The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-21
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All the condemned were attended ny
the clergymen of their choice, and
those who had friends and relatives III
Washington were permitted to see
them. The friends of Mrs. Surratt
made attempts to get reprleve IN her
case. A writ of habeas corpus was got
out, and Mrs. Surratts daughter tried
every means to get an interview with
the president But the president re
fused to see her, and orderd the writ
of habeas corpus to be disregarded,
and all the executions took place at
the time and place appointed, in the
presence of military guard and n
limited number of spectators. Some
efforts are now making to convince the
country that Mrs. Surratt was inno-
cent, and particularly to rouse the an
ger of the Catholics at her execution.
But there can be 10 reasonable doubt
that she was criminally connected
with the nefarious plot, and that she
has met Il deserved fate. The other
prisoners DR.. Mudd, Spangler Ar
mold and OLaughlin started
from Washington, Monday night, of
last week, on Il gunboat for their place
of imprisonment-th Albany peniten
tiary. The war department at first
, refused to deliver the bodies of the
} executed criminals to their friends,
but has reversed this decision, and
} allowed the remains to be disinterred
, and taken away This closes another
) act of the great tragedy, and now pub
. lie attention centers on jeff Davis and
! the other leaders of the rebellion, and
0 the question is impatiently asked
, whether they are also to be tried and
0 get their deserts. 1t is asserted that
. among the recently captured papers of
Q jeff Davis, the government has discov-
0 cred several documents of vital import
= ance, and clearly determining the con
5 nection of Davis with the assassination
. conspiracy If this is true, he should
0 by all means be tried and hung foI
Q that crime. Preparations are evident
q ly making in the court room III the
% arsenal for another trial, which causes
% the suspicion that Davis is also to be
80 tried by court martial, and that before
y long. The sooner he is tried the bet
10 ter: but we trust the government will
Q not repeat it's mistake of military
ID court If he cannot be tried and con.
10 victed of the assassination before {
~ civil court, then have him tried fol
10 treason, and hang him for that
10 jeff Davis health is represented al
10 better than it was when he was frs
10 imprisoned at Fortress Monroe. Glen
20 ent c. Clay is allowed out Of dool
10 exercise, and his health is also improv
10 ing. Mitchell is in good health, pbu
10 very morose and abusive in hi
20 remarks.
10 Southern and Reconstructive.
Is The president lately had an inter
10 view with Richmond men with owe
~ $4,000, who wanted the propert.
IS exemption in the amnesty proclama
10 ton stricken out. Mr.. johnson gay
10 them some very plain talk, tellini
- them that it was the rich men of tn
10 South who upheld the rebellion, an,
% advising them, if they were afraid q
10 10 the effect of the $4,000 exemption o.
10 the poor, because capital was locked u
~ and labor scarce to give all their prop
10 erty above that sum to the poor, an,
10 they would then come within the scop
10 Of the amnesty proclamation. TIL
10 president ended by refusing to modit
~ the property clause; but he is quite fire
25 to grant pardons to this class ON ind
90 yidual applications About 20 pan
- MOL 10,
10 different parts of the South on Tues
10 10 day, and about rs North Carolinian
90 were pardoned on Wednesday, on tn
10 Recommendation of Gov Holder
IS Provisional Governor Sharkey of Mi
10 sissippi has issued a proclamation, an
Is Gov. Johnson of Georgia has made
10 speech, and both take the ground EN-
10 phatically that slavery is dead, pract
10 cally as well as theoretically. Bot
20 appear determined to enter upon IL
10 work of reconstruction in good faitl
10 and urge the people of their respectiN
x States to look the great changes thu
% have taken place squarely in the fac
% to go to work manfully and to uni
10 cordially in efforts to organize Sta
governments, and return again to
10 State of prosperity and Happiness
10 There is some trouble i'll Tenness,
10 10 about the franchise law, and the lea,
= ers of the opposition are trying to e
30 cite the opposition of the people to
10 Governor Brownlow has consequent
10 issued a proclamation declaring IL
10 franchise law the supreme law of Il
10 State, denouncing all those who O
20 pose its execution, and calling upC
% the civil authorities to arrest all pc
10 sons who are advising the people
50 nullify the constitution and laws al
Is are stirring up rebellion and seditio
10 Emerson Etheridge is the first victi
Is of this proclamation, having been lat
70 ly arrested. The minor officers, SUI
20 as marshals, judges, assessors and &C
10 lectors, are being appointed as fast
10 possible, and the provisional organic
25 lions will soon be complete.
10
10 Army and Navy Intelligence.
% The work of reducing the army go
5 on. The order has been issued
10 the mastering out of the remainder
10 the soldiers of the army of the Pot
IN mac a short tirna aoo oncoL1ofa1 IN