Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-11-07


Boston firm during the war, through
official fsvoritism. The Department will
be heard In It's defense.
Gen. Howard publishes letter In
the Washington Chronicle denying that
the colored vote in the Southis too large
in proportion to the population. That
Is not the complaint, but that the white
vote is too small. ##er
1t is learned that the cable telegram
which announces the sale of the Bay OF
SAVANNA to the United States for a naval
station is not strictly correct. The ne
gotiations which We're broken Of last
spring have been revived, but have not
reached a conclusion. The government
does not propose, however, to pay our
teen millions in gold for the purchase Of
the bay and portion OF the island
1t is understood that the apElics-
tions made from Georgia and Virginia to
the President for a modification OF GER
tain orders Of Gen. Pope and Gen. scho
field relative to the late elections in those
States have all been refused by theEx-
ecutive, on the ground thatlthe law gives
hi, n no power to modify or annul The Or
ders It District Commanders.
The President has requested Gen.
Grant to di, Nbana the coored militis or
CARNATIONS in the District. The recent
jntimatlons OF t he Chronicle that two
full colored regimen IS had obtained arms
from the government, and might be
needed to protect Cons 'ress' LED TO an
official investigation. Gen, Grant dmles
that any arms have been furnL MED item,
and states in his report to the I .Tesi1ent
that he sees no necessity for any organ
lied militia in the District.
The annual report Oh Gen. Howard,
as published in the newspaper, Is III
correct, inasmuch as the estimated num-
Der Of colored children in schools, In &C
cordance with the most recent informa-
tion (of private character), not official
ly reported, is set down at 100000. The
official report of General Howard will
show that these figures include the total
number Of pupils, officially and unof1i-
cilly reported, distributed as follows: At
regular schools in the South, 100000;
plantation and family schools, 100000;
in other States, 100000.
The points of Gen. Grants report as
Secretary of War have been laid before
the President. They show that the ex-
penses of the War Department have in
creased in a ratio since July over the
expenditures for the last fiscal year.
There were large sales OF public
property last year which were credited
to the Department, while this year the
expenses have not been diminished by
such sales. The estimates for the next
fiscal year, however, will not present an
increase, especially in view of the fact
that the expenses of an Indian war will
not be taken into consideration.
r. special disnatch to the Star from
Philadelphia states that letter from
Lancaster, received there Monday, says
that "Thaddeus Stevens is slowly recov-
ering from his illness, and there is fair
prospect that he will be able to be in
Washington on the assembling OF Con-
gress. He has bill already prepared
which he will introduce, providing for
universal suffrage In all the States by
act Of Congress; also bill defining the
status of executive and judicial officers
pending their trials on articles OF i'm
parchment; and bill similar to the one
introduced In the Thirty.Nnth Congress
relative to the confscation Of the public
enemys property. Mr.. Stevens will also
propose that the Joint Committee on Re.
construction be revived for the purpose
examining the Constitutions and State
Organizations of such Stats as have
been reconstructed under the laws of
Congress.