Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-14

n impoverished by the war, and unable to keeI
= up the old plantation system of working
o large tracts of land with gangs OF negroes
i managed by oversecrs, have been compelled
to try the plan of farming small scale
and have been agreeably surprised at the re-
suits. 1t is found that the small planter
: with one or two faithful hands and the labor
e of himself and his boys, if he has any.
, thrown in, makes as much cotton as he for
mcrly did with three times as many hands
2 and an overseer, while the expense and
G trouble are materially decreased. Many
cases are published in the Southern papers
of successful and profitable cropping in Ala
bama, Georgia, and Texas by industrious
2 white men.
GEORGIA seems to be in rather more of a
: mixed condition politically than any other
f Southern community. The Democrats are
not entirely at peace with each other, espe-
I cially over Valandigham = 'new departure y;
the Republicans have been vioI emily at war
among themselves ever since reconstruction
was first put in operation in the State; the
Ku-Klux are busy with their whippiDgs,
scourgings and murder and the U S. Sen
ate have not yet fully decided who of the
half a-dozen persons claiming seats as sena-
tors from that State were duly elected. This
is not a charming prospect except for such
thieves as may happen to get into power,
who can take advantage Of the general noise
and confusion to make themselves rich at the
: public expense.
VICE President CoLFAx.-A letter from
T Vice President Collax to a friend in New
: York attributes to overwork the cause Of his
sickness. He says:
t Since first elected to preside in the
/ House eight years arO, when my constitu-
r ency became wider than a single district,
e have never risen in the morning that | have
i not felt | lad twice much work to do that
' day as there was really time fora CORES
e pDndence Of all conceivable inquiries, and all
kinds Of business, etc, often extending to
hundreds of letters per week. | have attend
cd to myself in addition to official duties, al
= ways in hours stolen from rest and fire.
s quently in hours stolen from sleep The very
: day was attacked having found the Oppr s.
sive atmosphere Of the Executive session more
. unpleasant than usual, left it, and going to
: my room, wrote large number OF letters, 10
catch up with arrears Of correspondence.
. Returning to the chair at four j.. NJ the blow
ell in ten minutes thereafter. 1t is the old
Il story of mental strain without relaxation but
= after this serious warning. | intend to
c mend my ways and to recognize that there
is a limit which even the strongest constitu-
ton wi not allow to be exceeded
Mr.. ColGlx also says that be had smoked
but one cigar the day his illness occurred.
1t is reported from Washington that a
civil service reform is about to - into opera
ton in the Interior Department, by which
q worthless " clerks are to be discharged.
and others are to have " regular employ
mcnt In this way the efficiency of the force
is to be increased about one third. All this
and more might be done with great benefit
to the service, but we are by no means Ger
tain that it will be done Civil service re-
form at Washington seldom gets beyond
newspaper paragraphs or If somebody ike
Secretary Cox seriously sets abont it. the
politicians soon find sufficient reasons for the
appointment Of a new Secretary.
LIBlAIA The present condition Of the
republic Of Liberia is not very happy 1t
. has foreign war on its hands - ''seIv
unpleasantness at home, tho result of two
persons claiming to be President, and pro-
posing to fight for the Office Besides. the
vexed question of color arises there, the
mulattoes Directing to a full-bIooded negro
as President. Government money j. Mt
worth much, and daily schools are not sup
ported and all available funds are used up
in paying large salaries to indolent officials
On the whole nobody seems to be prosper
ing except the ofice-hoIders and they could
hardly manage affairs better-l0r themselves
than they do, if they were graduates Of
Tammany, and political friends Of Tweed,
Sweeney and Jim Fisk
F. a. Mccartney, discussing officer of the
post office department at Washington, has
turned out a delaultcr in the sum Of $50
900. 1t is said that his bonds are good lie
has been taken to an insane asylum. 1t is
now noticed that his predecessor was
also delaulter in 1868, and was also taken
to an insane asylum. It is not stated wheth-
er the disease is emotional insanity or not
! We presume, however, when all danger Of
a criminal prosecution is over Mccartney
viii recover from his insanity lie had been
using the government funds in spccula-
ton
jeff Davis and Horace Greeley had an in
terview in Memphis when Horace was on his
way home from Texas. Davis called on
Greeley at the hotel where the latter was
stopping. II. g. was lively and converse
tIonal and J. ID. was rather reserved. Gree /
ley was particular in his inquiries respecting 4
Mrs. Davis for whom he has high regard /.
The subject Of the bail-bond was not dis
cussed and politics was ignored Doubtless /
Davis does MT feel quite happy to be under
Obligations to Greeley, and Greeley evidently (
rather likes the situation
As we have no election ia Vermont this
yeaE, Maine will hold the first Of the fall /
elections, and will be looked to with consid- .
erablo interest as Indicating to some extent
the Drift OF political opinion. The last po-
itical battles in New Hampshire and Con
necticut were very close, the Democrats hav-
ing carried the former and the Republicans
the latter by the & skin Of their teeth, = and
the Maine election viii therefore have I'M
usual attention. The conventions Of both
parties viii be held the last Of this month.
The Democrats will nominate a new candi-
date and the Republicans will again run
Gov. Perham.
Ex-senator Wade, having once declined to
be considered a candidate for governor Of
Ohio, now takes that announcement back.
and says if the Republicans desire it he will