Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-01
MISCELLANEOUS

The President has made changes in the Military
Commanders as follows; Gen. GilIen succeeds
len Ord in the fourth district; and Gen. Meade .
uce~eds Gen Pope in the third district.
Llut Charles Warren made many valuable .
lcoveries while exploring for the Palestine fund |
Jerusalem. Il now seems definitely established .
au the south wall Of the sacred enclosure which 4
ontained the temple is buried for greater depth
nan the hight emerging from the ground. and
lat il barred to it's foundation the wall would pre-
mt an mbroken front Of solid masonry nearly
300 feet long and $50 feet in hight The wall as
stands has excited the wonder of the world.
No one had done more than speculate on the
depths of its foundations, before the minor dis
coyeres made by Lieut. Warren, which, as the
secretary Of the exploring society writes the
18th instant, have completely changed the condi-
tons of research in Jerusalem The sites Of the
temple, Calvary, the holy sepucbrc, the pool Of
Bethesda, are hoped TO be discovered; and, if the
exploring party is provided with funds, Lieut..
Warren does not despair Of surveying and desig-
mating the boundaries and chief localities of the
ancient Jerusalem which the Saviour saw, and
which Josephus described.
The grand jury Of the United States district
and circuit courts, lately in session at St Agus-
tine, Fla, was composed of seventeen oolored
men and six whites, and JUICE Frazer compli-
mented tn jury the m,st active Industrious and
intelligent which he hal seen for many years.
Fourteen of the colore nen could read, and six
both read and write.
United States Judge Busted Of Alabama wa.
shot, and seriously wounded, in the streets of Mo
bile, Saturday morning. by District Attorney l..
V. b. Martin Two balls from revolver took
effect one bclow the breast bone and the other
in the right leg. causing the judge to fall to the
pavement, but the injuries notconsidered NOR
tai The cause of the assault was Judge l3usteedI
refusal to interfere with legal proceedings agans
Martin, who has been Indicted by the Unite,
Il States grand jury for frauds and extortion. Mar
tin was Immediately arrested and is now in jail
= For stylish bonnet the Maine Farmer recon
mends a pumpkin seed trimmed with fur, tn
broad end TO be worn ia front to keep of the su
and wind.
e The death Of a Mormon disciple who WAS one
t Vermont gil and laughter OF Aaron Gibbs q
t Rutland county, is announced. She l,tt Venom
in 1898, and was one Of the first wom~n over pub
lished for matrimony in tho congregation of III
saints Al her death she WAS the uother Of eleyc
+, children and eleven Grandchildren.
Minnesota has already sent 10 market this ga
. about 100000 bushels of wheat, aad nearly 4
T. much more is supposed to be in farmers haudi
The production, however, is less than in 1855.
t great innovation has taken place in Turke,
D Several fashionable ladies' have appeared in seal
among the audience at the opera in Constantine
f pie.
] A rich Chinaman OF San Francisco was recent
buried in a coffin which cost $1,000 in gold.
. A law firm in Boston carried to the coui
of claims, which the Treasury Department had d
h, allowed, and the decision is that soldiers who er
= listed under the Presidents proclamation prcyiou
to July %. 1861, arc entitled to bounty, whethc
discharged for disease or honorable cause, so hur
dreds of soldiers who have not served two yeaT
= will get bounties. So say all the papers, but
this be not the intention OF the law Congress ma
intervenc--so we advice the boys to wait awhil
p before spending money in search after the bouF
: ty.
+ In Missouri the Germans have queer marriag
custom. Some young man is selected to carry II
:. vtaions to the wedding. He rides about, an
each person invited must attach to his hat not le
+ than yard of highly coored ribbon. The efisc
d when the young man has completed his rounds
quite startling.