The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-09


"Show the gentleman to the cow
yard and Civ him cart number L.
"Isnt Grant horc?' Isaid; perhaps
Ulysses wouldn't mind my tmnin' in
with him
do you know tho Gin'ral:' in
quired Mr. Spotswood.
"Wcll no, not 'zaotly; but he'll re-
member me- His brother-in-laws
aunt bought her rye meal Of my uncle
Levi all one winter. Ny uncle Lewis
rye meal was"
Pooh pooh!7 said Spots, @don't
bother me, and heshuvd my umbrella
onto The floor
OhserVin' to him not to be so
koeelos With chat wepin, ] occompa-
A!el tile dfri-can 10 lay lodgin's
"My brother" l sed, CAR you aware
that you haye bin mancipated? Dc
you realise how glorious it is to be
free Tell me, my dear brother, does
it not seem like some dreams, or d. you
realise the great fact in all it's Twin
and holoy magnitood r.
Ho Fed he would take some gin.
was show'd to the coward, and
hid down under one-mulo cart ~
Tie hotel was orful crowded, and l
was sorry hadn't gone to the Libby
Prison Tho Iahould hay slept com r
f'blo cnun' Il the bcd-clothes hadn't
been pullod off me during the night,
by a scoundrul who cum and hitched a
mulo to the cart and druv it off I
thus lost my coyorin, and my throat
feels little husky this morning.
Giural Halleck offers me the hospi-
taily q tho city, giyin mo choice Of
hospitais.
He has also very kindly placed at
my disposal a smallpox amboolance
Union Sentiment.
There is rally great deal of Union
sentiment in this city. l see it on
cy'ry hand
met man today am not at
liberty to tell his name, but he is old
and in1oocntial citizen Of Richmond,
and SCI he, Why we've been fghtin'
agin the OLD Flag Lor' bless me, how
SINCLAIR He then borrcr'd five dol
lars Of ne and bust into flood Of
tears.
Se4 another a man Of standin and
formerly a bitter robuol), Let us
at once stop this effooshun of blud
Tho old Flag is good enuft for me
Sin" he added, you air from tho
North Have you . doughnut or a
piece Of custard pie 'bous you 2"
told him no, but I knew q man
from Vermont who had just organized
sort Of restaurant, where he could go
an make a very comfortable breakfast
on New England rum and cheese He
borrowed fifty cents Of me, and askin'
me to send him VIM. Lloyd Garrison S
ambrotype as soon as l got home, he
walked off
SAID another, "There's bin a tremen-
duous Union feelin' here from the fust.
But we was kept down by rain of ter
ror. Have youa dagueneotype Of Wen
dell Phillips about your person? and
will you lend me four dollars for a few
days till we are once more a happy md
united people,
JcG. DaviI.
jeff Davis is not poplar here. he
is regarded as Southern sympathizer.
& yit I'm told he was kind to his Pa
rents. She ran away from EN- many
years ago, and has never been back.
This was shown en- good deal OF
consideration when we reheck what
his conduck has been. Her captur in
female apparel confooses me in regard
to his sex, & you see speak Of him as
her as frekent as otherwise, a guess
he feels SO hisself.
II. Lee.
Robert Lee is regarded as noble
fellor.
He was opposed to tho war at fust,
and drsw'd his sword very reluctant.
In fact, he wouldn't hay draw'd his
sword at'all, only he had n large stock
of military clothes on hand, which he
didn't want to waste. He SEE the col
ored man is right and ne will at once
go to New York and open Sabbath
school for negro Ministries.
The Confederate Army.
The surrender Of r. Lee, j. John
ston and others leaves the Confedrit
Army in ruther shattered state
That army now consists of Kirby
Smith, four mules and a bass drum,
and is moyin rapidly lords Toxis.
proud and Hawty suthener.
Feelin' little peckish, went into