Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-01-29


ment, but, it is said, will undoubtedly agrc
with the House
The result viii be an instant increase i
the price Of drinks, or the reduction d
the quality, as there Is no Government "a
upon water. The quantity Of liquor sol
will, probably, not be much lessened, dealer
having so much on hand. But topper
must congratulate themselves that they
not live at the South, where whiskey sell
for about ITS weight in Confederate money.
The energy and promputudo with whicl
the State of Vermont has met the calls Of ia,
National Government for troops, seems {,
have provoked slanderous attacks from som,
whoought 10 have known better than to max,
them. Last year. in one of his Official letters
Governor Seymour OF Newlork, IN his boast.
Of the excessive patriotism OF that State, a-
serted roundly that Vermont had fallen Gan
far short of the rcquisitions made ON her.
The statement was utterly false. for Vermont
had Ia every thing lcen fully up TO the marx,
and sometimes had gone beyond it. The
charge was made before the draft took place,
-in which this State did as well as any OF .-
or State did, Within a few days we have
seen another SANDER against this state ln
letter To the y. ! H,rod from f.b SPIN
Ola "h" has been recruiting troops DO the
the 'ic'nity oi Ncw York. he complains that
substitute brokers have been extensively run
nlnS men out OF that State To Others where
larger 5ountlcs are uaid, and makes the iui-
loving statement.
And here I would say, upon information
rom lc-'g-e soureg' .,, 5'i erHoh', "Iih her
to New YORK iar At leas, one-baif Of the number
of men that have been enlisted there, and upon
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ynr. l,,sI. wboc,cr beu,,l.. ,vc,r..,,.....
thar ..n,. have come ,,r.... ,..,. western t...-
l.r fl, enlist l.Y,, e.,, 5.,..,. ,,...ll ...l..
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"I arc ''''''. H'i''''I' rom ""'-n' OF -''
'''n' ''''' ''' '' ''"i '"li'''"al dement, there
VIII "'"4'' .' some '.''''- '' recruits u ..'n
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,''' ''''iD'' To vermont 'i'h 'ii' liae'-''
i''S D''" very i"o''i'''c- Inc "o'i''''A
eilitics tor information from official sources.
says that, of the whole number of men
mustered in this State under the last call.
''HjHe men are from New York City. and
if there are more (and the whole number
cannot exceed twenty-fyc). the auth9rities
have been unable to ascertain that fact,
Moreover, a- to the character of tae recruits.
It saws that the officers at Brattiet.o'.
through whose hands an recruit, pass, ..ta,e
made a careful count with view g, a-c,r-
tain the standing of the men, and that of
the whole number enlisted. less than fftvsre
Of that class of .-subsutu,es" who are lisely
to prove unseryiceable.
IfNew York viii do as well a, Vermont
has done. she will never need 10 be ashamed.
NoHTn CAROLINA BrsrirF--- That the Ie.-
! i' 'i No''h '"i'ilha nave "ttH .'r some
Davi, is clearly apparent. The extracts .l-
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.ble intelligence that -alI has already been i--
e. ' c, h1y.-a' igT ,I -.'' 'n'en''l' o. see u
10 the Conf-Ieacv.
An army Of 5000 men under Gen. Bu,ler.
,..i ''',,1i i ~ i'.,,e-' .'ec % '..'
ors. in one months time. such at army would
'eeel'e =, most enthusiastic welcome there and