Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-05-08


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THE HIsToRY or TuE SECRET SERvicg Dunno the
REBELLioN by Gen. l.. c. Baker, late Provost
Marshal and Chief Detective Of the War Depart
ment Jones Brothers 4 Co, Philadelphia Pa,
Cincinnati Ohio, and Davenport, Iowa.
tits a well. known fact, both North and South
that the Secret Service of the United States War
Department was conducted with consummate skill
and marked ability. How so many elaborate and
well laid plans against the Government were frus-
rated, puzzled and mortified the South, while it de-
lighted and mystifcd the North. Now the curiosi-
ty Of both parties is gratifcd by the publication of
full history OF the Secret Service Bureau, from
the pen Of no less individual than its persevering
and ndomitabe chief himself In these pages Gen
Baker gives full account of his official career and
most wonderful and exciting career it was. He
throws "A food of light on many dark episodes of
the late war; his review of the great conspiracy is
particularly full and lucid, revealing many inter-
csung and startling facts not hitherto made public
The revelations Of official life in Washington are
remarkably entertaining, and will produce an ex-
citcmont in the first circles Of our National Capital
An air Of romance and mystery pervades the entire
work, and strange some portions of this narrative
seem, they are all strictly true, being vouched for
by high military and civil authorities. The book
has boon gotten up in very handsome and durable
style, well printed on fine white paper, and em
belshed with seventeen artistic illustrations among
them a capital portrait of General Baker himself
and picture Of the last resting place OF the mortal
remains of John Wilkes Booth. Sold by subscrip-
ton only.
HESRY WARD BErcnER's NOVEL, commenced in
the New York Ledger of May g. abounds in charm
ing sketches of New England character and see
merry. True to the life, it will give the excellen-
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and the foy-the sad and the genial side of New
England life. We have read the first three chap
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the story. II will be exceedingly popular At the
very opening, Mr. Beecher selects Western Massa-
chusetts New Hampshire and Vermont for the
nnest scenery amidst Adams as pre-eminent. We
have never ascended the hills east OF St. Adams,
and therefor DO not know that the White Noun
tains are not visible from them; but we know thai
the entire picture is precisely what one can behold
from the top OF Mount Mansfield. We suspect Mr..
Beecher visited Mansfield and st. Adams on the
sane tour, and has mistaken his point of view.
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