Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-04

to Vermont az well as to nelghborlng states.
No people admire him more than do Yer
monters, both for his brilliant achievements
on the fields of the war, and his patriotic
and successful administration of civil affairs
in Louisiana. and multitudes would gather
here to welcome him.
Garibaldi, from his prison at Alessandria,
| Italy, has written letter in which he says
the Romans have the right, which all slaves
have, to rise against their oppressors, and it
is the duty of Italians to help them in their
struggle for liberty He hopes his fellow
patriots will not be discouraged by their last
| reverse, and exhorts them to reorganize and
march on again to the achievement OF their
great purpose the liberation of Rome. The
| letter concludes with an earnest and eloquent
appeal to the men of the Liberal party OF
Italy, declaring that the eyes of the world
are turned upon them, and the nations OF
the earth anxiously await the result Of their
action in the present crisis.
Col. Noah L. Jeffries, of Maryland has
been appointed Register of the Treasury, rice
s. b. Colby, deceased.
Capt c. p Hall. the Arctic explorer,
will spend another winter at the north and
has hopes of obtaining positive knowledge of
| the fate of Sir John Frankln's expedition.
| His labors last winter consisted of six
| weeks journey to the tribes to the northwest
of Hudson's bay, of whom he purchased
forty dogs with which he will prosecute the
search this season. From this tribe he
learned that some white men had lived with
| them for a long time, and one of whom died
| and was buried with great care. Mr.. Hall
| thinks that the man may have been Sir John
Franklin himself.
Gen. Sickles has asked for IA Court of In
quiry, and his request has been endorsed by
| Gen. Grant but President johnson prefers
Buckley
Coy. Swami. of Maryland. is actively
arming the militia Of that state. though his
purpose is not quite apparent. The other
day he asked Gen. Grant for some artillery
but that officer declined to let him have it,
and thereupon the Governor purchased some
Napoleon guns. His militia generally
Differed by men who learned the military
art in the rebel army. If President johnson
should need an armed force to advance some
of his reasonable projects. he would find
this Maryland militia convenient and quite
ready to help him
Elections Will be held next week in Penn
sylyania Ohio and Iowa. No general officer
is to be chosen in Pennsylvania except a
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court In
Ohio and Iowa full state ticket l. to be
chosen. The Republicans are confident Of
carrying all these states.
\ conflict OF authority between the Naval
Department and the courts of Pennsv lSania
has been imminent. One of the Pennsyl-
vania courts issued a writ of hdjeaS corpL,
directing a naval officer to bring before the
, court a certain person in custody The officer
refused TO obey the writ, and has been uT-
held in that respect by Secretary Welles and
of course, President johnson. 50. it ap-
pears. the administration do not alvavs
agree that the courts are omnipotent, al
though the President removed Gen. Sicklee
Carolina.
The Democratic jubiation over gains in
: the elections this fall has included Colorado
The official canvass, however. in that state
shows that the legislature is strongly Re
. publican. in the Council standing u 1. and
in the House 10 10 10, or Is to Il on Joint
ballot. The Republicans evidently have a
working majority in Colorado. notwiths tand-
ing these heavy - great Democratic gains :
Along the line Of the Pacific Railroad col
lisons with the Indians are frequent. and
occasionally trains destroyed, and en-
ployees killed and scalped 1t makes travel
than desirable, and may fairly be said to be
damage to the transportation business. Ii
is hoped, however, that the new commission
to treat with the Indians may hit upon some
plan of permanent pacification.
In 1865 France derived a revenue of one
hundred seycnty-tive millions of francs or
nearly thirty-five millions of dollars. from
tobacco. Sixty-fve millions of pound. are
sold annually. With the purpose of increas-
ing the revenue the government in every way
encourages the consumption of the weed
PURSUIT OF owLEDGE.-Frenchmen are
distinguished for their love of scientific ex-
periments, but some French physicians have
allowed their zeal in the pursuit of knowl-
edge t. carry them to what may be fairly
regarded as an extreme Baron Licbig had
manufactured an :. artificial milk and
these French physicians were anxious to test
its nutri tious and other qualities. They nc
cordingly began experimenting upon new
born babies. Two twins were first fed with
it, and they died in two days. Another ba-
by, somewhat stronger, lived three days. The
fourth child, being quite robust. stood the
diet four days. At this point, for some I'M
explained reasons, experiments were discon-
tinued, leaving the public in doubt whether
the physicians had exhausted the supply OF
" artificial milk or whether there was diff
fculty in procuring supply of infants to
experiment upon.
The new fire proof grain elevator at Og-
densburg, with a storage capacity of 610 900
bushels, is just completed. 1t has an eleva-
ting capacity of 10000 bushels per hour.
and loading capacity of 10 loads per
| day.
Dispatches from Washington state that
the Cabinet has sustained the position of
Secretary Wellcs relative to the conflict OF
authority in Philadelphia, to the effect that
no State Court can issue habeas corpus on