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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

The Danes, Austrians and Prusians
have had bloody fights during the
month Of February The Danish army
is not half so large as that of its oppo-
nents but they make gallant resistance.
1t is now said that there will be a con
ference Mt London at an early day,
but no arnistice is to take place, al
though England proposes it.
In Italy rumors of war grow strong
er and stronger Agents from Italy
have been purchasing arms in France
preparatory to some sort of revolution,
Much Of this sort of freight has gone
forward to Bologna
In England rumors are rife as to
the probability of an abdication, on
the part OF Queen Victoria. The Prince
of Wales would then mount the throne
under the title of King Edward VII
A decided change in the foreign poll
cy of Englend would probably accom-
pany such an event.
John Simon, jew, has been pro.
NOTED IN England to be "A sergennt-at-
law This is TO be the first instance
known in history.
In France there is much talk of
recognition by France of the Rebellion
States; but there has been good dea
of such talk heretofore. There is
good deal Of sympathy for the Dane
among the French.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18
March Is.

Rector of this church (the RevJr,
Bliss visited him, and after som ,'u'o
versation proposed to him to H. ' Nl'
TIED as token of his accen,an.o DIP
the method of salvation reyoa .l', q
the Gospel. AT first, he said
too wicked to venture upon sucb . va va
omn covenant. But, at last hie ~, : =.
grasped the greatness of his sn;r ;.i
necessities, and the ample nra,.; .'''
of mercy provided in the all-ahora'Iiv.u
love of Christ He submitted ], n'
terms of repentance and faith i; ~ ~ y.
Saviour He was baptized for tb H. ~
mission of sins, and if LONGER !,
of years should be granted him ''' :,
promised to lead n Cody and a C,.1
tian life. And why shall We not boi;
his Saviour accepted him. as he .
turned to him in the last hourg M
not add his TO the thousand othor I,
stances recorded in Holy Scrin,r.
and in human experience that tho o,~
of Divine love and mercy were ev,a.
ded out to embrace the penitent 4.
ner, that our gracious Saviour ~,
stands ready to open the golden cal.
of Paradise to him who knocks Bor
ever late. And while we commit n
remains of orr friend to the gr.-
may we each one of us be impress
with the shortness and uncertainty
human life, and make our peace M.
God while the opportunity is YOU'D
safed to us
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

heaven gran. that men benot less mer-
ciful than death Let the war-cry
sound again, Con to Richmond r. We
will suffer gladly while our soldiers go
without bounty and without pay, if
need be. o, that every voice of the
breeze may be as the wall of the starry
ing, shifting the ear of the passer-by
till he sees his brother in every dying
wretch, his father or his son in each al
most fcshloss skeleton and for the
sake Of humanity and liberty resolves
to rest not i'll ignoble peace till our
poor soldiers are restored TO human
love and sympathy. Yours, r.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18
OUR PRISONERS IN RICHMOND

10 The Edjtors Of the Tianscript
am haunted day and night with
spectres that exist not in the magma
ton, but in real fesh-aud-blood misery.
never sit down to my meals but va
cant faces come between me and COM
folt, and furnished hands with implor-
ing gestures crave the very bones upon
my plate. Kith nor kin Of mine is
there in that Aceldema ut Richmond
if there were, perhaps my suffering
would be ten fold increased. How the
anguish is borue by wives and mothers,
who feel that those they love may be
wasting away and dying, | cannot tell
That living martyrdom is worse to me
than all the heaps of SLAIN that ever
consecrated the field of blood--worse
than the hospitals where disease and
death stalk shadowless through the
ghastly corridors Those dreary halls of
suffering how plainly | can see them!
Starving men horrible thoughts
What if yonder skeleton gnawing at
his crust were my husband? would
plead, petition, aye fight, woman as
am, till the hardly human eyes looked
in my own with dying thanks, for lie
should be rescued
Why, where are the mon? Are they
all dead Has the common feeling OF
humanity vanished from among us
Can we eat, and enjoy our comfortable
homes, Toll on our touches, sing, laugh
dance, dress, and thousands of oul
countrymen dying in tilth-in the ag
ony OF slow starvation their lives
draining drop by drop through the fill
ter of Southern mahgnity? Do You
see them there-some helpless-witl
great staring eyes gray and dead n
ashes with fallen jaws aud yacan
chances so far gone that they have al
most lost the recollection of their bless
ed homes? DO you see the hand'
hanging, their shrunken sinews an(
/ bloodless Veins standing out like with
cred vines upon dead branches? ID
you hear the dreadful monotone Of thei
/ hollow voices that brave doom witt
forced laughter no longer voices tina
have gone down into the tomb of hop
and wait only the shutting of the dool
the turning of the key to sink in eter
nal silence? Do YOU see them so spir
itloss that fire leaps to the eye no long
er, when the insulting foe taunts wit
cruel questions If you do not, dc
l can almost hear their frantic erie
that never oyerleap the lips, but Xix
yoiceless prayers 60 up TO the thron
of the great God And can men tail
coj,aig of these things meet each othe
with the commonplace" treating on
men badly IN Richmond while IN
blood boils while every pulse III IN
body leaps to the fiery indignation q
my soul? Great heaven Why doe
Richmond stand Why does patriot
ism go begging, bruised, aud starving
Why does not every wife say to lac
husband, "Go without pay; buy you
own gun; beg your way there, but &
and tear down the walls of those a,
r cursed piison-houses :. | look aroum
and see scores on scores of health
young men going leisurely about-an
, / wonder "Richmond' is not written @
their foreheads. But then i am
, woman why should / speak of thei
tlingsY Why should feel any aliX
ETY. about those men who areall stral
gers?
What can / say to stir one heart
valor? Alas poor souls il prison
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18
GRAND ISLE COUNTY COURT,

The February Term Of the Grand
Isle County Court was held ut North
Hero, Feb. 23, 1864. Hon Asa Owen
Adds, Chief Judge Presiding, Hon.
Dorus V. Goodsell, Isle La Motto and
Hon David I. Sweet, Albursh Springs,
Assistant Judges. Prayer was offered
by the Rev stephen H. Williams OF
North Hero. The following Grand
Jurors we're in attendance:
North Hero, ASA Mooney, Joel Town,
Elisha Hubbard.
Alburgb, i. J. Reynolds ID. d. Gl1ggs,
Charles H. Clark. G. $. Sweet, AIicajah
T. Mott, Il. $. Haynes
Isle La Motto, Henry Pike, Hiram c.
Fisk. Carmi Hall
Grand Isle, George w Hyde, Seth
Griffin, Guy Reynolds.
South Hero John S. Landon, Wallis
Mott Henry Robinson.
The following Petit Jurors answered
to their names when called by Elisha
r. Goodsell, Esq County Clerk:
North Hero, William w. Russell
Horny c. Mooney, Frederick Parks
Aibwyh, III. p Kinsley Ashley Mott
r. A. Ladue
Grand Isle, Henry Wadsworth.
1ibUg SpfiaqS, Charles Z. Harvey.
Isle Ia HoHe, Carmi g. Holcomb
Samuel Goodsell
Grand Lle, Henry Hoag, Daniel NJ
Hatch.
South Hero, George Phelps, Eliial
Martin, Asa e. Hubbell
Judge Adds charged the Grand Ju
ny and the Court appointed Hon. Wal
lis Mott as the Foreman.
Serene G. Macomber, Esq, of Crane
Isle, the High Sheriff Of the County
designated Ransom l. Clark and Alb
ncr Ladd, Esquircs Of North Hero, q
special Deputy Shelihs to take charg
Of the Grand Jury and Petit jury. AM
they were soyerally sworn for duty.
Upon the call of the docket it benz
fascertained that there were no jar
cases ready for trial by jury the Cour
discharged the Petit Jurors the frs
day.
Messrs. Giles Harrington, HERNIA
r. Bcardsley and Henry G. Adams
the Committee of Examination, hay
ling recommended for admission t
practice Messrs. Scion Eaton and Han
rison Eaton of West Addison, an
George Parker Of Nergenncs, they Al
pearcd before the Court and took til
attorneys oath and were admitted t
the bar.
After calling the Chancery DockC
the Court took a recess until morning
WEDNESDAY MoRNING, February "a
There were several cases tried by til
Court and disposed Of, and sundI
motions were heard and the dock
was called. The Grand Jurors T.
NAMED in session until Ihursda
, when after returning few bills Of il
f dictment the Court finally adjourned.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

PERSONAL. The Presiding Judge Of
the Civil Commission for the District
of Memphis, Tenn, is the Hon Bar
bour Lewis, It native Of Alburgh, Yer
mont. Judge Lewisis detailed from the
military service in which he held a
commission.
Thomas IL Nc Lood, Esq, Of Mid
dlebury, VT, is also connected with the
Civil Commission which is n military
civic Tribunal for the adjudication of
civil causes and answering the end OF
our County Courts and Courts OF
Chancery; only there are no iurios,
u. f. Dalrow, Esq, formerly a
merchant at St. Adams and Winooski
Falls, and late ofthc "Winslow House,
St. Anthony's Falls, Minnesota, is pro-
prietor of the Westchester House, cor
ner Of Broome street andBowery, New
York City
AIR John Mozier, nm American
sculptor resident at Rome, Italy, is en-
gagged in modelling yelled Undine, OF
which the London Atheneum says
that it promises to give equal salts
flction with his other works 1t may
not be generally known that this sculp-
tor is a Verulouter He was born il
Burlington, August 22nd 1872
Tho death Of Gen. Samuel p
Strong Of Ncrgennes, aged 20 years
Of Jacob W Conroe, Esq, a prominent
and highly respected citizen Of Middle
bury, VT, the Hon Obadiah Noble, o
Tmmouth, Vt eyed n years, are an
nomcod. The Nergemes rc,moafel
NHddebury Register aud Rutland Her
aid contain complimentary obiuar.
notices OF the deceased.
John Culinary Shea, Esq, is edi
tor Of the Historical Magazine, Ne'
York City.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

b. The voters of New York on the
second Tuesday OF March expressed
their views upon the proposed amend
ment ofthoir State Constitution, 'xtcnd-
ing the elective franchise to soldiers in
/ the field.
The State canyassers arc to meet at
Albany and declare the result on tho
l3ith OF March
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PROSPECTUS
THE VERMONT TRANSCRIPT,
4 MN wFTKIY UNION pApER,

rsrAnIsHrp So ST. nuANs, yr.
F9,. 9,o Free discussion al current npics in Gre
m departpeHf of hapic1n itc
The VERMONT lEANscNrr o. de@ightd 10 "' "
thoroughly Union Vermont newspaper it, mot
to viii be Liberty and Union, nov and forever,
one and iuscparabo." In ITS columns viii hc
found the fullest and latest Intelligence q the
day Early reports Of the marsots and reliable
items Of financial intelligence win be regularly
given. Practical articles up.l agricultural and
commercial subjects will find place in ats coli
umns. In the department Of literary miscellany
il will strive to be surpassed is uo other weekly
journal In variety and fuu' of Information
on current topics, and in ne Ston' Of iis CORE
rcspondcuce, IL win enda'or ~ give satisfaction
TO all
Ite Typographical appearance VIII Do such as 70
commend it To all classes % readers. With the
advantage Of new type aud dlligent attention
to its mechanical neatnoss and accuracy the
TRANscnIrr will aim tomerit, and hope TO secure,
a reasonable measure Of popular favor
Endcayorng to offer at once an instructive and
entertaining Family Paper AMI carefully digcs-
ted record of current events Zine Publisher viii
strive 20 render THE VraNoyr InNNscmTr q
lire ncrsp0lce such as good citizens will be glad
10 encourage and welcome % their hrcsides'
CUTLER Publisher
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

Darn OF Emu PARKS Mr. Parks,
whose death is noticed under the obit-
uary head, has been resident Of
North Hero for nearly half century
and has always been one of its best
and most industrious citizons. He
married, many years since, a siHor OF
Guy Kingsley ESD, Of Fletcher, who,
with several children, survives him.
Mrs. Amasa b. Hazen, of North Hero,
and Mrs. Fessendcn G Kingsley OF
Alburgh, his daughters, settled in life
near him, md Mr. Frederick Parks,
his son, occupies the old homestead
which lies about a mile north Of the
Carrying Place, SO called. Another
son, William Parks resides near tic
Court House at North Hero, as we are
informed
The Immediate cause Of Mr.. Parks
death was paralysis He was buried
with masonic honors on Tuesday
March Sth, 1861, by the officers and
members of the 'Islo OF Patmos'
Lodge, North Hero, Of which the de-
ceased had long been an active and
worthy member
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

OrR ADVERTISEMENTS. in calling Mt
tenlion to the advertisements with
which we have been favored in this
our first issue, We would express a
hope that the manner in which they
are set up and the type used therein
will not escape the observation, but
meet the approval, Of our readers. 1t
win be our purpose to give satisfaction
to ON advertising friends both in the
style in which their advertisements are
displayed, and in the accuracy and
ncatness with which they are present
ed If We succeed in clothing our adj
vcrtising columns with an inviting
dress, we feel sure they viii be consult
al and read This department Of ON
paper is an important one and shall
not be overlooked We wish to make
the 'rnANscRmr desirable medium in
which business men can gam the at
tention Of the reading and trading
public
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18


DrVrH Oh CuigF JusrIcELAFoNrIN f
Chief Justice La Fontaipe of the Court
of Queens Bench died at Montreal Feb.
26, Of paralysis, at the age Of So years.
Tie Is said to have been statesman Of
stainless character and u lawyer of the
first class among his French cotempo-
raries. The Montreal Gazete says that
he will probably rank in history higher
as a statesman than as a lawyer. He
was an author Of two law works He
died at an age when most men arc in
their prime.
His funeral at the French cathedral
was q magnificent demonstration by
the citizens of Montreal -Four thou
sand persons Of all origins and crecds
are said to have been present.
Judge J. L. Duyal is tobe his sue
cessor and the Hon. Lewis r. Drum
mond is to be appointed to the yacan-
cy caused by the promotion Of Judge
Duyal
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

The Rev L. W. Hooker, ID. d., OF
Newburyport, now at Havana, writes
home that he IS improving in health.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

FoBwAnD March 1T is said that
The spring campaign will be opened as
soon as the first of April tits thought
that it will be simultaneous along all
points of the line. The sd-called wet
GRAMS are hurrying back to their posts
and we are glad to see that the mum
Der Of shoulder straps in the rural
districts is diminishing. The proba-
bility is that the contest during the
next few months viii be upon grand
or scale than ever bofors. and may
prove fearfully bloody. The tree Of
human liberty is obviously destined to
be watered with human blood.
The interest which the national
drama is exciting is unparalleled in
the history Of the world The prob
lem of self-goyenment is about TO be
solved. We have no fear Of the ulti-
mate decision Of the contest Time
we feel confident, will disclose that the
present ordeal through which this
mighty nation is passing, was a neces-
sary discipline Of SORROW for It's purif-
cation and future welfare. We await
then, with as much composuro as We
may, the event of the coming battles
The orders have gone forth. The bu
giles are sounding; and the armies are
marshalling for action. Relying upon
an overriding Providence, let them Inst
en- on to victory
TnnMANn MRcni
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

Mn. GEoRer AUGusrrs SA1A This
British writer of sensation noeels and
minor love stories has been sent TO the
United States and British North Amer
lea by the London telegraph rs its lit
crary envoy and special correspondent.
He arrived at Boston in December
last and reached Montreal December
oath He has given in his correspon-
donce TO the London paper glowing
account Of his trip over the Vermont
Central railroad and given n very
abusive account Of ST. Adams, and es-
pecially the fremont House --caiica-
tured the landlord, and lampooncd the
waiting maids and made himself cs-
pecially funny in two or three long
columns over everybody he saw or eve
rything he heard ate, snelt or touch
ed at St Adams.
At Rouse's Point he was in mn equally
sarcastic and yindictiyo mood lie fell
afoul Of Mr.. John Myers, agent Of Che
Champlain and Montreal railroad.
Upon Mr.. Myers who is well known
as a faithful and obhging official Mr..
George Augustus Sala pours out a vial,
no! a bottle Of especial literary wrath.
And all this stuff this literary snot
concocted, sent over to London three
thousand miles! and the London lele
grqpb printed it, and sent it back
Not only SO, the Montreal papers have
reprinted it, greatly to the disgust o
those who know that there was neither
sense nor wit in the ungentlemanly
and rmproyokcd caricatures Of Mr.
George Augustus Sala, writer OF iic
ton and love stories as aforesaid
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

THE PRESIDENCY WITHpRAvAL or Mr..
CnNsn Tie following is the letter OF
Mr.. Secretary Chase Withdrawing his
name from the coming Presidential
canvass. 1t is addressed to the Hon.
James G. Hall, Senate Chamber, Co.
nmhns. Ohio
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

WASHINGTON, March >, 1861.
My DEAR In reply 10 a friendly letter
from YOU. / wrote briefly not long age abaiat the
wishes expressed by many that my name might
he favorahly regarded by the people in their next
choice of a President, and closed by saving That
should onr friends in Ohio manifest preference
for another, should accept their decision with
the ready acquieseence due from ono who has
been already trusted and honored by them be-
yond merit or expectation. The recent action
of the Union members of our Legislature iu,i-
Gates such q preference. Ii becomes my duty
therefore and | count it more privilege than a
duty TO ask that no further consideration be Civ
on TO my name. II was ncvcr more important
than now that all our efforts and all our energies
should be devoted to the suppression of the re-
bcllion and to the restoration Of order and prcs-
perity on solid and sure foundations of Union,
Freedom and impartial justice, and / earnestly
urge all with whom my councils have weight, Ia
allow nothing TO divide them while this great
work, IN comparison with which persons and
even parties are nothing, remains unaccom-
plishcd. Cordially your friend.
S. L. CHASE
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

County COMMISSIONERS. In several Of
the Counties there was no strife on
County Commissioner . r'-
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-03-18

i}gerNT DEATHS. =Mithin u few
months past death seems to have been
busily engaged in making sad havoc
with some Of the Oldest, youngest and
best merchants Of St Adams The
deaths of AIessrs John 5. Foster, W.
w Post, Benjamin +. Farrar, vii
liam Falrar Sandford Gadcomb, Law
renee r. Brainerd and Levi Webster
have occurred within n comparatively
short interval of time.
The funeral Of the last of these Mr..
Levi Webster was held at the Con-
grogational Church March 4th, and
was largely attended. The Rev. Calvin
j. Cady, Of Alburgh, preached the ser
imon, and in the other funeral exercis-
cs MT the house and church, was assist
ed by the Rev D. w. Dayton, Of st.
Adams, and the Rev. A. Campbell, OF
Franklin. Alessrs. Romeo H. Hoyt,
Horny f. Seymour, Charles Wyman,
and Henry N. Stevens oiliciated as
/ pall-bearcrs.
Mr. Websterwa native, we believe
Of Swanton, where his father Thomas
4 Webster, ESD, now resides. He has
been a dihgent and highly successful
merchant in St. Albansfor about TWEEN
ty years. He died IN the 10th year o.
his age leaving a widow and tive
daughters 90 deplorc the loss Of faith
ful husband and devoted and indul
ECIlt IdIlINf.
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DnrH OF PRESIDENT HTcHcocE.-
The Rev Edward Hitchcock, d. D.,
for several years President of Amherst
College, died at Amherst, Mass, Feb
ruory ~, aged 70 years. He is known
to the world at large for his scientific
attachments especially in geology, in
which he probably had no superior at
the time Of his death and to the peo-
pie Of the State of Vermont as the last
State Gcologist Of this state, under
whose leadership the geological surye y
waspushed toits completion. The final
report upon the Geology Of Vermont
win give him, as well as his associates
a claim to the perpetual gratitude Of
Nermonters.
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ADDISON County, Rev H T. 10
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-06
Aallg gutrlligrurrr
Tho PsoanIarY PerIIs ID JournaIlsm.

A London iouraal POrtsaya the shady
side OF Journalistic enterprises 10 that city,
aud the story has its parallel la the e1pe.
Tieoss OF Amsricau Journalism. The Lon,
don paper sIArtS With the TACT that, leaving
the great Hiass out OF the account, the
entire press Of London does not pay ex-
PsOSssi that iS, the profits Of these which
do pay are less than The losses OF those
which do not The London Daily Mas,
the chief rival OF the 1rnss, spent half a
million dollars before IL paid expenses,
which Il barely does poW. With several
other special facts Of this description, our
authority goes 90 with It's story thus
There IL scarcely newspaper 10 London
10 which three or four fortunes have not
been sunk, aud by which as many persons
have been ruined. Tho usual history Of \
journal Is this: A, thinking to make for.
tune, starts . j0urnai. He spends thou.
sand pounds upon 1t, aud 6ndS Il still
exhibiting loss. Money goes very fast in
q newspaper, for the dratn iS q steady one,
week BY week, Without pause; process
thai will soon empty the WsSiIbieGt pocket,
Having spent 90 much, he ,doaS not ike to
stop there. He proceeds, aud a6ofher
$1,000 TAnisheS. He stakes his last f500,
aad that goes to Thel he is Obliged to
etllhslpY Pries, he perhaps gets { 90 for
that Rnich ~ cost him $500, aud he is
lat6sd. Eten be buyer e1pends another
5000 d liz manner, and he is ruined,
$50 els TO third for E2o0 perhaps To-
process mGy be continued even for fourth
or nth, until even hope dies, aud the en-
terpriSe is abandoned. But sometimes il
happens that the fourth or 9Th fortune has
succeeded by the mere force Of living on,
aud the Journal is made to pay, But even
then what is that profit, commercially con-
StdsIedf True, It is a tsir profit for him
who bought 1t for E200 and expeuded
$4,000. Bat the actual cost OF establishing
IL VAS the three previous fortunes Of E75O0;
add these, and the expenses of establishing
the Journal were In IaeL EIO 0, o; aud tie
profits do not pay as well as any other oc.
euPalion Eoutd 90 for sueh capital 90 that.
Try It thus: what annuity could be bought
fog $1,000, and would not that annuity be
greater thaH the PROFITS Of the journal, sue
essSiuI though It may appear to bel These
results may occasion surprise; but when
We show what are the expenses Of estab.
lIShiDg aud conducting q journal, aud what
are the receipts, the reader will cease to
wonder At the ruin IN which journalism
iaTolTes so many, and at the certain sink
ibg Of capital THAI is oecasioned even By
TIE most sueoesSful Of these enterprises.