The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-09-01
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he State constitution, abolishing sla-
very, thus taking the lead of the re-
oellious States in performing this inn
portant preliminary to reconstruction.
Some of the other doings of the CON
vcntion are not so satisfactory, as, rat .
flying all laws passed during the Sc
ression Of the State except those rela-
ting to the rebellion, and prohibiting .
the legislature from imposing any civ
il disability or punishment upon any
persons engaged in the late war, or
for political opinions occasioned there /
bv. It would also have looked full as
well in the convention not TO have |
asked that the negro troops be re-
moved from the State, and not to have /
memofialized the president for the
pardon of jeff Davis and Gov Clark I
Such things show that the old spirit
of rebellion is still rampant 1t is the
intention now TO press an ordinance
providing for the election of congress-
men and State officers for two years,
the first Monday in October, and this
result will doubtless be achieved.
GOV. Perry of South Carolina, in a
speech made since his return from
Washington, speaks confidently OF
the loyal spirit of the people, urges
them to set about the matter of re-
construction, and reform at once and
in good faith, and expresses the conf
dent opinion that the State govern
ment will be running and congress
mon all elected ready to take their
seats when Congress meets in Deem
Der We hope the governors predic-
tions will all prove true.
1t is reported that Gov Pierpont,
Of Virginia, has como to the conclu-
sion that he has been too lenient with
the rebels, and is going to pursue a
more stringent policy. John Minor
Bolts has become Disguised with the
/ governor, and announces himself as a
candidate for the United States Senate.
The Richmond people are looking
with much eagerness for the anticipat-
ed visit Of President Johnson, and are
hoping that he will get an impression
of public sentiment that Will induce
him to u more leniont policy. Just
now the president is inclined to be
more strict, if anything. He has got
Disguised at the brazcn impudonce
and cnronterv Of the rebels seeking
pardous, aud has ordered the attorney
general TO present no more appbca-
tons % him at present, while he slgnl-
fos his intention Of not huTying III
considering those cases already before
him. He has also formed an eXecu-
tive bureau, with John w. Wilson,
formerly Of Chicago, at the head Of it,
which viii commence operations Sep
tember 1st, and the routine duties of
looking into pardon cases, rs well as
much other executive business, viii
therefore be removed from the prcsi-
dents shoulders.
Trial of the Andcrsonviilc Jailer.
Capt henry Wirz of the rebel
army, the fend who was the willing
instrument in inficting so many cru
elites on the Union prisoners OF wan
at the Andersonyille Jail, was araigned
before military commission at Wash
ington, Wednesday morning, when
the charges were presented III new
form, aud leaving out that pant charg-
ing Wirz with conspiring with Lee
Seldom and others What was the
reason for this sudden change has not
yet TRANSFERRED The trial is likely tC
go on now to the end, and there is a
fair prospect that Wirz will ultimate
: " get his deserts
The rumor has been started again
that jeff. Davis is to be tried Mt Fort
ress Monroe; and it has been the pre-
yalent popular impression that the
trial of the rebel chief would come of
= some time in September. But no one
really knows any more about the tria
than six weeks ago, except, of course
the authorities at Washington. Mo-
even Jef1's counsel knows when tn,
trial is to come off, much less where
The other State prisoners in For
: Warren and Fortress Monroe are re
/ ported as being as well as could be ex
1 pected, and of course will not be trieC
till their chief has been disposed of
Stephens, in Fort Warren, is treated
I with special leniency, 10y direct orde
of the president, and has the run o
l his prison except for one hour daily
: when ex-postmaster Gen. Reagan
: takes his daily walk.
| Army and Navy News.
News from the pirate Shenandoah
{ up to June % shows that she is still
) plundering and destroying our whal
j ing fleet in the Pacific She had thei
Z burned some half dozen vessels no
I previously reported; and was steerin.
> towards where fleet of sixty whaleri
> was known to be. The captain of
" French whaler generously undertook
to give the fleet notice of their danger
and having some time the start OF tn
y Shenandoah, it is hoped he was sue
= cessful. We do not see what the nav
( department is about, that it does no
u send its whole force, if necessary, t
- cruise in the Pacific till the last reli
!. of the rebellion is either captured O
Il destroyed
20 1t Is now stated that all the collore,
troops in the service are soon to b
i mustered out, and that the regula
= army, to consist entirely of whit
a troops, will for the present numbe
\ 1875, 900 men.