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Assistant Adjutant General.

HEApoUARrERs THIRD MILITARY DisrnIcr,
DEPT, GEORGIA, FLoRiDA, AND ALABAMA,
ATLANTA, GA, Jan. II, 1858.
General Orders, No. Z.
With q view to prevent interference, under
the color Of State authority with the exercise Of
military authority in the States composing this
district, the following order Of the War Depart
ment and that from these headquarters provid-
ing for its enforcement, are republished for the
information and guidance Of ali concerned.
Any civil officer Of tho existing State govern.
monts disresarding or violating the provisions
Of these orders, will, on proper representation
Of the facts Of the case to these headquarters be
removed from his position
WAR DEPARTMENT, J
ADJUrAsr GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, January IL, 1865.
GsnsraL Orders No 3.
Military division and department commanders
whose command embrace or are composed Of
any Of the late rebelIous States, and who have
not already done SO, will at once issue and en-.
force orders protecting from persecution or
suits In the State or municipal courts Of such
States, all officers and soldiers Of he armies Of
the United States, and all persons thereto At
tached, or in any wise thereto belonging, subject
to military authority, charged with offences for
acts done in their military capacity, or pursuant
to orders from proper military authority; aud TO
protect fron suit or persecution all loyal citi.
Gems or persons charged with offences done
against the rsbel forcos, directly or indirectly,
during the existence Of tho rebellion, and sll
persons, their agents or employees, charged with
tho occupancy Of abandoned lands or plsnta-
lions, or the possession or custody Of any kind Of
property whatever, who occupied. used, pos.
sesssd, or controlled the same, pursuant TO the
order Of the President, or any Of the civil or
military departments Of the Government, and to
protect them from any penalties or damages
that may have been, or may be pronounced or
adjudged in said coprts in any Of such cases
and also protecting colored persons from perss-
cutions in any Of said States charged with Of
fences for which white persons are not psrss-
cuted or punished iE the same manner and de-
gree.
By command Of Lieut. Gen. Grant:
L D. TOWNSEND, A. A. @.
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Way Nail Train for Baltimore Il ana
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TWO DAILY TRAINS TO THE NORTH.
Throgsh from Baltimore to RocHssTER aaa PITTS
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fsoy1r s "a ns r TiI all changes In UNION DE-
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pronounced By all who have heard Il tho most nat.
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
STAY on the Farm.

The cities and villages are already over
crowded, and every kind of business langushes
more than the cultivation of the earth. In
the cities the labor market is overstocked
and one can get any desired number of hands
for any conceivable job. Clerks from the
country have usually to serve two or three
years before they can get living wages The
city throngs with unemployed men and women
waiting for something to turn up. Those who
find employment have no security for perma-
nence. Mechanics lose their places, and have
to lie idle for weeks and months together
All the products of skill and labor are rela.
lively cheaper than provisions and breadstuffs
The greater material want of the nation is
cheaper meats, grain and vegetables. We
have merchants, mechanics and middlemen
enough, but far too few farmers The best
cultivated State abounds in uncultivated lands
Even in the vicinity of our large towns and
cities, cheap lands abound, and splendid
chances for enterprisng young men to win
homes and fortune. Once settled on his owl
acres, the farmer has constant, profitable occu.
patton before him. Nowhere is unskiled la.
Dor so sure of sustenance, nowhere will intelli.
gent industry so surely win a happy home and
competence. In the country one never need
to lack labor and labor brings there the nee
essaries aud comforts of life-AmericaR A.
ricWltUriS.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
Protecting Cucumbers, Melons, sc.

After trying various modes for protecting
melons and cucumbers from the striped bug
and other insects, we find the following super
Tor to any other Two small twigs of osier
or other slender wood, about foot and half
or two feet long, are bent over the hill ofyoung
plants and the ends thrust in the ground. A
newspaper is then placed upon these curved
sticks covering the whole, and the edges
are fastened down all around by a COW
ering of earth. This constitutes the whole
contrivance and affords complete protec-
ton from all insects; the paper being thin
and porous, admits sufficient supply of air
and light, at the same time shelteriug from
cold winds. Plants thus protected have grown
twice as fast as those full exposed Another
advantage Of this mode is the protection it af-
fords from night frosts rendering it admira-
bly, adapted to plants which have been early
removed from the hot bed. A gardener will
apply it to dozen hills in as many minutes by
the watch, the material costing nothing TO any
one who takes newspaper. Unless the pa
per is very thin and fragile, heavy rains will
not break it. Strong plants sometimes burst
through; but better way, when they become
large, is to tear hole in the top, the remain.
ing paper at the sides still affording some pro
lection, although plants of this size are usually
safe from injury. We obtained the suggestion
from some paper, but improved upon it as
above described
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
Domestic Recipes.

P0TATOEs.-Proiesso Blot, in his lecture,
on the potato, says the skinning process is all
wrong as the strength of the vegetable lie,
near the surtace-the starch growing les.
abundant as the center is Appropriated.
PORTUGAL CAKE--Put one pound of sug.
ar, one pound of fresh butter, five eggs, and a
little mace in bread pan beat it with your
hands till it is very light and looks curding
then put in pound of flour, and half pound
of currants very dry; beat them together, ill
the pans, and bake them in a slow oven,
GINGER CAKE.-One cup of molasscs, one
cup Of sugar, two-thirds Of a cup of butter,
one cup Of sweet or sour milk, two eggs, one
teaspoonful of soda ginger to suit your taste
make your batter as thick as common cup.
cake.
HoNEY-CoMB PUDDING.-One cup each Of
molasses, milk, chopped suet and seedless
raisins three cups of -four and one teaspoon
full Of soda. Boil one hour.
WAFFLEs.-0ne quart sour milk, one cup
OF cream, two spoonfuls melted butter, three
eggs and little salt let the irons be well
heated before baking.
Delicious LEMON PrEs.-The juice and rind
of one lemon, one cup of sugar, the yolk OF
two eggs, three tablespoonful of -four, milk
to fill the pie plate line the plate with paste,
pour in this custard, and bake until il is done.
Beat the whites of two eggs, add four table.
spooufals of powdered sugar, spread over the
pie, and brown lightly in the oven.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17

Many people lose sight of the fact that the
sap of evergreens, especially Coniieras, is res
nous that when it is once hardened in a tree
it cannot be started again or made to circu-
late They are very different in this respect
from an apple or other fruit tree; the latter
may be revived by burying root and branches
in the earth not go an evergreen. No doubt
exists in our mind but an exposure of the
roots for one half hour to a March or April
wind will kill the tree, and thousands are
dead to all intents and purposes before they
are replanted.
Another great mistake is the watering Of
evergreens around the roots after PLANTING.
Many trees are thus killed by kindness. In
ordinary seasons they will need no watering
at all, except at the time of planting, If the
season be very dry, let your water be TEN.
pered by the sun all day water at night and
orer head and ears, as good shower would
do il water oopiouSiy and only once in a week
or ten days. A thick mulch to cover the soil
for several feet all around the tree tends to
keep the moisture and will prove very ad,
yantageous-V Valley Farmer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
living Bees.

When bees are allowed to swarm naturally
everything should be in readiness before the
swarmng season arrives, so that when swarms
come of there may be no confusion or difficult
ty in hiving. Hives should be kept cool and
if old, they should be well cleaned. fla
swarm is seen issuing from hive do not get
in furry" but keep cool, and nineteen
times out oitwenty they will cluster all right.
As soon as they have settled, prepare to hive
them.
Fira.-Bring dish of cold water and
with the hand or whisk of grass, sprinkle
the cluster we'll This will make them per-
fectly quiet and easy to handle Bring out a
table, or if that is not convenient, spread
cloth or'boards upon the ground and if they
are TO be hivcd into a common box or straw
hive, set it upon the table or place prepared for
it, raise up one side an inch or more, and put
under stone or chip to hold il. Then shake
your bees into pan, basket, pail, or any dish
that will hold them, and turn them down near
the hive, and they will at once commence to
enter. If il is desirable 10 have them enter
faster than they are naturally inclined to do,
take a wing and gently wing them in. As
soon as all or nearly all are in, the hive should
be carried TO its stand, and well shaded if the
sun is shining New hives or newly painted
hives should be shaded for several days, as
bees cannot stay in an over-heated hive. If
the bees cluster upon a limb from which il
would be difficult to shake them, the limb
may be cut of with saw and laid near the
hive the bees will soon leave and enter
Sometimes bees will cluster upon the body of
a tree, when il is more difficult to get them
of without irritating them They should be
well sprinkled, and very carefully brushed off
with wing or quill feather into dish, and
carried to the hive as before stated. An in
experienced person, or novice should in this
case wear bee-protector. 1t will give them
courage, and they will move more carefully.
Swarms should never be allowed to stand
where they are hived until evening, as is the
practice with some, but should be moved at
once TO their stand, as some of the bees will 20
into the field to work in ten minutes after they
are hiyed and ifleft until evening large num-
bers will have commenced TO work, and hay-
ing marked the spot will return there the next
day and not finding the hive, will wander
about, and may be lost. Second swarms are
generally FAR more irritable than first or top
swarms hence these are far more likely to
sting; but cold water will soon quiet them,
and they may then be hlyed with safety.--Can-
ada Farmer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
From the New England Farme
Open and Iight Barns.

~ , =. p,
having rcau ,he discussion IN the farmer
on tue SUBJECT oil open ana tlg9t barns | wlll
give you my experience win inc remark 'la'
"n'lo cohsluer 'neory on ms as on other
SUBJECTS very good' thihk pracilce a ltte
better
In Cav Dulit common barn ior the
times' nnishing win unseaSoned boards put
on s'ngy. consequently l. hau plenty oil
sue Ventlla'ors' as the cracks We're neither
small nor iew' soon learned that the hay
mus, DC wen cured before peihg put m or 1t
Moulu neat, mould ana sometimes spoli IN
ne cen're ol inc hlo"s' WINE near 'he walls
OF 'he Darn ,he nay was bright ana good. l
a'so learned una, III leaving the barn doors
open uurihg the nay season. as many farmers
uiu' ,he nay next the noor, especially near
,he uoor' lookeu IKE nay Wnich had taken
tue storm ana been badly washed From old
FARMERS l furthermore learned that hay m
uenueu LOT 'he stack must DC thoroughly cured
even more 50 than Tor the barn
In io'o Du,it another parn' ana acting
upon .ne kno"leuse gained so iar' l made the
walls ,,gn' a. common double boarding would
make tnem' Ana now Tor the result have
not curing the sixteen years l have used this
parn' hau paruele oil mouldy or burnt nay
except II was wet by storms and pun IN be-
iore dry' cart my nay much greener than
formerly 90 not hesitate to cart English
nay tnat Is suihciently ripe, as soon as can
after IL Is cut provided there Is no dew or
wet on 1t when moved. My hay Is rellshod
oy the stock better than that which Is all
dried up II the grass Is very green, or stout
clover would prefer to letit stand IN the
cock over night, but think that too much dry
ing INJURIES the nay
A mixture OF herdsgrass, just in blow, and
western clover, the blows half turned, which
yielded two and half tons per acre, actual
weight, was cut IN the forenoon and carted in
the afternoon OF same day into the last built
barn, and came out nice and bright in the
spring. For an experiment, | spread some Of
this hay upon the beams OF the barn. turning
1t occasionally for two weeks, to ascertain the
shrlnkage when thoroughly dried under cover,
and found it to be seven hundred pounds to
the acre, or two hundred and eighty pounds
per ton.
With the knowledge thus gained, con-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
ILaymaking.

As the season for making hay is approach
ing, We publish the following discreet advice
to farmers, from the Ohio Farmer:
"Doat dry your hay Too much. Hay may
be dried till it is as worthless as straw. A.
good coiee-maker would say, Don't burr
your coffee, but brown it, so we say, Don't
dry your hay, but cure it. Our good old
mothers who relied upon herb-tea instead OF
pothecary medicine, gathered their herbs when
in blossom, cured them in the shade. This is
the philosophy of making good hay. Cut in
the blossom, and cure in the shade. The sugar
of the plant, when it is in bloom, is in the stalk
ready to form the seeds If the plant is cut
earlier, the sugar is not there; if later, the su.
gar has become converted to woody matter
Hay should be wilted in the sun, but cured
in the cock. Better to be a little too green
than too dry. II, on putting il into the barn
there is danger of heating in the NOV, put on
some salt. Cattle will like it none the less. u
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
Ahnnf RennS.

Present extreme rates will naturally lead
to a largely increased production OF beans the
present season, but no farmer should allow
himself to be deluded into the belief that those
prices will be obtained for the next crop
Previous to the war go to SO per bushc was
an average price, and although an increased
demand and paper currency will tend to
higher rates, we think that three dollars may
be considered an outside price 1t is a mis-
taken idea to suppose that this crop needs
neither manure nor cultivation for although
il will bear neglect better than most plants, it
will also well repay thorough cultivation. We
clip the following from the American Agri-
cuturist, which is right to the point 49,
After the article on bean culture which APP
peared in the last number was in type, we re-
ceiycd a communication from farmer in
whose Judgment we place great confidence,
from which we extract the following
With a good yield the price may be very
low next winter We have known beans sold
for - cents a bushel that would now bring
50. At 50 a bushcl beans are profitable
crops to raise They are planted when all
other spring work is done, and gathered in
time to permit the land to be sown to winter
wheat If the land is in good condition and
the crop is kept scrupuously clean, twenty
bushels per acre may be expected in an ordi-
nary season, and thirty bushels if the season
is favorable.
The impression that beans are best on poor
land is mistake. When the country was
new and the land rich there may have been
some truth in this idea, but that time is past.
On dry upland land beans should be planted
on no other) it is rare, indeed, to find soil
that is too rich. The crop has such short
season to grow in, that it is essential to have
an abundance of plant-food Immediately avail
able and within easy reach Of the roots
Another mistake, equally common, is in not
keeping the land clean. We know a farmer
who planted five acres of beans. lie hoed
half an acre, and then. other work pressing,
gave up the Job. The weeds soon smothered
the crop. and he had more beans from the
half acre that was hoed than from all the rest
of the field. We have seen twenty acre
field of beans so full of weeds that in the lat
ter part of July not single bean could be
seen from the road. They were there. how
ever and were finally harvested, and bringing
a high price, paid fair profit. Had they
been properly cultivated and hoed, they would
have almost paid for the land. As it was,
the farmer said he should raise no more beans
because it was an awful lob to null them.
To null beans from among thistles is indeed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
From the Germantown Telegraph.
Butter or Cheese

In central New York there appears to have
been for the last ten years such mania in
behalf Of converting milk into cheese instead
Of butter that the latter has become quite
ignored and high in price. The papers in
that section have been filled with accounts of
the different cheese factories and the prevail
ing prices from week to week. We have for
some time been well assured in our own minds
that the business was being run into the ground
that is, overdone-and so it proves to be.
Cheese manufacturers and dairymen who sup
ply the milk are both complaining that the
ruling prices Of cheese are getting to be too
low, afiordIng so little profit to the business
as not to make it an object of sufficient I'M
portance to many of them engaged in. it.
Thus, while butter is yearly commanding
higher prices and milk and cream have ad-
vanced ailording good profits, cheese is fall
ing and we may add will continue to do so
until butter-making and cheese-making occu-
Ply compensating attitude toward each other.
1t is so whenever farmers or persons in an
other line of business throw all their capital
aud energies into specialties.
If farmers will all rush into butter-mak-
ing, butter will fall from an over-supply. So
with cheese or with potatoes or grain of any
kind, 1t has been so with wool-raising
When the rebellion broke out there was a
great demand for wooden goods, prices for the
raw material rose enormously, and the farmers
Of the West and East rushed into wool-grow.
ing, and the result is just the same. 1t will
be so with the grape and wine business after
a while. If a large number of city mer
chants, owing to the high price of coffee, tea
or any particular fabric, should make larg,
importations and oyerstock the market, Their,
would be but one result--effect following
| cause.
This being so, We think that the suggest
ions which we have often made to the genera
farmer to follow system of mired htsbandr,
is the best in the long run, the profits being
far more certain and the risk a great dea
less.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
VERMONT CENTRAL AND SIut,
VAN RAILROADS.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Nay 2i, 1864


Leave Montpelier at 50 o. m. III p.mioa,
Mail Train leaves Rouse's Point at fi0n m " m.
passengers from Opionsburgh II. n, and cohao. 1--WE
White River Junction and belows Falls win trr %
boston, Worcester Springfield, and with trnn. o u %
sumpsc r. r.. arriving 10 New Aork Mt iOiin r 'lt
Day Express leaves Montreal bt s.lOn. m 'gi"i
nj no a. M, Ort nslurgh nc l.0 o. no R0uso's po la
o. No.. for Boston &C., arriving ir Boston VIA Lowell.
Nirbt EXPIRES. leaves Ogdcnsbureh al LINN.
trcnl nt B. Ai d. m., Nouscs Point nt OBS d. m " 11
at 800 D. M, arriving In Boston at $40 o. m comm
at Hcows Falls with Cheshire Railroad f1r ua'iNn}
Worcester and with Vermont Valley Railroad G XVI llq
field. Sea- and arriving n New York at l2.lOp. in 'ut
TRIMS GONG norm IND WESr
Leave Montpelier NJ 2.ioa. M. s01a.m.9o,
a.0i p. m. '".
for Burlington ST. Alhnns, Montreal, &c. nrrI,a ml
Montreal nt 1900 u. n. % glcushurgh ut alafn "A
Mail Train leaves Boston VIA. Lowell nt 7uln n
Lawrence aud fitchhurg ut ti %. M. Spriur0eId. 10
o. hi. for darlington aud So Adams. q" ''
The trains leaving Boston via. fItchburr nt DID,.
and springfield at t.lj no. M, connect nt Whit. ID
junction with thc Day ENpfpss tan. '''i
Accommodation Train leaves Nutthhcd ne st,. .
Tor burlington, Rutland. 49, Adams Nousos lori d..
denshdrgh, Sc. p"
Nlaht Exprcss leaves Bcliows falN at loom.
ceIylug pu.ongcf from Vermont Valley Nilirlad
lug Sew YORK ut ll.l1 y. no., and ffoin Chc.h|n, R.
rubd, leaving BOSTON 90 lan b. uir o1uuOotngu 100 WI,
River Junction with train leaving Boston I'D IN "
for Harrington. Houaos Point. Montreal and "a
burth, connecting with steamers and tmud rtuul tr.'
Tor tho Nost.
sleeping cars aro attained lo both tho u.alt r,..
Trains running between &C. AIbnu' nnd Boston sf'I.,
Alhuus and Springfield.
Through Ticket ior Chicago end he West sr ,,I. d.,
the principal stations g. MERRILL N.t
ST Alhuus MAY lI, lHNI
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Poetry.
GRASS.


ont 10 the nelds to walk,
Hearing the grasses talk,
In the sweet month ofJunc
These arc the words they say
As In low whispers they
Speak through the silence Of noon
"sunbcams. come lie on me-
Rain, here Is room for thee
Clouds here yolr shadows may rcsii
Wind, you may rustic through
Cow. hero is food for You
Horse. come and roll on my breast
Ground.bird come here and zee
How you can nest with me.
Child, run about me aud play
strong man, with check 30 brown,
Here come and cut me down,
Toss mo and turn me to hay.
Fin high the farmer. lon
Then 10 and gather oft
Fodder Tor cattle at night
Take all you need ofmei
I'M not live scldshly,
Nor Tor my own delight
Gnsshopper, butterfly
Bees that with 'honcyod-thlgh'
Ever on busy wing rove,
Born Of one parent we,
All Of one family,
Linked to each other In love.
Goldcn-hued huttorcup,
uvcrme glancIng mp.
BY the light summcr-hrcozc wood,
You, too. shall share with mc
This happy destiny
Born 20 be useful and good
So shall the early spring
Life 10 our hosoms bring,
Nerduro and beauty restore
Then, taking heed ofus,
All who have need ofu-
Welcome shall be NJ before
Ms T. VI wells