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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-03-19
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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-03-19
rJCULTK

A. Judson Barrett A. NJ. Principal.
Miss l.. G. Palmer, Preeeptress.
Frances NJ. Tryon.
Teacher Of Mathematies and Fstara' Sciences
Miss F.. F. Webster, ! a..;,,on,.
Miss Jennie Kilborn, '7''''''""'
Miss Libbie G. Wright,
Teaeher PiaRo Forte and Meloison.
Francis r. Lusk,
Teacher Of Spsnosrian Psnmanshtp
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-03-19

sECAUToN ,-As spurious Iyes offered also, be care
and only buy the patented article put up In Iron cans all
others being counterfets.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23
Gen. sherman.

At last We have official dispatches from
Gen. Sherman. That his expedition was
proceeding successfully was evident enough.
all along, from tie tone Of the rebel news
papers but it Is pleasant to be assured by
Sherman himself, that his ''march has been
most agreeable, that his army is in spleu-
did order, and equal to anything" that be
had mot lost wagon On the trip" that he
"had completely destroyed all the roads
leading into Savannah and invested the city. 90
Grant words, that be would prove sine
Coniederacy 10 be a hollow shell. are amply
verified. He has marched. at his leisure,
and trlumphantly, three hundred and fifty
miles through the Confederacy from one side
to tine other, almost unopposed; and has
carried CONSERVATION and fear. destruction
and ruin with him. Two hundred miles OF
railroad have been destroyed and the whole
railway system broken up, fairly cutting the
Confederacy in two 50 far as case Of commu-
nication is concerned
Verify, the great moral defeat which
the rebels anticipated in the success of Gen.
Sherman's march, has fallen upon them, ,-
and great physical defeat as well. Saer-
man has invested and probably before this
captured Savannah, one Of the most ilnpur-
iant positions remaining in the South. ln
taking it a passage Is opeuei for tie lec, to
Augusta. and for the capture OF Jhe very
leart of tie Conicderacy Possibly tie
al,h has no vital points as JET Davis init
mated. tut W think Cen. >herman'- march
ia- hu-t "a iiule.-It is at least wound
through the small intestine>-and VIII con-
.inuc ., make them ache for a good while to .
zone.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

UNION PRISONERS N The SOUTH.-COl. Be
del. Of the Sd y. H., who was captured in
the storming of Fort Wagner, near Charles
ton, July 18th, 1868. and who is one Of the
officers lately exchanged at Savannah, AYERS
That the rebels are taking advantage Of a
growing discomfort among those Union pris-
Oners whose terms of service have expired.
Rebel emissaries represent to these men that
our Government viii do nothing Tor them,
and as the rigors OF winter and want Of food
are having effect on them, they are enllstlnS
in the Foreign Legion, and taking the rebel
oath 10 obtain work in the government shops.
Col. Bedel estimates that there are 10000
Union prisoners in South Carolina and GeOr-
gia. ;, Jar as he knows, negro prisoners
have been turned over t. persons claiming
them as slaves. excepting those captured
when be was at Fort Wagner. many Of whom
were butchered.
There have been l 600 Union officers IN
the vicinity of Columbia. $ c., since OctO-
Der last. without any shelter and with scanty
rati0ns. The condition Of these officers Is
deplorable, and they have 20 paw the most
ex0rbitant prices for every thing. An au-
thorized agent named Potter. who claimed to
be a native Of Rhode Island. gave 81 in Con-
federate money for orders for 81 payable at
the North.
No one daTes % show the least sympathy
tor the Union prisoners but the negroes are
their friends. Escaped prisoners always find
negroes ready to and them. 1t is believed
that several hundred Union officers and sol
dicrs have escaped this fall.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23
HOODS DEFEAT.

The rebel army from which so much was
expected, has been broken to pieces. Gen.
Thomas, withdrawing to Nashville like
spider into his den, waited patiently till
Hood was fairly entangled. and then sud
denly sallving out. has seized and strangled
him. The attack made by Gen. Thomas on
the 18th. was eminently successful, and was
followed up on the 10th by general advance
of our lines, which has resulted in the
smashing of Hoods army to pieces. lts
rear guard was attacked again on the lIth,
six miles beyond Franklin, and broken in all
directions. Hood has lost 40 guns,-which
must be nearly every one he had,-more
than 6000 men taken prisoners, how many
killed aud wounded is not yet stated, but
1900 wounded were captured at Franklin,
and the fragments of his flying army are hot
" pursued by our victorious forces 1t was
II most thorough defeat.
Tie rebels expected much from Hood $
apparently successful advance up to Nash
vile. but they have learned that when Sher-
man went away. he left some one 70 take care
OF the house. Ii seems hardly possible that
Hood can enlls ct another army, and he can
net le reinforced from Virgins till the dam
age done by Sherman is repaired even sup
nosing that Lee has men To spare 70 give
him There .eems to lie nn bindrance now to
an advance Of our forces gain 10 Atlanta :
and eyeu beycnd, to Mobile. Or 70 Augusta
II is not impossible that the next two months
will sec n line of Federal posts completely
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

THz EASTERN Vt. RAILRoAD.-The Com
missioners named IN the Act Incorporating
the Eastern Vermont Railroad, met at the Is
land House, Bellows Falls, on Friday last,
andzed by choosing Hiram Harlow,
of Windsor. as Chairman, and J. d. Hatch,
of Burlington, as Secretary. \ committee
was appointed to procure a survey Of the
Road, who have employed D. c. Linsley,
Esq, as Engineer and Surveyor, who with
corps Of competent assistants,will commence
the survey before the first of January. Ihe
proposed road runs from Windsor to Bellows
Falls, on the Vermont side of the river, and
will be needed as connecting link between
the Vermont Central and the lower roads, tho
Sullivan road having become the property of
the Northern New Hampshire road, which
will take control of 1t, after the expiration
of the present lease TO the Vermont Central,
which has but two years to run. 1t is be-
lieved that the road can be constructed with
lower grades and for less expense for bridges,
than the Sullivan. and will doubtless be rap
idly pushed forward.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

Ii is difficult to believe that Senator Davis
of Kentucky l. NOT insane The endle-,
speeches with which he has bored the Senate
for year OF two past. have reached cul-
minatiou in a set of resolutions for proposed
amendments 70 the Constitution, which for
their practical absurdity betokcn mind
thrown entirely out OF balance by de7ire To
strengthen and perpetuate slavery and to
disenable the National Government from
making any efectual resistance to rebellion
for i.ll time to come.
The substance Of his nine resolutions is that
Convention of the States shall get up a
collection OF amendments Of the Constitution
to the following effect Maine New Hamp-
shire and Vermont to form one State; Mas
sachusetts. Rhode Island and Connecticu,
another; and Maryland Delaware and the
eastern shore Of Virginia another; the Pres
ident and Vice President to be chosen alter
nately from the free and slave States-both,
upNtNtls mo- ID uf Ainh 'it DsAs1 ot oiiVt
the election to proceed as follows each State
shall select President and Vice President,
whose credentials shall be laid before the
House of Congress on the first Monday in
February. 1865, when the Supreme Court
shall be present, and appoint from among
the candidates the two officers. neither Of
whom shall serve more than four years, and
no former President shall be eligible to elect
ion; no member of the Supreme Court to
be eligible to the Office, and in the event Of
the death of the President and Vice Presi-
dent before the expiration of their term the
Senate shall elect from among It's members
presiding officer, who shall be President
"a ofcio; the Presidents power Of removal
and suspension Of diplomatic and civil othcer
to be absolute: the writ Of hGJeas corpus
never to be suspended nor arbitrary arrests
to be allowed under any contingency each
State to have absolute power to declare what
shall be property within its bounds and to
make whatever laws it may please regarding
its domestic affairs and institutions no
property OF an individual to he taken for
public use TILL the owner has had the full
nav for it. or had it secured to him 4; that no
military officers, except one in actual com
mand within his lines, shall have power to
supply the wants OF his men except through
the civil authority, unless the case is one OF
extreme and urgent necessity; and as fit
ting climax to the whole, no negro shall be
a citizen of the United States.
The reading of the resolutions produced
some quiet amusement in the Senate. Mr..
Davis is certainly a little cracked.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

The RELEASE or THE RAIDERS Mon
treal Witness, in the following extract, cz-
presses the sentiments of that portion Of tie
Canadian public, which sympathizes with
the L. ). Government, in its war with trea-
son and rebellIon-a portion, uniortuna tely.
too small in numbers to exercise any con-
trolling influence on the side of justice and
right. when rebel interests are at stake,
across the line:
We do not know which to regret the most
the conclusion IN this case or the way that II has
been arrived at. Whichever way II IS viewed It
seems alike humiliating. The state of legal
darkness of public funotionary, or functona-
ries. on points of official conduct, which were al
most sure to be called into exercise at some time
before the present unhappy struggle IN the
States should be ended, must, in the states,
inspire little oe.pect for, and confidence IN, our
Provincial international action, although that
action may be begun and pursued in the ialrest
and most friendly spirit. In our hitherto prov
ed good intentions towards our American neigh
bors, do we now place our chief confidence that
the anity existing between the two Governments
may yet remain uninterrupted, IN spite oil re-
suit so calculated 10 inspire mlstrust, u Hut re-
sentiment, We ourselves feel something like
resentment, when We contemplate this precipi-
tate and nervous shrinking from momentary
trenching on the liberty of the subject, as ex-
| pressed by the Judge. Are these rsldsrs,-eVen
II, decomposition of their military character. We
allow their conduct at St. Adams to be purged Of
crime-are they we ask-men who at least stand
charged vita robbery, arson and murder, and
who are not British subjects at all,-are they to
be treated with such over punctillious delcacy,
that no opportunity is to be allowed to the side
Of the aggrieved TO plead even for short delay,
| or that the Judges of the Superior Court, exsr-
cisinr concurrent jurisdiction with the Judge on
the bench, might, with their presence and SUI
perior wisdom, assist at the arriving at a proper
and legal course, by shedding the oeauis OF Their
learning on the twilight Of the pres ding ofiiciaH
| What guarantee have we that the Judge has not
been as much mistaken in his last Interpretation
| oil the law in the premises as he. according to
his own holding. was in the first. II can scarce
ly be believed that this decision will be aliowei
to pass without question in higher quarters, who
ve think, will be as much TO blame as Mr.. Cour-
sol is, if they leave him where he is; but mean-
time the accused are liberated, the birds. OF what
ever feather, are flown. and Interior proceedings
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23
CONGRESSIONAL.

Congressional matters have moved faster
than is usual for the first three or four weeks
OF the second session. 4 general Bankrupt
oll-a measure 50 long and 50 urgently de-
manded by the business interests of the
cOuntry-has passed the House, BY a strong
vote also a bin providing that Major and
Brigadier Generals, who, on the 18th of
February next, shall have been unemployed
in the service for the previous three months.
shall have their names left off the rolls of
the army, and their pay aud emoluments
stopped this rule not to apply to officers
unable to serve from disease or wounds re-
ceIved in the service. or who are prisoners
also officers Of the regular army having the
above ranks as commanders Of volunteers,
are to he sent back to the regular service
with their former rank. \ bill has also been
passed for building six steam revenue cutters
for the Lakes. and appropriating million
Of dollars therefor. The House also passed
" I'ii'e At'oiutlDi III lIhoI Vi -4F4u5 hNtlcc 70
Great Britain Of the termination Of the Re
ciprocity Treaty. In the Senate this resolu-
tion was referred to the committee on for
eisn relations.
Senator Chandler ON the 18th, introduced
two resolutions, with very emphatic pream-
ble'-one resolution being to direct the com
mIttee on Military Affairs to inquire into the
expedicncy Of enlisting an army corps to
defend our Lakes and Canadian border from
hostile demonstrations and incur-ions, and I
the other to direct the Secretary of State to F.
make oGt an account current for all the shi % /.
and cargoes destroyed by ships fitted out as
British ports. provided with British made .
arms. and manned mainly by British se.-
men. and to demand payment thereof. with
interest, Of the British Government. The
were laid over and ordered 20 be
printed. Votes OF thanks TO Captain Wins
ow and Lieutenant Gushing, have been
passed.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23
The Raiders case. Gen. Dix, Order.

The Raiders case. Gen. Diz's Order.
The raiders case At Montreal. or rather
the strange way in which it terminated
last week may lead TO very serious result.
Taking all the circumstances into account,
it is impossible TO ayoid suspicion that
there was som dishonest Jusglery connected
with the result. Laying aside regard g, t.e
marvellous haste which Justice C1uf-I
reached his conclusion. and ordered the dis
charge Of the respondents. just look at what
took place Immediately after. The chief or
Police, Lamothe, who had the money taken
from the St.AlbAns Bank in his chargc.-
parently without any order from the Judge,
and before even. record of the decision was
made-gave the money over TO the robbers,
having got access, after bank hours and
through a side door. to bank where It was
deposited. and obtained it for the purpose
Moreover one Of the City Council .McCreadv,
stated that the chief Of police ''had stated
frankly enough IN the room thar be- knew,
the day before, that the prisoners would be
liberated that day-hov he knew was his
business-he therefore took the p-erauuon
to 60 to the bank and get the money to be
ready when judgment was rendered. to give
it to the raiders Add to this the facs that
a new writ Of arrest placed in the officers
hands was not ser,ed-time for consideration b
about it being taken till the raiders with
their booty had had opportunity for escape.
All these circumstances give the case very
ugly look, TO say the least.
Our readers will notice the prompt order
of Maj. Gen Dix, commanding the depart /
ment Of this quarter. The necessity for it
and the propriety Of il are manifest. 1t is
impossible to foresee all the serions c1nse- /
quenecs that may follow upon such deci-
sion as that of Judge Coursol. That those /
wao have been plotting other acts Of rob .
berry, and arson and murder to be committed .
on this side Of the line, will be emboldcned.
can not be doubted for moment. IL be- 7
hooNe, our people every where to be on their
guard, and aler, for any contingency. One J
,hng is sure; il there can be no more eiic-
ieni preservation Of Canadian neutrality
,hnn she result Of this case indicates. the
opinion Of many will be that the quicker the
relations or the two countries are put on an
open war footing, the safer it viii be for US.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

We record with very great satisfaction the
uulamitv Of public opinion here in con-
dcmnm- the conduct Of Judge Coursol and
Captain Llmothe in the matter OF the raid
er-, especially Jhe giving hack of the money.
Indeed we l0 not think there is ar individ-
ual who il-tifcs the latter act, unless it be
those who pr1fitcd by it. Tins unanimity
ou tie right side in question Of integrity
and morality, is the best indication that has
occurred Tor a good while of healthy state
of opinion in Montreal. The public mind
has been So dcbluched and infatuated by the
-lU.atuos and calumnies of Conlederates
ana Confederate organs. that any symptoms
0. return 70 a sound mind are Of exceeding
great value, and We trust this whole neiari-
lls business of the raiders viii vet be over
lui.l iar great good,-esTecially if the Gov
eminent 90 the country and city act prompt
ly Doc requiring the wrong done -M0Hfreal
ll.I.ss. l6th.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

The Montreal Witscss is giving the Non
trcllers some food for reflection in some sug
gcs,ions like tic following, winch VIC take
from .be Witness Of the 18th:
When the news O. the extraordinary liberia
tioc ofthc -. AlblHs rliiers, ard returning 10
them of the money belonging 20 the S. Adams
barL5, reaches Britain, we think that country
Will cas-. about Tor be quickest way 10 get rid
a. Canada. 20 be liable 10 he involved II war
10 any moment by Canadian magistrate, over
whom they have 10 control, Is tremendous
p7eaicamal,
EecspnocITY.-The course Canada has taken
with tng ST. Aihaus raiders viii very probably
dnsc the last neil MO ;he coffin Of Reciprocity :;
aud when lirmess sci talr oats ,as 10 Old times,
fos lll 5usAel, instead of -, they wil have
to thlpk our Police Magistrate aad Chief Of
Pdce, together with the ID tors and others who
have AIDED and abeull the discharge Of the
raiders.
LErrScE OF ~ FRosTIER.-Now that the
liberation Of toe riiers, ay a sudden and unex-
r-c;ci corp cn the part Of the Magistrate
cl.ir- v ina ti-lir examiuation, hls begun 70
produce is legitimate fruits, IN the order Of
General DIX, ve cannot see but that all our vol
untcer corps nusi be ordered on permanent du-
ty along the frontiers to prevent raiding from
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

either side and as this will involve great ex-
pense. Parliament should be called together i'm
meiiately to lay an additional tax upon every
h1bii1Hf. farmer, mechanic, manufacturer and
merchant in the country, TO raise few millions
fr the purpose. all which may be charged to
the account Of Messrs. Coursol, Lamothe and
those who have aided and countenanced raiders
and raiing
This decision may be a laughing matter to
thcsl who have pocke;ed a share of the money
stolen 40 ST. Adams, but il will be no laughing
matter to the honest, hari-working, peace-lov-
inc men Of Canada.
4 BIG THNG FOR MoSTREAL--We cut the
following from one Of the secession organs Of
this city 60
eve hear it stated that the money seized by
The raiders at st. Albans. delivered up by the
chief ef police was not taken away by them -
that they have taken away no money; or at least
barely enough to take them TO their respective
homc-. Whoever, therefore, profits by this.
booty. they 10 not We are told that they have
20 B, iu trust for delivery up to their Govern
m.ul. as vel rs to pay expenses here As far
IS 'he latter is concerned, the fund Is large, for
there IS a good deal Of spending in ninety thous-
and dollars, even of American currency
The above ninety thousand dollars which
Nonrcarl has gained, (please inform US Of the
proportions in which the various friends Of the
raiders, ofIicial and non-otfcial, have profted ,
VIII he the dearest money that ever Canada OBJ
riHei. unless promptly refunded by our gov
eminent 60 the rghtful owners.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

across Georgia to the seaboard. thus confn-
ing the Coniederacy to the Carolina and
Southcrn Virginia.
The value Of Gen. Thomas victory over
Hood can hardly be over estimated. There
were really but two armies in the LonicGcr-
acy, Lees and Hoods. and one Of them IL
destroyed. The capture Of important cities
is nothing compared TO the ruin Of half the
military force OF the rebels.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

The Indignation Of our community ar the
discharge Of the St. Adams bank thieves is
intense, and increasing as the ilcts become
known. Ii what we see anu hear Is any in
dication. the country is ripe for the repeal Of
the reciprocity treaty, uJn-intercourse with
Canada. and absolute prohibition Of right Of
way across our territory for any Canadian.
The course Of the Canadian government may
possibly modify this feeling to some extent;
but it cannot extinguish il.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

Iu Ru1ms' BooTY-CLANANr TOR A
PoEr.. Us lr-rhc act of Chief Constable
Lamotlc, IN giving up nearly $40. 600 to the
raiders. has caused both resentment and con-
sterua-i 10 amongst those nearly concerned.
$4,000 of the above sum was money not
taken from the persons of the raiders at all
when they were captured. About 8 0O0ofi it
was found in various places, such as in a
barn and On the highroad. and was given up
hy tac individuals finding 1t TO Mr.. Kemp,
blI-it of freAghsburE, for his safe keeping
whilst $1,000 of this sum was resigned BY
one l thc raiders 20 a tavern Keeper IN Ere
.i-sHlrr, the raider afterwards making his
e-e.F and not being one Of the thirteen
wHa were discharged On Tuesday by Nr
talr-ll. These various finders, also the Ia
yem sgeIcr at Freiighsburg. received from
Mr. Kemp q receipt Tor the money 50 deposI-
Cd with him. and. we believe, now look to
.iu t.r it, restoration 10 themselves. Mr..
Kemp Wi. bring this particular part Of the
bad business before the Police Committee at
i-- meeting this atternoon.-M0nfreai Wit-
Ass.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23

KILIED.-On the night of December Cd, Cap
tain Aonzo B. Whitney, of the Twenty Sixth
Sixth New York. 1t is stated that he had in
advertently got in advance OF the pickets. and
was supposed to be a rebel. His wound was in
the groin, and resulted fatally on Monday morn
morning: Caps,in Whitney was formerly q pri-
vate in Vermont regiment. and passed Casey's
Board as a captain. He was about twenty-six
years old. and fine officer. whose unfortunate
death is much regretted BY his regimsnt-Hl-
ton Head Cor. " Y. Herald
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23
Protection Of the Frontier.
IMPORTANT ORDER FROM oEy. DIX.
HEADo'Rs DEPT OF THE EAST, !
new YORK CRY, Dec. i, 1861. !

Information having been received at these
headquarters that the rebel narauders who were
guilty OF murder and robbery at ST. Adams, W,
have been discharged from arrest, and that ON
er enterprises are actually Il preparation IA Ca
NADIA, tie Commanding General deems u cue 70
the people Of the frontier towns 10 adopt the
most prompt and Efficient measures for tne surety
Of Their lives and properly. All mihtiry com
manders on the frontier are therefore us r1cted
in case further acts II depreciation and murder
are attempted, whether by mirauders Or persons
acting under commissions from the rybel au-
tbori,ies at Richmond. 10 shoot dorm n perpe-
fraiors, possible, ,ctls.l comm issioR o. iseir
crimes, or, If it be necessary, ruth 81 az
their capture, 10 cross the boundary betlccei
United States and Canada. Sad conn der
sre hereby directed to pursue them lcherersr'