Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-12-01

IN speech here to-day, Senator Sherman
OF Ohio said During the war the gov
eminent was compelled to resort to the ut
most limits Of taxation but / am happy to
say that the business Of Congress will be (af-
ter securing peace upon the basis of universal
liberty to relieve ourselves from taxation no
longer necessary. The foundation Of wealth
is, and should be, as free from burdens as
the air The cheerfulness With which all
classes and occupations bore taxes during the
war makes 1t doubly the duty Of Congress to
lesseu and equalize the taxes now. conf
IDENTIFY anticipate that in short time the du-
ties on imported goods, moderate income
tax and taxes on luxuries will enable us hon
orably to perform all our obligations.
New YORK, Nov. 23.
Washington dispatch says - Twelve
hundred and ffty men have been mustered
out Of the Veteran Reserve Corps, leaving
only one hundred enlisted men in that depart
ment. Two hundred officers are trying to
hold on to their commissions until Congress
authorizes the continuance Of the corps.
The forthcoming report of the Commission
er on Internal Revenue will recommend the
abolishing proprietary revenue stamps. and
all other stamps except those used for legal
documents.
Several reconstructed rebels have fled
claims at the Treasury department for balan-
ces due before their participation in treason.
Application was made yesterday at the
Navy department for the appointment Of a
young Virginia seoessionist as midshipman.
The number Of applications for pardon on
file is about 10000, bu! the number granted
will not exceed 500. None are now being
granted.
Gen. Grants report Of the military opera
tons since his appointment as Lieutenant
General, will probably accompany the report
Of the Secretary Of War, and be published
simultaneously.
The feeling against England for allowing
the officers and crew of the Shenandoah to
escape is one Of undisg guised insult and hos
tility. All agree that they must be given up
to our authorities under the extradition treaty.
A Washington dispatch says military
commission is said to have been ordered to
Investigate the enlistment Of Prussian sub
jects by the State of Massachusetts, during the
war, with power to sit in Washington and
Boston to accommodate the Prussian minister
aud Massachusetts, officials respectively. 1t
is understood that the Pfussian government
has demanded an explanation from the United
Stltes, and the former expects to establish
the fact Of fraud and compulsion practiced up
on emigrants. The commissioners are Gems.
Hitchcock, Mott, Smith and Seth Williams
The Savannah News says of the Hon Chs.
j. Jenkins, the newly elected Governor of
Georgia:
"Gov. Jenkins has been elected without
the slightest opposition, no candidate having
been nominated, aud we believe he will prove
to be the right man in the right place. and
will make an excellent Chief Magistrate. Mr..
Jenkins has been throughout the war con-
servative secessionlst, is an accomplished gem
tleman and man Of sterling integrity, who
will leave nothing undone, which IN conduce
to the material prosperity and Advancement
Of our State"
New YORK, Nov. "a.
Washington special dispatch says the
prisoner recently brought from the South un-
der circumstances Of great mystery, and in
carcerated in the old Capitol prison, is Major
Lee, who was arrested in Florida. He was
in charge of the Swissburgh prison while the
mortality was greatest among the Union pris
oners.
At u meeting in DR.. Cheever's church last
evening, DR.. Cheever auimadyerted severely
on the course Of the President, saying that
the latter acted as if he owned the country.
and could do as he pleased with the inhabi-
tants.
WASHINGTON, Nov. "a.
The American Freedmel's Aid Commission
issues circular calling for contributions for
Freedmen on Thanksgiving day. 1t is osti-
mated that 10000 Freedmen will perish in
Georgia and Alabama next winter unless aid
is speedily offered.
The Stonewall arrived late last evening,
and anchored off Alexandria. She will come
up to Washington to-day.
The forthcoming Treasury report will show
a more encouraging condition of the National
finances than has hitherto been anticipated.
Two white men having been convicted by
a military commission OF the murder Of ne
gress, named Nellie Brest, in Georgia, were
sentenced to be hanged. The President has
approved of the sentence, and ordered the ex-
ecution to take place on the first Friday in
January.
Another Washington dispatch says 450 ad-
ditional cavalry have been ordered to Texas
from the Carlisle barracks.
The Matamoras Ranchero says the Liberals
are in force eight miles from that city. A
skirmish had taken place, resulting in xii ling
one lmperislist and capturing three others by
the Liberals. Gen. Lenberry had been ap-
pointed Imperial Commander of Sonora.
JACKSON. Miss. Nov. 20.
Gov Humphrey sent his message to the
Legislature to-day. He recommends that ne
gro testimony be admitted in the courts
that the freedmen be encouraged to work, so
that they can support their families and edu-
cate their children also that the freedmen
be assured OF protsction from the State in
working for the support Of themselves and
families; that tax be levied upon freedmen
for the support Of helpless freedmen that