The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-11-22
FROM THE SOUTH.

'BNOibt w uSlllIlR
ton, dated Nov. 18th. says:
"a letter received to-day from north.
ern Alabama, states that the Rebels have
defeated all the Union candidates. Th,
infamous Frank b. Gurley, murderer O
Gen. McCook, has been elected Sheriff o.
Madison County, and the Rev. J. r.
Morris, who declared from the stump
''that he could not take the oath. and
any man that could was back-heartet
traitor to the South" is elected to Con.
greSs from the Madison District, while
Foster, ex.Rebel Congressman, is elected
from the Limestone District.
Madison Comfy has declared by L.
OoS to 594 against the amendment to
the Constitution aboishing slavery, which
was made the test question in the can
vass. Such a spirit of prescription and
persecution Of Union men is rite as will
force them all from the State, it is fear
ed
Henry G.. Cole offers himself to the
voters Of the seventh district in Georgia
AS n candidate for Congress. Mr.. Cole
has been during the whole war an I'M
compromising Union man, and has given
the rebels an immense amount of trouble
in innnmcrablc ways. Mr.. Cole makes
this point in the course OF his address j..
at is told abroad that am for negro
suffrage; this is not true. III had the
power of saying who should and who
should not vote, | would exclude the ne.
gro; not because Of his black face. but
because of his weak brain. | would ex-
clude the traitor 10 his country: not be-
cause of his weak brain, but because of
his black heart" lie concludes: 81
have kept n faithful record of events for
the last five years, and | can unfold a
tale that will cause some of the leaders
in H,is rebellion to treInble as did Den
marks king at Hamlct's ghost | have
always been and always shall be, n dcvo-
tee to the government OF my fathers. 1t
has cost me destruction Of my property,
insult to my family ard imprisonment of
my person; but, thank God, have
maintained my honor and selt-respect."
Nagrant negroes at Columbus, GA,
are loaded with Il ball and chain and put
10 work for the city, White Migrants
live on government rations. That's the
difference.
The Wilmington He,uM says that
Jonathan Worth is certainly elected gov-
ernor Of North Carolina. Worth is now
state treasurer. The Raleigh Pog,eSs,
which supported Holden, says that
Worth sis gentleman of fine attain
ments, Of sterling integrity, and if the
state can be restored to the Unicn and
civil law established in North Carolina.
he will make good governor. Worth
was really elected by the old wings, who
were jealous of Holden as trying 10 res
tore the democratic party to power The
secesh helped the wings because Holden
was the administration candidate: this
seems to be the whole case. The Pro-
yreS hopes they will make Holden United
States senator, and 50 reconcile matters.
The M's,issipplaiis misunder,tani the
amendment, just AS the
South Carolina legislature did before
Secretary Seward explained it, The
Vicksburg Herald says: "Shall Mis- is
'ippi ratity the constitutional amendment
We answer no, ten thousand times no
We have advocated earnestly Gas
measure of policy,) the abolition of sa-
'ery, and 1t is now swept from our stat
lite books forever; but never will we
ldvocate--nUr will Mississippi ever con-
ent to give Congress any more control
within her borders than is now possessed
~ the national Legislature
The same paper scouts the idea that
will educate It's negroes-no-
'ody supposed it "ould-but it might
lavc been less ugly about it than this
If any radical was ever back enough
n his views to suppose the people of Mis-
issippi would endow negro schools, for
heir ilk to teach the rising ebony-skin
'atred of his former master, bat his bes.
riend, then such chaps had better take
iudICiiiiIp ol WIFI JOnn Drown soul
hey will hardly reach the object of their
esires short Of the locality where John
) Kicking and waiting. The state has
ot opened them, nor has she the slight
st idea of doing anything Of the kind"
The story that the president pardoned
>ol. Gayle of Alabama, who advertised
Or million dollar subscription to procure
he assassination of President Lincoln,
'as not true. He was sent home to re-
ort to the United States district attor-
ey at Montgomery, who has placed him
nder S25, 600 bonds to appear for trial
n the thirdMonday Of this month.
In his dispatch to the governor of
ieorgia, approving the organization of
le local militia, the president said: SIT
hoped your people will as soon as prac-
cable, take the responsibility of entorc-
g all laws, state and federal, in con.
trinity to the constitution of the United
tates"