The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-01-31
RUTLAND & BURLINGTON RAILROAD.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


18th inst. and new arrests were reported.
From the continent there is the intelli-
gcncc that Louis Napoleons New Years
speech to the diplomatic corps was unus.
ually peaceful. The French senate and
corps hg'slotf have been summoned to
assemble on the 22d Of January, and the
opposition have decided to direct their
efforts principally 10 the Mexican ques.
ton. From Mexico we have the an
nouncemcnt of temporary advantages
gained by the Imperalists. They march.
ed in great force against chihuahua, the
capital of Juarez. and the latter was
forced TO abandon it with his cabinet and
take refuge in FL Paso. The news from
the interior is more favorable to the ibcr-
al cause. The story is again aAnat that
the French troops are to be withdrawn
from Mexico, but it is not credited at
Washing on.
SOUTHERN NEws-Georcia is about
electng United States Senators, and some
of the candidates are Joshua Hill. Alex
ander II. Stephens, cx-Proyisional Gcv.
johnson, Henry X. jackson and S. J..
Gartrell. 1t is said that Stephens refuses
TO take office even if he is pardoncd and
becomes eligible. Gov. Aiken of South
Carolina says the negroes of that state
will not work and the next cotton and
rice crop will prove a failure. Such a
failure is not strange when we consider
the irecdman's code for that state. In
/ Virginia the negroes are making satisfac-
tory contracts, but Gen. Terry has found
it necessary TO issue an order prohibiting
any civil officer or other person from at
tempting to apply the provisions of the
vagrant act recently passed by the legis-
lature, to any colored person in the de-
partment of Virginia. He says the
ultimate results of the law would be to
reduce the freedmen to worse state of
scrvitude from which they have been
emancipatcd. The trial OF the rebel
Gen. Morcer at Savannah for the muir
der OF Union soldiers, who deserted after
en'isting in the rebel army, has been
closed. He will probably he acquitted.
The government seems to be determi ned
to enforce strict neutrality on the Rio
Grande. Gen. Sheridan's orders are i'm
perative on this subject and he has
arrested Gen. Crawford for his flbuster-
ing expedition against Bagdad.
STATE LEGISLATURES The New Jer-
sey Senate has at length ratified the con-
sttutional amendment abollshing slavery.
The record OF the stale is now right on
this question. The House passed resolu-
tions endorsing Pres. johnson and com.
mending the administrative ability of
Secretaries Stanton and Seward. The
New York legislature is doing but little
except passing bills of local character
wholly unintereSting to US. Virginia
still continues to entreat West Virginia
10 come back to her arms and taxes,
Kentucky Legislature pass ID resolutions
postponing the election Of Senator'S
Massachusetts, legislature is greatly exer-
cised over proposition to give soldiers a
right to vote in the field, and is consider.
ing law for the increase of jurors pay
to 81. p per day.
CoNGREss.-Congressional news is DOW
the most interesting because such import
ant interests re at stake. We gave the
report Of the joint committee on recon-
struction last week, recommending an
amendment of the Constitution apportion-j
'"S representation anu ulTcCt IdAutlOU
according to population except where
right OF suffrage is denied or abridged On
account of race or color, all of such race
shall be excluded from the basis Of reprci
sentation. This was made the special
order for Thursday. The subject has
been discussed at length and finds many
opponents among the ranks of all parties,
and every day it is said the chance Of its
passage diminishes 1t is now thought
the bill for unqualified suffrage in the
District will be passed in the Senate in
the same form that it came from the
House. We can hardly suppose the
president will make an issue with Con-
gress on this question. The Senate Ju-
dietary Committee have reported against
repeating the test oath at present, and
also bill providing that no person shall
be disqualified from serving as juror by
reason of his having formed an opinion on
the matter to be submitted founded on
newspaper rumor No action has yet
been taken ON the application of Colorado