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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29
STATE OF VERMONT
BY JOHN w. STEWART, GOVERNOR
A Proclamation

do hereby appoint FRIDAY, the TIN DAY
OF APRIL next, as day OF FASTING AND
PRAYER,
Let US a people, on that day refrain :
from our accustomed secular AFFAIRS anu
unite in humble Acknowledgment OF our de-
pendence upon Con.
Recognizing him as the - God of Nations
as well as of individuals, let us invoke the
continued bestowal of the blessings we nave
hitherto enjoyed and entreat Him to avert
from us the evils of war, pestilence, lgnor-
ance, and every form of social vice.
As children ola common Heavenly Father
let us unite in humble confession of our man
fold sins, in earnest prayer for Divine tor
giveness through Christ our Saviour, iol
a more perfect faith in him, and that through
His Grace we NAV attain to complete
Christian civilization.
Given under my hand aud the seal of TIN
State, in the Executive Chamber, TIN
twenty. sixth day of March one Thousand
eight hundred and seventy-One, and OF TIT
independence of the United States tn
ninety-ffth.
JOHN W. STEW ART.
BY the Governor:
JAMES NJ. SLADE JR,
Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29
The Returning commission.

The Tennessee, with the San Domingo
Commissioners on board, left Key West on
the Odd, and its arrival in New York was
anticipated the first of the present week
We have already an advance epitome of what
Mr. Wade will report on San Domingo, and
the chara cter Of the report is clearly fore
Swallowed in our Washington letter Mr..
Wade finds the government therein a mil
itary one, though nominally republic the
population is estimated at from $50, 900 to
2JO,OOO; the people are very generally in
favor Of annexation they are healthy, but
snorant and lazy and poor; school privileges
are almost unknown industrial pursuits
have long been wanting, and the government
Is as poor as the people, two years pay being
due to nearly all the government officers.
" bile the public debt is officially reported
1t a million and half dollars, there are
claims for about as much more. The ques-
tion of boundary is mt clearly settled nor
i it easy to find out the extent of the grants
or concessions Of the public lands but they
are roughly estimated to include about two
tlths of the whole territory, one fifth going
TO the surveying company under the patron
age of Fabens, the speculator, who has been
at the bottom Of the whole annexation
scheme, and another fifth to various private
c-mpanies. So far as ascertained, the min
eral resources Of the republic are not of much
value, but its agricultural resources are IN
limited, and the island is, without doubt,
one of the richest and most desirable of the
West Indies. Its hot climate is tempered bv
the high mountains and the never-ending
land or sea breezes the general health is
better than most of the surrounding islands,
tproviding always the commissioners are cor
Iect.) and its previous reputation for sickness
seems not to be justified by the facts there
has been little yellow fever of late years, and
as in other regions, it confines itself to the
crowded sections or to the unacclimated.
With regard to the desirability Of annexa-
ton on our part, well as on the subject of
the relations of Hayti and the Dominican
part of the island, there is not only room for
difference, but great probability of it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

ecutive, and had no sanction in the princl =
piles of international law. These are very
grave charges, and unfortunately the facts
come much too near supporting them. AS
Mr. Sumner has now no official nor social re-
lations with the President, he is not likely to
use honeyed phrases in his speech, for the
sake of sparing the feelings of any body.
The Joint High Commission now in session
here, charged with the business of adjusting
matters of difference between this country
and Great Britain, is not, it is rumored,
making much progress. 1t is suspected that
on our side more is demanded than the Eng
lish Commissioners are authorized to concede.
But great many dinners have got to be
eaten, and continued high living upon SINH
lar diet and kindred drinks may yet make
the commissioners of one mind. So far as
eating dinners may be considered as part OF
the business of the Commission it has been
strictly attended to.
| The sensation of the week here in social
circles has been the marriage of Miss Nettie
Chase, The youngest daughter of Chief JUS
tice Chase, and Mr.. William Sprague Hoyt,
relative of Senator Sprague of Rhode
Island. The marriage ceremony was per
formed at st. Johns (EpiscopaD Church,
Thursday afternoon and the reception &C.
Cured afterwards at Senator Sprague's resi-
dence There was large attendance of en-
inent persons, including the High Commits
sion. The collation. at Senator Sprague's
was elegant, and altogether it was brilliant
wedding.
Senator and Mrs. Edmunds have returned
from their trip to Norfolk and Charleston.
Mrs. Edmunds is much improved in health.
Senator Morrill, is to build a house here
the coming summer. Work has already
been commenced upon it. The location is a
very fine one on the corner of Fourteenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue, nearly OPP
posite the fine residence built last summer by
Senator Edmunds.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

IMPEACHMENT OF Gov. HoLDEN-Gov. HoI-
den OF North Carolina has been convicted
OF the charges preferred against him. i'm
peached and deposed from office 1t is the
nrst instance that Chief Magistrate of this
republic has been found guilty in articles of
impeachment and subjected to the penalty of
the law. The sentence of Gov Holden is
severe He is not only deposed from Office.
bnt ne is declared ineligible to offices of trust
Inc vote by which this verdict was OBJ
tanned was 81 to ID, there being just thirty
SIX Democratic and thirteen Republican SEN
ators present. The Governor received the
news OF his removal at Washington. lie is
undecided what to do, though the case NAV
De taken to the United States Supreme Court.
Seven of the Senators who voted for his re-
moVal are said to be disqualified by the Four
teenth Amendment. The Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Mr. Caldwell, who has become the act
ing Executive, is native of the State. a
moderate Republican, but of considerable de-
clslon OF character, and the Ku-KIux will
lot gam anything by the change from Hol-
den to him.
With such a d" constitutional - preponder-
ance of political antagonism in the Legisla-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

Senator Summers great Santo Domingo
speech in the Senate Monday occupied
three hours and quarter in the delivery,
and was listened to in respectful and almost
breathless silence. There had not been such
a crowd in the Senate chamber since the i'm
parchment trial. Judges Davis, Miller and
Bradley of the Supreme Court, Secretary
Robson, Postmaster General Creswell, Gen.
Sherman, and nearly every member of the
House of Representatives were on the floor.
1t is stated that the assertion that the Pres
ident in his usurpatlons had not even puff
of air to stand upon, and similar passages,
was followed by very audible murmurs OF
applause.
We publish in another column a tele-
graphic abstract of the speech from the Bur
lington Free Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

VERMONT DAIRYMEN's AssoCIATIoN.-O. s.
Bliss, Secretary and Treasurer of this Asso-
citation, gives notice that the Transactions >
for 1901 are in tqe hands of the printer,
and will be ready for delivery about the Goth
of April. He further says that the Associa-
ton will be required to raise about five hun
dred dollars to defray the expenses of the
year, and asks present members to devote
sufficient time to the interests of the Asso-
citation to secure this amount either through
new memberships or otherwise. The first
two hundred new members will each receive
a copy of last years g Transactions, to-
gether with one of the present, which are
quite valuable, especially the one to be issued
for the present year. The friends of this
Association should heed the call of the execu-
tive committee and help to raise the required
funds.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

SENTENCES TO THE REFORM ScHooL.-It is
SO evident that the Legislature at its last
session intended to require that the sentences
of all boys should be till they were twenty
one years of age, that it seems strange that
anybody should think otherwise. Yet some
justices are oyerruling the Legislature and
making commitments for less term We
believe the Trustees will have to decide that
such sentences are of no validity. And
justices ought to understand that the insti-
tuition at Waterbury is not a prison for pun
ishment, but school for education and
reformation, where boys should be kept till
the object is accomplished, if it takes till
they are twenty-one years old. If reformed
before that time they are discharged.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29
Arrival of the SantO Domingo Com
mission.

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF COMMISSIONER WADE.
The Santo Domingo Commissioners. Messrs.
Wade. White, and Howe, accompanied by
Secretary Burton, Gen. Sigel and Fred
Douglass Dr. Wheelwright and Capt. Wade,
Clerks to Commissioners Dr. Perry. Natu-
ralist three OF four newspaper eorrespon-
dents, aud the two stenographers of the ex-
petition, arrived at Washington Monday
evening, March nth Mr.. Wade was taken
sick Sunday night on the cars with pleurisy,
was unable to sit up, and upon HE arrival
was conveyed to the residence Of Vice Pres
ident ColtaX. The attack, although not Of
a serious nature, was sufficient to cause great
anxiety on the part of his friends, who fear
that Mr.. Wade's age and his tull habits may
prove serious obstacles to his recovery. Al
late hour Monday lie was much better. and
his recovery Is deemed certain.
The commission left the Tennessee of
Charleston, 5. c.. and proceeded in a pilot
boat to that city, where they took the car,
for Washington without an hours delay.
Their report is still incomplete and IN
signed, but 1t is understood that all The
points have been decided and that it viii b,
submitted to the President in a day or two
The Tri5uae's Washington correspondent
says
There is a rumor current that the admin
istratiOn has decided to drop the Santo Do
mlngo business for the sake Of harmoniziua
the Republican party, and that, to afford &
reason tor the change of policy, the repor
of the Commissioners viii conclude with 8
recommendation that nothing further be done
toward annexation at present on account oil
the state OF civil war existing in a large por
ton OF the island. This report can be-
traced to no trustworthy source, and ha,
probably been occasioned by the statement
of Senator Morton in his speech to-day, thai
if the Commissioners report should be adj
verse to annexation, ne would be in favor o
abandoning the project. This declaration
was thought to have some important signif
canoe, In view of the fact that the CORES
pondcnts with the expedition have announced
that the Commiss toner's are unanimously il
favor of annexation.
When the Santo Domingo party were about
to sit down to dinner on the steamer Geor
giana, on their way from Aquaia Creek t,
Washington, the officers of the boat refuse,
to allow Frederick Douglass to take seat a
the table on account of his color. The Com
missioners were highly indignant at this out
rage, and imm ediately left the table
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

REWARD OF MERIT Bismarck for being a
" good boy during the Franco-Prussian
war, finds his reward in promotion to the
highest rank that can be bestowed on a
Prussian subject, that of Prince of the Ger
man Empire. Won Moltke wins an orna-
mental distinction, the highest of the kind,
having been presented with the Grand Cross
of the Order of the Iron Cross. Now, how
is it with the poor fellows that came out dis
mantled of arms and legs, and otherwise
manned for life?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

Two of the saw dust or ''quere - swind-
lers have been sent to the penitentiary in
New York, on a complaint of one Cove of
Seabrook, n. II. The complainant testified
that he paid the prisoners fifteen dollars, ex-
pecting to receive one hundred dollars in
return, but would not admit that he expected
to get counterfeit money. Justice Bowling,
in passing sentence, commented strongly
upon the dishonorsble conduct of the COM
plainant, but said that it was necessary some
times to use dishonorable men to convict
rascals.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

Stephen A. Douglas was a member of the
Senate Committee of Foreign Affairs when
Mr.. Sumner was made its chairman. Mr..
Sumner expressed to - Perley wish to
secure his services as clerk, but desired the
assent of the Democratic members of the
committee to his appointment. 9 Perley .
had criticised Douglas very severely, and
thought he would probably oppose his ap-
pointment. e" To ascertain his views, says
= Perley,' Z" went to his house, and was
ushered into the library. The Little Giant >
was shaving | was informed but would soon
be down, and in a few moments he made his
appearance in his shirt sleeves. l at once
stated my errand, frankly abiding to my
newspaper criticisms, and concluding by
asking if my appointment as clerk of the
Committee on Foreign Relations would be
acceptable ITO him. Acceptable, said he,
why of course it will be My only Objec-
ton to serving on the committee has been
that feared Sumner would send to Boston
for free niger for clerk, and | shall be
delighted to have you in the com mittee
room.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

The TREASURES OF GUIANA BAY.-A wreck
ing party left New York on Friday in the
brig Nellie Gay for Providence, where she
will receive a steam dredging apparatus, and
proceed on the first OF May to Cumana, Ven
ezuela, to work upon the sunken wreck Of
the San Pedro de Alcantra, Spanish line
of-battle ship which was lost in that harbor
in 1915, with large amount of gold and
silver on board. The Nellie Gay is sent out
by the American Submarine Company, Of
which General a. E. Burnside Is president.
In February, 1915. most imposing naval
expedition, almost rivalling the famous
armada in magnitude, sailed from Cadiz, for
the purpose of subjugating to Spain the
young republics of South America. The
flagship of the squadron was the San Pedro
de Alcantra, II guns. which anchored In
Cumana bay, on the , of April, 1915. The
Spanish troops sustained many severe defeats
at the hands of the republicans of Cumana,
and the royalsts, solicitOus for the safety of
their families and their property, transferred
themselves and their gold, jewels, plate and
other treasures to the flagship. Defeat fol-
lowed defeat and the Spaniards at length re-
solved to return to Spain, after plundering
LOe magnificent NdGDSuTdl Ol tue pbLOu
and other churches and securing the treasures
concealed therein
The churches were ransacked and the ship
was laden with gold, jewels, plate, pictures
and other works of art. But on the eve of
departure fire broke out on her, the pow
der magazine exploded, and she sank in ten
iathoms of water with all the treasure.
Eight hundred persons were on board at the
time of this catastrophe, and all persisted.
Various expeditions have been fitted out
to recover the treasure at the bottom of the
harbor, and about $4,000 altogether have
been rescued from the wreck. But the wor k
has never been systematically carried on.
The Nellie Gay is provided with all the most
improved modern machinery, and the Amer
lean Submarine Companyare confident that
their enterprise will be successful.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

r,,os,xc OF THE METROPOLITAN HoTEL, N
Y.-The three Leland brothers, olmeon'
Warren, and Charles, who have held the
lease of the Metropolitan Hotel for eighteen
years past, filed petition in bankruptcy on
Friday last. The guests had previously been
notified that the hotel was to be closed. Inc
failure of the Saratoga establishment owned
by Warren and Charles Leland is also re-
ported.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

Col. David F. Corbin, recently re-appointed
United States Attorney for South Carolina,
is graduate of Dartmouth. He was Cap
tain of Co. c, Sd Vt. Vols, and was former
ly a lawyer at Wells River; was wounded
at Savage Station in June, 1862, and there
after had charge of Gallup's island in Boston
harbOr.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

Fermentation. Granville Benedict,
editor of the Burlington Free Press, was
nominated by the President on Tuesday, as
Postmaster at Burlington. Mr.. Benedlct's
MANY friends in Montp elier and throughout
the State, will be most happy to congratulate
him
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29
The Louisville COurie.

The Louisville Courier says: John G.
SAKE, the witty Vcrmonter, has found his
true home in " old Kentuck." The Blue
Grass planters and the Louisville literatcurs
take him right to their hearts and demiiohns
as 9 sincere and unostentatious friend to
the southern people, without having been a
renegade to his section or his country
The Courier adds - There is not the least
essential difference between the Yankee and
the Southern: and here is SAKE to prove it,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

In Concord, n H., on Sunday, at the
Episcopal church, during the reading of a
prayer for the President of the United
States and all others in authority" man in
the congregation interrupted by audibly ex-
claiming, II object, object. Post.
During the rebellion, an Episcopal clergy
man in one of the churches in New Orleans,
and an original Massachusetts man at that
refused to read the prayer in the - regular
service > for . the President of the United
States and all others in authority" and Gen.
Strong, in the name of the Commanding
General of the department, dismissed his
congregation one Sunday morning and closed
the church. After that, the rector shipped
to New York under an order requiring all to
leave the department who would not take the
oath of allegiance. Perhaps if the New
Hampshire 90 obiector :" could find him, he
might have a church service improvised to
suit his sympathies and tastes.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

Yer mont had 35 failures last year. with
liabilities amounting to 1857 900. making
in the last three years 90, amounting 10
81 ,0l3 600
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

Queen Victoria has entertained Napoleon
the nephew, at Windsor Castle. This is
more gracious treatment than her ancestor.
awarded his uncle.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

Bennington paper reports that pris-
oner in the county jail recently fell out while
leaning against the wall of that institution,
and the structure is now being papered for
better security.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

The absurdity of the form of assess ment
in vogue in Vermont is well shown by the
statement that the taxes in Montpelier this
year will be "a cents on the dollar.-Ben-
niRgt0n Free Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, 1t is provided in the Constitu-
ton of the United States, that the United
States shall protect every State IN this Union
on the application of the Legislature, or of
the Executive, when the Legislature can
not be convened against domestic violence ;
and,
Whereas. it is provided in the laws of the
United States that, in all cases of insurrec-
tiOns in any State, or obstruction to the laws
thereof, it shall be lawful for the President
of the United States, on application of the
Legislature of such State, or of the Exccu-
tive, s. when the Legislature cannot be con-
vened, - to call forth the militia of any State
or States, or to employ such part of the land
and naval forces, as shall be Judged necessary
for the purpose of suppressing such Insured
ton, or causing the laws to be duly ex-
ecuted; and,
Whereas, have received information that
combinations of armed men, unauthorized
/ by law, are now disturbing the peace and
safety of the citizens of the State of South
/ Carolina, and committing acts of violence in
said State of character and to an extent
which renders the power the State and its
| officers unequal to the task of protecting life
and property, and securing public order
therein and,
Whereas, The Legislature of said State Is
|
in time to meet the present emergency, and
the Executive of said State has therefore
made application to me for such part of the
military force of the United States as may be
| necessary and adequate to protect said State
and the citizens thereof against the domestic
violence hereinbefore mentioned, and to en-
| force the due execution of the laws, and,
Whereas, The laws or the United States
require that, whenever it may be necessary
in the judgment of the President, to use the
military force for the purpose aforesaid, he
shall forthwith, by the proclamation, com
mand such insurgents to dispense and retire
peaceably to their respective abodes within
| limited time;
Now, therefore, |, Ulysses S. Grant, Presi
dent of the United States, do hereby com
mand the persons composing the unlawful
combinations aforesaid to dispense and retire
| peaceably to their respective abodes within
twenty days from this date.
In witness whereof have hereunto set nv
hand, and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this 24tf
| day of March, in the year of our Lore
eighteen hundred, aud seventy-one, and
of the independence of the United State,
the Ninety
| U. S. GRANT
By the President
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29
.ImDOrtant Documents.

The Message of President Grant TO Con
gress relative to the Ku-KIux organization
and his proclamation, ordering illegal or
ganiztions in South Carolina to disband,
which we publish below, are both important
documents, shadowing forth as they do the
unsettled condition Of affairs in that section OF
the country to which they are applicable.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
10 The Senate and House of Representatives
A condition Of affairs now exists in some
Of the states of the Union rendering life and
property insecure, and the carrying of the
mails and the collection of the revenue dan
gerous. The proof that such a state of af-
fairs exists in some localities is new before
the Senate. That the power to correct these
is beyond the control of the State authori-
ties do not doubt; that the power of the
Executive of the United States, acting with
in the limits of the existing laws, is sufficient
for the present. emergencies, is not clear
therefore | urgently recommend such legis-
lation as, in the judgment of Congress, shall
effectually secure life, liberty, and property
in all parts of the United States. 1t may
be expedient to provide that such law as
may be passed in pursuance Of the recon-
mendation shall expire at the end of the next
session of Congress.
There is no other subject on which | would
recommend legislation during the present
session. U. 5. GRANT.
Washington. d. O., March %, 1871
WASHINGTON, Friday March q, 1871.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29

ture against the Chief Magistrate he would,
in the language of his realm. stand L" right
smart chance " of going under, whatever the
charges might be against him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-29
MONTPELIER MARKET.

For me meek ending March %, 1871
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By the President
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.