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BRATTLEBORO, VIZ: JULY 49, 1864

sent oi the governed We were forced TO dis
solve our federal connection with our former
associates. hy their nggressions on the funda-
mental principles of our compact OF union with
them and in doing so, we exercised right
consecrated in the great charter of American lib
erty-the right of free people, when govern
ment proves destructive of the ends for which it
was established, to recur TO the original princ-
pies, and to institute new guards for their sccur-
ity The separate independence ofthe States, as
the sovereign and co-equa members of the Fed
eral Union. had never been surrendered, and the
pr'tensinus of applying TO independent commu-
mites, so constituted and organized, the ordina-
ry rules for corrcing and reducing rebellious
subjects to obedience, was soecism in terms,
rs we'll as an outrage on the principles Of pub
lie law.
The war upon the Confederates was. therefore,
wholly one Of aggression. On our side il has
been strictly defensive Born lreemen and the
descendants of a gallant ancestry, We had no
option hut to stand up in defence Of our inva-
ded firesdes, of our despcrated allars, of our
violated liberties and hirthright, and of the
prescriptive institutions which guard and pro-
tect them. We have not inlerierpd, nor do we
wish in anv manner to interfere with the inter-
nal peace and prosperity Of the States arrayed
in hostiliivagninst us. or With the treest devtl.
opmsnt of their destinies in any form OF action
for themselves An ve nsl is n Ike Immunity g
for ourselves. md 70 he lcft In ourselves in m,
undislurbed enjoyment of those inalienable
riyhts of "lifo iiber,v and the nursuit ofbarni
ness" which our common ancestors declared
to he the pouol ber;,ayc NJ al the nar,ips IN IN,
social contract.
LEI Them forbeor ncorc.eions upon ne onf
the war is n, nm ond IF ,hsre bo oues,inn,
which reonire adjustment Lv NEGOTIATIONS. W,
have ever i,een WILING and are Sill willir~ I,
enter into communication with our odyersarie
in a spirit Of neoce. ~ cou;iv and Of mnn;,
franknpss. S,rc,,y in rho NOV .,as;nn of tho ;us
lice OF our cause. in ,he m,ulv Gevo,ion of ON,
citizen soldiers. and of the whole body of ou
pcople. ID above Mi in tbe ornciou, nrotect
ION of Heaven. we ore moi afraid 10 nycw .in
cere desire for pesce on terms consistent will
our b,nnr and IN. rormarnr, .ocnr;,y or ,u,
riuhts. and an eornes, nsnirotinn. 10 see m,
vail onoo w. ,.,..,o,, o., 3d. ho,,;Gn,,, ,,
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The Piracics of the Alabama. .

1t will not, we are sure, be uninteresting at
this time to give few additional facts connect
ed with the late Alabama and the victorious
Kearsarge; some of which we give below:
The British pirate steamer Alabama, alias
1890" alias "Eurca," has at last beer met in u
fair sea fight by Yankee gunboat, whipped,
crippled and then sunk This pirate craft was
built at Birkenhead, opposite Liverpool, Eng
land, by MeSsrs. Laird, under contract made
by Capt. Bullock, and said TO he in behalf OF
the rebel government. She cost. when com
pele for sea, $3.50 900. She was launched in
April, 1862. She was fitted with shot racks.
pivot gun sockets and breeching bolts before
she left Liverpool. She sailed from Liverpool
on the 29lh of July, 1862, having gone down
the river ostensibly on trial trip, hut in ten
days thereafter she arrived at the Azores.
Here she took on board her armament, which
was furnished by the English house of Fawcelt
Preston & Co.. of Liverpool.
From the time OF her departure from Liver
pool she was under the command of Capt. NJ
J. Butcher of The Cunard service The rest o
her officers were as follows: Chief Officer. John
Low, England; Second Officer, C. S. Tulam
Hull Englandi Surgeon, ID. II. Lleweyn
Easton, Willis, England; Paymnster, G. II
Yonge, Savannah, Ga. Chief Engineer, J. Me
Nair England. She had crew of 70 men and
boys, lwo-lhirds being English.
On the Gath Of August, (Sunday,) Captain
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VERMONT CAMP SONG.


Tune" Carry me bach to OLD TTrginia."
Meath the soft blue skies of the sunny Southern
.. Stand our egions so brave and so gnv,
time, o. .
When the darkness shall fade into dnv
Chorus-Then we'll sing Of Vermont, the
State Of our birth
The Union forever the same,
While Freedom shall reign, DER n
land of true worth,
With honor, and glory, and fame.
Brave boys Of Vermont wen win or we'll die
For the day of deliverinco shall come
Mid the storm Of the battle with no gentle friend
nigh,
We viii fight for the Union MS one.
Chorus-Then we'll sing Of Vermont &c.
Then well shout for Vermont the land of the free,
The home Of the fearless and brave
For her many brave lads, on the land and on sea,
While we'll rally our Union to save.
Ckorus-Then well sing Of Vermont, &c.
And well not soon forget our brave sres of vore-
The Aliens, the Warners and OTHERS
They have passed from the earth, but their deeds are
in store,
God bless our srcg and our mothers
Choras-rhen we'll shout for Vermont, &c
Brave Green Mountain Boys never finch and never
yield,
To rebels in arms, or for tory.
Their record is left ON the Southern battlefield,
Living in song and in story.
ChorUs-Then we'll shout for Vermont, &c.
Then we'd blend two together We braves of our State
The deeds of the child aud of sire,
While we rally for nation, so famous and great,
And our deeds shall never never tire.
Chorus-Then hurra for Vermont, the State
of our birth,
Onr Union untcd-the same
While Freedom holds sway DER q
land of true worth,
In honor, and glory, and fame.
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TERMS.


1iprrtscnenfs not under contract must be plainly
pIrkfd IN. ieHJth Of time desed or hey wW De cohftn'
ned and charged for til ordered out
uustxEs Axp PROFESSIONAL CARDS not exceeding lines
i,scr,rl Mt IS 90 r annum lines 90 cents per line
extra
SPECIAL NorIcfs before Marriages and Deaths VIII b;
r,,,r,.,l ,ne half more than the usual rates.
Mn"t,ors and DEANS inserted gratis, but Obituaries
will he charged for at hall regular advertising rates
Transient Advertising In all cases to he paid tor strictly
in ditdrfe. ,,, -.
Motto in columns, 10 cents per e each Insertion,
but no charge made OF less than 30 cents
pRnpArE aud CouMsstONERs' NOTICES 81 90 each.
FoR NOTICES or LBsRAroNs EsTRAYs THE AND
Ds.orrtnN or SERsPs, &c. 81 so each for three
n.urons II sent by mail money must accompany the
urltr.
before the expiration OF hrr contract WI be charged Al u
rates us above Extra charge wi also b. male Tor Dsso-
luton and other notices connected with their regular
business.
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AnIncidcni the Wnr.

The Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
Evening Post narrates the following affecting
incident -
ain one OF the fierce engagements with the
rebels near MechanicsvlIe in May last, young
lieutenant OF Rhode Island battery had his
right foot so shattered by fragment of shell
that, on reaching Washington after one of those
horrible ambulance rides, and journey of a
weeks duration, he was obliged TO undergo am
putalion Of the leg. He teegraphed home,
hundreds of miles away. that all Was going well,
and with a soldiers forttude composed himself
TO bear his suferings alone.
UnknoSn to him. however, his mother, one
of those dear reserves Of the army. hastened
up to join the main force. She reached the city
at midnight, and the nurses would have kept
her from him until morning. One sat by his
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Raphael Semmes took command Ot the vessel,
and in formal manner hoisted the rebel flag
al the peak and the English flag at the fore,
and fired gun.
She then started on a cruise, with COM
mander, &c officers and sj men. For nearly
two years she has been employed in sinking,
burning and destroying American commerce
and shipping; and On the lth of January,
1868. she sunk the little glnboat llatteras and
suffered herself considerably. Semmes has al
ways tried to avoid meeting all ARMED vessel OF
his own weight of metal, tearing the result to
be just such as has been proven in her late con-
test. As to his personal character, it was pret-
ty clearly proved that he was q coward and
afraid TO meet the Kearsarge. After he sur
rendered be threw away his sword--an unoH-
cellike act-and supplicanly begged to be TAX
en- into the Deerhound's boat ard covered up,
to prevent falling into the hands of the captors
of his pet corsair ship. lie skulked away like
an overgrown cur which hol been chaSlsed,
seeking protection under the fsg which for so
long had protected him. lie fought only be-
cause he was Obliged to do so to save his honor
in the face OF his crew. Had he met Yankee
single-handed, he would have run like scared
cat.
The list of vessels destroyed hy the Alabama
numbers So, which we trust Her Majesty's
Government will be called upon to pay for.
This record brings the Alabama's career up
10 her arrival at Table Bay, Cape oil Good Hope,
in September, 1863. There is no complete
record yet of her subsequent proceedings
She sal ed for the East Indies, and, in the
Straits of MaIacca, near Singapore she burned
two ships. Of the Burmese coast, India, she
burned the bark Texan Star. from Moulmein
for Singapore. Sweeping around Cape Como
rim, and up the eastern shore Of the by OF
Bengal, she burned the ship Emma Jane oil
| New York, and landed her crew near Ojcoya
in the southern part of India. Her next ap.
pearancc was at Cape Good Hope in March
last, from whence sne ciuised about until She
entered Cherbourg, early in the month of June
having just previously burned two more Amer.
lean shiys--,he Rockingham snl Tycoun.--
These we're her last depredations.-Ne~ Iorl
| Herald.
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The Grnmd Trnmh Di-n.tcr.

1t is as yet unknown how many lives were
lost at ST. Hilaire on "Wednesday, but the re-
covered dead ale 81, the wounded so. No fu-
milarity with war can make this slaughter less
awful, nor ure we inclined to put aside the ac-
count because the accident is in Canada. rather
than nearer home. For it brings instantly TO
mind, as every frequent railway horror does. the
system of management which still prevails, the
want or care Tor human life, the demand for
speed on the part Of the public. the demand for
profits by the stockholders, the guilty acques-
cence in hoth by directors and snperintendenls.
Now and then some great calamily like he Nor
walk crash results in special legislation, devised
with no broader view than to cover cases exac
tly similar and blindly passing by the hundreds
of open-monlhed chances of awful destruction
which lie in wait for the traveller. 1t is moth
ing To say that accidents are inirequent--so are
murders about equally so, but we do pot for
that reason repeal our statutes against that
crime.
The truth still is and we fear will long re-
main, the conscience of the public needs to he
awakened 10 the responsibility of the communi.
ty tor these slau9hers. 1t is idle TO talk of the
remissness of Legislatures, as if they were the
final cause Of OF all laws. The stream does no,
rise higher Than the fountain. The statute
book contains such laws and only such as The
average sense of justice among The people re-
qnlres 10 be enacted. Just so long as we pre-.
ter forty miles an hour and 10 per cent. divi.
dends TO safety. we shall get lhe former and moi
the latter. There is nothing immoral in speed
nor in dividends, but there is an unconsdered
sin in combining the Two with the net result oI
bali dozen collisions year. Until, therefore
we agree that all reasonable precau,ion shall bt
required, at whatever expense OF all railways
until we are willing to see profits lessened fol
the sake of saving or the chance OF saving. i'm
peried life and limb. we ueed expect nothing
fon law makers. They have the shrewdncs'
10 see that our periodical sympathy is sham
and they don't stereotype il into slatutes--or i
they do, tine statutes also are sham.
We have improved little of late years. il i:
true, hut is il not also true that the pubic hr,
impatient of very simple and Wholesome re
strainis? When the express train from Bostor
makes half q dozen stops at as many bridges he
| tween New Haven and New York, do We or dt
we not get impatient, and in our inward soul,
think we would rather iisk going over one thar
stop at all six of the draws? The train whicl
went into the river on the Grand Trunk wa
bound, it seems, by law or regulation, to stop
but the engineer went on and CAer. He es
capped with life and is sent to Montreal Jail Il
be tried perhaps Tor murder. Clearly he ough
TO be so Tried, and, if guilty, hanged but di'
public sentiment do nothing to urge him or
and will the authority which lays hands OF
him be free from all completely with his guilt
Let us think Of these things liltle.-M
| Tribune
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side tanning him as he slept her hand on the
feeble, huctuating pulsuaiions which Iorboded
sad results. But what woman's heart could re-
sist the peadings of mother then? In the
darkness she was finally allowed TO glde in and
take the place at his side. She touched his
pulse as the nurse had done. Not a word had
been spoken but the sleeping boy opened his
eyes and said: 'rhat feels like my mother
hand 1t is my mother turn up the gas, ant
let me see mother'
The two dear fucrs met in one long, ioyfu
sobbirg embrace, and the fondness pent up il
each heart sobbed and painted snl wept iurf
its expression.
The gallant fellow, just twenty-one, his leg
amrutated on The last day of his three years
service, underwent operation after oneration
and at last, when death drew nigh, aud he wa.
told by fearful friends that il only remained tr
make him comfortable, said he had looke ed
death in the face too many times to be afruiC
now and died as galantly as did the men o
the Cumberland"
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Are there any farmers, readers of this jour
nal, who would prefer, during four or five
months in the year. roads in so wretched
condition as to break their wagons, strain their
horses, and consume double the time to travel
over, with only half road, than to pay one or
two dollars extra road-iax year, TO have all
this changed We doubt that il this question
could he put ndiNiduallyIo 10 farmers in any
part of the country, it would be answered in
the negative. All want good roads. And yet
they live from year to year, uttering complaints
against the roads, without raising a finger to-
ward making them better. They will not even
walk TO the election and deposit their votes in
favor OF candidate for Supervisor who pos
ssesses SOME judgement as 10 how road ought
to be repaired; and who possesses independ-
ence enough TO keep all the roads in the town
ship or district in good passable condition,
Aithout regard to the few grumblers.
Some of the supervisors elected know no
more about mending road than they de- about
making watch. They think that digging
little trench at the sides and throwing the dirt
ou, ia nll thai is required or that they are cal
led unon 10 do. Road.mending, however, is a
science. Draining the water from the travelled
norton into carefully formed cutters; sloning
miry places bridging water-eourses filling up
The ruts firmly whenever needed pressing down
the newly repaired road with heavy roller /;
require some little practical knowledge, and
ought not 10 be entrusted to persons who have
no other claim to the Office Of Supervisor than
lha, they are needy, have nothing 10 do, and
wish some lazy employment.
We are glad TO see that in some places this
is heing removed-the proper persons elected
Supervisors, and tha roads repaired in excel
lent manner. A Supervisor, who will not keep
the roads in the best condition, for fear Of
spending little, more money, and making the
tax higher, and as a consequence be turned out
at the next election, should have the tables
turned against him, and be elected from office
for not doing so.-- GelmantoTD Telegraph
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1864-07-15

How 10 make the queen Of pudlings" i.
thus told by an exchange One pint Of nice
delicious fine bread crumbs to one quart o
mix, one cup of sugar, the ,olks of four egg,
beaten, the grated rind of lemon, and ricct
of butter the SIZE of an egg. Bake until done
but not watery. Whip he whites of the egg.
stiff, and heat in teacupfil Of sugar, in which
has been stirred the juice of a lemon. Spreac
over the pudding layer of jelley, or any sweet
meats you may prefer. Pour the whites of III,
eggs over this aud replace in the oven and bak,
lightly. To be eaten cold with cream. 1t il
second only to ice-cream, and for seasons bet
fer.
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LIST OF AGENTS.

West Bra'tieJoro A. runklce ?, +. Perry Brooknne,
G. W. S,ebbius Dorcr Frank Burr; w. DJrer. VIM.
II. Jones; + Doper. 5. II. Sherman. Dammersion, w.
o. Miller: w. Duiame,ston, silas pettce. Feyehe-
riYe, j. Dunkiee, lr IYGamsrUe. Benz. y. Morse.
Grafton, \. 5. Weeks. GmDord, Elnier Mason;
Gui(ord Centre. ). L. Sibley. Green Rirsr j. u.
Dickinson. HaEGar Stephen Miles; ". Hotf'r. c.
il. riton JUksOariHe, James W. Hatch. Junlica,
T. lot f. Kellogg. LoaiondrTy David Arnold 50.
Lpqiomierry Il. d. Tyler. urrB"o, DR.. Y. Tucker.
Pa,aeg Win. Houghton Suitrgr, q. ". Chase.
ToraSiem y. Cheney; W. 7orrshead, L. W. Page,
Vernon, Allison Whtced IIofsboro, Ilol and
Pmptnn. ". IVudsjoyo, O. c. Fus. 5 lpirdslo-
ro a. c. Jnlnson Westminster Bts', ". W llamln.
UIitiagtem II. y. Xix. Wilmington, Lucjus Walker.
Win,l'Jm, Wm Harris. South IFiaHrm Asa smith
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FRENCH EXCURSION TO SEE THE NAVAL
BATTIE.-The battle betue the Kearsarge
and Alabama took place nine miles from Cher
bourg. in full view of the place, and an excur.
sion train from Paris brought up 1900 frog
ealers 10 see the show, many Of whom conf
DENLY expected to see the Yankee ship go down.
"On Thursday" says co respondent, "Semmes
entertained a large party ON board the now ex-
linct Alabama, and showed with pride to the
ladies who dined with him the boarding hatch.
cts and sabres tfreSh ground) which were dis
played on deck Mrs. Semmes was in Paris
The French government papers-all favorable
TO the South-lament the loss of the famou,
corsair, the Alabama" Let em lament.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1864-07-15

TuACKERAY describes, in his Vanity Fair,
some children whom he saw playing together
nn heap of rubbish, when one of them cried
"I've found Sixpanse." Immediately all the
rest OF the children formed themselves into her
train. and With the obeSance of courters to q
queen followed her TO the nearest gingerbread
shop. The shrcwd sqtiri~t saw in this the typt
Of English snciety, in which the one who ho;
the sixpence beyond The rest is the leader.
An exchange ihiaks that had the English
satirisl lived TO yi>i, America under her present
reign OF shoddy, he would have found in what
is called our fashionable society" at his time
more complete and vulgar exemplilicalion o
the principle he aludes to than he ever saw il
England
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1864-07-15

GAS TAR FOR PosTs.-This application is
far better than the old way of charing, and is
much more easily applied. Charring only at
fecis the outside, admitting moisture into the
interior and rotling it. The tar, il applied hot
to we'll seasoned posts, entirely excludes mois-
turp. S. =. Woru,ley Of Michigan, states in
the Country Gentleman, that seven years ago,
heGult mile Of board fence, placing The posts
for one minute in large kettle Of hat gas tar,
so as to coat them six inches above the SUI ACE
They now appear to be as sound as when set
The posts of another fence, set about the same
tine, without ,arring, are about halt decayed.
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LETTER FROM JOHN STUART MILL.-Wc
take the following extract from letter from
John Stuart Mill, which APPEARS in the paper
of the Philadelphia Sanitary Fair:
"Ths war, jus,i6able and laudable even il it
had continued to be, as it was at first, one of
mere resistance to the extension of slavery, is
becoming, as il was easy TO foresee it would,
more and more war of principle for the com
plete extirpation of that curse And in pro-
portion as this has become apparent, the SYM
palhies OF nearly all in Europe whose approha-
ton is worth having, are resuming their natu-
raj course, and the cause OF the North will soon
have no enemies on this side of the Atlantic
but those who prefer any tyranny, however obi
ons, 10 q triumph OF popular government.
1t would be objectionable, did omit, on an
OCCASION like this, to express my warmest feel.
ot admiration for The Sanitary Commission
History has afforded no other example-thnugt
it is to be hoped that it will hereafter afford
many-of so great a work of usefulness extern
porzrd by the spontaneous sel(-devolion and
organizing genius OF people, altogether indie
pendently of the government"
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MURDER OF RHODE ISLAND MAN IN TEN
NEssEE.-On the 9th Of June, about midnight,
four armed men disguised with blackened faces,
entered the house of Mr. Amos l.. White, in
Henry County, Tennessee, ard demanded Sl0,-
900 booty as n ransom foI his life. As much
could not he found by them after thorough
search, they seized Mr. White aud dragged him
from his bed carried him short distance from
the house aud shot him dead, three bullets en-.
iering his body. What conversation passed
between these iendiSh nssassins and their vic.
tim is unknown, as Mrs. White, his wife, who
started after them, was driven back upon peril
of sharing the fute OF her husband. Mr.. White
was planter, and had resided in Tennessee
but few years. He was raising this season
about 100 acres of cotton. lie was born in
this State, was the son Of John White, and was
about AZ years of age. He resided several
years in Johnston, AMI was educated in the
manufacturing business at Simmonsville, under
the guidance of Benz, Pierce, Esq. After be-
coming prepared for The management Of a mill
he and his family removed to Bahia, Brazil
where he was engaged in cotton spinning for
about two years, when he returned to his ma
tive State and took charge OF the Smmonsvlle
mills for short time. Thence he removed Ia
Barnesville, Ohio, where he butt mill and
engaged in the manufacture Of wick, twine
yarn, bats, bags and wadding. The busines,
was very successful. as his mill was the onl,
one of the kind in the vicinity, and the articles
were readily taken for home consumption. lie
removed thence to Tennessee, where he was
brutally murdered.
His reputation was unspolted, his character
without stain. He was genial in his intercourse
and much loved and esteemed by all VINO knew
him. Many there are who will mourn MS nn-
timely death. lie leaves a wife and hve cnll-
dren. Two of them we're in this cry attending
school at the time of their fathers death the
other three, one an infant week old, and their
mother we're at home in Tenn' ssee.
The body Of Mr.. Whl'e has eesn brought 10 70
This State and buried oy the sue oi 'iiehus III
purrillyills.-Propidens Journal.
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WOODCOCK g. VINTON. Paper Manu- 'ac-
w turers. All kinds Of prin ing Pap y made to order.
Cash paid for White and Brown Rags Drateboro, VT.