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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09
Grants Plan After Vicksburg.

In his article on the battle of Chat
tanooga, in the November Century,
General Grant says: "After the fall
of Vicksburg | urged strongly upon the
government the propriety of move
ment against Mobile. General Rose
Grams had been at Murfreesboro, Tenn. =,
with large and well-equipped army,
from early in the year 1868, with Bragg
confronting him, with force quite
equal to his own at first, considering it
was on the defensive. But after the
investment of Vicksburg Bragg's army
was largely depleted to strengthen
Johnston, in Mississippi, who was be-
ing REINFORCED to raise the siege. /
frequently wrote to General Halleck,
suggesting that Rosecrans should move
against Bragg. BY so doing he would
either detain the latter's troops or lay
Chattanooga open to capture. General
Halleck strongly approved the sugges-
ton, and finally wrote me that he had
repeatedly ordered Rosecrans to adj
vance, but that the latter had con-
stantly failed to comply with the order.
and at last, after having held council
of war, replied, in effect, that it was
military maxim not to fight two de-
cisive battles at the same time If true,
the maxim was not applicable in this
case. 1t would be bad to be defeated
in two decisive battles fought the same
day, but it would not be bad to win
them. l, however, was fighting no
battle, and the siege of Vicksburg
had drawn from Rosecrans' front so
many of the enemy that his chances of
victory were much greater than they
would be if he waited until the siege
was over, when these troops could be
returned. Rosecrans was ordered to
move against the army that was de-
taching troops to raise the siege.
Finally he did move, on the oath of
June, but ten days afterward Vicks-
burg surrendered, and the troops sent
from Bragg were free to return. 1t
was at this time that recommended to
the general-in-chief the movement
against Mobile. l knew the peril the
Army of the Cumberland was in, being
depleted continually not only by or
binary casualties, but also by having to
detach troops to hold its constantly ex-
tending line over which to draw sup
plies, while the enemy in front was as
constantly being strengthened. Mo-
bile was important to the enemy, and,
in the absence of threatening force,
was guarded by little else than artil-
lery. If threatened by land and from
the water at the same time, the prize
would fall easily, or troops would have
to be sent to its defense. Those troops
would necessarily come from Bragg.
My Judgment was Overruled, however,
and the troops under my command
were dissipated over other parts of the
country, where it was thought they
could render the most service"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09
Beleaguered Chattanooga.

From General Grants paper, in the
November Century, describing the
campaign and battle of Chattanooga,
we quote the following account of the
condition of the supplies that reached
the besieged city: "All supplies for
Rosecrans had to be brought from
Nashville. The railroad between this
base and the army was in possession of
the government up to Bridgeport, the
point at which the road crosses to the
south side of the Tennessee river; but
Bragg, holding Lookout and Raccoon
mountains west of Chattanooga, COM
manded the railroad, the river and the
shortest and best wagon roads, both
south and north of the Tennessee. be-
tween Chattanooga and Bridgeport.
The distance between these two places
is but twenty-siX miles by rail; but
owing to this position of Bragg all sup
plies for Rosecrans had to be hauled by
a circuitous route, north of the river
and over mountainous country, in
creasing the distance to over sixty
miles. This country afforded but little
food for his animals, near ten thousand
of which had already starved, and none
were left TO draw single piece of artil-
lery, or even the ambuances to convey
the sick. The men had been on half
rations of hard bread for considerable
time, with but few other supplies, ex-
cept beef driven from Nashville across
the country. The region along the
road became so exhausted of food for
the cattle that by the time they reached
Chattanooga they were much in the
condition of the few animals left alive
there, on the lift Indeed, the beef
was so poor that the soldiers were in
the habit of saying, with faint face
tiousness, that they were living on half
rations of hard bread and beef dried
on the hoof.' Nothing could be trans
ported but food, and the troops were
without sufficient shoes or other cloth
ing suitable for the advancing season.
What they had was well worn. The
fuel within the federal lines was ex-
hausted, even to the stumps of trees.
There were no teams TO draw it from
the opposite bank, where it was alum
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09
Hooker at Charlottesville.

Soon after the death of General
Hooker b. f. Steadman wrote to a
western paper in relation to the defeat
of Hooker at Charlottesville, which he
attributes to the failure of General
Sedgwick to obey orders. Mr.. Steadman
was telegraph operator at the army
headquarters, and he quotes dispatch
sent by General Hooker ordering Sedg-
wick, who had been left at Fredericks-
burg to keep Lee employed while
Hooker gained his rear, to move imme-
diately toward Charlottesville; which
order, if carried out as intended, would
have placed Lees army between
Hooker's army and the Sixth Corps,
under Sedgwick. Hooker gained the
position, for which he marched under
cover of dense fog, and, having placed
it i" just where he wanted it," as he
said, sent the following dispatch to
General Butterfield, Hooker's chief of
staff, who had been left at the old camp
to superintend operations:
US. FORD, May 2, 1863 JPN
bat sedsw}ek
cross the Rappahannock, at Fredericksburg, on the
on da afe R yo ns or
meet with us. And he will attack and destroy any
ali his trains behind him. except the pack trains OF
small ammunition. and march TO be In our vicinity
at daylight He will probably fall upon the rear OF
the force commanded by General Lee, and between
bons to take position at fredericksburg BE not
TO ran. deliver this by your swiftest messenger
Send word that this is delivered TO General Sedg-
wick.1 j. II. VAN ALLEN,
Brigadier- General, A. d. G.
This dispatch was delivered to Gen
eral Sedgwick on the same night, an
hour and half after it was written.
Instead, says Mr.. Steadman, of General
Sedgwick moving so as to be in Hooker's
vicinity by daylight next morning (the
3d), he did not cross the river till ten
O'Clock, when he captured the heights
in the rear of the city about noon,
marched little way, and then camped
for the night. He remained in the same
spot till four in the afternoon of the
day following (the 4th). BY this time
Lee had defeated Hooker, and now
turned upon Sedgwick, and by dark had
utterly routed him. Mr.. Steadman says
that had Sedgwick crossed the river and
taken the heights by daylight on the
Sd, then struck out for Hooker's left, he
could have joined him by eight o'clock,
as the order called for; and, striking
Lee on the flank, while Hooker attacked
him with his whole force, Lees army
must certainly have been disastrously
defeated.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09
In the COnfederacy's Last Days.

| visited Mobile in March, 1865, on
official business, and, of course, took a
week to do one days business in and
spend useless surplus of six months
pay. An invitation to dinner was an
event in soldiers life to be sought for
by patient strategy, and the dinner, if
secured, was treasured in memory for
months after, to be related, item by
item, to the boys in camp, who took
great pleasure in listening to every de-
tail of the feast. The staple food was
corn-bread with bacon, and corn-bread
with bacon and flour gravy, but wealthy
families had few very small wheat bis
cults on the table at dinner only. 1t
was etiquette of home visitors to eat
hut one or two of these, on the polite
suppOsitiOn that the guests had such
delicacies at home, but the soldier was
urged and expected to eat his fill. Ire
member hearing an aside remark made
by one wealthy and hospitable lady to
to another about their clergyman's
daughter, who was then visiting, or
ratherfo raging, among the parishioners,
T." She eats five biscuits, and flour S40O a
barrel! " The comical ALTERATION in
eAiS iiNiShoho PiOtCol CdlScu IL W SUCK
in my memory. l remember buying a
pair of red brogan shoes in large
store on Dauphin street for $780, 1t
was the only pair in the store, and the
sole clerk, a boy of fifteen, was per-
fectly Indifferent whether 1 took them
or not. One meal at a hotel cost
50, and no one got as much as he
could eat at that price. A regular
allowance of corn-meal, coffee, oat-
meal biscuit, fried bacon, and, in some
cases, fried chicken were served. When
consumed the walters reported all
give out" Sometimes glutton at the
table would take the last two biscuits,
holding one in reserve while eating the
other, but this was rare and apt to be
rebuked by some spectator who was
" heeled." The confederate soldier
was usually a gentleman, or desired to
appear as such.-St. Louis Republican.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09
Gbe Soldiers Budget.
Pensions Granted.

To Calvin II. Hills, Marshfeld, SO q
month and 81 ,036 arrears; Nancy A. Hunt,
Northtield, S12 a month and 81 ,270 arrears
Roy W. Turner, Laconia, N. H.. $40 month
and $3.50 arrears; s. j. DANA Waitsfeld, a
restoration and increase to SO month and
S16O arrears; Amos Ham of the Sixth Regi-
1892 arrears; James Roehan East Orange,
an increase from SO to SIG month"; A. j.
Stone, Worcester, an increase from SS to $40
a month; William NJ. Strong Watsfield, an
increase from So to "a month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

CONDUCTOR O. A. Brown of the Old
Colony Railroad Company is a veteran
of one of the Vermont regiments of
volunteers, and did good service in the
war of the rebellion. AT the bloody
battle of Gettysburg Comrade Brown
lost his rubber blanket, and the missing
article has been returned to him through
a somewhat singular train of circum-
stances. His son was visiting relative
at Hanover, n. H., and his cousin, with
another boy, invited him to go on a
fishing trip. A rubber blanket was
needed, and the neighbor lad volun-
teered to provide one belonging to his
father. When it was produced, the
blanket was found to bear the full name
of A. o. Brown, and inquiry brought
out the fact that the boys father was a
soldier and picked up the blanket on
the battlefield of Gettysburg.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

GENERAL JOHN G. BLACK, commits
sioner of pensions, in his annual re-
port for the year ending June 30, says
there were at the close of the year
345,l25 pensioners; during the year
there were added 35,76S new names
and 1885 reinstatements; during the
same period the names of 1928 PEN
sioners were dropped from the roll for
various causes, leaving net increase
of 22,369. The average annual value
of each pension is $40 and the aggre-
gate annual value of all pensions is
S3S, 090,9S5.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

dant. The only means for supplying
fuel for some time before my arrival
had been to cut trees from the north
bank of the river, at a considerable dis
lance up the stream, form RATS of it
and float it down with the current, eff
fecting landing on the south side,
within our lines, by the use of paddles
or poles. 1t would then be carried on the
shoulders of the men to their camps"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

WE can, without hesitation, say that
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup has given the
best satisfaction. We have sold an i'm
mense amount of it during the past
Wallace, Hilton d Co., Drug
yists, Lock Hauen, Penn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

Read what the people
say concerning the
ability Of DIR. Thomas
Electric Oil to cure
asthma, catarrh. Group,
colds. etc. Mrs. Dora
Koch of Buffalo, says:
:" For Group it is decd-
edly efhcacious." mrs. Jacob Mellisor Of Marion.
Ohio, says the same thing. S. S. Graves, Akron,
N. Y, writes Had asthma of the worst kind,
relieved in few minutes Would walk five miles
for this medicine and pay S. bottle for it," Drug
gst C. r. Hall, GRANVILLE, Ill., says: Cured an ul-
cerated throat for me in twenty-iour hours" Sat
up in bed and coughed till the clothing was wet
with perspiration. My
wife insisted that use
Thomas Eclectric Oil.
The first teaspoonful
RELIEVED me-. +. II.
Perkins, Creek Centre,
NY, fhomas' Eccc-
trio Oil is also TIP
Tor external applica-
ton for rheumatism,
cuts, ,cads burns, bites,
bruises, etc. When visi-
ting the druggist, ask
him what he knows Of
DIR. Thomas Eclectric
Oil; If he has been
long n the drug
trade, be he will
speak highly of it.
Worked Wonders.
"My daughter was very bad off on account of
a cold and pain in her lungs. DR.. Thomas Eeiee-
frie oil cured her in f1Ueniy-faHr hours. One
of the boys cured of sore throat This mcd-
cine has worked wonders in family" Alvab
pinckney, Lake Mohopac NY
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

For all diseases of the kidneys
and liver physicians prescribe HUNTS
Remedy
The medicine that can search and
root out every ill of kidneys or liver
is Hunts Remedy.
HUNTS REMEDY cures bilious head
ache, costiveness and dyspepsia and
purifies the blood.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

HOOPS SARsAPARILLA, acting through
the blood, reaches every part of the sys-
tenn, and in this way positively cures
icatarrh.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

OVER S10,00O,00O were drawn from
the treasury in November to pay army
pensions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09
INVESTMENTS.

II is well known that the city of st. Paul Mime
sofa, Is assured of rapid growth from now on. II
Is to-day the financial, commercial and railroad cen
ter OF the Northwest Investments made In real
estate, improved or unimproved will pay largely.
Money be loaned on the best real estate security
for from six to eight per cent. References In st.
Paul and East II desired. Nc. n. NORTON,
s73s st. Paul, Minnesota.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

r ITERATION NOTICE,-This is TO certify
~ that / Henry I, Edwards have this day given
OF his minority and shall, therefore, claim none of
his earnings nor paysany debts Of his contracting
after this date. HENRY X. EDWARDS.
Witness-JoHN WILLIAMS,
Waterbury. w., November 20, 1885.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

CANON FARRAR says that he has
been struck everywhere in this country
by the sobriety of the people and the
scarcity of the gin-shops, as compared
with the English cities, especially Lon
don. You are very far ahead of u.s."
says he, in temperance sentiment and
temperance legislation" The compli-
ment will be appreciated by Americans,
but what shall we think of England?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09

AN eastern paper says: every man
who goes into the lumber woods this
winter should take with him supply of
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment and Par
sons Purgatire Pills. This little pre-
caution may save months of labor and
much suffering"
THE exposure of the utter worthless
ness of the large packs of horse and
cattle powders has saved our people a
vast sum. There is only one kind now
known that are strictly pure and these
are Sheridan's. Don't throw away your
money.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-11
THE NEW EDEN.
A Georgia Man Who Has Idoas
of Prosperity.
Some Turnips and Pumpkins Immigrants
Only Needed to Make the wilderness.
mud and Hiossom-A Pros
porous state.

burdened with schemes for making his
region prosperous. He owns land by the
thousand acres and thinks that II he can
persuade Immigrant farmers 10 buy 81 him
twill he 10 then everlasting prosperity. aud
help him along III the world, beside doing a
little for bis state. lie doubts not that his
motives are patriotic. ''Thc people OF
Georgia. he says. don't bother their
heads about immigration. Foreigners may
come there II they want to, but they've got
10 come without begging We don't mind
their coming II they'll settle among Us and
learn our ways, but We don't want 'em In
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-11
VIVA. sporting Men Rely On.

when Lewis X. Redmond, the South
Carolina moonshlnor, cOrnered, after for
eight years eluding the Government off,
Gals, was asked 10 surrender, he ex-
claimed:
:. Never, 70 men who fire at my backw
Before he was taken, five bullets had
gone clear through him, but strange 70 re-
late, he got we'll, ia the hands Of rude
backwoods nurse"
BY the way, IL Garfield had been In tho
hands OF a backwo0ds nurse, he might
have lived. heap OF volunteer testi-
mony against the infallibility Of the ply :
sicians has been accommodating OF late, and
people are encouraged to do their own
doctoring more and more. 1t Is cheaper
and quite as certain.
Before Detective Curtin, OF Buffalo
caught Tom Ballard he covered" him
with his revolver. Tom saw tue point and
tumbled.
Joe Goss was sscovereds a few weeks age
and he tumbled, and so did Dan Mace
Death " fetched emu with that dreaded
weapon--kidney disease. But they snoui,
have been lively and drawn first. ihey
| could easily have disarmed the monster
had they covered him with that lead Sd ;
Warmers safe cure. which, draw
promptly. always takes the prey. IL Il
doubtless true that sporting men drea
| this enemy more than any mshap Of thei
profession, and presumably this explain
why they as rule are so partial 70 tina
celebrated "dead shot"
Redmond was right. No man SHOULD
surrender when attacked in the back. n
| should draw face about and proceed :
the defence, for such attacks, 50 commo
| among all classes, will fetch man ever,
time unless covered By that wonderful
| ~ successful " dead shot."-Sportsmon
l,-Netcs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-11

4 Michigan conoevn EnIolned.
From the Rochester Morning Heraid.l
The following injunction has been OBJ
tanned by tue Hop Bitters Company, Of
Rochester, N. r., against Csllatinus d.
Warner, OF Reading. Michigan, prohibiting
him from manufacturing or selling "Gcr.
man Hop Bitters."
The President Of the United States Of Amorfc0
% CoLlaffnus u. Hdrner. ~ Reading, Nich-s
his servants. tCorkmen. salesD<n and d0e,ssss
and each and every Of them:
Whereas, it has been represented unto
the Justices Of our Circuit Court, the Hon.
Stanley Matthews, and the Hon. Henry b.
Brown. at Detroit, within and for said
District, sitting as Court Of Chancerys
urng and selling a medicine named German
Hon Bittcrs. in fraudulent tmttofhut or the Hops
BNters made and sold ~ comPi ia your ~,
tended b misiedd The public into purchasing
such counterfeit goods as the manufacture OF
we therefore. in consideration OF the prem
Uses do strictly enjofn you. the said Co:latinus
ID. Warner. and al and every the persons be.
fore named from using ts ,rDris hop B'tet IS,
duce the belief that such fluids are made by
complainant: and further. from manufactur-
ing. selling or offering for sale any bItters or
otner fluids In the bottles and with the labels.
and IN the general form in which you were
manufacturing and selling the bitters called
oy you German Hop Bitters, on the filing OF
| The bill: or In any other bottles. or with any
| other labels contrived or designed to repre-
| sent or induce the belief that the bitters or
| auids sold by you are the goods OF the com
plainant, until the further order OF the
| Court.
| Witness,
| TuE HoxoRAnLK MORRISON II. WAITE.
! chief Justice " the United ststeA
AT Detroit. this fifteenth day Of july A. d.. ls,A
1 L. 81 Walter 5. Harsba. Clerk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-11
-The present Nomination Of the city

The present population OF the city
OF Buenos Ayrcs Is estimated at 5OO,-
600. One OF the local newspapers pre-
diets that in few years it VII be the
New York Of the Southern hemisphere.
En- grants are arriving In "A steady
stream and II the proportion OF the
first six months Of the year Is kept up.
their number will be 80. 900 before the
lst Of January next. Italians form the
great majority OF the incomcrs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-11

A famous author was 2 guest al acoun-
try house, when an elderly maiden lady set
her heart on being his companion In awalk.
He excused himself at first on account Of
the badness OF the weather Soon after
ward. however, the lady caught him trying
b. slln out Of the hodsc alone. We'll. \
She said, 1T has cleared up, | see.' why
,es.n he answered, II has cleared up
enough for one, but not enough for two. I'm
f,,lsleu DuuS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-11

colonies. bringing their socialism and COM
munism and their other isns with lthem TO
destroy the peace Of our State. Give rs
immigration. but no colonization That :
the way they talk and that's why we've
had no agent here 10 turn foreigners down
our way
What inducements have you TO offer 10
farmers"
Nothing extr'ornary, | reckon. My
regions the Eden Of America That's all.
Amt no place that can beat Il for crops
"Corn--y
zone hundred and thirty bushels 10 the
acre. Plant IN April and gather In No
yembcr. Dne plowing no hocing. Fodder
till you can't rest. Have to pull II from
horseback Why: Stalks 20 high you
can't reach u the top. There's only one
trouble with growing corn in Georgia; you
don't have enough nubbins 10 feed Your
steers
's<ubbns foe steers?
That's what's the matter. The ears are
so biz that q steer can't yet them In his
mouth. Sces You've got to chop EN- up,
and that takes time"
do you grow potatoes"
sweet? No They grow themselves.
We just give 'cn half q chance. Run fur
row in the sand. drop In your seed. cover II
Up with your foot as you 20 along and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-11

kin seed near the bank and when the vine
began TO grow he trained II In the direction
Of the water In few days II grew across
10 the other bank and bore big punkin on
that side, which held II so that the Indians
could cross. Any old farmer down there
u tell you that story. From what We
seen Of punkins readily believe II.
Is yours good fruit country: Any
applcs?'
'Moren we know what 10 do with.
turned all my hogs and my ncighbors into
my orchard the other day 10 sec II they
couldn't rid me Of a few bushels Of the fruit.
They didn't do much good. | drove through
the next day with horse and buggy. The
apples were 50 thick on the ground that
there was a regular sluicc OF cider following
ms wherever ! went. Mashed out. you
know. By the wheels and the horses hoofs.
lhat'll give you some idea % our fruit crops.
Anything else you'd like to know.'
rs Il all like what you've been telling
me-"
Every man for himself. you know. I'm
taking for my own region. haven't trav-
eled much
"Do you mean to say"
Young man, | haven't got time to 90
into details. DO you want to 20 70 Georgia.
Come down and start Il new spapcr-
I'D staryc 10 death.
mo you won't I'll chip In bushel OF
'tters and reckon the neighbors II throw
In punkin or two. Say. can you tell me
where III lind some boiler or kettle works.
! want 70 give al, order for a Kettle twenty
feet across the mouth and sixteen feet
deep"
my. What Ia the world will you do
with such a kettle?'
.sIlnil my ft,s1,ins IL, n ~ Y Tr;Iupe
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-11
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