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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17
Henry A. Wise on Slavery.

Ex-Governor Henry A. Wise of Vir-
ginia, in an address lately delivered
at Norfolk, in that State for the bene-
fit of the Southern churches devastat
ed by the war, argued that the re-
bellion was brought about in the
providence of God for the destruction
of slavery, but that it was wrong to
punish individuals for acts clearly
committed in accordance with the de-
sign of the almighty. Governor Wise
SAID:
He is, fear, an infidel who doesn't
see that the fire and sword of this war
were sent from heaven. God knew
that we could be torn away from our
black idol of slavery only by fire and
blood and the drawn sword of the de-
stroying angel of war He sent them,
and we ought to praise the Most High
that he did not send worse plaques,
like those of Egypt, against whatever
weakness or wickedness we chung to
like Pharaoh. But l appeal to Chris
tan charity, and to every known law,
whether individual citizens and per-
sons ought to be vindictively punish
ed by man or Government for the acts
of sovereign states and the inevitable
interposition of Divine Providence.
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August II.

This is the way tbev -,
sue at a late repujlican put the is.
illlnois' Resolved, that e ,,n in
must be made odius, but flo, treason
not be made odius by c;y ',". 1t can
o or"os N congress, nor by feedipa ,eIe d
o,s1n DeVis ON poached eggs and ; Isu,
Hiram Lightner. n do,o.
Colorado to Philadelphia, T sa'e e, RON
fortunate as to be arrested. ;"S, 50 .. IN,
was WI leaving Danver, for s 'Hs| as he
So,oOO bar of gold from tho ns'",lhg
company. The gold was fon v SsApfess
possession, and he was sent g. ~ Il, ms
lack of bail. 0"' W jail for
Postmasters who get
from E. L. Williams, secretary ', as,
them to declare for johnson o "o1'lg
send him five dollars as initiate; ~no 10
INTO some political club, must ba n IT., lee
common green to do it. uu'
Tho city of Charleston s r.
not made so much progress na'
building during the last font "
months as Portland has dur,nn ,'e 81
last five weeks. Cause-want :, 'ne
ergy. VI ch'
Gibson, the celebrated pedes,.;..
is executing wager at Ouch u.
walk " miles day for six daye m 70
first day he completed the distono1 Ale
nineteen hours aud half al
The Madison Ind co.
states that tape worm one bnnd..,
feet in length was recently taken '' ,,o,.
the body of Mr. james McFadden =,
North Madison. VI
Some practical individual has q.
certained by mathematical invest.
ton, that if the entire corn cram "
Illinois for 1865 were made into Jpbn
ny cake, it would put cake into ,bo
hands of every soul on the globe arse
enough to feed the planet for two
days.
Somebody has turned up in Al.
ans county, Illinois, who lays claim
to the original plat on which the citr
of indianapolis is built He claims
that the land on which the CITY stands
was owned by one John d. Wheeler
who left it to his nephew, and now 4
has come into the possession of The
present claimant.
GIN SHERIDAN's DISPATCHES VAR.
Gus statements have been made is re-.
gard to the tenor of Gen. Sheridan
dispatches about the New Orleans riot
The Jersey City Times now makes the
following statement.
"a gentleman Just from Washington
informs us that he knops that the fol-
lowing is a part of what General Phi
Sheridan did send in his dispatch to
the authorities at Washington in re.
ference to the riot at New Orleans
He says Gen. Sheridan used substan-
tally the following language:
This is one Of the greatest outrages
that ever occurred in any country.
refuse to obey the orders of any con.
federate. / tender my resignation,
and shall keep New Orleans under
murtial law until further adyices.
"A coiored woman plucking some
ears of corn in field in the suburbs
of Nashville, Tenn, was shot dead by
the owner. a Methodist minister, on
the 25th ult.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17

ss5- Hon. John A. Bingham, after
his denomination for Congress in the
Sixteenth District of Ohio, was called
out and made capital speech, of
which the following is a sketch. He
said.
The last hour of the great conflict
has come, the battles by the bayonet
has been fougth and won, and now the
conflict of the ballot only remains, that
weapon lirmer set and surer than the
bayonet. There are but two parties
now, as during the war, the friends OF
the Republic, Of the Constitution, of
liberty, OF equal rights, and the friends
oil That despotism, conspiracy and
treason which has sought to disrupt
ana rum the country. The question
Is SIMPLY whether loyal men or trail
tors shall rule the nation. | regard
ihe proposed amendments to the Con-
siitntlon as involving the issue be-
tween tue two parties.
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Judge HOyt's Position.
A FAIR REQUEST AND 4 SQUARE REPLY.

A FAIR REQUEST AND A SQUARE REPLY.
The following correspondence speaks
for itself. We are glad to see 1t, and
give it to the public, not because it
gives us, or any of Mr.. Hoyt's friends,
any new information, or because there
has been any doubt whatever, in any
well informed quarter, of his perfect
accord with the advanced principles
Of Vermont Republicanlsm, but be-
cause the tongue of FALSEHOOD
has been busy with his political fame
His letter knocks the SANDER on the
head And now we ask our readers
who have any respect for truth and
decency, if cause whose chosen
weapons are bribery and falshood,
ought to prevail Let the answer be
given at Hydepark next Wednesday
BuRLrNeroN, Aug. 20, 1866.
Hon. r. H. HoW:
DEAR SR:-An impression is sought
to be created in this community, that
your position upon the main political
issues of the day is questionable that
you favor the policy Of President John
son in the matter of Reconstruction, OF
restoration, and are all opponent of Tia,
policy Of Congress, indicated by the
passage of the Freedmens Bureau bill
the Civil Rights bill, the proposed
Constitutional Amendments, &c.
Not so much for our own sakes a,
for the satisfaction of some honest mel
who do not know you, and for the 81
lencing of others who are disposed tc
mischief, we would thank you to ex
press to US, in reply, your position up
on these and kindred questions.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
DANIEL ROBERTS,
e. Il. HARD,
J. S. ADAMS,
CHAS f. WARD,
GEO H. BIGELOW,
c. G. BENEDICT,
WIN. G. SHAW,
l.. b. ENGLESBY.
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Change OF Commanders at Rich
mOnd.

The Albany Journal dwells upon the
"banishment" to Utah of that sterling
officer, General Terry, who, by his
thoroughg going administrations at
Richmond, has made himself obnox-
ious to all unrepentant rebels. OF his
successor, and of the reasons of the
change, the Albany Jonrna thus
speaks:
General Sehofeld is Westpointer,
and very respectable soldier. But
he is also a johnson conservative"
and an enthusiastic supporter of my
policy" During the early period of the
war, as commander of the Department
of Missouri, he incensed and imbitter-
ed every loyal man III that State by
his shameful intrigues with the Rebels
who are now leading the "claybank"
faction, and by his namby PANTY, shil-
ly-shally method of meeting their afro
cious combinations. Like Mcclellan,
he was for carrying on the war with
kid gloves and tufts of grass. After
ward, as corps commander under Sher-
man, he did some very good fighting;
but he neyerplaced himself in a position
which made him odius to the South
ern soldiers.
The same reasons which prompted
the Punishment of the lion-hearted
aad energetic Terry to the distant
plains of Utah, undoubtedly suggested
the appointment of his inefficient and
incapable successor And the Rebels
IN Virginia have no reason to regret
the change"
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17

HE AMERICAN SQUADRON IN Russia
A cordial and magnificent reception
has been given to the United States
squadron by the Russian fleet at Cron-
stadt The Emperor Alexander visited
the flagship Austria, and also the
Miantonomoh. All due honors were
paid to him and he was saluted by the
hiteen-lnch guns of the monitor All
the vessels We're fully decorated for the
occasion. Mr. Fox, with the Ameri-
can officers Murray, Beaumont and
van Buren,, accompanied the emperor
III The imperial yacht on his return and
dIned with him. The ears toast To
Mr. Fox after dinner was, II drink to
the prosperity of your country, and
nope that the present fraternal feeling
may continue forever between Russia
and the United States" The banquet
by the Russians To the officers was a
most enthusiastic affair. The Ameri-
can visitors were entertained at
grand dinner by the city officials to-
day, apd left for ST. Petersburg
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The COpperhead Elephant.

Those managers of the Philadelphia
Convention who had hoped to have
everything done up with neatness
end dispatch, are grieved to find what
an elephant they have drawn in the
Copperhead exile Vallandigham. They
don't want him at all-not that Mey
and their Southern brethren have any
objection to him; not in the least: but
Northern voters 1ace---"and that's
what's the NATTER but he insists that
he is both wanted and needed, and it
is very ugly business to turn him out
In short, the managers feel that it is
distraction to reject him, and distruc-
ton to keep him. Hence the great
question connected with the Conyen-
uon--overshadowing for the time the
hated radicals, my policy, and even
Moses hlmself--has come to be,
"What shall, what can be done with
Nallandigham 2" One might almost
think that the Philadelphia movement,
regardless of the pretended objects for
which it was called, had resolved itself
into committee of the whole on the
stale of Vallandigham.
Our advice in the premises is not
called for, but it is given, nevertheless,
to wit: that the whole pother amounts
to nothing The people understand
perfectly that the question whether
Vallandigham goes into or stays out of
the Philadelphia Convention is a ques-
ton of tactics the army and the cause
remain just the same--and when tao
ties are seen through by the enemy
they are worthless. Fancy the rep
resentatives of eight or ten rebel States
voting to reject Vallandigham on ac-
count OF his obnoxious peace senti-
ments Can anything be more absurd?
Again, if he is to be put out, what is
to become of all who devoutly sub
scribed to the Chicago creed that the
war for the Union was ga failure" and
cessation of hostilties ought to have
been sought at once? No, from the
loyal point of view the difference be-
tween Vallandigham and the great
majority of his associates at Philadel-
phia is not worth contending about.
They are all linked in sympathy, they
mean to unite at the polls, and they
ought not to be ashamed to fraternize
IN the campaign.
The upshot of the history of the
Philadelphia movement we suspect to
be this: A few disaffected managers.
surrounding the President, designed a
controlling movement inside of the Re
publican party, for the suppression of
radicals, the distribution of patronage
and other purposes. The scheme
failed. Then they stepped outside the
party, with the hope of distracting it
drawing off portion of the Republi-
can masses and forming select new
party. That, too, has failed by reason
of the Republicans not responding to
their invitation, while the secessionists
and the Copperhead did. Thus the
logic of events has driven these schem.
ers to their present predicament
They have turned their backs mon
more than nine-tenths of the men who
stood by Abraham Lincoln and carried
through the war, and their nresent
coquetry and dilIy dallying with their
new associates is a matter of no nroc-
ilcal consequence whatever Boston
Journal
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17

A COOP SHoT.-A man by the name
of Higgins, in Chesterfield, N. H.,
went into corn-feld in that village a
few days since, to prevent the further
depradations of an INSCRIPTIONS SPUR
rel. Having taken good sight on
the chap,across his gun, he blazed away,
annlhllatlng the squirrel, lodging one
shot IN the scalp of neighbor, Mr..
Elias Mead, and killing chicken in a
barn near by None of the parties
were insured.
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JUDGE HoYT's REPLY.
ST.. Adams, Aug. IL, 1866.

Geademen:-
In reply to your note Of the 10th
inst, ] have to say, that have always
supposed it to be my characteristic
fault, that | am over. free in the ex-
preston of my opinions upon all sub
jects, and can hardly believe that my
views upon the questions you suggest
are doubtful to any who know me
Those who know me at all, know that
am radical of the radicals: that /
have been from the first an opponent
of slavery, it's domination and its oil
garehy; that | sustained the war to
the extent of my ability, and all the
anti-slavery phases of the war; that in
this unfortunate difference between
Congress and the President, / am with
Congress and against the President,
unless he shall come back to the point
from which he so violently diverged.
[ heartily approve of the sound Con
gressional measures to which you
make reference, holding that the loyal,
and all the loyal, irrespective of race
or color, and only the loyal, should
have a hand in the restoration and
administration of the government.
Very respectfully, your ob't serv't
II. H. HOYT
To Danl Roberts, e. r. Hard and
others.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17

1HE StNATorsHlr-Ihe Burlington
Free Press is authorized TO state that
Hon John q. Smith has notified Sena-
tor Edmunds that be (Smith) will IN
no case be a candidate against Mr..
Edmunds for the vacant seat in the L.
). Senate, to be filled by the next Leg
lsiatnre Gu the contrary. the Gov
ernor accords to Mr.. Edmunds his
hearty support for the position.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17

Gov. Henry A. WISE "A dispatch
from Norfolk, Va, says that the pcs
dent has restored to Gov. Wise his
property in that vicinity, which had
been conhseated during the war Misc
was one OF the most active rebels of
Virginia during the rebellion. ard tbis
act OF the President is probably inten'
ded to more fully illustrate what viii
De the parctical effects Of my policy"
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17
BRIGHTON MARK Er-A"g"'' 10

Beer CattIe.--Extra fat and heavy osn ,ls Is;
oxen, sl4.00 si4, 5tl LIST quality sls, ss silOOG
"a qnaiity Sl2.25 $3.50; on "nfhide, tallos
sl2.OU, 4 100 lbs, on total WeiBh' VI 49,
and dressed beef. 80, - aecOrding
Working Oxen.-Sl7o sSoo VI
TO value as beef. "a s,ood ~
Mitch Cows.-s55 SIS; extra ana YVf arrow
a 1926, without calves, az mas po ab''
and ordinary s35 a As. to0 0 SOW
per head. a., -a,ai ~ a lie'
Dressed. 90 a rs cents. Fat Hogs, ivse
,eat calves 5000 a slz w Pei ~ Country
lots. sI a ae. raifskins Csc &c.
iaiiow.-7 a 1 Q b ib'
Peisrs. tl.87 a sO6p ssch'
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August 6. 1866.

ezs- Mr., Young. of Charlton, Iowa,
had a ire-bug taken from his ear few
days since, after it had remained there
30 years, much to the detriment OF his
hearing.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17

Died, In Waterloo, Wisconsin, July
25th, 1866, Mrs. Emma A. Mead, wife
of Cyrus p. Mead, Esq, aged IS years.
The deceased was the eldest daugh-
ter of Nathan A. Draper, Esq, of st. AL
bans, Vt, of which place she was ma
tive. For several years she resided at
White Creek, n. Y, whence she re-
moved to Wisconsin. She was noted
for her exemplary conduct in all the
relations of life, and occupying a high
social position and surrounded by kind
friends and devoted husband, life
seemed to be unusually attractive and
promising, when death came and hur.
ried her away to better world
leaving fond husband and numerous
friends, here and at the West, to la
men1 her loss
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Obituaries.

Ralph Grinnell, Esq, of East
Georgia, died at Georgia August Sth,
1866, in the SD year of his age. He
was native of Stonington, Conn, and
had lived in Georgia over sixty years.
He drove the first mail stage from
Rutland to Canada line and had the
first mail contract for that service. He
married Emily Hyde of Georgia and
had seven children, four of whom are
living Rev. Alvah Sabin preached
the funeral sermon on the 9th inst.
Mr. Grinnell was tall, energetic
man, and one of the earliest freemasons
in the county, and for many good quail
tiles of head and heart was highly es-
teemed by all who knew him.
Died, at St. Adams, at the residence
of her son Capt George p. Conger,
August Z, 1866, Mrs. Sarah Writer'S,
widow of the late John Writers, Esq,
of Georgia, aged n years.
The deceased was native of st. Al
bans, and was kind-hearted neighbor
and a devoted mother, wife and chris
tian. She leaves large circle of rela-
tives and friends to lament her loss
The funeral sermon was preached
August 9th, by the Rev. II. X. Cobb,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
st. Adams, of which the deceased was
an exemplary member
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NV Yonk. Aug. 1
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-24
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

BURGLARY AND LARCENY. On Tues
1av morning about two O'Clock. the Elk
ohonpe 4 Brokers office of j. H. White
hurst & Co., situated OH the northeast
n,rner of Wide Water street and Market
place. was broken into, and an attempt
made by the burglars to force the safes.
The outside fastenings of tine safe bar
confined by a paddock, were forced by
breaking the hasp of the lock. Throw
ing the bar back, the thieves then en-
deavored to force the combination lock
of the outer door of the safes but find
ing their attempts abortive they left the
premises of Mr.. Whitehurst, and forced
an entrance through the partition into
the store of Mr.. H. G. Hartley, which
they robbed of q lot of dry goods and
other articles, to the amount OF about
$3.50. The robbers took the goods and
Ienosited them in Newton's lane, at the
rear of the store, and while so engaged
were alarmed at the approach OF watch
man Mathew Ward, n OF the officers
an the beat. The officer hailed them as
he advanced up the alley, but on the
approach ofthe Waterman the burglars
ran out ofthe alley towards Union street,
and up Union to Peppers Lane. There
the policeman lost sight of them. Re.
turning to the alley, officer Ward found
A man named John Reilly standing on
the corner of Union street and NeWton'f
lane, a short distance from the pile Of
stolen goods. Reilly not being able tt
give a good account ofhimselfwas taken
into custody, and confinedi in the watch
house, as being concerned In the bur
glary. Yesterday morning the Mayo
examined the case of Reilly, and hele
him under bonds to appear this morning
for a final examination before the May
or's court.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-24

escape AND kE-ARREsT. Several
nights since, three negroes, implicated
in the assault upon John Cane, and the
robbery of other citizens of Portsmouth,,
succeeded in making their escape from
the hard labor prison, where they were
confined to await trial before a Military
Commission. Yesterday morning Capt.
Guy received certain instructions, which
led him to believe, that the principal
character in the Outrage, named Cltv,r
Perkins, would endeayOr to secrete him.
self on board the Richmond boat and
try thereby to effect his escape. Capt.
Guy detailed officers Griswold and
Cooper, to watch the boat. About five
O'Clock, the officers observed two col
ored men going down Campbell'swharf
towards the boat. Shortly after Oliver
Perkins (colored), made his appearance,
and got on board the boat. After wait
ing a short time, the officers boarded the
boat, and found Perkins slowed away
neal the baggage room. He was taken
to the watch-house and was recognized
as one of the escaped fugitives from JUS
tice, and also as being the principal party
In the attempted assassination of John
Cane. Perkins was turned over to the
Freedmen's court, by G. E. Johnson of
that court, and was sent to the hard
labor prison.
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AUCTION SALES.


DUBLIC SALE OF GOVERNMENT
buildings at Newports News, Virginia, on FRIDAY.
JANUARY 20, 1866 .
on FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1866, at 10 O'Clock, a. M hs
following described Buildings:
One Oflce. 80 feet 4 Is feet, 9 feet post,
One once, 20 feet x 10 feet, s feet post,
One ONCE 20 feet Z 30 feet, 8 feet post,
One ONCE 20 feet x 30 feet. 16 feet post,
One Slaughter House. 10 feet K % feet, 8 feet post,
One Bakery, 80 feet K IS feet, s feet post, 49,,
One Commissary Storehouse, % Feet Z !" iee''
One Blacksmith Shop, 20 feet K Is feet, 8 feet post
One Carpenters Shot, 80 feet x l6 feet, feet post
One HAY Shed, 40 feet X 70 feet, 8 feet post,
One Hay Shed, SO feet x Is feet, 5 feet post,
One Hay Shed, Is feet X 16 feet, 8 feet post,
Terms cash In Government funds.
Ten days time will be given In which to remove the
building.
transportation will be furnished from Norfolk snd
Fort Monroe.
by order Quartermaster General,
A. p. BLUNT.
Breyet Colonel and A. q. NJ.
". n. RopERrs, Auctioneer. ~jsn20-5t
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GLORIOUS NEWS! VICTORY! The
ENEMY MET AND ROUTED! ONE GAR
ROTER WINGED AT LAST! We don't
exactly stop the press to make the an
n%ouncenIent nevertheless, we rejoice
to say that one of the ~nefarious and au-
dacious garroters was met and defeated
night before last at the orner of Main
and Fenchurch streets. The affair was
thus: A gentleman was passing by the
above corner, on his way home. Thug
ger"-larga, ugly man, with black wins,
kers-came out of dark corner, and
asked time of night. Gentleman said
didn't know--didn't carry n watch:
Thugger said gentleman was liar-did
carry watch-and advanced. Gentle
man draws pistol-makes ready-takes
aim-fires. Misses garroter. Garroter
still advances. Gentleman again went
through the motions, and put a ball IN
the right shoulder of garroter, VINO
turned and skedadled-and was seen no
more. If any body should hear OF a
black-whiskered individual, with a bull
let in his right shoulder-that's the man.
Let the Mayor or the police know where
he can be found. We breathe freer.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-24
SPECIAL NOTICES.


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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-24

BURGLARY AND AN ATTEMPT AT AR
SON. On Monday night, about twelve
o'clock, the kitchen and wood, shed
attached to the residence of Miss Harriet
Mitchell, on Holt street, between Fen,
church and Church, was entered and
robbed of a lot of poultry. The tearing
of the planks off the shed aroused Miss
Mitchell. She at once gave the alarm,
and the thieves escaped with their plum.
der; not, however, before trying to set
fire to the house. Miss Mitchell fortu-
nately discovered the incendiary
attempt to burn her out, and extinguish-
ed the fire before much damage was
done to her premises.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-24

The lovers of fun and mystery, will
nave h benefit Of another masquerade
and fancy dress ball at the st. Charles
Pavilion tomorrow night. Convey.
ances free. See advertisement.