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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

shiftlessness. You no doubt Will soon learn
to part your hair in the middle-smoke-
chew-sport a besver-kids and cane
and in imagination think, in returning to
your native state, you are the -
Judge Poland is expected here on the 9th
inst at the session of the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the southern outrages,
being chairman OF the committee on the par;
of the house. Rumor has it that the admins
tration seeing that it's HottentOt idol,
known as San Domingo, lis destined to remain
smothered in its own folds. some advantage
may be taken of the inevitable Instruction in
Mexico, whereby we may obtain Lower Cali
fornia. The expense of providing for our
cherished Alaska are nine thousand a year
above all rev le,-which certainly must be
a great encouragement toward acquiring
more territory, be It an iceberg, a rebellious
and uncivihzed island, or a mountainous,
unProductve, barren peninsula.
DoN QUIXoTE.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

the President and Queen conformity, who
shall hear and decide as to all claims of the
citizens of either country against the other,
exclusive of the Alabama Claims), which
have been already presented to either govern
ment, and which arose during the war of the
rebellion. This commission is to meet at
Washington.
The fishery question is settled by substan-
italy giving our fishermen all that has been
claimed under previous treaties, but at the
same time the British Interpretation of those
treaties is practically acknowledged to be
the correct one, inasmuch this Treaty
provides that Commissioners shall be ap.
pointed by the two governments, who shall
determine how much the United States shall
pay England, if anything, for the privilege
of fishing in Canadian waters. So far as
the fisheries are concerned, it is in part, a
renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty 1t is
agreed by the Treaty that the navigation OF
the ST. Lawrence river, the Canadian canals
and the Lakes, shall be as free TO the vessels
of one nation as to those of the other; but
this branch of the Treaty requires the assent
of the government of the Dominion OF
Canada
1t is also stipulated that goods IN bond
may be carried through Canada, OF the | nj
ted States, by either party, as the conven-
fence of commerce and transit may render
desirable There are also some stipulations
of minor Importance respecting export du-
ties, and the shipment of lumber on the river
St John.
The San Juan boundary dispute, which
has been open for some years, and being
the question as to what channel separating
Vancouver Island from the main land, on
our Pacific co asst, should be regarded as Il e
boundary line originated in the treaty be
tween the United States and Great Britain
made in 1916, is referred to the Emperor of
Germany.
These points comprehend all the subjects
considered in the Treaty and it Is, of course
stipulated that the decisions provided for by
the various references specified in the Treaty
shall be accepted as a final adjustment Of the
matters thus referred. 1t is also stipulated
that hereafter the nited States and Great
Britain will be bound by the " Rules
made for the settlement of the question o
the liability of the British government fol
the depredations Of the Alabama and Other
rebel cruisers, as established principles 0
public law, and both governments are to
endeavor TO persuade other powers to accept
the same d" Rules = as principles of inter
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

REMOVING SPEAKER TOR HAVING An OPIN-
Texas Legislature seem determined that all
their members shall support party measures,
whether their consciences approve them or
not, or else they shall 20 overheard. Speaker
Evans. who is well known heresbouts, having
been born in Berlin, and who served faith
fully in the Union Army during the Rebel
lion, has Just been deposed from the Speaker :
chair because he refused to join his Repub
lcan legislators in some measures Of doubtful
constitutionality. Mr.. Evans has been one
of the most trusted and respected loyalists in
Texas. and has received numerous promo
tions at the hands Of the Government and Of
the people. Ii seems like an arbitrary
stretch Of power-a malicious vengeance-to
politically guillotine man for daring to dis
gree with his party The resolution remov-
ing Speaker Evans came up on the 10Th and
he vote stood IL to 20 for his removal. Tie
House Immediately elected a Mr.. Sinclair to
the position held by Mr.. Evans, by vote of
"A to 30. In abiding to this high-handed
proceeding on the floor Of the House Mr..
Evans said:
- Because ! would not violate the CUnsti
tuition at the behest OF party and Join the
majority of the Republicans in this Legisl-a
'ure in perpetuating our existence and usurp-
ing the power of legislating for the people of
Texas alter the Sd Of December next, L must
be sacrificed
The mills of the gods, although they grind
slow, are said to grind exceedingly fine, and
tie Republican party of Texas will be ground,
as it should be, to impalpable powder if it
cannot have common sense and magnanimity
sufficient to tolerate individual opinion.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17
The Connecticut Election

IL is at length definitely settled that
Marshall Jewell is to be Governor Of Con-
necticut, and he was sworn into that Office
and delivered the gubernatoriaI message to
the Legislature on Tuesday last The cir
eumstances connected with the Connecticut
election this spring have been singularly
suggestive of attempted fraud on the vart Of
. melody, or Of the mighty uncertainty Of
politics. Our first reports the day after
election, indicated the success of the entire
Republican State ticket. Then came rumors
that Jewell, the Republican candidate for
G vernon, had been defeated by English. the
Democratic nominee Then errors were
found in the returns, which seemed to indicate
that either there was no choice by the people.
or that Jewell was elected This state Of
uncertainty continued until the meeting Of
the Legislature, when it was found that the
returns for Governor footed up plurality
for English Of 10, and q majority of 80, and
the board of State cauyassers so reported to
the Legislature. There were, however. three
obvious cases Of error which being corrected,
would change the result. The Democrats
insisted that the Legislature should not 90
behind these returns but that BODY. a
majority of which are Republicans, decided
they had the power 10 correct obvious errors
and ordered an examination and it was had
In Enfield it proved, as expected, that by a
: being taken for a by the returning officer
English was given 20 more votes than he re-
.aived In Cheshire a dap,o.ro - -, ~ -, +. J.,
assumed without right that "a voters had
been improperly registered, and though but
q of these voted, he threw off % votes from
the footing for Jewell so as a to make it
right Correcting this gave 233 votes to
Jewell instead of the 90 of the moderator :
100 more votes had been returned than were
names of voters checked on the registry, and
English had 100 more votes than the other
Democratic candidates, while Jewell was re-
turned as having the same vote as the others
on the Republican ticket But when the
ballot box was re-opened, strange to tell, the
vote counted out 100 less for Gov. Jewell
than the number returned for him, and 100
less than those for the other Republican can
didates, while the vote for English were 100
ahead of the Democratic ticket. The boxes
had been left in the town clerks Office, since
the election, and four keys were found to fit
the Fourth Ward box. II was elmost NOR
ally impossible that Jewell should run 100
behind his ticket on this Ward and other
facts led TO the irresistible conclusion that
the votes had been tempered with. As an
item of material evidence to support the
moral proof of this conclusion, the packages
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

Of votes In the box were found to be all in
hundreds save two of those for Jewell, which
were in ffties, whereas the counting officers
at the election swore they were all counted
aud put up in hundreds. Then, too, there
still appeared, as the record of the original
counting. pencil table on the outside oil the
box, giving Jewell five packages of 100 each
and one of 90 whereas there then appeared
on the inside but three of 100, two of 80 and
one of e.
The Committee determined TO fully I'M
rayel this mystery. They at once summoned
the voters before them as witnesses, and,
thanks to the stable character Of the pOpula-
ton. and the profound interest felt in defeat
ing the audacious fraud that had been at
tempted, fre hundred and forty-fom electors
came before the Committee, and severely
swore to having voted for Jewell The
fraudulent abstraction of at least % ballots
was thus proved beyond peradyenture and
with this light upon their path, the Com
mittee found little difficulty in securing evil
dence fully warraDting the report that pre-
cisely an even package of 100 had been
taken.
The several corrections thus established
being made, the vote Of Connecticut for Gov
ernor was proved to have been cast, AZ Alb
for Jewell, AZ 1873 for English, and IA scat
terIng, leaving Jewell elected by an absolute
majority Of 80 on the popular vote. The
Committee reported the facts as found
by them to the Legislature. resolution
declaring Marshal Jewell duly elected Gov
ernor Of Connecticut was carried in both
House and Senate, and an outrageous fraud
thus attempted upon the purity of the bal
lot-box has been thwarted by the fearless in
dependence and labors of the Republican
members Of the Connecticut Legislature.
The fraud in the Fourth Ward of New
Haven was so transparent that it is but just
co say the better portion of the Democratic
leaders disown it entirely, and denornce the
authors of it as gamblers who had bet on the
election Of English and desired to win their
bets. Gov. English promptly ordered out
the military for the usual escort to the Gov
ernor on the day Of JEWELS Inauguration.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

The official report of the department on
agriculture on winter grains makes the pros
Pect unusually encouraging for the coming
season, with less winter killing than usual,
in spite of the elrth's nakcdness. the loss
from such cause being confined in large pro-
potion to Maine Illinois is the banner state
OF them all and from every town they report
on drawbacks cit er in wheat OF rye. and
most OF the other western, southwestern and
middle states promise well. From California
reports are more variable, and It stated that
ia some countries there will be 80 per cent.
less wheat than usual. owing - the cold dry
weather
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17
New Publications.

Mr. WiIIer has for sale an illustrated edi-
ton of The Heather Chinee, puolisneu
by James r. Ossood u Co. All those VINO
don't believe in a good laugh now and 'nen'
who enjoy the dyspepsia, and indigestion
and the blues, and all that sort OF uisniai
thing. need not apply . for this BOOK
We have received from o. DItson y Co''
Boston the following new music: lnstru-
mental. Eleven Chorals,'' from + Schnei'
der's Practical Organ School; 4" Tourlster
Gallon. by F. Zikoff; . Thunder and Lignt-
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.. Ave Maria" Holy Spirit, hear our prayer
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shall marry" comic song, by Gabrielle
For sale by Wilder.
PEYERs' Musical Mon THLY Tor May con
tain several pieces Of new N usic, and is al
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

Indiana has become sick Of the notoriety OF
cheap divorces, and rejoiees owe. a new law
requiring three years bona tide residence be
lore divorce Tor any cause can be obtained
and in case ofthe application bein, made on
tie ground Of acts committed in another
State, 1t must be shown that those acts are
legal grounds for divorce in the State where
they were committed. How stringent the
new law l. for genuine residents of the State
is not announced, and indeed it is not Of much
account since outsiders are shut out by such
hard conditions, and an end put to the sean
dals which have heretofore arisen bv
reason of 50 many citizens OF other States
seeking Indiana courts to get their necks
out Of the matrimonial yoke.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

Pennsylvania INVASION CLAIAs-The
Penn. Legislature has before it numer-
GUS bills and petitions asking for remuner-
at ion TOR losses suffered by the rebel
invas ion of Pennsylvania soil during the late
war w lille many Of these claims are
doubtless Just and entitled to respectful con
sideration, there are others Of frivolous
chara cter and unworthy the least thought
The Pennsylvania Solons have naturally be
come FESTIVE under the multitude of the
claims presented, and disposition is becom-
ing aroused to vote down appropriations FOR
these objects. On Friday last Gov. Geary
sent in a special message, urging the dispas-
sionate and calm consideration Of these
claims, concluding his message as follows:
1.-The blow struck at Chambersburg was
wound inflicted upon the Commonwealth
and 1t should be the pride as well as the
pleasure of every patriotic citizen to sane
ton such action, and to secure a reasopa-
BILE restitution TO the citizens of that Inflated
town las well as to others who suffered.
earnestly recommend that the Legislature in
It's wisdom, shall adopt such measures as will
provide the necessary means for adjudicating
these claims and pressing them on the Ma
tional Government to an early and Just set
Element; and suggest that it might be well
TO invoke the aid also Of our Senators and
in Congress
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

The y. y Iia.es has an article on =. The
Legal Tender Act, in which it say-
The question to be decided BY the supreme
court OF the Unitcd States on the rehearing
in the ease OF Hepburn vs. Girls void. Is not
whether 1t Is convenient, after the war Is
over, u demylish by judicial action a paper
currency but whether the njted States
shall be stripped of an essential power IN
war. The decision of the court made in the
first instance in that suit goes To this extent.
and would oblise the government, if war
should now break out. 10 conduct 1t on the
basis Of the precious metals, for which We
have not two months supply over ami above
what l. pledged for interest money. The
country cannot have lost sight OF the remark
able support 70 the views held by Mr.. Chase a.
secretary of the treasury. which the recent
conflict Ia France presents. The French are
a hard-money people. bat although gold and
silver coins constituted the mass "a their cir
culation, the defeat a, Worth drove the
government Immediately to Suspension. vt
tempts were made 70 stop the boarding OF
specie. and Its removal to places oi safety.
but the inevitable result of severe disaster
was forced upon the French and LEGAL ten
der, applicable u all debts collcctab.e
through the nstrumentalitv ol the govern
uent. was Instantly adopted by the corps
legis.atif-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

A man in BrookIyn came TO his death, a
few NIGHTS since by an overdose Of hydrate
Of chloraI. the recently discovered anodyne
for nervous exhaustion, and which had
been very generally accepted as a perfectly
harmless stimulent or aa)dyne. The Tn
Jalae says. hydrate Of ehloraI is in fact no
more innoculus OF fatal IN its effects than
INV other anJdyne but the truth IS, that
the very class of medicines which are most
dangerous in the hands of the Ignorant are
those Of which Americans feel the need often
est and are more eager to tamper with
This drug in especial came to the knowledge
IF the pun short time ago, heralded by
respectable III, di;u authority as an anodyne
absolutely innocu us, AMI was greedily well
coined and brought at once into general use
T1ere Is a larger class of men and women in
,his country ia m any other whose OverstraiD
i brain and body renders them subject to
nervous exhaustion. Professional men.
journalists. over worked women who will not
resort 10 liquor as "a sfImulent. are but too
ready ID accent a harmless anOdyne, forget
lul of the fact that its harm lessneSs depends
upln the state of their nerves and other con-
ditjons OF which they are necessarily iguo-
I rant In the present case, the victim tJpK
) a much smaller dose than we have known
given and repeated again and agt IN few
. hours without i'll effects An ordinary case
/ Of nervous exhaustion or sleeplessness can De
usually relieved LY the SIMPLE domestic
( treatment Of q warm bath and night-cup OF
strong beet tea as cifrcually as by an ano-
dvue tx cannot it should pass into the
Doctors hands Then the drugs which,
> -H--g 4
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

AFFAIRS N NORTH hlux-
ism in North Carolina has been rampant for
some time, but just now, the State officials ap-
pear disposed TO unite with the Federal author
tiles IN restoring peace and security within
their borders. Sixteen PERSONS have been
arrested in Rutherford county for alleged
oufrages on Union citizens. The arrests
were made quietly by the Marshal, aided by
troops sent from Raleigh, and the prisoners
are said to be men of o. operty and standing
I home They were handed over to the
Sheriff Of the County who released them on
their own cDgnizance to appear before
Commissioner Moore Of Cleveland county for
trial There was no attempt at resistance
or rescue on the 18th Gov Caldwell is
sued the following appeal to he people Of
the State
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

IlIE MONUMENT OF PR0F. MoRss. I'll e
G0tdeH Age says e Ii has not been custom
airy 10 propose the building of monuments to
living men. Bot when great public bene-
factor like Professor Morse, the inventor of
the electric telegraph, reached his eightieth
year, he may be consider cd so far removed
beyond the competitions, vIvulries. and teal
ousics which crowd the formative period of
great regulations, as to he the fit recipient of
tayors which are usually deferred tiIl after
death. Moreover, as he has lived long enouUh
to see the wonderful spread Of his invention
round the earth Witnessing in the scientific
world such triumph OF his lAbors as Mr.
Garrison IN like manner has lived 60 enjoy
IN the moral-the apr aren't impropriety Of
building either Of these two mems monu-
ments before digging their graves is almost
wholly removed We have right to pre-
sumo, therefore, that the proposed memorial
TO Prof Morse VIII swiftly harden itself from
, a clay fancy into bronze fact Everybody
who ever sent a Geographic dispatch ouCbt
70 contrIbute something to it-particulaTlv
every railroad corporation, every steamship
company every chamber OF commerce. every
lite and fire insurance company, every manu-
featuring establishment, every wholesale
mercantile house, every newspaper Office
every bank, every board of brokers. every
lecture committee, and in short, everybody :
Subscriptions may be forwarded to Hon
g. G. Benedict of Burlington. the Vermont
Director.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

Government in giving protection to all prop
erty-rights and securing the peaceful enjoy
ment of opinion to every person, white or
black, residing South. In that way only
can the South prosper, or expect to enjoy
the blessings to which she is entitled by her
soil, her climate and her facilities for mate
rial growth.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

Those who lIok rather coldly upon Canada
will De perhaps astonished 10 hear that she
is the fourth maritime power in the world,
ana has 7,j2l ships, with a image Of 500, -
o0o tons. Sac stands ahead of eycry nation
keep Great Bri-rin. the United States and
France
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

The climate Of { .hforni4 enbr aces all the
zones-Temperate Torrid and Frigid. You
can experience them all in six hours. Leav-
ing Arctic cold and snow on the Sierra Ne
vadas, you viii see tropical flowers and fruite
long before you reach Sacramento. In the
winter it is bleak, cold and snowy in Shasta.
but ~ Id and balmy in Los Angeles and San
Diego.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17
The Washington Treaty
The treaty just completed by the Joint
High Commission is as follows

APOLOGY FOR THE ALABAMA AFFAIRS.
ARTICLE l. Whereas differences have
arisen between the government of the United
States and the government of Her Britannia
Majesty, and still exist, growing out of the
acts committed by the several vessels which
have given rise to the claims generally
known as the Alabama Claims. and whereas
Her Britannia Majesty has authorized Her
High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries
to express, in friendly spirit, the regret
felt by Her Maiesty's government for the es-
cape, under whatever circumstances, OF the
Alabama and other vessels from British
ports, and for the depredations committed
by those vessels
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

Mr.. Nordhoff of the New York Posi-. VIII,
has been travelling West and looking into the
new Republican movement, says: 81 What
do you mean by this new departure? p" !
asked every one with whom 1 spoke. Is
1t IN the Republican party, or outside of it ?
With the Democrats or as a third party
found not single man who looked to any,
thing else than work within the Republican
party .
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

Can MAN BE MADE To TESTIFY Ac,,>,s,
HIMSELF The lawyers, We suspect, are
awaiting with more interest than the general
public the conclusion Oh our supre No c,,..
as to the eonstitutionaiity of the new Law -
punish Witnesses for contempt, VIII, refuse
to testify of their own criminaIisy before rbe
Legislature The general opinion of the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

y dispatch from Buffalo says that on Fri
day morning freight train, with an emil
grant car and cab59se attached, on the Erie
railroad. bound west, was run into byan ex-
ira freight train this side Of Utica. Five
children were killed and fourteen or fifteen
adults wounded. The killed and wounded
We're brought to ButTdo. The names Of the
sufferers have not been ascortaioed
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

The vote on the constitutional amendment
in West Virginia on the 26th of April was
very light. The returns indicate that the
amendments were adopted by large MAORI
ty. One amendment strikes the word
q white from the Constitution ard the other
removes political disabilities.