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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06
Affairs in Rebellion.

The Virginia legislature adjourned
over from the 2lst to January 4th, for
the holidays. One of its last acts was
to raise Gov Smiths salary to $500
and the pay of the members TO $40
per day, which is just equivalent to 81
in gold. The resolution TO fight till
the independence Of the confederacy is
established was passed rs matter OF
course also one expressive of conf
dence in Dayiss administration, and
Willingness to trust to it all questions
of war and peace.
The Richmond Examiner of the 2lst
has savage onslaught on President
Davis, blaming him for the disasters
in Tennessee and the facility with
which Sherman marched through
Georgia. 1t declares the military sit
uation'bad in Tennessee, and bad gen
orally, but not irremediable. 1t wants
Davis to stay away from the armies,
to restore Johnston to command in
Tennessee, give to Lee full control in
Virginia, and to Beauregard on the
coast, and concludes with these signiti-
cant words -
"Congiess and the southern public
must change their attitude, adopt a
more distinct and manly tone, deal
with their own affairs with more reso-
luton, keep the executive power in
the path Of duty, aid curb it with per
emptory hands when it interferes with
things beyond its capacity. No calam-
ity which has happened is in itself
ruinous, but what viii ruin us is this
that the government should go on and
continue to do the identical acts which
have made the calamity by necessary
sequence of cause and effect The
more harmony and more concord aud
more self-abnegation we evince under
such circumstances, the more rapid is
our progress to destruction Let us
determine that the course of the ship
shall be altered. With that determin-
alton will be found means to compel a
change"
The New Orleans Era obtains this
information from an old resident of
Mobile, who lately made his escape -
"The people are very gloomy and
desperate, and two-thirds are longing
for our forces to capture the city.
There was much disappointment felt
because the feet did not push on to
the city Immediately after the capture
of the forts
The Richmond Wing of the 22d
says
Many we'll meaning people in the
South believe the resources of he con
federacy in men to be on the point of
exhaustion, but the belief is erroneous.
The confederacy is not exhausted nor
nearly exhausted in its arms bearing
population. The Wing proceeds to
show by statistics that it has now a
force of about seven hundred thous-
and fighting men, making allowances
for details, assumes that they now
have in the field four hundred and
sixty-one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four men larger force it Chains
than the federal government has
brought against the confederacy, and
with which the confederacy can be de-
Tended and the tide OF invasion rolled
back.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06
Say A presentation-copy of poem

BAY A probationary OF a poem
entitled "The Mystical Rose or Mary
Nazareth, or Lily of the House of Da-
vid," PIP. 800, published by ID. Apple
ton g. Co. in elegant style has been
sent to our address by the author Miss
Abby Maria Hemenway, of Ludlow,
Vermont.
The poem is in seven books and
contains almost every variety Of metre
and judges of such literary efforts
speak in great praise of this new liter
airy production. 1t is admirably
adapted for holiday gift and persons
DESTROYS of purchasing for such pur-
pose an elegantly bound volume of
poems would do well to order "The
Mystical Rose" Our thanks are due to
the author for an early copy of what
must be regarded the most ambitious
poem which has been written in YER
mont since the days of Fessenden's
Terrible Tractorations.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

sI- A public meeting was held at
Bedford on Tuesday, January Sd, 1865,
upon the call of t. r.. Roberts, Esq.
Warden of the County of Missisquoi,
to "denounce all raiding and sympathy
with raiders and their abettors." The
requisition for this meeting was sign
ed by Hon. Philip H. Moore, NJ. Il. c.,
Hon. james O'Halloran, NJ p. p,
Edwin Cornell, Esq Advocate, Eras-
tus o. Brigham, ESQ. Messrs. John b.
Seymour, w. NJ. Pattison, P. S. Arm
ington, S, T., Nelson Adams, George
Clayes, and large number of promi-
nent citizens of Missisquoi County.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06
The Militia Law, and the Inpend'
ing Draft.

We copy from Walton's Evening
Journal the following timely and
forcible remarks of correspondent
upon a subject of present interest to
all delinquent towns:
The United States now has its own
enrolment from which it drafts, as we
all know, for all service except the
most temporary. And the President
can obtain the service of the State mil
tia, even for such use, only by max
ing requisition on the State. And
when the requisition shall be again
made the Militia Law of 1864 pro-
vides
"SEc. %. Upon the requisition of
the President of the United States in
case of war, invasion, or to prevent
instruction or invasion, the Com
mander-in-C Chief is hereby authorized
to call out from time to time for act
i've service, by draft or otherwise, as
many of the entire militia as the cir
cumstances of the case may require"
All can thus see that for service at
the front under any requisition of the
President, a member of an organized
company is no more liable than one
who is simply enrolled by the select
men-and so to the Legislature and
the Committee on Military Affairs in
tended.
But every man of military age has
q duty to perform to the Country and
State that protects, and is bound to
protect him. That duty is to be q
well drilled soldier, belonging to IN
organized force, ready to spring to
the defence Of the Country at hel
call.
The duty of the Country is certain
and conceded that tosths.individual
is equally certain andxohnpus. And
unless the individual perform bis du-
ty, the Country has n g p9 |. s',a to per
form its duty to the J,nfeidtialn The
chief object of the praS pr lawis to or
game and drilla bols lfsour citizen.
to protect our own o,ltads hnd freside:
from INVASION, and to uniform and pay
them for doing no more than is then
duty to do without pay
1t will then be eminently full Of
disgrace and shame for any Vermont
man or town to hold back III organ
izing the assigned quota anywhere
And | am glad the Governor and Ad
jutant General are acting in this view
and that draft has been already or
dered to fill the quota of the militia IL
all delinquent places.
1t is to be hoped that the sense O
duty, the public spirit, the patriot
ism of Vermonters will not be appealed
to in vain and that no town will dis
grace itself by compelling draft in il
to protect its very homesteads-
don't think any decent man would
like to be pointed to as resident o
such town.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

aes- The 14th of December being
the third anniversary of the death of
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, accom-
panied by the royal family, paid pro-
tracted visit to the royal mausoleum,
and spent day in complete retire
ment. The London Times, in allud-
ing to the. subject, trusts that as three
years have elapsed and every honor
that a nations gratitude could pay to
the memory of the prince has been
offered, the queen will now think OF
her subjects claims and the duties OF
her station, and not postpone them
longer in the indulgence of unavailing
grief.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06
From Montreal

MoNTREu, ~
The decision of the couH
case of the raiders has mol
given. II is expected in a d' 4,
The general expectation
prisoners will be discharge I
point raised. If SO, they r p.
submit to a trial on the H'''
case. .;,r Z
An extensive orgaIizil'',b ~
Fenian Brotherhood has ''
covered. >, .kl
There was u meeting ;n,o a
Council last night 70 take ~, 10 q
Grafton the case OF acnop'|
Police, and especially lll' t,on n
storing the money taken Th@ !
Adams banks, to raiders. =, di,eI
much excitement and a1gl, e91
between the French ana 80 INV
bers with regard 10 the he'd d \
resolution was finally pms ,'oS III
ing the Chief and aoceP"
nation.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

nD' The London Times has an edi-
torial strongly urging the opening of
negotiations in America, and says it
must come to that at last, and the
sooner it does come it will be the bet
ter for America and the world at large.
The Times emphatically disclaims ali
selfish motives, but for the interest of
humanity urges pacific advances, be-
heying that the war, unless ended by
negotiations and mutual compromise,
must go on until the South is made a
bowling wilderness and the North
Frustrated financially and commercial
ly for years to come.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06
LATE WAR NEWS.

HEADQUARTERS DEPT OF VIRGINIA
AND SoUrH CAROLINA, Dec. 25.
ADMIRAL Upon landing the troops
and making thorough reconnaissance
of Fort Fisher, both Gen. Weitzel and
myself are fully of the opinion that
the place could not be carried by
assault as it was left substantially un-
injured as defensive work by the
navy fire. We found 10 guns protected
by t1averses-2 only of which were
dismounted-bearing up the beach and
covering strip of land, the only prac-
ticable route, not wide enough for a
thousand men in line of battle.
Having captured Flag Pond battery,
the garrison of which, So men and two
commissioned officers, who were taken
off by the navy we also captured
Half Moon battery and officers and
POS men of the Sd North Carolina
Junior Reserves, including its com
mander, from whom | learned that a
portion of Hoke's division, consisting
of Kirkland's and Hapgood's brigades,
had been sent from the lines before
Richmond on Tuesday last, arriving at
Wilmington on Friday night.
Gen Weitzel advanced his skirmish
line within fifty yards of the fort, while
the garrison was kept in their bomb
proofs by the fire of the navy. and SO
closely that three or four men of the
picket line yentured upon the parapet
and through the sally port of the
works, capturing a horse, which they
brought of, killing the orderly, who
was the bearer of a dispatch from the
Chief of Artillery of Gen. Whiting to
bring light battery within the fort,
and also broughtaway from the parapet
the flag of the fort. This was done
while the shells of the navy were
falling about the heads of the daring
men who entered the works, and it
was evident as soon as the fire of the
navy ceased, because of the darkness,
that the fort was fully manned again,
and opened with grape and canister
upon our picket line.
Finding that nothing but the opera
tons of Il regular siege, which did
not come within my instructions,
would reduce the fort and in view of
the threatening aspect of the weather,
the wind rising from the southwest
rendering it impossible to make fur
ther landing through the surf, | caused
the troops with their prisoners to re-
embark, and | see nothing further
that can be done by the land forces
| shall, therefore, sail for Hampton
Roads as soon as the transport fleet
can be got in order
My engineers and officers report
Fort Fisher to me as substantially un
injured.
have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obedient sery't
BENZ. F. BUTLER
Maj. Gen. Com.
To Rear Admiral Porter.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06
Masonic Intelligence.


In the Counties of Franklin and
Grand.Isle there are eight fourishing
lodges of Free and Accepted Masons
Their annual communications are
generally held in the month of Deem
Der. We have taken pains to pro-
cure for the TRANscRIPr complete
and reliable list of officers elect in the
several lodges which may possess in
interest for many of our readers:
Franklin Lodge, No. 4, 81. -aibnps---
Communications held on the first
Wednesday of every month. Officers:
DIR. Seth r. DaySM; Francis s. Nc
Farland, S. w; William II. Ander-
son, j. W; Gilbert j. Smith, I !;
Linval b. Hayes, s Julian II. Dewey,
S. d; Samuel Breck, J. d John f.
Anderson and Thomas G.. Richard
son, st. Nathan A. Draper r.; Ru-
fus K Clark, Chaplain.
Lamoile Lodge, No 6, FdiJar--
Communications preceding full moon,
unless the moon fulls on that day
Officers Joseph p Hunt, NJ; Sam
uel Maxfeld, S. W; G. G. Cady, j.
W Stratton B. Hunt, T.; Lafayette
Cady, S w. H. Porter, S. d; NJ
Stickney, j. ID; Isaac T. Paris and
William Bellows st Asa S. Cove, NJ !;
d. r. Coon, T.-number of members
seyenty-fve.
Miss'sQuoi Lodge, No. o. East Berk-
sltire-Communications, Monday be-
fore full moon in every month, except
April and November, unless moon
frills on Monday, then on that day.
Officers William S. Rublee, NJ
George w Corlis, s. w f; Daniel B.
Stetson, j. w Amherst W. Rublee,
S d. Moren, 7; George w. Glenn
ents, S. ID /; Hiram Currie, j. ID =;
G. n. Thompson and j. B. Swaziland,
st Joseph p Smith, I.
Columbus Lodge No. IL. Aiburgh-
Communications, First Monday in
each month-33 members, Officers
Micajah T. Mott, NJ George Bremen,
S. W Henry Pike, j. w; Charles
Sowles, S; l.. f. Sowles, I ; james
Rosenstock, S. ID }; John l., Sowles,
J. d Peter Vantine and Calvin w.
Bell, st; Peter Tatro, I; Annual cleo
ton on the First Monday of May.
Serenty-sir Lodge, No. IA, lS,canton
members SO. Communications on
the Second Tuesday in each month.
Officers Norman A. Lasell, Nj Job
d. Perry, S. w Asa d. Smith, j. w
Richard Marvin S. James Plat, r
Albert B. Jewett, S. d; F. H. Barney,
]. d ; William w Reyes, T Henry
Roby and Ward Barney, st; J. A.
Jewett, NJ
Isle Of P0tmos Lodge, No. II North
HerO-Communications on the fourth
Thursday in each month. Officers
William M. Fletcher, M ; James Con-
TO, S. W Clark S. Keller, j. w
Carlisle S. Hotchkiss, T; George B.
Keller, s; Stephen F. Wadsworth, s
d; Joseph E. Keller, J. d; Abel
Phelps, T Number of members So.
Has,ceU Lodge No. 80, Sheldon
members 49, Communication We'd
nesday of each month or preceding
full moon in each month Officers
Henry Carlisle, nj G. l.. Hawley,
S. W; Seth Sturges, J. w; Jacob
Fl. Stufflebean, s; H. G. Hubbell, T
John A. Fitch Jr., s. D; James Ran
dali, j. d; G. r. Hawley, G S Law
renee and Dorastus Wright, st; S. w.
Sturgess, 7.
Eagle Lodge, Balersfeld-( under dis
pensation. Officers: Merritt Barnes,
M; Henry j. Arlington, S. W; @.
S. Barnes, j. W; G. T. Maynard, Il;
A. b. Woodward, S; Daniel G. Isham,
S. ID; S, Lasell, j. ID L. M Wilson,
T.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

NV YoRE, Jan
The Worlds Beaufort cores
dence of the 2Sth says that the u
sary preparations are making bTs
mans army to resume the OTIS
The enemy evidently expect az %
on Charleston and Branchyille
Refugees say Charleston IS
surrounded by formidable 4
works.
Part of Dahlgren's feet is req
distractions in Savannah river
of which are very formidable
Fosters army is still at Brood
Landing, covering the CharltS@
Savannah Railroad. 1t is nov /
that Hardeeis force passed o'a
road to Charleston. L
We have had many visitor
Savannah, and the citizens 'p@
of Sherman's rule. Gen. tea
issued orders dividing SavalHI
two military districts for lF
protection of the public Ip
tation is issued to persons w
to go into the rebel lines. ~
tute persons are supplied WIZ
Gen. Sherman in special "
der states that as Savannah
will be held as a military p
future military uses.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

j Day 1t turns out that the story that
five st. Adams raiders were caught at
Concord N. III. is a hoax, Messrs.
Sexton and Edison visited Concord
and failed to recognize the suspected
parties as raiders The Burlington
Times says that the prisoners were
bounty jumpers who perpetrated the
hoax TO aid their escape.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06
y. S, FLAG Sur, MALVERN,

or New INLET, n. c. Dee 90,
General L beg leave to acknowledge
the receipt of yours of this date. The
substance of which was communicated
to me by Gen. Weitzel last night. /
have ordered the largest vessel to pro-
coed off Beaufort, to fill up with am
munition to be ready for another at.
tack in case it is decided to proceed
with this matter, by making other
arrangements. We have not COM
menced firing rapidly yet and could
keep any rebels inside from showing
their heads till an assaulting column
was within twenty yards Of the works.
L wish some more of your gallant fell
lows had followed the officer who took
the flag from the parapet and the
brave fellow who brought the horse
out of the fort. think they would
have found it an easier conquest than
they supposed. / do not however
pretend to place my opinion in oppo-
sitlon to Gen. Weitzel whom ! know
to be an accomplished soldier and en-
gineer and whose opinion has great
weight with me. l will look out that
the troops are off in safety We will
have west wind presently and a
smooth beach about three o'clock
when sufficient boats will be sent for
them. The prisoners now on board
the Santiago de Cuba will be delivered
to the Provost Marshal at Fortress
Munroe unless you wish to take them
on board of the transports, which will
be inconyenient now.
l remain, General, Respectfully your
obedient servant,
DANIEL ID. PORTER, Rear Admiral
10 NV. Gen. Butler.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WAsHrNeros
Wednesday, Dec. 2S 1864.
10 Maj Gen. Dir, Ne,o Yorh +.
Richmond papers of this day have the
following concerning the movements
OF Gen. Sherman
IL Edwin NJ, STANTON, Sec of War
The latest official adyices from
Georgia indicate that sherman has
already followed mp the occupation of
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

Bar Among the recent arrivals Of
paroled prisoners from Savannah at
Annapolis we notice that of Sergeant
Oliver Fadden of Isle LaMotte, 18th
Vermont who was i'll of chronic diar-
rhea.
Mi in S. Ouk, Of Swanton, is
reported as having died at Anderson
vile, Georgia, August 81.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

s6- John III. Peck Esq. formerly of
Burlington, charged with completely
in the frauds of on U. S. Paymaster
has been lately Internationally releas-
ed from prison, nothing having been
proved against him.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

-p@- I. r.. Roberts, Esq. of Philips
burg G. Il. is authorized by the Gov
ernor General of Canada to issue pass
ports to persons DESTROYS of visiting
the United States.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

se- 0. Lagrange of st. Armand, G.
Z. gives notice that at the next session
of the Canadian Parliament applica-
ton will be made for charter to build
a branch railway to connect with the
Montreal and Vermont Junction r. II.
from the Stanbridge depot to the Vii
lage of Frelighsburg.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

1t is suggested thst Gen. Butler
may be appointed to the command Of
the department of Kentucky. He
probably won't be sent to Wilmington
again.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

The New York Herald thinks
Lee is about to transfer his army, or
dnance, magazines, &c, and the rebel
capital, president, cabinet and con-
grcss 10 Danyille, Va.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06
pas- The Canadian Government are

pG- The Canadian Government are
organizing what is called the Service
militia" Drafting for the ten days
drill took place on Friday December
80, 1864. The number of men draft
ed from the adjoining county of Mis-
sisquoi appears from the following
general order of the Governor General
Of Canada.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

Bay- Maryland is already experience
ing the good effect of emancipation in
the rise of land. Pennsylyanians are
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

A bounty jumper at Indianapolis
boosted that he had received thirty
bounties.
The New York herald., 1865-04-12
Port Of New York, April II, 1865.

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