Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-07-25
Uhe 80tlaNQ Neyald,
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY -. 1851.
TIE SHOOTING OF SERGEANT TER
RILL.

containing two-couun account Of the shoot
ing at Camp Baxter, Of Sergeant Terrill, ol
thr Essex Company, Third Vermont Regi
mcnr. and an explanation of affairs and cir
cumstanccs connected with, and leading tc
that sad and painful occurrence. We sup
pose it is sometimes neces,ae'. and for the
best even in u camp such as that at
st Johnsbury, to resort to extreme
measures in maintaining proper order and
discipline among the men but there is no
slight responsibility resting upon those who
are vested with authority to punish and who
have the making of the " rules and regula-
tions" and the guidance of affairs at Camp
Aside from the consideration that this fatal
shooting affair was a blunder, or mistake,
and allowing that Sergeant T. was beyond
doubt u rngeader in the riotous demonstra-
ton and that he deserved severe punishment
even to the shooting which he received,
Vet We are led to infer from the general drift
and tenor Conformation from Camp Baxter
that affairs there have not, II every respect
and in every case, been conducted with a
view solely to the greatest good of the great
est number and especially do we fear that
this is true Of the suffers department,an1 that
the manner OF transacting business there has
been well calculated to eNaspcrate such
body Of men and lead them to rotous demon
strations. And we are glad to be able to
gather from what we learn from this Extra
sheet Of the Caedonan that further. and
we trnst a fair and full investigation of this /
affair, is to be had
We trust that we are not much given to
carplng or unreasonable taut-fnding and !
far be it from US to blame uniustly, but we
think it is due to the people Of the State, as
well as to the Governor and those connected /
with him, that affairs in general at Camp /,
Baxter, and especially the "sutler's quarters
should be Hooked into"
Speaking OF the row, or riot, which led to
the death OF Sergeant Ierril, the Caledo-
Man says:
The riotous demonstration was made up
on the suffers quarters, kept by Mr.. \. j.
Pike, of St. Johnsbury-being a room fitted
up for the purpose in the north end Of what
is known as the ampitheatrc on the Fair
Grounds. Whether there was any proyoca-
ton for this riot growing out Of the conduct
OF Mr.. Pike towards the troops, we do not
now, with our present information, undertake
to decide, but we are inclined to believe from
all we can learn, that the men in the camp
had some reason to complain that he has
been accustomed to charge extraordinarily for
various indispensable articles which the SOL
dlers could not obtain elsewhere without in
convenience
Again:
Governor Fairbanks and Gen Davis es-
pecially feel panied that the matter was not
brought to their notice
And again;
"And Lieutenant Col. Hyde assures us
that he had no knowledge at all reliable Of
the existence Of these complaints
1t seems hardly possible that such dem
onstraton on the part Of the volunteers should
be without provocation. And it seems
strange that when such dissatisfaction exist
ed in camp as to cause an outbreak Of this
kind, that no scasonable complaint or reliable
information OF it should reach the ears of the
Governor, the Quartcrmaster-General or
of Lieut. Col. Hyde.
We hope therefore that the Caledonian
will pcrcvcre in its very luudabIe endcavor
to gather new facts in th" nattcr-tor it is
certainly OF sufficient Importance to warrant
further inyestgatioo-and if Mr., Pike, the
keeper Of the "sutlers quarters" has really
been charging the volunteers double price
Tor cigars, postage stamps, &c, when they
were not allowed to 90 outside the camp to
obtain them-why, let us know it, and let US
know, also, who gets the profits of the busi-
ness.
sTIIE DISASTER AT MANASSAS.
Our readers will remember that we an
nounced a lew days since that j. B. Page and
T. Ghailee, Esqrs, had left for Fortress NJ on
roe. These gentlemen returned last night,
and bring with them a full account Of matters
in general, and also many particulars re-
specting the late battle at Manassas. We have
not the space to give our readers such an ar
ticle as we would like to, and trust they will
be satisfied for the present with few brief
items,
The Second Vermont Regiment, which
was in the battle. seems to have suffered con-
sIomhiy. but all the officers are heard from
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