Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-10-20

81 must also acquaint you that l an
personally interested in having cana
opened from Lake Champlain to the ot
| Lawrence, below Montreal; having beer
elected Bishopsof Vermont, and also an
to be President of its University in the
city of Burlington" 80
/ We are sorry that the authors of this
Documentary History did not publish al
the known original papers on this sub
jest; for ne mine ever promised richer OF
more curious products than collection
of all the contemporaneous documents OF
DR.. Peters and his Diocese of Vermont.
This book furnishes full materials OF
references for those who desire 10 trace
the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts with our State
for the Glebe lands granted to that 30
ciety in the New Hampshire charters.
| Nowhere else can so full statement be
/ found of history that is widely scattered
in legislative journals, statutes, law re-
ports, church proceedings, etc, etc.
This narrative is valuable compila-
ton. a,e
] .H. CAUGHNAwAGA CANAL.
"The City of Burlington was marked
for splendid mart of commerce and
trade to be built up by canal connect
ing Lake Champlain with the St
Lawrence, several generations back. We
learn from Ira Aliens History of Yer
mont "that General Haldimand, Cover
nor of Canada, appointed Captain Twist
the engineer of that Province, to make a
survey and estimate the expense of canal
| he To. RI I,.K re
Champlain, which was executed in 1888 /"
Allen " offered to cut the canal at his
own expense" if he could be permitted 10
take toll to pay the interest on his invest
ment.
Our readers are referred to pages 4,
264-9, of Aliens History vt. Hist. Coll.
Vol. l, pages, 333 49, for some of the
transactions of that date in regard to the
proposed canal.
In Graham's Letters, published in Lon
don in 1897, the Colonel says:
" One of the motives that brought me
to London was hope that the British
Government would join with the State
of Vermont in opening a communication
by means of a canal between Like Champ
lain and the River St. Lawrence"
This canal is very old project and not
] less iii pOEtdHb W our CIdtCs dlO nOL lSSn
practicable now than it was So years ago,
when Thomas Chiittenden and Ira Allen
were wisely planning for the state they
! had founded.
THE VERMONT BRIGADE IN THE sHENAN-
DOAH VALLEY.
Col Aldace f. Walker of the 18th Yer
mont Regiment, has given us his history
| of SIX regiments for six months" in this
! book OF 1871 pages, beautifully printed by
I the Free Press Association III Burlington.
How Sheridan cleaned out the Shenan-
doah Valley and fought the battles OF
/ Opequan, Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek,
/ Is graphically and admirably told.
/ We also learn how his chIvalrous spirit
and prompt strategy mnanetized his sol
dier7 and made them invlncIble; and how
much Of truth and how much OF fiction
| there is in Buchanan Reads famous
"Sheridan's Ride"
/ Col Walkers book stirs afre-h the en-
! thusiasm of Vermont for her old BIi-
gnde," which gained for itself and Its
State such high honors.
CHAMBLY, 1776.
Captain Elisha Benedict. Of Col Goose
! Van Schaick's Regiment, I'd Battalion OF
! New York Forces,) with about seventy
| five men was IN garrison at Fort Cham
| bly,, Jan. Stb, 1916. A package of old
papers mostly relating to Capt. Benedict's
company, aud this period, has been pre-
scented to the Society. We select the fol-
lowing:
! MODEL REQUIsIuoN FOR RATIONs.
! "a Provision and Rum Return for the
party of Col. Goose Van Schnick's Regi-
ment, it being the ID Battalion of New
York Forces now in camp ut Upper
Breastworks, 26th of October, 1873.
Well, Is
Sick,
Total, 10
HENRY VAN WoEET, @. NJ"
ANOTHER REQUIsITION, NOV. 4rH, 1916
"A provision Return for Capt. Van
Woert's camp, for 80 men, Col. McKey's
Regiment.
PETER VAN WOERT, Capt"
General Order.-" To the SERVANTS of
this Garrison, You are to take particular
care that the Guard is kept in good order
two Seutrys at the gate one the outside
and the other Within side of the Gates
Suffer non to pass or Repass excepting
those Belonging to the the garrison and
those that bring wood and Provisions ex-
cepting they have business Imediately
with me then one of the sentrys at the
gate g to wait on them Directly to me
and back again one of the Sentrys at the
gate to be taken off when the brigd If
hauled up and TO be Repl4iced at sun
Rise and the Role to be caled over at nine
o'clock in the morning and make Report
to me.
ELISHA BENEDICT, Capt.
Commanding at Shambly.
Garrison Orders,
Chambly, Jan. g, 1776."
LITTER TO GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD.
from private soldier under arrest.
CHAMBLY, April gath, 1776.
| To General Arpald, commanding at
Montreui : SIR Il thought it my Duty t.
informe your honour of my situation at
present / was taken prisoner at this
| fort last fall hy the army of the United