Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-10-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Mstamoras advices say Cortinas, Canales anC
Escabbo have combined their forces and ar,
marching on MatEmora with 1000 Liberals
robbIng and plundering the whole country
Capt Neyes' cavalry is operating between Mat
morss and Monterey. Nine hundred Belgian,
and Mexicans defeated $500 Juarists, near Cos
ma, in the State Of Mchocan, on the 18th o.
july capturing II prisoners, 600 stand of arm
aud pieces of artillery. They proceeded in thu
direction Of Tehuacan. The telegraph lines art
IN process of construction to connect !he princ
pal cities Of the Empire.
The Times Washington dispatch of the 7lh
says r. b. Rbett of South Carolina appeared a.
the Freedmen's Bureau and demanded transpor
talion for his slaves a. government cost in sucl
an lmpudent manner that Gen. Howard wa.
obliged to call guard to remove him. Rhctt
however, lett before tho guard arrived lie also
bad an interview with the President, and with
his accustomed modesty prohered his advice 10
Mr.. johnson in regard to his southern policy.
The U. s Consul al Barcelona, Spain, 10 q
dispatch re eivded at the State Department the
9TH inst, says thas that port has been declared
infected. The cases Of cholera were daily IN
oressing. From the 9Th until the 18th OF Sept.
embsr the total number Of deaths was $50, Of
which 337 were from cholera. One half oil the
population bad lett tho town, and business OF all
kinds was entirely suspended.
Gov Brownlow of Tennessee sent his first mes
sage to the General Assembly Thursday. lie
recommends amendments and additions to tho
frachlse law, but says " am by no means an
cd IN of "a do bn Ia
OF the State wish any sweeping change" The
restoration OF civil law has worked well, and
prosperity is promised in every section. Guilty
rebels should be treated with severity, in pro-
portion to their ofenses the mass OF them with
not less than ten years dIslfanchlsemet, and the
leaders with neither mercy nor iorbearancc.
lie says " ain convinced that the white and
colored people cannot live together, politically
or socially, as equals" lie advocates the set
ting apart OF some portion OF the national ter
ritory, best adapted for the purpose, for a ma
tion Of freedmen The testimony OF negroes s
recommended to be taken in the courts ON the
same basis as that Of white persons.
Brownlow would make pretty mess of Ten
nessee. lie would dsiranchise all tho small
rebels, hang all the leaders, and Danish the ne
groes. This would leave about four thousand
men to do all the voting, hold all the Offices and
vote. Brownow would be sure OF reelection for
the next ten years.
DR.. Mudd has been making an attempt to CO
cape from Fort Jefferson He did not succeed
DR.. Mudd was requested to exercise his muscles
by wheeling sand, during the pleasure OF the Off
Ger commanding.
The WIZ TRIAL-The trial drags moder.
atsly on, and will last veral weeks vet, if Wrz
does not die OF removse and anxiety before his
trial is concluded. The examination Of witnesses
for the defense proceeds very slowly, only three
being examined on Saturday. She counsel for
defense proposes to make thorough work with BIZ.
Witnesses, and expects by their testimony to es,
lablish the following points That the conduct o.
the accused was generally humane that he wa.
rick and absent from Andersonville when many
Of the alleged atrocities we're committed; that h.,
was not responsible for the vaccination which re.
suited so disastrouslyi that he never maltreated
anybody, nor acted wfuy and malicously, and
that although the rules OF the prison we're strn.
gent and there was a lack OF physical comfort
among the prisoners, the "old Dutch captain,
as his counsel calls Wirz was not responsible Il
the extent claimed in the charges against him
II these points are established to the satisfaction
Of the court, Of course Wirz will save his neck
but it will require tall swearing to prove Wirz t.
have been generally humane"
SuFFRAcs--Conneotio voted adversely Mon
day, on the constitutional amendment proyid
ing that intelligent black men be admitted t
the right Of suffrage The result OF the vote i
much to be regretted So far as Connection
herself is concerned, the amendment was Of n
vital consequence, us the number Of black mel
in that state would have been allowed to vote
had the amendment been adopted is small bu
as a test vote in republican New Enplan
state for making intelligence, and not color tn
qualification for voting, the loss Of the amend
ment has a bad look.
JEFF. Davis was moved this forenoon, Oct .
under strong guard from his casemate prise
at Fortress Montoe to quarters assigned him il
Carroll Hall.
Rev. DR.. Francis Wayland, who was for MOI
than twenty-eighl years President of Brow
University, Providence, X. l., was PROSTATE
by paralytic stroke on Tuesday, Sept. 26, an
diod on Saturday afternoon, aged 90 years.
Secretary MeCulloch announces new Loan
$50000,0O0 Of fve.twenty year bonds with Il D,
WV" "'''sse W 49, Fa.s"V va may huu NuNen
Der Of each year. The loan is made by author
ty Of the &C, Of March 8, 1865, and the bon,
will be coupon bonds Of The denominations
800, $500 and $1,000, aud registered bonds
the denominations Of $4,000 aud $4,000. II
bonds will be issued in exchange for etrti6oat
Of Indebtedness maturing before January /, COZ
pound interest notes and two year trt asury not
at 3 per cent premium, slOs dollars in cert
Gates and notes being an equivalent for 500
the proposed loan.
COMMERCIAL.
kAnKErs.-siw Teas. Oct J. Csuen firm at 8
Flour 70 loo higher sales 1880 bbls, state o. rs
$780, round hoop OHIO % Is TO tl2 rs Western o.
s92 5j Southern ~ rs 10 IS o. Canada o. rs to "
wheat 10 oc higher sales so 900 bush Choago sprI
sl7ste Il So Milwaukee Club si o. TO No. Corn FRI
sales 1000 bush mixed Western " 10 pdc. Besf hf
Pofk arm, sales iooo hbl, mess ts sfi isS5e l..
frm. Whisky dull al o. - to2Q9
hossrAsL-stooks lover. Cold 1861. Us 10 tes u
Treasury is-iessi q. s. oeupsn sirss Of lssl lofI.
AeHsy pissu Il per cent