The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-23

tfnlnent, ana IL II ny no utuiiS Ntl-
tain that he will be tried on this in
lictmcnt. Whether Davis is tried for {
treason or for completely with the as
sassnation plot, the government can
hardly refuse to try Clay for his coni
nection with the assassins. He gave
himself up for this purpose, asserting
his innocence, and If really innocent, /
he ought to have a chance to prove 1t.
And besides, the country will not rest
content with the evidence given before
the military tribunal The govern
ment has openly asserted that the reb-
el chiefs were privy to the plot, and 1t
is now Incumbent on it to make the /
assertion good by fair and impartial
trial before a civil court, or else to /
withdraw the charges. Judge Under /
wood of Virginia has arrived mt Wash /
ington with treason indictments against /
Gems. Lee, Corso, Ewell and Long !
street, ex-Goys Smith and Lotcher, |
and about forty other prominent reb-
els, and if tho government approves OF
his course, the trials viii probably
soon begin. John c. Breckenridge
has succeeded in reaching Cuba, but
his friends decline to tell how he got
there Benjamin and Trenholm, also
Of the JEFF. Davis cabinet, are believed
to have got saely out of the country.
Extra Billy Smith of Virginia has got
tired of skulkiDg and has surrendered
himself and been paroled, as have all
the other captured en- surrendered
rebel governors, but fletcher of VIZ
ginia and Vance Of North Carolina,
who are yet proud and ugly, and SO
are kept for the present III the OLD
capitol prison. Judge Campbell and
i r. NJ. r. Hunter of Virginia, and Sed-
don, rebel secretary of war, have been
placed in Fort Pulaski for safe keep
ing. John Mitchell the Irish rene
gade and editor of the Richmond E.r-
qmjaer. the bitterest Of all the rebel
sheets. had the audacity to come to
New York and go to editing the Nelcs,
where he continued his impudent rcb-
el talk. HIS career was cut short,
however, and being arrested by Gen.
Dix. acting under orders from Wash
ington, he was Immediately placed ON
IL government steamer and sent to
Fortress Monroe. The notorious Judge
McCunn tried to interfere in his be-
half, saying that he could not be az
rested for treason, as he is an alien.
But McCunn found that his advice
was not wanted, and Mitchell will have
time for reflection in one OF the case
mites of Fortress Monroe, near lis
chief
Army aud Navy Intelligence.
All fears that the rebels were going
to prolong the contest in Iexas are
, duno away with by the evacuation OF
Galveston and Brownsville, and the
+ general dispersion of the rebel troops
The rebels evacuated Galveston Mas
"a, and the rebel forts ut Sabine Pass
were surrendered May ~ There vii
be little for the expedition, that has
= lately sailed from Fortress Monroe, &c
+ do when it arrives in Texas except t.
r preserve order and give protection tC
tho citizens till the civil government
can be re-establshed The report o
Kirby Smiths escape to Mexico is con
tirmed, and he took with him a larg,
amount Of money. Gen Canby has
turned over part Of his cavalry force
to Gen. Sheridan, and Gcn. Grerson
+ has been appointed to the comman,
of all the cavalry in the department o
the gulf The story that fleet Of CT
II vessels from the United States wer
# going into European waters puts tn
number too high by II great deal. Onl
three vessels are going and only on
of them, the Colorado, is Il frigatC
Gen Grant arrived in Chicago Satur
day noon, on his visit to the great fai
V and started on his return to Washing
# ton Tuesday morning. He was re
Y ceiyed at Chicago, and all along til
il route, both going and returning, wit
d the greatest enthusiasm Gen Sher
d man remains at Chicago some tim
d longer; and Gen. Thomas has bee
IS visiting the military academy at Yves
e. Point during the week. Gen. Terry
u the hero Of Wilmington, has been az
e. pointed TO the command at Richmond
is supersedlng Gen. Halleck, and Ger
S. Ord has been assigned to the com
r mand in Oregon The reports +,
At Gems. Meade and Sheridan, Of tn
t, final campaign in Virginia, are print
N ed and are full of interest. Sherida
A. CLAIMS to have been ahead of eve
t. Grant in appreciation of the situatio
is and Of the possibility and necessity {
sr annihilating the rebel army The wa
Of department has directed commander
at officers in the regular army to appoir
rs recruiting officers, and ill up their II
1t spectiye regiments and batteries Oh
n ly few of the iron-clads will be +,
q tanned in commission, and the remail
n der will be laid up in the Delawai
N river. Two monuments erected /
lit the soldiers on the disastrous Blu
is Run battle-fields in honor of the BRAY
o. who fell there, were dedicated latel
is Gen. Halleck attempts to throw off Il
he blame Of his hard words about She
ly man on to the shoulders of Gel
y Grant, on the ground that he on
be obeyed orders; but this dodge wi
re not answer. Gen. Grant did not O
G. der him to abuse Sherman as he iii,
Isl Gen. Stoneman has also replied TO Gei
ne sherman, and says not only that if |
by had obeyed Shermans order to joi