The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-01
Questions Answered.

j. A. S., Felchville.- you deposit
your pension money in bank it can be
attached and held to pay your debts.
G. w. K, Waterbury.-General
Stoughton was captured in 1868 at Gull
pepper Courthouse, Virginia, while
commanding Vermont brigade. His
headquarters were one or two miles
from his command, at Miss Ford's
house, a lady said at the time to hold
commission as major under the Con-
federate States of America. Many
amusing accounts are given of General
Stoughton's surprise and capture. Even
President Lincoln was moved to say,
when he heard that Stoughton had been
captured and sent prisoner to Rich
mond 81 don't mind losing the briga-
der, for they are easily made; but
there were twenty horses which cost
1925 each"
G.. w. S., Windsor.-The circular
from the pension Office informing you
that your claim for an increase of pen
sion is rejected, upon the ground that
you are now receiving the full amount
of pension to which you are entitled
under the law for the disability result
ing from the diseases for which you are
pensioned, is misleading to those who
do not understand the rights of pen
sioners, and has saved many dollars to
the government by leading pensioners
to the natural but erroneous conclusion
that the rate of pension for the disa-
bility named was limited to the rate
they were receiving by law. We could
give long list of cases where pension
ers had received very small pension
for years, and did not apply for an in
crease for the reason that they sup
posed the law prevented any higher
rate for the disease for which they were
suffering, who, upon making applica-
ton therefor, would have their pen
sions increased from 81 or So a month
to S24 or $50 month at single raise
Your disease may not entitle you to
more than S4 month now, and per-
haps within two months it may confine
you to your bed, when it would then en-
A. w. A., Richmond.-Th st. Al
bans raid, on the 10Th of October, 1864
consisted of between twenty and thirty
armed men from Canada, who sud-
denly appeared in the streets of st. Al
bans and commenced an indiscrimi-
nate firing upon the citizens, and plum
dering the banks. Two citizens were
wounded, one of them MORALLY, and
more than 100000 taken from the
banks. The raiders seized horses from
wagons standing in the streets and from
livery stables, and, after riding furiously
about for few minutes, shouting and
firing their revolvers, they rode off in
the direction of Sheldon, where they set
fire to bridge and barn, but were so
closely followed by parties hastily or
ganized from st. Adams, they had no
time to rob the Sheldon bank. They
were overtaken and several of them
captured at Slab City" and delivered
to the Canadian authorities before Gen
eral John A. DiX's Dispatch" If they
cannot be found this side of the line
pursue them into Canada, if necessary
and destroy them was received.
They all claimed to belong to the con-
federate army, and their leader, Ben
nett II. Young, claimed to be an officer
in the confederate service. Proceed
ings were Immediately taken to procure
the surrender of these men by the Ca
madam government to the United States
and after tedious delay their surren,
der was refused.