The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-11-24
News Summary.
The Freedmen.


South Carolina leads in comino
back into MS well in going out of. the
Union. Her legislature has adopted
the abolition amendment TO the Unit
ed states constitution, with very little
opposition. South Carolina is thus
the twenty-ffth State to ratifv this
amendment, and only two more States
are needed to complete and make it
final
The president shows plainly that
he does not intend to have the reoular
state governments resume their func-
tons till the late rebellious States have
ropudiated the rebel debt, adopted the
abolition amendment and given Sc
curity for the future. The radicals
who have protested so much alarm mt
what they call the hasty rcconstruc-
ton policy of the president can Law
aside their fears fad the conditions
imposed by the president are complied
with, there Will be no danger in let
ting the Southern States come back
into the Union.
Gov Wells, of Louisiana, thinks it
highly important that that State
should have senators in Washington
when Congress meets, and has called
an extra session Of the Legislature for
November %, to elect them.
During October, 217 post Offices
were reopencd at the South. 80 OF
them under the charge of female post
masters who could take the test oath
4 meeting was held at Norfolk, Va,
last week to promote emigration into
the State, and was deemed very sat
isfactory one There is "a great desire
and a great want for northern capital
and labor in all the Southern States,
and those who can put up with the
hardships incident to new country
for few years, arc likely to reap u
rich reward by going there
Now that Wirz is hung, the quos-
ton arises again, whom will jeff.
Davis be tried, and where? But no
one seems TO know.
James Duncan and Capt Richard
Winder, charged like Wirz with cruel
treatment Of Union prisoners, arc
soon to be tried, it is smd They are
now confined in the old capitol prison
at Washington
army ana Navy News.
The army has not been reduced
quito as low as has generally been
supposed There ARE about 100000
men still in The service, and if all tho
regiments were full this number would
be increased to 100000 Tie officers
of the veteran reserve corps are work
ing hard to retain their commissions,
but very few Of them are likely 10 he
able to do So. Only about one in
twenty Of the men wish to remain il
the service, and i'll this case the Off
GERS will have TO succumb to the wish
cs Of the prlvates
Gen Sickles has gone South, rs is
reported, to relieve Gen Gilmore in
the command of the department o.
South Carolina, and VIII be succeeded
by Gen. Barnum as commander OF the
district of Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire.
I Volunteer officers in tho navy, as
well as in the army, are being mus
tered out FoHy-three assistant en-
/ giacers were dismissed in October
/ Gov Andrew has just returned from
/ Washington, having effected q Gna
/ adjustment of the war claims Of the
State. The war claims against the ma
/ tional government, of Illinois, Ohio
Wisconsin, New York, Delaware auC
Minnesota have also been seen settlcC
by the treasury department. Pay
ment. is not expected at present bu
it is better to have the figures all set
tied while tho matters to which the,
refer are fresh.
Political.
The later returns do not change tn,
results of the November elections n!
at first given. The republican MAORI
ty in Minnesota is not so large as a
first thought, and Will not be owe
5000, while the negro Suffrage propo
sition is evidently defeated there a
it is in Iowa and Wisconsin. The re
publican majority grows in New York
however, all the time, as the return
come in, and will not fall much below
5000 The republican majority il
/ Wisconsin is about 1000 on the gov
} ernor vote, and both branches Of thu
legislature are strongly republican
but the majority against the constitu
tional amendment allowing negroes t,
! vote will be 10000. The western
States equal Connecticut in their treat
; ment Of the negro
New York city elects her municipal
officers the first Monday in December
f including a mayor this year, and tn,
, contest is already commencing. TIL,
i Citizens Reform Association hay,
= nominated John Hecker for MAYOR
: and Richard OGorman for corpora
ton counsel The democrats an,
f ''the Ring will probably take Fernan
, do Wood as their candidate for may
! or.
The Indiana legislature is in session
= and Gov. Morton delivered his mes
, sage, devoted principally to state mat
5 tiers, on Tuesday. The goyerno
r thinks jeff Davis should be tried 70
treason; approves the presidents re
construction policy; does not favo
) negro suffrage as condition prece
dent to restoration; and advocate
> representation according to the nun
hor of xotarc