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Vermont Items.

Jason Bahcock, aged 90, was killed in the
Passumpsic Railroad Shops at st. Johnsbury
on the 1Ith ult., by the fall of piece or
machinery on his head.
VIM. White and John Sanborn, each lost
finger the same day, by the circular saw
in the peg factory in the same town.
One day last week, the body Of Lloyd Kim
ball, who was drowned in Barnet sometime
IN March, was found in the river near Clare
mont, n. ii.
Some bibulous chaps in Rutland. Vt, who
stole, the other day, some pretty good
whiskey" from cask that nobody seemed
to own, found to their infinite horror and
disgust, not long after, that the cask con
tanned, besides the ''whIskey,' the body of
a negro preserved for dissection.
H. Robbins and sc. Parkhin of Cornwall.
took twenty dollar premium on their ram
Bonaparte, at Canandsigua, NY, last week.
and sold HIM to Mr.. Miles Rapalee, Of Yates
county, n. Y, for three thousand dollars.
John Phair broke into and robbed the
tannery in Vergennes, Thursday night, was
nabbed with his plunder next day, plead
guilty to a charge Of burglary, and is now
in Middlebury pail. He Is believed TO be the
man who shot at Mr.. Thompson of Vergen-
mes, not long since. 1t will be the PhG,r
thing to send John to Windsor.
In Woodstock on Wednesday Of last week.
stroke of lightning, fired barn on the
Howe farm. stunned John Fairbanks, and
killed a valuable yoke Of oxen. Fairbanks
was dragged senseless from the burning
building which was wholly destroyed.
Paul Burke. of Bennington, who deserted
after getting $1,000 bounty, has been nabbed
and taken TO Rutland.
Langdon Beetle and one Lee, in for theft
and drunkenness, broke JAIL IN Vergenncs
last Thursday night, by bending the bars Of
the window CRATES.
Two young burglars of 13, have been ar
rested for housebreaking in Sc. Johnsbury.
They broke into several houses and took
money and valuables while the occupants
were at church.
Three years ago this spring, Mr.. Daniel
G. Shaw of Barton, while riding from Island
Pond 10 Charleston, lost his pocket-book
containing S97- The present sprIng, while
driving over the same road, a man from Is
land Pond turned this wallet out of the mud
on his wagon wheel, and restored it TO .he
owner About $40 Of he money was well
enough preserved to be redeemed by the
banks.
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The Trial Of the ConspiratOrs.

;. h. Chester, an actor, testified that in
January, Booth told him he was engaged in
a conspiracy TO kill the President, and pro-
posed TO Chester to Join, but he refused.
John Deveney testified that he saw Booth
in Montreal talking with Sanders, and that
Sanders statement that he never saw Booth
was lie. When Booth Jumped from the
Presidents boz to the stage, Deveney recog-
nized him, and called out '' that is John
Wilkes Booth
Mary Jane Anderson, living N the alley
in the rear OF Ford's Theatre and near the
building. testified positively to seeing ard
hearing Booth call four times for Spangler.
the stage carpenter, as he rode up the alley
and disrho-pted at the stage door, a few min
utes preceding the assassination OF the Pres-
dent in the box of the theatre And that
she saw Booth come out Of the theatre door
and ride away.
John Barrows, door tender Of the thea
tire, testified that he held Booths horse on
the night of the assassination, and that
Spangler called him to do il that Spangler
helped him that day to take the partition
out of the Presidents box, and cursed the
President and Gen. Grant
According to VIM Williams, a witness
before the court Wednesday, DR.. Mudd de-
MED altogether that there had been any
strangers at his house. Mudd seemed un-
easy and was not willing to give informa-
tion without being asked, but be subsequent
y saId be had set Booths leg.
Simon Garcon testified that be was at Dr.
Mudd's on the Tuesday succeeding the assas-
sinatiOn. when Madi then said some one had
come along with fractured leg and that he
helped him into the house.
Mudd on Tuesday denied that he knew
them when on Friday the witness went 10
arrest Mudd. the latter stated ho thought it
was Booth who was at the house The off
GERS were about TO search the house when
Mrs. Mudd threw boot down stairs. on the
lining OF which was marked " j. Wilkes"
As Mudd stated, the man who was there had
whiskers. Iuii said he had been Introdu-
ced to Booth last fall IN. did not identity
him.
Willis Jett, who had been in the army as
agent in Carolina county, tesus
lied that on the 18th of April he saw a wagon /
near Port Conway. As he drew near. Har-
Did who was there, said his brother had |
been wounded. Harold called out to wit |
hess and said che supposed they were rails
ng command TO 20 SOnth." Harold then
aid, 1--WE are the assassins N the Presi- |
lent
Booth came and Harold introduced him as
us brother under the name Of Boyd, and 4
witness and his companions went on to Bow
ing Green, leaving Booth ON the way to
iarIett's, TO whose house Harold returned.
Witness and his companions were dressed in
,rey, and Of course he said Harold must
ave known who they were. On cross exa-
ninatiOn Harold did not say he was the as
assin, but 1--WE are the assassins. - and
'ointing to Booth, said, ''yonder is the
nan who killed the President
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Southern Sentiment.

1t was long since asserted that the people
Of the Soath We're tired Of the war. and
would gladly make peace, If their leaders
would let them. The lower classes had not
the malignity and desperate hate which the
planters had. = stimulate them in continu-
ing the unequal contest to the ineyitable
end. their own destruction. The difference
OF sentiment between officers and priyates
among prisoners has been commented upon
the former being generally loud-mouthed IN
their defiance Of the Government. as rebel
hogs as ever, though for the time unable to
do harm, while the latter were glad 10 come
into our lines, take the oath Of allegiance and
get something to eat, conecdin. that it was
httle use to fight any longer And the whole
South has been full of de-erters from the
rebel armies, refusing any longer to fight for
JEFF Davis.
This same difference of feeling L. yet found.
though the rebellion Is practically crushed
ami armed resistance is at end. a c1rres-
pendent of the Boston TrareHer. writir
freH Knoxville. where par3led rebel. were
coming iu oy Tie thousand, says
" Tasy c0liuct themselves 18th proprietv.
and all express themselves gI.i ths. the war is
over. tar 10 has been anything Lut paving
business far them. Many OF them have baen IN
the service four years and now return with moth
.ug hrt 'he clothes Un their backs aud their
pocAv,z Iuil 90 Confederate money, payable Two
years after tie ratification OF peace between the .
Confederate and United Ststes,l 10 md their
houses burned, their farms laid waste. their .
families scattered and starving. The rEiyate .
soldiers OF the nlrel army deserve tine pity Of all,
but the officers show boy their general conduct
that they are still unsubiued. The old spirit OF .
mplacahle hatred Of N,rthern men and North
ern ideas still shows itself. but it Is q consola-
tiou TO know that IFS power to harm has gone
that, sooner, or later, It must succumb to the
iudomItsble spirit and enterprise OF the hated
''i ankee,' and that the change already begun
IN Southern society Is to 20 forward till the
whole nation, from Maine 10 Texas. Is happy
and prosperous
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Ghe 9ret prsss.
THE REBELLION CRUSHED.
hi RLiNGTON
FRIDAY MORNING MAY 26. 1855

With the fall Of Richmond and the sur
render Of Lee, the conviction that the rebel
lion was in effect put down, became general.
Zach days event since have strengthened it.
The SHAREHOLDERS Rebellion Is ut an end.
The War Department now officially an
nounces that al forces Of the enemy east of
the Mississippi have been surrendered. and
that after the lst Of June all persons found
IN arms and hostility against the United
States, viii be treated a. guerillas and pun
ished with death.
In four years time, the greatest, most de-
lberately planned, and most causeless rebel
lion the world ever saw, has been put down.
In four years time the fire that broke out so
unexpectedly to large part Of the North.
and which ragged with fury that threatened
to deyour all that was before it. has been
extinguished Only embers remain to be
STAMPED ont by the IRON heel Of military
power.
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Miscellaneous.

POWER OF INAGINATIoN.-Alexander Duma.
published, some time ago, in d daily Pari
Paris paper, novel IN which the heroine
prosperous and happy, Is assailed by con-
SUMPTION. All the gradual SYMPTOMS an,
most touchingly described, and the grca,e,,
interest wac felt Tor the heroine
One day the Marquis de Calomieu called
on him.
BE- Dumas" laid he, " have You COMPOSED
THE end Of the story now bein. published IN
n, - -
'' OF fcour,e.
'' Does the heroine die IN the cul2'
' or c0ursc-lIc- Of consumption After
such symptoms a- have described, how could
she liye3'
" You will have to make her live Won
must change the catastrophe.
oil. cannot.
Ye-, You must for on your bcroine's lite
depends my daughters,
'' Your daughters.
.' Ye,. ,he has all the yaIiou, symptom,
1t consumption Nou have described, ami
watches mpurniuliy for every nov uumhgr
+ your uo,Oi. r.adin. her own atc in Your
heroine =. Vow, q yJu make y5lr heroine
i've. my daughter, Whuse in giua-iop na-
5ecn deeply affected. viii 1--we, t,o. Come. q
lie % ssvo = a temptation ---
90 N1t 10 %. resisted.
Dumas changed his la-t chapter Fls be-
roine recovered and was happy
Ah1lt five years aiterwtrC- Dumas met
the Marquis at party
"Ah, Dumas. - be exclaimed. % let me IN
lroduce YOU TO my daughter; ,he owes her
life O. You. There she Is
'' Glat fnt. handsome woman. WHO looks
like Jeaun,. d'Arc?"
&c le,; she j, married, anu hs, had four
children.
And my novel four editions, "a ID Du-
mas '' ~ we are quits
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BRAr1LrBoRo' IrrNs AND MILITARY Isl

BRAIILEBoRo' lrENs AND MILITARY lSTELII-
GENcE-Majors 7. E. Pratt, 4th Vt, and {. h.
Fleming. 1lth. Capt Frank Ksnfeld. 18th,
LIST Lieuts E. Holden and E. II. Higley. Cav
airy, lst Lieut. A. D. Matthews, and ID Its
E. j. McWain, John brennan, E. B. Smith
and NJ g. Sargent. llth, and I'd Lieut.. 6. C..
Lewis, Cavalry. have been mustered out OF
service by the War Department, their va
cancies not TO be filed.
Over zoo convalescents Of Vt. Hospitals
have recently been mustered out OF service
at Bra,tleboro and 30 paroled prisoners from
Annapolis have arrived for muster out.
Major Rodgers, Paymsster, is paying of
the men mustered out.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Draper, of the
Genl Hospital, has asked for his discharge,
hayius receiTed a good appointment at the
Worcester Insane Asylum.
The 9th, 10th, llth Regiments. recruits
for old regiments Of 1862, and oue-year's men
enlisted prior to Oct. let 1864, are 70 lie
mustered out of service, and sent to the State
for payment and discharge.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

The polls open tomorrow at 10 O'Clock A.
VI.
The present city officers are AZ follows.
MayOr-ALBERT L. CATLrN.
Rec0TdT-E r. HARD.
NORTH WARD.
Aldrmal-Lawrence Barnes, Levi Under
wood
Common Couneilmeu-John :. Arthur.
John Ii. Worcester, Henry LOOMS
CENTRE WARp.
AideTmee-O. A. Dodge. Calvin Blodcett
ComabHen-Salmon Wires. Charles Mil
Ter, Wallace II Brink.
SOUTH NARp.
AHrme7-G. :. APPLETON. Rus>el 5. Taft.
CouHamn-O. j. Walker. George ".
Beckwith, 2 y. Ballou
The Ward Officers are as follows.
North Ward Warden. T. f. Wales
CLERK. =. K. Hiok.k, Inspectors. II. Bur
nett, Wm. Brr-msid, J ru L.-cum
Centre Warden. /. B. Eu.lesby
Clerk, B. L. Benedict Inspectors. j. A..
Shcdd. j. X. Gray. y. B. Wheeler.
South Nard-W arden. G. r. EimuuIs
CLERK, II ". Dana Inspectors. lis. White.
Z. W Chase, b. Is. >mali,y.
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= o Q t rE.
The May Flower.

Sad Mayfower! watched by winter stars.
And nursed by winter gales,
With petals Of the sleetei spsrs.
And leaves Of frozen sails,
Whist had she in those dreary hours.
Within her ice-rimmed bay,
In common with :he wildwood flowers,
The first sweet smiles of May,
Yet "Goi Re praisedl'' the Pilgrim said,
Who saw the blossoms peer
Above the brown leaves, dry and dead,
Behold our MayfoEer here,
"God wills it here our rest shall be,
Our years Of wandering o'er,
For US the NsydoWer OF the Sea
Shall spread her sails 10 more.
o. sacred flower of faith and hope
A. sweetly nov as ther
V bloom on many a birchen slope,
In many pine-dark glen.
Behind the sea-wali's rugged length,
Unchanged, your leaves unfold,
Like love behind the manly strength
OF the brave hearts Of old.
So live the fathers in their sons,
Their sturdy faith be ours,
And ours the love thst overruns
It's rocky strength with flowers.
The Pilgrims wild and win;ry day
Its shadow round Us draws:
The Nayhower Of his stormy bag,
Our freedoms struggling cause.
But warmer suns ere long shall brin-
To life the frozen sod;
And through dead leaves ofhope shall spring
Aires the flowers Of God,
JOHN G. WHlrrrFR.
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NUMBER FORTY EIGHT.

force to and him, and there exists among his
own people no such love for Che obstinate
and selfish old despot as will induce them
to rise en- masse TO his rescue. He viii b
forwarded IN hot haste to Washington, and
be entered with the other criminals now be-
fore the military court To be tried for the
murder of President Lincoln.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, the present wife of
the arch-traitor, who has been captured with
him, is his second wife, the daughter Of
General Taylor having died many years
since, Mrs. Davis maiden name vas Yerina
Howell. She is said to be granddaughter
Of General Howell, of New Jersey. She Is
still young woman, with family, we be-
lieve, or four children.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

Mr. Boynton one Of the delegates appoint
Ell to attend the Far at Stettin, publishes
long letter In the Rutland Herald, giving his
reasons for throwing up the commission.
His statement that Gov. Smith refused to
give him proper credentials was made be
cause he was misled by the unfortunate
wording o Mr. Clark's note with the letter
GOV. Smith did give. Mr.. BoyntOn. having
known several just such cases, did hot think
ognitIon gs commissioner from Vermont
and as there was not time 10 write TO the
Governor again, Mr. BOyntn ielt compell-
cd TO give up the mission.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

DUSALD STEWART of Niddlebury, Judge Ad-
vocate, with the rank of ist lieutenant.
These are excellent appointments
The staff Of the First Brigade is now com
plete, as follows Mai. o. 6 Benedict, As
sistant Adjutant General and Brigade Inspect
or; Capt. Edward !. Smith. Assistant Q. NJ
General, Brigade Ordnance Officer. and Com
missary of Subsistence lst Lieut. c. II. Ben
ton, Aid-de-camp; let Lieut.. Dugald Stew
art, Judge Advocate.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

President LNooLN's SPEECH AT GEITYs-
sUEG.-Fourscore and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this continent
new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedi-
Gated to the proposition that all men are
created equal. Now We arc engaged in a
great civil war, testing whether that nation
or any nation so conceived and 30 dedicated
can long endure. We have met on a great
battlefield Of that war. We have come 20
dedicate portion Of that field as final rest
ing-place for those who here gave their lives
that that nation might live. IL is altogether
fitting and proper that We should do this.
But in larger sense We cannot dedicate,
we cannot cOnsecrate, we cannot hallow
this ground. The brave men, living and
dead, who struggled here, have consecrsted
1t far above our power 10 add or detract.
The world will little note, nor ilong remem-
Der what We say here, but it can never
forget what they did here. 1t is for US. the
the living, rather to be dedicated here TO the
unfinished work which they who fought
here have thus far so nobly advanced. 1t is
rather for US to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us, that from
these honored dead We take increased devo-
ton 10 that cause for which they gave the
last full measure Of devotion that we here
highly resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain that this nation, under God,
shall have a new birth Of freedom, and that
the government of the people, by the people,
and for the people, shall not perish from
the earth.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

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trees which hsva been or uay te planted .n the
streets, Iu such way -- .e mes. tte approval
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saen a''s,.n' f adverse 20 '0s -'rari.
purpose.
Section makes the ordinance b.uiius upon
street 'onl-iss'0 '0ners' ana imposes d penalty af
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him liable 10 the party injured f.- sI dam
ages.
A.i. Iaft introduced am "pri.uanrs IN r,ls-
tion 20 Saloons. which vss ras,ei
THE or rIruance proy;ies that the Bsrior Az
dermen may AZ nv time revoke a Isssuss .,r,,--
ed for keeping saloon or victualin- house. and
in their discretion nav order an esurt,b'. rrs-
portion Of the money p.ii for the license - b.
refunded
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

\ CAUTION TO The DoCToRs.-I cannot
hut regard the medical faculty az leniin.
therD-eives. dnconscIously and doubtless witn
the very best intentions, 10 this danger. No
body oi cltizens are more truly public-spirit-
I'd. more earnest 10 do right, more seli-acrI-
6cirg and labor-enduring. or more dIsinter-
estcd. than physicians. All honor 70 them
admire them and revere them. And u Is
not a charge that | make gainst the medi-
cal profession. | simply cauti on them not
% lend themselves, as they are liable 10 do.
to this work OF intemperance- Like every
socal body, they are subject to tides Of
fashion. You know that there Is a fashion
uf bonnets. fashion Of coats, fashion OF
pleasure. and amusements, and a fashion of
eating and drinking, and there ,s fashion
OF nmedies. Doctors have fashions And
JUST NON the tide sets very strongly IN the
direction OF alcoholic cstimulants-particula
II Of Bourbon whiskey. Everybody has.
tirst OF last, one Of these complaints Everv-
thing is either neuralgia, OF the heart
complaint, or dyspepsia. with the doctors
and Bourbon whIskey seems to be the great
wholesome stimulant. The minister. whose
ne vous system is derangsd by too close ap-
plicatiun to his professional duties, drinks
Bourbon whiskey-the doctor tOld him to.
The merchant, who has oyertaxed his pow
ers OF body and mind oy confning himself
night aud day to his business, drinks
Bourbon whiskey-his physician told him to.
The lawyer whose BRAIN Is perpeuuallv at
work and intensely at work, drinks Bourbon
whskev-his doctor told him to. Everybody
that feels bad is drinking Bourbon whiskev,
nnoer medical prescription | do not say
lat it is not good remedy. [ have no
question that II is,when properly prescribed,
10 special instances, - IL qulnIne. or anv
other tonic or stimulant But the indie
crIminate and almost universal prescription
Of It know cannot be right. think that
matter has gone iull lar a. fashion wIll
ustiiy, and that physicians should begin to
hold hack, and TO discriminate. and TO ma ke
lever cases ~ which thIs all-healing remedy
s applicable. Otherwlee. under the cover
II medical prescription, Ne are going 10
havo deluge of whiskey on the land again.
For no soon as it is found OUT that the phys
'clan prtscribes whiskey lor everything, men
viii ',ot 20 to HIM any more. but will buy
II m large quantities and at wholesale rates,
and administer IT the,nselves
We affirm the truth that the common use
d intoxicating drinks is the chief cause of
crime, OF vice. of poverty, of public disorder,
and taxation for criminal purposes. This i
staple allegation Of old temperance reform [,
y. It's true Ii is as true to-day ar ever
Il wss and 1t wac alwsys truer than men
Eould believe. There IL no ruth IN polite
Il economy more important, more vital, I
'ntn this.-Henry Ward Beecher.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

MANE AGHcULTURAI CoLIEsE. The 'rus-
tees # this college have organized by the
choice OF Hon. Hannibal HamIn, OF Bangor.
President ). :. Goodale, OF Saco. Secre-
cary Pliueas Barnes. OF Portland, Treasur-
CT. Tlror propositions have been submitted
70 the Board. VIZ Hon. F. o. j. Smith
farm, al Gorham, B. f. Nourse's farm, at
Orrlngton and the Togus estate, IN Chelsea
The two former the owners propose 10 give
the property outright TO the state, the lat
ter proposes to have the land appraised by
.dlsinuerested persons. and then sold 10 the
state. the anionut received 10 bc given to the
nsututIYn->
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MURDERER AT LARGE On Monday of last
week, J. c: Egglestou, of Guilford, Ct, was
shot dead by one Andrew knowles. Il is
supposed that the murderer passed through
St. Adams on Saturday. A reward Of two
hundred dollars is offered for the sppreben-
sion Of Knowles, or for such infofmation as
will lead to his arrest He is described as
five feet four inches high, weighs one hun
dred and forty pounds, has brown hair, fair
complexion, a full face, wears black round
top hat with stiff brim, a black fpock csst.
light f1colored pants, and has ., sort Of, rock
Ing or sbambling gait when be vslks.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

TsH FRsspxES's BuRzAU.-Gen. O. o.
Howard, appointed commissioner of the
Fresdmen's Bureau, has taken possession Of
his ofbce, and issued an order requesting re
ports from all superinssndenss, and copies of
all orders relating to freedmen BY command
ers of military districts. He says The
negro should understand that ne Is really
free. but on no account, if able TO work,
should he hsrbor the thought that the Gov
eminent will support him in idlenscs."
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

DECLINE IL THE PRICE OF PRoDUCE.-Ihe
recent Leayy decline in the price Of produce
has seriously affected many engaged IN that
branch OF trade. The decline in the price of
oats has been the greatest. consequently Op-
orators are heavy losers We hear ot one
cargo arriving at New York from Chicago,
the sale of which, at current prices, would
not meet the transportation ana other charges
against it. Dealers in rye AMI barley have
also suffered. In many quarter We learn
that the Losses already sustained have more
than oycrbalanced the profits made during
the r,gn OF high prices, since the breaking
out OF the war.-ABeny Argus.