The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-14

in Hender son, kentucky; have been
in the rebel service; went in Novom-
Der 1862; / went in because my father
went; stayed about six months and
then went home and thence to Cana
ad. | went to Windsor, Canada; last
October was in Montreal, staying on
Aylmor street. at my home with Ster-
ling Payne, my brother-in-law. Hcze-
kiah boarded with George Payne. his
brother, until the month of November.
between the first and middle of the
month. October 10Th, 1864, | was at
the st. Lawrence Hall when | first
heard of the st. Adams raid; | heard
of it about 6 o'clock, p. NJ, between 5
and 6. i took supper at Sterling
Payne's; my brother and Mortimer
Loyett were there when | first read
the telegraph. In the evening / was
at Sterling Payne's, Hezekiah Payne
was there, Thomas Young, Mrs Ster-
ling Payne, Mortimer Lovett and Ster-
ling Payne himself; | think, George
Payne was there, but am not sure.
Next morning began to go to St
AIary's College; it was on Thursday;
went to board there and did not come
home until Saturday. / saw Heze-
kiah Payne on the morning of the Doth
and he walked down with me to st.
Mary's College, towards st. Lawrence
Hall. 1t is in DeBleury street.
George and Sterling live about a
square apart
Hezekiah remained in Montre nj uli-
til December and left about Christmas
After the raid / stayed in College
three weeks all the time; after that
left the college, and then saw Hezekiah
Payne every day. went back to
Henderson, Kentucky, in March, ar
irving there, the 18th of March, 1865
Cross-eromined by De,ocn--I quit
the rebel army in May, 1868, arrived
Mt Windsor, the middle of May or lat
ter part OF the month; stayed there TN
ilDec. 1863 and stayed at Montreal un-
til March, 1865. went directly to Hen
derson; spent Christmas in Montreal.
When in Windsor | stopped with
Sterling Payne; when he left, board
ed with Mr. Thomas; name of the
street was not printed to my knowl-
edge. bought gold, wheat and flour
in 1864, bought $4,000 in gold; l
cannot be definite about time; think |
bought three lots, and sold them at
different fines; don't know what |
paid or what got; bought the wheat
after bought the gold; | think it was
last December, January or February
| had one wheat transaction; kept it
three or four weeks; before or after |
was in st. Mary's College. / held
the wheat while was in College, /
entered st. Mary's College on the goth
October. don't think | am correct
about the dates; | left the college
about three weeks. George Payne
lived at No. Balmoral Terrace, St
Catherine street; don't feel quite posi-
tive that George Payne was keeping
house when left school; cannot state
the date / left school, it was Catho-
lie College and | did not like it; knew
it was a Catholic College before L en-.
tered it. ] know the news of the raid
was in the paper got October Goth
some one came and brought me pa
per with some clothes on the 20tl
October: l know the paper was dateC
the Goth and kept the paper.
When l got out of school l got {
paper giving an account of n fuss IL
Kentucky; heard my brother reac
the telegram of the raid; on the 20tl
! remember getting the Montreal Itle
graph. | got to st. Adams last Satur
day; was never here before. l got I
letter to come here ON or about TIN
18th of june and be here the Goth 0
June That was the first time / wa
requested to come here to st. Albans
They played whist and chess a
Sterling Payne's on the night of Tia
10Th October; Mortimer Locket
played Guess; Sterling Payne, /, HezC
kiah and my sister played whist frs
Then Hezekiah and played chess
don't know how many games of eacl
| heard of the raid at st. Lawrenc
Hail. We got through orr game
and we then all went down to St Law
renee Hall, stayed n few minutes, an
then went home; we left Thoma
Young and Hezekiah Payne on til
corner of Aylmer and St. Catherin
streets. went to st. Mary's Colleg
between and $50 A. NJ. Octobt
10th. saw George b., that mornin
with Stanly Young; left college j
November; did not begin with an
Term; it was half closed, think.
was a good deal with Hezekia
Payne most of that day, the 19tl
When heard the news it was abor
6 o'clock; we went to St LawrenC
Hall together, l was not with hi
when heard the news of the raj,
don't think was there when the new
got there; i might have been thel
half an hour, heard of it just befol
going to tea; had tea about six o'clocl
Hezekiah got there while we were tai
ing tea or just AFTER L cannot te
which. First investment i'll gold Wi
$1,000, that was put up as margin
] left it with broker; | had two {
three thousand dollars in all, in Cans
da; | brought it from home or rattle
it WAS sent to me by draft on Ne
York by mail by my father. He g
to Canada last Christmas; the none
was sent somewhere about August {