Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-04-13

ReaNNNAA FAhAH " AAfhAANAg hhVMth n NiNhHNii-
able purpose in a speech il the Senate on the 9Th.
We suppose be wishes 20 be a martyr, through ex-
pulson from the Senate.
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The ChamplAin Canal is to be opened for uavi-
cation on the 7th Of May, and the other New York
canals on the lst Of MAY
ABoor MosEs.-rwo citizens we're the
other day discussing the Presidents veto of
the Civil Rights bill Said Jones - 1--WE
muetn't for. ct what the President said in
Nashville, to ouf people standing here
upon ths steps ot -.tie- CApitbl, with the past
history OF tue state 10 witness, the present
condition to guide, aqd its future 20 eucour-
age me, +, Andrew Johnson, do hereby pro-
claim freedom, full, broad, and unconditional,
to every man ia Tennessee Humble and
unworthy as / am. il no other better shall be
found, will indeed be your Moses, and lead
you through the Red Sea Of war aad bond
age 10 falrer idtare Of lib-rty and peace
"Seems to ms, rel j1ined Brown, III remem-
Der a text In Scripture where il says:
AS for this Moses who brought Us up out
of the land Of Egypt. we wot not what has
become Of him '--EVe. Post
A FEARFUL INSTRUMENT OF WAR.-The
Gaz tie ia Midi reports that new torpedo
OF more destfuchye kind than any hitherto
invented has just been tried in the docsyard Of
Castigneau, Toulon, with complete success
Toe Vauban ship oi-war, attached by a boat
twenty lee long, supplied with a spur armed
with Eliminating torpedo, was lifted three
feet out OF che water and instantly sunk ia
consequences Of an enotmous hole in her keel
caused by The torpedo. The success was the
more remarkable as the charge Of powder
was only SIX pounds.
Gen. Sheridan after his recent Mexican
tour, stated bis opinions sufficiently and rci-
bly,, as follows ''ftf owned HI and Texas,
would rent Texas aud live at the other
place"
The National Airs cannot be performed at
the theatres in Memphis without a storm Of
Kisses and "coniederate" cat calls. Gen.
Stunsmau has felt it to be his duty to warn
the manager against permitting a repetition
of these disloyal Manifestations
The New York Gas Company has contract
ed for so 600 tons Of coal at 81 25 per ton
OF 2240 lbs, to be put On board vessels
The coal delivered in New York will cost
about 81 10 in specie. It is said that the
gets as much tor their coke as pays
for their coal.
Rev. Dr. Bellows. referring to Charles
Sumner and Thad. Stevens. says " Congress
is led somewhat crustily by bachelors, tightly
welded TO tneir ogn ways, for want Of better
brides. - 4-'r> >.r--.-..,-
A lady happening to express wish, in
the presence Of her son, a boy Of five years,
tha, she had something to read that she r sd
nsyerTead before, toe boy exclaimed, Take
your Bible mother
Pretty sharp tna..
No man is born inso the world whose work
is not born with him. There is always work,
and tools to work witnal, for those who will.
Victor Hugo holds the opinion that the ef-
feet Of a book is in part lost by reading it in
numbers, and SO be has resisted temptation
aud declined the offer Of 100 600 francs made
by Paris news paper for " Less Travaileurs
de la Mer,' which wanted to pint it in
feuilleton.
An account is published in an English pa
per of salmon being caught which weighed
sixty nine pounGs aud half. II was four
feet eight inches hong, and was caught in the
river Tay, Scotland.
The entire assets Of recent bankrupt were
nine children. The creditors acted magnau-
imously, and let him keep them.
An English married lady has consulted her
lawyer on the question whether, having mar
ried her husband for his money, and that
money being all spent, she is not at liberty
to marry again. Decision reserved.
Chicago has at last received its great tee-
scope, the largest ever made in the world.
The aperture Of the object glass is ls | 2
inches. The instrument made the journey
from Boston in nine days, packed 10 nineteen
boxes.
General Sheridan has received very ee-
CANT iestimonisf from friend in Mexico. Il
consists Of a full set Of equipments for sad
die horse, fashioned after the Mexican style,
and valued at between $4,000 and $4,000.
The saddle is heavily trimmed with beaten
silver; the housing thickly embroidered in
gold, silver, and silk and the bride is COM
posed Of silver chains and silk-em broidered
leather.
Connecticut democrats are furious because
some wag has ephlisheda a letter addressed to
Mr.. English and purporting to come from his
A" brother democrat. Jefferson Davis" thank
ing him for his "nobe efforts in the cause"
In the island OF Great Britain, it has been
there are 81, $40 places of wor-
ship. Reckoning two sermons each Sabbath,
in each of these, and 3,902,080 sermons are
ciphered out, ~ the number annually preached
in the island.
Five hundred factories in the north Of France
made $4,000 900 pounds of sugar, from
beets, last year.
The six English iron clads, which are not
success. cost John Bull more than eight and
a half millions Of dollars.
Near Albany last week youth Of s5 years
eloped with a sweet creature aged rs years.
Both we're married and leave large families.
A CORES pondent OF the New York Times
says that the Canadian authorities have made
arrangements to destroy the Niagara Sus-
pension Bridge in the event of Fenian raid.
The amount raised in the Congregational
churches of England and Wales. at the 81 in
ultaneous collection for freedmen, 10 far as il
has been paid 10, is about $4,000
Why is a butchers cart like his boots p
Because be carries his calves there.
man in Wisconsin hung bimself because
his dauchtsrs sxuar ueed rel Qion