Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-08-19
Editorial Items,

services of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, who de-
parted this life at Washington, Tuesday,
August 11th. Few men have occupied a
more prominent place in the history of the
Republic for the past ten years than has
Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania, and we
find in the article on the first page, all said
that perhaps need to be said of the 90 Great
Commoner," and we have no desire to add to
or take therefrom single word.
DISTRICT CoNvENTIoN.-The Second Dis
trict Convention at White River Junction,
last week, nominated Hon Luke p. Poland
for Congress, by reclamation and Capt. r.
w. Clarke, of Brattleboro, for Presidential
Eiector.
The REPUBLICAN CONVENTION for the
Third Congressional District was held at
Stowe last week, and resulted in the re-nom-
ination of Hon. W C. Smith of ST. Adams
for Congress, and the selection Of Hon. Geo.
wilkins of Stowe for Presidential eector
Mr.. SMITH was re-nominated by reclamation,
a compliment his course in Congress richly
deserved. One ballot was had on the nomin-
alton of elector, and Mr.. wilkins came out
far ahead of his competitor.
The Columbus Journal says g The last
act of the rebels, before the war, was to vote
the Democratic ticket. The first act of the
rebels, after the war, was to vote the Demo- |
cratic ticket As there was but one step
from Democracy into the rebellion, there was
but one step from rebellion back into Democ-
racy.''
The Richmond Enquirer predicts a dread |
full state of things if Gen. Grant shall be
elected President as will be seen from the |
following paragraph
"Miscegenation VIII reduce the whites in
evtably to the level Of the negroes, whose
native worship is the alteration of reptiles
and the practice of obscene rites and canni-
balism in all its horrid details. To this com
plexion must we come at last-wc, the once
proud Saxon race, if Gen. Grant and his
party are to prevail.
This is FLAP doodle''-the stuff they feed
fools on.
The New York Evening Post says
. Some men are insane enough to think
HOratio Seymour great man. The - loudest'
admrer of the Governor that We have heard
kins, y. Y, who expressed his admiration
of the great decliner in the following forcible,
If not elegant. language a few days ago
= HoratiO Seymour, sir, = said he, - is the
greatest man that God Almighty ever made,
unless must except Wilkes Booth "
The following doggerel lines, exhibited on
the wall at the town of Watkins, are attrib-
uted to the same lawyer
- Here's to the man
That pulled the trigger
That killed the old cuss
That freed the niger
4 New PLANEr-Profcssor Watson of the
Detroit University furnishes the following
report
- | have the pleasure to announce the dis
covery of a new minor planet, which | made
last night 1t shines ike star of the 10th
magnitude, and at twilight this morning was
situated follows Right ascension 356
degrees and ~ minutes declension zero de
grees and Is minutes south. Its apparent
motion is now west and north, 81 seconds
time in right ascension and minutes of
are in declension
The recent letter from the car to the
president did not congratulate the latter up
on the failure of impeachment, but merely
informed him that he )Alexanderl had got
boy baby.
L. 5. DISTRICT CoURr.-The nited States
District Court closed its term at Windsor.
last week. Forty-four indictments were
found by the grand jury. Among them was
one against Horace II. Farnsworth. late
Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue at
St. Adams, for completely in the coal oil
frauds one against Evelyn Mussey, of Rut-
land, for mail robbery, and a number for
smuggling. Mussey forfeited his bail of
SO 900, and did not appear for trial
Senator Edmunds, with Messrs f. W. Il
Peck, c. F. Ward, and c. W. Woodhouse,
of Burlington, has Just had a weeks fishing
excursion ON Lake Champlain, having, as the
Times says chartered the Yacht Hebe and with
the necessary boats and staff consisting of
sailing master, cook and two oarsmcn made
the trip in sensible and agreeable style. They
cruised the Lake from the Charlotte shore on
the South to the North Island, had spanking
breezes most of the time, and enticed numer-
Gus bass and pike from the waters.
SOLDIERS MONUMENT The soldiers m0nu-
ment at st. Johnsbury will be dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies on the Goth inst
The procession is to be composed of mil
itary and Masonic escort, relatives ofdeceased
soldiers, disabled soldiers returned soldiers,
invited guests and citizens, headed by Gil
more's band, of Boston After the unwilling
of the statue addresses are TO be delivered by
ex- Gov. Paul Dillingham; and Hon. Luke p.
Poland
Vermont patents issued Aug. t Samuel
Rice of Westford, for improved wagon Jack
f. n Porter and P. p Roberts of Morris
Vile. for improvement in swifts or reels j.
F. Sargent of Tunbridge, for improved car
riage top.
Mr.. p. L. Barnum foot-race on Fri
day at the Profile House, n. IL. lie had
several competitors, but distanced them all,
after which he was borne from the field on
the shoulders of the crowd
FIRST Gun FROM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hen
bricks spoke recently at great Democratic
meeting at New Albany, Indiana, which is
situated on the north bank of the Ohio Riv-
er, almost opposite the delectable rebel city
of Louisville, is in fact a suburb thereof
The municipal election occurred three days
afterwards. The Kentucky Kuklux usually
carry it by something approximating thou
sand majority. But in response to Mr.. Hen
bricks speech, magnificent % reaction is
presented-a reaction, however, uniavorable
to Seymour and Blair. The Democratic ma
jority is cut down to l42 on the Mayoralty,
and the Republicans gain 700. The first
gun of the Indiana calnDaion