Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-10-13
State News.

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! vidious distinction, and the liquor foun'
! therein seized and carried into the base
, ment ofthe Court House for safe keeping
: The spirits congregated in that base
! ment embrace black spirits, white spirits
and gray spirits, and are confined in som
seventy barrels and sundry jugs and dem
Johns. Several slight attempts hav'
been made to "rase the spirits" but VI
to the present writing they have stub
bornly refused to come forth from tina
Vastly deep, call their friends never 81
loud. The seizures and removals wer,
made, with a single exception, witbou
any resistance to the officers Of the law
the owners of the vendors of the "critter'
wisely preferring to "try title" to theiI
property legitimately and peaceably in
the Courts, by the "law and the testimo'
n.y." rather than VI ct armis. In the sin.
gle exceptional case alluded to, the liquor
was attached after man had been plac-
ed by the Selling officer in charge and
the store containing it closed, and two
men placed by the attaching officer as a
guard over the store with strict orders to
flight it out on that line" The seizing
officers, returning for their liquor, found
it and their man locked up inside. They
demanded sdmittsnce, but were told they
"couldn't come it," After some parley-
ing, these officers broke out panel or
two of the back door but were struck at
by the attaching officers guard With an
axe, q sledge or stone hammer, &c, and
the hand of one of them, Deputy Sheriff
Robinson, go badly injured that he had to
leave for surgeon to dress the wound.
Deputy Beacon watching his opportuni>
ty soon managed to spring through the
very small breach made in the door, and,
although fiercely set upon by the attach
ing officers guard, finally succeeded in
making himself "master of the situation"
and of the liquor at the same time. Sat
urday the attaching officer, his guards and
a few others who were supposed to have
aided and abetted in this resistance to the
officers, were brought before Justice Cad
well of this village on State warrant.
The case was not concluded Saturday
evening, and the Court adjourned till
Wednesday of this week, when the ex-
animation will go on. After this trial 10
,ver, Deputy Robinson, whose hand is
seriously and probably permanently in
ured, will doubtless have something to
'ay about private damages, and, although
we are no lawyer, we are rather inclined
o think that those who resisted the Off
GERS will find that Fighting it out on that
line" will surely take all summer, and
not prove very profitable or pleasant
recreation at that.-Montpelier Freeman.
GREAT HAUL OF HoNEY.-Mr. o. f.
Peck of estminister, will have the
honor and profit, we think, of having
found the first swarm of Italian bees ev-
err found in the State, as we'll as the best
all things considered. He found them in
a large chestnut tree of about FIVE feet in
diameter at the ground, and last week he
C u t the tree aud took from there 175
pounds, Of splendid honey. In addition
to the honey he also saved the bees,
which being large swarm, are valued
by some at $50, though Mr.. Peck re-
CARDS them at a more modest estimate.
He thinks the swarm entered the tree
last year though possibly they are young
er. They had filled about ten feet Of
the tree solid with the best of honey, and
the amount taken speaks we'll for the
Italian Bellows Falls Times.
AN GOD STAGER."-The Benning-
ton Banner says that there was an old
stager of a soldier in that village last
week, belonging to the Second United
States Cavalry, Regular Army. H
has been in the service from ten to fifteen
years has been held in Libby Prison
aud Andersonville, in the last of which
he was domiciled seventeen months, and
has seven bullets in his body. He says
he received good treatment at Anderson.
vile from the fact that he was we'll ac-
quainted with Wirz, Who was an officer
in his regiment before the rebellion, but
declares be could testify enough. against
him, of his barbarity TO others, in five
minutes, to "hang him higher than Ha-
man." His accounts o { the merciless
treatment accorded our soldiers in the
black hole at Calcutta, correspond with
what is universally affirmed by all who
were among its miserable inmates, as al
so with b e testimony elected in b
Wirz court martial.
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