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TI-IE YEEMONT TRAJSTSGRIPT. March 18. V THE TKASCHIPT. r,iiav. March ik, w8' V it llamp- , .,. in llu Granite -tate on i'llC . torj . n .'. r. -ult'-d 1,1 :l Ii l",,lien .,, t'li.' jrr at chagrin f thcDem ,1 .C.' i r week- !.:i-t-l that ,!, of their complete .:.1- . , !mih1, iii'l- - '1. were they hat man- t i i n il Repul- n ili-ooscd to concede to .. i.y 'a -nrdl majority. hci i '.I 1 1 Mil' ,t lie. Tti- Rcpui.li- ;t..l!l CleCWU I" I' .-wi" it i H!!i F TIIO! - 1NII MA.IOBI- i, j- 'ban i hundred and :t wa- la-tyc.ir. TIk- Repub- . v.1 ai i lected f.illl f till' live ..,-.-ill"' i.im- of the ti i h Senators. ,r !ot less than -.venty-fivc tin- Hon- of Reprcscnta- .rit :n i i. in in... iaN have cont-ted every , , .t the irioind, aii-l have left no ,, u;,'..rn. -! that woild in 1 1- remot ; .u-fri, . !. a.t i-.-ui-ee.--. Senator Doo- ' sV ill aroiiud the cir !e. assisted if h proiniiK nee, and tli- r- r, ache! ig.iin.-t "Radical corruption,'' r,o -i;pr. liiay."'''l'I",-,w'.,axa" ' . ' lit to no purpo-e. Tnt' .e: ,.,.,.,1 i Jen. Harriman met argument arguini nt. and -pared no effort to hghtin tli - i-eoplcoi, thi-LTiat and ini.iiiL' iiui-tioiM- inai are now ilatiiiL' the i-.iker a- country, s.i- h eloquent Senator N. Governor V-.!.. of Oregon. G.-.-. Y .e-hi.urnt ...1 stioU.-H nndoth. r ai-h'-l very Ilia- . rially the T"!iin ea'i : I'l.i.rlm,' V..il ill his 111.!' v :dsodid iv, a-will .... i . . , . . . , seen fr-.ni the folio'.:'-' parairraph - hieh i rijit : taken from th l'--ton i ran " Hie Rcpubln an- ot Xew H.mnshir. -tmnge mav seem, Willingly aei-ord t'reat credit to Thurlow Weed for hi- a i-tanee during the can-v.i-s which w rendered in a manner Seat' will ' long renicnihered hy the nionists of the (iranite State." More than a local significance attache i t . the New Hampshire eleet ion. It is a ud pun in favor of the nomination and .l.i lion of General Grant as the next 1'ie-ident of these United State.-; and . n .-oteniporaryvvell observe-r " It en ,' ,:m's the reconstruction policy of Con- i.-s, proclaiming that only loyal men jid loyal States shall be recognized in i loverniuent henceforth to be bused an i uality of right. It affirms, ;.h.. that nomanhall le al-ove the laws, . it that the President, a- well U3 the humblest individual of the land, "hall ,e amenable to the decrees of impartial .iticc." New Hampshire ha-s dmie well ! Cmiriiscs. Having had some little cxi rienee in aucUhOfr during late year-, we desire to make some practical suggest ions ujkjii the manner in which tiny -hould be . (inducted. We trn-t that th"-e sugges tion,, will he the more appreciated just at this time, from the fat . ih it delegates are beim: :ipjiintel fi- ' the several owns in the- 1 hstrict 1 :h,- 'ate and T'l-tiiet C'oijtiiti -lis. WJul- it l- !'v'!iera!I i' .K'eided that t., ii, (ir.ii.t will he iini-ii.'Utt d for the .'ie-idcin i; all inij-.-itan' that the ,.rniiary ih ding- s)i.,i,ld he hunka- 't'ji'.i, at id ;h."t .1- few pi ijile u.s po.-ible -hould hac a voice in the meetings. Mdy a few votes w ill be ri--iiiri'd toele't him. nli-t th' 1Wfranc1Vc-A jH-ople vill he pleasi'il to he left ont-ide. In the first place a iikm'h rator of the right stam -hould he selected to preside over the meeting an old stager one who ha had expel ience in the businesn. In tliis, I- to lie found a lone hand in euchre. Ilio-e who would win, should be on .i.nid promptly at the ajijwinted mo i.ieiit, and carry the elections with a lash. Committees on nominations should not he appointed, as this will eoiisum- too much time, and by it the icople iiiiht supKse they had some voice in the elections. The names of the deleg-ites should all writr-n plainly upon a single -Hp of yipcr. to lii-ure correct record hy the -i eretaiv ; -hould Ik- pre-eiited by one p.uii, and le lected by acclamation. I" very one will readily t-ec the propriety hi this, as -nine mistake- miirht lie made , . co'ifj'oi. wereeverylRxly to nom inate If any objections are made to .In- method of grinding wheat, rye, oat :.M-i jwtatoe- at the same grist, they hould be overruled. The wheat should he ti-ed to put the potatoes through the mill. Xot more than one ofliecr or soldier in the late wAr -diould bo intrusted with an election for delegate, and ho Bhould boa man who has no sympathy with his late comrades. It would be well to have a li-t of alternates also, written out upon a piece of paper J n the same manner for contingencies. But if this is overlooked, and it is proposed to elect alternates, ob jections should be promptly raised. Some unworthy men might be elected by acclamation; anyliody can be elected 1-y acclamation, and thctown committee nliould Ik? emjowered to 1111 all vacan cies. By these means time could bo ob tained to fill the vacancies with the right Jm n, in cue any vacancies should hap pen. When the business is accomplish ed as pre-arranged, you should publish to the world that ihr people of the party have hada caucu-. By mentioning, the people, it u-ill give the whole thing character. Disinterested people will always ad mire this manner of proceeding, and j-ou w ill be as sUre to obtain their votes as a pick-pocket is to in- applaudi-d by the l.yc-tandcrs. IMisTom P. The rollim.' stock of the Tioy S: Jio-toii Hail road Co.. which has been under atUciiiii-'iit 1 T. W. I'ark, of Bennington, for the pa-; thirteen months, has been reM.ord to it-owners, luid went to Troy on Wednesday. It ousjsted of four locomot ive- and tenders, one pasnunger ear and three mail, bag gage and smoking cars. tifrsj-Tlio Boston J'osi takes the result of the New Jlumpshhe election good naturuuiy. its roostpr, wnicu is a vUunii-lookliiK bird, was turned un-dde- down on U'.moi'iiing afWelocUon, and tlie J'oot says: "Our bird would have crowed this morning If Nw Hampshire Ii :ul not stuck m his crop. The election has capsized lilm, but Connecticut will bring him up." Don't be too sure. Xfs" The.Stanstead Journul says that Mcs-srs. M. Kelsey and David Brodie of Derby Line, have made arrangements .if j." the municipal authorities of the ity uf jjaltimore to employ the Inmates ofJlt, jlouee ofltefugo of that city in manufacturing remove there. .. fed this hasiKx.ii Iheeohl- ivlnter in New Haven, of ,v inihe W inter m tthat of lWi, whOSC KllWcnlta re was one degree over. Items from ffasliiiiitoii. Congressman Siurlnvoftthur, has sent ten thousand speeches into Connecticut, instead of one thousand, as the operator stated on Friday. The internal revenue receipts, Patur- j day, were $27S,4S, for the week $5, IS!),- and -incc the In-iriiHiingof the fiscal I ear-sl!4;s.iir:. The Hon-.' ha- -o many appropriation hill-ahead of tin- Senate that it will not attunpt to do much busine durinc the impeachment trial. Private letter- r.-civi -1 at Washing ton from Kans .-. -tat.- that the r-ioux Indi'in-have ion.c into Fort Laramie, and that there is a probability of making treatie- w ith them. ( :. :i. C.ny ha- been already rewarded tor hi- vote ti-rain-t impeachment, the Prc-idont havingnominati'd his hiother-in-law for mini-ter to IJolivia. Mr. Si-wanl will probably decline to commence a fre-h corrcsjmiidenec on the Alabama claim-, as he is not eel tain of remaining in th- Department ot State throusrh the .-pring. The money or.h r system of the ost otlh e departnunt is eontiiuiallv proving itself a success and a source of revenue. The profit i- about $'"i,iNtiannu:illy, and the Washington po-t ofllcc i. ue- that amount in ord r- monthly. Intelligence from Hichntondon Satur day. -tat s that Judge UnderwHd has rcl a-ed the i-oiidsiiiin of Jell". Davis. Tlx jiartieular object of this pioceeding i- not known, though ii is regarded as i xt remely doubt till if Iu is1 trial eoin-iin-nrt- in Ma . Both house- will crowd legislative bu-ine durinir the next two or three i k-. The Senate will attempt to pass all the apiiroju i.it ion bills before the im peachment trial begin- in earnest. This is ah-olutcly neec-sary, if Congress is to adjourn befon September. Thutaxand tariff bills will occupy not lc-s than a month in each house. The President has approved and signed the Pacific railroad bill providing that nothing in the act of July, 1S52, shall be held to authorize the withdrawal of ex clusion of settlement and entry under the privileges of the pre-emption or home-tead law s, the even numbered sec tions along the routes of the several roads, and authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to restore to settlers all tho-e -ections now withdrawn from market. The Evening Star states that hence forth (Jen. Lorenzo Thomas will attend the regular cabinet meetings, and will be recognized a- Secretary of War by the President and the detriments. The story i- ridiculou-, for the departnieiit. have all recognized Stanton a- the legal head of the War Department; besides, the Pre-ident is not quite so stupid as to defy the Senate in -ucb a manner, with the impeachment trial in pn-ure . I'i'i'stnml. Jacob H.Ela. of Dover, N. II.. a mem ber of Coiigre , burden- hi.- -on-with tli"-, radical name-; Frederick Doug-la-, i'arker Pill-bury. Wendell lMullijH and Charlc- Sumner. Col. O-car N. Hale. v. ho lately died of the cholera .it Uo-arlo Itucic- Ayns, South America, wa- formerly of the ith Vt.. ha inirehtere ! th.'-ervii c a-- a cap tain of an Orleans County Cumpai.y. Sinators ?Iorrill and Edmunds and Representative Smith, of Vermont, have ourthnnksfort 'oiigres-ional Documents. ('iit. J. " Bockus, well known to tl, traveliiii: jmblic for many veiu.-as iptain of p:. e;iirer -teunier- on the St. .aw -relic- and Upper Ottawa, ha- been jipointed gem ral airent of the Rutland toad at Montn al. Vkk.mhnt a i Daiitmoi"! ii. Wa-h- ngto'i sbirth-day has lieen made a Test l- i in Dartmouth, the Pre-ident presid- ng and faculty and students attending. n the anniver-ary this year twelve students, de-ted by the classe-, dcliver- 1 addresses, and among them w i le four n i n Mountain boys, to wit : "The America'i Id. a,"' (ierge V. lavw erd, junior la , -prinelh'ld t. Ciiaracter ot W'a-hin-fton," Marshall . Peck, sophoiiioie la-s. Brooktiidd, t. Our Coming Epic,'" Marvin D. Bi ee. fre-hman cla-s. Springfield. Vt. Our National Principles, John W. 'ae-', senior da-.-. Montpelier, Vt. List of Vermont Patent issued from the U. S. Patent Office for the we k end ing March 3d, lWs: .A. Knowlton, of St. Albans, for improvement in mold for artilical teeth. B. W. Shaw and George B. Simmons, of Morristown, for improvement in churns. 0. H. Cooke, of Morristown, for im proved shoe lacer. An Act Passkd. The Maine Legis lature, which closed its annual session on Saturday last, passed anaotincorpor- iting the Portland and Rutland Rail road Company. J3-aj HofTnagle the mail robber was iken from Ogdensburgh jail to Utica, Tuesday lust, to take his trial before the nited States District Court, which is now in session. JSST" As we go to press we learn that at a special Diocesan Convention of the Protestant Episcopal church, holdon at Burlington on the 11th inst., William Ile-nry Augustus Bissell, I). D., was elected Bishopof the Diocese of Vermont. Mr. Blssell is a native of Randohdi in this State, and a graduate of the Uni versity of Vermont , class of 1S.1G. lie is at present Rector )f Trinity church, Geneva, N. Y. Mii. Madison n iMPKAcirsnncr. According to the following extract from Slliott's Debates, the Senate wouldseem entitled to great credit for the forbear ance it has shown President Johnson : "On the ISth of June, 17SS, in the Virginia Convention. George Mason ob jected to the pardoning power vested in the rresmeiiL mr orujuaiy j-u;m. -m. Madison in reply, said : There is one security m tills eae to which gentlemen may not have advert ed: If the President be connected in anv suspicious manuor with any person, anil there be grounds to believe lie will shelter him, tlieJlouse oi iteprescma- tivjjs can miponeli mm ; uiey te lueni- ly rercrriug to the Senate or tne neuuie in connection with the House) can re move him if found iruiltv : the' can suk- Ieud Mmiphmmi-pcclcd, and the pow er wm uevoivu ujM)ii tne Vlce-I'resi-dent.' " Fuxkkal okIIon. PohtusBaxtku. The funorul of Hon. Portus Baxter was attended from his boarding house on G. Btreet.Washingtoii.on Sunday atternoon last, bv a lame and distimruisbed num ber or friends. Tho remains were depos- ited in the Cemetery nt Georgetown, where they will remain until May, when thev will be brought to Vermont. A vxmiaii who unqnred at a Broad way bookstore for "CraWs Synmynw" u-ns t..ld bv t!in new clerk that they 1 didn't kecp'shollrfisfi. Coni'octitioii. The quarterly .meeting, of thes(Joavo cation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Iiecesc of Vermont, was held in Randolph, Februaryth, 19th, and 20th. Sixteen clergy were present, and interesting sermons were preached by the Rev. Messrs. Roberts of Montpo- lier. Dr. Bailey of Sheldon, and Hopkins of the Vermont Episcopal Institut's; A resolution was passed expressive of sym pathy for the Rev. Dr. Hicks, on the oci a-ion of his kite severe sickness. ( Daily prayers were reooiauieudel to all the Clergy and Laity of the Diacasc, (or direction of God in the choice of K.new Bishop at the special convention, to be held on the 11th hist. It was also the opinion of all the members yf Convoca tion, that beore"the election of Bishop, hi- ample ufpnrl should be provided for. The usual Mi-siomuy andU'hcolog icul Report- showed an ei icon raging -t Ue of the field. The following " mi nute," rejMjrtiHl by committee consist ing of Rev. Messrs. Butchelder, Bailey, and Hale, was adopted : "The committee amiointetl wiiii re ference to the removal of Uie late Bishop of this Diocese the President of this Convocation beg leave to report the fol lowing minute : Our meeting as a Convention, at the pre-eid time, is lemlered sad by the ab sence of one who has long been accust omed to lead our devotions and preside over our devotions and piv-ide over our deliberations. It has pleased our lleav enlv Father to take out of this life the soul of our beloved Bishop, Right lt v. John IL a ry Hopelm, J.D., L.L.IK, D.V.L. (trim. We bow with filial sub mission, but deepest sorrow, to thin die penation. We reineiuiH?rwith chasten ed pleasure the scenes of our late meet ing at Windsor, when we exppssed our gratitude for his safe return from Eng land, and our hope for ninny yeare of -ervice in the church of Christ, under his w ise and mild direction. His place, however, at the altar and in our coun cils is now vacant. Uudertheeecircum stnnccs, it is at once a pleasure and a filial duty to recall to our minds his no ble presence and Christian courtesy. During lhirly-five yrars he did faithful ly the high and sacred duties of a bishop, llis great icarningand singular nccomj lishmcntB were most freely used for the advantage and honor of the church. With paternal tenderness ho was ever ready to sympathize with the sorrowful and guide the erring. In tho fullness of ge, he has passed onto a higher and more perfect state of being. For him we do not weep. He is nt rest. Wc are thankful for his good example. And we do devoutly hope that wo may so follow him, that when the Master shall cnll us from our work, we may be found, as he was, watchful and diligent. While we cherish for ourselves thc-e sentiments, we remember with profound regard anil symptithy his faithful and allectionate wife; and we do pray our dear Lord Christ to give her, in her w bl ow hood, the support and sweetest com forts of religion. Daniel H'eb.strr's Opinion. The following extract-from a apech delivered by Mr. Welister in the United State-Senate on the 16th of February, ls;". completely sustain the position now taken by the Republican members of Congress. The speech will lie. found in tic fourth volume of his works, pp. 179 .': " 1 think, then, Sir, that the power ot appointment natuially and necesarih include- the jowcr of removal, wlure no limitation is expres-cd, nor any ten ure but that at will declared. The pow er of aj jjointmelit being "Oliferied tn the President aiui &ua!c, I think t!..c powir of removal went along w ith L, and exercised by the name hand-, jr I think the Legislature jio&scssis tin power of regulating the condition, dura tion, qualification and tenure of office in all case- 'where the Constitution hat- j made no express provision on the sub- jecl. I am, therefore, of opinion that it l- competent lor Longre-s to declare oy law, a- one qualillcatiou of the tenure of office, that the incumbent shall re main in place until the Pri-xidciit shall remove him, for reasons to lie stated to theSmate. And 1 am of opinion that this qualification, mild and gentle as it is, will have nu effect in arresting the evils w hich lesct the progress of the (iovernmeiit and seriously threaten its future prosperity." The Tenure-of-ollicc law, which An drew Johnson, who is no lawyer, as sumes to pronounce unconstitutional, is strictly in accordance with these clear ly e.pro-,-'d opinions of Mr. Webster, the gr ai cxiMjundirof the Constitution. Sr. Aijians, March 0, lfiK. EniTon Thanscbiit: Allow me, as an old friend, to congnU elate you on the improved apjiearance of your pajier which is now without ex-ii-piion the neatest sheet published in Vermont. As a Democrat, and a con stant subscriber. 1 wish to thank you for your almost uniformly fair course hitherto, whon writing of or alluding to the Demooraey, a fairness we can not now expect (since the retirement of the late editor) from your contemporary the Messenger. I was much surprised in your issue of the Cth inst. to find a paragraph, headed " A Democratic Gem," published in quite a prominent place. This article has been floating nmndin imscnyHeOUtfRepublicau papers for some weeks, without any particular author having been named, and is one of the numerous roorbaclts always start ed before any important election. As soon as a name was given the speech wa? unqualifiedly denied ; but if it was true that Henry Clay Dean, or Chauncy C. Barns, or any other extreme apolo gist of the South had said this, tho Demo cratic party are not to be held responsi ble for it, any farther than the Republi can party ought to be held accountable for the insano vagaries of such men as Sumner orStevens, or as nearer the case in hand, Wendell Phillips. Will you oblige your Democratic sijbseribers by republishing the paragraph in question, and Mr. Dean's denial, from the Boston Post, of March 5. and so continue to prove your ciiaracter for fairnessJfjTjMvL Henby CijAY Dhax S Last. If any soldier can vote the Democratic ticket after reading the following from a late speech of the infamous Henry Clay Dean, in 2s cw Hampshire, he must be strangely wanting In self-respect : " If I could have my way,.! would place Jeff Davis in Congress, where he rightfully belongs ; then I would go to Concord, take all those miserable battle-llags front the State House, and make a bon-liro of them in the State House yard ; then I would go all through the 2sorth and des troy all the monuments anil gravestones erected to the memory of soldiers; in short, I would put out of sight every thing which reminds us that we ever had a war with our Southern brethren. I do not know as I would hang one-legged and one-armed soldiers, but I would pray to God to get them out of the way as soon as jiossibie." X.A-i'ASTi:n, 2s. H., Feb. 29, 1868. KDiTori ok Tin: Boston Post : r,.- . If' . 1 ; a." l . a lie, uuuvo iiianciuus luunouuoii nas .fared in the Portland Press. Since lave discussed no auestions out or which such remarks could possibly grow. I am left in wonder whether most to ad mire the anxiety or despise the villainy "of its. pusillanimous author. The whom: is A sitcnit FAuniCATiox. manifest "nus Iac?! Kving neither time, place nor occasion, to lond ciiaracter to the slander, and only exhibits the desperate "','u,n J ine nepumiean cause, not only in rc.w vrnn,n.i.t. i.i.t i v whole country. Ne'thor falsehood nor perjury can stay the ilissolution of this corrupt and vicious party. 1 am, very respectfully, your obed't servant, Hesiiy C&AYTDKAsr. ! ftorrecfJHnulriice of the Yennout Trantvripi. Letter from yeir Hampshire.' RociiixoirAM HotJSK. Portsmouth, X. IL, March 9th, 1S08. Tho.Portemouth navy yard has of late been a fertile subject of comment. In the reduction which the navy is under going, there have been five hundred men dismissed from this yard within the last three months, and each week still adds to the number thus thrown out of employ. The Republicans say that it is thoe of their jmrty who are the sullerers, while the Democrats are retained. As the officers of the navy arc obliged to serve under "the powers that be," it is their endeavor to be entirely indifi'er ent to party politics, and as a rule they do not vote. Commodore Landman, the commanding ollicer at the navy yard, has never voted, and it is the same with most of the officers under him, and they positively declare, that as it is obli gatory to diminish the numbcrof hands the most skillful workmen are retained, while the indifferent ones are discharg ed without political distinction. Thore is very little doing at the yard just now, and it looks as dull and in as somnolent a condition aslwforc the war. There is one ship in the house upon the Mocks; another launched and having the machinery put in; and a third is fit ted waiting for her ollicers and crew. The introduction of Knowlton's patent lievel saw for sawing.-hip timbers has entirely revolutionized the mode of ship building. With this saw, the knees, ribs, and till the timbers of a ship are -aw ii out at once, and hewing is a thing of tin- pa-t. It accompli-hcs more work in an bo.ir than a iio.cn men could do in a day. The -aw now in u-e at the yard, is -tationary and the table which holds the timber i- moved to any angle required to follow lines chalked upon the wood: But the patentee has just ob tained a patent upon another saw, with which the table will be stationary and the saw itself will turn to suit any curve or bevel de-ired for all the timbers and plnnks of the ship. Arrangements have been made for in troducing this new patent into the navy yard here, and it will s)(,n he in oiiera tion. Mr. Know lton :. millwright and iiMchinist of Philadelphia has set up tw elit -eight of t hi -e -aw s of his, ill tllO United State-; two in England, and tle-tv i- c-ie in P.tris th.it ha- not yet re turned fioiu the Exhibition, where it w a- mention) d - hciinr "ver ingeni-ou-.v An Aineri'iin inventor con--i-lers Old FoL'-lm ocr the water, slow iii reci.L'iiiing the importance of We.-tern disiov.n. s. A very small -teamer make?- a number of trips dailey b- tween Port-mo-ith ami ! !c navy yard, -o thar !-):iii n i he oftie. i- and men live in the . it and work ui,n the yard. Fin re arc quaitci for -ome of them thoIY atid olllc n The in- n live at Kit- ,1! town adjoining. There tb,.iit ,i tle'ti-.! i-l hand- cm- i ry, a -ar. iios, ployed V i 1 1 o ; i . ii. ai .1 n . tor the re.'i ai .. i v of structures !;' thi- eit which have been r 1 1 - . ti,i!i w ith it- pa-t his- '(ry. i- --nt , f wliii h I w i-h to write you :ior. ..v.iei:larh . a.- it i de-ering of -j cia! .rolililleliee. It i- the olde-t 'i.ick Im-i-e in the city, which at the time of it- building, wa- scarcely sur j,;. cd by any private residence in New linicland.lt i- - ltuated on corner of Daniel and Ch.qiel street-, and is apparently as sound, fre-h and m its goiwl repair as )tl..-o-'h it had be. n ei e.ted n if bin twen ty years, i he work was commenced m 1718, and finished in 1723, at an exjwnse of (kh. The massive walls, eighteen inches thick, are of brick, which with some of the other building materials, were brought from Holland. Hewn stone at that time was not in use. The brick work commences on the rough cel lar walls. It is three stories in height the third story having a gambrel roof and Lutheran windows. The stories are very high for the style of the time in which it was built, the whole height of the building being about fifty feet. The projector and builder of this mansion, Oapt. Archibald Macpheadris, was a native of Scotland, a member of the Kings Council, and an opulent merchant. At the head of the stairs, on the space each side of the hall windows, there are pictures of two Indians, life size, highly decorated and executed bv a skillful ar tist. These pictures have always been in view there, and arc supposed to repre sent some with whom the original own er traded in furs. In the lower hall of the house are still displayed the enor mous antlers of an elk, presented to Capt. M. by tho Indians. 2Tot long since the spacious front entry underwent repairs. There had accumu lated four coatings of paper. In one place on removing tho under coating, the picture of the hoof of a horse was dis covered. This led to further investigation the horse of life size was developed, and a little further work exhumed Governor Phipps on his charger. The progress of clearing tho walls was now entered upon in earnest, with as much interest as if delving in the ruins of Pompeii. The next discovery was that of a lady at a spinning wheel, (ladies spun some thing besides street yarn in those times) who seems interrupted in her work by a hawk lighting among the chickens. Then came a scripture scene, Abraham offering up Isaac. There is a distan city scene and other sketches upon tho walls, covering porhaps four or live hun dred square feet. The walls have been very carefully cleared, and the whole paintings, which are evidently the work of some clever artist, are now presented Tlrtht-ir original beauty. No person living had any knowledge of the hidden paintings they were as novel to an old lady of eighty, who had been familiar with the house from her childhood, as to her grand daughter who discovered the horse's foot. The rooms in the house are finished with pannelled wood walls, and the old Dutch tiles still decorate the fire-places. The pictures on some of them are rather unique. Tho aptiquarian. will here find in the treasured family relics inore curi osities than our limits will allow us to detail, which are more pleasing to him than a fcait. This is the house which I have men tioned to you before as being provided with a lightning rod, which was put up in 1702, under the personal inspection of Dr. Benjamin Franklin and was prob ably the first put up In New Hamp shire. To-morrow- w ill be it eventful day for this State, as it will decide this contest ed election, which has for so long been the source of such excitement. Both parties seem to have been "redoubling their efTorta" every day for the past month; and the number of meetings and the rapidity with which tho politi cians fly from one end of the State to the other, making speeches all day and all night, is something astonishing. A Miss Bessie Bisby (a very fine looking young lady) has been staying at this hotel for the past week, making speech es in the Democratic interest, both here and at Greenland. She says she is going to stump the State for the Democrats next summer. Gen. Sickles and suit are also staying here, and he is to ad dress the Republicans this afternoon. X. The First J'risoner. Was there any one that did not know McCarty, while the Vermont Cavalry regiment was in camp at Burlington ? If any such there were, they did not be longto the original organization. Mc Carty was enrolled in Capt. Conger's Co. B, and joined the regiment from St. Albans. He early gained for himself a peculiar reputation, and his individuali ty became distinctly known. As I re member him, he was somewhat ad vanced in years, perhaps 45; but in this there was no discredit, nor, perhaps dis advantage, when we consider that many older men than himself would be caval ry soldiers. It was the iMjpular idea of the times that the aged could ride on horseback to meet the enemy, better than to go on foot, but obstacles were soon discovered to be in their way to active service. In proportion to the age of tho trooper, as a general rule, was the size of his bundle strapped to the cantel of his saddle. Their portmanteaus became so enlarged, in some instances, with their economical desires to move bed and bedding, that it was impo-sible for them to throw a foot over the bundle without assistance from others. Siill there was a place found for .-very one elsewhere, who could not exeell in the ranks, and frequently, as in the c.i-e f McCarty, the soldier selected for him self. Time wore away in camp at Bu. lime ton, with roll calls, drills upon foot ami the school of the trooper mounted. -Whether McCarty ever learned the precise method of saddling, bridling and mountingaliorse, I cannot say. Wheth er he became acquainted with the par ticular manner of holding the rbins in the left hand I do not know, but my opinion is he cared for none of these things. His forte was rather to obtain egress from camp to steal his way passed the guards and sentries who were stationed around it with club, to operate outside. He evidently possessed from the start, all of those essential qualities which wero afterwards found to characterize a first cla-s bummer in tho army. The bummers were not with out their usefulness, and when the class was not too large, they were- valuable appendages., and the mese3 to which they belonged generally lived well. Tho regiment had embarked ujion the cars at Burlington had tickled the eople of New York city in making its display in passing through Broadway had galloped from Jersey City to Eliza bethiort, whoro riders lecanio dis mounted, and the highway literally -trewn with blankets, bundles, and all the liven- of war, reminding one of a grand retreat ; but McCarty remained steadfast in the saddle. The horses were never afterwards ridden faster than a walk except on extraordinary occa sions. Tho regiment took the cars again at Elizabethport, and wended its weary way through Harri.-burgh to Washington, and McCarty was ever useful in filling canteens for the Imys at the corner groceries on the road. -When the regiment reached Washing ton, it went into "Camp Graveyard," east of the Capitol, where the mud was knee deep and the graves wide open. He did not accept the Invitation to remain there, but moved forward with the rest of us to Annapolis. Here the regiment went into camp of instruction, and wsts brigaded with tho 5th New York (Ira Harris) Cavalry. CJen. Hatch commanding. The camp was delightful and the time passed pleasantly away in the usu al routine of roll calls, drills, and dress parades in tho day time, and occa sional dances on Co. B street in the even ing. While some wero panting for ac tive service and serious combats, others were satisfied " to let well enough alone " and be contented where they were. Rumor sometimes told strange stories which the soldiers eagerly caught up and greatly exaggerated. It was said that there was asccesh recruiting station and supply dejwt a half day's ride away upon the Chcseieake Bay, that was do ing service for the army of Jeff Davis. Information reached Gen. Hatch to this effect, and he determined to send a com pany of cavalry to squelch the concern and arrest the offenders. Accordingly Capt. Hammond's Co. H., 5th N. Y. (I think) was selected for this purpose, and moved out of camp early one morning in February. With high hopes and great expectations the troopers pressed forward, ambitious to secure the first trophies of the war. Upon reaching the place, the large number of rebels, of which they had heard so muuh, wero no where to bo found. They could discover but one person upon whom sufficient suspicion rested to warrant his arrest, and he was a Maryland Rebel by his own confes sions. He was overpowered of course and secured with but little resistance. He was marched with his horse, at the head of the column in the first set of fours into our brigade camp, and cross ed the lines near our company quarters before sundown. At this time none of us had seen a rebel prisoner, and we had the extreme Yankee curiosity to gratify in witness ing the first one. Sullenly with the stubbornness and reticence of a South erner, he appeared. Although over powered he was not cast down. His mind seemed to be employed in deep study how he should extricate himself from his uncomfortable position. The " Ira Harris" boys wero elated over their good success in capturing such a man, and gave vent to their feelings in expressions of gladness. Well they might rejoice, for they had captured the first prisoner, a man too who was evidently a dangerous character. But there was another feature to the affair. The prisoner was recognized, aud accosted with " Hallo McCarty, captured, taken prisoner, oh? But the prisoner made no reply. His captors wondered at tho apparent familiarity, and thought they smelted a ?nice. They had caught a Tartar. Ho was taken by them before Gen, Hatch, and upon sat isfactory evidence being produced that he was not tho man, he was subsequent ly released. The reader will readily comprehend the whole matter. Capt. Conger had anticipated tl)P movement in disguis ing McCarty as ft Maryland citizen, whom ho had son t as a spy upon the mission to the suspected spot. I never Inquired of him whether he expected McCarty to return. Tho captain had previously loft him behind upon our marches and did not expect to see him again, and when the next summer Ho was lost from the company during "Ranks' retreat," the Captain made no words about it. G. New Hampshire State Election. GOV. HAUkIjIAK RE-ELECTED ! His Majority about 3,000 ! mi-: ni-Ji'UJiLicAXSJunifjA.vr ; Co.vcoiti), N. II., March 10. The State has gone Republican by u slightly decreased majority from last vear. Concord with the exception of AVard 2, gives Harrimait 1,382, Sinclnir, 854. Concord gives a gain of ilO. Dover made radical gains varying from 4" to 125. In Concord the entire radical tick et for city ollicers is elected in all the w ards except Ward 2. L. D. Stevens is the Mayor elect. Nashua gives Ilarriinan l,loi ; Sin clair '.Mil. Merrimac Co. is dose, but the Demo crats have probably a small majority. In Grafton county the Democrats have asmall majority. Belknap, Carroll and Coos counties are carried by the Democrats by in creased majorities. Tho other five counties have been carried by the Re publicans. Keene gives a largely increased ma jority for Harriman. Cheshire county gives Harriman 11S3 majority, a Repub iic:in train of 'A. li'o tow ii give Harriman 25,11'i, Sin clair 22. l'H; Republican net gain lodon iast yt ar's (:. Boston, March 11. The Republican- have again carried New Hampshire, their majority on the -tate ticket Ix-ing about :tHl. The republicans have carried five of ten counties, the same as last year, '" n republicans to one democrat. lie republicans carry all the cities m t .! -.' handsome gains in Concord, Na-li-ii Manchester, Dover and most f t!.c L.reer towns. The democrats ha. i i- i t.-d three of the twelve Sena r. r- ha . nir carried the 0th, Hth, and Utli i at'irial districts same as last 1 he vote of the State as far as re ceived in for Harriman ;M,83S, Sinclair :l,21T. 1'onTSMi.rTH, N. II., March 11. This city give Harriman 1,1S1; Sin clair 1.121. Last vear, Harriman 1, 034: Sinclair !HK). FROM WASHINGTON. Copperhead Impeachment Rumors. Hon. ThoiiKts KstttiilislieU a.- .SrreUirv of War at the White Ifou.-e. New Youk, March 10. The following are Washington spec ials, the first being from a Democratic source: Seeral Radical Senators have ex-pre-M.t themselves lately to the elleet that the impeachment articles are not -ullicient to convict the President. Some twenty-two Senators, including Demo crats, are said to be of this opjnion, and an ellbrt is to lie made to initiate some plan of dismissing the ca.e for want of cause for action. A project is on foot to start a paper in Washington to support the President, with a capital ot $200,000. The Cabinet and President held a con sultation on impeachment last nitrht. The bill extending the Freednieifs Bureau anotin r year will probably pans the Hoiwe to-day. The bill to admit Alabama will be re Krted to the House to-day. J. ('. Fremont is in Washington. Thad. Steven- is exceedingly feeble. The President has determined ou a course with regard to the War Depart ment, which is very likely to end in further embarrassments, if not in a di rect eontiict, and to add to the certainty of his conviction by the Senate, iii pursuance of his determination not to recognize Secretary Stanton in any way. he requires all communications" with hims-if to be made direct, without Doss ing through the regular channel of the War Department. On Saturday he sent lack a jMtrcel of jiajiers forwanfed from Gen. Grant's Headquarters through the Department, which did not even bear Mr. Stanton's name, but the usual in dorsement bv order of the Secretary of War. He then sent a rcqtie-t to liavo the juipers forwarded direct. He lias e-tabli.-hed Gen. Thomas as Secretary of War ad inti-rim at the White Hous'e so far as to treat him in every respect as Secretary of War tie facto though no or ders have yet appeared as being ifi-ued by in- authority. When they do new questions will arise. The Reconstruction Committee agreed that before taking action on the Alaba ma cae to call for the official returns of all the late elections there. Prominent officials say that an inves tigation will prove General Logan to bo mistaken in his charges against the Treasury Deportment. Tho officials in the Custom Houses are to be reduced by the Retrenchment Committee. An individual is in Washington, in tho iuterest of the "Johnson defenders," who recently attempted to secure the passage of a bill by the New York Leg islature protecting the interests of hous es of ill fame in New York City. Mr. Wade has no intention of resign ing. A delegation is in Washington lrom Florida to get some aid to prevent the adoption of the Constitution reported by the minority of the late Convention, and which is recognized as the Constitution to be voted upon. It enfranchises all rebels, and places the appointment of all State and County ollicers, down to and including Justices of the Peace, in the hands of the Governor, aud so dis tricts the State as to entirely neutralize the loyal vote of the State. The Patkiakck and His Sons. A meeting of the live sons of the Rev. Ammi Nichols took place recently in their native town in Braintrce, at the home of their venerable father. The oc casion was one of deep interest, for such a meeting had not occurred before for thirty years ; and it was brought about by the statement which went the rounds of the papers some weeks ago, that Fath er Nichols is the patriarch of Vermont ministers. A copy of that statement strayed into tho hands of oneof the sons resident in Illinois, who, feeling that lie must see that patriarch before he died, sent to his brothers in Wisconsin anil Minncsotttj and all came together to tho old home in Vermont, still the home of of one of the sons. A photograph of the group the father and five sons was ta ken; and while conversing together of the need of a parsonage on 11 mint fee Hill, and the improbability of tliefeeble church and society being able to build one alone, It was proposed that inas much as the family's circlo of friends is large, tho pioturo bo advertised for sale each copy being sold for two dollars, nt a profit of one dollar and a half, which shnll go towards the parsonage fund for Braintrce. Notice is horoby given to this effect, and all persons desiring to obtain a family picture of rare interest, as well as to aid the feeblo church in Braintrce, are requested to address by letter, Miss A. H. Nichols, West Ran dolph, Vermont. Vermont Chronicle. m r . . A correspondent of the Iliehford Sentinel eays ; The Cham plain Spring Company are progressing finely in the erectlpn of a new hotol. .The hotel is to be. built fronting tho common a hundred feet and four stories high, and to be furnished according to the latest stylo by tho popu lar hotel keeper, Jed. P. Clark. Inva lids and pleasure seekers will find a pleasant summer resort in this place. Maple trees in Indiana arc l;oiiig tapped. IMPEACHMENT MATTERS. Important Ruling by Chase. Judge ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIAL. 7.S' CUJIWSEL HE LECTED, ,(C . ir'l ,....i7 In tlit Jbttton Journal.) Washington, March (Ith 2 P. M. The galleries of the Senate were fairly filled. Preparation- luive been made for a very large crowd in all the galler ies and the visitors are packed into the seats with great care. At one o'clock the President an nounced that the hour had arrived fur resuming the consideration of the im peachment of Andrew .Johnin, and the Chief Justice, stepping into the Cham ber from the rear hall at this moment, took his seat. He stated the question pending at the time of the adjournment, namely, the tukimr of the oath by Mr. Wade was now lieforc the Senate. Mr. Dixon rose to speak, but Mr. Howard rose to a point of order, assert ing that then- could be no trial unless the Senator were all sworn. He as serted that all the rules had been fixed and raised the point of order whether the objection to the admission of Mr. Wade wa.- not out of order, and asked decision without debate. Mr. I i x i i hoc to speak but wn-called to order by Mr. Ilrake. The Chief Justice then stated that the Senator from Michigan should submit his jxiiut- of order in writing. The Senate -ileiit while this wa bcinsr done and the resolution was rend. The Chief Justice deci.kd Mr. How ard's oint of order not well taken, and Mr. Dixon wa- again called to order by Mr. Drake, on the ground that a point of order was not debateable, and appeal ed from the decision of the Chief Jus tice. Mr. Howard recited the rules for the government of the trial. . No decision on the question of order having been made, Mr. Dixon was al lowed to proceed. Mr. Dixon argued against Mr. Wade's right to be sworn. The question for this tritmnnl to decide was, whether a person interested can be a judge in hi- ow n ease. Mr. Sherman called him to order and asked that he be requested to confine himself to the direct question. The Chief Justice sustained Mr. Sher man. Mr. Dixon then continued his re marks and denied that as a question of order Mr. Wade had a right to be sworn. Mr. Johnson spoke in support of Mr. Dixon's K)sitioii, but urged that Mr. Wade lie passed by for the present. He w a- sure himself that Mr. Wade had n constitutional right to be sworn. The jioint of order of Mr. Howard was then reported and that gentleman re peated his former position. Mr. John-onheld that the rules could only apply after the Court was regular ly in operation. " Mr. Dixon resumed and Mr Howard called him to order under the rule, and asked the ruling of the Chief Justice. The Chief Ju-tice decided the 231 rule not yet in force, and Mr. Howard ap- ea led from the decision of the Chair. Mr. Drake urired that the Court was not in a position to decide anything, be ing neither Senate nor Court, and also took an appeal from the Chair, and the Chair put the question. A vote by yea- aud nays being taken, resulted jeas '-l and nay.- 'J)K So the ( 'hair was sustained. Pkklkv The followim; is the summonds to the President : The United States of America and the Senate of the T "nited States, to An drew Johnson President of the United State-, greeting : Whejuas, the House of Reprise nta- j tives of the United States or America j did on the fourth day of March exhibit to the Senate article- of impeachment against you the -aid Andrew Johnson j in the words following: (Here follow the articles of impeachment) : and de- nand that you the said Andrew John- son should bo put to answer the aceusa tion- as -et forth in said articles, and that such proceedings, examinations, trials and judgment might be thereup on had as are agreeable to law, and jus tice ; you, the .-aid Andrew Johnson, are, therefore, summoned to appear be fore the Senate of the United States of America, at their Chambers in the City of Washington, on the Kith day of March, at one o'clock P.M.. there ami then to answer to the said articles of impeach ment ; and then and there to abide by, obey and perform such orders, directions and judgments, as the Senate of the United States shall make bv the Consti tution and laws of the United States. Hereof you are not to fail. Witness, tho Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Presiding officer of the Senate, at the City of Washing ton, this oth day of March, in the year of our Lord 1.S0S, and of the indepen dence of the United States the ninetv first. Jeremiah S. Black, Attorney Gener al Stanbery and Benjamin R. Curtis, of Massachusetts, have beon positively de termined upon as counsel for Presidont Johnson in the impending trial. The President will submit his whole case to his counsel. They will act for him and their act will be considered his acts. The counsel have had several consulta tions with the President, and among themselves, but no conclusion has been arrived at as to tho details of the defence. It is stated on good authority that the President, previous to appointing Gen. Thomas Secretary of War arf interim, tendered that position to Gen. Schofield, who, however, declined in a respectful manner. Mr. Johnson's advisers have agreed to ask for 20 days after return is made to the writ next Friday, in which to prepare his case. The board of managers on the part of the House will onnoso this reouest and will endeavour to have the Senate limit the time to 10 days, or fifteen at the out side. The impeachment board of manna gers are in session, examining witness es; much of the testimony now being taken will be used in supporting the charges against the President embodied in the articles of impeachment. Butler and Bingham conduct the examination for the most part, and all tho testimony is carefully reported for future reference. The managers will hold sessions daily until the trial commences. Previous Cases of Impeachment. The Rochester Democrat says the fol lowing cases of the Impeachment of pub lic officers have already occurred in the history of the United States. In 1797, William Blount, a Senator from Ten nessee, was impeached for having in trigueq to trausfer New Orleans to Great Britain; in 1803, John Pickering, Jus. tice of tho District Court of the District of Now Hampshire, was impeached on four ch orges; one of which alleged that he was a man of loose morals and intem perate habits. In 1805, the impeach ment of Samuel Chase, as Associate Jus tice of the Supreme Court of the L nlted States, was the cause of great public ex citement. In 18S0, James H. Peck, Judge for tho District of Missouri, was impeached of high misdemeanors. The latest cases are those of Judge Watrous, of Texas, who was impeached in 1857, and of Judge West II. Humphreys, of Tennessee, who in 1S62 was impeached for complicity in tho rebelliptj. J'it h j L'orrespondeii cc. Sumner to Stanton : , Senate Cuamueu, Feb. 20. Stick I Stanton to Sumner: r, ,Wai1 Deiaktment, Feb. 20. Stuck ! A. J. to " Old Ad Interim :" Kick! Wl"TE HUSB'. Ft-b; 57i ".Old Ad'lnterim'' to A. J.h- ' Wai Department, Feb. 27. Sick$ Summary of News. Barnum has lost three museums I. Are. Nasby is going to Washington lecture. There are 8,000 Methodist in Ilii- nois. North Carolina has pers. ine daily pn- Lettuce is already in the Alton mar ket. The Semi noles of Florida still h. Ni slaves. There are fifteen hundred lakes in Maine. There are 1,100 John Smiths in , w York. Bishop Whittinghnm's health i- im proving. Wisconsin is cutting pine tree feet in diameter. Cincinnati insurance com pum. , j,,.t .Siio,ooo last month. Ciueeii Victoria has twelve grai. l childreu. No wonder politicians ipi:irr. l -. much. Quarrel are their en;,,,.,,, feud. A new lot of Artemu- Ward'- un published productions are -.x.ri t. published. Louis Napoleon says '-the Knqnie is jieace." If he dose n't biok out it -.. i!l be pieces. The new Constitution of MiM.--,q pi declares that duellists shall not ,,t. . Mile. Sarah Felix, sifter of Km ),. 1 , is a vender of hair dves, and hi 10(1,000 bottles. The value of a Whit worth gun ,t worth a whit. The 'ia-t of the revolutioi,ar !. roi s" is still dying in every s.ctn"ii the Union every few weeks. Humor says I.oui- Napoleon i- n..w , a devotee to the American oM-kta.!. -That i-tlieonly republican "in-tit;iti, n" he has ever favored. A Western minister went tochun ii ii few weeks ago and took his -eat wi-h the congregation, refusing to prea. !i 1 e-cau-e iiis salary had not been paid. Whatever the diil'ei-ence of opinion among philosophers, there is httic doubt that oriran-grindi-r- obey the law of their own organization. The Kentucky Legislature are ein ' sidering the propriety of repairing the , defaced monument of Daniel Boom at Frankfort. , A country editor, having heard that 1 King Theodore never sleeps more than half an hour at a time, has -cnt the roynl ! Aby.-sinian bis paper for a year. The Papal troops are to be armed j with the American Remmiiigton ritle, I which is considered better than the , much lauded Chnsepot ritle of the j French infantry. I The conductors of the New York ! ami New Haven Railroad are to have , the initials of their road in gold letters ! on their coat lappets, and they are to be J uniformed in blue. i A dispatch from Montgomery, Ala ! Imma, says the olllcial returns of the i late election have been made up. Of j 171,000 registered votes, a little o-r 7o, I 4XH) were east, and not all of them for I the constitution. The white vote uhs insignificant, not over one in twenty. The English language in the We-t i.- rapidly approaching a high degree ..' penection. me eorresponuent or a Minneapolis Jiaper takes exception to something said by "your local topician," and another journa! of the North we-t says of an opposition print, that it- edi torial articles are ''as lugubrious as th. y are longitudinal." An English paper says that leu. MeClellan has a claim to a share in the Banda and Lirwee prize monev. lie has proved himself to be the neare-t of kin, and, consequently, heir to Mi-- Adelia Campbell, who inherited from her brother, the late Lord Clyde, to whom Gen. McClellan's father was cousin-gernian It is reported that the Fenian pris oners who were captured recently at Dungarvan wereoil'ered their pardon-on condition that thev would give thei parole to leave the Kimrdom. It i- fur ther reported that the prisoners uitani uiouslv refused to a-seni to till- i.roi.' -I tion. A last vouug gentleman in I'ari.- re eentiy made a bet that he would -e nro his own arrest without committing anv crime. He won. bv srointr to a fa-hi..n-&. ' aide cafe in a shockingly rakish costume! and pulling a roll of large bills from his tioot when calleu upon to pay for what he had eaten and drank. Notwithstand-i ing his protests he wa- carried Ix-forel a Justice ami had to procure testimony to hts respectability. A crushing girl from Illinois w rites! home that Rue kingnam Palace " is cer tainly excelled bv manv a block buildings in Fifth avenue, and is utter ly eclipse! oy jilicnigan terrace. tn. a-i go." As an architecural critic th.itj young jier-on is a success. Col. Shepherd of Washington coun ty, Texas, has realized -SJn.uuo from an; investment of oulv Soon in -heei five! vears ago. Sheep raising is profitable! in the " Lone f-tar" r-tate. Pogram resides temporarily in Nos !-cotia. Here is tne way nt- i-wseu inst oration in favor of repeal the other day z. "Had I 10,000 voices, each as loud a- a f dozen cat-in a garden aye, louder -till, with those lo,000 voices 1 would cry till g my 10,000 throats were raw, Repeal", Re- Jtr peal, Kepeal!" Beggars are bad enough in Ameri-j can cities, but no American, it is -aiuj can form any conception of the amount of boL'garv in London, unless he husj been tbnre. As von walk the streets it seems as if everybody were asking youj for pennies, and you are torced to yn-iaj to importunity it not to etiaruy. The Vermont llrigadc. Have the boys of the brigade ever heard of " Three Years in the Sixth Corps," by Surgeon Stevens of the 77th N. Y. Volunteers? Here is aBpecimen brick of both the book and the brigade: " In marching from Boonsboro to wards Funkstown, the Vermont brigade in advance of the corps, thelittlestream, Beaver Creek, was passed, and General Howe found Buford's cavalry in his ad vance holding a strong position against the skirmishers of the rebel infantry. At General Buford's request. Gen. Howo sought and obtained permission to send the Vermont Brigade to relieve the cav alry. Col. Lewfs with his Fifth Ver mont and part of the Second, and Col. Barnev with the Sixth regiment, at once deployed as skirmishers, forming their lines two miles long. The Third and Fourth regiments were supporting a battery, an" ne balance of the Se cond was held in reserve. They saw the rebel infantry approach a strip f woods in front of them, and at once ad vanced and occupied it themselves. -Agftinst this long, thin line of skirm ishers the rclels opened a severe fire of artillerv and musketry. ud advanced to drive the skirmishers from their po sition ; but the brave mountaineers nev er dreaming that a Sixth Corps skirm ish line could not hold a rebel line of battle, resolutely refused to leave, and sent the presumptuous line of battle to the rear in confusion : not, however, un til Col. Stoughton with the Fourth and Col. Scaver with the Third came for ward to the support of the F'ifth and Sixth. Again, the rebels, disgusted at being repulsed by a skirmish line, cam? up In several lines of battle and charged upon the Vermonters, and thev again went to the rear in confusion! a third charge was made against the obstinate skirmish ljie, a.fld a third time the at tack was btoken. Meanwhile a strong force attempting to cross the Antietain.' and come in on the flank was repelled by the Second Vermont. The gallant brigade had repelled An--deraon's brigade of seven large regiment from its front and another from h Hank. An instance of a skirmish line a mild and a half from any support, resisting troops in line of battle, is rarely found, in the history of armiest The men used fram sixty to eightj rounds of carfaUlgo, pd when the first supply was exhausted a fresh one w as brought to the front on strctehor. The victory cost the brigade a loss of nine men killed and fifty-nine wound ed, while theenenvy Jcjit more than twt hundred men"