The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-12-01

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the present basis. The president has
not ordei ed the disbandment OF the
detective force of the army but the
White House is no longer guarded
and watched by them. i
Gen. Sicklcs has taken command at
Charleston. and Gen. Gilmore, who
preceded him, has been ordered 10 re-
port to the Chief of Engineers.
Soldiers who have claims to collect
should beware of bogus claim agents I
They are very plenty, and $50 or $50
paid to them is SO much money thrown
away.
Since the war closed the navy de
partment has sold 1913 vessels at an
aggregate of $3.50, 400 The num-
Der of workmen Mt the principal navy
yards is now being very essentially re-
duced, and the pay of several kinds OF
mechanics who have been receiving
very large wages, is also being cut
down.
Political aud Personal.
Congress- meets next Monday, and
those congressman who can afford 1t
are already gathering at the national
capital Ex-Speaker Colfax has made
a speech. sustaining the presidents
policy, as far as it goes but indicating
that Congress would wish for some
further guarantees of the rights of the
freedmen and of the loyalty of the
whites at the South than have yet
beer given. However, the speech
showed Mr. Colfax to be essentially in
accord with the president, and if his
views are those of republican congress
men generally, there can be no dan
ger of conflict between the presi-
dent and Congress on the reconstruc-
ton question. There is no doubt that
Mr. Colfax viii be reelected speaker
of the House
Contrary to general expectation,
Colorado elected republican COVER
nor aud member of Congress, and
starts off all right
Arizona has elected Gov. John n.
Goodwin delegate to Congress
The official count Of the governor
vote at the late election in New Jersey
gives the Union candidate, 27S9 ma
iority
Robert S. Hale, republican, is elect
cd congressman in the 18th New York
district to fill ont the term Of the late
Ollando Kellogg.
The republicans viii have a MAORI
~ of fifty on joint ballot in the ONO
legislature
Gov Curtin, of Pennsylvania, who
broke down during the New York
electioneering campaign and has been
sick mt friends house in New York
over since, is slowly recovering.
GEN Logan has not yet had any
official notification Of his appointment
as minister to Mexico, and rumors are
rife that he viii not accept when he 10
notified
a lively campaign is going on over
the New York city election, which
occurs December ), and the different
organizations are fast getting their
candidates into the field if the rcpub-
Leans do not nominate separate
ticket but go in for Hecker, citizens
and reform candidate, it is almost Ger
tain that ho too viii be elected.
Gen Grant prolonged his visit to
New York till Tuesday The grand
reception at the Fifth avenue hotel
camc off Monday night, and was q
great and magnificent ailair Three
thousand persons holding invitations
were present, and unlimited thousands
waited in the rain outside to catch a
glimpse of the hero
General Domestic News.
Gold has remained with but very
little huctuation during the week, sell
ing for l4Ga147 The receipts of the
government for the quarter ending
October | were $i39, sol sos, of which
over S47, 100000 were from customs
: and over S9G,000,0O0 from internal
revenue The expenditures for the
same quarter were 1914, S35, 9l6. oi
which sum over Sl65, 100000 were fol
the army and over $l6,000O00 for the
navy Secretary McCulloch is busy
making his report, and it is generally
supposed he viii recommend to Con
gress some means of reducing the vol
ume of currency now ahoat, and it is
asserted that he will recommend the
appropriation of sum Of money suf
icient to pay off the national debt il
thirty years. But we shall soon know
what the report recommends, and We
can afford to wait until Congress,
meets
+, Twenty-Five thousand tons of Scran
ton coal were sold at New York Oh
Tuesday, aad the prices obtained
show decline of S1aS2 per ton a.
compared with the October sale fac
that will be cheering to poor folks i
the retail dealers Will take the hin
and also come down in their prices.
{ The steamer Atalanta, which haC
u the cholera aboard, is not yet allowed
= to come up to New York, but the cab
y III passengers have been taken off, anC
: will be allowed to land after thor
u ough fumigation.
Toronto, Canada, lately suffered from
a Fenian instruction, in imagination
caused BY lying telegram.
But the Canadians, as well as til,
tenlans, are all quiet now. The lead
. er of the brotherhood has signalzec
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