Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-07-26

The most direct and shortest route between large
portion of New EngIond and " The west
b.
The next New England Fair will be
held ia Lowell, Mass on the 9TH 9Th, eth
bud 9Th days Of September. The grounds
embrace about forty acres and are admirably
blapted for the purpose intended There is
commodous exhibition building upon the
grounds, two stories high with basement
b lder the whole building, giving more than
e. 600 square feet Of available space for ex.
b.bItors The stalls for horses aud cattle, and
the pens for sheep and swine, will be amply
sufficient for the accommodation Of all exhib.
itors Of stock The railroads will land pas
sengers within few feet Of Que Of the main
entrances, and the stock will be unoaded from
ihe cars within the enclosure. The premiums
and the expenses Of the Fair will amount in
d. aggregate to $4,000.
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Times asserts that the Presidents
patience with Commissioner Peasanton is
about exhausted, as that Of Secretary Bout
well was long ago, and that the change so
long looked for in the internal revenue Office
will become an accomplished fact in the next
few days The President had hoped to have
been spared the necessity Of removing man
who had long enjoyed his friendship and con-
fdeuce, but as Gen. Pleasanton resolutely re-
fuse to resign, and thus relieve the situation
Of all embarrassment, the President must
either dispense with his secretary or his COM
missioner Regarding the administration Of
the internal revenue office by Gen. Pleasan-
4 ton as a failure in several important respects,
he has had no difficulty, though much annoy
ance, in reaching his determination Final
action has been delayed from a variety Of
causes, but those causes are now mostly re-
moved
The following is translation OF letter
recently forwarded by the Coreans to Rear
Admiral John Rodgers, commanding United
States Asiatic Squadron
In the year 1865 man Of your nation,
whose name was Febiger, came here and COM
municated and went away Why cannot you
do the same? In the year ls6j a people
called French came here aud we refer you to
them for what happened. This people and
kingdom have lived 10 the enjoyment Of their
own civilization four thousand years, and we
want no other We trouble no other nations,
why should they trouble us2 Our country
i in the furtherest cast, yours in the further
est west For what purpose do you come so
many thousand miles across the sea Is it
to inquire about the vessel destroyed the
General Sherman Her men committed pr
racy and murder, and they were punished
with death, Do you want our land2 That
cannot be. Do you want intercourse with
us That cannot be-"
The Cuban rebellion is looking up, ac.
eording to recent mail adyices. Several i'm =
portant engagements are reported to have
occurred lately, in which the insurgents were
Victorious. In one of these, it is said, six
hundred Spanish prisoners were captured af.
ter five hours fight, and in another it is
averred that iorty.fyc of the chyarous Gas.
tilans "bit the dust while upward of a
hundred and fifty were in the hands Of the
despised rebels. The Cubans, ii is said, now
control the entire department of Guantanamo
This is certainly a queer commentary on the
recent proclamation of the Spanish govern.
ment, given to the world with much grand,
iloquence, that it would Immediately complete
the conquest Of the rebellious element on the
island, in order to secure it from American
attempts at purchase. A despatch from Ha
vana, however, gives the particulars Of the
landing of Quesada's expedition of Yenezue
lans near Guantanamo, an enterprise which
seems to have met with nothing but disaster
The invaders were compelled to eat all thei
mules before they we're on the island week
ihey succeeded in joining the insurgents, say
the Havana accounts, when the whole fore,
was attacked by the Spanish troops and rout
ed, losing twenty-three killed, besides mum
Der of flags and quantity of arms and anu
milton. 1t is stated that this defeat led I,
the whole surrender Of insurgents in that de
partment but it is difficult to get at tn
truth of the matter, as it is not the hab, O
either side to stick very closely to veracity il
their reports.