Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Heck and Kemp P. Battle are IN New York TOR
the purpose OF opening Offices IN the North to
iurnl,h lniofm .uon anu encourage emigration.
They say the people Of North Carolina are apx
lous W have the State filled with Northern
stt.lers, and desire 10 have their resource fully
developed. the feeling is very strong 10 favor
OF the new system Of labor, and a large majority
express gladness at the abolition OF slavery.
Tuey oisr Tor sale or lease large quantities OF
land, gold, iron and lead mines, and water
power, and otter liberal Inducements TO emI
grafton. Ibis Is the trst step Of the kind taken
by any State.
The Deputy Commissions of Internal Revenue
has wfioen d letter, III rtpy to an iLq lry made
Of him IN re anon 10 the uuty on ditss making
III winch he says upon tins point the law Is
explicit, that II tue material ID furnished Dy one
party and manufactured by another, the part,
sO manufacturing Is liable to the duty upon the
iull value vi The furnished article. lie adds
" Inns law may be oppressive to some, but the
relief Is, IN adding tme tax TO the price Of the
manufacture, aud by this means the person Tor
whom The goods are manufactured indirectly
pay the duty."
The HeraLd'S New 0rleafs correspondence
saye the lecne Dlotrct OF Louisiana Is hi ed
with goerriilas, VINO ntve thus lar def d the
DatIo"al troops ami llzens u cap ure them.
lhey not only p under rurai districts but enter
towns and roo tue stores.
The Commercials Washington d.patch says
Attorney uoueral o~peede's opinion upon 81 4lms
Tor cOttOn captured Dy Sherman at Savannah 10
published. lie decides that all cotton taken b,
the mliItary lOrces IN the Ibsuriecuonar dis
irIgLs ta uauAuF "A urluurfv uI.Htu th. ,....,u.
OF the statute Vi 1868, whether owned BY lo,al
men or not. lie d 50 hClds that recourse mus
be had Ia disputed cases ~ the Court Vi Claims,
and that Jurisdiction cannot be conferred uuon
a commission appolD,ed by the PresIdenl Or
Secretary of the Treasury to examine Tue elaine
In question and tu make Restoration Vi the pro-.
ceeds oi 81 much Of tins cotton as may beIoug
TO the loyal lalmants.
The POsfs dispatch says there is reason ~
believe the g0velnment viii sOon announce i,s
policy In regard " the Monroe doctrine and the
french occupation OF Mexico. Heavy reinforce
ments, TO HE number oi rs 700 men, are SAID
To have been put ON the rOsd " Sheridan within
u few days. General Grant Is report, d to have
saId, In u conversation with the Mexican Min.
lister q few days ago, The French will have to
leave Mexico
Gen HOward has issued an order that if the
planters IN Lower Maryland do not cease turning
on 'heir old slaves " slaive, or neglect 10 en.-
pioy them, the government Will take DOS. ession
OF their farms and put the freedmen 10 work on
their lands.
The steamer Lafayette arrived at Brest on
the 9th, with Al VI the passengers Of the ship
William Nelson IRON Antwerp for New York
with 4oO Herman emigrants, winch wac recently
burned at sea. Capt. Hart OF the bark Meteor
has returned 10 Haiiax alter searching a day
and a hall Tor the passengers. The saved pas
sengers SAY that on Sunday The 25th ult., The
captain OF the Nelson ordered all the steerapt
passengers above and proceeded 10 iumlgate lht
ship. For Tins purpose he ordered pitcn " b,
taken into the lower hJld and led hot irons u
be thrown iuto II. The pitcn ignlted and boiled
over and set the sh p uu hire. When 1t wa,
found impossible to save the ship, the captain
and other officers LETT In the boats Of the ship
which burned " the waters edge, carrying
down over iour hundred steera.e passengers
Tue scenes on board the Inflated vessel are des
oribed as Ut the most heartrending character
MOthefs threw their babes into the water ant
ieil back themselves into the flames. Who'll
ianllies died together IN excfuclatIng torments
Brothers and sisters, parents and children, raj
financially about Tor the help they were not +
bud. A number OF very young children wer
placed In the +" channels oil the ship, as benz
~iartuess IRON tue hire, but they hal not beeI
loug there when che flames burst through tn
eide OF the vessel upon them and IN an insIan
they we're Consumed.
capt. Hart says that u ship, five or siI mile
irom MS weasel, Vas seen by hin, apparent
engaged IN searching for the wreck, aud b
thtnHa maj Al. uuN,.hsatl. ....l .-. a -.
Passengers IRON the wreck, all oi whom ha
Dcen three days aud nlgnls IN the water. Ia
maze CABIN PASSENGERS are rapidly rrooyerlu
irUm The etsols vi their lbJu Ice, Uug the lemsl,
are BADLY burned about the arms and legs, an
ae nVt uViug ~ we'll.
A charleston correspondent Gays the mAjorit
OF tue oOu'h LarOllua planters, though ~ 7,
Gently Tue mUst uucJmpfOmlsiug advocate ,
slavery, have already Dvgun " look on emaoe
plsOn as really Il ben,n, " them, and aru II
eheed To tna OpluiOn th-t compensated lob,
will ~ the end DO Ia. more profitable aud SAL
laosoIy ~ he landowners VI tha state general,
All Tue principal oJutn Carolina crvps, excel
uns ile, ale REPRESENTED as ylelulng aOundant,
this year. Has cultivation has been much nt,
lecIel, OWING ~ the d,sOrgauIz Itiun aud oonlu
si0n lnvideht " Tue Change II, IN the slave to IL
ifee iaOuf slstm lbere Is cous derAble Al
feeling Ia IharitssJu between The soldiers au
Tue oiuIene, aua tuere have recently been SOU
oieaoh,s VI tue poeoe, ia which the OOiol cd p,,
Pie " Tue c.! as weil as The cOiOIed soiule
have ueun miAq. up. uuH Is nuvtt, the IAN
oommsnd u bas OUnstq4,nty Issued sptul
vrde VI a stfin, ent Character, Eqatunp a
o,nl us 10 v.usof ny ntraI inc Ia tuoa % res pslul
~ I.liaiu lioa ssauio,-acs aud uo,sy u,n ,,
stsLUhs Va he streets, auu ~ Ivuaiu al To,
homes ale, o olueK la tie evening. lue ,u
dieis aie a'sO reminded Vi lGeir uulles, al
warned aga 'ss Va psrpe.aIIou VI any vutt,
ges Or tnV Exhibition Vi any Iiscsureesy g. Il
people.
The New Jersey republicans held lhrt, col
venuOn iOr the nOmina,iUn VI a state uek.t
lrenlon, on Inutsd.y. lnefe vas a vel, lar
attendance, Tor Tue Jersey republicans ore tho
oUghiy walked up auu mean " feutem Ia, stai
oen. hhpatnos, tue dasnlns .salf, RAID, Z, N
aided. Maious l.. v ara VI Nvwaik va. nun,p,nt,
fr governor w The lOuTln ballot lnere Va,
convention Of var utmJoi at. al Trenton, " q
ne'day, and the, PROMISED sne republican vi,
enough to elect thomas II. Herring II 10,
would nominate him. But the rspubnes
thought beet TO lake one Vi their own men. Al
there % a lair chance Vt bis election. A frson
uou 10 regard to the nights oil oJiprtd msa "
iald 90 the tAbit-a Dice We, to dodge 40 vi
seleome question. Ar. hAtd. the Ca dldale Il
governor, y said 10 be = man Of character "a