Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-08-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

South is the annulling. by Gen Turner,
the military commander at Richmond,
of the municipal election held there last
week, and prohibiting the officers then
elected from catering on their duties.
The reasons given for this course are, that
while soldiers who had been 10 the federal
, army were not allowed to vote, those
who had been in the rebel army were,
and that Sturdivant. the mayor elected,
was chosen chiefly on tho grounds of his
services in the rebel army. These reasons
are sufficient surely, and the president is
fully justs6ed in annulliDg the election.
We say the president, for Gen Turner
surely did not take so important a step
without instructions from Washington.
President johnson is naturally partial to
the mode of reconstruction he has adopt
ed, but he intends hat the people of the
South shall avail themselves of its privil-
EGGS in good faith. The suppression OF
the Richmond officers is a warning to the
rest of the South of what may be expected
if a similar course is to be pursued, and 1T
will be we'll for the other cities and states
to heed it. The reports from the South
continue to be of a contradictory charac-
ter, some writers, apparently finding moth
ing but traitorous sentiment and a purpose
of gain in politics what the people OF the
South have lost by war, and others repre-
sent a good deal of genuine Union feeling.
Gov Holden says the feeling of the soces-
%sionists in North Carolina is not so bitter
as has been represented, and seems to
think there will be no trouble in bringing
the state back into the Union by loyal
votes. There are also continual accounts
of abuse of the freedmen. But we must
believe these cases are the exception rather
than the rule. and as soon as the freed.
mems Bureau gets thoroughly organized
in every state they will cease entirely.
Gen Augur has established a provost court
in Alexandria, to have exclusive jurisdic-
ton in all cases where the rights of the
blacks are concerned. This is in conse-
quence of the civil court having refused
to do Justice to the freedmen, and we doubt
not a similar plan will be pursued in 9TH
or parts of the South, If the civil courts
will not recognize the negro as parties to
suits or as witnesses, they will have the
pleasure of settling such cases before a
military court. Gov Perry of South Car
DINA, before he returned, professed HIM
self ready to cooperate in all things with
Gen Howard of the freedmen's bureau.
aud to do the negroes justice. The sooner
all the officials at the South come to the
same determination, the better it will be
for all concerned. About two thousand
applications for pardon were made last
week, and the applications are now pouring
in at the rate of 200 a day. No rebels of
note have applied lately, except William
G. Rives of Virginia, and Gen Joe Johns
ton. Postal facilities are being rapidly
restored to all parts of the south, and the
mail is now transmitted direct between
Washington and Richmond, on the old
line.
The statement that our government
is largely adding to our military forces
in Texas is disproved by an official order
to Gen Sheridan to cause all the volunteer
white troops, cavalry, infantry and artil-
lery, serving in that department., which
he may think can be dispensed with, to
be mustered out of the service. The
musters-out will be by entire organiza-
%tions, including all additions thereto by
recruits and from other sources. The
general commanding the department of
Texas, has been e%njoined to strict and
faithful observance of the instructions
heretofore issued, which require him to
forbear from any form Of intervention in
the war between France and the sovereign
power of Mexico, of which President Jua-
rez continues to be recognized as the chief.
There is an attempt, prObaly made by
spectators, to make Us believe that our
troops in Texas are in panger of becoming
embroiled with the soldiers Of Maximil-
an on the other side of the Rio Grande.
The government has had no intelligence
if any such thing, and it is doubtless q
sheer fabrication. The national troops
} reached their destination on the Ric
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