The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-09-20

about thirty-fve, tall and slim, with
fair complexion, sandy hair and beard;
he is awkward, and nervous; very
conceited naturally, and has an I'M
pleasant leer about his face
And while | am in the portrait bust
ness, let me speak of Others thai / met
on that day: Col Early brother
and chief of staff of Gen. Early-a
tall, gray, feeble, nervous man, about
sixty, one of the saddest men that
ever saw; Col. Fontaine the Gen. Nc
Callum of the rebel army-a slight
white haired man, about sixty, an ex-
cellent public speaker, and one of the
most genial men l ever met; Col.
Paxton, a short vigorous man about
forty. Hon. A. 7. Caperton, ex-Con-
fed. NJ. c., slim, graceful man. fair
almost to efenanacy, with flowing
white beard, piercing eye, and gentle
voice, formerly brilliant orator, and
he gave us a brief
REBEL SPEECH.
We were at railroad convention,
trying to effect means to connect the
Virginia Central with Lexington, Ky,
and thus make Newport News the
nearest seaport to the West, ana the
shortest connection with the Pacific
roads At the close, Mr. Caperton
said:
But n few months ago a cry, swell
ing into the voice of millions rolled up
to the very doors, and struck terror tc
the hearts of the citizens of Richmond
That cry at last died out; that cry is
swelling again: from the plains O
Ohio it rises; from the hills of Ken
lucky it gathers power, and even now
it is sweeping up the valley Of The
Kauawha, and every vale adds its echo
and every hillside its answering shout
until the mountains shall swell the
mighty chorus and roll it down int
the very gates of Richmond this time
, proclaiming it not a doomed city, bu
city destined to become one Of thu
worlds great marks; this time no
3 filling hearts with terror, but lifting
5 whole people with ecstatic JOY; and
| thank God, we may now all give il
} that cry-on to Richmond y
: There was something quite plain
l tive in a remark of Col. Fontaine, tina
= although he should be debarred from
! voting on the proposed subscription
= by Richmond, lie would try and pur
= suade his coachman TO vote right
t POLITICAL.
AS we have no election this fall, W
+ are quiet, but, of course, the voices {
the Presidential campaign reach us. :
= The first choice of this State would b
Dir. Breckenridge, of course, except
ing Grant Gov. Morton is by far til
most popular Western man, and SEM
tor Fessenden is most popular {
$ Eastern men. Local pride, and III
d bounded confidence point, also, tow
ards Gen. Thomas
The TRANscRIpr makes its regula
appearance, and its coming is like
. breath from the dear old mountain
L | was somewhat astonished thoug
to read the resolutions of the "Uaio
Il Club of Richford,' astonished tn
d there could be found enough men
that good town, with little enoug
. BRAN OF honesty to swallow those nir
{ resolutions, and cast an infamou
. SANDER upon Vermont's noble Repr,
u sentatives, and repeat the weak lie
! inequality of taxation, and echo tn
= most base, dishonest and traitorol
. cry that ever disgraced a party whiC
would betray a nation, all in one sho
! evening.
u That Club is not at home. 1t mt
II do for the desperate South, or ii
! prohigate West. or even the easy-yi
y tued Middle States to raise this cry
II reputation, but for Union Club "
10 old Vermont to join, even in the phi
ing voice of nine resolutions, is
shame. But, thank God, there is n
y an echo in all your hills, or trl
"a heart in all your borders that can /
+ peat the demand for the violation
III solemn compacts, aud the breaking
" nations faith. We wait for Il
y voice that Vermont has already sp
80 ken, for much as we criticize, and bi
= terly condemn, we yet feel that Of
~ whole destiny, and the very hope al
life of the nation are bound up in Il
tn Republican party OPTICS.
w WISCONSIN. Five of the candidat