The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


tor that purpt Sc, Il gold medal and letter
TO Mrs. Lincoln, presented by the people
Of France in honor Of the memory of the
late president. The French have COM
mcnccd the evacuation of Rome ALL
difficulties between Prussia and Saxuny
have now been arrangcd-lt is again
asserted that John III Surratt is in the
custody of Consul Hale at Alexandria
The Pope has agreed to receive an envoy
Of the Italian Government for purposes of
negotiation The London Times, of the
9Th, indorscs the message of the President,
and alo declares that the -1htLdDld claims
ought to be settled Immediately. Mr.
Fox is visiting the British Navy.yartls.
More troops have been sent to Ireland,
ard the lron-clals have ben ord rtd to the
lli-h coast. Frequent arrests ui Fvnians
continue to be made-rhe Patriot of the
9th announces that all the French troops
will have left Mexico before the end Of
February, lS5T.-The Canadian insurgents
have blown up II convent. Two thousand
Turks are said to have been killed by th1
explosion.
SOUTHERN NrwS.-Dr. Case, state
Senator from Albion County. Tennessee,
reports the 'ebels in Albion and Henry
counties miuriated at the idea that their
former chattcls may he eDtranrhiscd,
while they are excluded from the polls
They are div ing eli numbers OF freedmen,
under threats OF violence. On Monday
night, at Union City, II numb,r Of shots
where fired at, Or 10 alarm, culored pcU-
pie and recently in the same vicinity,
some black girls were brutaily violated by
six ruiliins il succession. Gen. Lewis is
to make an investigation Of the case. 4
committee left New Orleans on Wudncs.
dag, with petition 10 Congress for pro.
vsional governments for the Southern
States. Gov. Wells and about two
thousand others have signed it, Both
| branches Of the Tennessee Legislature
have voted TO adjpurn Oh the lth ms.
ill January /. Great suffering and
dCstiinion exists at Chattanooga among
the freedmen. Two hundred freedmen
on the Nashville lcyee have struck for
)c an hour Duiirg the last canvas.
the d,mocrals ofa Maryland town planned
to saliiiz1 IA freedmen : bureau by carrying
an Obi bureau in procession with a negro
outside it. but they could not hire a ncalo
at any price 10 exhibit himself in that
way. aud II mean white colorcd with bnrr,t
cork dill the Job. Pollard wants patriotic
contributions to lis new paper at Rich
~ | no - 4 NJ, l..
oilrls 500 for tie best poem ION the
conitrate dead - ;clOO for the best poem
" in laudaliun Of the deeds. valorS. safer
ines and sacrifices of the confederate
soldiers anI II . for the best poem
son the great prisoner OF Fortress Mon
roe, Jefferson Davis. The Raleigh (N.
c. Standard, edited by ex-proyi,onal
Governor Holden. has come out decidedly
for .he territorial theory and the recon
struction OF the South On the basis OF loyal
voters. white and black, and appeals to
Congress TO accomplish this at once The
Standard says: I've think the loyal PEG
pie Of North Carolina are competent 10
govern themselves. They feel that they.
at least. have not forfeited the right to
govern themselves. They arctired OF exptr-
imcnts. They are depressed AMI afflicted
10y the rule Of indictments aud traitors,
who have at length worked their way to
the head Of these experiments"
CoNGRrss. Tile second session Of the
Thiny-ninih Congress commenced on
Monday, December 81. The message
was read and tie mass welcome attended
to on the same day. But little has been
done yet. Both houses Adjourned over
from Thursday to Monday Of this week
4 coed dead Of work has been Laid
out for the session. Both branches
have resolved to keep the j1int re
construction committee of last session
and the House has determined TO have
standing committee on ireedmen's affairs.
The lever branch has also passed Il +, SD
luton insisting on the adoption of the
constitutional amendment before the adj
mission Of southern members to Congress,
and another inslruciing tie committee on
territories TO Inquire INTO the expectancy
OF providing territorial governments for
the rebel states The House has likewise
passed Il bill reported by Mr.. Lawrence OF
Ohio, providing that when loyal citizen
OF the United States brings an action 10
recover damages for injury TO person or
property, no such action shall be defeated
or any defense allowed by virtue OF the
authority Of the late 50 called confederate
states, Or any state declared in rebellion.
The House commenced under very high
prcssIre, and bills have already been in
troduccd to regulate the executive appoint
mcnts; TO establish new bureau in the
treasury department, to be called the in
ternal revenue bureau, the head Of it TO
be appointed by the chief Justice, to have
IS, 600 salary and to have the appointing
of his own subui dinates directing the
sale Of two millions Of gold every week
by the secretary Of the treasury, at New
York, due notice to be given, AMI the
compensation to the broker selling it not
to exceed one filieth of one per cent to
equallza the bounty of soldiers, sailors
and mariners. In the Senate, Mr.. Sum
ner made an Intellectual attempt the first
day OF the session to pass the bill that
went through the House at the last session,
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