The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-08-11

The last st. Adams Weekly WeSsen
ger Reproduced from its twilight edi
ton the energetic onslaught which its
three editors have made in its columns
upon the Vermont TRASscRIPT. Pre-
ferring to submit to no attack made
in defiance of all rules of journalism,
we intimated week ago that we had
an answer for each count in the Mes
sengers indictment. We can make
our answer more satisfactory to our
readers, and more convenient for our
selves by re- printing the specifications
i'll question. The first one is in these
words, to wit:
The Vermont Transcript has of late
teen much given to fault-finding, aud
the editorial critic of that paper, IN a
most remarkable vein of sarcasm, has
shown up" some things, as he thinks,
in their true light Two or three
weeks ago some kind friend, knowing
the Transcript editors strong propen
sity to collect and preserve public doe
uments, pamphlets, newspapers, &c,
sent him printed report of the recent
very pleasant excursion of the bond
holders of the Vermont Central Rail
road, with hint probably intended
rs Joke by the sender, if he made
such a hint), he says, to re-publish it.
Whcreupon the readers of the Tran
script are gravely informed that the
said report will not appear in that pa
per, unless the sum Of fifty-two dol
lars, in current money, is paid With
this modest demand we supposed the
bondholders would Immediately com
ply; but the report not appearing, it
is probable, after mature dellberation,
they came to the conclusion that the
terms Of advertising in the Transcript
were higher than its circulation war
ranted. Our neighbor calls the bond
holders wealthy 'city nabobs and city
snobs." Those of the bondholders
whom we saw appeared very little
like nabobs and snobs; but be that as
it may, had it not been for those
whom the Transcript thus designatcs.
no railroads, which have SO largely in
creased the value of real estate, would
have ever been built in Vermont
In regard to the accusation of fault
finding we have to plead guilty. 1t is
ap offence which we will not attempt
to deny. There are in Vermont and il
our very midst, ruipous public practice
and gross public neglects which on
local daily paper seldom or never no
tees We have been obliged to dis
cuss these matters often and plainl,
because of the stolidity or indifference
of the newspaper star that wrinkles il
St Adams, like FREELY, about twi
light every evening, Sundays excepted
We refer to the fearful prevalence G
the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor
in our midst--the shameful desecra
ton OF the Lords Day by plug uglie
and lewd fellows of the baser sort
We refer also to the neglect of on
highways, and the sad condition i
which they have been for long tim,
being in fact, positively dangerous fc
man and beast to travel upon; to til
obstruction on the travelled roads /
railroad cars not i'll motion, and 9th,
railroad property which have occt
stoned great public danger and con
plant, and occupied the attention
county grand jurors at several session
Of the county court to the shamef
waste of public money that is wruu
out of the people by public tax, an
put into the hands of incompetent an
extravagant people to expend-to Il
fact that town clock which was gel
erously given to the village Of ST. A
bans on condition that il should |
kept in running order, so as to co
rectly indicate standard railway tim
is suffered in stupid and negige.
manner TO lie idle and useless, al
thereby in danger of reverting TO Il
origin ] donors. We refer also to Il
fact that the running Of the Yermo
Central Railroad Company S trains Ia
winter brought the arrival Of the d
~ mail at an hour in the evening
unreasonable that it could not be d
tributed until the next day-and ii
the trans are now, this summer, so Il
that the New York mails bound
Ogdepsburgh and Montreal lie o'
night in the iourishing city Of Bl
lington. We refer also to the f
public matters generally seem TO
managed less for che public good Il
for individual beiie6t Al these I
les il has been our duty to allude