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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04
CON- NJ EtRCIAL.


1t is decidedly amusing to see the change If
base of some Of tie Mcclellan papers in this
State, since the victories of Farragut, and Sher-
man, and Sheridan. They see that the peace
party Of the country, as SUCH has gone up out q
sight, and that their only hope for political success
is hy claiming to be as much in favor Of the war
as The mos; ardent Republican. But it leads
them into some ludicrou, Inconsistencies The
Burlington Sentinel approve, Of the Chicago plat
form, which declares for cessation Of hosilitiea,
and does not hint at any other than peacslble
mesns to restore peace to the country. II also
supports Mcclellan, and praises hi. letter OF &C.
eepAnce, because in its Union at all hazard.
it discover, a threat Of war. And at last it has
taken to p:aising Gen. Shermans letter to the
Mayor Of Atlanta as "the views Of the great
Democratic party Of the country" And with
GOODNESS that is most deli htfu, it quotes the fol-.
lowing sentence as Democratic doctrine
"We dent tosni your negroes, or your horses,
"or your houses, or your land, or anything you
have, bal v' do icda and soili haze just obedi-
ence 10 The tdios Of The United STATES. This ,ce
U,A have. | want peace, aud believe it can only
be reached through Union and war, and will
" ever conduct war with view to perfect an
early success"
The Italics are the Sentincps; and it accord
ingly improves upon that part Of the paragraph
declaring that Gen Sherman doesn't covet the
rebels negroes nor any Of their possessions
While we are willing II should extract what com
fort 1t may be able to from that will il give us its
views upon the rest Of the above quo,aton' al
want peace, and believe Il can only be reached
through Un'On, and WAR, and ,ciH eper con.
duct ,0ar ,rith rielO 10 perfect an early success
When the Sentinel succeeds in proving that
the Democratic party hold to the doctrine that
peace can only be reached through Union and
Dar," We think we shall fad some other nuts in
Sherman'S letter for il to crack.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04
UNION TICKLE e.
Union s tate Convention.

The treemen OF the state o. Vermont who
are in favor OF The election Of ABRAHAM LscoLN
and ANDREW JoHNsoN, are hereby notified to
meet in Mas Convention at BURLINGTON ON
TUESDAY, THE lTH DAY OF OCTOBER. next, for
the ru plso Of nominating candidates Tor Presi-
DENTAL EIcctorf, to be supported at tho APP
preaching election.
JoaN w STEWART,
SropDARD b. C0iBY,
LsygRLTT b. ENGLLsBY, co.
DUDLEY Y. DENhaN, >r.i '9
JONATHAN kos., 00"'"''''''
HENRY CLARK,
GEORGE WLgINs,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04

DARE rnEr Do hive notice that some
Mcclellan papers, the A'gus and Patriot among
them, are asserting that Gen. Sherman is in
favor of Mcclellan OF course this assertion i.
utterly without foundation, resting only on the
statement of the n. Y. Herald tina, somebody
had heard somebody else say tina, somebody else
had seen letter &C., Now, will these Mcclellan
papers he good enough to print Gen. Sherman /.
letter to the Mayor OF Atlanta; and will they be
so k'td as to emphasize these passage. some.
thing like this;
" 10 srof rus WAR WE MUST DkFEAr TIN
REbEL ARMIES ruAT ARE ARRAYED AGAINST rnE
LAWS AND CONSTITUTION. wnicp ALL MUST M
srkcr AND oBsr.' tins UsirEp STATE pon
AND MUST ASSERT ITS AUTHORITY WHEREVER IT
mas rowkR, ~ II RELAxEs ONE BIT TO psEsKRyR
n II Is ooSs WANT PEACE, AND BKli1rr
IT CAN oNLr Bg MAD THROUGH USioS AND WAR. -
After doing that they may lie as much as
they please about Sherman. being Tor Mcclellan,
IOr not even their own readers will then believe
them,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04

GEN, SHERHAN's LETTER. We print, on the
outside OF this paper, a lettor from Gen. Sber-
man to the Mayor and other gentlemen of
Atlanta, who had sent request to Sherman to
revoke hls order for non cOmbatants to leave
Atlanta. The letter is most admirable as a
clear, logical and direct statement of the issue
between the government and treason. llo cuts,
as with the Keen edge Of his good sword clear
through the peryerso and wicked sophistres Of
secession reasoning and the sacril gious by.
pocrsy Of treason, while, its garments and hands
red with innocent blood, pleading for the hu-
manities OF war, he crashes to powder under
the iron heel Of the lnex0rable necessities Of the
strife which traitors have invoked and from
whose consequences he does not mean TINT they
shall escape lie makes rebellion stand face to
face with itself, sho ~ 1t its own horrid and
fendish image, and then flashes as it tho light
nings Of his own loyal soul, stirred to its very
depths by his wrath against and his hatred Of,
tho atrocous wickedness Of treason. w reckon
the Mayor Of Atlanta, and Gen Hood, will
hereafter exhibit prudent caution in inviting
Gen. Sherman to correspondence for the gal
liant hero's pen is as treochant az ssword and
neither of them lotiup " in the least when
treason stands in the way.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04

The Republicans have taken to claiming the
recent victories Of our arms as poltci victories i;
they tell us they are their victories How
about the defeats and bundes of the war; viii
they claim those as theirs" in like manner p
Burlington Sentinel.
SO far u Republicans are responsible for de-.
feats and bunder', IT, so long as these defeats
and bunders are in consequence Of the Repub-
can policy,-so far Of course they are "theirs,s
whether they claim them or not. We have al.
ways claimed, and now insist, that President Lin.
coin was responsible for keeping Mcclellan so
long at The head Of the armies, and that this &C.
Of the President, was one Of the grave,t "blun.
ders Of hi, administration.
But it is in quite different sense from TIN,
that Shermsn's, ard Sberdsn,, and Grant,, and
Fatraguts victories are ours, Each one Of these
victories lessen. McCleansc anc. Of IN election.
and increases Mr.. Lncolos They increase the
courage of the people, and jus, 10 proportion as
the courage Of the nation is ncreassd, just to that
extent will they have nothing to do with the Chi.
csgo party, These victories then are ours, for
they give the people the bravery necessary to en-.
able them TO crush treason by force and they
point to victory as lbe only sale and honorable
road to peace. Disasters and blunders aud de-
feat' Of our arms, are the only salvation Of the
Democratic party and their leaders thoroughly
understand IL and # they shou, a, our victories
IT is because they love country more than party,
which few Of them dc.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04

only policy which could secure hls election to
the Presidency And tho Argus and its Demo
cratic associates are welcome to what they can
make out of the fact that their candidate dare
not now rcpudIate a platform which gives the lie
to the best utterance of bis life, but, as nsekly
as whipped spaniel at the bidding Of his
master, steps upon it. 1t WAS Mcclellan, and
not the FREEMAN, who was " sold"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04
From the Waterman
Casualties in the Eleventh Vermont.

CANT NEAR SrRAsBuRG, Va,
Sept q, 1864.
KILLED.
CO. G.-Capt Charles Buxton.
Mist Lieut. Dennis Duhisg.
A. Corp John II FISK.
B.-Cotp Edgar Pnlnney.
B.-Priva,e, Lyman Dunbar.
E-Joe W. Chatlee.
John McCsr,y,
M-Slephon Carrier.
WOUNDED
90. .l-Ssrgt G b Somsr', lex severe Corp
I .msron, head dangerous puvslss, 5 Z Car.
Ter, lace slight; A Z Parker, sris, svsrei o X
kelsey, bead slight
B. Corp II ! Palmer, lex slight private,,
b Parker, shoulder slight, Y Uomafotd, foot
,llgh, L Bsnvay, back slighII Artifeer L l.
Goodrich, mouth severe, ptivsles, J LAtook, side
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04
Notice

The first Anniversary Of the vermont Sab
bsth School Union is 10 be holden in the Com
gugational Church al Montpelier on Tuesday
and Wednesday the 18th and 18Th Of Oct. next
the regular business OF the meeting commencur
at ten O'Clock, A. NJ on Tuesday, 10 be preceded
by prayer-meellng Of an Lour, in the Lecture
Room OF the Church, conducted by Rev L II.
Lyiord
Thorough arrangements have been made to
make this meeting one Of unusual interest ana
profit To all who loEe the Sabbath School cause
And II is earnestly desired that so far a. consist
ent every evangelical Sabbath School in the State
may be represented by its Pastor, Superintendent,
and delegates
A cordial invitation is also extended to sabbath
School friends in other States and the Canadas
to be present.
.M PERSONS designing to attend The needing, ave
particularly requested 10 send m thar names TO
Ddrid L. Fuller or J. Y. Bdbcock, at Montpelier,
by he 10Th Of OF. The meeting being held w
ring the session Of the legislature no delegate
should presume upon being provided With enter.
lainment, unle" the above request be strictly COM
pied lpiih.
All persons passing over the Pa1ump.ic, Vermont
Valley, or Rutland and Burlington Railroads, to
''ehu the meeunRt paying JuI JWei viii receive
OF the Secretary certificates emitting them 10
Tree return.
Those going over the Vermont Central Road
to the Anniversary can procure the regular eN-
curson ticket,-sometimes given on the Road
during the sitting Of the LeglsAture,-whi.h en-
titles the holder to Tree return passage, or they
can receive return check. from the Secretary.
We would call especial attention to the prayer
meeting at o'clock on Tuesday morning, and
ask so many pastors and delegates as can, to be
present. j. TUCKER lR,,
Corresponding Secretary
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04
Casualties In the Second Vermont.


AT TsB BATTLE o. orEqVAN, sErT ly.
KILLED.
Co Corp. VIM S Foster.
20 K.-Alonzo NJ Field, Louis Welcome
woUSDED
20 A.-PrI'ate Lroy Wymln, atm and thiga
severe
Co B.-Pri1ates Merrill p MaranYillc. both
arms slight, AouzJ D Hodges, shoul or slight
Jas Il Bryant, leg
CO D. Sergt Aiphonso Lessor, nose slight.
Corp Chas Tanner, foot slight, PfIsates "a,
Q lo'ey, hand slight Thos Gorman, Ii eof
slight VIM { Ripley, Ieg slight
co E-PrVa.es Oliver Lussicr, TED ieg ~.
yerely WIN Feed, abdomen sever Inos. Hen
dry, ght breast slight John \. Gil y, iJot
slight.
Co Private. Cyprisn Laplerre, left breast
severe John Co.'s, arm slight Carlton Wood
cock, leg severe Louis lotylle, ROM sycie.
90 G.--PryAte John c Well, lelta ann severe.
Go H.-Sergt An-el II ll1wafl, Lex severe.
Prvates Robert y Fulton, loot Sigh, George
Crown, leg amputatedi Martin Hale, sue. sisA,;
Chas T Powers, arm severe and ur act lgnt,
Geo L Robinson, missing.
20 I.--Sergt ,mue " Bailey leg ampuut.
ed Henry VI Parker, hand slight,
Co 4 -.Puystes rhos McGliey, awels NOR
tally Oliver Clair, head sever. Corp Chas
Gfeenleaf, hand sight
Killed, 3 wounded, 90
AGMcuLrusAt CoLLEoL We PRINT by re-
quest, on our fourth page, communication
copied from the Rutland Herald, discussing the
cGpcdiency OF mod yipg the legislation Of las,
session res Getting STATE Univ rsity. The mat
ter will como before the Legislature tins F.l,
and will undoubtedly excite considerable inter.
est, and those who will have to decide it ,an-
not do better than make Themselves acquainted
with all the reasons pro and con, affecting ,he
question. We have not yet given the subject
salbeie attention to be able to ex res = dec dcd
opinion upon it, and accordingly refrain from
any edltoris discussion Of it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04

The Mcclellan men soold increasingly about
IL. cost Of the war. Why don't their candidate
resign his Major Generalship then, aud Al least
lessen he eapense to the amount oi his salary
Or is. he afraid he will miss the White House,
and is bound 10 keep bis hand in the rational
treasury in ans EVENT. 1t looks as though be
regarded bird in the hand, worth two il the
bush
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04
NEWS OF The WEEK.
THE WAR.

WASHINGTON, sep. 27.-l-Oj p. NJ.
10 Ma. GR DM
The following iispltch from ten. Grant SD
n5uaclng the movements Of our forces against
Richmond has l-5 bleu recslyel
HlAUQNARTERs, CnAPIS's FARM,
lO.4j a. NJ. Sept. %, 1864.
Gen. Ofj's corps advanced this morning an I
carried tho very strongly fortified long line u
iatrenchmont' below Chapn's farm, with some
fifteen pieces OF artillery aud from 200 TO 300
prisoners.
Ten. Bruey a4gaucad NJ he same time from
Deep Bottom, an carried the Newmrket road
and inr3uchmelLs and 30 tered the enemy in
every direction, though be captured but lew.
lie d now marching On toward Richmond
ieit Gen. Brnay where the Mil road intercepis
the Newmarket aud Richmond road Tbs
whole country il filled with field Notifications
thus far.
(Signed) I 5. GRANT, Lieut.. Gen.
WAsuINGToN, Sept. %
10 MAJ. Gen DIR:
A dispatch just received from Gen. Grant
gives Telegram contained ia yesterdays Rich
m0nd Wing, dated at charlottesville, which
states tina, our cavalry entered Stanton on
Monday at a. m, that our forces we're at
Waynesboro'; that no damage had been done
up to .. m. but that the smoke indicated that
tn were burning tie railroad track between
Christian Creek aud Stanton
No direct communication with Gen Sheridan
has been had Tor several days. Courlers to and
from him are known to have been captured by
guerrilla that inies' the country in his rear.
Dispatches 10 $40 last night have been re-
celved from Gen Sherman at Atlanta, but no
movements at that point are reported.
From Nashville our dispatches are to 80
las night The enemy dl bot attack al Pull
ask, but took the pike towards Fsyettevlle,and
was pursued ulne miles by our cavalry. Gen.
RJseau Is riuulng with his infantry to Nash.
vile.
The draft is progressing in all the states quiet
ly
Desperate efforts viii toe made by the enemy
TO iorce Gen Sherman from Atlanta, by Destroy
ing his comnumc,uns Volunteer enlistments
being IN ie speedy than the draft, all loyal and
patriotic people should urge forward rapid en-
listmsnts ia order t. Reinforce ten sherman,
mud en4be hun not only to bold his position
but also without deloy 10 push N his campaign
(Sgned) L. NJ. STANTON,
Sec'y of Waf
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04

Ex. Gov. Deuison Of Ohio takes Blalr's place
As Postmaster General In the Cabinet, The ap
pointment gives general satisfaction.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04
NelNhNiAN ''NaNANat
North Bennington, VI, Sept. u, 1861.

CENrEoLAI and other Tales BY the Author OF
Green Mountain Boys" "May Martin %
Locke Amsden," etc. New York Carlton
Publisher, Ala Broadway. 1854.
We have no time or space this week, to make
any notice Of the above new work by our towns
man lion. d. 7. Thompson, though we hope
soon to give i a notice at some length. 1t will
Of course be largely in demand. For sale by
Wilder, at the FREEMAN Bookstore, and by Bal
lou and Lovelaud, aud by the trade generally.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-07

heavy cannonsde was kept up on the
rebel position by several batteries and
six mortars. This morning finds our
line in much the same formation as it
had yesterday. The 9th corps (Wrights)
holds the right, then the 2nd Han
cock's6 the 9Th (Warren'se and then
the 9th (Burnside'sl which hold our
left The only portion Of our force thus
far engaged to-day is Hancocks Corps,
from whose front have Just returned
The divisions Of Birney on the right,
and BARLOW on the center, while l re-
manned on the ground, advanced about
SIX hundred yards, carrying the enemy 8
first line, which was held BY strong
skirmish force. Birney captured forty
prisoners, who proved to belong TO
Breckinridges command.
There is hardly doubt, however, that
the position now held by the rebels in
our front IS but an advanced line, which
they will hold as long "a possible for
the purpose of gaining time TO perfect
their defenses on the ChickahOminy
On that historic line it Is now fully ex-
pected that we shall, ere long, deliver
battle / nee& not say that in the rel
alive positions Of the two opposing forces
this is the only field fight we are likely
to have outside of Richmond, and that
its result must decide whether the rebel
capital can be carried by coup De main,
or whether it is destined to become the
object of a summers siege.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-07
NO. so.
Gossip about General Grant.
lcorresPondeneo Ho-ton Iouraai.I

Many inquiries have been made
about General Grants politics. am
happy to inform your readers from his
own lips 10 what party he belongs and
under what banner he marches. A
near relative Of his has been passing
some time in this city While with
General Grant at the West, before he
was made Lieutenant General, the
friend said to him: General, ] have
been inquired of to day about your pol
tiles. did you give the parties any
information ? was the quiet query Il
did not, was the answer, "for don
know what your politics are Knock
ing the ashes from his cigar. the Gen
eral continued: when j resided u
the South had the opinions and pre-
judices Of Southern people against the
Republican party. brought those
opinions and prejadices with me when
came to Illinois. Had I taken an &C
tive part in politics i should have been
with the party opposed to the Republi-
cans. ] watched Mr. Lincoln's course.
and was satisfied with his patriotism
/ But these are not the times for
parties Indeed, in this crisis
there can be but two parties-
those for the country, those for its foes
belong to the party of the Union.
Those who are the most earnest in car
rying on the war and putting down
the rebellion have my support. As a
soldier, ! obey the laws and execute the
orders of all my superiOrs. / expect
every man under me to do the same
When Mrs. Grant left Washington for
her Western home she remained a
short time in this city at the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel Several gentleman called
upon her, and in the course of the con
versation congratulated her on the elo-
walton of her husband, and expressed q
hope that he would be successful an
this campaign Her whole manner
quiet, dignitied and reserved, seem to
express surprise that any one could
doubt his success. Pausing a moment
she replied al have no doubt but thar
the General will succeed, for he IS
very obstinate man. This remark end
ed the conversation. A Galena neigh
Dor of the Commanding General has
been stopping here some time snd
seems utterly confounded with the sud
den growth of his neishbor, the tanner
He can't account for it. for he was nJt
a marked man in his home. and no-
body supposed him great man; he
seldom talked, asked no advice, pave
no advice, gave none TO any one, bat
always did what he agreed 20 and Of
that time
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-07

4 paper was received a Few DAYS ago
by the Academic de Medicine from NJ
Legoyt, Director of the Office ofStatis-
tics Of France, on the number of sui
cides in Europe From this laborious
work it appeares that suicides increase
III q more rapid ratio than population
and mortality in general in Bavaria,
Denmark, France, Hanover, Mecklen-
burg, Prussia, the kingdom o SsxOney,
and Sweden. Suicides are most fire.
quent in Northern Germany, and in
various parts of Denmark. Sweden
and Norway, though belonging to the
same race, are propOrtionally inferior
to Denmark in that respect Con trary
toa generally adopted opinion, England
stands nearly at the bottom Of the
scale; and so do Belgium, Austria and
Spain. France holds an intermediate
position; she would rank with the
three last named countries, were il pos
sible to climate the suicides Of Paris,
which are One-seventh of the total num-
Der of France. Generally, for every
100 suicides Of men there are from %
to 30 ofwomen. The number of sui
cides increases with the age Of individu-
ais, at least until the ages of go. The
number of suicides is generally
lowest in January, and highest in July
As to the causes, insanity and physical
suffering are about as active in pTOduc-
ing suicide among men as among wO-
men; as to the rest, the latter yield
more to grief OccasiOned by moral
causes than men, who are chiefly affect
cd by material affection, such as loss of
property, bankruptcy, sc. Drunken
ness and debauchery only form an in
significant item among the causes i'm
pelling women to suicide In Denmark.
Spain and SaXOny, the only countries
where il has been possible to obtain re-
liable information on the subject, mar
ried people are least subject to commit
suicide, and widOwers, on the contrary,
are most liable TO it, but suicides occur
most frequently among married people
that have been divorced or separated
In Prussia, in the course of two years,
there were 1913 suicides of Protestants
per million, 81 Of lsraelites, and only
- of Catholics per million Of each.
Suicides are much more numerous in
capital cities than in the country. The
general result of all these investiga-
tons show a universal and rapid in
crease of suicides The author is Of
opinion that this is attributable to I'M
limited competition to immoderste
thirst after wealth; to the progress of
public instruction, which excites smbi-
ton; 10 political agitation, and to spec
ulatiOn.-GaEgHQHi.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-07
The Rebel Wounded.
The Washington Republican says

The Washington Republican says
ain one Of the wards of the Lincoln
hospital, in this city, there are between
seycnty-five and one hundred wounded
rebel soldiers, captured in the late bat
ties Yesterday an intelligent gentle
man occupied about two hours in con
versation with the most intelligent
among them:
None of them seemed 10 express
any other desire than that the rebel
lion may be speedily brought TO s close,
they care not how They are not very
enthusiastic for Jefferson Davis to con-
quer.
"They award great praise to our
troops for their fighting qualities; they
say they never Witnessed such fighting
as they experienced in the Wilder
ness that our troops never fought
with such desperation, and that no
troops ever fought better
upon being asked why they were
captured, they replied-and II was the
general remark Of all Of them-that
our troops fought different from any
thing they had heretofore experienced.
Heretofore we advanced with one or
two lines, which they found less diff
cult in repulsing: but in the battle Of
the Wilderness our troops advanced in
five or six lines at a time.
"The first they had no difficulty ia
repulsing, and the second was, perhaps,
forced back, but when they met the
third line, ii was beyond human endu
rance 10 attempt 10 stand against IL,
and the fourth, fifth and sixth Ine-
overwhelmed them and forced them 10
submit
"As an evidence of the kind Of work
done by our troops in the Wildernes-,
a number Of these rebel wounded bear
marks Of the work of I MON bayonets
Three Of these rebels, now at Lincoln
Hospital, with whom oar informant
conyersed, have bayonet wounds in-
ficted by Federal troops.
The rebels generally express the
opinion that General Grant don't know
when he is whipped. They think thst
General Meade would have discovered
that ha Was whipped the first day Of
the fight in the Wilderness, but they
believed that GENERAL Lee was very
much surprised when he discovered
that General Grant did not consider
himself whipped by retreating across
the Rapidan.
"They concede that General Grant
has oyerpOweFing numbers. They be
lieye that General Lee may BE- over
powered, but gay thst it viii have % b.
done by continuous Sighting, ss there
viii be no yielding on the part 81 the
rebels.
They assert, also that il Is useless
for us 70 talk about the rebel ar-
my starving. They all assert that
they have enough To eat The people
may be starving. but the army is not
The impression is obtained. after
with them al, that they are
at heart~sick Of the rebellion and it,
leaders, and would be glad 70 be re-
.ieved from all obligations which they
have taken 70 fght It's battles