Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

lHE REWARD FOR THE SAIIl ne of Z
DAvIs-SlOO 900, has been divided pro rata
among the officers and men whose claims
were accepted, according to the act OF Con
gress. Drafts have been signed at the Treas
ury Department, to the amount of $l2. 200,
toward the payment of this award. The fol-
lowing were the drafts-In favor of James II
Wilson, Of Illinois, late Maj. General OF Vol
u%nteers, for $4,000 Henry liarnden Of
Wisconsin Cavalry. for 5000 Benz. ID.
Pritchard, of Michigan, late Lieut.. Colonel
of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, 5000 and
Joseph A. o. Woman, of Iowa, late Capt. OF
the First Ohio Cavalry, 5000. Total $4,000.
Next Monday, the eth of December, the
last session of the Fortieth Congress will
commence; its term will expire on the 4th
of March, by constitutional limitation, The
Forty-frst Congress will at once take place,
by the provisions of a recent law, in order to
attend to any matters the new administra-
ton may have to lay before it. 1t is expect
ed that the annual message of the President
will be submitted at once, in which case we
shall give it to our readers in the next FREE
MAN
Is SPAIN the honeymoon Of the revolu-
ton = is about over. The friends of a mon
archical government are quarrelling with
the republicans, and there seems good pros
pect of bloodshed and perhaps civil war
The partisans of each faction occupy their
time in getting up imposing demonstration
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are beginning to realize that a bad govern
ment is better than none at all.
CrBA is still free from ilibustcrs, though
there is plenty of trouble in the interior Of
the island The insurgents do not make
much Roadway, nor on the other hand is
government altogether successful. In one
small action that has occcured, the govern
ment claim the victory. with but small loss.
The authorities exhibit more humanity than
is common in Spanish American countries, and
have actually perdOned a number of prison
ers, who promised good behavior for the
future.
The "IRos CLAD" OArH.-Thc regular
term of the l. 5. Circuit Court. is now be-
ing held at Ric hmond. In charging the
Grand Jury, Chief Justice Chase informed
them that he did not consider it necessary to
administer the - iron clad y oath to them ,
as by SO doing many of the persons best fit
ted to discharge the duties Of jurors would
be disqualified. Judge Chase intilnatc1, how
ever. that he should exercise his right of
purgation, if any symptoms of partisan feel
ings were displayed.
BERRYEg, the great lawyer of Paris, is
dead, at the age of -. The son of a dis
tinguished lawyer, he was early called to the
bar, and had attained eminence before the
present generation were born He was cour-
sci for Marshal Ney, in 1915; he defended
Louis Napoleon after the B~oulogne tizzle OF
1910. For years he has been one of the few
prominent men in France, who have dared
to uphold the claim of the Orleans family to
the throne.
The MEsxE Process B1LL.-This bill. re-
p~ealing the law of 1867, and restoring the
old statute giving priority to the claims OF
the first attaching creditor, has been appro-
we'd by the Governor, and returned to the
Secretary of State. Those newspapers that
publish the laws will find the act in another
column.
Some Of the Southern journals finding
their old fashioned abuse Of the African
getting stale are publishing sensational
stories about their . fetish :" or = youdoo :
practices and the singular power over life
and health exertcd by some of the mcdi-
cine men" These yarns require an older
state of civilization to be believed in than is
likely to exist in this country for some time.
We suppo re that these idolatrous practices
could not have existed under the benignant
rule Of their former protectors.