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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

PENNsYLvAINA.--The Republicans of
this State met in convention at Harris
burgh the 7th inst, and nominated as
their candidate for Governor Major
General John w. Geary The reso-
lutions adopted compliment President
johnson for his past course and APP
peal to him to stand firmly by the side
of the loyal masses whose votes formed
the foundation for his promotion; APP
prove the course of Congress on the
subject of reconstruction; compliment
Secretary Stanton and Lieut.. Gen.
Grant; and censure Senator Cowan
for his course in the Senate and re-
quest him to resign.
The democrats held their conven-
ton day or two before and nominal
ed Hester Clymer for Governor. The
convention supported the restoration
policy of the President The contest
in Pennsylvania promises to be an ex-
citing one; but is likely to result il
the triumphant election of Gen. Geary
who is personally very popular,
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R 1t would seem, from the fol
lowing article which we clip from the
Montreal Fleming Telegraph, that the
Kanucks have some very pert detec-
tivos among us:
Among the recent contributors to
the Fenian funds was Governor Smith
Of Vermont, who gave $50 towards the
equipment Of several companies in St.
Adams, that have been organized
armed and drilled for the invasion Of
Canada, under his eyes. The presid-
ing officer ut q recent Fenian meeting
ut Albany for the collection of funds
and arms for the same purpose was
the Mayor OF that city; and he was
supported by leading American citizens,
men of wealth, position, and influence
The Mayor Of New York, immediately
after his election, was ostentatiously a
contributor to the Fenian funds. We
could go on, and show that in nearly
every city and town in the L. S. where
Fenian circules exist, they have been
encouraged, stimulated and provided
with means by American born citizens
and politicians of repute, and by Gov
eminent and State officials. The dan
ger of Fenianism lies III the fact that
however base may be the material Of
which it is composed, there is re-
spectacle, formidable, and intelligent
power behind it forcing it on, prevent
ing it from subsiding into inaction, on
eXpending itself in mere yaporine; q
power which is utterly irresponsible
for the consequences Of its pressure
while it hopes to gain thereby the
double boon of new territory for the
Union, and the humiliation of om
country
We have yet to learn that Elk Gov
Smith has given the Fenians $50, Oh
that there are several companies o
the terrible creatures here. Let us
however, assure the Tcleg aph tina
there are Fenians in ST. Adams anC
they are Gerry enthusiastic
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Of clothing worn by the prisoner have
been recognized, by peculiar marks, as
having been seen upon the individual
at Taft's Hotel The knife taken from
the prisoner on his arrest was shown
to the surgeon who made the most ,oo,-
tenn examination OF the murdered
children, and to tho coroner who con-
Quoted the inquest, and has been
found to correspond precisely with
the appearance of the wounds, which
caused the death Of the unfortunate
victims. Other evidence of u similar
nature has been obtained.
The following is history of the
criminal, drawn from him by tho de
tectiye while in tho State Prison: He
is now twenty-seycn years Of age, aud
his real name is Rolla Ampudia, bis
parents being Spanish At the age Of
four years he was taken from IN asy-
lum and adopted by Mr.. Aaron Dodge
of Hamilton. His name, Mr.. Dodge,
by permission of the Legislature,
changed to Charles Aaron Dodge At
the age of thirteen he went to sea, and
since that time has been rowing
around the world, and at one Tins
hunting Indians"by the head in Flor
ida. At the outbreak of the rebellion
he was in the South Carolina state
Prison for murder, having served six
months of his term. Being pardoued
out on condition of joining the rebel
army, he did SO; deserted once; was
in Morgan's command in his raid
through Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana;
was captured and was paroled.
Subsequently he enlisted in Mas
sachusetts regiment, sand served on
five United States vessels, deserving
from each and all of them. In person
tho prisoner is compactly built, having
great breadth Of chest; stands five feet
five inches in heighth; has black, cur
ly hair, large and piercing eyes of the
same hue, high forehead, u face mar
rowing toward the chin, a swarthy
complexion, and sinister and Zero
cious expression of countenance,
though he would be generally regard
ed rs rather good-looking man when
well dressed and i'll pleasant mood
His weight is about $50 pounds.
He is said to be in terrible anguish
of mind, apparently debating the ques
ton with himself whether he shall
make a clean breast OF it.
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Hon. Joshua willard Sheldon.

Hon. Joshua Willard Sheldon, elder
son of Major Samuel Bellows Sheldon
and Lucy (Willard) Sheldon, was
born in Sheldon, Franklin County,
Vermont, March 9th, 1899. He died
at;Sheldon, near the cottage where
he was born" March 18th, 1866, in the
G7th year Of his age.
He received his acadomical educa-
ton at St. Adams and studied law
with Judge Royce at Sheldon, and.
subsequently at st. Adams. He was
admitted to practice at the September
term of Franklin County Court, A.
ID. 1922 Rodney c. Royce, Esq, for
merly Of Rutland and long since de-
ceased, and Hon. David2Read Record
er of the city Of Burlington, were
sworn in at the same time.
Mr.. Sheldon commenced practice at
Sheldon in company with the Hon.
Augustus Burt, now Of Highgate, and
continued to practice about five years,
and then, dissolving the copartner-
ship, practiced alone. After practic-
ing law few years and until about
1888, lie found the business too irk-
some, and left the profession to at
tend to his large farming interests.
He entered political life young. He
represented tho Town of Sheldon in
the General Assembly in 1924, 1925
and 1926, and again in 1884 and 1885
He was chose a member of the Consti
tutional Convention from Sheldon il
1928, and he was elected Senator from
Franklin County III 1S36-after which
time he could not be persuaded tC
take any public office which would in
terfere with proper attention to hi
private affairs and his domestic duties
Mr.. Sheldon, at the time of hi
DEATH was a widower and leaves on
son and q large circle of relatives anC
friends to mourn his death.
AS a Counsellor he had few or N
superiors. He was in all his dealing
honorable, high-minded and just. Ii
was always social and hospitable, ant
, in his address and manners was pre-
eminently a gentleman.
His funeral was largely attended o.
Saturday the 10th inst, when a suita
bic discourse was preached by tn
Rev. Albert H. Bailey, Rector of Grac
Church, Sheldon.
The world stands in need Of NOR
, such sterling gentlemen as in his life
/ time was our worthy friend the Hol
9 Joshua Willard Sheldon.
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Judge COllamer on RecOnstruc.
tiOn,

The views OF the late Senator Cola
mer, as he expressed them in some of
his last words in the United States
Senate were positive on the right Of
Congress to decide when and under
what conditions the late rebelhous
States should resume their regular
condition in the Union.
When, he asked-"when will
and when ought Congress to admit
these States as being in their normal
condition p at is not enough" said
he, chat they stop their hostility, and
are repentant They should show
iiuit meet for repentance-they should
furnish to us by their actions some ey-
idenee that the condition of LOYALTY
and obedience is their true condition
again; and Congress must pass upon
IT, otherwise we have no securities
ana l insist that the President by
making peace with them-if YOU
Please 10y ceasing military operations
- does not alter their status until Con-
gress passes upon il.
Again, he says, II believe that when
establishing the condition of peace
Mi'h that people, Congress, represent
lnS the United States, has power in
CHUNG this war, as any other war, to
So' some security for the future. II
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

EPISCOPAL CoNvocATIoN. The quar-
terly session of the Episcopal Convo-
cation Of Vermont was held at Rut-
land on Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week. Eighteen clergymen We're
present, including Bishop Randall,
the recently elected Bishop Of Colora-
do, and Bishop Hopkins of this State.
Revs. Mr.. Pitman, of Mortified, ID. H.
Buell., of Burlington, and Mr.. Phillips,
of Bennington, preached sermons. A
learned exogesis was read by the Rev.
Mr.. Smith, of st. Adams. Bishop
Hopkins celebrated the Holy Com
munion Wednesday morning, and in
the evening Missionary addresses were
made by Bishop RANDALL and Hop
kins. A resolution was adopted au-
thorising the appointment of an tin
Grant missionary in destitute towns
in Northern Vermont, at an ample
salary.
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PERsoNAIe-The students of the
Burlington Business College the other
day presented to Professor j. 5. Cor
bin a beautiful gold watch, chain and
pin, as token of their appreciation Of
him as an instructor. Professor Cor
bin is hereafter to have charge of the
hourishing College of Bryant, Stratton
& Co, at Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
William II. Merriam, Esq, of the
New York Herald, recently delivered a
lecture in New York city with great
success on "Confederate Stateeraft.
MIR. Merriam is a graduate of Union
College of the class, we think, OF 1852.
For several years past he has been
connected with the Herald as cores
pondent. He is a ready writer and
good speaker.
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WHAT IT CosTs. Last year the ex-
pense of assessing and collecting the
Internal Revenue of the United States
was $4,769,666. The cost was only
LAC per cent. in Massachusetts,, while
in our own State it was GOA, placing
her the twenty-frst in the list of States.
What does this mean? Ought the ex-
pense of assessment and collection to
be greater than that of New Hamp-
shire, for instance And yet it is. An
exchange says:
vermont seems to be strangely be-
hind the rest of New England in
amount of collections, while in expense
of assessment and collection, it Is
among the territories of the West.
With about the same territory as New
Hampshire, its contributions are but
a little more than one-fourth as much,
with cost of collection two thirds rs
great.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

NEwsPApoRIAL.--With the commence
ment Of new volume on the 18th of
April the Woodstock Standard an
nounces the addition of a department
devoted to the interests of Farmers
and Wool Growers. Among the con-
tributors to this Department will be
Hons. Crosby Miller Of Pomfret, John
Porter of Hartford, Charles Dana,
Esq, and Dr. Henry Boynton of
Woodstock. The Standard is an en-
terprising sheet, and we wish our
friend Greene abundant success.
The recent enlargement of the
Burlington Daily Times and Free Press
has doubtless added many names to
their subscription lists; at any rate
they circulate quite extensively in this
section of the State. They are both
edited with ability and well deserve
the large patronage they receive.
The Plattsburgh Sentinel, published
by W. Lansing & Son, has been en-
larged and much improved in appear
ance.
A new paper is soon to be printed
in Ludlow by Mr.. D. f. johnson.
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PATENTS. On the 9th inst, patents
were granted to the following Yer
monters: Peter b. Laird, of West
Danvillo, for improved composition
for Welding and refining iron. Re-is-
suc--Dennis Lane, of Montpelier, for
Improvements in head blocks for saw
mills. Patented March 30, 1858.
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March 16

would be strange thing il it -.
not true that this nation in co,o gere
ing a civil war as well M ff" a.d
war, could not close it and 'V,elyn
peace, by obtaining, if not indoa make
Tor t the past, at least some securilv !, y
future peace" '''y Tor
The words of no living sfofo.
can carry greater woigla with tLc sulan
considerate minds, than those I'm ~ !, 70
late Senator Collamer. Yet wcro inc
living to-day, to repeat them IN pc
Senate, he would find himself clo. 'ne
by the Now York Times ana tSe '" ~
York Wortd as n northern aisnoioO,,~
list. "'-Bu1ington Free Press N'''Vu'
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

Very SIGNIEcANT.-A close canvass
shows that every Republican paper,
with single exception (the Chicago
Journal in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
and Minnesota, takes ground in favor
of sustaining Congress. Thad. Ste
yens, in his speech in the House on
Saturday, said that there were but two
papers in the State OF Pennsylvania
protesting to be Republican, which did
not side with Congress on the recon
struction question. The two papers
alluded to are the Philadelphia In
qutrer and the Harrisburgh IciegraJ1h
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

LENDER OF RESIGNATION Owing to
some disagreement between the Board
of Directors and the Superintendent
Hon. Geo. V. Hoyle) of the Ogdens-
burgh and Lake Champlain r. r., as
TO the management of the road, the
latter has rendered his resignation, to
take effect upon the appointment Of
his successor.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

Es0~A Washington correspondent of
the Boston Herald says the Canadian
commissioners expended $4,000 in
gold to secure reciprocity, 1t would
have been better for them to have
paid their debts and saved much trou-
BILE.
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be as readily honored as one bearing
the namo of Stevens, Sumner or
Schenck. He regards the Presidents
speech of the ODD of Feb, as most
timely" He wants the Cabinet rcor-
ganized and then he will be better
suited.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

NEw HAMpsHRE ELECTION The cleo
ton in New Hampshire resulted in n
great Republican victory. Gov. Smyth
is reelected by five thousand majority.
The Senate will be three-fourths I'm
ion, and in the House the Republi-
cans will have one hundred majority.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

VALIANpINGHAM FOR JOHNSON.
notorious copperhead Vallandigham,
fayors the Presidents course. In n
recent speech az Dayton, Ohio, he
said she had slight suspicion that
just now political draft on the White
House bearing his VS. name, would
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

DISMISSED. john w. Hasbrauck,
Secretary of the Equal Suffrage
League, was dismissed from clerk
ship in the Treasury Department on
Friday, because ho signed call for n
meeting to hear Fred. Douglas. Poor
reason for dismissal.
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Colon OF No AccouSr. The Legis-
tature of Rhode Island has passed a
bill, to take effect next May. prohibit
ing the exclusion Of children from any
public school on account Of color or
race
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-03-16

DEFEAT OF THE BLAINE ANrrvnvr,-.
The Blaine Conkling Constitnt;o,,
amendment, proposing that no l St-,
shall hereafter be allowed to CONF ','"'e
a basis ofpohtical power in tbo Tl i,' uS
any portion of her people whom 'J H5
sees fit to disfranchiso because of SUI gus
or color having already passed sDv
House by more than the reanisite ~, ,u'
jority, was brought to vote !, ' 1
Senate, Friday, and defeated W., 'u'
20, Gall Unionists but McDouoan :,
California;) Nays, %; Messrso I.s "
and Pomeroy, Of Kanzas. Van W;nli
and Wiley, of West Virginia r anS
Yates, of Illinois, following Mr. Snm
ner in helping the Cobperheods. s as5
Messrs. Cowan, Dixon, Doolittlo N su'
ton and Stewart, in defeatipo ,I
proposition being killed, it was feviv I'1
by a motion to reconsider, TO enana
Mr.. Doolittle TO offer a substitute bo.
ing political power on the number 81
legal voters in the States respectiroly
And then the subject was postnonc'G
to to-day.
Senator Poland voted for ,bo
amendment, and SO would his oo
league, Senator Foot, had he moi bo.n
confined to his room by sickness Mr.
Foots difficulty is iaunbce f,na,
which he is slowly recovering.
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sss- The 7th Vt. Regiment was mus
tered out Of service at Galveston, Tex
as, Feb. n, and is expected home dai-
~.
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Identiaeation Of lhe Prisoner.

The steps which have been taken to
identify the prisoner have revealed
facts which bear strongly against him,
A person answering TO his description
is known to have been at Iafts Hotel,
in West Roxbury,-at about the time
of the murder. Some of the articles
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-11-01
BUSINESS CARDS.
NOTICE.-James III. Johnston, JP.,
In a. George w. Johnston, have asso-
ciated themselves together under the firm of
BRICKSl BRTCKSIl BKiCnSIIi

FENfE Subscribers are now prepared
/ to ell orders for any description of Bricks
of the:f own manufacture in Norfolk. They
guarantee to furnish as good an article as can be
obtained in any market, thus saving to purcha-
sers freight and expenses. Brick delivered to
any part Of Norfolk or Portsmouth, if desired.
{ Samples can be seen at our Office on Roanoke
Square, at George Maltby's, Campbells Wharf
and VIM. Ii. Turner's, Market Square, where or
ders NAV be left. b al - FL 4....
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The Force Of Party Drill.


There is great deal said in the public journals
upon the remarkable soinersault in politics oil
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, but the less
said, the better, nasmuch as it shows that a
man even Of remarkable genius isAot above
the rest of mankind in theweaknesses of hui
man nature, and as to the interests Of human
nature.
His letter upon the restoration of the South
to the Union was letter of genius,-far
better written than anything that even the
lawyers or the public men OF the day have
brought out, and AZ logical thesis, it is
wholly unanswerable, even by Beecher him
self; but for this Fahelliun fran patty be was
threatened BY the Pufitan Minister, like 1.-THE
rest of .i..l, y burked OUT rrom MS Iosie,
and ate up all he said
The wlroleis a pitiable spectacle. but no
more pitiahle than we often read Of in histo-
~, aud even Of the great Lord Bacon,
''Fhe greatest, wisest, meanest of mankind
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CINE which is now only able to draw train
weighing, say 500 tons, at the rate Of twenty
miles an hour, would, with the same expen-
diture Of fuel, be able to draw double the
weight at double the speed. Mr.. Girard,
however, proposes to discard steam as mo-
tive power. This is the weak part Of its in
vention-the value of which consists in The
substitution of sledge carriages instead of car
riages on wheels. These carriages are fitted
on slides, which fit upon rails Of peculiar
construction; by simply turning cock, a
stream of water is introduced between the
slide and the rail, and a gentle motive power
being applied, the carriage mounted on the
slide, shoots forward with speed which has
really no limit beyond the considerations Of
ga faty ss ..s-. .s..sr ~
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what Makes Congress.

The Providence, R. l., Journal, reasoning
upon the supremacy of Congress, sarcastieally
says Af -
al is supposed to be still a theory, or at
least tradition among Democrats. that the
people make Congress.
Only tradition nowl Soldiers made the
Radical Members OF Congress from Mary land,
West Virginia. Missouri, and Tennessee, only
soldiers, and Congress is being re-made
through Registration and Test Oath Statutes
enacted under military rule.
The people in ten States, even now, have
nothing to do with Congress Thsre is no
Congress for nearly one halt of the Territory
of the United States--all that part of it
stretching from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande That is governed, as Poland is
governed, and Egypt, and Hindostan and the
Caffres. stal
Congress is a myth. There is "a Rump" in
Washington, such as Cromwell created with
Pride's Purge, called Congress and hence ,all
we know, now. Of the people making Con-
gress, is by tradition. I8E
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origin of the Prairies.

At the recent session of the American
Scientific Association, at Buffalo, Prof. j. s.
Newberry read paper on the origin of prai-
ries
DIR. Newberry said that great diversity of
opinion existed as to the causes which had
produced over half our continent growth of
many forests, and over the other half only an
herbaceous vegetation, but in this, as in SO
many other questions that divided the scen-
ti6c world, il the disputants could meet on
common ground, and each study tie phe-
nomena observed by others, and not exclu-
sivey his own data, there would be compare
lively but little discord He had spent some
years on the prairies in yarions parts of the
far West, and he. felt confident that any one
who would go over the ground he had ira
versed would agree with him that the pres
ence or absence Of forests, as a general rule,
depended on the amount Of precipitated mois-
ture. The central portions of this continent,
as others, was comparatively dry, and was
consequently treeless except on the NOUN
tain BELTS which acted as condensers, and
precipitated an amount of water which slls-
tanned forest growth. The rainfall was
greater in that part of the continent east Of
the Mississippi and here we have almost an
unbroken forest. Along the line where the
treeess aud forest districts meet. local causes
determine the presence or the absence of
trees. Belts of timber bordered the streams
and covered the more porous and absorbent
soils, while level surfaces with fine and UNI
porous soil, sometimes very wet and some-
times very dry, sustained only growth Of
grass, which could endure their alterations
fatal to trees, st s gs
Annual fires had their influence in extern
ding the area of grassy surface, and over
much of tins middle ground, by mans inter
ventoi., the causes limiting the growth Of
trees conld be removed and the forest area ex
tended The forces of nature were here nice
ly balanced, and slight causes would make
one or the other preponderate The many
theories which attributed prairies to
other causes than the want of water were
wholly erroneous or Of only local value On
the great prairies west of the Mississippi
every variety of soil and surface failed to s,ls-
tain trees, and there only change Of climate
conditions would change the grass-eovered
SUI face to forest
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Refusal to salute the peruvian Fla,

The commander Of our squadron in Peru
Wan waters has refused ia salute the Peru
vian Hag when displayed on the flagship of
their fleet, ON the ground, it is stated, that
the Commander Of the Fleet, Admiral Tuck
or, had served In tho rebel navy during the
late insurrection. The matter has been re-
ferred by the Secretary of the Navy to the
Secretary Of State for his decision.