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

BENEFITS OF ABUSE "A great mans
always willing to be little. Whilst be
sits on the cushion of advantages be
goes to sleep. When he is pushed,
tor'mented, defeated, he has a chanc
to learn something he has been put
on his wits, on HI manhood he A&
gained facts, learns his ignorance IS
cured of the insanity of conceit ha
got moderation and real skill. The
wise man always throws himself On
the side of his assailants. 1t Is nor,
to his interest than it is theirs to find
his weak point The wound cicatrls
and falls off from him like dead skr
and when they would triumph, 10, s
has passed on invulnerable. As long
as all that is said is against me, | it
a certain assurance of success. Butts
soon as honeyed words of praise N
spoken for me, / feel as one that 10
unprotected before his enemies-i@
Pl'sOn.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

ro5- The night train of the Rutlali
Road, will no doubt be EXTENSIVE
patronized this summer by the trs's'
ling public. The new cars cant o
beat, and are fully equal in comfort !"
our best hotels. The veteran ard PP
ular conductors of the road, MESH
Howe, Downer, Guilford and heea'
still remain on the road. Mr. hnA
through i'll health, lies by for se1 n
and his place is filed by Gould nas
giles, late Ticket Agent at Bellows f1,4 =
Our friend "Perley' is sadly mlssea . |"
this end of the road, having been u'.' -,
ferred to the other, and is now rlilnD'
between Rutland and Bellows falS
Since the retirement of SupL ",
pin, Mr.. Stewart, the resident hlu' :.
ing Trustee of the road, has lsu
Acting Superintendent II. > nS'''
the efficient Chief Clerk at Rutlas. y,
He superintends the interests u ' y
road with great efficiency ana D IN
IDENTIFY the fright man in the l'S ~.
place" Mr.. r. W. Chase still reiu son.
in charge of the Burlington s'a" .,si
and manages everything conn nsbls
with his important and RESPONSE ON.
position to the satisfaction Of nis ,o a.
ployees and the public'--D"'''y
Times.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

by the enemy were repealed. n.
light artillery did great service cd "e
Sheridan succeeded in driving tho aou
my off, when he crossed the la
river without the loss of onn I.
wagon. His losses may be 500, N.
wagon train was six miles long.
Another Herald correspondents WI,
ing from City Point, June 2Gth SAVE.
A fierce assault was made by the rsb.
els on parts of the 9Th and 9th corr.
Saturday night, which was repulsas
with severe loss to the enemy.
The Tiibunc's Washington disno,oh
says; Assistant Secretary of War
Dana reports that Lees forces are No,
more than two-thirds as strong as Con
Grants, that our losses. in the now
ment on the Weldon road are min
portant, comparatively, and that Gen
Grant has his hand on Lees tbroa,
and will not let go until he is stranplsS
to death. He is confident of final onS
conclusive success. We have 81 Ooa
prisoners in our hands yet.
The Petersburg papers Of to-day saw
the Danville railroad was cut by Gen
Hunter yesterday and speaks Of Hun.
ter as being at Salem.
The Heraids Fortress Monroe cor.
respondent writing on the Dist, saws.
News from Gen. Palmer's expedition
into North Carolina to destroy tba
Wilmington and North Carolina rail.
road is represented MS an unlocked for
4 success.
The command destroyed the road
and an immense quantity of govern.
ment stores, captured large number
of prisoners and inflicted much other
damage. The country is stripped Of
, white male inhabitants.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01
COUNTY CONVENTION.

A Convention OF the Freemen OF Franklin
County, without distinction Of party, will be held
ct Sheldon on the West side Of the Creek, on
Tuesday the 18th day OF July, 1864 at half past
10 o'clock, A. NJ, to nominate candidates for
County officers, TO be supported at the ensuing
election. All who are in favor OF sustaining the
Government, in its efforts TO suppress the rebell-
ion, and TO maintain the Union in its integrity,
are cordially invited to attend.
S1LAS p. CARPENTER Co,,n,,,
A. NJ. BROWN, (,,n,n,;1se
HEMAN HUNT,
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

EMIoRATioN-THE RECOVERY OF THE
WASTE PLACES. Nearly 100000 foreign
emigrants landed in the United States
during the past year. This year will
be still larger So large and constant
an influx of population from Europe,
at time when our country is CON
yulsed with civil war, is Of the most
remarkable signs Of the times. 1t
shows that Notwithstanding the hos
tility of the ruling classes of Europe
and their professed belief in the over
throw of our government and future
reign of discord and anarchy on this
continent, there is in the hearts of the
common people IA firm faith in the
stability Of our institutions and our
power to recover ourselves from the
present great calamity. The emf
grants how coming are represented TO
be of much higher character than in
former years-thrifty mechanics and
farmers of the better sort, who bring
nor only stout hands for labor, and
skill in various bs.ndcraft, but little
fortunes for investments and habits OF
economy and thrift Every such man
added to the population is equivalent
to the addition Of eight or ten thou
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

The PRESIDENTS VISIT TO THE ARMY.
The precise object of the presidents
visit to Gen Grant at his headquar
ters near Petersburg does not trans
pire. He is reported to have returned
with his confidence in Gen. Grant as n
commander confirmed and with posi-
tive assurance from Gen Grant of the
certainty of his taking Richmond. OF
the incidents of the presidents visit
to the army we gathering details from
various correspondence, having prob
ably not more than an ordinary Linfus-
ion of romance
Mr. Lincoln was accompanied by
Assistant Secretary of War Dana,
Capt. Fox, assistant secretary of the
navy, and Col Chadwick of Wizards
hotel, who acted as chief caterer of the
presidential party He was received
at City Point by Gen. Grant and con-
Quoted to the lieutenant's generals
headquarters. Another account says
that the president undertook to reach
the generals tent by scrambling
through hedgerow and coming in the
back way alone. He was stopped by
: one of the hostlers, and told to "keep
out of here" The individual III black
replied that he thought Gen. Grant
would allow him inside, and strobe
ahead. you'll id soon find out,
, was yelled in reply. On reaching the
t guard he was stopped with, mo san
t itary folks allowed inside" After
some parleying the intruder WAS com,
PEELED to give his name, announced
himself to be Abraham Lincoln, presi-
dent of the United States, desiring an
: interview with Gen. Grant The
+ guard saluted and allowed him to pass
n Gen. Grant recognized him as he
stepped under the large "ily" in from
of his tent, rose and shook hands Will
him cordially, and then introduced
t him TO such members of the stall a
were present and unacquainted. Al
ter partalsing of refreshments, the pres
|. ident and Capt. Fox accompanied Gen
= Grant to the front, distance of ten
y miles.
: Mr.. Lincoln, en- route to the front
It passed the colored troops in review
l. As soon as the fact was made know
g that the tall stranger with Gen. Gran
was the president, they began to cheer
> They came rushing, and almost to tn
d horses feet, by hundreds, screaming
II yelling, shouting, "Hurrah for the LIB
,e orator !" "Hurrah for the president
y and were perfectly wild with excite
ment and delight. 1t was spontane
GUS outburst of genuine love and al
1t lection for the man they look upon a
e their "deliyerer from bondage an
.e their wild huzzas were perfectly deal
% ening. The president uncovered as b
rode through their ranks and bowe
q on every hand to his sable admirers
re The cavalcade arrived at headquarters
d about nine o'clock, took tea and cha
ted short time, when the visitors d'
n parted to their state rooms on III
steamboat.
A' The next day, Wednesday, Gener'
e Butler and staff went abroad u
n steamer Baltimore and steamed L
nd the RIVER and made call upon Adm
tv raj Lee. The party afterwards lande
- and made the tour Of the fertilization
at Bermuda Hundreds, the trool
III cheering them heartily. A lunch
Buffers headquarters concluded Il
visit, and the president and bis par
on returned to the steamer and left at ON
ars for Washington.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

Railroad will commence on the Fourth
of July to run as follows: Leave White
River Junction at o'clock A. NJ, Wells
River at 10 A. NJ, reaching Newport
at LOO p. NJ. Returning, will leave
Newport at $50 z. NJ, and arriving
at White River Junction at 11.3O p. NJ.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01
ST.. HnA1nn. c. E., June %.

ol. HTLAIEE. Z. T., Dune ~.
A train of emigrants ran off Beloit
bridge this morning. Some thirty-fw
bodies have already been recovered
and one car has not been got at yet, the
water being ten feet deep where the
train ran off The engineer went over
with his engine but escaped. The con
ductor was killed The fireman is also
supposed to be killed. Beloit is about
10 miles from Montreal.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01
HEADQUARTERS ARMY PoToMAc, |
June 24-6 n. m.

The only fighting that took place
yesterday was AN attack made by the
enemy on Burnside, but whether in
tended as a feint to cover some more
important move on an attempt to break
through his lines, it was failure
They opened with heavy fire of ar
tfiery, which was returned by our bat
teries, and the rebels making the
charge We're driven back in confusion
upwards of a hundred beiQ/
prisoners This occurra1
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

soldiers of the negroes, without such
conspicuous Justification Of the record
as will deceive nobody.-AdUeriser.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

a. The second passenger train on
the Connecticut and Passump ic Rivers
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

INITIATED PosTAL CURRENcY.-We
gladly give the subjoined official letter
an insertion in the columns of the
TRANscRIPT. There seems to be ne
cessity for giving public caution against
the reception of mutlated postal cur
rency. There is no more reason why
torn bits of postal currency should be
redeemed by the Government than that
banks should be obliged to redeem
fragments of bank bills.
The caution given in this official let
ter is timely and, we trust, it will be
heeded:
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

m and artillery firing was kept mp for
an hour. when all became quiet at that
point. About the same time battery
opened in front Of the hospital on the
left of the 5th corps, which the rebels
seemed DESTROYS of cleaning out put
they we're deferred by our guns before
any damage resulted.
Picket firing is still kept up along
the entire line, and i'll almost every
hospital there are a few victims OF TINS
species of warfare 1t is almost I'M
possible for a change to be made IN the
position of the lines without some loss
from the enemy's sharpshooters; ana
the lines have been moved always after
dark OH that account
The engagement between the 9th
corps and the enemy for the possession
of the railroad Wednesday was quite
severe, particularly in front OF the "a
division. commanded by Gen. Wheaton.
Only a short distance of railroad had
been destroyed. when the party were
attacked by heavy force of the enemy
under Gen. Anderson, supported by
Wilcox division. Capt. Beatty, OF the
3D. VT, was in charge of the party that
reached the road and he fell back
slowly while the slirmishing line held
4 the enemy in check, but body of the
enemy made n flank movement expect
! ing to turn the left fland of the line OF
battle. They however did not pro
gress far enough, although they sue
ceeded in taking large number Of
skirmishers prisoners, principally OF
the 4th and 18th Vt, regiments. The
enemy afterwards advanced and at
tempted to break our line at severa
points, hut were met with such heavy
fire from our forces that they Were
driven back every time with heavy loss
They finally at night gave up the effor
and retreated across the railroad banl
where they took up an adyantageou
position. Our loss was very light il
killed and wounded, while that of tn
enemy it is supposed was more thai
double ours. We lost quite n numbe
of prisoners, but the figures cannot q
yet be correctly given.
The railroad from City Point to Pc
: tersburg is being placed in order; an
engines and cars are already procure
to put on it as soon as it is it runnin
condition. Supplies are received q
the front regularly, and the troops lac
nothing in this respect, but they SUITE
= somewhat from scarcity Of water
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01
Secretary Of War

The Heralds City Point correspon-
dent, writing on the Goth, says: The
attack on Gen. Sheridan's cavalry while
marching to the James river vas
bloody affair. The enemy attae|l
capture his gums, trains o.
his command. Thm
fell upon his
into con-
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01
ron CONGRESS-.

First District - FREDERICK Il. WooD-
BRIDGE, of Vergennes.
Second District-JusTIN S. MoRRILI, of
Stanford.
Third District BANTER OF Der
by Line.
State Election, September 9Th, 1861
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01
Posr-OFFIcE DEPARTMENT,
FINANCE OFFICE,

Sir:-In answer to your letter of the
10th inst, / have to say that the postal
currency was issued by the Treasury
Department, and that all regulations
with respect thereto are made by the
same authority Under the rules
adopted by the Secretary of the Treas
ury governing the redemption of mutt
lated t. s. notes, pro rata deduction
from the face value is made for the
missing portions. Pogtmasters are UNI
der no greater obligation to receive
mutilatcd notes than our private midi
viduals. Respectfully yours,
4. y. IEVELY,
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-01

UNION STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
JOHN GREGORY SMITH,
OF ST. ALBANs.
For Lieut.. GoUernor,
PAUL DILLINGHAM;,
OF WATERBURY.
For Treasurer,
JOHN b. PAGE.
OF RUTLAND.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-08-27
NEW TESTIMONIALS.
from the Home Journal, June 4th.l

In every business or profession, indeed in every
department of science skill, there is always some
acknowledged hlad-some one who stands out In
bold relief among his fellows as a s"rt OF leader.
In tho study and treatment of deafness and catarh,
as special diseases, DIR. L. B. LIGHTHILL, OF this
city. occupies Just the position above described:
He has devoted years of labor to this speciality And
is now reaping the reward Of his industry. The
editorial columns of the Tribune. of recent date,
bear witness to the Doctors success in this depart
ment of medicine. We quote the paragraph:
"CURE OF DEAF MUTE.--LoUIs LoEwINsTEIN,
lad fourteen years of age, born in Germany, came
to this city when he was about two years Old S9on !
hearing. By degrees he became first deaf and then
dumb. For nearly ten years he was mute. unable
to hear the loudest voice. or to articulate aOord
About one year ago he was placed by his parents IN
the hands of DR.. LIGHTHILL, who has so Tar sue
ceeded in restoring to him his lost powers Of hear
who speak to him distinctly and deliberately Dur
ing the past four or five months he has been under
the tuition of MIR. BENNEoKE and has made consid-
cradle progress in reading and arithmetic"
Having been supplied with the lads address. we
further investigated the matter, and discovered
that previous to calling on DR.. LIGHTHILL, the
youths case was considered hopeless and he was for
lum. The Rev.. JOHN NoTT, DID,, Professor in
Union College, Schenectady, in published letter,
tenders his gratitude to DR.. LIGHTHIL for treating
successfully his case of deafness. Rev. FRED. 3.
JEWELL, Professor Of the State Normal School at
Albany also testiies TO having been cured of caarrh
DR.. LIGHTHILL possesses other testimonials and
tributes to his talent from some of our wealthiest
and most prominent and respected citizens, which
may be seen on application: 1t would be difficult
TO speak in any but terms Of praise of bis treatment,
in the face of these many proofs and facts testify
ing to his success.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-08-27
Chenting lIle Government a Crime.

The sentence of the court martial in the
case of Surgeon-G General Hammond for
cheating and defrauding the Government,
which was that he be dismissed the service
and be forever disqualified from holding
any office of trust or profit, impressed a
great many with the idea that this was the
end of the case, and that the party guilty
of these frauds, though disgraced, was
henceforth to enjoy unmolested the fruits
of them. This is, however, mistake-the
court martial determined the fact OF the
crime having been committed, and now the
Government intends to prosecute for re-
cOvery of the amount of frauds perpetrated.
A dispatch from Washington In the New
York Tribune says the Solicitor of the War
Department has been instructed to cause
prosecution to be commenced against DIR.
William A. Hammond, late Surgeon-Gen-
eral u. s. A., Messrs. Wyeth d Brother, OF
Philadelphia, and William A. Stephens, OF
New York. DIR. Hammond, in card, calls
himself the "victim of conspiracy, false
swearing and malignant abuse of official
powerr 1t is unfortunate that he did not
establish these assertions before the militia
ry court. The investigation lasted four
months, therefore sufficient time was al
lowed to prove the facts. The features of
this transaction present 1t as crime of
more than ordinary turpitude. Shoddyites
have cheated the Government in shoes, in
clothes and in food, but to defraud the Gov
ernment in its medical supplies, thereby
compromising the lives of the sick and
wounded soldiers in all our hospitals. is a
degree of callousness. selfshness and cruel
ty, which should be looked for anywhere
but in the quarter which had the interests
and health of these soldiers committed to its
charge. @ .a
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-08-27
Unhenrd Of OfNIOnstrOsity--A Woman
has Twins with Snakes Heads.


Wonders never cease! and the greatest
ever heard of in these modern times has
Just come to our knowledge from entirely
reliable authority. 1t fully disprOves the
wisdom of Solomon when he proclaimed
that "there was nothing new under the
SUM-" The facts, as related to us. are:
About two weeks ago, the wife Of a mar
ket gardener, residing at Eagle Point, in
this city, gave birth. to twins, which, in
stead of being provided with the head and
features of the ''hCman form divine" had
each the head and neck Of snake. Below the
head and shoulders the children were of a
natural and comely form. From the shoul-
ders up they presented the horrible shape
and characteristics of the serpent. Imme-
diately after their birth consultation of
physicians was held, at which it was very
properly decided to bleed the monsters to
death, which was accordingly done. What
disposition was made of the bodies we have
not heard.
The cause assigned for this lusus nature
is, that several months ago, shortly after
the woman became enciente, her husband
playfully threw snakes head into her
face, which so frightened her that the ttetis
the horrible shape into which they
were brought into the world.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-08-27
How Philadelphia has been Swim.
died by Bounty Brokers.

It has been evident for weeks past that
there was some kind of collusion between
the bounty brokers and certain under-strap-
pers at the naval recruiting station in this
city, by which recruits from Philadelphia
were induced to credit themselves to the
State of New Jersey and other places out
side of this city. No person, except he had
passed through the hands OF bounty bro
ker, could obtain admittance even into the
recruiting Office. There was regular sys-
TEN of signs and passes by which these per-
sons were known, and when they would
apply, the doors were opened to them and
their names taken down as recruits. Out
of thirty men enlisted from Philadelphia,
but two were credited to this city and thir-
teen to New Jersey. Yesterday some gem
tlemen from the Twenty-fourth Ward, de-
termined to investigate the subject called
at the recruiting station. The police Off
GERS, under instructions, wonld not admit
them, but hearing that one of the gentle
men was Judge Kelly they were Immediate
ly admitted. The Judge explained to Cap
tain Thompson, who had been only few
days at this station, the object Of his
visit, and on examining the. books In
office, the facts that the credits were
not to Philadelphia was confirmed. The
Captain was indignant when one of the
clerks charged Win cOnnlVance III Iills IuaD-
ter confessed the fact, and instantly dismiss
ed him from the Office. A rule was at once
established that the recruits should form a
line and be admitted in the order in which
they stood In the line, without a bounty
brokers' Intervention or favor. The police
should also see that no person occupies the
line who is not there as bona fide recruit.
Persons going to-day to recruit will have
no difficulty In the business. They should
have nothing to do with bounty brokers,
who may pretend to give them higher
bounty, but who cheat them out of large
portion of their due before they are done
with them. 1t should also be remembered
that every recruit from Philadelphia credit
ed to any place other than this. city, deprives
his family or friends Of any claim upon the
city fund for the support Of soldiers and
sailors families. In New Jersey they only
give this aid to the families of persons re-
Siding In that State. Every way, therefore,
the recruit is injured by allowing bounty
brokers TO interfere with him. Under the
new regula ions, twill bemore difficult for
them to do so. ~ s,.,l ..f.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-08-27
Shocking Treasoni

Among the developments Of treason
against the Sons of Liberty, lately made by
Darlington, the following truly shocking
epistle Is published in the Cincinnati Gazette.
Who but vile and trait0rous copperhead
could have written such treasonable let
ter? The greater part of the correspond
ence Is of the same sort. Our blood runs
cod as we read It.:
JUDGE BULLETT, OF KENTUCKY, TO DoDD'
LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 1S 1854.
DEAR SIR;--I expect to start on the two
o'clock train tomorrow, reach Indianapo-
lis at $40 p. NJ, and take supper at the Ma
son House, where hope to meet you.
Yours truly,
SIS #. BULLETT.
This Is worse than PIcKwrCK's smutton
cbops and sauce for two."
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-08-27

GONE EYMoUR."-Lincoln's District At
torney in New York speaks contemptuous-
ly of the Governor of New York as lone
Seymour" in an official which he has just
filed in one of the courts. sOne SEYMOUR
The bloody and despotic Richard, sent be-
fore his time into this breathing world
scarce half made up, and that so lamely that
dogs barked as he halted by them, had zone
Richmond" for an antagonist but before he
got through with him he observed to Gates
BY; 81 think there be si5 Richmond's in the
fold ~