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

You miserable Smith you set out this
morning in competence and will re-
turn a beggar
You will indeed, corroborated Mr..
Brown.
Unhappy Jones, quoth Smith; Ger
tainly those whom the gods wish to
destroy, they first make mad. This
morning, you probably complained of
the kidneys being UNDERGONE at break
fast Tomorrow, your wife and chill
dren will be in want of daily bread.
They will indeed, echoed Mr.. Lloyd
and Robinson.
Gentlemen, said ], it seems to me
that this matter will never be settled
except by arbitration. l have not the
honor Of the personal acquaintance OF
any of you, but | am an honest man;
and if both Of the players viii shew
their cards to nue., / will tell them truly
which ought to give in. This will be
better and more pleasing, | am sure,
whether to winner or loser, than the
utter ruin of either of them can posi-
bly, be-
4 am quite content with that ar
rangement, observed Smith, although,
of course, it is a pecuniary sacrifice
You're noble fellow exclaimed
Messrs. Lloyd and Robinson, with II
repressible admiration.
Then l am also content, remarked
Jones, although / needs must lose by
such an arrangement
Generous being exclaimed Brown
enthusiosticly-yes, he needs must
lose.
L rose from my seat, and locked
over Smiths cards He had three
aces-the best hand that any man can
hold. / turned from him, with sorrow
in my heart for the poor married man,
and looked over Jones's cards He
had three aces also When they left
off playing whist, the white packs had
got somehow mixed together, and so
the. two gentlemen had all their excite
meft for nothing. They had each en-
joyed the luxury of running a friend,
III inauguration, and Of being mag
unanimous ut a cheap rate; and if it
had not been for the interpostion of
the present writer, it is my belief that
they would have been Dragging STILL
Chambers journal.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01
ELEGY.

The following lines were written by
tbe late Col. Peter A. Porter, of the
NIAGARA New York regiment, on hear
linz in Europe some years since, of the
sdeath of his near friend, Mr.. George 5.
Emerson. of Boston. Colonel Porter
himself fell in the battle on the Sd of
June, and it has been remarked, finds
5his own best elegy in the lines which be
wrote upon the loss of his early friend =:
j met our friend upon foreign shore,
And asked Of thee they told me thou vert
.sry Inns repeat: -"He is no moreno more"
Twas all said.
set sank my spirit in me, and there went
81 4 strange confusion DER my saddened brow,
i could not pierce Gods infinite intent
cannot now.
d only know that He who in thy birth.
Had shadoWd forth himself, though faint
and dim
pecrecd how long thou should st remain on earth:
How long with Him.
sAnd now there comes that Phantom Of the Past,
housing my soul with its elastic prime;
4 ! see thee still a. l saw thee last
IN that glad timci
Ralient in beauty Of the form and mind,
And young renown Of Academic strife,
JOY lay around; a staigsess life dehind
Before thee-htc,-
A high priest standing in the temples space
Fer yet the sacritcial rites begin,
giant Waiting for the Curious race
He Is 20 wln.
We thought eternal tablets would record
Thy name with theirs who, since the world
began,
With an Immortal strength and toll and word
Have wrought for man.
We Thought alas what thought we not Of good,
OF AL that hope OF promise ser begat
8Of all save early doon-oh, friend how could
!, We think Of that.
Eve could not see the shadows close the round
We could not know prophetic cypress shed
Funeral perfume for the wretch that bound
so dear head.
We could not think the hcht that from afar
We dccmd preusiye Of the coming sun.
Vas but the parting radiance of his car,
When day was dCne.
But now know too wen a lights withdrawn
That made this gloomy earth for me more fair
A pcrtumcs led and gontlo influence gone
That soothcd my care.
And yet not wholly gone through lfe's sad vale
my soul now prompting to resemble the,
Ana now Ia sad monltinu when fail
Shall wink with me.
Win me- ola yes but not with me alone,
For IN the fair companionship Of youth
others than have fondiy felt and known
Thy love and truth
Have drunk at iearnings font with thee, and seen
How Doubts dark depths and Thoughts wild
surge above,
lhy mnd-eyed faith 50 pure and SO serene,
SCARED like dove.
hnough what might have been is not no more
nhah return thy grasp, and seek thy glance
lerchance We meet on heavens eternal shore
Alas perchancel
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

VANDALIsM.-W hear complaints of
pickets being broken off and the fen
ces otherwise disfgured, and of trees
being girdled and injured in and about
our village These things may some
times be done thoughtlessly, without
consideration of the mischief done,
and the offenders need to be taught
better; a little instruction at home, or
in the schoolroom, or from the pulpit,
would do something to stop the evil.
But i'll most cases the offenders know
better, and should be punished as the
mean and dastarChy crime deserves.
Let the people be ON the watch and
catch the rascally barbarians, and
have them brought to justice .-7Brat-
HeborO' PhGnir.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

JUDICIARY DEcENcy. They have u
Judge in New York whose name is
Barnard, and of whom they are not
very proud This judge lately made n
speech in open court which is thus re-
ported in the New York Transcript,
the legal paper of the city,:
"My attention has just been called
to an article that appeared in that
beastly journal, the Erening Post, last
evening. With the exception of bailing
Cook, it is totally false, and nothing
else, moreover, could be expected from
Il man who publicly keeps q negro
mistress.
II shall take occasion at an early
day, and in public manner, to discuss
the character of these rotten vaga-
bonds who live by blackmailing citi
zcns, and designate themselves as con-
nected with the EceRi,,g Post
Judge McCunn, we believe, never
equalled this either in improperly or
mendacity, and can Therefore no longer
be called the consummate flower of
the elective judiciary system.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01


A FORGOTTEN DFFcULTY.-TheN New
York Ereniag Post suggests one OBJ
lection to the Cleveland nominations
which the convention did not think of.
General Fremont and General Coch
rane are both of New York. But the
Constitution says -
'The electors shall meet in their re-
spective States, and vote by ballot for
president and vice-president, one of
whom at least, shall not be an inhabit-
ant of the same State with them
selves.
The intention doubtless was to have
the president and vice president elected
from different States. But, at any
rate, If New York should vote for Free
mont, would not General Cochrane be
"out in the cold, in ease her vote were
necessary 10 make majority2
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

HooKERs SrRATEGEM.-The latest
method of capturing siege guns OF
which we have any account was achiev-
ed by Hooker IN the recent operations
near Dalton. Having failed TO take n
lunette defended by four guns by di-
rect assault, his men being so near the
earthworks that they We're sheltered
by them from the rebel sharpshooters,
he kept his soldiers quiet until night,
when the guns were taken by "long
pull aud a strong pull" His pioneers,
under cover of the darkness, quietly
dug out the earth beneath the guns,
threw drag-ropes with Hooks owe,
them, and drew out the guns from the
bulwarks which they had defended
leaving to the occupants Of the lunette
mo other alternative than to surrender
TO the federal troops who swalmed in
at the openings This is certainly .
new way to capture battery-short
sharp and eifeetiye.-Ph'ia. Inquirer
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

A French officer said that when
his troops were ON the march he had
examined the quarrels between the
mules and their drivers, and that, to
the shame of humanity, rease n was
almost always on the side of the mules
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please, Miss, Mr. Dove says he's
made mistake. This here's the ser
mon on predestination, and that S
suthing else"
The minister's little handmade ut
tered these words as she bounced up
on me through the door in her little
blue sunbonnet And l rolled up the
manuscript and gave it back, and
took the sermon in its place.
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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05
Crazy and Drunk.

Stanton, in his speech yesterday, laud-
ed Sherman and Grant, and thought he
made some very smart points about their
"speeehes"-meanng their recent battles
with the rebels.
While Tod was governor, this same
Stanton was Lieutenant governor. Tod
appointed him to go to Pittsburg Landing
Immediately after the terrible slaughter
at that point, to lock to the welfare of the
wounded Ohio men. Stanton went. At
ter going through the form of performing
his mission, he came back and made re-
port to Gov. Tod. He represented Ehe
soldiers to be in a Very bad condition and
gave his reasons. Among them was, that
Sherman, the victor of Atlanta, was crazy,
and Grant oas so drunk alt the time that
ne paid no attention to, and could not
command his army, and this was the cause
OF our defeat. Immediately after Stanton
had finished his speech his attention was
called to this, but instead oe saying any
thing about it, he went off laughing at it,
IN Lincoln style. as a s.good joke"
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05
Reyerend.

Collier, the Rev. rascal who addressed
the Abolitionists in Ashland on Tuesday,
said on the Fair grounds in the afternoon
that the war was on its last.legs, and that
there would be no more fighting. He
spoke in the Town Hall in the evening,
and advised the ladies' to prepare banda
ees and lint, for the hardest fighting of
the war was to come yet. In the former
instance he lied, and in the latter he told
tho truth, if they succeed in electing Old
Abe. Collier is making it pay aud can
afford to disgrace the livery Of Heaven by
making scurrilous stump speeches over
the country. The people are beginning to
understand these political gamblers and
will unite in BUSTING them from power
and stop tie great demand for lint and
bandages.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05

At L~oudonville. Thursday, October
.o6th, At l o'clock, P. NJ. Speakers, Geo
Bliss, IT. j. Kenny, j. McCOrd and
]. L. Crane.
At Polk, on Friday evening the It'll OF
October. Speakers, J. P. Devor and j.
E. Chase, j. d. Jones and W. B. Nc
Carly.
At Centre school house, Lake township,
On Friday evening, the eth of October
Speakers, w. A. G. Emerson, H. S.
Knapp and others.
Roxsburg Monday, Oct. 10th, l o'clock
P. NJ. Speakers; T. J.;kenny and K.
Campbell.
JeromeviIle Monday evening Oct 10.
Speakers. W. A. G. Emerson, DR.. Crane
and j. d. Jones. .
Sullivan, Thursdly afternoon October
9Th, at 1 o'clock P. NJ. Speakers, K.
81. Campbell and w. A. G. Emerson.
Troy Centre Thursday Eve. Oct. 9th
Speakers; DR.. Crane, w. A. G. Emerson
n. nj Campbell. and J III. Barre.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05
LIED /!

Ban. Stanton lied when he said the
people of Ashland county were called up.
on to vote for a reasonable, oath bound
party, unless he meant the Abolition par
ty.
Ben. Stanton lied when he said that
Vsllandigham sent a man to johnson e
Ialand TO get up a conspiracy.
Ben Stanton lied to the Abolitionists
of this county, when he said the Democ-
racy intend to recognize the South.
Ben. Stanton lied when he said the
Democrats wanted to soft soap the soldiers
in the Chicago Platform.
Ben Stanton lied when he said his par
ty was the friend of the soldier, except to
make money out of them.
Ben Stanton lied, as every soldier
knows, when he said that the first eigh-
teen months of the war, under Mcclellan,
was a failure.
Ben Stanton lied when he said there
had been no retrograde movements or fall
ing back of our forces since Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation on the LIST of.
January, 1862.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05
Welker Again.

Little WELLER, on Saturday night,
said that he denied the authority of the
Chicago Convection to decide anything /;
meaning that the Abolition party denies
the right of the people to peaceably as
semble for any purpose whatever, and es-
pecially to adopt . code of principles op.
posed to Abolition despotism. Keep it
before the people that Abolitionisn is
despotism, and that o%ur.,last chance to save
our county and Safe from ruin, is to
vote the whole Democratic ticket on next
Tuesday.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05
ABOLITION F,ZZLE II
Prospects of the Blood
Letters
DEATH STRUGGLE.
The croakers Ready to enav a File

The Abolition blood letters of Ashland
county attempted to hold a Mass Meeting
in Ashland on Tuesday, the 4th inst, and
contrary to our anticipations. convened on
the Fair Grounds instead of in the Grave
Yard. Every effort known to abolition
treachery and fraud, w asmade use of to
get a crowd but it all failed as it will on
next Tuesday. But the croakcrs of Ash.
land we're not to be beaten by the people
failing to turn out. They marshaled
their whole squad at the East end of Main
street and took up their line of march
West. The croakcrs and whangdoodles,
thinking to fool the b~ystanders, hurried
the advance of the procession doxn a
back street and brought them up in the
rear to make it appear respectable. The
procession, in the gross, consisted of sew
enty-six buggies, wagons and carts. A
heayse passed up street just in front of
the procession, which we dom count, not
knowing whether they claimed it as q part
of the caravan or not. We think, at least,
that it was very indicative of the mourn
ing and sorrow which will prevail in their
demoralized ranks, and especially among
the Office seekers, after next Tuesday
The procession presented the most funer-
al like appearance of any one we have ever
noticed. 1t dragged its slow, short length
to the fair ground, followed by the boys
of the town, who almost eclipsed the meet
ing. When assembled, its composition
was about as follows: Democratic voters
and spectators 200; Republican voters
800; Ladies Of all kinds 217 children
with short dresses, about 800 /; Niggers 5, |
Total, 1922. This is a very large esti
mate, but we are willing to give them
credit for all. or a few more, han they
had, rather tban add to their injured feel
ings. Take it all in all, it was the sad
dest looking gathering that ever conven-
ed in this place.
The meeting was addressed by the Hon
B. Stanton and a fellow by the name CT
Caller. The speeches were of the ordi.
nary abolition, blood ard thunder style,
and cast a gloom over the entire audience.
The people are getting tired listening to
sophestry of men who make speeches
supporting this war, in order to make
money ont of it. The speech-making
closed and the squad dispersed to the gro.
ceries to drown their trouble and disap
pointment as best they could and SO end
ed the Abolition Mass meeting.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05
THE ASHLAND UNION. WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 5.
VOTE FOR PRINCIPLES.

Remember that the Ashtdnd Times o.
last week sends up a howl of hypoeritica
sympathy for A. G. Beer, as candidate
for Auditor, and Captain Hood, as eandi.
date for Sheriff of Ashland County.
Remember that these men are strong
supporters of tho Abolition Administra'
ton which has dissolved our Union Of
States and m~ortgaged the souls aud bod.
les of the next ten generations to pay a
war debt, heaped upon your shoulders by
Shoddy Contractors and Government
thieves.
Recollect that although Mr.. Beer and
MI. Hood have been go lucky as to get
through Abe Liucoln's flint. mill, that
don't give them the right to claim your
SURFACES to proloDg murder, robbery and
bankruptcy. They are entitled to respect
and good treatment as civilians--nothing
more. IF they have been SO unlucky as
to loose limbs and carry leadcn balls in
side their skins, from their experience in
this murderous contest, they are entitled
to the sympathy of community, but your
duty is to support men who you know
correct principles with regard to
in which you are most interested. If
you nave sympathy to bestow upon the
of our land. do it in such a
way as to benefit the greatest number you
can do it by voting for men who are OPP
posed to cold blooded murder and high
way robbery, and not for men, who, al
they have suffered, yet are in ia
,or of a policy that will probably make
Tou fellow cripples and objects of sympa-
by with themselves.
With regard to the abilities of the can
lidates respectively, to discharge the du-
les of tie Offices, there is no man can
for a momentum choosing.
Mr.. Gates is a gentleman who is too
Tell known over the county for his ability
nd uprightness of character. to require
t u hands an argument in. his favor
has been tried and found faithful,
ompetent and obliging. The only claim
ir. Beers friends can make for him, Ia
nat he has been in the army. If that is
efficient qualification ard all that is re-
uired. then every man who has been to
ar has u like claim, regardless of quali6-
sufficient to discharge the duties
T the Office. As between Mr.. Brown and
IE. Hood, in peirt of ability. there can
g no dispute. Mr.. Hoods friends are not
lady to claim that he has any of the
notifications necessary to discharge the
nties of Sheriff, whereas Mr.. Brown Is a
AN Unknown experience and ability.
Let every man understand what is his
lty and do it. Vote for the men who
officers aud public servants will look
your interests with a vigilant eye. !:
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05
Vote Early.

Let every Democrat go to the polls ear
~. There is no man in the county who
cannot spare one day to extinguish the
fame of fanaticism that now rules our land
and threatens to subvert the best govern
ment that was ever inherited by any PEG.
pie on earth. The oppressed and tax.
burdened white people of our W country
demand that all unite to save them from
the oppressor's rod. The wall of the down.
trodden and oppressed of Europe calls on
you to do POUR duty and a v the asylum
of the oppressed of all nations from the
piratical hands of Abolition traitors and
disunionists. The ghosts of 100000
dead who have fallen in battle under
three years of Abolition rule, demand that
you assist in dethroning the Administer
ton whose garments are dyed in blood
The 100000 widows and 500 900 or
phans of our land call upon each of you to
lend your aid in stopping this gorv con
fiict, by voting for Democracy, Union,
Peace and fraternity.
The zoe, 600 cripples whose crutches
and wooden limbs can be heard resounding
from Bangor to San Francisco, admonish
you, and each of you, to consider well
how you cast your vote on e Tuesday,
whether it is to be for Democracy,
Peace, Union and protection of poor men,
or for Abolition traitors, disunion and
bankruptcy.
The wailines and ueepings of outraged
humanity entreat you to vote for Democ-
racy, peace and union, and against this
''blood. letting" administratit n
The poor men aud of the
West exhort you all to assist in hurting
from power the administration whose leg
has placed, indirectly, the burden
of supporting this government, almost en-
tirely, on their shoulders.
The spirits of the mangled dead whose
blood is on the skirts of abolition traitors,
implore you to vote for Democracy and an
arrest of the wholesale slaughter that has
iraped onr land in mourning during the
three years.
The civilized world imperatively de-
hands that you all do your duty
hat you go to the polls early; that you
Use your influence in pe%rsuading lei to-
7ote right that you see that every man
n sour township who has a vote, casts it
or Union and Democracy /; and that you
ieep a watchfnl eye for the illegal votes
# the opposition.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05

b& WELKER said on Saturday night,
that Grant was going to make another
speech in the Shenandoah valley, mean
ing thereby that he was going to lead one
hundred thounsand more to the slaughter
in Fighting it out on this line" He is a
candidate for Congress and favors Grants
blood letting policy whether we are bene-
fted by it or not. The people will do
welkto consider before voting for Little
Martin.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05

pr The Captain who made enough
money out of the war to buy the gas
works, made a speech at the miscegena,
ton meeting en- last Tuesday evening. In
speaking of the good resulting from the
prosecution of the present deplorable war
he used tho following bIasphemous Ian.
gusge:
"My hearers, only look how God Al.
mighty is stripping the Southern men of
their property (cheers.)
Captain, you are mistaken. 1t is the
LOUSY, contemplate, Abolition Govern
ment leeches that are robbing the South
ern men of their property. The Captain
was in the army for some time, and came
home with his pockets lined with green
backs. How did he get them Per
hops there was SOME stripping" done,
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-05
The Draft.

The following is the result of the draft
ia Milton and jackson Townships, this
County
MILTON TOWNSHIP = James Neiley,
Peter Shriner, david Crabh. John Rutan,
Joseph Moore, Henry Vanguildcr, Benz
Nelson, Hiram Lockhart, JOHN Neace,
John Ably, r. Dilovan, Eli Wertman,
Isaac Weaver, Henry Lance, Jacob Hill
Ter, Jacob Imhoot, J. w. Layman, Will
liam Bonebright, j. B. Sloan, David
Wertman, e. G. Woodhouse and Elias
Lutes.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP Jonathan Buzz
card, Adam Baker, w. w. Myers, Free
man Kane, Alex. Hindman, Edward Nc
Fadden; Daniel Kiplinger, James Berry.
Hiram Kane, Andrew j.. Priest, Joseph
Figler, Alvin Deemer, Daniel Swonbsr-
Der, Fred. NJ. Byers, D. B. Sc. John D..
Switzer, George Keener, Samuel w. Ram
sey, Michael Cramer, Eliza Fast, BENZ.
Stlouse, John Hembarger, Samuel Kauf-
man and Henry Wick.
Most of the above gentlemen visited
our town last week en- masse, saeing what
they could do in the way of raising green
backs to get out of the trap. The Bank
was invaded; each ono was ready to en-
dorse for his unlucky companion all
subscribed freely to raise the necessary
amount; cords Of curses were heaped on
Abe's dynasty and all declared eternal
vengeance on the Administration that
had so cruelty treated them, at the COM
ing elections. 1t is evidently an unde-
sirable fix to be in, co be drafted ; but if
people vote for LINCOLN, Abolition and
drafts they must expect to get them
LfNCoLE is prompt.