Year: 1863

town over that OF the balance of the State


Ticket just little Tits influence was not


extensive, but it did its best has since the


election devoted itself chiefly to the Pro-


vost Marshal of this District. The follow


ing will serve as specimens of its charm


ing style:


"Marshal Crane is greater than the


Marshals Of France, although he fell from


a Jackass, sprained his ancle, but has


atrer seen a battle"


s''rhe little whte-livered man that fell


from Jackass has been to Middlebury


and hired the editor of the Register! to


write nearly column of baderdash to


prove that John Cain of the Courier is


hostile to the present Government of the
United States"


We have hardly deemed the matter


worthy of notice but our admiration of
the style has eslly overcome us, and we
cannot forbear merely calling attention to
it as choice specimen of elevated, honor
able, delectable and most ''illegant" Jour-
nalism, the equal of which We are certain
cannot be found elsewhere in Christen-
dom.


As to the substance Of the Courier's de-
lightful and most despicable articles, moth
ing need be said to those acquainted with
that lunatco comic sheet. The rule has
been established by common consent, as
we have sometime before said, to believe
the paper entirely innocent Of truth in
statement, as IT is of decency in language,
until proved otherwise; and the proof has
not been forthcoming in any instance that
we know Of. For this reason we have not
heretofore deemed it, and probably shall
not hereafter consider it, worth the ink
and paper to notice very often its little at
tempts at defaming the business men and
respectable citizens Of Rutland. The Ian
guage in which they are couched, shows
the spirit which begets them, and disarms
them of all harm TO any one except their
author. (See Rutland vote on State
Treasurer


As the above extracts. however, whose
elegance we could not avoid noticing, re-
late to the Provost Marshal of this Dis
trict, and as we have given circulation to
them by copying them as, specimens, into
our columns, those not acquainted with
Captain Crane may be curious to know
what is his war record. 1t is proper,
therefore, that we very briefly give the
outline. He was among the very first to
volunteer in defence of his country on the
outbreak Of the rebellion, entering the
service IN the celebrated New York |
Seventh Regiment, in April, 1861. He
served IN that regiment until it returned |
in June. Again in August, 1861, he en- |
tered the service as Lieutenant in the Fifth |
Vermont Regiment, with which he served
until he was appointed on the staff of |
Gen. w. L. Smith, where he served until |
he left the field. He was promoted to
Captaincy in June, 1862. He went through
the entire Penlnsular and Maryland Cam
palgns, was in seven different battles. the |
last OF which was the great battle of An
tietam and he behaved himself in such a
manner in these battles as to receive in
the Official Reports Of three of them spe-
cial complimentary notices from the Com /
manding General. These Reports are
matters Of record in the War Depart.
ment


AS TO bus going to Middlebury to get
'Ae Register to prove the Courier hostile
to the present government, that is as trans
pare1atty devoid of truth as anything ut
tered by the Courier in long time; for
what an unnecessary proceeding it would
superfao9s work


- The Middlebury Register is IN
form that Of the 1913 men drafted in
Rutland, not one ,ehite man has gone TO
tie war! Deny it if you ean.-Courier.


We hope the Middlebury Register will
have no compunctons about "denying it."
This Is the third time, we believe, that the
Courier has made the above statement.
and when the Courier states the same
thing three times, its truthfulness may be
safely denied by anybody.


Besides, we have the names of swhlte
men" drafted in Rutland who have gone
to the war, which will be furnished free
gratis, on application.


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