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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26
Famine in Persia

Mr. Bruce. Of the Church Missionary So
cicty in Ispahan, writes on the 22I Of April.
e. In reference t. the famine which RACES from
Tehcran southwark and eastward in the cities
and districts Of lrak, part of X 9ordistan
and L0Ovistan, karS, Herman. khorasan.
and CLAN, in FIVE of the largest ports of
Persia, the suffering is fearful Ii is I'M
possible tor tongue u describe its horrors.
Here in lspahan Il hushel OF wheat is eight
dollars. OF barley seven, and millct six cot
ton seed and rice still more expensive. CAS-
money in Persia is worth five times rs much
as in this country, eight dollars for bushel
Of wheat there Is equivalent % forty here
MultitudCs are dying from starvation-l can
not tell how many But in villages number
ing five hundred houses. now but two hun
dred remain. Mutitudes have died and
multitudcs have fled They hardly looked
like human beings. Their appearance Is
fearful to behold. As | 90 out into the
streets the dead and dying and churcblcss
meet the eye constantly. They snatch at
every thing to cat; Lus!ls Of barley. blood of
animals, flesh Of dead horses and d0nkcvs
Shop-keepers stand before their stalls with
clubs to keep the hungry and starving from
carrying everything away. Lamentation
and bitter crying tor bread are heard on all
sides from objects staggering along the
streets. You Will see people in the public
square selling their clothes and all they pos
sess for mere pittance in order q Get few
pence for bread but to prulong their suffer
ings brief hour. Mothers run frantic say
ing What shall ! do2 my children are
dying for lack Of bread. Three-fourths Of
Ispahan are bcggars to day for bread
Straw for horses is very scarce and the
poor animals are dying, aud hungry people
strip the meat of their bones at once. The
post finds horses with great difficulty. and
the courier from Shiraz comes IN frequently
on foot. \ man Just come from Bushirs says
the famine to the south is more fearful than
here, that whole families are dying off and
the dead lie without burial
This famine has also extended 70 the valley
Of the Tigris, in the regions OF Mosul, ANA
dia, and BoOtaw, though not so seriously
Wheat il sold in Amldia this spring at SIX
dollars hushel. Our helpers on the west
side of the mountains, and the native broth
rcn there and eastward in Hamadan, have
had a hard time the past winter, but they
never were more encouraged t. labor for
souls - Correspondence " j. Erangcla
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26
There's Somebody Waiting for me


We had come with her % the waters side.
And were waiting there with bateI breath
70 hear the surge Of the swelling tide,
That should bear her over the river of death.
We TODD with her on the rivers brink
And We knew that whether She would or no.
Although the spuit should timidly shrink
she must cross alone, for we might not go.
We trembling stood in the valley dark
We could almost hear the breakers roar
we could almost see the phantom uarquc,
That should carry her 10 the other shore.
She moaned and muvmurcl IN sad unrest
Her fair. white brow was Swallowed with pain,
Which our lips -oorcn had lovingly preset
Deliriul. tortured her l,s.rad i.rs''"
But anon she grew more calm and still
Her soft eve bcamed with lis odeu light
And her voice revealed by its teudcr THRILL
The vision which gladdeueI her spirits sight
There's somebody waiting for me, F." she said.
And repeated it DER with nutterlas breath
And knew that for her there ,va- mo- mon
dread
OF the valley dark, and the shades Of death
No more for her-but alas for as.
She must leave behind 10 our bitter woe
We could not still the throbbng thus,
Of our anEuished hearts, for we loved her Sod
Yet nearer it came-the phantom barque-
TIL our aching hearts stood stl with fear,
As she passed away DER the waters dark.
And left us deeply Borrowing here
The tree, are clothed in their tender green
The birds are singing IN wood and glen
The shmmerins robes of Spring are seen.
Through all the haunts of bird. and men.
But she who watched for the tender flowers
Whose voice was sweeter than song of bird,
That, warDling, sings in her native bowers
Her voice no more by US is heard.
She comes not now in the spring time fair,
To cheer the hearts that she loved of yore.
For the death damp lies in her -ilken hair,
And her feet shall tread the earth no more.
Bat Oft, rs listen voice hear,
Like the voice of angel II whispers t. me
For hear il alone with my spirits ear
There's somebody waiting la heaven for thee
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

onentIv mentioned in connection with varl-
dns biSh offices under the present admins
tration Yes, have heard so, ne
rorl;o5 90 Int have never authorized any
sucb use of my name, and, furthermore 1
don't care for an Office of any KIND oeVerai
rIaces have been offered to me from time 20
time but | have and ever shall continue 10
decline them all | don't know that there
is any reason why the papers, as you say
should be talking about me tor TINS OF 'ia'
office. l don't mix in public mucu NOV ;
but am always here, as You see me. NJ
whole time is engaged in the preparation Oh
the biography and works of my father, anu
nav very little attention TO what Is going
on outside.
With regard to the great public parties
he said >.
Neither of them amounts to anything,
he answered. "Their occupation, like Othel-
lbs is zone There are no great issues for
them to fight, and nothing for the leaders to
discuss There are a few men IN the ranks
of both who go around talking, but you VIII
find that they either want an ONCE or are
anxious to hold on to the one they have al
ready got There have already been great
many attempts to draw me into these discus
sions of imaginary public questions, but all
without avail | presume they are attracted
toward me on account of some little prom-
nence which | might have acquired on ae-
count of my course in England ; but L have
given them all to understand that am now
| only a citizen, and that | wish to have moth
! ing TO do with either of the existing parties.
| If, perhaps, there were any great issues be-
fore the country, | might take part IN ad-
iusting them the same as any other man
whose counsel would be of service. But the
fact is there is nothing that requires SPECIAL
attention. Our own internal affairs, as well
rs foreign matters. are all adjusted, and we
ought now 10 try and live ut peace with our
selves and the rest of the world. Ii there
was any crisis in public affairs would speak
my views freely, but as there Is not prefer
to remain quiet.
Of the new departure he remarked :
q can't, of course, say what 1t VIII
amount to- There is no doubt but the Demo
Gratis have made great many mistakes, and
this acknowledgment Of them Is no doubt a
step in the right direction If they wish t.
become the party of the country. As | SAID
before as there is no new issues before the
people, and ppliucs, therefore, lose their
charm, except for interested politicians, and
thank nv stars that | am not one 81 that
class. 1t / wanted Office perhaps ! could
dig up something to talk about.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

ASSAULTED IN SOUTH CARoLINA.-The Sub
Committee on Southern Outrages arrived at
Y Orkville, S. c., Tuesday evening At the
supper table at the hotel Mr.. Stevenson, OF
the committee, and Mr.. \. j. Wallace, rep
resentative of the district, were assaulted as
they took their seats, by Major James Barry,
prominent citizen, by pitcher of milk be-
ing thrown over them Wallace drew re-
volver, but Major Barry was surrounded by
friends and left the hotel At nine o'clock
the committee was serenaded by a negro
band, and crowd collected As the band
was retiring an ARRAY took place, and one
negro was shot, receiving three wounds. Nc
arrests were made.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

to the house to nurse him. The doctor pre-
scribed, among other things milk punch,
which seems to have been prepared under
the direction, If not by the hands, of Mrs.
Wharton. The sick man drank one glass
without feeling any bad effects When the
second was brought, Mrs. Van Ness CHANGED
to taste it, and at once discovered that some
thing was wrong. A quantity of white
sediment was found at the bottom of the yes
sci. 1t was analysed, and proved to be tar
tar emetic. Mr.. Van Ness was afterward
removed to his home, where he still lies in
critical condition. The facts were laid be-
fore the police. Mrs. Wharton was to have
sailed for Europe on the 18th inst, but she
has been held to wait the action of the grand
jury, and meanwhile is prisoner in the city
Jail. No motives have been even suggested
for more than two of the murders, and no
one imaginable motive will account for all of
them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26
There's Somebody Waiting for me.
BY n. W. GILBERT.

Through the Wearisome hours of long, long nights
By the side of a friend who had fallen a prey
To disease, l watched, and persistently strovc
To drive the dark phantom of death away.
The wife of friend had loved of yore,
L called her sister-fOr long had.she been
4 sister to mccullough by the ties
OF friendship, instead of the ties OF kin.
There's somebody waiting for me- she said,
And She seemed for the moment all free from
pain
The delirium, too, had seemingly fled,
Which sometimes reigned in her burning brain:
For when in her hand laid my own,
To see if her reason was clouded then,
And called her name, and asked her whom,
She repeated the selfsame words again,
" There's somebody waiting for me, but who,
Or where they waited, she did not say;
Though her eyes, which mirrOred a heart true,
Were closed, and she seemingly looked away;
As if it were only the inner sight
OF her mental vision, by which she saw
The heavenly messengers waiting there
In accordance, perhaps, with a mereiful law
OF 6 Cd, who, so rs the Scriptures tell
And so as the ministers soothingly preach
Sends angels to watch at the death of His saints
Or, so AS the modern philosophers teach,
At the death Of the saint and the sinner alike,
The spirits of friends, who have gone before,
Are allowed to return to the river Of death,
To pilot the new born spirit DER.
/ instinctYely question all dogmas and creed
doubtingly trust the philosophers ken
Nor do know that the righteous deeds
OF righteous mau, avacth him when
In the arms of death-and yet ] believe
That the minister's creed j, sub stantially true.
Which airms, with the happiest thought of til,
sage,
That God has provided for me and for you.
And when the dark river, so soon 10 be crossed.
by this dying young mother, almost in her youth
Came near that she saw on the opposite shore.
A. she said, received the assertion for truth;
Nay, methought could see, through the eye OF tin
soul
But dimly, It's true, yet methousht could See
That beings celc stial were really there,
Whom she saw when She said, " They are " ailn
for me"
They waited, and waited, the long nj -ht through,
/ And were waiting still, m the mornings glow
/ For we held so firmly her hands and heart,
/ In our hearts and hands, that she could not X
But At length we held by a feebler hold
I We could not resist the DEGREES of fate
T our hearts beat warm, but hers grew cold.
/ And her pirit had entered the heavenly gate.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

A night or two previous to the death, in
April last, of Mrs. ]. @. Harvey, of Cabot,
he said, after moment of apparent inter
est in something outside of her visible sur
roundings, " There's somebody waiting for
me- and upon being questioned, repeated
the same words; whereupon DR.. Gilbert
who was with her at the time. taking her
words for title, wrote the following
poem, which he sent to Mrs. George o.
Boyce, of Fayston, who also deals in rhyme,
and who wrote another one under the same
title, concerning the same incident, which
we also print below. Were it not for the
tender pathos of the Doctors last verse, we
should be half inclined to say that Mrs
Boyce had beaten him though that would
be no disparagement to his muse, for both
are so well written that either can afford to be
beaten by the other-ED
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

The following is from the Boston Adrertis-
er +: {" The servility of party press never
had sadder illustration than in the conduct
OF the Democratic papers toward the New
York difficulty. Not a man who has the
spirit of an American citizen read the Tam
many order with other feelings than those OF
loathing and Indignation. Leading Demo
Gratis denounced it vigorously and shed tears
at the city's humiliation. Yet the Demo
cratic Lapers, which should be the first to
resent an infringement on popular liberty
stood forth and, with few bright exceptions,
strove to stem the rising tide of anger at the
Tammany surrender. The attempt was a
wonderful failure, but the shame remains.
There is but one depth of degradation not
yet sounded Let them now publish eulogies
on the martyrs of the pavement, for then
own party was lcssened by just the number
of ruffians that bit the dust
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26


1t appears to us that lynching is about as
common in certain parts of the country as it
ever was. In terrible case of cruelty
practiced by brutal father upon his child,
at Fredonia, in Southern Kansas, resulting
in the death of little girl of six years, the
telegraph informs US that Handel, the muir
derer in question, was to be "lynched" by
the indignant citizens. 1t must be allowed
that in this instance, as in many others, the
PROPAGATION has been great but if Handel
cannot be safely left to be dealt with by
judges and jurymen, these functionaries de-
serve to be lynched almost as much as he
does. 1t is the very spirit which dominates
above the law and chafes at its tardy process
ses, which in another form finds vent in
murder and in every other outrage.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

The divinity hedging royalty in these
days does not amount to much, but such as
it is it renders the life of the Marquis of
Lorne somewhat unenviable. The Prince of
Wales utterly refuses to receive his sisters
husband, as a member of the royal family,
and at the State ball, recently gave orders
that the Marquis should not be admitted at
the royal entrance. lie was accordingly
refused admittancc, and the Princess de-
clined to enter except with her husband j,
saying that her place was where he was
The Marquis would not take the Princess il
the general, public entrance, and the result
was that they did not attend the ball.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

BEEcnER on THE ORANGE PRocEssIoN.-
Henry Ward Beecher says, in the Christian
Union of this week The Orange societies
should parade next year without one banner
less, or ore inscription rubbed out. They
should not do it on an implied promise that
ii protected for once they will then DO it no
more. They ought to move through the
streets Of New York until nobody thinks Of
molesting them. When that time arrives,
it will be a matter Of no public Importance
whether the annual procession is kept up or
not. But az long dog wags his tongue
against an Orangeman's procession, or a
bewiIdercd magistrate forgets his duty
toward them, the public good equires their
continuance. If the Orangcmen of New
York fail next year TO march through the
streets Of the city, they betray a sacred duty.
By accident they have become the rcpresen-
tative of a principle which lies at the
foucdation Of modern civilization. They do
not now represent spent fast in history,
but living principle. 1t is not the battle
Of the Boyne in Ireland but the question Of
liberty in New York.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

NEW ENGLAND FAIR.-The next New
England Fair will be held in Lowell. Mass.
on the 9TH, 9th, 5th and tn days of Septcm-
Der sThe grounds embrace about forty acres.
and are admirably adapted for the purpose
intended. There is a eommodious exhibition
building on the grounds. two stories high
with basement under the whole building.
giving 27,0oO square feet of availa-
bic space for exhibitors. The stalls for
horses and cattle, AMI the pens for swine
Will be amply sufficient for the aecommo iation
Of all exhibitors Of stock. The railroads
will land passengers within few feet of the
main entrances, and stock will be unloaded
from the cars within the enclosure. The
premiums and the expenses of the Fair
amount in the aggregate to S25 900.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

The United States Treasury will make an
effort to collect the income tax Of corpora
tions for the last half of 1870, it being
doubtful if the collection could not be sue
cessfully resisted in the courts. \ Wash
ington special says this affair Is regarded on
all sides as telling strongly against Commits
sioner Pleasanton' administration Of the
revenue office. Basing his Interpretation of
the law, according to his friends, on the
private statements of two OF three congress
men as to what they supposed the law in
tended, by unadvised and hasty action he
put it beyond the power Of the government
to have the opinion of the legal officer till il
was too late to collect the tax (about five
million dollars) under any circumstances.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

BuTLER-Gen Buffers letter, in which
he expresses his willingness to accept nomi-
nation for Governor of Massachusetts, Is re-
garded with special disfayor by the masses
OF the Republican party in that State. r.
respective of political divisions the people
of Massachusetts, evince little confidence in
Butler, and they do not believe he will be
true to them any longer than his personal
interests may dictate The Boston Tran
script says:
1t has been for some time apparent that
Massachusetts was selected as the field IN
which Gen. Butler would endeayOr To regain
n part of the influences he had lost IN the
nation. His purpose is To secure the IN
dorsmcnt of the people OF the whole State,
and so heal up the wounds caused by con
slant quarreling with his peers IN Congress.
This is Il decidedly Butlcrian exPedient, and
would be highly commended in sporting CIR
cles for its reversal of all the ordinary rules
of political morality. And among Republic
cans there is still some regard for principle
and dccency. They were not brought up in
the school which believes that the chief
magistracy Of the commonwealth should be
conferred as a certificate Of character, or 70
restore impaired influence, and u recover a
position lost by past reckles~ness- They
viii be fully prepared to act upon such ideas
at the right time. and Will stamp with their
emphatic condemnation the doctrine that the
gubernatorial chair should be sought 10y
means deemed pr per by politician not
over scrupuluos IN the selection Of his nsen-
! cics
The Republican State Committee has voted
to call the State Convention 1T Worees ter,
on " cdnesday, September p. Meantime,
according to the Boston correspondent OF
Ths Springfield Republican, Gen. Batter VIII
make speeches throughout the State ia his
own behalf.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

The Belfast (Me.) Republican gives the
particulars of the fall of an areolite of
mons. in that State, recently, There was
first heard an explosion like the report Of
heavy gun, followed by rushing sound
ike the escape of steam from boiler The
stone fell in a open field, and when dug from
the earth was quite hot and broken, the out
side showing plainly the effect of melting
heat. 1t struck with such force as TO pene-
trate the hard soil to the depth of two feet,
and was of grayish color inside and quite
black outside
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

Gen. Hooker writes from the St. Louis
Springs, Michigan, to the Miles Standish
Committee that he cannot attend the celebra-
ton q | have been an admirer of the char
acter Of Miles Standish from my boyhood up,
and would like to be identified with any body
Of gentlemen engaged in concentrating his
great virtues. 1t viii be a graceful act, on
the part of our friends, to erect monument
to his memory, but it not be expected 70 add
to his fame or immortality.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

The Savannah Net0s does not seem inclined
to " depart 1t says 4" If the New York
! World is really the leader of the so called
democratic new departure, it is fatally in
Juring its cause. Its hippant mockery over
the grave of the Lost Cause (the cause OF
the Constitution and the rights of the States)
and its coarse abuse of jefferson Davis, will
find no sympathy at the South. The Lost
Cause is a precious memory with The dem
ocrats Of the South, and the misfortunes Of
Mr.. Davis are the mislortunes of his people
The new departure men may be sure Of
that
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

The New York Tribune commenting upon
the testimony ofa Georgia conservative, that
there was no Ku Kluxism in Georgia, says
that views Of Ku Kluxism are Kaleidoscope
as ever. The latest series Of changes Is from
a Georgia witness, who is inclined to take a
cheerful version of facts. lie says that it is
true that the Georgia community takes the
law into its own hands, and that men in
disguise have thus punished sundry social
crimes-as though these were novel offenses
in the South. Then, too, young men have
amused themselves nightly by dressing up
in sheets, and soaring the simple negroes by
personating dead Confederate soldiers This
mirtn moving performance had been varied
occasionally by the negroes themselves, who
had sailed out and done their share of
killing: and the witness was free to say,
that no fuss had been made about it in his
State. No optimist can be more satisfied
with this state of things than Mr. j H.
ChrIsty of Georgia. But right on this
pleasant picture comes note from YOrkville,
S. c., which is not SO agreeable. Some of
the members of the committee on the Ku
KIux were assaulted at supper table at a
hotel, Southern welcome in the shape of
pitcher of milk being effusively extended all
over them. And when a negro band sore
naded the committee, the Disconnected friends
of law and order managed to hustle up dis
turbance, in which one of the colored men
was killed. 1t is not surprising that these
investigations are unpopular with the
Democracy, and that one of the witnesses
whittier he had fled from the dreaded
questioners.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-26

GENERAL CRor PR5srEors.-A dispatch
from Washington, July y, says-thercturns
to the department Of agriculture Indicate
that the hay crop throughout the country
viii be small ia Maine, where hay l. the
leading staple. Tho yield will not much
exceed two thirds Of the average crop in the
New England and Middle States. The con
dition Of clover, timothy and pastures arc
below the average. In most Of the Southern
and Western States. and in Oregon. the pas
lures are about the average, the condition
of clover and timothy good. In California
clover and timothy have had a fine growth
while the pastures are in a relatively low
condition. In the sections where pastures
and meadows have partially failed. it is too
late to supplement them with corn as a
saving crop. Frosts in April aud May
following The remarkably curly opening
spring. greatly Iessenoi the pro7T Gets &c a
good crop OF apples; short crop is Indicated
in all the States where they ar most
largely grown probably rec lourths Of the
average. Ihcpotato crop will be an average
nud that Of peaches unusually large.