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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-02

TO the eminenily faithful sentinel Of the Union
at the outpcsts of danger, through these long
yean OF distraction and peril, Vermont yields a
ready and cordial attachment.
Be assured, that whatever clouds may gather in
tbs future Of your just administration Of the gov
ernmeni, you may LOOK always, 10 confidence and
hope, fora cheering and friendly light to the
" Star that neper sets
Trained from childhood 10 habits Of obedience
and the love Of order, her sons wherever in our
vide borders they may be found, will stand by
you in every effort to maintain the integrity Of
the Union in every effort to assert with unbend
ing hrmne" the supremacy Of the l,wj--that
Law which hath her seat in the bosom Of God,
and whose yoc. i, the harmony Of the world -
In common with millions Of your countrymen,
they will unitc heartfelt wishes and prayers for
your personal comfort and happiness the success,
prosperity and peace Of your administration"
The reply Of President Johnson was in the
main, and so far as it gave any indication Of the
policy Of hi: administration, similar to the speech
be made to the Illinois keIegatsn, which We
published last week. The occasion was very
pleasant one.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-02

A Soldiers Letter-Eo. SO.
SIXTH CoRps IlosPlrAL,

CRY PoNT, Va, April 90 1865.
EDITOR FREENAN:-1he sad o..mity which
the nation has suffered, here, as elsewhere, Is the
all absorbing topic Of conversation and Of thought
The fountains OF feeling have been 40 deepl,
stirred by th, horrid event, that other events
scare ely stir them at oil. Scarcely anything else
seems worth talking about, and all other new,
has lost its interest beside this. Les. than two
weeks ago Mr.. Lincoln came bere and shook
hands with Us, and We all wished that for manv
loDg years YET Father Abraham" might be
spared to this nation, which he, humanity speak
ing, has saved, But President Lincoln h,s been
murdsrsd-murdsred BY The same f.ndi,h spirit,
besotten in he'll, and fed by slavery on earth, ,h.
ha, brought forth this rebellion II write let
ter to-day must write Of this event. should
mock my own feelings il | did not. Never has
,adder news been brought 10 US than ihs. Ii
seemed as il We had lost a father Mr. Lincoln
was different from everybody SO sagaeous, so
straightforward in oil that be did, SO apt in all
that he said, and withal so kind hearted and hon
est, be was winning the admiration Of the whole
world When he was here a week ago last Sat.
urday, some OF the surgeons told him that to al.
tempt to shake hands with SO many thousand men
would be more than he cugh, to endure, but he
overrulsd them, ior he said he wanted to shake
hands with the brave boys who hid won the great
victories which gave him, With all Tue rect Of the
nation, 40 much cause to rejoice, and had been
wounded many Of them in 80 doing The presi-
dent appeared to take delight in il. believe be
took almos, as much pleasure in houoring the
boys, as the boys did in receiving the honor from
him. But Abraham Lincoln is dead. As We
think Of this mourniul calamity We can hardly
keep from asking, Oh why did just and merc.
ful Providence permit this thing to happen P
Why was not the assassin hand stayed before it
had stricken down the min We all 10 much love
to honor, and the leader in whom we could place
our fullest confidence. But We must quote, in
view Of this event, the SINE words that Mr. Lin
coin quoted in his sec nd inaugural, The iudg
ments Of the Lord are true aud righteous alto
gelher."
Last Sunday was day Of mourning here at
City Point The people were startled when the
news c'me. Abnhsm Lincoln dead oh no, it
could not be. Ramor had ou,done self. We
could not believe IT, The doc,ers addled their
horses aud rode to the Point, before waiting for
the official news to come to the hospital Alas,
the news was sondrmed Not only the ade,
w,pt, bat the soldiers many Of them shed tear,
tssderly like women, for all felt this to be no
.ommon grief. We felt a, you did dear reader,
too much grief and indignation for words to en-
pre.. For four long years we had been a, work
fighting the rebellion, that our lawfully chosen
Chief Magistrate might ad minister the Law, in
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-02
A PROCLAMATION.
sY rns rknIDEsr oF The vNITED STATES OF
AkKkIcA.
WASHINGTON. Antil o.

WASHINGTON, April "a.
Whued,, BY my direction the acting Secre-
tary OF State, Ia notice to the public On the
l7th day Of April, requested the various relgi-
Gus denominations to assemble on the l9,h of
April, on the occasion of the obssquies of Abra-
ham Lincoln, late President OF the United States.
and to observe the same with appropriate cere-
monies, and
Whereas, Our country has become one great
house OF mourning where ths head Of the family
has been taken away, and believing special
period should be assigned for again humbing
ourselves before Almighty God in order that the
bereavement may be sanctifed to the nation,
Now,
Therefore, In order to mitigate that grief on
earth, which can only DO assuaged by commu.
nion with Our Father 10 Heaven, aud in COM
pliance with the wishes Of Senators aud Repre-
senatyes IN Congress mmunicated to me by
resolution adopted ut the National Capitol,
|, Andrew Johnson, President Of the United
Sla,es, do hereby applint THURSDAY, the 25.h
day OF May next, to be observed wherever the
United States flag may be respected, Ms day OF
Humiliation and mourning, and recommend my
fellow CT Eons there to assemble in their respec.
tive places oi worship, there to unite in solemn
services 10 Almighty God, in memory OF the
good man who has been removed, so that all
shall DO occupied at the same time in contmpla.
tion OF his virtues, and sorrow for his sudden
and violent end.
10 whereof have hereun,o SIT my hand, and
caused the seal OF the United States t. be affixed.
Done al the C'iy Of Washington. this 25ih day
Of APr,i, IN The year Of Our Lord one thousand
eghi hundrss and sir'y- hre aud Of the lnde-
pendenes Of The Uaiied States of America the
tighiy ninth. AsDskw Joussa,.
By the President,
W. HUNTER,
Acting Secfetarv af STATE
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-02

VERMONT DELEGATION VISITING President
JoHSsoN,-on the 22d Of April the yermonters
in Washington called upon presidsn, Johnson.
The delegation wa, quite large, consisting Of Gen.
Stephen Thomas, Col. Holbrook, Hon. S. b.
Colby, Hon. Silas Hodges, Hon Chas Lyman,
Jude Sargent, Judge Chipman, and one hundred
others.
Mr.. Colby addressed the presid,u, t,licitou,ly
as follows:
"Mr. PresiSeat;--Ciiren, Of Vermont, many
Of them here for the day Of sad funeral honor, to
our late lamented ohief, 10 whose place, under
the Constitution, you have succeeded, esteem il .
privilege 10 tender 10 hi, successor their senIi-
menl, Of profound regard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-02

Mr. Kingsley is very much above the ordina'
ry level Of novel writer's, although he by no
means reaches the highest plane where Thack-
cray, Dlokene, and Bulwer stand supreme. He
writes in forci5le, natural style, and his char.
acters talk much more as human beings ordins-
rily do,-than the characters in most novels.
lie sometimes seems, however, to be hardly care
iul enough in his choice of words, in those por-
tions Of the volume which are not conversation
al. But the volume, altogether, is 80 much su-
perior to the great bulk Of the rovels which
find multtudss of readers, and 80 little inferior
to any books except those written by the three
or four authors who stand upchalIenged in the
world Of letters, that we readily, and without
hesitation, commend it to the public
OrR YoUNG FOLKS for May is on our table.
The present number has the following table Of
contents The New Life, by the author Of the
" Seven Little Sisters" Three Days at Camp
Dougas-Il by Edmund Kirke The W onder.
iul Sack, by j. T. Trowbridge The Railroad
by Gail Hamilton Our Dogs,-Ill. by Mrs.
Stowe Young Love- by Charles A. Barry How
the Crickets bought Good Fortune Winning
His Way. by Carleton The Little Prisoner,
Ill by Edmund Kirke Farming for Boys
lV. by the author Of " Ten Acres Enough " :
Aaoat in the Forest " BY Mayne Reid Round
the Evening Lamp.
The number is proiusely illustrated and is
an improvement even on its predecessor in its
literary excellence.
GooEr's LABr's Book The May number of
this valuable magazine has made its appearance
and Is filled with all the varieties Of fashion,
and all else pertaining to the dress and toilet of
the lady Of taste. We notice, by the way, that
the bonneu are very much reduced in height, SO
much so that lightning-rods will hardly be nee
essary this summer, even il ii should be an un.
commonly stormy one. Title Of steel plate,
" First Of May" pretty picture. Another
picture is entitled " Good News"
HARrERs MAGAZINE for May has the following
articles Washoo Revisited, illustrated Child
oss Lyman Beecber, illustrated Heroic Deeds
Of Heroic Men vi Change of Ble,-illu,,
rated Over the Meadow The Houses We
Live 10 81, Icons Heir, Infancy and Age ,
Recollecuons Of Thomas with portrait On
the Heights Armadale ,--illustrAted The Uni
yersty Of Oxford; Our Mutual Friend illus
iraied The Old Letter The number contains,
besides these articles, the Monthly record Of
Current Events, -" Literary Notice." y" Editors
Easy Chair and Editors Drawer" This
number, which is the one hundred and eightieth
closes the thlfteth volume Of the Magazine /.
and the publishers announce, what is no doubt
the truth, that its popularity IS as great as ever
The Atlantic for May has the following table
Of contents With the Birds Gold Egg-A
Dream-Fantasy; Out Of the Sea My Student
Life at lotwyl; The Grave by the Lake Ice
and the E'quimaux-lII, Notes Of Pianist
Diplomacy Of the Revolution Our Battle Llu.
reate Doctor Johns-lY The Chimney Cor.
ner-V Needle and Gsrden-y Castles
Far Play tho Best Policy Reviews and Liter
AIRY Notices.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-02

Oh WELLS on BuRaAm.-The oil wells in
Barmah, it is estimated, have been yielding their
ptesen, supply of SOC, 600 barrel, per annum
at least hundred years, amounting during that
period TO about eighty million barrels Esgish
measure these, il arranged as previously stated,
would form continuous line Of oil barrels twenty
seven thousand three hundred miles long Oil
wells also exist in Persia, aud il Is said have late
been dscoveredl near the Sea Of Azos, while
the Island Of SamOs they existed five hundre d
ears before the Christian era.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-02
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-05

/ y Slamder case has been tried in Dos
ton which is dcnomnatcd in the Airertiser
Great Islander Case The plaintiff i.
Leonard Sturtcyaut of Winthrop Me-. who
had been doing business in New Orleans.
Tic defendant is Aaron 4. Allen The
action il thus stated.
This wa, an actonof SANDER in two
counts. The first count alleged that the
defendant in September, lo6l, accused the
plaintiff of beng seccssionist and traitor,
hy reason Of which accusation he was ar
rested and imprisoned in Fort Lafayette
The other count set forth that the de-
PENDANT malciously desiring to iujure the
plaintiff, falsely accused him Of being a
traitor and made this accusation to
officers of the United States, for the ex-
press purpose of having him arrested
and subjected to indignuy. Both counts
set forth special damages sustained by the
plaintiff by reason of LIS arrest and I'M
pri,onmcnt.
The answer drllicd the speaking Of the
alleged words by defendant and claimed
that, ii they were spoken, they were true :;
or, al amy ratr, that amy statements as to
the plaintiff made by the defendant were
made in good faith to officers of the I,1nted
states, in the discharge of his duty as a
patriotic citizen. and so were privileged.
The verdict was for the plaintiff, for
$50 on first count and for $32 500 OH the
second.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-05
On the Right Track.

The order which we publish below shows
that the Confederate shoulder straps are
now moving in the right direction
Let all ambitious. restless, madcaps, who
have been actively stirring up, and carry
ing on war with their governments for
the last few years, have leave to GO abroad.
No doubt they will find plenty to do i'll
their line of business, in England and
France, which fastened to acknowle ledge the
Confcderacy as a government. If they, as
often as once week, kick up serious rows
and talk Of their superior blood, and OF
mudsils. and the meanncss of labor. &c.
&c, and preach treason against the gov
crnment which is protecting them, their
fast friends, the Britons, will have only to
use little of the cordagc made of the cot
ton run out of the Confederate ports, about
their necks, to make all quiet again:
'0FricE OF THE PRovosr Marshal, }
Department of Virginia, Richmond, va y
April. 81, 1861
"Severnl of the parolcd officers of tho Army of
Northern Virginia having slgnifed their intc1-
tion to 20 abroad, to Europe or elsewhere and for
the present all permits for such officers to pass
through the loyal States having been suspended.
They are informed that passports and passage to
Halifax will be furnished them application to
the office OF the Provost Marshal General Of this
department.
by order Of
Major General f. O. C. oRD.
NJ. Il. PAIRIcK, Provost Marshal General"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-05
" What shall we do to be
Saved

The foolish and now thoroughly beaten
rebels may we'll ask the question at the
head of this article. What shall we do to
be saved from the necessary and Just con-
sequences Of our acts of treason towards
the government What shall We do to
save us from famine, from future retribu-
ton, from tho confscation Of all of our
goods, from the loss Of the rights of citizen
ship, from the loss Of social and civil
rights, from the loss Of our heads &C., &c.
There is but one answer TO all these
anxious inquiries, and that is, that Il por-
ton of the rebels amt worth saving
they are passed saving, and should he
strung up or sent out of the country. The
charitable verdict of Uncle Toby 90 the
fly go poor devil, there is room enough
in the wide world for me and thee" may
we'll be pronounced on some; willie with
Others, catch and hang them, should be
the judgement arrived at. Booth was a
poor insane tool in the hands of designing
and cool headed traitors. All those who
assisted in connecting that most atrocious
schemeo OF assassinating the President and
his cabinet, deserve no mercy. as portion
of those who concoctod the scheme Of
destroying the government deserve no
mercy and all these should be left to cry
in their great despair, in vain, "wllat shall
we do to be saved" The government can t
save such, because violated law, strict
justice to the living and dead, will not
permit it. Their great crimes forbid it,
But there is large class to whom mercy
will be shown ; and to this class it may
be said,-a return to loyalty, and an oath
to bear true fealty to the government with
works meet for repentance, will save
them. Let this class hasten to become
good citizens, and let the always loyal, ao-
cept them into the Union fold.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-05

DKATn OF DR.. VALENTINE MoTr.-
This lannon's surgeon died ON Wednesday
at his residence in Gralnercy Park, New
York, at the age of eighty years. lie was
native Of Glen Cove, Long Islnd /;
graduated as Doctor of Medicine at Colum-
bia College in lsO6, studied two yeus
thereafter iq London under the great but
eccentric Abernethy; went thence to Edin-
burg, then as nov the headquarters OF
anatomical surgery, and on arriving home
in 1909 he was made Professor Of Surgery
in Columbia College, and subsequently
held the same office in the College Of Ply
seiaus and Surgeons, and afterward others
OF similar character but of superior I'M
portance. His operations have embraced
the most critical in the history of surgical
science, and have been extensive and cx-
tremely successful. Many things which
were held impossible he has demonstrated
to he otherwise, and Sir Ashley Cooper
said IN coroboration Of this statement that
DIR. Mott had performed more of the great
operations than any man living. or that
ever did live He was well known To the
profession as the father Of surgery in
America.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-05
No Recognition OF the Rebel Deb,
or E.OH.l

The following concurrent res luton, intr1 ducel
by the iiunOIabe Charles sumner, Senator in
Congress from Massachusetts, i. tie explicit and
formal dee ara,ion of the National Legislature
against the assumption, or payment, or recogni-
ton OF the rebel debt or loan, in any way wAnt
.oever. When the holders of rebel securities in
London we:e apprised of the probability If the
enactment Il such prohibitory law. they began
to part With these dangerous investments, aul a
general suspicion deepsntd and tlackened against
them. The joint resolution pass d the Sanate on
the eth OF February, and was concurrcd in by
the House on the ID Of March, 1868, and is now
binding statute Of the Cover mcnt:
Whereas certain persons have pu, in circulation
the report that on the suppression uf the rebellion
the rebel debt OF loan may be recognized IN whole
or IN part by the United states; anil whereas such
report ia calculated to give false value to such
rebel debt or loan; therefore,
Resoired ~ thi N,a.'te (fhe H,n0r oonear,,nc),
That Congress hereby declares that the re5e debt
or loan simply aa agency Of the rebellion,
which the United states can never, under any cir
sumstance', recognize in any part or in any way
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-05
The Charleston Courier of April 1T

1.-The Charleston Courier of April Eth
was handed to us this morning by Mr.. Uran
who has son on board gunboat in
Charleston. 1t is unnecessary to add, that
this issue is one of new series, and is
published by new proprietors. 1t - Vol. |
No 1, and about the size of the Bangor
TJucs before its enlargement, 1t gives a
full account of meeting at Zion church,
at which Mr.. Beccher, Garrison, Wilson,
Kelly, &c, &c, made speeches. Mr. CARR
son went into the "Couricr" office. stcppcd
up to a case and set up the following par
agraph.
There is scarcely n man born in the
South who has lifted his hand against this
banner, but had Il father who would have
died for it. Is memory dead Has fatal
fury struck blindness or hate into ewes that
used to look kindly toward each other; that
read the same Bible; that hung over the
thn historic paegs If our national Glory I:
that ,udlll lAe -luc Com ttutim
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-05
Sup. Jud. Court---April Term.
CUTTING, j., PRESIDING

lat and I'd day. No. SOC. james Gray vs..
Harriet ". Stevens, Admr's. Action on bond
given by defendants in,cstatc TO convey to plain
uG certain real estate in Brooksvills on certain
condition. which plaintiff claims to have perform
Cd. Dcfendap, denies performance of these con-
di,ions on part Of plaintiff. Jury disagree.
Wiswell for PHI. Abbott d Hale for Def,
Sd and 4th days. No. i39. Sarah &. Carr ~.
James T Osgood. Action for damages for slIsgsd
non fuIhlmont Of contrast on part Of Def. to make
and ht = set Of false teeth in Plfs mouth. De.
fence that new contract had been sstsblished BY
both parties which had been performed By Den.
Verdict for Phi for $3.50.
woodman for Plf. watcrhouse 4 Emory for Def.
4th AMI 9th days No. 79l. Silas P. MsrriAas
/ ais. vs.. Z. .. Walker. Assumpsit for bill 81
goods sold by Pits. to Def. to amount Of 47s1,0V.
Deft admits Plffs' claim with the exception of tho
last bill for S2t6,ss, which he alleges was sued
before it became due-ha,ing been bought - q
four months bill. Plds. claim that the bill bos
came a cash bill by reason Of Def. failing to pro.
cure guarantor according to agreement.
Verdict for PIG. for S5i026, being amount Of
bill exclusive Of the S2i6,sG charged.
Wiswell for Plas. EAT. Hale for Def.
9th and 9Th days. No. ZIG. VIM. F. Mosely
VS.. Lcmucl Crabtree. Trespsss for taking Soow
OF Plf. Of value of $50. Defence that scow wss
taken by permission, was returned into the con.
structivc possession Of Plf, and that - extsava-
CANT value is put BY PHI. o. his scnw. Verdict
for PIG. for ga 76.
/ Wjswsl for PIE >. / 7. Hale for Def /.
On Trial. No. 100 yosssA ? Grant 4 ais vi,
George n. Black. Trover for taking 1900 mill
logs from the northeast portion Of MIS-, PINS claim
is township No. II Middle Division. Der. claims
that the land on which the logs eN is or
township No. %. Of which he is o~p.r. Tbs erss'
involves the north and scnth line between the two
townships.
prinkwater d Rowe for PlG.. Hale / J. A.
Peters for Dett.
ADMISSIONS.
On motion Of Eugene Hale, Esq, A. +. Burn-
ham, Esq. and WIN. p. Joy, ESQ, were admitted
to practice