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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-29

In another column we present to
our readers carefully prepared no.
tice of the Hon William Pitt Fessen-
den, late United States Senator from
Maine, who has resigned his seat in
the Senate to succeed the Hon. Sal
mon p. Chase as Treasurer Of the Unit
ed States. The vacancy in the Senate
thus caused by Mr.. Fessendens resig-
nation will, probably, be temporarily
filed by executive appointment.
Mr.. Fessenden's character as poll
tician, scholar and gentleman, rendered
his position as leader in the Senate,
as easy and undisputed. In view of the
fact that occasional indecency and
drunkenness disgraccs some of our
highest Legislative body and, in view
of the fact that the grave decorum and
calm practical sense of duty which
custom associates with the very name
of Senate has recently been ignored,
it is not strange that the country
will look with some interest to see how
Maine fills the place which Mr.. Fes
sender has left vacant. To borrow the
language of another, ut has been the
distinction of Maine to give the nation
al council one of their leading minds,
a statesman whom the remarkable
unanimity of all parties has desie mated
as the proper man for the most diff
cult place in the whole circle of our
affairs to-day. The country at large
has an interest i'll the manner in which
she now discharges the public duty
which rests upon her, of filing his
place with some man of real strength,
capacity, and character There are not
wanting among her sons men of the first
class, amply qualified by experience,
breadth of view and intellectual pow
err, to fill worthily the place which is
vacant and give the Senate model,
if not guide, in the way of its duty.
There are men like Governor Kent, OF
Chief Justice Appleton, or Genera
Shepley, and others, whose qualifica
tons for Legislative position, and whose
thorough comprehension of the nationa
emergency and it's obligations is un
questioned. Other states cannot be
uninterested spectators of the sue
cess with which Maine meets this sol
emn responsibility of selection. Sh'
owes it to them and to the nation, a.
well as to herself, not to let the place il
her gift now go by default as thu
prize for political intrigue, but to be
stow it where it will most effectuall,
serve the national interests, by raisin:
the character of our national legisla
ton"
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REBEL BARBARITIEs. The del&s
savage barbarities inflicted on ~ \.
soldiers who as prisoners have y \,
into the power of the rebels, ~ !.
once brought together will max ~, !
of the most shocking pieces Oh h Nv
ever produced. Saying no a /,
hundreds of other instances 'ng :. :,
Pillow massacre and the inierna l' rr
ment of Union prisoners at hlCL LoS.
AS shown by the evidence ein .,.s
in the report of the late eoM llase N,
Congress sent to investigate 'iy sa =.
tiers, can be equaled only D! VIZ wy 80
of the lowest and most ferocl w. Ia
ges. The last act reported 'n" n,.,,
posing Union officers who "v IN. 7
ers, in the line of fire at Chaii' ,s,
one of the same savage ehafa." so,tl
is plain case for retaliation %. r
to all the usages of civilized "~ M,
the promptitude with which
tory measure in kind is ordelsSSt.
Secretary of War is comli'e
Free Press.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-29

say- The July number of the North
american Recielo has been received
from Crosby & Nichols, publishers. 1t
contains 800 pages of reading matter.
The articles are, A Physical Theory of
the Universe; The Property Rights of
Married Women; The Philosophy of
Space and Time; The Constitution and
its Defects; The Navy OF the United
States; Our Soldiers; A National Cur
rency; The Rebellion, its Causes and
Consequences; Critical Notices.
In this number the North american
maintains it's established reputation for
independent criticism and for we'll
considered opinions in politics and hit
erature. Able writers contribute to this
Review and all subjects are handled
with ability. See advertisement IN
another column,
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-29

ssy- Gold has long left tng bs an
law and enlisted under ta re- Cos
caprice. A reduction OF lp et d
ment currency to the amount q floS p !
millions, did not prevent - aid 4
up like a rocket. A rebel ei.I l' thop'
peted as an invasion my .ss ID
strong, and to all appeara anpturs
ening Washington Win -, tea pG'
the occasion of its falling yea
1t is curious that 50 h emit 8
should be animated by a sf n Pps'
icsomely malicious as tha' y
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-29

DsD~ The obituary record of'graduates
of Amherst College during the past
year includes the Rev. Tertius Rey-
nolds, who was formerly settled pas
tor in Fairfax. Mr. Reynolds died in
Minnesota, June 25th, 1863.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-29

p0 The corporation OF u; io ID
sity of Vermont has voted 10 l i,orl
ate that institution with lh0 o,ar5
Vermont State University ~
to the provisions of the aG Thp I cofp,
the Legislature last fall. I \ ~ D
ton of Middlebury Colless i1,oa
same State, has voted not 70 ,aita
ate and no action in the in ~ Il
been taken by the corpora'i0'
witch University.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-29

Bss- The semi-ccntenniala anniversary
of the Battle of Plattsburgh is to be
celebrated in a becoming manner. A
Grand Firemen's Parade and Tourna-
ment is to take place to honor the &C.
casion.
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FOR CONGRESS.

First District - FREDERICK e. WooD-
BRIDGE of Vergennes.
Second Dist,ict-JusTrN S. MoRRnL, OF
Stanford
Third District-PoRrUs BANTER of Der
by Line
State Election, September 9Th, 1864
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July 20.

previous nomination, il being tho g.,
instance of the kind in the historvv ., >,
the state. Neu american C,rIo,o,l "
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UNION STATE TICKET.

For Governor,
JOHN GREGORY SMITH,
OF ST. ALBANS.
For Lieut.. Governor
PAUL DILLINGHAM;,
OF WATERBURY.
For Treasurer,
JOHN B. PAGE,
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-08-19
Pushing On.

When was boy about your age,
My rosy-cheeked John rosy checked John
1 took as my motto from some old page,
"Pushing on"
/ wrote it all over my books and slate,
All over them, John over them, John
And thought Of it ever both early and late,
"Pushing on"
At work or at play, at home or at school,
Think of it, John think of it, John
AT books or at playthings, twas ever the rule
"Pushing on"
pushed out of boy, and pushed into man,
That did, John! that l did, John
pushed out of "can't" and pushed into "can, -
"Pushing on"
Whenever an obstacle in my path lay,
Aud many did, John many did, John
pushed and pushed, till pushed it away,
"Pushing on"
pushed through the world with an honester
heart,
Honester, John honester John
Than many man with fairer start,
"Pushing on"
And now I've good wife, children well taught,
Very well, John! very well, John!
A snug little fortune, all honestly got,
pushing on
I've pushed a large place in the hearts of the
poor,
That is good, John very good, John
For never pushed any away from my door;
"Pushing on"
/ am now an old man, my head white as snow,
And mothers too, John! mothers too, John,
And down the bright valley together We 90,
Gushing on"
l am still pushing on for happier land,
Trustingly, John trustingly, John
Trustingly holding my Fathers hand
pushing on"
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Without the Children.

Q the weary solemn silence
OF house without the children,
o the strange, oppressive stiffness
Where the children come no moral
All the longing Of the sleepless
For the soft arms of the children,
All! the longing for the faces
Peeping through the opening door
Faces gone foreyermore!
Strange it is to wake at midnight
And not hear the children breathing,
Nothing but the old clock ticking,
Ticking, ticking by the door.
Strange to see the little dresses
Hanging up there all the morning:
And the gaiters-ah their patter,
We will hear it neycrmore
On our mirth-forsaken floor
What is home without the children
'Tis the earth without its verdure,
And the sky without the sunshine;
Life is withered to the core
So Wen leave this dreary desert,
And we'll follow the Good Shepherd
To the greener pastures vernal,
Where the lambs have 'gone before
With the Shepherd eyermore
o the weary, solemn silence
OF a house without the children,
o the strange, oppressive stiffness
Where the children come no more
All ! the longing of the sleepless
For the soft arms of the children;
All ! the longing of the faces
Peeping through the opening door
Faces gone foreyermore
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ANECDoTE.-When | used to tend
store at Regulator, in Syracuse, the old
man comes round one day, and says he
Boys, the one that sells most between
now and christmas gets a vest pattern as
present.
Maybe we didn't work for that pat
tern l tell you there were some tall
stories told in praise of goods just about
that time but the tallest talker, and the
one that had more cheek than any of US
was certain Jonah Squires, who room
ed with me. lie could talk dollar out
of mans pocket when the man only in
tended to spend sixpence and the wo-
men God bless you u!-they just hand
ed over their pocket-books to him, and
let him lay out what he liked for them
One night Jonah woke up with-'By
Josh, old fellow, if you think that ere's
got any cotton in it, I'll bring down the
sheep that it was cut from and make him
swear to his own wool 'Twon't wear
out either-wore pair of pants of that
kind Of stuff myself for five years, and
they are as good now as when | first put
them on. Take it at 80 cents, and |
will say you don't owe me anything
Eh, too dear? Well, call it 28 cents
What do you say ? Shall | tear it /? All
right-it's bargain
could feel Jonah's hand playing
about the bed clothes for an instant, then
rip, tear, went something or another, and
l bid my bead under the blankets, per-
teetly convulsed with laughter, thinking
that Jonah had torn the sheet from top to
bottom. When woke up on the next
morning | fouud-alas unkindest tear
OF all-rihat the back Of my night shirt
was ripped from tail to collar
Do not attempt to keep your spirits up
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A lady, teaching her little daughter,
four years old, pointed to something in
the book, and asked, "Whai is that my
dear ?" "Why, don't you know 2" inquir-
ed the child. "Yes," said the mother,
"but wish to find out if you knew
"Well. ." responded the little miss, Il do
know" "Tell me, then, il you please"
said the lady. "Why, no. insisted the
little one, with an arch look, "you know
what it is, and | know what it is, and
there is no need of saying anything more
about IT,"
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A STUFFED BEEF5rEAK.-Prepare a
dressing Of bread scaljed soft and mix
ed with plenty Of butter. Add a little
nepper and salt. Lay it upon one side
of a round steak, cover with the other,
and haste it down with needle and
thread. Salt and pepper the outside Of
the steak, and place in a dripping pan
with half an inch Of water When bak>
an brovn on one side, turn and bake the
other.
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BATTLE OF WATERLoO.--Tbe night
before the battle Of Waterloo 1t rained.
"The ground was saturated the rain
had collected in holows of the plain as in
tubs at certain points the ammunition
wagons had sunk in up to the axletrees
and the girths Of the horses ifthe wheat
and the barley laid low by this mass of
moving vehicles had not filled the ruts
and made a litter under the wheels, any
movement, especially in the valleys,
would have been impossible" "
Napoleon, accustomed to hold all his
artillery in hand like pistol, waited un-
til the field batteries could gallop freely
Alas The sun did not come out, and it
was noon when the first gun was fired
Had b e battle commenced two hours
sooner, says Victor Hugo, il would have
been over by four o'clock. Blucher
would have fallen into the hands Of the
victor, and the map of Europe, and the
Of the nineteenth century,
would have assumed a new form. The
difference between a throne and a pris-
on may be the result of a rain, a
yet no human science can avert or an
ticipate it. He who said that Provid-
ence was on the side of the best served
proved by his own sad history
the falsity of the statement, He who
walketh upon the winds taught him how
vain it was to struggle with his cold or
rain. Providence is on the side of jus
lice and truth, and sooner or later will
demonstrate this.
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Among the materials Of which rob
in's nest at Oneida, N. T., was found to
be made, we're twenty nine ladiesieollars
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tn Give stone to the stomach"-line it
with bell metal.
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They all Will do So.

4 young man, the son of well-to,do
farmer, bad the misfortune to become
deeply enamored of young lady, and
after brief courlship, proposed and was
accepted. But what was bis surprise,
one morning, when about entering the
parlor with the unceremonious freedom
Of a young lover, at discovering bis in
amorata upon the sofa, her arms around
the neck Of a neighboring youth, her lips
in such blissful proximity to bis, as to
convince our b e ro that matters were
fearfully in earnest. In rage and morN
tifcation he rushed homeward, arriving
there just in time to surprise his only
sister, the pious wife of the village min
lister, squeezing to kill" a young disciple
Of Blackstone. Nearly frantic at such
unlocked for disclosures among people
be had believed but little lower than the
angels, he made a b 0 d dash for the
barn, running directly upon his mother
kissing the old family physician, who had
"stolen a march upon her as she was
looking after the poultry. This was too
much, and with groan the young man
turned, undiscovered, away, resolved to
pass the night with h s grief beneath
the stars, fearful of further revelations
should he venture beneath the shelter of
another roof The light of morning en-
couraged him, however, and dew drench-
ed and sorrowful he sought bis home,
when his mother, with true maternal So
Iictude, questioned him as to the cause of
his sad looks, whereupon be related
briefly, the Inconsistency of his fair be-
trothed, receiving in reply the gratifying
intelligence that she was a good -for.noth-
ing hussy, and he must never speak to
or notice again on e SO wholly unwor-
thy.
"Buf mother" he continued, falter-
ingIy, "that's not al.'
mot all ? What can there be more p
was the next question.
"Wby, when | FASTENED home, what
should find but my sister, my only
sister, in the arms Of rascalIy young
lawyer"
"Your sister, shrieked the outraged
my child ? The ungraletul,
wicked creature Is it for this / have
given hs home n d cared for her
husband and children? will do it no
onger; such conduct Is infamous-and
o be so disgraced She shall leave
o-morrow, and never enter my pres I
.nce again" t
"But that is not The worst, mother" s
"Not the worst can imagine no.
hing worse; what can it be 2" s
"When, sick and discouraged by such
epeated exhibitions of sin, | left lbe q
ouse, determined to pass the night in @
he barn, l there found my mother kiss t
1g old DR.. E." y
you did ?"
"T did "
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DO not attempt to keep your spirits up
ty pouring spirits dorm.
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"You did %
81 did"
"WelI, never mind, my son; they all
will do So"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-05-27
~CONGRESSIO
FRIDAY, NAV 27.

Woy
SENATR.-Mr. Wade reported from the Com
mittee on Territories, the bill to regulate the
veto power in Washington territory, with q
substitute.
Mr.. Fessenden, from the Committee on
Finance, reported favorably on the House JOINT
resolution to amend the joint resolution to in.
crease temporarily the duties on imports.
Mr.. Wade called up the joint resolution to
amend the charter Of the City of Washington
in regard to registration OF voters-the pending
question being on Mr.. Summers amend.
ment providing that no person shall be exclu.
ded from the register on account Of color.
Mr. Sumner urged the necessity Of his amend
ment, saying that the effect of this bill would
be to sanction the barbarities Of the slave hum
ter, and the inhumanities heretofore practtced
upon colored people, insisting upon treating
them as interiors. He could not sanction this
injustice or deny the rights which he believed
to belong to an oppressed race. Persons at a
distance will follow our example. Therefore
he knew no better way Of stopping these things
thsn by setting the example of justice and hu-
mainly. He was sorry to differ with his friends;
but, in the words Of the Lieutenant General,
he progressed to fight 1t out on this line IL ii
took all summer. -
Mr. morrill, said il was known that the Com.
mittee on the District Of Columbia had hereto
fore req. -ted a bill which put the colored man
on an equality with the white man, and the
Senator should have every assurance that we
intend to put that II before the SeuSAe at the
earliest moment; but, As the Senator KIN ows
from practical experience, some things can b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-05-27
GUERRILLA DEPREDATIONs ON THE LINE
OF THE ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA
RAILROAD


From 8 letter from the Cd District regiment,
Col G. NJ. Alexander,) we learn that since the
withdrawal of the troops on the line Of the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad for service in
the field, the I'd, which has been guarding the
road some distance out, have moved their head
quarters from Burke's to Edsalrs station. The
guerrllas, in small bands, followed up behind
the regiment to near Edsalrs, burning and de-
stroying block-houses, &C., and took several
persons who had been left behind prisoners,
among them DR.. Craigen, Assistant Surgeon of
the regiment, and a young man in charge of two
horses belonging to Lieut.. Col. w. o. Drew
The horses were also taken. DR.. Craigen was
not able to get transportation for his horse on
the train, and so started down on horseback in
company with the young man with Colonel
Drew's horses. DR.. @. assured the guerrillas
that this young man was not a soldier and they
released him, when he obtained horse which
had been overlooked by them and rejoined the
regiment.
Yesterday morning Col. Alexander learned
that they had burned Burke's station, and
were In some force near by, when he dispatched
fifty picked men after them, but they returned
in the course of the day unsuccessful in find
ing the rebels, but obtaining confirmation Of
the report Of the burning Of the blockhouse at
Burke's station, and of other deprsdations.
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Also, detailed accounts of General Buffers
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ton Of some artillery. No one can tell what
the next hour will bring forth.
The rebels are in our front, and prisoners
have bee taken during the last 81 hours from
all three retel corps. Eveil's, Hills and Long
streets.
Over four hundred prisoners were taken nom
q brigade OF South Carolinians, by the PENN
sylyania Reserves under Crawford, who mace
a charge on our extreme right after Warren
had crossed the North Anna, on the road leading
to Beaver Dam.
Our troops have torn up and completely ue-
stroyed nearly six miles of the track on the
Virginia Central, west Of Sections junction
Abou. twelve hundred prisoners, and several
hundred Of onr wounded, have been sent to
Port Royal. but we have no base of commnni'
cation-like huge elephant we carry our
trunk along.
We are now but one days forced march from
Richmond, and there no longer seems to be any
doubt but Lee will fall back to Richmond
Whether he will fight a decisive battle first OF
not the next thirty six hours will determine.
We are about twenty. eight miles from Rich
mond, in fine open country. There is plenty
of good pasture for our horses, but nothing fol
the men except what has been brought along
The enthusiasm of the army knows NJ
bounds, while the morale of the Rebels, iudg
ing from their wounded prisoners falling int
our hands, is in very bad condition.