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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-09
The Soldiers Money Recovered
from Rebel There's.

WASHINGTON, May 80 A paragraph
recently appeared, which created misap-
prehenslon in the minds of many persons
interested in the moneys and other valu-
ables taken from Union prisoners 10y Con-
federate officials, portion of which has
lately been turned over to Gen. milford,
the United States agent Of exchange, for
distribution among the proper claimants.
The paragraph says: "Gen. milford
has in his possession $4,000 in green
backs apd a small sum of gold and silver,
being portion of that taken from our
soldiers when captured by the rebels, and
is to be distributed pro rata, among those
proving their right to it,
A note from Gen. Milford, dated at
Richmond, says: so much of this as
relates to the distribution of property is
incorrect. l am only authorized to pay
such claims as are verified by the invoices
and records received 10y Inc with the prop
erty. The balance, if any, will be dispos-
ed of in such manner as the proper author
ity may direct | respectfully request
all persons who have claims for valuable>
taken from them by the enemy, TO forward
at once full statement OF name, rank and
organization, date and place of capture,
amount and kind of property taken. with
name and rank of party receiving the
same; also giving full and plain directions
how, to whom and where they may desire
such property, if found, 10 BE- forwarded.
[ would also give notice that a large mum
Der of packages addressed and sent to Tn.
ion prisoners of war in the South. previou:
to the evacuation OF Richmond. are in INV
possession. Letters of inquiry or inStruc-
tions concerning them may be addressed
to me and will receive prompt attention. .
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-09
The Soldiers Want to 90 Home.

The men who compose the armies of the
Potomac, Tennessee and Georgia, and
who yesterday, so to speak, were thunder
ING at the gates of Richmond and Peters
burg, or tramping through the swamps OF
Georgia and the Carolinas, are to-day
like Othello, with their occupation
gone"
Many had supposed that three Or four
years service would so accustom the SOL
diers to army life that they would desire
to remain in the service; but the facts
are quite the reverse. A more uneasy and
homesick lot of men cannot be imagined
than the soldiers who have been for a
week Or more hanging about Washington.
They say that in their whole term of en-
liStment they have not felt SO uncomfort-
able or homeSirL Slice Lcc surrendered
his army and the rebellion event up the
spout"
AS long as there was fighting to do and
their country needed their services, they
were cOntente d and willing to serve her
even to wounds and death but now the
fighting is over, and there is nothing to do
they beg to be discharged and sent home.
Their request is reasonable, and we hope
a new order will bc issued discharging the
veterans in the service-those who have
borne the heat and burden of the battle,
that they may return to their homes and
enjoy the land they have redeemed by
their proves, courage and endurance
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-09
The Suppressed Testimony.

The last installment of the suppressed
testimony given in the assassination trial
brings the great crime home to the rebel
government and its official agents in most
direct manner. The witnesses are three
"A rebel conscri pit, afterward resident in
Canada, a Canadian physician and a gov
eminent detective. The testimony of each,
while indicating no collision, strongly
corroborates that of the Others. They
are all explicit in showing Jacob Thomp-
sons agency in the matter of the assassi-
nation, and in proving his confession that
he had authority direct from jeff. Davis.
Laying his hand upon dispatches just re-
ceived from Richmond, Thompson said,
" this makes the thing all right" More
over, Thompson read a letter from Davis
which expressly approved the proposed
assassination and authorized any measure
to that end
Unless this evidence can be overthrown,
the completely of the rebel government in
the guilt of this awful crime is established
beyond doubt. We presume that the
government of the United States has well
satisfied itself of the credibility of these
witnesses. If SO, it was certainly most
ample justice in offering the reward for
Davis and for Thompson, Sanders, Cleary
and Tucker, all of whom are shown to
have been in consultation with Booth,
Surratt, Payne, (who for the first time
turns up in Canada) and certain others
who have escaped arrest. 1t is proved
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-09

bestowed upon them by the state or ma
tion-but among so many it would be
very difficult to find a preference Of one
for the office in question.
Who then, shall be our next 1t. Gov
ernor? We believe that the people OF
Vermont are not as willing to give the
honors and emoluments of the office to
one who has been all his days ''wirepull-
ing" and intriguing for public favors, as
they are to the reverse. And of the lat
class is Hon. HENRY SrOwELL, of Cam
bridge. Possessed Of very liberal edu-
cation, strong common sense, an nswerv-
ing determination to do what is right, a
perfect type Of honesty, modest and unas-
sumingg-yet having sufficient dignity when
demanded by the occasion, and model
condemnation. Henry Stowell stands
upon his own unblemished merits can
didate for nomination for 1t. Governor.
His unselfishness and modesty have caused
the offices to be held by him to be few in
number, but nobody will dare deny but
that he always promptly and satisfactorily
discharged all official duties imposed upon
him, and no person ever had occasion to
mistrust the confidence they might have
reposed in him. E. II. W.
Hydepark, June 4, 1865.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-09
"Lf it acre to be Done, It acre Oct
ter that It .Uere aUelL DOne.'

Such was the exclamation of that "high
toned and gallant gentleman" jeff. Davis,
on the receipt Of the telegram stating that
President Lincoln was assassinated, as is
asserted in the testimony of Lewis F.
Bates, taken at the trial of the conspira-
tors now going on at Washington. In
stead of expressing the horror that one
would expect even in traitor, at the
commission of 50 awful crime, this chief
criminal complacently made the above re-
mark and subsequently, in reply to a
fear expressed by Breckenridge that the
assassination might be unfortunate for the
South he said: swell, general, l don't
know; if it were to be done at all, it were
better that it were well done; and if the
same were done to andy Johnson, the beast,
and to Secretary Stanton, the job acould the'
be complte!"
When Davis fell into this Shaksperean
expression he did not think to follow out
the quotation. Every one who will take
pains to read the whole passage will OBJ
serve how suited the case as applied tc
the chief conspirator himself:
| If it were DONE when tits done, then 'twere well
1t were done quickly. If the assassination
Could trammel upon the consequence, and catch
With his surcease, success; that but this blow
| Might be the be all. and the end all here.
But here upon this bank and shoal of time,
We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases
We still have judgement here that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which being taught, return
To ptague the inrentOr; this even-handed justice
Commencs the ingredients Of our poisoned chalict
TO our own lips.
beside. This Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
Soelear in his great office, that his virtues
Will plead like angels. trumpet-tongued, agains
The deep dananatton Of his taking off;
And Pity, like naked, newborn babe,
Striding the blast, or heavens cherubim, horset
Upon the sightless cOuriers of the air,
Sail blow the horrid deed in every eye,
That tears shall drown the wind-1 have no spul
10 prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, ,chich o'erleaps itself
And falls on the other
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-09
The Lieutenant Governor.

.Mr. Editor AS who shall be our next
lieutenant governor is at present the all
absorbing local topic in this state, per-
haps it would not be inopportunc for me,
resident of Lamoille county, to say a
few words through the columns of THE
CALEDoNIAN to the people of Caledonia
county.
do not remember of SO much excite
ment on the question of the lieutenant
govcrnorship as ever having occurred be-
fore in Vermont. Every week-almost
every day-new names have been pre-
sented, either by the press or by individu-
ais, for the above office; and, as matter
of course, a great many candidates are
now before the people; each, no doubt,
qualified for the office in more or less
degree.
Among those mentioned are A. b.
Gardner of Bennington; John w. Stew
art of Middlebury; l.. b. Englesby of
Bumlington; Coils. Proctor, Joyce and Yea
zey of Rutland; Gems. Stannard of St.
Adams and Grant Of Rockingham; Hen
ry Clark of Poultney; Geo. Williams of
Stowe, HENRY SrowELL of Cambridge
and others. | do not have doubt but
that all of the above are men would be an
honor to the office; but as only one can
have the office at time it should be our
duty to select that one who is the most
worthy and deserving of it.
Mr. Gardner has for the last fifteen
years been before the public-either as
bank commissioner, member and speaker
of the house of representatives in the state
legislature, etc, and will probably be the
successor of Mr.. Woodbridge in congress.
This, l think, is his share; that he ought
to be magnanimous, and not think he is
entitled to all the public favors, and that
others, who are just as capable and de-
serving, in spite of Walton's Journal, are
entitled to none. Mr. Stewart is an able,
energetic lawyer, fully qualified and no
doubt will receive the honor sometime.
L. B. Englesby is in every respect the man
for the position, and he would stand a
very good chance Of receiving the nominal
ton but for the fact that it is but three
years since Chittenden county furnished
lieutenant governor. Mr.. Clark has had
a good experience in state, financial and
other duties, and has always discharged
them faithfully. He is a practical, COM
nonsense man; one who would instead
of seeking office, prefer that office should
seek him. All of the gallant military he
roes who have been named have won an
lmperishable renown while defending their
state and common country from rebellion's
treacherous designs. Brave men all
worthy Of the highest gifts that could be
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-09

PITCH HIM OUT-The rampant rebel,
John Mitchell, who fled from Ireland to
escape despotism, and talked largely
throughout our Northern cities a dozen
years ago about English oppression, but
finally acknowledged that he would be
glad to accept Southern plantation well
stocked with 50 fat niggers," has been edit
ing one of the most violent rebel newspa
pers at Richmond during the great rebel
lion, but has now transferred his services
to the New York Daily Ne,cs, the ultra
democratic organ. The change was natu-
raj, for Mitchell was under no necessity OF
leaving behind any of his Richmond prin-
ciples. But it seems little curious that
a man who is cut off from the ventilation
of his rebel malice at Richmond, can &c
right to New York, the metropolis of the
loyal country, and resume operations.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-09
The COnspiritOrs.

The trial of the assassins at Washing
ton draws near the close. 1t is thought
the remainder of the evidence and the ar
guments cannot occupy more than another
week. Every trick of the trade is resort
ed to in the effort of the counsel to clear
the crimnalS-one of the silliest of which
was the plea of insanity. 1t is said that
even the stocial bully Payne laughed in
his face when his counsel introduced a
witness to testify that he thought him in
sane
The evidence is so strong against them
that most if not all will have to swing
for their infamous crimes; and they real
ize the fate that awaits them
The testimony taken in secret few
days ago duplicates Davis and his Cana
dian friends in this horrid scheme of muir
der. Three witnesses all testified to this
completely. James b. Merritt, a physi-
clan, testified that in February last. in
Montreal, he heard Sanders name num-
Der of persons who were ready and will
ing to remove the president, cabinet and
some leading generals, and he added there
was any amount Of money to accomplish
this purpose, meaning the assassination Of
these persons he then read letter he
said he had received from jeff. Davis,
which justified him in making any ar
rangements he could to accomplish such
an object. At a meeting of the conspira-
tors letter was read to them, the SUBJ
stance OF which was that if the southern
ers N Canada and the states were willing
to be governed by such tyrant as Lin
coin, he Davis did not wish to recoon;ze
them as friends, and that he approved Of
the proposition to assassinate him. 1t is
also proved by these witnesses that the
original plot included the assassination of
the president, vice-president, cabinet, and