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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28
The Indian Troubles In NIinne-
ROtu.

ST. PAuL, MINI Aug, 25-Mr. Goodell
arrived from Glencoe on Saturday night,
and brings the welcome Intelligence that
sixty two persons. supposed To be killed,
are sale. Among the party were forty
two women and children and twenty
men, among whom are Mrs. Galbrai1h
and family, Mr.. Sinks and family,
Mr.. Givens aud family, Mr. Goodell and
family John Rider, Mr. Goruan, Mr.. Miller.
Mr.. G Ramsey, Mr.. Hawkins, Mr.. Parker,
Mr.. Pierce, Mr. Ashley, Mr.. Ratwoll and
family, Mr.. Fadden aud family
Aslegards the fate Of the Missionaries
he thinks sbou. forty families, including
those between Lao qui Herle and the
Agency, are killed, He says all the
former Indians gathered at Mr.. Riggs
house 10 defend him, but must have been
overpowered.
LATER.
ST.. PAUL, Aug. ga messenger from
Henderson says, the halfbreed scout
Premier would return TO Fort Ridgely. and
give the inmates such assurances Of RELIEF
as to induce them to hold out as there can
bs no surrender without humiliation, land
the inmates know his.
C,l. Sibley's ioice was at St,Peter's a
four o'clock Saturday moInlng,il,y mile'
from Fort Ridgely. and could not react
them before Sunday evening.
Col. Cullen, with 700 cavalry, pro
posed to strike across the country from
Henderson, that he may &c. there ahea'
of Sibley.
II ia believed that the Indians will Sc
Information as our toroes are advancing
and hastily leave the fort.
Col. Cullen writes that all the inbabi
tan,s are Aociing into the towns.
Hon, j, Il. Cleveland writes on the 2ls
from MonkalO: He stayed at New Ulun
last night. and saw the most horrible
sights. In one instance be saw eight bod
les ofsIslwart men with their throats Gu
from ear 10 ear, and knees battered, ant
limbs mulilated. He knew some 0
them we'll; they we're good citizens Q
Brownoounty, .l-i..
J, Our opinion lis, that nos less than so
have been massacrcd.
Large portions Of Blue, Earth an
Brown counties are depOpulated, and th
wheat left unstaoked in the fields, th
owners flying eastward, If8. 4gt
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

pD- Col. VAE TRUMP never opens bis
mouth without making some allusion to
English history. His hobbies in this di.
rfction have been SO often repeated as tc
become stale. He must think the people
Of this county are not only ignorant Of
history, but possessed Of most treacLerous
memories.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE, That Viii.
liam E. Fink refused to comply with the
request Of the Military Committee oiPer-
ry county to make recruiting speeches.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

Ballots this fall are worth more than
bulleIs.--Msrliu's speech.
II r'bsllols this fall are worth more than
bullets" then it is the duty of every man
to stay al home aud vote. And BY this
you mean to advise Democrats not to en-
list. but 10 stay at home and vote for their
party, rather than volunteer~snd fight for
the couulry.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, August 20

Having Informally understood from you
that British SUBJECTS who had merely de-.
clared their intention oi becoming citizens
Of the United States had expressed appre.
heosion that they might BE- drafted into
the militia under the late requisitiou Of
the War Departmental have the honor tc
acquaint you, for their Information, that
none but citizens are liable 10 military
duty iu this country. This Department
has never regarded an alien who may hav,
merely declared his intention to become
q citizen, as entilled 10 passport; and
consequently, has always withheld from
persons Of that character. any such corti
tcate Of citizenship
have the honor 10 be, with high con
sideration, cir, your obediept servant,
WM, II. SEWARD. Secretary OF State.
Hon. NM. STUART. DO. a.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

You have read right. Mr.. Fink, aud
the reason OF it is, that there are no dis
loyal meu lin these loyal States out
side Of the Democratic party.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

GTThe Democracy of this county are
making a great ado about the failure Of
the last Legislature to enact "black laws"
II they honestly wanted "black laws u
why did they repeal those once 10 exist.
cree? . .....
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

have no doubt the Doctor on that
occasion (lhe occasion Of his Berne TIP
speech J like any other Democrat of true
metal spoke out his mind a
little fresly.-Martin's speech
Then all you condemn in DR. Olds'
Berue township speech is that he "spoke
out his mind little freely" No fault
to find with the sen,imeut--tbat you en-
dorse. The trouble seems 10 be that Olds
had the courage to avow convictions
which you entertain, but are too coward
ly to proclaim.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

Ny fellow citizsus. If l have read right
no man has been arrested in these 10y al
States unless he was Democrat. at.--Fink's
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28
APPEAL FOR LITERATURE.
A. BRENlEMlN'S BOOK STORE.

Tho richest soil withontthe aid
or Books Is ftly choked with every weed,
And brings old heathenism back again
with every vice and crime thathuman nature stainl
Has Ignorance diseased the saurwh progresssurof
A. BRENNRMAN has Booksth foul disease TO cure;
Would parents save thoir children from each vice
and crimef
His volumes suit each case and suit the tImel
Would parents now prepare them for their man
hoods dRys
His Stock points out and keeps them In the way!
From School Book up to Books for deepest minds,
The Stationery cheap and hne Of different kinds,
And Fancy Articles and paper for the Walls and
Blinds.
Come see his ample Stock while low War Prices
spread,
And prove that BRENNEMAN 10 going ahead!
Como buy, to HamaR ElsuatiOH true,
And push ahead your children and your country tool
Lancaster June 70, 1869.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

We have come out TO assert no new
principle Martins speech.
No; the same principle was asserted 86
years ago by the tories of the revolution
Wo havs assembled, fellow citizens, to
discharge the most important duty that
can devolvc upon us as citizens and free
men Martins speech.
The important duty" you had "as-
semblsd TO discharge" was the denunci
alton of the Government, the encourage.
ment OF its enemies, tho poisoning Of The
public mind against the authorities, the
stirring up Of political strife and partisan
animosilies- the endorssmhnt of Edison
B. Olds and his reasonable IuIterances
"a privilege asserted by traitors, rather
than a duty" that "devolves" upon
"cilizens aud freemen."
The Democracy Of Old Fairfield still
lives,--Martiu's speech.
You have been lately brought TO re-
alEing sense of the fact. About a year
ago We remember you thought it "dying"
aud refused to contribute your mite to its
existence. However, the democracy o
Old Fairfield may live to other men =
Judging from the result of the late Con
gressional contest--it is dead TO you.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

The Democracy are deter inod to
maintain the laws without fear, favor or
afTcction.-Msrlin's speech.
What laws2 While traitors are tram.
plng the Constitution under foot, the
democracy" Of this county arc aiding
them with their moral support. While
rebels are in arms against the "laws f"
the Democracy of this county are de-
nouncing the Government for It's efforts to
put them down. While armies are march.
ing to the disruption and overthrow of
the Uuion, the "DemocrAcy" Of this coun.
ty are throwing obstacles in the way to
retard, and if possible defeat their efforts
10 crush these armies and save the coun
try. Tho very purpose for which yon
were assembled was TO cast odium upon
the Government: to bring it into die.
credit; to withdraw from it the sympa'
thy and supper! Of the people.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-28

None but Citizens TO be Drafted.
The following is II recent letter from
the Secretary Of State 10 the British
Charge. do affairs:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24
sECEssIONIsM REGULATED.

The editor of the Burlington Sentinel attend
ed the gathering of secesh sympathizers at
Bellows Falls, and was prominent officer of
that convention. He evidently went there
with the expectation that decent men, like Mr.
Stoughton for instance, would have some irflu
ence in its proceedings, and that at least
single patriotic impulse would be countenanced.
But in this he confesses himself mistaken.
He had misgivings, from the indications "of
what sort of hands the management of the
party organization has fallen into" as to what
would be the character of the convention
when assembled but fearing that the conven-
ton called by the Republican State Committee
would be mere party affair he went to Bel
lows Falls. He says
"But we must say to our readers that our
worst apprehensions respecting it were more
than realized. There was almost an entire alb
sence of old and leading Democrats from the
meeting, The State at large could hardly be
sai9 10 he represented in it at all. While the
ouik OF the assemblage was made up-as was
ihtenueu py the getters-up of the Convention
or local attendance of persons from the adj
Joining towns IN Windham and Windsor coun-
ues, UNCONSCIOUS seemingly Of the true nature
OF the mighty struggle in which the country is
now involved and devoid OF genuine patriotic
sympathy for successful maintenance of !, On
the part of the national administrator No
one, accustomed to the Democratic catherine
OF the State, on looking around in that meet,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

to Mr.. French, but is no more than those who
know him intimately would expect of him.
The Freeman says that George Lawrence Of
Montpelier gathered a mess of ripe tomatoes
In his garden on the 9th inst. They were Of
the large rcd variety and the vines are now full
of others which are fast rpening.
a. b. Valentine of Bennington has been ap.
pointed Quartermaster of the 10th Vermont
Regiment.
The Rev. James Hobart OF Berlin, veteran
Congregational clergyman and probably the
oldest man of his profession in Vermont if not
in New England, died July 10th, aged 95 years,
IL months and II days. He had preached al
most constantly for 20 years.
Captain SWEET of the 18th U. S. infantry, cstab-
lished n recruiting Office at Norwich on the 10TH md
raised flag. During the night, party of secession
lists, who have lately been very open in their conduct
and rejoicing the so-called "retreat of Gen Nc
Cellan got upon the roof and sawed the flagstaff in
two, carrying away the flag They also broke the
blinds Of the windows and committed other outrages.
Capt. Sweet the next day sent another flag, and an
armed guard to protect it.
Norwich is the residence of Buchanan's Uni
ted States Marshal and several other prominent
actors in the Bellows Falls convention. There
may be no immediate connection between these
two facts, but it is not unlikely that they bear
to each other the relation of cause to effect.
We understand that vigorous measures will be
taken to ferret out and bring to condign pun
shment the perpetrators of this dastardly out
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24
VERMONT ITEMS

In Orange County the administration ticket
for Senators and County officers is as follows:
Senators-James NJ. Bass of Williamstown and
Alvah Bean of West Fairee Assistant Judges
Horace Strickland of Bradford, Ebenezer
Bass of Willamstown; Sheriff-Royal Burn
ham of StraiTord States Attorney-John
Rowel of Randolph Judges of Probate-A
H. Gilmore of Fairlee in Bradford District, and
J. ii. Cleveland in Randolph District. Alvah
Bean and Ebenezer Bass formerly belonged TO
the Democratic party. John Row.ll is the
present representative from the town of Ran
dolph, and is a lawyer of much promise.
The county ticket nominated in Orleans
county is as follows for Senators-N. p.
Nelson of Craftsbury Elijah Cleveland of Gov
entry ; Assistant judges Amasa Paine of
Lowell, Simeon Albee of Holland States At
torney-Wm. w. Grout of Barton; Sheriff.
Horace Pierce of Barton; Judge of Probate
Milton r. Tyler of Irasburgh. now assistant
Secretary of the Senate.
In Washington County the Republican, In
ion and Democratic County Committees united
in calling convention, the nominees of which
are: for Senator's oderick Richardson OF
Montpelier, Addison Peck of East Montpelier
and p. D.. Bradford of Mortified ; Assistant
Judges Calvin Fullerton of Waitsfeld, A. X.
Warren OF Berlin States Attorney-C, II.
Heath of Plainfeld Sheriff-A. NJ. Jackman
of Barton Judge of Probate-'r r. Merrill
of Montpelier.
In Franklin County Union Convention was
held on the 10th inst, at which nominations
were made as follows for Senators-Hram f
Stevens of St. Adams, Alfred Keith of Shell
don, Harvey ID. Farrar of Richford Assistant
Judges-Robert J. SAKE of Sheldon, Romeo
H. Hoyt of St. Adams; States Attorney
Norman +. Wood of Bakersfield Sheriff.
X. Sherman of st. Adams; Judge of Probate
George F. Houghton of St. Adams
We understand that George +. Houghton
Esq, of st. Adams, will deliver the address a
the next annual fair of the Western Vermont
Agricultural Society, to be holden at Costletor
on the first Wednesday of October, 1862.
The Hol. Almon Warner of Castleton dice
suddenly on Monday of last week, aged Il
years. He was brother of the Hon. JOSEPH
Warner cashier of the Bank of Mddlebury
He had been Judge of Probate in the Distric
of Fairhaven about thirty years, and at the tint
OF his decease was a candidate for reelection.
The Rev. George b. Tolman was ordained
and installed as pastor of the Congregations
Church in Sheldon, on the 10th inst. IL
graduated at the University of Vermont il
1856, and was the Representative of the tow
of Greensboro in the Legislatures of 1860 AM
1861.
James G. French, Esq, Postmaster at Mont
pelier, offers, through the newspapers of tina
town, to pay the first twenty-five men that will
enlist in Montpelier for the war, within the mex
thirty days, five dollars each, when the Reg
iment shall have been mustered into the servic
of the United States. This is highly credtabl
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24
THE POSITION OF VERMONT

While most of the neghboring Stat es are of
fering bountics of from fifty to one hundred
dollars to volunteers who now enlist in the SER
vice of their country the question is often
asked, "What is Vermont doing in the matter P"
To one who is not aware that this State had
more than her quota of men in the field under
the first call for three years men, and that UNI
der the more recent call she put the first regi-
ment in the field, it may seem that the spirit of
patriotism is comparatively dormant among the
Green Mountains. But this is not so. At the
outset of the war, in April, 1861, the Legisla-
ture, at a special session, enacted that each
volunteer non-commissioned officer and private
of the six regiments then authorized to be
raised, should be paid by tie State the sum of
sere1 dollars per month in addition to the
amount he should receive from the United
States and at the session last fall this extra
payment was made applicable to all the men
then raised or to be raised.
Thus does Vermont pay every one of her vol
unteers the extra sum of SS4 per year as long as
they shall continue in the service-those who
have borne the burde1 and heat of the day as
well as those who come in at later hour. The
wisdom OF this patriotic measure has been full
ly justified. All are served alike in being re-
warded in proportion to the length of their
services. This extra pay amounts to an annual
bounty of nearly hundred dollars Under
such circumstances an extra bounty from the
State to those who now enlist is not called for
nor necessary.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

JulN ~ looG'
In 1856, resolution was adopted by the
County Convention of that year, TO the effect
that future conventions should be called as
Delegate Conventions that each town should
be entitled to one delegate and one additional
delegate for every 500 inhabitants, and one for
any fraction less than 500 and equal to or ex-
ceeding $50. The apportionment has heretofore
been based upon the census of 1850; but this
year it will be based upon that of 1860. This
change will account for few slight changes in
the representation as compared with preceding
years.
The following table shows the number OF
delegates to which each town in the county is
entitled under the call for this year,
Athens 2 Brattleboro 0 Brookline Do
yer q Dummerston 3 Grafton 3; Guilford
Al Halifax 3; Jamaica 4 ; Londonderry a
Marlboro .; Newfane 8; Putney 3; Rocking
ham 7 Somerset l; Stratton 2; Townshend 4
Vernon 2; Wardsboro 8; Westminster 4
Nottingham 4 Wilmington 4; Windham ..
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

A New LEGAL TENDER.-In order to relieve
the inconvenience experienced from the search
ty of specie small change, Congress, on the last
day of the late session passed brief, neat and
comprehensive bill providing that on and after
the 1st of August next all postage and other
United States stamps shall be received for DIES
of less than five dollars, as legal tender in or
binary business transactions, and may be OBJ
tanned for United States Treasury notes. The
second section prohibits the issue OF shinpas-
tiers or currency of less than one dollar by any
bank or private corporation; an the third and
last section provides penalties for the violation
of the second section of the act.
This law will effect good in two ways. I;
will relieve the public of the intolerable nui-
sance of scarcity of specie change, and will
be the means of furnishing the lean of nc
trihng sum to government. The chief objec
ton to the plan is the inconvenience Of using
gummed postage stamps and their liability tc
destruction. This difficulty will, however, soor
be remedied, for government is about to use {
new edition of stamps of all existing denomi
nations on thicker paper than is now used anc
without gummed backs. When that change il
effected We shall be in possession of a con
venient, safe and uniform currency. Then le
the miserable fellows who hoard specie for thu
sake of paltry premium reap the reward o
their unpntiiotic conduct.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

CoNSIsTENcY-The Rutland Herald and
Bellows Falls argus are terribly exercised, even
to the shedding of crocodile tears, because the
Administration convention at Montpelier did
not adopt resolution specially thanking Gen.
Mcclellan and recognizing him as the most
brilliant officer the world ever saw. That con-
venion adopted unanimously resolution ex-
pressive of thanks and gratitude TO "our brave
and patriotic soldiers in "the field who have SC
nobly perillcd their lives "lor the country and
her cause" The people will duly appreciate
this complaint when we inform them that both
of the editors of these papers were at the Bel
lows Falls convention, and neither they nor tina
convention had one word, vote or resolution
expressive of sympathy or regard for any officer
or soldier in the service of our country. They
would be glad, judging from the proceedings
of that convention, 10 see every one of oul
armies defeated and our brave and patriotic
soldiers cut off by traitors and rebels rather
than that the rebellion should be put down
and treason punished.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

We were in error in saying that the North
Star refused to publish the call for the Bellows
Falls Convention. But we are not in error in
saying that that paper is dissatisfied with the
proceedings of that convention aud that it will
not support the ticket then and their nomin-
ated, if we correctly interpret the following
paragraph from the leading article in the last
number of that journal:
sin short, there seems TO us to have been a
want of that bold, full-toned patriotic sent-
ment characterizing the proceedings, which
might have been eyinced, and which the exis-
ting war crisis demands. Entertaining these
views, we do not feel it our duty at present if
at all, to give our support to the nominations.
We are not strenuous about sustaining party
organizations at this time, for mere pd,ty'S
sake. The country, the Government, yea the
Administration, demands now the cordial, uni
ted support of all loyal citizens in one mighty
effort to meet and overcome armed rebellion
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

ARREST FOR TREAsoN.-We learn that
Lewis S. Partridge of Norwich, United States
Marshal Tor Vermont under Buchanan adj
ministrotion, was arrested for treason few
days since by Marshal Baldwin, and taken to
Windsor. The United States Circuit Court
sits at Windsor next Tuesday, when his case
will be laid before the grand jury. 1t is re-
ported that the evidence against the accused is
quite strong. We devoutedly hope that every
traitor in Vermont will be made to suffer the
full penalty of the law.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

c. W. CLARKE, Esq, an able lawyer and
leading Democrat of Orange County, re-
pudiates the Bellows Falls Convention and de.
clines to serve on the Secesh State Committee.
In common with all other loyal and patrio ic
Democrats he goes in for the Administration
ticket nominated at Montpelier. All decent
men do the same
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

BNan act of Congress approved July 2, it is
provided that each regiment of volunteers in
the service of the United States shall have two
assistant surgeon instead of but one as hereto
fore. We learn that the Governor will soon
appoint an additional surgeon to each of the
eleven regiments in the service 1t is presum-
ed from past indications that there will be vol
unteers enough in this department to preclude
all necessity for drafting.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

The NEXT REGIMENT.-We understand
that recruiting for the 10th and lth regiment
is proceeding much more satisfactorily than
was at first antic ipated. Several of the COM
panies for which recruiting was commenced
last week are more than half full. Probably
by the end of this week the names of between
700 and 500 volunteers will have been enrolled.
Quarter Master General Meigs of the U. S.
Army has notified Quarter Master General
Davis of Vermont, that the clothing and camp
equipage for two regiments has been ordered
to be sent here forthwith.
DR.. Joseph C. Rutherford of Newport, Or
leans County, has been appointed Assistant
Surgeon of the 10th Regiment.
We understand that the remaining appoint
ments of field officers for the 10th and 18th
regiments will be made from among the officers
wao have seen service in the field.