appeared
for the wool growers and Mr.. Hayes Of Mas
sachusetts and Mr.. Kingsbury of Connecticut
for the manufacturers. The wool growers
ask for ten cents specific and ten per cent ad
vaiorem. The manufacturers ask to be reim-
bursed for this duty, and to have net pro-
lection of twenty-five per cent.
NEW YORK, Dec "a.
The Congressional excursion party reached
Chattanooga yesterday.
Ben. Wade ventilated his reconstruction
views to an audience OF conservatives and ex.
rebels, on the Steamboat.
New Orleans special says the mission oil
Gen. Sherman and Mr. Campbell to Mexico,
though not complete success, was by no
means failure.
The result is that a definite plan of action
has been agreed upon between the U. S. and
the Mexican President, after the Withdrawal
of the French troops on the LIST of March,
when, any fragment of Imperial power re-
mains in Mexico, the U. S. will march troops
over the Rio Grande to support Juarez.
Gen. Sherman leaves st. Louis to report
to Gen. Grant and Mr.. Campbell remains iu
New Orleans to ava events.
Maximlian left Orizaba on the l4,h for
Mexico, not to perpetuate his power, but to
thwart the French, for which purpose he is
ready to treat with Juar,z or the U. States.
A father i'll Fredonia whipped his daughter |
eighteen years old, for "sitting up nights"
with her lover; the next dag there was a
runaway match in the heighborhood. Love
laughs at rattans as well as locksmiths.
One firm in the lumber business at Skew
hogan, owns 100000 acres of land on the
Kennebec river, and will cut 25, 1000, 900 feet
of logs this winter. They employ 500 men,
22S oxen and 1872 horses
Work on the Pacific Railroad has been
suspended for the winter. 1t is open for two
hundred and sixty-eight miles west of Omaha
or about half way TO Denver. The fare
through to Denver is one hundred dollars,
or twenty-five dollars for three hundred miles
of railway and seventy-fve dollars for three
hundred miles of staging Express freight
is thirty-iye cents pound.
The Detroit Free Press says that the last
crop of winter wheat in Michis gan may fairly
challenge comparison as to qaulity with any
that was ever grown in any country"
A Cincinnati gentleman, of large business
connections, and whose two daughters were
married on the same day, last winter, to
brothers, received telegram one day last
week, informing him that one OF the dsugh-
tiers had been delivered of child at four
o'clock in the afternoon, and the other of IA
ditto an hour later.