The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

There is an African on exhibition
in England whose daily diet consists of
thirty or forty rats.
Abraham Crowley, the brewer of
the English Alton ale, and great
patron and supporter of education, is
dead.
London never rcjoiced in so much
female loneliness as Mt present. 1t is
impossible to decide who is the leading
belle.
AT New Orleans this summer there
is much more mortality among the ne
groes than among the white popula-
ton.
John Spicer of Chicago, for falling
to fulfil horse contracts has been fined |
$4,000, and is to be imprisoned until he
pays up.
The New Workers are packing
their trunks, and closing their houses
and getting into the country for the
summer rs fast as possible.
In Paris bonnets are now made
low i'll front, and are very narrow at
the sides. No limit is placed either
on the kind or quantity of decoration.
eve are coming, Father Abra-
ham" etc. There were upwards Of
$50 applicants for the consul general
ship to Canada, Of whom ~ were from
Ohio.
The ton of Frankfore Ky, had an
elegant wreath Of flowers ready for
John Morgan when he was expected
there but he decided not to call mt
present.
Secretary Chase says the expen-
ses of the goyeinmentfor the year just
closing will foot up 100000, 0OO mine
hundred millions and the debt is twice
that sum.
The Boston Post and all the op-
position papers are against the repeal
of the $500 exemption. This shows
progress; they We're al bitterly against
it when it was adopted.
A new and splendid steamer. the
"Chauncey Vibbard, has just been put
upon the Hudson river, and is to run
with the "Daniel Drew as day boat
between Albany and New York
Tho wife of negro soldier who
has just died in the service of the
country was forcibly elected from a
New York street car the other dav
and the case IL to be made test one
in the courts.
The Troy Times feels very bad at
the proposed bridging of the Hudson
at Albany and urges all sorts of rea-
sons against it except the true one
that it will benefit Albany at the ex-
pense Of Troy.
A young clerk at Chicago, who,
had lost all his own money, and all
that he could borrow from his friends
and embezzle from his employer in
gambling, wound up his career by
drowning himself
Capt. y. A. Tucker, Of Burlington,
has been appointed and confirmed
Paymaster in the army with the rank
OF Major.
John f. Potter, Of Wisconsin, has
been appointed Consul General to
2 British America, vice j. r. Giddings
deceased
-Chauncy Herrin, son Of Robert
/ Horrin of Waterville, n lad about
. seven years old, fell off the scaf'old OF
barn on the 9th ult. and was SO bad
ly injured that he lived but three hours
One day last week Capt. Barker
resident of Richmond, Vt, was driv
ing from ChamplaiR \. Y. to Rouse''
Point with restless horse. From
, some cause the animal became infuria
0 ted, and dashing away at the top o
4 his speed, threw the Captain ont o
/ his carriage, intiicting such injuries
o that he died the next day. Capt
Barker was well known as purchase
of the staple productions of Northern
e New York.-Fiecmaa
u The hearing before Hon. Rober
+ Pierpoint, Z. s. Commissioner, in tn
# case of Louis st. John, resident o
Rutland, arrested by the Provost Mar
shall, for refusing to give his name 0
e other information o the enrolling off
n Ger, during the late enrolment, resulte
4 in St Johns being held to bail III Tia
p sum of 5000, for his appearance at tn
L. S. Court in Windsor this month
The citizens Of Norfolk went t
i the b.liot-box one day last week to e'
i press their preference between militar
. and civil rule in their city. The resu
" was BIG iii favor 81 the former altern,
3 tive, and only 4 against It.
s. The Governor of Georgia is be
4 coming desperate, and says that if con
PEELED to resort to extreme measure
. he will call out the militia of that Stat
re to repel invasion.
:" Provost Marshal General Fry ha
/ issued circular instrncting subord
he nate provost-narshals to exempt pei
e sons voluntarily furnishing substitute
to represent them in the ranks. Th
name of the citizen furnishing the n
cruit is to be inscribed on his militar
H. descriptive list and other personal pi
O. pers
ID Every species Of device isresorte