The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-16

knowledge of the business you were
engaged in? A. Not from me; | don I
know about the knowledge he had
from DIR. Blackburn; he said he did
not know the nature Of the business l
was going on, and that he did not
want to commit any overt act; all
know is that Dr. Robinson took good
care Of me all The tmc'
We have met with nothing in the
history Of crime, in the annals OF the
Borgias of Rome or elsewhere, that
equals in infamy this revelation
No one reading this testimony, can
doubt for n moment that all these men
were parties in the crime, and wheth-
er they are ever brought to the gallows
or not, fate they richly deserve, their
names ought to be held IN everlasting
contempt. No pardon from any hui
man authority can restore one OF them
to the fit companionship OF u gentle
man in any civilized land.
But evidence, if possible more con-
elusive, is given by another witness,
Sanford Conoyer, who was in Canada,
corresponding with the New York Tn
June and was supposed by the rebel
emissaries to be on their side. lie
was present when they discussed yari-
Gus schemes of murder, including the
destruction of the heads of Govern
ment, poisoning the Croton Aqueduct
&c. He testified
CDR Blackburn proposed to poison
the reservoirs, and made n calculation
of the amount Of poisonous matter il
would take TO impregnate the water
SO as to make an ordinary draugbt
poisonous and deadly; strychnine, ar
senic, piussic acid, and number O.
other things | do not remember, were
named Mr.. Thompson feared it woulc
/ be impossible to collect so large g
quantity of poisonous matter without
suspicion, and leading to detection
Thompson appreciated the enterprise
and discussed it freely; Mr. Cleary die
the same; it was also spoken of by c
Mr. Montrose A. Pallen, of Mississippi
and by a person who has been n med
ical puryeyor in the rebel army; JOIN
Cameron, who lived III Montreal, tolC
me that he was offered large compen
sation; | think Mr. Thompson was The
moneyed agent for all the other agents
l think they all drew on him for all tn,
money they required; l know some o
them did, when Thompson said j
would be difficult to collect so mucl
poison without detection, Pallen anc
others thought it could be done in Eu
rope; Pallen is a physician; / thinl
| have heard Harris also mentione,
in connection with the pestilence i'm
portation; | think he lived in Toronto
there were other parties in Montrea
that DR. Blackburn employed, or Ell
4 deayored to employ, but | do not re
member their names; / saw DR.. Stu
art Robinson, % doctor Of divinity, lie
siding in Toronto; he edited pape
i'll Kentucky; / have seen him wit
Thompson and Blackburn, and he wa
present when some OF these scheme
were discussed; he approved them: h
sad aHyth'ng That could BE- done Utde
heacea codd Just1y them uRder The en-
cumstances; he appeared upon rery INT
mate terms cah Biachbwn and 1homl
SON
No one who has known the positio
which this Stuart Robinson has hel
in the Presbyterian Church can rea
this testimony without n sense Of il
tense disgust Shame to think thl
such a man can have had a standin
omong good men, and so suddenly b,
come the companion of assassins
The revelation shows more clearly tina
anything yet published, the deep-sea
cd wickedness Of the rebellion, an
the agencies to which its abettoi
would resort to promote it.