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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11
Items of News.

SWIFT JusTlCE Those Rhl have been sur
Irsed Ut the rapIdity with which the execution
u the couspirators at Washington ionoaed the
approval OF the sentence by the President will
ill1 parallel IN the case Of BlDgham, the
murderer Of Mr. PercW4, prime minister OF
Elgian4, IN lsl2. Bel.iuLhlm committed his
crime at about five 10 aitera.0u 3i Monday,
May II, lol- He trial came on 90 the old
Bailey uu Friday, the lon he was at once
found guilty. aud was executed at eight clock
oH the morning Of VI udty the l6lh-a foil
week rom the date OF The fatal deed not having
expired.
An TaE WulrE fR05r. TO Bg DISCHARGED
a Washington dispatch says General Grant
authorizes the statement that all the white vol
unteer troops Of the army will be mustered cut
OF service at tie earliest possible day. and it is
probable that by the middle Of August there
will not be ten thousand remaining "a the whole
OF General Meales Division OF the Atlantic
Il Is in contemplation 10 order the muster out
OF the Ninth Corps within the next ten 3ays.
The NFGRo lRooPs IL TEXAS The New Or
leans Pledyune says the negro .roops landed at
baz7s have been Very mutnous since their ARR
val at 'ha, place. Water being scarce they broke
away IRON all control, boarded the vessels wing az
brazos and took casks out Of some and tlah others
to the Rio Gmnds TO I'LL with water, and commit
ted other txcesses Il was feared hat on lheir
march into the interior they would become far
more mutnous as they were very indignant az
being cent TO Texas.
DISASTROUS Han SroM Is MANE-On Tues.
day disastrous haIl storm passed over Durham,
striking a swath Of several miles across into Lis
bon and other towns, and covering the ground
for more than an inch in depth Growing crops
we're lcvelod, AID corn utterly destroyed. Ga
Mr.. WIN. Staokpole's farm every growing thing
was destroyed, His large and valuable orchard
was seriously damaged aud the crop Of fruit
almost destroyed. One hundred plnts OF glass
were broken in his house. Similar destruction
RACED for miles. The hais.oues fell 10 sheets
some Of ,hem as large as hen eggs, and after
the shower cart loads OF them could be shoyeed
up IN small space. Limbs Of trees an inch in
diameter were cat of by the hail. 1t was al
togher the seyerest hail storm ever known in
tins section, accompanied by a terrific wind
Lel0iSi0n Journal
BANK FAILURE. We learn from The Nashua
GoIens that the w hite Mountain Bank at Lam
oastvr, n. H., has suspended payment, and is
now in the hands OF an assignee IL is thought
the bill holders will loss nothing, as the assets
are believed to be sufficient to secure them
The deficit Is about $4,000 aud the bond Of
the late cashier, Geo &. Williams, E.q, which
is for $50 600, is ample to cover the loss Hon
j. W. Weeks is the assignee.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11

freedmen, bat also deny them the privilege Of
culdvating the land on their own account, the
excess Of black population will not be source
Of trouble. Already, it appears by this letter,
the colorod people are ready to work for sup
port merely, aud are not in the least eTacting
IN their demands and if what capital there is
left III South Carolina meets this accommo-
dating disposition OF the laborers in a kindred
generous spirit, labor and capital will soon be
at work more harmoniously and prOdtably in
the slave States.
But the picture drawn by this correspondent
gives but nttle hope that the slave lords will
make any hearty and intelligent effort to adapt
their ideas and their conduct to the new order
Of things They are suen, obstinate, unfriend-
IT, bitter, yindictiye and since the government
policy puts all power in the late rebel States
into the hands OF the whites only, we look with
much solicltude to the future of South Caro-
lima We can well understand why President
johnson besItates in the appointment Of pro-
visiona governor, as an lniuatory step putting
the civil authority into the hands Of men who
reckon the majority of the people OF South Car
DINA no letter than c4ttle--and who will here
after be influenced in their treatment Of these
people by no considerations of self interest
sprnging from their value as property-as he
must look forward with the utmost anxiety tl
the inevitable result of such reconstruction
Class legislation, and oppression, and serfdom
in their worst forms, will surely follow anC
characterize such reorganization And The
Government will soon hnd it necessary, IN order
10 redeem the pledge it has given to maintain
the freedom bestowed upon the slaves, to inter
/ lere by Is Provost Marshals and other miitar,
and civil oihoers and out Of such On inteler
ence will spring up again the old contest o
state rights, around which parties will agail
crystalze, and which may keep uplor years tn
necessity for large military force 10 be he'll
IN tarOrem over the whole country
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11

Mr. D1wnoy speaking OF the Virginia House,
said House being fractional part OF the
General Assembly Of the State OF Virginia, ="
composed OF eleven men, and which last winter
hburnatod and legislated ut Alexandria, and
which has Just now been engaged in the very
atduous work Ol und0Ing all is then did, at
the adj iurnmen, ol the recent laboriOus session
winch voted to take the late rebels into part
nershp made the following speech
Gentoman-l have no speech to make, but |
cnugratulate you very much for the manner in
which you have end ID the term of service for
which you were elected. At the time OF your
oiec iou, Il WAS said that the halters were pre-
pairing tor your neoks, AMI that jeff Davis was
M king the rope SHce that time ne hare
hat tco stssiDss. and haze kpi Virginia oW 81
me hands Of tie .ibotn0astt, who are nolp
piching al INDY Johnson wdh ,td hot poker
hepRy 20 maDsot hia 10 ADOPT thsW radical
rttus Bti ithiHk God Wt are safe and though
h'g mey force Hgro suffrage on oihr states wiib
ptOristonGi boruHHtns h,y cannot pile u Up
~ US Gcntlemeu, | wish you a sale return to
your homes.
Dlwney is to be congratulated for one thing.
While his speech was not lediously long, nor
g,Idcd with many hne phrases, nor adorned with
much rhetoric, i, told the whole history Of the
body over which he presided, and summed up
IA lev words the achievements for which 1t
will be notorious. Downey and his ojnlcder-
atts hayn't much to boast Of. but they have, be-
yond question, so far as possible gtood IN tbs
way OF every movement for the elevation Of Ia,
negro IN Virginia. Dowuey knows what he IL
about and he knows wha, his legislature hay,
b,cn about lla, therefore, with delicious frank
nee. aud with incorporating fidelity to truth
retrs,rs IRON prasing his official. Tor aiding Il
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11
Commencement at Dartmouth.

The exercises Of Commencement Week az
Dartmouth College will be as follows:
Sabbath p, w. Juiy 10Th. Baccaaurea,e Dis
course by President Smith.
Monday Erning, July nth. Prize Speaking
by members of the JUNIOR aud Sophmorc Glasses.
Tuesday .1ilernooa, July lS.h. Glass day ezer-
eises. EreRiag: Address before The Theological
Society by Rev. Ezra +, Adams, d. d. Of Phil
adelpha.
Hsdaesify, judy 10. Forenoon Address be-
fore the ph. Beta Society, by Professor Alpheus
Crosby Of Salem, Mass, aud Poem by William
A, c. Converse, Esq. OF Toledo, Ohio. afternoon
Address before the Literary Societies, by Hon.
Alexander IL. Bullock, Of Worcester, Mass, and
a Poem by John q. SAKE. Ercning' Concert in
the College Church by the Boston Getmania
Band.
Thursday, Liiy20 Commencement Exercises
Preceding these, at eight O'Clock, A NJ. the Al
umni Meeting will be held In the College Chipel'
large attendance Of the Alumni is expected
and ii is particularly desired that those sons oil
the College who have taken part 10 the war Tor
The Union, should be present
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11
NEWS OF The WEEK.

The Posts Washington dispatch says the
health OF Gue PRESIDENT Is much better. lie at
tended long ssssoa OF the Cabinet, July 8 H.
secretary Seward was also present.
The HerGld correspondent travelling through
the SCUM says the cotton still In that secuon
exceeds any estimate yet published The great
difficulty is in getting it to the seahoard. South
Carolina planters nave 50 little fnth in paper
money thss they Will sell cotton for 10 cents in
gold in preference to Is cents in greenb4cks.
The great Atlantic Telegraph cablei il now all
comp eJed, and shipped on board the Great
EG'tern, which will leave the west coast OF lee
land on Is route for laying 1t about the 10Th
inst If successful therefore, before the close
oil July we shall b. IN telegrachc communlca-
ton with Europe. The price Of sending mes
sases, ID TO be one pound sterling (bout FIVE
dollars) per word, and 40 message OF lees than
twenty wordf ID to be sent.
Parties from Wilmington bring alarming re
ports Vi the filthy and slckly condition OF that
city 1he condition Of things has been grow
ing worse since the arrival there from the rebel
prisons, OF our soldiers, who were rotten with
disease
The Hrald's Fortress Monroe correspondence
details melee at Smthheld on the 4th inst
caused by the Residents refusing party ol col
ored excursl0nists from Fortress Monroe 10 land.
A detachment Of the 80 New York cavalry ap-
peared to preserve order. Robert Earle, o
butcher, attempted to shoot the captain of the
boat, when MsJ)r EDbs, commanding the cayal
ry, luck him on the head with bis sabre In
the melee private Gay, OF the cavalry, was NOR.
tally wounded by mistake by a sergeant. The
disturbance was promptly quelled, though il
threatened serious consequences at one time.
Gen Howard, Of the freedmens bureau, ha
disapproved the action of Capt Bryant in tx
ing the price of negro labor in hl- department
in Georgia. Gen. Howard at once issued d cir
cular letter, stating that be fct dirluclined {,
hT the rate OF compensation IN all cases, anl
recommending that they simply approve all con
tracts between employer and employed, benz
careful always to nee that the latter receives
wages Commensurate with the labor performed
The Albany tram on the Hudson River Rail
road, due at New YORK at about l. 40 o'clock u
Saturday afternoon, ran of the track at Irving
ton, az three o clock, pitching the engine, ten
der and forward passenger car into the river
and smashing two other cars badly. One ma
was killed aud several severely wounded lh
Cause OF the accident was misplaced switch
horse which was to be driven from BOs'o
TO Portland laet week, between sunrise ami suf
set-ds ,ance, ll6 mIles--in a 81 O0O wager
fell ana dI-d 10 miles from Portland having at
cOmpilshed 100 miles CONSIDERABLY inside q
time.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11

crush reason and to rescue the Old Dominion
from JEFF. DAVE. Tins Alexandria Legislature,
having completed its labors, will now hasten
into obscuriy, but on the title page OF Its Official
proceedings should be writ these more torcible
than elegant words 1--WE did not do much,
but, thank God, through our agency the red
hot poker aooltionists were prevented from pill
ing egro suffrage upon Virginia
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11
COM N EItCIAL.

hARKETs Nav YoRs Julys Flour drm sales
900 barrels STATE s. 30 so round hoop Ohio al
~ % 10 IS WesIern o. 20 to q 30 southdu--saie.
5oj bbs ate 30 lol Co. CanAas.ales 800 bbs. st25
500 Wheat quiet sales 1000 Lush, wutr,n 81 A. Corr
dull salsa uuimpOrsn.. Beef duh. Pors hfm me,r
81 % IS. Lard st, ady at lG to 2ue Whnke,
aun al 2Os Jo.ton arm 81 soc.
A1sirasr -sIocka CHER. U. 5. 5.2Os 1854 U. s.
lo4o' Gt u >. Coupon SKIES Of lSsl, lU7. Uod lIl.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11

The old story Of E.au sud his birtbright has
been repeated IN Virginia A rebel officer sold
the original secession ordnance OF that State to
Sergeant A 5 rweh,l, It'll Maine Battery,
tor q lunch Of bread ard butter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11

MoRE AIT FOR OUR SOLDIERS. We are pleased
to learn that the l 5. Sanitary Commission
does not cease its abors Of love now that our
soldiers are no longer peuling their lives on the
battlefield. With a care and thoughtlulness
worthy Of all commeudatIon, the Commission
has established general claim agency at Wash.
lngtou connected with sub.agencies in many OF
our principal towns, for the purpose of obtain
lng Tor ourlgallani defenders without money
and without price to them, all hack pay and
bounty justly due lrom the government, and
procuring pay and pensions for the wounded and
disabled as we'll as the widows and orr hats Of
those who have given their lives that the ration
might live. In this village, the agency although
nominally under the supervision Of Mr.. d. l.
Fuller, is really and actually in charge Of Rev
f. j. SooTT, well known throughout Vermont as
Christian gentleman Of undoubted probuy,
sound Judgment aud fine business talent Mr.
Scott will be found Just the man ior the place,
and a business agent in when the Commission
and the soldiers may safely put their trust We
advise all soldiers, and all families Of men Who
have fallen in bat le, having business transac.
tions with the Government, to give MIR, Sot
an early call in'tead Of paying lawyer to do
what Mr.. S will ehcerIuly do just as well, and
without lee OF reward
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11
Union Nominations.

for Governor
PAUL DILLlNOHAM, of Waterbury,
For Lieutenant Governor;
A. Il. GARDNER, of Bennington.
For Treasurer
JOHN ID. PAGE, of Rutland.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11

WINDSOR CotNtt AoMiNArloSs.--At tho
Windsor County Union Convention held at
Woodstock, on the 3O.h ult, the following lick
OF was nominated
Cl.APK II CHAPMAN
HOSEA tOtUN Senators,
MERRICk GAY.
jon s. MARCY, .t....t I'D.
john WtLDER, H's'7'N'' '"'ss"
JOHNF DIANE, tatss' Attorney
LoktNLn hlCHMoNn, sherf.
sAAUkL Al FoRu, ia uiFh BAilin
Jui su ~ Pksntt.
JOHN rOKrtR, HarnFd District.
HENRY CLOssON wndsof District.
The resolutions adopted wire the Fame as these
of the State Convention.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-11

lie vas young, thoughtless, light and trivia.
lie probably had never known d serious moment
nor a sober thought. The legal evidence against
him was clear and conclusive. As early as Feb
ruary last be was found to have been 10 confden.
tia relations with the assassin aud was proved 70
have been presen, on several occasions at secret
meeting, with Booth Alzsroth, aud others o. the
conspiraiors Once he was a, Mrs. Surali's 10
company with them. lie called with Surrau anu
ADzeroth at the tavern in Sarrltsui.e, and lett
the two carblnes and ammunition which were
taken away from the tavern by him and Booth on
the night Of the assassination. Dung their
Agh, he acknowledged 20 Willie Jett aud other
rebel soldiers that be- ana Booth were The assas.
sins Of Mr. Lincoln, and he va, captured 10 the
barn with Booth His sisters, vhoare apparently
very estmabie young women, abored with HIM,
hop1g TO make some serious impression upon
nm, but 10 VAN. lie was fui, II Ieyity almost
to the very hour Of bis death. lie was at no time
manly 10 department, and bis exit from this world
was IN accordance with his variable temperament
while init
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-11-30

Gov. Humphreys, of Miss, tele-
graphed on the 18th to the Presi-
dent that the colored troops at
tackled and took possession of a
passenger train at Lauderdale
Springs and insulted the ladies on
it. The officers were unable to
control them. tits said that the
Legislature has memorialized for
the removal of the troops, and are
willing to extend to the freedmen
the right to testify in the courts if
the troops are withdrawn. The
President replied that the troops
will be withdrawn when peace and
order can be maintained without
them. Measures should be adopt
ed giving protection to all freed
men in the possession of property
which will entitle them to assume
their conditional right. There is
no disposition on the part of the
Government to arbitrarily dictate,
but simply to advise apology that
is beneficial.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-11-30
A Merited Rebuke.

The New York Times Of the
goth contains the following:
eve notice that some Northern
papers are rsking together, from
all quarters, AL statements and
stories of wrong, injustice AMI bad
treatment to blacks in the South
Iern States. OF course they are
liable to make up quite formida-
BILE show of material, such as it is,
and are able, moreover, to make
it appear that the poor negro, since
his emancipation, is in "a truly
yfrishtiul condition. We have so
doubt that an equal amount of dill
igence upon the same thing, if
applied to the Northern States,
and aided by an equal amount of
Imagination and malignity, would
enable them to make an equally
appalling exhibit Of negro NAL.
treatment in our own section. If
all the Northern newspapers were
searched daily for cases of assault
upon negroes by white men, for
cases in which negroes were treat
ed unjustly, or refused credit, or
turned out of house and home be-
cause of their failure to pay rent,
it would seem to outsiders as if the
white men of the North spent the
greater part of their time and
muscular energy in prosecuting
/ the black men and women.
"Such course toward the South
( is wicked III itself and cruel to the
negro, as well as baneful to the
country in keeping up sectional
animosities. There are many
wrongs and much injustice prac-
ticed upon negroes in the South
and it is sad fact that among our
selves and the world over, there
are wrongs enough committed by
man upon man every day to make
| the human race ashamed of itself.
But it is as criminal to stigmatize
the whole people of the South as
being responsible for and gloating
over these wrongs, as it would he
to characterize the Northern peo-
pie in like manner because similar
wrongs are perpetrated in their
midst.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-11-30

We see itstated that when Gen
eral Curtis occupied Helena, in
1862, his army captured twenty
three hundred bales OF cotton be-
longing to Gen. Pillow, then of
the Confederate service. These
were confiscated, and as was sup
posed, turned over to the officers
of the United States Treasury.
Since General Pillow obtained his
pardon, however, it has been as
certained that instead of the Gov
eminent 1t ceiving the benefit OF
this cotton operation no return OF
it has ever been made. General
Pillow has instituted proceeding
against General Curtis Tor the
missing cotton, or its equivalent in
currency.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-11-30
AN ISCoNygSIENT Hart

AN INVOLVEMENT HABIT
Somebody tells the following little
story, but neglects to mention
whether the sufferer was a FEEDER.
al or Confederate officer. The af.
fair occurred on the occasion of a
grand review in Charleston.
The commanding general had
engaged a fine looking chager, that
had been doing duty. in bread
cart. The troops were formed in
line to be reviewed, and as the
band struck up, the general and
staff came galloping down in front
at a good round pace, when Just
as he was passing the centre of the
line, scme fellow in the ranks
knowing the characteristics of the
animal, sung out "breadw The
old horse, true to his habit, when
hearing the word, came to a halt,
ana, as matter OF course, pitch
ing the rider over his head, and
landing him spread-eagle fashion,
on the grass.
Discipline couldn't stand it, and
there was roar of laughter from
one end of the line to the other,
several hundred specta-
tors. l think | never saw SO mad
a man in my life. He jumped up,
drew his sword, and for few mo-
ments it seemed as if he would
take the life of every man on the
ground. He stormed and raved.
offered untoli wealth for the name
OF the man who did the mischief.
but | doubtif he ever knew. i
never saw a general and his staff !
galloping down the line that I,
didn't think of the scene and the
way that high functionary went
to grass.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-11-30

The Greenyille EAST Tenn
New Era, of the 18th inst, says :
"The article of pork is very scarce
iii upper East Tennessee; but few
hogs are offering for sale. The
consequence of this scarcity ma,
make it necessary that we add
another item to our imports next
summer, that of bacon. The fact
is that in some parts of our sec
ton the genus, swine, has become
nearly extinct; hogs were a prey
for both armies wherever they
could be overhauled, and this I'M
restrained butchery well nigh ex-
hausted the stock.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-11-30
Important Decision.

Dennis Patterson, negro man,
was indicted in the Circuit Court
'of Sumner county, Judge Barry
presiding, for 1arceny. He was
defended by Judge Guild and Geo.
B. Guild, Esq. The proof showed
that the offence was committed on
the lst of February, 1865. The
counsel for the defendant made
the following points in behalf of
their client:
| FIRST. The prisoner was born a
slave of John Patterson, and was
such at the time of the commits
sion of the offence; that slavery
existed in Tennessee until it was
abolished by the vote of the people
on the 22d of February, 1865,
when the amendment to the CON-
Istitution abolishing slavery was
adopted.
SECOND. That the punishment
of the offence with which the
prisoner stood charged was miti-
gated by the slave code; that no
slave by law could be convicted
and confined in the penitentiary ;
that, by the slave becoming, by
Operation of the law, freedman,
would not affix to him a higher or
more severe punishment than was
provided by law at the time of the
commission of the offence; that
under the constitution, we cannot
! by an er post .tacto or retrospect
i've operation, affix to the offence
an increased punishment. Fur
Their, the prisoner being now free
man, he cannot be punished with
stripes; that his punishment, by
law, cannot extend to life or limb,
and consequently An appropriate
punishment in such case is confine-
ment in the county Jail.
In an able charge to the jury,
Judge Barry endorsed and en-
forced the points made in the de-
fence of the prisoner, and the jury
returned a verdict of guilty, and
fixed the punishment at six
months imprisonment in the
county Jail
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-11-30

At length we have got some
statistics of the cattle plague, says
the London Times, and a CHASTITY
look they wear. Upwards of l4.-
900 animals are known to have
been attacked by the plague since
its first appearance, and of these
nearly $4,000 have died To be
sure more than 5000 of these vic
tins were killed to save for curing,
but they swell the total loss of
stock. As to the recoveries, there
are registered just 707, which
would be only five per cent. on the
whole attacks.