The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-09-07
TnE NANCnESTER JOURNAL:



The rs Xennous Archery, Nsl. D.
J. Sa6osd commsvding. arrived IN Bur.
Iastoa Ga she s8ih n Apgas, 70 Be pad
"a ard disshaigsd The rsgnen, il
caagsd With ~aisgraee.sI sondaei Al sah.
places a is roase hemewara. and IS
its sir kus Il iae siais Il 10 = measure
lar0lsea, she complaints should receive q
investigators. According e the
account Of the New Yofk Saa the rrgi-
,neni arrived a New York o. he 2sih.
aal lhe traospoTt stepped ata hart near
Castle Gar1en fof a short time 70 procure
ihe ssryioes q aipiloi for lis passage Up
lie uler. Ilefc about one hundred and
6hy of the men effected a landing by
breaking though tie liue Of sen.ries, and
~comsenced a regular riot. Apple stands
coffee Stale, etc, wure destroyed. The
police officers were beaten % with slope.
aud private citizens attacked After
clearing everything before them. The sol
iiers took tie advice OF their officers, and
returned toibe boat.
Such islhc nceouai Of the Sun. Dot
Maj, suaerd tells a different etory to he
eIior 81 bic Burlington Times. Accord.
ng 70 lie statement Of that officer, the
regiment arrived ia New York before
park SUNDAY night and was quaricred al
hc Battery Barracks. About noon the
next day iheg were marched down 10 the
wharf near Cyrtle Garden 70 be embarked
for Troy. There vas no guard at The steam
cr except a guard from The First Vermont.
and a small guard Of the Sixth New York
who, in "A very Intoxicated condition, were
guarding the baggage OF their regiment
This last guard began 10 use insulting IAN
guage 10 the Vermont soldiers, in which
they were joined BY u gang Of rowdies he
were proving about the wharf. Several
81 the men had heir pockets picked while
going on board the steamer. Others we're
struck, and one soldier was severely in.
jured by "a blow in the head from his owl
musketi which a rowdy snaiched from his
band for that purpose. Lieut.. Chase, OF
Gccr OF the day, called upon the police Il
keep back the crowd until the troops wer,
cmbars ed. The policemen said they were
not strong enough to do it, and and asked
the officer 10 drive item of, which
he did with q detachment Of twenty men
In accomplishing this several OF the row
lies were knocked down. Tie only de
slraciion Of property was The knocking o
a basket Of apples from an old woman'i
hand. Astbe detachment returned to th,
steamer. the soldiers were stoned by the
rowdies and in return threw Jumps Of coal
As the boat wa. leaving the wharf, the ri
o'ers again assembled, apparently for til,
purpose Of sioniug tls boat, but half !
~ .~-~ Trau-t. o -"
them, causing hasty %retfeai.
On the mornins Of the 29,h the rcgi
ment landed at Troy, AID va: marched I,
tie Union depot. Here, according TO tht
Troy Times, they raised a most serious
disturbance. Women were insulted, an,
men knocked down. The police were
~powerlcss, and The rioters had complel,
possession Of the depot. One officer di
directly encouraged the lawless ones, an'
the other officers made no efforts to re
strain them.
The attention Of Maj. Stafford hayiD;
been called to the article in The Times, h,
has addressed a letter TO the editor of ii,
Burlington Times, which gives a yer,
different account ot the affair. lie say
the trouble was FIST caused by two won
en- who, apparently respectable, mingle,
With the soldiers, AID sold them liquo.
from bottles Concealed beneath their skirts
slTlis the Major say himself ,and stoppe,
COR The time, but harms it was again re
= newcd when be was al another part 9th
!. depot. These wee the women whom ia
soldiers insulted. The Major says Their
s were several intoxicated citizens in til
j depot who were determined to fight, an
could only with difficulty be made TO stan
back from The can while the men wer
being pot On boail, which was acco NJ
] IisI4ed within dfteel minutes after the fir,
+. disturbance.
These are the min statements or bot
sides. Weihink he statement Of Ma
Stafford will be demed more worthy {,
: credit than the accounts of local reporter
). whose Information may not have been I'll
most rtiiable, and whose many inacuri
j. eles on minor points warrant a suspieio
as to the correcites OF their more imp o.
tant statements 5. Gen. Hooker. on bein
informed of the complaints Of The either
!, Of Troy, ordered Major Stove, the pa,
y master a, Burlington, 10 stop the pay
the officers Of the Regiment. The affa
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