St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-16
From The Springfield Republican
GratZ Brown.

We gave currency. but NO CItdtIICt..
some days ago. To the charge that Mr..
Is. GIat/ Brown was drank while in at
tendance upon the \ ale Commencement
ut New Haven. The evidence of the
charge WAS lu'>,. and general. and "Iu
own Information from various sources
seemed t" prove that it WAS altogether
untrue, and that if Mr. Brown was in
t"AICatcd um this occasion. il Was with
himself and not with >piIltunuS liquors.
Hut there comes NOW more particular
testimony. and though il j. borne ~
Vet hN the unnamed clerk or haI keeper
of Il hotel and a journal very far from
being of the best character for candoI
and truth. th" charge i repeated with
such particulars aud has such pu-Sihili
ties III lhr we'll known Weakness of Mr..
Brown constitution. that We think the.
huIdru "t proof i changed hN this ryi-
dcucc tu the defence. Mr. BroWn'>
friends ought. therefore. without DELAY .
meet this question. either Toy evidence
of the uutluthtulnr>> of the charge. ol
Il frank confession of his di>glacrtul
r"nduct. and the acceptance of the Just
penalty of it. in Withdrawing him from
the high candidacy which he "ccuple>
before the American people.
The Htp"hiicnH adds. in a subsequent
article:
IF it were possible I" vote separately
t"r President and Vice President. many
at least of the Liberal voters. Who will
feel outraged hN this shameful conduct
"t The candidate tur the second place
upon the ticket " hich they wish l." sup
port. would find II" embarrassment um-
der these revelations. They could
easily aud would at once. change THEN
support from Nh. BIowmto Gen. Wilson.
who. though ct less distinguished >er-
vice. in the caIr>c of political reform and
anti->laN"Il revolution than his rival
Vet has done enough for them To cmtitlr
INN I" public respect and popular favor.
and certainly has such control over his
personal appetite a> To relieve the pub
lie from amy anxiety lest he disgrace
the office and themselves 10y drunken
ness. This. however. i> an impo>>ihili-
tl. A> the case now stands. one can
not vote for Horace Greeley without
voting for Glatz Brown and the alterna-
tive l. Il vote for Gen. Grant.
And in lis issue of "Wednesday morn
ing, the H'I"bIicdn returns t" the subject
as follows:
The Connecticut papers furnish ad
dltiomal and apparently conclusive rvi-
dcncr of Graft Browns drunkenness at
New Haven. during commencement
week. We note that. 81 far. the liberal
organs" wholly ignore the Ihirct. and
apparently seek t" conceal the disgrace
tul facts from their readers. But they
cannot prevent them from becoming
generally known nor from working great
harm To the reform caII>t. II Brown
dorS not back out. or is not kicked out i.
Mr.. Greeley Will lose thousands of votes
III consequence of his asSociltr'> dis
graceful condition at New Haven.
\ \EGKO llERo or THE WAR. '.Old
l'mrIr Jake" as he WAS called, died al
Albany, the other day, whose life dur
ing the rebellion Was full of thrilling
adventures and devotion to the Mon.
One drrarN night in September. lS6:}.
while Il company of the Fourteenth
Vermont infantry was on picket duty
III Il pune swamp near New burn, \. C.,
| uclc Jake came into the lines at the
risk of his life. To tell that large force
of rebels would gohhlc them up that
night. On this Information the com
panN were deplo>ed rs skilmiSheis, and
about midnight came III contact with
the enemy and drove them back in
great astomishmcnt To- find the \ ankee>
ready to meet them. A few weeks
later the captain and two strgeants of
the tlnOut company We're taken pris-
oncI> and put in Il boat to cross the bay.
| ncle Jake, who was rowing. cut the
cords that bound them. and they with
il desperate struggle. succeeded III over
p"Wrring their capt"rS and making them
prisoners. Later still. ncle Jake went
ont to get his wife and children and
bring them within the lines. when he
was seized 10y the rebels and tortured
to get some information of the | MON
forces. News was carried to the Union
picketS and IL squad ofcavalry Went ont
just III time to find the rebels in the act
OF >tlimgimg old Jake up to ii tree, hav
my failed to get ANY satisfaction from
him. \ short fight and Jake WAS free
again. These are only some of the in
cidents which would form Il volume if
written. The war closed and Uncle