Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-04

A CAUTION TO SOLDIERS.-Soldlers thrOug IL
out the country are cautioned against par
ties representing themselves to be sent from
Washington with instructions TO soldiers
and claim agents for the collection of addi-
tional bounties, and also stating that the
soldiers of 1861 are entitled to one hundred
and sixty acres of land. The.object of these
parties appears to be to obtain the dates,
number of regiments and officers signatures
as they appear upon discharge papers with
these dates, forged applications for pay
would probably be made out. Several of
these parties have been discovered in Ohio
and Indiana.
1t is stated that there is clerk in the
Treasury Department at Washington who is
a brother of an ex-rebel commodore, w no at
the time of General Early's attack on that
city went through the lines to the rebel
headquarters, and informed General Early
that the city was defended by militia only,
and could easily be ta ken. For this act he
was tried and sentenced to be hung. lie was
subsequently pardoned, and is now clerk
in the government employ. Doubtless there
are many one-armcd Union soldiers who
could serve the government as well and as
faithfully as this pardoned spy
Nashville (Tenn.) dispatch says in
Washington, Rhea County, East Tennessee.
on Wednesday, the blacks and whites got
into fight, when the negroes We're driven
from the town. Getting assistance Of the
Loyal league the blacks returned to town
and returned the fight with varying success.
\ number of persons were wounded. Fears
are entertained of a general collision in that
quarter.
According to recent statistics the total
number of Jews in the world is : 900 900,
3 500, 600 of whom reside in Europe. In
Russia the Jewish population is 300 900
in Austria, S53, 600; in Prussia, PSI 600
and in Germany. 1872 ,OOO. At Frankfort-on-
the-Nain, every sixteenth inhabitant is a
jew, and in the whole of Prussia. every
seventy-third. There are fewer Jews in Sax
ony than in any other part of Germany. In
Sweden and Norway the proportion Of Jews
to the rest of tho inhabitants is about one To
six thousand
Our government has opened negotiations,
or rather is about closing negotiations for
the purchase of the Bay of Samana. in the
West India Islands, paying therefor several
millions Of dollars 1t is 10 be used az
naval station. Secretary Seward is quite
extensively engaged in real estate opera
tions.
Democratic papers are quite bitter in their
reflections upon Gen. Pope for refusing 10
feed with government patronage the news
papers in his department which oppose re
construction. We notice. however. that
these same papers are very glad to have GOV
eminent advertising taken from Republican
papers and given to them. and are quite
pleased that the President gives the papers
which favor him the preference in commune
eating news.
The question IF filing positions in the
Federal Departments Of all the large cities
with soldiers who have been honorablv dis
charged. has been brought before General
Grant and the matter Is To- Ice urged fy
some leadin. officers Of the army now in this
city. \ long time aco it was announced
by authority that soldiers would have the
preference in appointments for all official
positions. but that assurance has amounted
to nothing, &. civilians h,,yc been appointed,
since. the same rs before. Gen. Grant viii.
undoubtedly, 81 far as in his power. favor
the army, bur tie President and the Depart
meut officials seem to have no low, Tor sol
dicrs except such rs Wore the rebel uniform
and cen Grant has no patronage except ut
the South
1t Is said that Jeremiah Black of Penn
-ylyania. Bachanan's Attorney Gcucral. is
expecting to 70 into Johnson's cabinet to
ill the first vacancy. He hopes to get Seward
place Black is rather revolutionary in his
notions, and i in fvorof using force to put
Southern men in Congress With cen.
Grant at the head of the army he Will
scarcely be sratitcd in that, however.
Gen. Grants letter to President johnson
demonstrating against the removal of cen /
Sheridan, WAS enthusiastically endorsed at a !
Republican convention held at Cincinnati
last week. The people nave also everywhere
enthusiastically endorsed it.
\ black man. Ellick MahaIv by name is
running for Congress in Georgia Mr.. Ma /
haly promises, in ease Of his election, 10
give his efforts to advance The interests Of
his own race, and TO amelioratc the condition
of the Southern whites. We suspect Mr.. {
Niahaly is run in the interest of the late
rebels
\ committee chosen by the Germans of
has published an address to the +
Germans of Wisconsin, advising them to
support only such candidates as are pledged .
against prohibitory liquor and Sunday laws.
They say that they constitute more than one
third Of the population Of the state, and that
they are entitled to have their opinions and
feelings respected. The Democrats of Wis
consin will not make much by this move
ment as the Germans in that state are mostly
Democrats already.
Gen. Thomas is much better. and was at
Cincinnati Wednesday, on his way back to
Tennessee. 1t is not impossible that his
sickness was largely owing to :. indispos
ton : to supersede Gen. Sheridan.
The President declines to furnish to the
press Gen. Grants letter against the remov
Al Stanton, because it is marked ''priyate, :
which is reason enough. He has not always
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