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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-10
One of Them.

Gen. Chambers, notorious fighting
rebel, whose hands are yet red with
the blood of the slaughtered patriots
of Fort Pillow, is one of the delegates
to the Philadelphia Convention from
Tennessee. He made speech recent
~, from which the following is an ex-
tract:
1t was not for Southern aggrandize-
ment that the South entered into the
late revolution; it was not an effort of
her politicians; it was not the work of
him who to-day is piniDg in prison at
Fortress Monroe. He was not ashamed
to say that he loved him then, and ,cas
bold 10 say that he iored him aow. Loud
cheers. He IS the greatest of huing
statesmen. Fen hare erer been his equals.
| Cheers. We are perhaps no,o in the
midst Of another rerolution, and it be-
comes every one co stand with his ar
NOR on. Republican institutions are
now trembling in the balance There
are two grand opposing ideas which
brought on the late war -individual-
ism and Capitalization We of the
South struck for i'rdiUidual liberty, but
contradiction overwhelmed as and en-
dangers the liberty of the uhole country.
Our question went into the court OF
war, and was argued and decided
against us, and we have submitted
like good citizens We have submit
ted to a Governor not of our own
choice, been insulted by our former
slaves, and lost four thousand million
dollars worth of slaves, greater thar
the war debt of the North Anc
ought they to call upon us to pay theil
war debt 7 We see, however, a glori
GUS Summer IN son of Tennessee
johnson has struck for us.
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"A horse! a horse! my king.
dom for q horse y

SO said King Richard III and so
say we. Thinking that the TnANscRIpr
ought to be represented at the Fly de-
park Convention, we set out the other
day to engage livery team, when to
our utter surprise and CONSERVATION
we were informed that all the livery
teams in St Adams were monopolized
by the friends of Mr.. Baxter. How
are we to get to Hydepark? We want
to be there, for it is intimated there
will be a great deal of sport. Wont
some of our farmer friends carry us
"a horsel horse my kingdom for a
horse !"
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1t IS reported that only ona n,.
ocratic paper in West Virginia 4 Oh,
ed by man that can vote. Tho sa.
are edited by returned rebels, who ' 's'
DISTINGUISHED, and men who have ;.
Gently come into the State.
The Toledo Commercial saws ..
Vallandigham sis the tricb,po IN r H.
Ohio Democracy, the thing which y
eating them away internally
The new Monroe doctrine "a. u
any man hoists the American aag n
New Orleans, shoot him on the snot
Several thousand colored neonls
Of Memphis, on the LIST inst ceIebra,
ed the Jamaica Emancipation, and
elected delegates to the State ConyeD
ton. The procession marched tbropob
the principal streets. No disturbaree
occurred. At St Louis it was similar
no disturbance whatever having taken
place.
The editor of country exchange
says: "a correspondent writes that il
we desire it he will send us something
to fill up with. That's Just what We
want. Suppose that you commence
now with good roasting piece Of beef
and barrel of -four.
The Lamoille County Convention
the other day IT solved that Judge Po.
land had been long in public service
in the most responsible and honoroJe
position in The glft Of the people of Tr-
mont" Why should he leave that SER
vice for one less honorable and re-
sponsible ? And if he does choose 10
leave it, wouldn't it be at least modest
for his friends to cease their clamor
against Mr. Morrill, for being candi-
date against him Freeman.
The Elizabethtown, n. Y, Post
says a Mr.. VIM. Storrs caught lew
weeks since, in Lake Placid, in tie
Adirondacs, a trout weighing a little
over q lbs, dressed. This is about
as big as they grow.
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Reasons.

Dear Transcripts:
Will you let a person who is not adj
dcted to doing out advice to his Tel
low voters, give few reasons why the
present political controllers of this
Congressional District should be put
aside, and the people suffered to take
into their hands the management of
their own affairs?
LIST. The wire-workers pulled the
wool over the District and got Mr..
Baxter nominated in S64 third time
in defiance of the two terms rule, which
said Baxter and his friends used to the
injury of the Hon. Homer f. Royce
The people heard that he had done so
much for the poor soldier, and that his
estimable wife had lost her health in
the same good work, and so they said
Amen, 50 mote it be. He was elect
ed, and that ought to wipe out all his
claims and cancel them.
81. There never was any political or
moral reason why Portus Baxter should
have ever received any nomination for
the Office of member of Congress in
/ lieu of Hon. Homer f. Royce, Lieut..
Gov. Levi Underwood, Prof. Geo. W
Benedict, or Hon. Samuel Adams o.
4 Grand Isle. The fact that he got the
nomination was owing to the skill o.
the wire-pullers and managers who are
now seeking to thrust him forward
again, Success is by no means tes
of merit
3D. am going up to Hydepark mex
week, to see how the good people
may find there will like the fourtl
thrust of Mr.. Baxter upon the suffrag,
Of this District. 1t is said all tn,
horses have been hired from the live
ry stable where / commonly get on
when have money enough to pay TO
a drive, and that if l go, | must go oil
, Shank's mare. That's all very well
This L can do by starting few day
before the 18th of August; and l in
tend to take friend along. Go,
J must and will.
4th. AS to men, / have nothing i
particular to say; but this much: any
thing but the fourth nomination of tn
: present incumbent, We may do bet
ter We can't do worse. At presen
my standard-bearer must be the ger
tleman you named in your last issue
l mean the Hon. Judge Hoyt, of s
Adams.
I Yours truly,
, MAssAwIPPI.
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Hon. Romeo II. HOyt.

II is with pride that we witness the
apparent unanimity with which the
people of this Congressional District
favor the nomination of Mr.. Hoyt for
Congress. Every paper published in
the District heartily comes to his sup
port, excepting the st. Adams Nessen-
ger, and that is under the strongest
obligations to do so, by every conside-
ration. It's course can scarcely be ac-
counted for. Indeed, we assert that
three-fourths of the sentiments of the
people of this county, if fairly ex-
pressed, are in favor of Judge Hoyt,
and will cheerfully respond to his
nomination at the Hydepark Conven-
ton. The reasons are obvious. Judge
Hoyt swas born and reared in our
midst. The people know him, and
know that his name has long been
identified with tire best interests and
prosperity of this county. They have
often trusted him, and know that he
has always proved, and will again
prove, faithful to the trust imposed in
him. His political career is as familiar
as his character is unimpeachable.
When Bully Brooks assaulted Mr..
Sumner in the Senate of the United
States, our townsman characterized it
as blow struck by slavery, by its rep
resentative, at the cause of freedom.
From that day to the present, Judge
Hoyt has ever raised his voice in open
denunciaton of the men who rejoiced
over the dastardly act, and the meas
ures they sought to promote by it.
He was the first to respond to the call
of the country when in danger, by
pledging his undivided support for the
suppression of the rebellion, and in
sisting upon conquering an honorable
peace. He was strong adherent t(
Mr.. Lincolns administration and pol
icy, and will ever continue to be- H,
likewise contributed towards its sue
cessful termination. Since then he hal
evinced much solicitude for the future
prosperity of the country. Let tn
people rally to his support on the 15tl
of August at Hydepark, and we pledg
our word for it that he will ever prov
faithful representative of the inter
ests and wishes of his native State.
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August 1O
'allandlgham ana the phu.,
phia Convention fhlladel.

II am not unaware that,
mischlevous and evil. d;sno " handful Of
OF the Republican party, py noS. persons
,he professed friends Of the among
but themselves of peculiarly a5 r;esldant
u .',1 record and anteco uS and
pretend to set up tests for aJ ,cuel's,
to the Philadelphia Conyen,; Infusion
against certain men-in fact nh ~ as
oi ,he Democratic party. The D oa.
olned ,ndecency, presumption md IV N,
" OF this pretense, together w $uu i9l'
mingled treachery and hynoo ,;n Tie
the t motives which prompt It, rend.,o :,
too contemplate for further ,o" ,,lc 1t
II the Philadelphia Conventior "G''ce
apply any other test than tho 'r ,,. = 70
status and principles of the da p'esslt
upon the one great question 81 Su N
day, as set forth in the call~~oho ~ 'l S
if it is to be perverted TO an "y ; al
ton, on either side, into the ,eo ,njusl
antecedents of the men who sb oip al ala
sent them selves with the ord;norn pre-
dentials of membership. then a!, Vle'
priately, it should be ASSEMBLED appto
Temple of Discord, or, far bei,a, 'ls
had not be assembled at all r.. r,
the heads of those, of either n Upl
who shall first stir these foun,oiPna iA
bitterness, be the evil which shall ~ "
low" '"0'' lol'
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TERRIBLE AccIDENT.-TheE Essex Co,
n. Y, Republican records the follow
ing terrible accident in hay field,
which happened lately to son of Mr..
Martin Calkins, aged about eight; The
lad and an elder brother were raking
hay with horse rake, the younger
one riding. From some cause the
horse started and threw the boy off,
when one of the teeth of the rake en-.
tered his body just above the collar
bone. perforating the @sophagus and
entering the lungs. The horse ran
some distance with the lad thus fast.
ened, before being stopped. The boy
only survived his injuries few hours
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CELEBRATION AT BENNINGTON. - The
R0D,1p1 gave.

CELEBRATION AT BENNINGTON. - The
Bennington Baane, says:
The anniversary of Benningtons
glory--August 16th-is, we are happy
to announce to- be remembered this
season. The Troy military, in round
numbers, will pay us visit, and head
ed by an excellent band will march
through several of theprincipal streets;
and during the day will go through
their customary practice on such occa-
sions of target shooting. There is al
SO to be the best horse trot of the sea-
son. Some of the best blood horses
in the country will be present and
compete for the various prizes. The
list of prizes is not yet promulgated,
but we are informed that the highest
on the list will be $3.50 There will
also be foot races and we are told
that some fleet runners will be on the
ground and compete for the prize
money.
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ST.. ALBAss, Apr. 7, 1866.

Sr. ALBASs, Apr. 7, 1866.
Dir. Editor:
/ am personal friend of Hon. Ro-
meo II. Hoyt of this town. He is an
reliable man, and if elect
ed to Congress, will do honor to him
self and his constituents. But it is a
well known fact, in this county at
least, that Judge Hoyt has been a
strong radical upon the questions
which now agitate the country. What
I want to ask you is, whether he ap-
proves of the action of the present cor
rapt Congress. INQUIRER.
REMARKS All we have to say in re-
ply to the foregoing is, that we know
that Judge Hoyt is thoroughly loyal
man, and that he approves of many OF
the acts of the late Congress. ON
correspondent should not condemn
Mr.. Hoyt for these reasons, when there
are other interests which are of equa
Importance to the people of this Dis
trict, in effecting change of Repre-
sentative. If the people cannot effec
a change at this time, they can onl,
do it when the wire-pullers and politi
claus see fit to permit it to be done.
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PERsoNAL.-Senator Edmunds and |
Representative Morrill, again have our
thanks for Pub. Docs"
The Rev. Sidney II. Marsh, grad
uate of the University of Vermont in
1916, and President of the Pacific
University in Oregon, is at present in
the East soliciting subscription of
$4,000 for that institution; twenty
thousand dollars were subscribed for
it several years ago, which, it is said, is
all invested.
Among the arrivals at the Weldon
House last week was Mr.. Peabody, the
celebrated American Banker in Lon
don. He remained over night and
took the morning train South.
The Rev. Isaac S. Kalloch, editor of
the Ottawa (Kansas) Journal, is to be
a candidate before the next Legisla-
ture, for the Office of United States
Senator.
Mr.. George E. Fairchild, formerly n
clerk in the clothing store of Mr.. Will
liam n. Smith of st. Adams, who has
been for the last year carrying on the
clothing and furnishing business in
Cleveland, Ohio, has recently taken in
to partnership Mr.. c. X. Mix, young
gentleman well known in that city, and
possessed of superior business qualif-
cations. The Cleveland Herald says
"The new firm is now one of the
strongest in the city, and the stock Of
goods of the very best and finest to be
found anywhere. We wish our friend
Fairchild abundant success.
} A. T. Stewards, of New York, income
this year is only s4.000.000.
Hon. Geo G. Fogg, of n. H., late
' Minister to Switzerland, is to ill the
r vacancy in the Senate occasioned by
the resignation of Hon. Daniel Clark
= appointed U. S. District Judge for tn,
: State.
Gen. Butler is candidate FOR Con
gress from the third district of Massa
). chusetts.
n Gen. McClellen was admitted to tn
staff Of Gen. Benedek, the Austrian
. commander, in the late campaign.
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Nomination or Judge Poland.

The Republicans of the Second Con-
gressional District, at their convention
at White River junction, on Tuesday,
unanimously nominated Judge Poland,
who was present and accepted the
nomination in a handsome speech.
While we have opposed the election of
Judge Poland as U. S. Senator, we
cannot but commend the action of the
White River Convention. Judge Po-
land is a man of ability and well de-
serving at the hands of the people Of
his District. For this nomination
Judge Poland is indebted to the mag.
inimity of the friends of Mr.. Morrill,
and we rejoice that the exciting con
test between Mr. Morrill, and Judge
Poland has so happily terminated.
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Their TACTICS. friends of Mr..
Baxter are resorting to curious kind
OF tactics which will hardly succeed Gin
the long run In Chittenden County
they say Hoyt is an intense radical;'in
Franklin County they declare him to
be a copperhead, Johnson man, or
anything else to operate to his proju-
dice. Are not the friends Of Mr.. Bax-
ter playing little too desperate
game? Are the people to be cheated
by such disgraceful political tactics as
these?
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REBEL BLAcKGUARDIsM.- Norfolk
(Va.) correspondent writes to the
Richmond Examiner as follows: "Be-
fore | left Richmond / saw portrait
Of General Butler, painted by Mr..
William Il. Trahern. 1t is about thir-
ty by thirty-seven inches, and will be
exhibited for sale at the fair to be held
at Trinity Church in Richmond on
Monday evening next. Butler is easily
recognized in regiments, upon horse
back, leaving a sacked city with the
door-plate of 'R. Yeadon suspended
from his neck, basket on each arm
filled with silver plate, goblets, pitch
ers, knives and forks, dishes and
spoons; and front, upon the horse, a
lady's outer and inner dress"
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sas- On the 9th of August two hun

s9- On the 9th of August two hun
dred and ninety-three post-offices were
added to the present list of money or
der offices in the United States. The
following is complete list of such
offices in Vermont, including those ad-
ded on the above mentioned day;
Bellows Falls, Bennington, Brandon,
Brattleboro, Burlington, Derby Line,
Island Pond, Middlebury, Montpelier,
Newbury, Mortified, Rutland, st. Al
bans, ST. Johnsbury, Springfield, Wa
teIbuiy, West Randolph, Windsor
and Woodstock.
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TO The RURAL DIsTRIcTs. Capt. ].
L. Drew, vulgarly known as "Traxus, ="
Zone armed Veteran" "Jack, &c, &c,
will act up to the 18th inst, authorized
agent in this Congressional District,
for Starters Call to the Unconverted A."
This work is issued by subscription,
and is emphatically loud call and
needs speedy response. The COM
panion volume of the Saints Rest"
will not be distributed until the Hyde
park Convention. We are also re-
quested to give notice that persons
interested can obtain this "Baxter's
Call to the Unconverted" at the next
u. s. Marshal's Sale All persons
desiring to FILL their albums" are also
notified that "Gleason's land Henry's)
Pictorial" the ghostly representation
of an unnatural coalition is among the
photographs for the million" collec-
ton of this enterprising agent; pleas
ant certificate that Jack" "traxus, "
zone armed veteran" is one of the
accredited soldier friends of the member
from the third District. t. burlington
Times.
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Why Mr.. Baxter Should Not be
Nominated.

There are many cogent reasons why
Mr.. Baxter should not again be a can
didate for Congress. First, be has no
claims upon the Office. He has not
displayed any marked ability, nor has
he grappled with the great and impor-
tant questions of the day in any other
than q feeble manner. The most that
his most ardent friends can, or do,
claim for him is, he has been kind and
attentive to soldiers And for this has
he not fully received his reward at the
hands of the people of this District,
who have given him three elections ?
There is no need at present for the
Kind of services, valuable rs they are.
which Mr.. Baxter has rendered his
country; and, therefore, ought he not
to gracefully retire from the contest
with the laurels he won in the hospi-
tails in and around Washington Con
siderable opposition, rs is we'll known,
was raised two years ago against Mr..
Baxter's third nomination; so much
so that his friends were at one time
fearful that he would not obtain it. To
quiet this opposition was no easy task !;
nor would it have been done had there
not been an earnest desire on the part
of MIR. Bakers opponents to prevent
dissentions in the Union party in this
District, and positive, unequivocal
and authoritative declaration made
that Mr. Baxter would not in any event
ask for n fourth nomination. Have
Mr.. Baxter's friends forgotten the dec
laration they then made ? No, they
cannot have forgotten it They made
it 10 cheat The people, and procure Mr..
Bakers nomination, as they are now
making false statements to procure his
fourth nomination. D6the people APP
prove of such political treachery and
cheating? We believe not
Second, grave charges of corruption
are brought against Mr.. Baxter, which
it is insisted can be proven; but, ad-
hitting for the sake of argument that
these charges are not true, ought we
not to have q member of Congress
from this District who is beyond and
above even the Suspicion of corruption
MIR. Bakers course cannot be unex-
ceptionable or he never would have
given occasion for these charges, be
they true or false. No such charge!
were ever brought against Collamer OF
Foot, or Poland, or Edmunds, or Nor
rill, or Woodbridge, and yet all o
these men have had, or do have, bite
opponents. Even in the exciting Sen
a.orial contest between Mr.. Morril
and Judge Poland, no one has dare,
to call in question Judge Poland's hon
esty and integrity, and vice versa.
third. Mr.. Baxter has more tha
once declared, within a very fee
months, that he did not care for til
Office, and should not again allow h
name to be used. Why then is he no
in the field? Simply because the me
who have for the last six years use
him To further their own ends inei
on it. They do not want the pow
which they have welded so despoti
ally to slip from their hands, and tn
do not mean it shall, if money can pr
vent it. The matter is entirely in t
hands Of the PEOPLE, and if tn
will only do their duty we have
fear rs to the result.
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BRlGuToS MARKET-Aus"''

Reef Cattle.-Extra fat ana hs go o5a slSi'
Oxen, s14.00 a si4, LIST guam rahty, sl@
si 81 Do !; 100 lbs, on total weight oil h'''
and dressed beef. .ooa or ace0fane
Working Oaen.-sl1o BOW ,s
to value as beef. ..a and good ~
Mich Cows.-s55 a s75; extra freed; faro"
a sl25, without calves, as may W 90 .,n
and ordinary s35 a 40. 7.. or 100 WV
per head "a ,ae. retail, u a ~, ~
Dressed, 90 10 cents. RAJ n az ~, head -
Veal Cnlves.-$900 slz w ~ m Counu'
Hides. brighton, az ~ ' q a7c.
lots, 81 a Sc. Calfskins Ioo
Taiiow.-7 1ac " b.
PcIts. -$l.37 $3.50 each'
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DEMOCRATIC DrsrRIor Cow Esrros

DEMOCRATIC DIsTRIcr Cow ENTroN.-
The Democrats of this District met in
Convention at Hydepark, on Wednes-
day of last week, and made the fol-
lowing nominations:
For Member Of Congress-Waldo
Brigham of Hydepark.
Delegates 10 the National Union Con-
uentiom-John j. Deavitt of st. Adams,
ID. G. Linsley of Burlington.
SubstituteS-N. II. Arlington of
Bakersfield, II. w. Chase of Burlino.
ton.
District Committee--S. Bishop. Geo.
w. Aiken, p. L. Skinner.
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A Lie Nailed.

The statement now being industri-
ously circulated through this district
by the followers of the Ring" that
Romeo II. Hoyt is tainted with copper
headism and opposed the payment Of
town bounties to soldiers in St Adams
is utterly false. We have it in the best
of authority that all this stuff is pure
fabrication, and gotten up for political
purposes by the friends of the Hon. p.
Barter. Mr.. Hoyt has since May 1856,
been an active, uncompromising Re
publican. He sent his son to the war,
who entered the army as private,
fought through tcenty-t,co battles, and
came out as First Lieutenant, which
rank he received solely for his gallant
and meritorious services in the field.
Judge Hoyt never opposed the vot-
ing of bounties, and has repeatedly
spoken during the war for the Union
urging men to enlist and fill up the
ranks of the Vermont Regiments fol
the field, and his purse has always
been open to the demands of patriot.
ism. No man hates copperhead
more bitterly than he does. We be-
lieye such man can be trusted al
Washington darlington Times.
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OREGoN.-The next Legislature of
Oregon will have Republican major
ity of seven on joint ballot, which Sc
cures the election of an United States
Senator in the place of j. W. Nesmith,
who snstains "my policy"
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WHY Is lT ?-There are seven Re
publican papers in this Congressional
District, all of which, with one excep-
ton, earnestly urge the nomination
OF the Hon. Romeo III. Hoyt for mem
Der OF Congress. Can it be that theae
papers do not speak the sentiment of
the PEOPLE? We believe they do, and
oil charges that they have been bought
up, come with i'll grace from men who
have endeayored either by promises OF
threats to induce them to hoist the
name of Mr.. Baxter.
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sar We clip the following from the
Vermont Record

During the recent session of the
Teachers Institute in Rutland county
while Prof Adams was endeayoring fo
illustrate the manner Of teaching arith-
metic he took up small globe stand
ing on the desk and asked ''how many
units IN this globe" Ans,cer, "One 3
Taking up his hat, How MANY units
IN my hat" Ans'cer-(by naughty
boy IN the audience) shake it up and
see !! The Professor was taken down