The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-10-28

Ashburton Treaty.
The raiders, who have been arrested
and lodged in the district Jail at ST.
Johns arc G. w. Wallace, Charles Swe-
gen, Bennett Young, T. Tevis, Dudley
Moore, George Scott, Samuel Gregg,
j. McGrouty, James Doty, s. e. Lakey,
G. p. Bruce, S. r.. Cullen, Marcus
Spruce.
They are confined in separate cells
and not allowed to confer with one
another Some Of them seem to have
an abundance of gold and, it is said,
the confederate agents have engaged
distinguished counsel who will use eve
ny means to obtain their discharge.
The sole defence of the prisoners will
be that the raid was an act Of war and
was authorized by the Confederate
Government! The United States
Government is represented by expert
enced lawyers from Vermont, with
whom Bernard Devlin, ESD, OF Mont
real is associated, Mr.. Devlin stands
high as a criminal lawyer, and has
been successfully practising at the
Montreal Bar since October, 1917
THE TRIAL, COUNSEL sc.
Messrs. J. J. Abbott and w. Kerr
arc the main counsel for the prisoners.
! Messrs. Cameron, Of Toronto, and
Gray Of st Johns, New Brunswick are
advisory counsel The banks in st.
Adams are represented by Messrs.
Edison and Rand, Dewey and H. A.
Sowles. Messrs b. Dovclin of Mon
trenl and George Z. Edmunds Of Bur
lington still continue chief counsel or
behalf of the Federal authorities
George n. Sanders, the notorious
dough face, is there at Monnets hote
acting with "outside influences" OF
behalf Of the prisoners f. Godschal
johnson, ESD, Of Montreal, acts for tn
Crown He is n gentleman of rar,
eloquonce and culture, and his col
league is Mr. Edward Carr, Of Mon
treal The direct examination Of Cy
rus n. Bishop, Teller Of the st. Alban
Bank, occupied all day on Monday
Several of the prisoners were identi
fed by Messrs. NJ. A. Seymour, Alber
Sowles and NJ. w. Beardsley, Tues
day and Wednesday and Thursday til
testimony to establish the murder an
horse stealing Will be brought fowarC
This viii occupy the residue Of thi
week, and our report Of the proceed
iugs viii be continued hereafter as til
case is one of great national impoi
II lance and unusual local interest.
We learn that about $4,000 hay
been recovered and identified. Til
T. bills are thus distinguished: st. A
T. bans Bank $2S,02l; Franklin Count
l. Bank, $34,72 First National Banl
i $l9S00 together with S15,SOOin bond
u and about $4,000 in promissory note
ID The horses stolen have all been J.,
IA covered by their owners. Some wei
y obtained as far off as Waterloo, Cal
&c ada.
+ The action of Judge Coursol and
re all the officers in the Provincial Go
ernment who have acted in this ma
ter has been such as to challenge OF
ID respect and gratitude. We confe
s that from what we have heard pl
t. yately and publicly we feel confdel
s. that the decision of the case VIII be
IT. unison with the principles which lie
ID the root Of the Ashburton treaty.
IN The question, however, which trcr
I'd bles on every mans lip is, VIII the
Is, assassins and robbers be surrender,
d to the authorities Of Vermont as fus
g tives from justice? The Burlingt'
n Free Press strikes the keynote of po
m ular sentiment when it answers I'll
n question in these terms
The question now most discuss
sa hereabouts is, whether the Canada
he authorities will hand over the robbel
bo We take it for granted that they iri
These men have been guilty of Il
+ crimes Of murder, robbery and arse
ne crimes specified in the Ashburt,
Ia. treaty, by the terms Of which part
guilty of those crimes are to be deli
cred over, on proper requisition. II
IN Provincial or British authorities ca
he not take the ground that the war h
at abrogated that treaty, OF that the ia
-, that a man ayows himself a rel
against our government, takes hi
-ih from under the provisions of til
% treaty. Nor, even if it be recogniz
ed as an act of war, (Which it was not) C
n the Canadian authorities permit su
- warlike expeditions to be fitted out
their territory, and to make it tn,
on asylum from capture and reprisal.
r. If they do, the sooner open war
as declared with our Northern neighbo
Of the better.
M Death of Chief .IuSticp ToueV