Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-01-19

hu attcmpl was mhuc AZ OF. bOulss on tue
4th inst, to get possession of the Adams Ex-
press safe. About two o'clock in the morn
ing, as the express wagon was crossing the
river, six men made an assault upon the dri-
yer, who being we'll armed, and whipping up
his horses, succeeded in escaping the clutches
Of the robbers. The safe contained large
amount OF money.
Mechanical labor is in great demand in
Galveston, Texas. Carpenters get from IS
to SO per day, and more are wanted.
In explanation Of the dismissal OF Gen.
Sweeney (the Irish War secretary.") from
the U. S. Army, it is stated that some time
since. when his regiment was stationed at
Nashville, he made application for leave Of
absence, which was refused. The application
was made second time with a similar result,
and then General Sweeney, without permis-
sion, sbsented himself from his regiment, and
tie order Of dismissal was issued in conse-
quence Of such action.
A FITTING REBUKK.-Last week, as a
railroad train was stopping at Gordonsville
to put off a mail, quite a crowd who had as
sembled there made ar assault upon the mail
Agen,, who was Northern man, as the Post
Office Department appoint none who cannot
take the oath. They informed him that they
would not allow any Yankees to run on their
roads. Words led to blows. and the train
moving off the mail agent escaped with his
life. On reporting this to the Post Office
Department, Governor Randall Immediately
struck Gordonsville from the list Of post Of
fees, and trains now run by that point.
"a CooL PRoPosIrIoN--It is stated that
the Concord Bank robbers, who are doubtless
in some foreign sountry, beyond the reach Of
extradition treaties, have offered through
some third party, to give up the. stolen Uni
ted States securities( amounting to some three
hundred thousand dollars,) upon the receipt
OF forty thousand dollars.
RELIGIOUS INTEREsT.-The Congregation
alist Of this week says
ave are glad to notice in our exchanges
reports of revivals in various localities
Preseut appearances certainly look hopeful
for an early and extensive awakening. This
week is observed, in numerous churches, as
week of prayer and the services will
doubtless be productive of great good"
On Sunday night last, 3lst ult., while a
party Of 10 boys were skating on the St. Law
renee River, near Ogdensburg, the whole
Helu VI ice separator lIOuu tue euofc auu uc-
gan to move down the river. When the
boys discovered that they were carried off,
they set up terrific yelling, and attracted
the attention of Mr.. Joseph King. who pro-
cured boat and hurried to their rescue, and
by making three trips succeeded in saving
them all.
The records OF the Treasury Department
show that during the last two years the Gov
ernment realized from the sales OF conhscated
and abandoned cotton, sugar, &C., in the
State Of Mississippi, over S6,000,000.
The restrictions under which the Episcopal
clergymen have been laboripg in Alabama,
have been formally withdrawn.
A gentleman just returned to New Orleans
from Arkansas, reports that place to be in a
dreadful unsettled, disorganized condition.
In many parts OF the country the inhabitants
are actually threatened with famine. Life
and property are everywhere insecure, and
murders and robberies are Of almost daily
occurrence.
RKNTED.-The pews in the Congregational
church, in this village, were rented for the
current year, on Tuesday evening ofthis week.
All the pews were taken at the appraisal, ex-
cept about half dozen on each floor. These
may now be had by application to the trus-
tees. The sum raised by the reDtal'exceeded
two thousand dollars; and the superiority Of
the plan now in operation in this Society for
the raising OF funds for all expenses, was fully
demo ms strated. - Brauleboro' PhoHir.
How REBEL PRIsoNERs WE'RE FED.--To
refute beyond all question the story frequsnt-
ly reiterated in the South during the war,
and which gained some slight credence in the
North, in reierence TO the government making
made quate provision for the subsistence Of
its prisoners, the Bureau Of Military Prisons
gives the following item in its late report to
the War Department: That during the four
years in which depo,s for the reception OF
Southern prisoners were kept up in many OF
the Northern cities, there accumulated fund
Of upward of three millions of dollars from q
sale Of the excess Of rations issued to and not
consumed by the prisoners, and more than
half of this sum was used while the war was
progressing in the purchase OF wines and jel-
lies for the benefit Of the occupan OF prison
hospitals. ruff IN
There are eight hundred claimants for the
rewards offered by the government ana city
authorities for the capture Of Booth and his
conspirators. There are three hundred thou
sand dollars TO be divided among them.