The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-01-18

. ALBANS. VT
committed to prison to await an order
Tor their extradition. Near one-half
OF the robbers escaped, and have never
been arrested. Those who were held
IN custody were arrigncd before Judge
Coursol, in Montreal, and after a long
and tedious examination, at great ex-
pense to the banks and the United
states Government, the learned Judge
came to the conclusion that he had no
jurisdiction in the matter, and ordered
the men to be discharged, and the
stolen money, which had been taken
from them, to be re-delivered to them,
with which some of them made off be-
yond the reach Of recapture. The de-
cision Of Judge Couosol being consid-
cred erroneous by the government Of
Caneda, those who had not escaped
were re-anested and arraigned before
Mr. Justice Smith Several days were
expended in again examining the case
Legal gentlemen were employed in
behalf of the United States, to procure
the extradition of the robbers accord-
ing to the Ashburton treaty. After
long delays and great expense to the
United States, the learned Justice
Smith, contrary to general expectation,
decided that the transactions of the
robbers in ST. Adams were acts of war,
and therefore not subject to extradition.
The Canadian government seemed to
be aware that the decisions of their
magistrates were wrong, and by an act
of Parliament, recommended by the
Governor General, fifty thousand dol
lars in gold was appropriated and
paid to the banks, as before mention
ed, which was intended as a compen
sation to them for the money that had
been recovered from the robbers and
afterwards restored to them by the or
der of Judge Coursol.
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
Franklin Co,oiy Grammar School
was incorporated in 1899, and by the
charter was entitled 20 site of land
in each OF the townships in the county
that had been chartered by the Yer
mont legislature. The corporators
erected spacious building on the
Eastern margin of the public square
of the village, on a lot of land ghich
had beer granted for that purpose -
This edifice is the same we have men
toned III connection with the contro-
versy about the right of property in
the common. This Grammar School
for many years was in a fiourishing
condition. 1t has had many good
teachers, aid has been instrumental
in the education of many young per-
sons within, as well as without the
county While under the direction OF
Ira Hill, more than fifty years ago,
and some Of his successors, it was the
principal school in this part OF the
State, for the education of the youths
of both sexes, who We're III pursuit OF
a higher grade of instruction than was
to be found in the common district
schools In later times, since the es-
adjustment of several Academies and
nigh schools in this county, the gram
mar school in st. Adams has not
hourished as in former times. Some
twenty years ago, or more, Seminary
was built by the people of the village
for the purpose of educating females
exclusively; and for several years it
hourished under the direction of Miss
Baker and others, This was after
wards connected with the Academy,
and both of them with the district
schools, in such manner that it soon
ceased to be considered as a female
seminary, and was used for teaching
the scholars of the school district OF
both sexes. In consequence of this
use of the seminary, the conditions on
which the grant of land was made
were violated, and the property in the
premises reverted to the grantor and
the subscribers to the fund for build
ing the seminary and the purchase OF
the land. A few years ago the two
school districts in the village united
and formed a union district under the
statute in such case provided, and the
Academy and the public schools in
the village came under the manage
ment of the school district prudential
committee. Subsequently the school
district voted tax of six thousand
dollars, for the purpose of building a
school house sufficient for all the
scholars in the Union District, and
such as might resort there for instruc-
tiOn without the district. A snaciOus