The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-26


become more and more Union as they
enjoy the blessings Of good govern
ment again, and it will not be long
before rebel will be as scarce at the
South as a Union man was year ago.
1t is reported that President johnson
viii soon issue a new amnesty procla-
nation, lessening the number exposed
to tho penalties Of treason, but declar-
ing his interchangeable determination to
punish all whom the amnesty procla-
nation does not cover
Capture aud imprisonment of lending
Rebels.
jeff Davis, having been caught, is at /
Fortress Monroe, under strong guard /
The ludicrous character Of Davis dis
guise has created the greatest morii-
mcnt all over the country, and the
'chiyary' that the southeners talked
So much al out. has received a death
blow The capture would have been
effected without loss on our side, had
rot an unfortunate mistake occurred.
A party Of the 1st Wisconsin cavalry,
also hunting for jeff Davis, came up
Just as the ith Michigan had Effected
tho capture, and each party taking the
@ her for rebels, both fred, and two
/ mon were killed and one officer
wounded in the 4th Michigan, and
four men wounded in thc lst Niscon
sin Quite q number ST other leading
rebels have also been taken into custo-
DIV. aud will be brought to Washing
ton. Gov Brown Of Georgia was ON
his way to the capital, having been
captured on the 9Th at Milledgeville.
Gov Vance of North Carolina WAS ar
rested on the 18th, and Immediately
started North Cavalry are hunting
for Gov. Magrath Of South Carolina
aud a large reward has been offered
for Gov and Extra Billy Smith of Viz
ginia lie was at Stanton on the 9TH
but disappeared when he heard that
our forces were near the town. X. NJ.
r. Hunter, rebel senator from Virgin
ia and one Of the peace commission
ers sent to City Point, has also been
: arrested and confined. The govern
ment has other leading rebels in safe
possession, and can have a chance to
d prove its charges that they were en-
gagged In the plot to assassinate the
? president They could be hung by a
= conviction for treason; but SO long q.
p they have been formally accused of the
u other and more detestable crime, it j.
! due to the country and the world That
. the grounds on which the charges resi-
be made known.
Prior to the arrival OF 'Petticoat'
Davis at Fortress Monroe, Col Brew
orton received orders TO have q room
J in the casemate on the inside Of the
foyt vacated for the accommodation o.
r. prisoners of State The casemates
9 which once communicated one Will
, the other, are now Theoretically sealet
by walls of brick, strong iron bars ant
. other substantial arrangements Of sim
:; liar material.
y The enclosure is complete, render
= ing futile any attempt of escape or res
, cue Strong guards Of sentinels arr
j TO be posted Immediately in the yicin
- ity of the casemates.
Foreign Intelligence.
4 Our foreign dates arc to the I'll
inst, and the news continues to b
4 mostly relating TO the reception q
, President Lincoln assassination an'
~ the measures toEen to show regre
"A and sympathy with the United State
10 in Then bereavement The queen q
n England has responded most cordial
u TO the address voted By parliament
q and has given instructions to the Brit
10 ish minister Mt Washington to max
T. known the feeling entertained by pm
"a lament in common with herself an
IN the whole people; and the queen ha
NJ written with her own hand a letter {
d. sympathy to Mrs Lincoln AlmO.
4 every public ASSOCIATION and munic
n. pahty in England have held publ
~ meetings to consider the sad event
os ana the governments of France, SPAN
nj Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Aus
il tIia and Russia, as well as England
Il have adopted addresses of svmpath
o. and coincidence. The London Tim.
"A hopes that we viii accept the ev
M dences OF sympathy from England d
they are rendered, as the spontaneou
expression Of feeling from the heart
the nation. The nations can but has
st a hindlier feeling towards each othe
IL after the events of the last few week
Nv The report that there We're counte
is felt United States bonds in the Gle
ia man market is now contradicted, an
on the story seems to have been starte
of 10y some German bankers who wante
tie TO start new Prussian loan, an
tn couldn't do it so long as the fiye-twel
OF ties We're so popular. Federal secur
rs ties both in Germany and Englan,
rs declined considerably when the new
d. OF President Lincoln's assassinatio
in WAS first received, but they have nea
cd ~ recovered their former place IT
or latest accounts from Mexico tell us
III an attack by the liberals, 1900 stron
th on Matamoras. The imperiahsts su
he ceeded in defending the city, howeye
ma and the liberals We're forced to retrea
he Considerable is being done in tn
~ country now in the way of getting en-
on igrants to go to Mexico, to fight fC
to Juarez, the consideration being $10(
as IN gold, and 500 acres of land, whC
ld they get there. How men can be sue
ed fools as to be gulled by such promis,