Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-04-24

do come, but the children get lmpatlent De
fore the month comes round, and need jus
such an entertaining and useful weekly Wis
itor as Mr.. Adams furnishes them.
LITTELL's LIVING AGE for this week con
cludes Macauley's article on g w arren Has
tings." The article is an old one, bu
Messrs Littell & Gay could have put nothing
more valuable in their publication.
HOURS AT HONE for May contains another
of DR.. Bushnell's articles on the - Mora
Uses of Dark Things" treating in particular
of Want and Waste - Marcello o
Rome" is continued. g. VI. Towle, l. )
Consul at Nantes, contributes = An Old City
in Brittany and The Power of Life > il
furnished by the author of the - Schonbers
Gotta Family Prof. Tyler writes about
:. Jerusalem, " and an American lady - Ram
bles among the Italian Hills" Gen, j
Grant Wilson gives sketch of William O.
Orange, illustrated with a portrait " Storm
Cliff is continued, and there are seyera
other interesting articles. Published by
Charles Scribner & Co, New York.
The number of The Dartmouth " ion
April is much better than its predecessors.
The fourth volume of the DIAMOND DICK
EMS. Nicholas Nicklcbv. is for sale by Wilder.
The Illustrations and mechanical work are
like those of its predecessors excellent
Ticknor 4 Fields have also just issued a
Diamond Edition of Longfeliow's poems,
which is also for sale by Wilder The great
success of the Diamond Tennyson and the
Diamond Dickens have induced the publish
ers to issue Longfellow in the same form,
We presume the works of other popular au-
thors will be issued in Diamond style by
these enterprising publishers.
The BaJe of Bethlehem i an engraving
published by B. B. Russell x Co, Boston,
The price is two dollars. j. W. Simonds,
Burlington, is agent. The picture is adyer-
tised elsewhere
GoDEY's LADY's BooK-Thc number Of
this magazine for May has come to hand,
with its usual variety OF fashion illustrations,
miscellaneous reading, DC,
TuE CHILDREN Hour for May, edited by
T. 5. Arthur, Philadelphia, is on our table,
bright and inviting as the month whose flow
ers we hope soon to see 1t supplies want
which Our Young Folks " and :. The River
side : fail to reach, being especially prepared
and adapted to a younger class Of readers.
The Illustrations, particularly the dog
head and the cuckoo are GOOD
TnE NURSERY for May Is as captivating tor
the very little folks as ever. The large fair
type the Illuminated alphabet, the pictures
and the pretty little stories. make it wei
come visitor to the nursery. Published by
John l. Shorey, Boston.
The GALAXY for May /. 1867. has two
chapters Of Mrs. Davis story, Waiting for
the Verdict, =" and also two chapters of Mrs
Edwards story, ''Steyen Lawrence Nco-
man, and its usual variety Of interesting
and well-written articles Itannounces that
hereafter the two fortnightly numbers Viii
be consolidated into one magazine. enlarged
and issued monthly. the price to be 80 cents
a number. or $3.50 year. The next mum
Der (for Junc) viii appear May Doth
our Democratic contemporary the ArguS,
not content with accusing us of unfairness in
regard to the Connecticut election, has the
following item i'll its last week issue
QrERY-Thc FREEMAN makes many pr1te,,-
SONS 10 high-minded fairness. and the query
is if it is inclined To be candid. why it talks
much about Democratic Senator drink
ing, and keeps = mum about the extreme
radicals who are equally Incorporate. 1t i,
unfortunately too true that Senator Sauls-
bury takes too much liquor. but :. drunken
Zach. Chandler = and Mr. Spra guc. with ono
or two others, are equally as bad. vet the
FREEMAN says nothing about them.
We didn't say or intimate that salisbury
or Democratic Senators were the only drunk
ards in Congress. hut did expressly say that
there was altogether too much drunkenness
among members We learn from Democratic
sources that Senators Sprasuc and Chandler.
(and Yates formerly were incorporate. Vet
neither of them ever disgraced his office hv
making set speech in lis place in that body
in favor of inebrictv as did NcDousul ct CaI-
ifornia- Democratic papers are sharp enough
on men il4t pens
to he a Republican, We remember how they
howled over Johnson drunken speech when
he was inauguratcd Vice President. and before
hc added apostacv to his former vices hut we
notice that none of them now have Il word 10
say against the habits OF President Who has
joined their ranks The FREEMAN immedi-
atcly after Johnson's maudIin speech COM
mentcd upon that exhibition as follows
OFFICIAL pRrNkENNESs
The Inauguration ceremonies 1T Washing
ton were painfully married. and the country
disgraced, by the spectacle of drunken Vice
President, Mr.. johnson. the second officer
in our government. and the possible successor
to the Presidency, making most disgusting
and scandalous exhibition of himself on that
occasion. He must have commenced to get
drunk early in the morning. or-which is
more probable-hc had not become sober
from the previous nights indulgcnces, when
he entered the Senate Chamber at noon of
the fourth of March. His appearance and
conduct while in the Chamber were drunken
and disgraccful III the extreme He made a
maudlin speech before taking the oath of of
flee, and continued it after the oath had been
administered.
There can bc no mitigation, apology, or
excuse for this behavior Of Vice President
johnson. 1t is one of the most melancholy
official exhibitions in our history, and one of
the most alarming evidences Of the decay of
public virtue, rectitudc and decencv. which
our times have afforded. If this official could
be impeached for such criminal violation
of the duties and proprieties OF his Office it
should be done; but as there is no probable
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