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1ADEPEXDENT STMHID. A. A. EAKLC. EDITOI6. IBASBLRGH, FBIDAT. JULY 1, IS64. Orleans Co. Temperance Society. The Orleans County Temperance So ciety met at Greensboro on Tuesday ol last week, but owing to the smiill number present at tlie morning session little bu siness was done. C. A. J. Marsh, Dr. S. Corey, and A. P. Dutton were appointed a committee on resolutions, and after the reading of the constitution of the society and some mis cellaneous business, the convention ad journed till one o'clock P. M. The exercises of the afternoon were opened by prayer, followed by excellent muic from the Greensboro choir. The committee on resolutions then reported the following : Resolved, That the Maine Liquor Law or any other law will never redeem our state from the accursed tutfiic in liquor1, until the temperance men awake to their own responsibilities in the matter. Jiesolved, That ulcohol should be abol ished not only from Iho side board, but from the Materia Medica. The War News. During the past week the army of of the Potomac lias had several eiigdiromeiild with the enemy. On Tuesday, the 21st ult., the 2d corps moved to a position between Nor folk and Peters burg. The enems was found in force and skirmishing ensued. The enemy's position be ing found strong, our advance fell back to the main bod v. On the next day t h e army was put in line of battle. It is said that our army is gradually moving round towards the left, and the grandest operations of the war are in pro gress. The steeples and towers of the churches in Petersburg!! have been shot away. Our whole loss since crossing the James l iver is re ported at 10,000, and that of the enemy much greater. Gen. Foster lias moved north of James Kiver 9 miles from Richmond, and puzzles the rebels greatly. On Wednesday there was a fight near the Weldon railroad, in which the number of our loss in prisoners The Situation Before Petersburg, cd, therefore, that the enemy's com- liiiuntcations are to-uuy in any re The correspondent of the New speet seriously embarrassed. York 'limes furnishes a coiilinttiiica-1 This exposition, while showing that lion oi very great leugiu uuieu "-ir-;wc il()ia n0 sucl relations td Peters. my ol the 1 otoniac, near I etcrs-burg Uad its communications as to burg, luesilay, June giving aviuim its being under a siege, yet retime oi tne operations oi tlie prc-;jt brings out clearly the command ceding week, and discussing pros-';,,,, uiilitury importance of this point pects and probabilities with much with reference to operations against discernment. The following is an Kichmond by this line. Petersburg extract Horn tins letter : j ju -act) tllc key to liiohmoud ; and "The hue M rebel works on a, the elaboi-nt. construction of its dc Ittsohed, That the order of Good! was about 1000; that of our killed Templars lately introduced intoour stute:aiui Woitnded probably 1,500. At and county, deserves the hearty support of all temperance men. Hi-solved, That we acknowledge our obligations to Iho good people of Greens-, boro for the ample entertainment they have providi d for this society, uiid we only regret that the number present is tooj small to do justice to their libeial hospi-i lality. The usual number of clergymen were not present to assist in the discussion ol these resolutions, owing doubtless to the fact that other meetings then in session prevented their attendance; but by the aid of Dr. Corey, C. A. J. Marsh uiid other members present, the resolutions were ably discussed and numbers three and four were adopted, while numbers two and three were laid on the table for further consideration at tlie next session. After the discussions, interspersed with voluntaries from the choir, the audience and choir joined and made the rafters tremble, with the lich notes of old Amer ica, ufter which the convention adjourned 8 o'clock, r. m., a charge was made by the 2d corps, and the line of works from which they had been forced in the afternoon was recov ered. We lost scarcely a man in the charge. A number of prisoners were taken. Skirmishing was kept up all night along the line. On Thursday morning the Oth corps moved toward the Weldon Kailroad, driving the enemy before them. It is said they are in posses sion of the road and will destroy it immediately. On Wetidnesday of last week 150 wounded soldiers arrived at Bur lington, and were transported to the Hospital. commanding ridge south of the city.; felICCSj furnjSUC3 a standard of the taken by Smith on Wednesday, are'iiivrh value set upon it by the rebel but two miles from Petersburg, uud ulilitary engineers. Viewed from a thence one looks right into thejmjjitai.y ,)oint of Y-WW) it f01.ma a 'Cockade City,' which lies in the,1)0Wcrluilv foltilied tete do point, valley of the Appomattox. I!ut our covering "the passage of tho river line is now advanced far beyond ului ti10 ,uiain iiue 0f communica tive works, and m places not overtoils from Richmond southward. Halt a mile lrom tlie town, wlucli lies jts relations with that capital are, peneeuy uuuer uie range Ol ourji,! iact almost identical with those batteries, and has already received heId by Baltimore toward Washing- ton ; and were the rebels in posses sion of the former point they would not menace our capital more thau we would Richmond, were we once in possession o f Petersburg. In fact, not as much for even were Baltimore iu the hands of the rebels, Washington would still have its wa ter communications, while Richmond is isolated from it. The rebel de fensive line was drawn around the city at a distance of about two miles from it, and formed a set of detach ed redoubts after what is known as the 'German system.' Of these works there were seven teen, mounting from G to 18 guns tpiile a number of accidental shells. In this state of facts, I readily an ticipate the ijiiestion, 'Why, then, is the city not shelled ?' To any one who has a conception of the ground, there is a ready reply to this ques tion. Petersburg lies in a hollow, and is commanded both by the heights on the south, which are in our possession, and by the heights on the north, which arc in the ene my's possession. Now, the assault which carries Petersburg must also be prepared to push over the river and carry the heights beyond domi nating it; for otherwise it could soon be made much too hot a place. to tie eo.'uiortaoie. Jn any other ti,., i,.,.,.:c..n.. .i view the shelling ot Pctersbursr:si,rii..il mul nnvm-rni ; nn.,,,..,;. a useless enterprise; aiidioquai to t10 fortifications around UOmUartllnent Ol , VVisllil..-(n nn.l ,,nnn,.,l l,u nr, the strongest I tve yet seen iu mv experience be WO 111 if we take the 1 i. i .... . , i . riuueiieiv&uurgas a measure, wouiu infantry parapet tusi us imiun mure jii ammuuuiou i h: than the amount to which we might damage the town. If this outline of the present situ ation be intelligible, it will have made manifest how absurd is the notion which lias been expressed in the Noi th-Tii press, that Petersburg over all parts of the theatre of war That they were left as inadequate ly defended as they were, therefore, can only be accounted for on the hypothesis which, i n d e e d , is no longer a hypothesis, but an ascer tained fact that Gen. Grant's nia- Tiiikving IN Tuoy. The thieves in the vicinity of North Troy have com menced their summer campuign iu ear nest. Widow Elkins had a horse stolen from her barn one uight lust week, but which has since been recovered. Thomas Green had a swarm of bees btolen from his bee bouse. The hive was broken in pieces and the honey carried away. It is well for people to be on their guard. TitoniNG Rack. There will be a grand Trotting Race on the Park on Indian Point, near Newport, Monday next, the 4th day July. Three purses arc offered; one of $30, one of 50, and one of $200. Tho railroad company will carry passengers to and from the races for fare one way. The lovers of sport anticipate a good time, and the proprietors, Duck &, Pcndar arc ready and willing to accommo date all visitors in the best manner. Moke Boys Fallen. We aro sor ry to be again compelled to record the deaths of more of our friends iu the ar my fallen under the merciless aim of the foe. Jerome 13. II. Larrabee of this town, and a member of Co. C, 4th regiment, died in Washington, on Monduy the 20th of June, of wounds received in the Wil derness batde, May 5tb. He was a good boy one to be trusted in any place or position. While belay upon tbe field he tell under the eye of a "Good Samaritan iu tbe rebel unifoim. In one of the wild charges made on ibat day our men were driven back, when a rebel soldier found Larrabee, saw bis condition and pulled out bis ,(U&k and gave him a drink of whiskey, then covered him up with his blanket and left him, They are not all cruel. Eddie Nye, also of ibis town, died in Washington on Weduesday, June 22d, of wounds received at the buttle of Cold Harbor. After receiving bis wound, be lay upon the field one day, was then ta , ken to a tent where be lay upon the ground six days more, then put into an ambulance and hauled over a corduroy road for seventeen miles enough we should think to kill a sound man. Yet be survied to diu in a hospital and at tended by a brother in his last hours. Cufpar B. Kent, formerly of this town, was killed almost instantly on the ICtb ol June, while on picket. He was bit in the forehead by a sharpshooter, and lived but about ten minutes; "Where am 1 Lit?" were the only words he spoke to a loved comrade who was with him. He leaves heart-broken wife and two small children to mourn him. We knew bim well and for many years ; be was a large hearted man, no niggard, a brave soldier, an exemplary christian. His body lies , buried above a cold spring and under some beautiful gum trees in Virginia. ''His soul is marching on." Orleans Cocntt Court. The June term of the Orleans County Court com menced its sessions in this place on last Tuesday, Hon. L. P. Poland presiding. We tbiDk there will be a short term. Pic-xic at Wkstkif.ui. On the 4th of July the Sabbath School will have a celebration at Westfteld, by a THc-rdc dinner in the grove. Rev. Pliny II. White will deliver an ora tion, and other speakers are expect ed from abroad. The avails will be devoted to the benefit of tho Sani tary Commission. is in a slate oi seige. M.eha phrase.jnanlvi.w deceived Lee, whose army as man. nig a mere stuit.licaUou ofiwa3stiJ1 a day's march off when tin's ideas, might he allowed to pass tin- lilus 0f defenses fell into our hands, noticed: but it is calculated to give Tho riMitv if a.togc tner erroneous impressions, was hurried forward to the both of the present position and ol defences of Petersburg, and the te the lLtture prospects ot the army. liaritJ willl which it uu feince l)(.en A wire, in any other than the W!,14..(1) are the best evidence of the est use ol the term, can only be ap-ikilu of resistance we should have II Ni lo M'l nlMilv itu-il inif n ili- ! , .. . i ... .. , - --""ra !inei wan iiau not ien. Grant been aim planted on or interrupting its' beforehand with Lee. communications. Jo', we neither, 1 have adverted to the nature of nncM i eieismng, nor are we ptaut-ineannMra,,!'- def.-ns,. nflWln,,.,, . . , , er - - w-vlJVi.v,,,,x , liuerrupieu us we en on, nor nave communications. Begin with its northern commit ideations tlie Petersburg and Rich mond railroad. This was seized by Gen. Duller at Port Walthal, and the track torn up for some distance. But Beauregard was able to repulse This has been a matter of remark with the ablest heads in this army. U rivals his defense of Charleston, and damps him as one ot the most skillful soldiers iu the rebel army. And certainly this estimate is not weakened, but, on the contrary, Lightened by a fact which has a's- CttocoDlLE TkXks. The following satanic fulsehond from the New York World is copied iuto the Boston Post, with the hypocritical remark that ''if the accounts of the leaving the city of Alex andria by Gen. Banks' troops are correct, it was the most infamous transaction to befouud in the records of the war." The Brlicle from the World is as fol lows : "As might be expected, the women de sired to go nlong with the federal army, where their husbands had gone. They applied lo Gen. Batiks with tears iind entreaties to be ullowed to go aboard the transports. They were refused ! They became frantic with excitement and rage. Their screams and piteous cries were heart rending. With tears streaming down their cheeks, women and children begged and implored the boats to take them on hoard. The officers o:' the boats were desiious of doing so, but there was the peremptory order from Gun. Batiks not to allow any white citizens to go on boaid. A rush would have been made upon the boats, but there stood theguaiu. with fixed bayonets, and none could mount the stage plank unless they bore the special permit of the commanding general. Yet room was found for five or six thousand negroes that had been gath ered in from the surrounding country ! But no room could be found for while women and children, whose husbands and brothers were in the federal army, and uuuer, ami mis roan, as is convey eo.jtoI1jsi0a every one here. It is this in an olhVial dispatch from General jmc armv 0f M Potomac has not Lee to Mr. Davis, has again been! vct nut"iu front of Petersburg a sin put in running order. Looking to j.iu lnall belonging to Lee's army the southern side, the coniinunica-Lr.pnot a man of the 3 corns tions ol Petersburg are by the l'e- 0f Longstrect, Ewell or Hill The terslmrg and Suflolk ami the Peters-jforce defending Petersburg eousists burg and Danville roads. Looking whudvely of the army of Beaure to the western side, its commtitiica-jKard, with such accessions outside tions are by the Petersburg and ,,r ,,. ,,,-mv nf V-ti.n,. vi,.,.int. he may have received. Lynchbiirgh railroad. Beginning with these iu order, the Petersburg and Suffolk road is lo the natural query as to where Lee's armv is, I can sneak with un m our possession; the left wing of;lun assurance. There may be a our army rests across it; but it!COrps iu front ol Butler, and it is a forms no part ol tlie communications! wc.l known fact that davs a-'o. Ew properot Petersburg, because tIiejcn-H COrps was sent after Hunter. tertninous, Suliolk, has long been in Tlie oLi,er corps is urobablv m-enar- our possession. 1 here remain, there-i,-,,,, another defensive line," in case fore, the Petersburg and Weldon, Petersburg should fall, and the Petersburg and Lynchburg And this is the most unfavorable roads. Ihese are its real coiuiiiit-;COI1JJt.,lucnco of thc ullliap.)y laiIure mentions. Now, we have touched, take Petersburg; it gives the reb uild m our present sanation, can jels thlie to form their plans, make ouch neither ol these. lo tap the,,;,. disposition, and enter on ex I elcrsburg audU el don road would' ..editions of the nature of diver require a development of our line sions tho integrity of their scvern miles to the left To lapjHroadcommunieations allows them the 1 et, rsbtirg and Lynchburg road tiie opportunity of receiving rein is at present impracticable, and pro-'foivements ii.iuiv it v. in oe mmossioie 10 uoi r !... ...i... i :.. i : ' j. jiii; iiiueti ui e i 1 m m lew f the situation to set it down freely and fairly as it stands. If it is not precisely as encouraging as might luivn lliin liniuxl T cli'.ill lim-a i.n'u. . v... iivuvuj kin,... eommi. neat tons, ana me maxiuiuues C011Veyed my own impressions, if it not allow us to expose our owni3 lakell to be diseouratrinff. It can commuiKcations in operating against be discouraging only to tliose whose iiivn. ui iiiu eueiin. ill 11113 euuui more than make it the object of vis itations from raiding parties, be cause tin extot.Mon so far to the left would seriously endanger our own tion of things, to speak of Peters burg as being under 'siege' is a mere abuse of language. With reference to the questiou of the repair ol the rebel roads, I have recently learned a fact, the truth of! which is undoubted,, and which ac counts for the facility and rapidity with which the enemy has lately been able to make good all the dam age we have done on their railroad communications. Gen. Lee has, in conjunction with several railroad engineers, organized a corps of rail road construction, which has thi absurd illusions, respecting thc work before this army should long ago have been dissipated by the experi ences of the past fifty day's cam paign. There is no let-up with this army ; it is determined to go thro' with the business in hand, and it will go through with it if it be but adequately sustained. Petersburg presents precisely such a problem as we have already had half a doz en times before in the course of this campaign. It will be solved by in strumentalities precisely similar to those that have solved "all the oth ers it will be either carried or the purpose of carrying tho town. This action, therefore, separates it self from the assaults of the two previous days, which may be looked upon as of the nature of preliminary operations. This was an action winch was designed to be decisive of operations on the present posi tion. 1 hree dillereut assaults were made durinsr the day at 4 in the morning, at noon, and at 4 in the afternoon. Space would fail me, even if it was possible for you, away from tho ground, to appreciate the maze of tactics through which the bloody action of Saturday wrought its way. Wc gained ground; it brought our front close up to the rebel lines ; but it failed to give us the coveted position, and alter se vere losses on the part of tho 2d, oth and SKli corps, night tound the enemy still in possession of his works covering Petersburg. Since the indecisive engagement of Saturday, there has, up to the hour of writing, been no renewal of the attempt to carry the city's lines. Of the prospect I know nothing more than the suggestions of infer ence ; but the lull is of a kind similar to that which followed the action at Coal Ilarbor; and I hazard the pre diction that you may once more turn your eyes away from the front held by thc confronting force, and endeavor to conjecture what new stroke will be made by the fertile brain that has already displayed such fertility of resources, in a cam paign without its parallel in the his tory of warfare." A Remarkable Case. But few works on surgery con tain a more intersting and remark able case than the following : Matthew Phenix, Co. B, 8Cth N. Y. volunteers, was wounded by a spent ball iu the left eye, at Mine Run, on thc 21th day of November, 1SG3. lie was brought to the Bap tist Church Hospital, in this city, on the 4th day of December, 1863, where his wound w a s probed by Dr. C. V. Bigelow, surgeon in chargo, who failed to discover the! locality of the ball, lie remained in the hospital some time, experi encing occasional pain, but all the time his general health was improv ing. The wound was frequently probed by Dr. Bjgelow, but without any better result than at the first trial. About the first of March last his general health being very good, he was granted a furlough 40 days. At the expiration of that time he returned and soon began to com plain quite frequently of severe pain from his wound. The wound was again probed, and some pieces of dead bone taken from his eye and the roof of his mouth. -On Saturday last, in examining the wound again with a probe, Bigelow discovered the locality of the ball, which seem ed to be resting immediately" over the palate ol the mouth or throat. Inserting his ball forceps, he found he could not grasp it, and after re peated efforts, he concluded to wait until Saturday morning, when it was his intention to separate the bone on each side of the eye, by which means it was thought the ball could be easily taken out. Early on Sunday morning a messenger arous ed the Doctor, and informed him that Phenix was choking to death. He at once repaired to the hospital, where he found thc patient in the condition stated. He soon discov ered that the ball had been moved from its original bed a little lower down, and unless immediately re moved, must produce suffocation. He inserted his forceps and extract ed it without the least difficulty, giving instant rehet to his patient. The ball was a grape shot, (iron) one inch and a half in circumfer ence, and weighs but a fraction less than half a pound. To any but a surgeon this story would seem some what miraculous ; hut truth some times is is stranger than fiction. Phenix is still at the above hospital, and from all appearance, thc carry ing of a cannon ball in his head for five mouths has but slightly impair ed his health, and not shortened his days in the least. How to Keep the Hanks Full The Washington Republican states that the Important speech of Senator Wilson in which he stated that within a year vVe bad put into the field 700,000 new recruits a n d re-enlisted met), was suppressed by the telegraphic censor. This accounts for the fact that the country heard nothing of it till it appeared in tbe Washington Globe. Why should t h e war department wish the facts suppress ed ? Evidently not from any fear that they would give any information to the enemy that would be of use to them. We cannot avoid the painful suspicion that the secretary of war did uot wish to hear the questions asked, Where are these 700,000 men ? And where are tbe million soldiers that tlje government is paying, if Senator Wilson's statement is correct? No reasonable estimate of the soldiers actually in the field in the various armies makes their aggregate h a 1 f a million ; where are tbe other balf million and more ? Can Secretary Stanton give any account of them ? How many of them have skedaddled, after taking the nutioual and state bounties ? Not balf a million, we hope, but evidently a great many. Tbe volunteers w e have purchased at such cost have proved the poorest possi ble material, as a general fact, and at every battle they disappear by hundreds or thousands. Some of the correspond ents with Meade's army have said theie was no straggling during the recent march to the James, but tbe correspondent of the Boston Journal, who was with the army ou the march, says : "All the corps bave more or less strag glers. The best regiments in the service are cursed with bounty-jumpers and men who enlisted to have an easy time. These fellows are tbe ones who go to swell the list of prisoners, as the rebel cavalry pounces upon them while skulk ing around farm houses and by places to avoid duty. They are the ones who rob and plunder. If circumstances beyond their control compel them lo be in a tight they are tho most zealous in assisting wounded to get to the hospital. You will seo three or four leading a man wounded i n the wrist, and be assured tbey will not return to the regiment till the fight is over. Stragglers rush to the State News. The governor has appointed DugalJ Stewart, of Middlebury, State Auditor vice Bradley, deceased. Mr. Stewart, if our memory serves Us, was a candidate' for the office against Mr. Bradley when' tho latter was first elected.. Woodstock Standard. In the town of Sheldon, on a tract of country four miles square, are kept 1365 cows for dairy purposes alone. Accident. At Lunenburgh, June 15;b,TulIy Strowbridge was thrown from his carriage and badly burt, by bis har ness breaking and letting the carriage on his horse's beels. His borse ran about one half a mile where be was stopped very badly frightened. Caledonian. About 300 sick and wounded soldiers arrived at tbe Hospital in Montpelier on Saturday tbe 18th June. About one balf of them are Vermonters, and the other half are from Maine. St. Albans is furnishing at its depot, for cavalry service, horses in large num bers. They come from all parts of north western Vermont and Canada. Since March 17, at least one thousand horses' have been accepted by the government inspectors and shipped from St. Albans. For these the government pays to con tractors prices, ranging from $133 to. 8145. 7'ranscript. Here is a good sheep shearing story and a true one too : Messrs. Jos. Smith, Jonathan E. Smith and Judson O. Smitb, in three and one balf days last week, sheared 7 00 sheep. They occupied about one half of the following afternoon in shearing 63 sheep, tbe remainder of the flock. The work was well and faith fully done, and tbey were merino sheep belonging to Mr. J. It Morse of West minster, whose excellent and extensive flock is well known in this section. Bil lows Fulls Times. Sao Acciuknt. Mr. John CbriVlie, of Magoon's Point, Stanstead, was fatal ly injured by a bull on Thursday last, lingering until Sunday, when be expired. It appears that be was leading a bull through his yard, when he was suddenly attacked by the animal. A French Can- rear if possible with nightful stories of' diun w)l0 wai present, instead of going carnage and defeat. It dofs indeed seem to his assistance, ran and gave the alarm. .u 1. ........ l .. ir : u,"ir'u,",uu' " "' "UB,rs ca"iWhen found he was insensible and so se. exist. hether the provost marshal has.i.. ; , , . ' verelv imured as to mecluda Bnv hnnen an insoflicient force or the fault arises f recovery. Mr. Chriglie 69 from some other cause, I am unable tn!VMMflf s,..t r... say: Jut a screw is loose somewhere. Just after the army had left Cold Ilarbor la;-t Sunday, I found five good muskets lying where Gen Patrick's quarters had been. A there was no means of con veying them to a proper place, I was ob liged to destroy them that they might not fall into the hands of the enemy." Straggling, however, cannot account for the manifestly great discrepancy be tween the number of soldiers under pay and those actually in service. There must be other screws loose somewhere. The practical question the people ask, when they 6ee Senator Wilson's figures, is, How does it happen that the govern ment wants more men, and that three! hundred thousand will soon be called for ? Senator Wilson, in the speech alluded to solemnly invoked divine help to organize and direct our armies, and undertook to say that the war might have been closed long ago if the courage of the leaders had been equal to that of the people. We are not sure of this, and there has been another cause ot delay and disaster that the senator did not mention. We mean the failure of Congress to act up to the emergency. It is true the people have wonderfully kept up their courage, but it has often been almost the courage of des pair. And there has been nothing s o GT The funeral services of Joseph V. Woodbury and J. B. II. Larrabeewill be attended at tbe congregational church oo Sunday afternoon next, at ibe usual hour. matter iu hand. Larue supplies of ,,, .i .. . . , , fcu.m.u. new raiIro:m mm uun hrin whose homes bad just been burned by CJ from abroad and t.hiee.l nt. ,.... The concluding portion of the the federal torch." vini..nr i.mnfa .,,,.1 .l. r n ft ..,;..: : r.,ii . Tbe Richmond papers, so noted for ly- j important bridges are also ou hand.! "During thc nitrht of Friday the tn e t . . I Will. .1.: . . . i .i . P - ' "'oi ": uerer irameu a more in lnnu.ii, I " falsehood than the above coppurhead slander. Tin Post canoot escape the iu famy of indorsing it by saying iit is correct." Boys do not smoke. ith this agency and these n.caus.lenemy abandoned all that position the damage which can be done isjof the second line which had not lemierea merely temporary; and it been carried during the two previ 18 quite certain that the rebels were ous days, and retired to the 3d line, able, in a marvellous short space, to which thev had meanwhile been put in perfect running order both' constructing. Hereupon, the com the irgima Central ami the Lynch-! mandiug General resolved to make burg roads. It ran hardly lH- claim- an a-sault along the whole line for Death ok Judge Bradley. The Hon. Jeptha Bradley, whose death occurred on the morning of the 1 8th of June, was born in Fairfield, this county. He removed to St. Albans more than thirty years ago on being appointed to the ofhee of Sheriff of the county. He held the position two or three years, after which he was appointed Register of Probate under Judge Bridges. In 1849 he was elected Judge of Probate, but held the office only a year. In 1861 he was elected State Auditor by thc Legislature, and was such at thc time of his death. The business and responsibility of the office has been very much increased since Mr. Brad ley has held it, and few men could have discharged its duties more ac ceptably to the people and for the best interest of the State , than he. Mr. Bradley always took much in terest in the affairs of the town, and Was often called to offices of trust in their management. His funeral took place from the Episcopal Church Monday, the Rev. J. I. Bliss officiating. St. Albans Messenger. disheartening and demoralizing to t h e people as the hesitating, uncertain and continually changing policy of Congress in regard to this whole matter. I hey have been continually tinkering the law, and now seem to be more uncertain as to what needs to be done than ever be fore. Almost any fixed system would bave been better than this continual changing and the uneasiness it has pro duced in the public mind. Under any definite and stable arrangement recruit ing might have been kept up and the armies been steadily replenished from the state. But we have b a d inopportun; suspensions o f volunteering, spasmodic calls f o r men in moments of needless alarm, and such frequent experimenting with tbe law of enrollment and draft that tbe people bare felt quite uncertain whether the government wanted most their money or their lives, or whether it did not run tbe drafting machinery mere ly to show its power to do so. We suppose it to be tbe fact, notwith standing tbe million men reported to be drawing pay as soldiers, that the govern ment wants more men. We repeat our conviction that the best way to get them is to permit tbe states to recruit their quotas in tbe South, wbicb will also be tbe best reconstructive measure, as it will give tbe loyal whites and blacks of that section a more decided personal in terest in tbe success of tbe government ; that tbe scheme of enlisting men for one year instead of three will prove a great waste of time and money, and that Con gress should make this burden just as light upon tbe people as is consistent with securing enough men for the vigorous prosecution of tbe war. And above all, let us not bave a change in the law every month. Springfield RepMiean. The death of Hon. Lewis W. Sowles ot West Alburgb, will be found under the appropriate head. Judge Sowles was lately one of the judges of Grand Isle county for two years, and always held a high position in the vicinity where be dwelt. He was a native of Alburgb and always resided in that town. His 'loss will long be lamented by a large cir cle of relatives and friends. His funeral was held on Tuesday, June 21st, and was largely attended. Transcript. To the Editor of the Caledonian : Dear Sir An Irish girl in one of tbe district schools of this town was late! turned out of school for refusing to read in the protestant version of tbe bible, which request of her teacher tbe child could not conscientiously comply with, as she is a catholic and believes in no other religion than the catholic one. That such a step, if not unjust and unchristian, was an arbitrary one, to say the least, is evi dent from the following passage of a let ter of Mr. Adams, tbe worthy superin tendent of the schools of tbe state, writ ten to me on the 13th inst : ''No child can be compelled in Vermont to participate in any devotional or religious act in school against the conscientious scruples of tbe child or its parents. If the child were mine I would, if driven from school for non-participation in a devo tional exercise, bring suit immediately." Such a decision as this, Mr. Editor, com ing from a gentleman whom we bave learned to honor and respect for his lib eral principles and also for tbe deep in terest he ever took in the great and sa cred cause of education, should be bro't before tbe eyes of all the committees and teachers, as I hope it will, ibat come among those whom tbe teaching of our children is entrusted to, may hereafter discbarge this duty in a manner more pleasing to God, more honorable to them selves and more highly conducive to the morals and improvement of the minds of the dear little ones in this noble State of Vermont. Yours truly, S. Danieloc. St. Johnsbury, Jane 20. Lt. Col. Orville E." Babcock of West Berkshire, is one of the principal officers on Lieut. Gen. Grant's staff. Col. Bab cock graduated at West Point in 1861. and took a high stand in bis olass. While Gen. McClellan was in command of the army of the Potomac he rendered effi cient services in the Engineer Corps. During tbe past year be bas been em ployed in Kentucky and Tennessee. IB ability is such that in assuming command of the armies Gen. Grant gave him staff appointmeut forthwith, rrr,',