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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING SUPREME
CoURT DECISION The Supreme Court gave,
March 9TH. three decisions, establishing the
principle that rebels have a right to appear
IN United States courts as defendants against
suits for the confscation Of their property.
Justice Swavne delivered the opinion in the
case of McVeigh. from the district court of
Virginia proceedings, to condscate McVeigh's
property. lie appeared by council and fled
an answer, which the court struck out on the
ground that he was a rebel and had therefore
no standing in the court The Supreme
Court are unanimous in the opinion that this
was an error in the court below. and when
a>sailed there MeVeigh had ri .ht to defend
there Liability and right are inseparable
and different result would be a blot on the
iurIs prudence and civiliz ton Of the country.
The provisions of the constitution that no
one shall be deprived of life, liberty OF prop
erty, without due process of law, Is conclu-
sive on this subject Whatever the extent
Of the disability of an alien enemy 70 sue in
a hostile country. he IS clearly liable u be
sued, and this carries with il the right Of
defense. The right OF McEegh was sus-
tanned, Judgment revoked, and the case re
manded with instructions To the court below
10 proceed in conformity with the law.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

The REPUBLICAN PARTY.-The New Yorl
Independent makes the following timely sug
gestlons in a recent issue:
When thing is dead, bury it. AND
we had almost said, when it ought to bt
dead, kill it. A party sometimes drags or
a moribund existence beyond it's time. Mer
do the same thing. Only with men it is not
allowable to knock them on the head and
put them out of their misery. But par
ty ought to die when its time comes. Nc
past services should buy it day of grace
Parties are for utility, not for sentiment
So we say, if the Republican party has fin
ished its work, away with it. Clear away
the rubbish, and make room for something
that is of account We shall ever urge IN
its behalf that the Republican party abolish
ed slavery and saved the country. We have
loved it but when its work is done let ii
have decent burial, and nothing more,
But is it done? Can the country do with
out it? There are four millions Of blacks
under the local governments OF the Sou n
whose rights have been accorded most grudg-
ingly when accorded at all-who are land
less. who are poor, who are ignorant, who
are helpless They have yet no other guar
anty of their liberties than the ascendancy
of the Republican party. Even now the
cries Of their murdered ones are in our cars
They are hunted from their homes at night
they are beaten, shot, hung, burned. We
have gotten used TO this sort of thing. Tn
til the blacks in the south are educated and
the whites civilized, and until West Point
and the army are Americanized, we cannot
give up the government To other hands
The safety of the nation Is entrusted tC
the Republicans The battle OF hundred
years Is not yet fought out. While the
liberty of the press and the perfect free
dom Of opinion are not secured, there mus
be party to contend for them. These art
not to be set aside for matters of revenue Of
questions Of policy. 1t Is life or death
Either we must have liberty for all or W,
must give up the struggle and accept anar
ehy or despotism.
The Republican party Of to-day Is in The
lineal succession. From Otis and Adams
from Washington and Jefferson, it is a lin,
of those who have fought for the American
idea. TIE unfinished work of securing lib
erty TO all the people is in the hands of tn,
Republicans
The sound of the coming battle Is in GU
ears. There is the old enemy u fight, tn
old cause to fight for, the old watchword L
cheer US. Liberty and union God an,
humanity 1t is no time to dream we hay
done. Up and at them
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

New HAMPSHIRE The annual State cleo
ton occurs in this State on Tuesday next
Members of the forty-second Congress are
also to be elected. The campaign has been
an unusually qniet one, and a good degree OF
harmony prevails in the ranks of the two
opposing parties. The Labor Reform and
Temperance votes it is thought will not
amount to a respectable scattering" But
little speaking has been INDUCED in on either
side, and if there is full vote it will be the
result of quiet, systematic organization or
individual determination to perform an i'm
portant duty. The Democrats, as hereto
fore, are indulging in hopes which, as here
tOfOre, will end when the ballots are count
ed Nothing but apathy in their own ranks
can defeat the Republicans of New Hamp-
shire, and they will be enough alive on
Tuesday to prevent such an unreasonable ca
tastrophe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

entry, all traces of the campaign having been
brushed away. No serious disturbance Oe-
CURED. A review Of the Sixth and Eleventh
Corps by the emperor took piace outside the
forts, after which the troops entered and the
Emperor returned. The Palais de I'Industris
was occupied by troops, and the staff head
quarters were established at the Palace OF
the Elysee The precautions against public
disturbances seem complete and almost su-
perfuous. The shops are shut, but citizens
throng the streets in every direction. The
residents of Bellville and Villette grumble,
but show no disposition to fight. In the
Champs Elysees, after successive bodies OF
troops had arrived, some of the people al
most fraternized with them.
Riding from the Arc de Triomphe TO the
Northern station, found the whole city
quiet, gloomy and orderly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

petitors, to all appearances, is to get IN last
you have a tolerably correct idea OF the
Washington Carnival as seen by day A
good circus would have furnished more
amusement and that of a better quality than
was afforded to the assembled multitude, IN
all the races and tournaments of the two
days This is not the judgment of the
q croakers - only, but of many whose enthu-
siasm for the Carnival on Monday morning
was equal to a school boys, and who were
fully as ready to overlook faults.
But although many of the performances
were entirely uninteresting, there were other
features of the occasion which were not.
The crowd itself was worth going out to see.
The display of elegant equipages and bloOded
animals would have been creditable to any
city. The buildings, all decked with ban
ners and streamers and flags of every nation
atty, presented a brilliant spectacle. And
especially at night when every window,
every post and every awning sent out its
hundred Jets of flame, when the calcium
lights shone like 50 many suns above all this
when the fireworks from the
southern terrace of the Treasury were blaz-
ing forth and lighting up the very heavens,
one almost felt like overlooking the tedious
ness of the day and voting the Carnival TO
be after all a success.
The business men of Washington seem to
be highly satisfied with their work, although
they signify their intention of improving
upon it at some future occasion. II we must
have carnivals let them by all means carry
0ut this resolution.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

Hon CoNNIssIoN.--The Joint High Com
mission met on Monday, and will continue
daily sessions till all the business is disposed
Of 1t is understood that if all matters
brought before the Commission are salts
faetorily adjusted, the President will call an
executive session of the Senate two or three
months hence for the purpose of considering
such treaty or treaties as will be made be-
tween the two Governments. The time re-
quired by the Commission is variously stated
from thirty days TO three months. There is
no Joint organization, each side casting but
one vote, representing in all respects the
two Governments in the deliberations
Secretary Fish is senior member of the
American branch, and Earl De Grey of the
British. The sum of S25, 900 is allowed by
the sundry Civil Appropriation bill for the
expense Of the American branch.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

General Ashley, Ex-Governor of Montana,
who is on tour through the State to create
a more appreciative interest in Northern Pa
cifc Railroad bonds, made the Capital short
call on Wednesday evening of last week. AS
he came unannounced, there was no public
meeting. A few of our citizens called upon
him at his room at Bishops hotel, and the
Governor made an informal - talk - with
them, hanging out his banner, to wit, a
large map of the Northern Pacific road
and the section of country it drains, on an
inner wall. He made it interesting for those
who were present, if he did not convert any
body sufficiently to buy bonds. Gov Ash
ley is a good talker and had ten years
congressional career, and good Z" stump -
opportunity to develop his storytelling as
veil as argumentative faculties.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

The FORTY SECOND CoNGREss.-Eighteen
Senators and 12I Representatives. left their
seats on the 4th of March to make room for
new men. The new House Of Representa-
tives contained at its organization 227
members, of whom 100 are Republicans and
&c Democrats, and one, James @. Blair OF
Missouri, independent Vacancies exist in
the Illinois delegation, by the election Of
Gen. Logan to the Senate and in Michigan
by similar election of Mr.. Ferry New
Hampshire, Connecticut, Texas and Califor-
MIA had not yet elected their Representatives
to the 42d Congress. There are from II to
Is contested seats. OF tho 90 Democrats
two, Dubois of Georgia and Rogers of North
Carolina, and probably Waddell of the same
State, are barred by the l4th amendment,
and they will not be able to qualify until
their disabilities are removed
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08
Carnival at Washington.

The business men of Pennsylvania Avenue
having contributed largely of their substance
for the wooden pavement just laid between
the Capitol and Treasury, some time ago in
vented plan for reimbursing themselves
They decided to get up great celebration
which should nominally be IN honor of the
completion of the pavement, but-what in
their eyes was probably of greater import
ance-should draw together a money spend
ing crowd large enough to make the matter
profitable. This celebration long before it
came off was christened the - Carnival -
As looked at from the eyes of its authors it
was truly grand success. A larger crowd
never. probably. covered the pavements and
sidewalks Of the Avenue, nor one more will
ing to spend what money it had. Not only
did the people of Washington all turn out to
take part in the long-heralded festivities
but hundreds of strangers, who had taken
this opportunity 80 visit the capital, were
added to their number Both Monday and
Tuesday the sidewalks, windows and house
tops were thronged.
But considered Carnival, not as pc
cuniary venture, the affair was very far from
being an entire success. Indeed l have
heard it styled by many who could not be
called over critical, as " gigantic hum
bug" If you can imagine a crowd of peo-
pie, mile and quarter long, jostling each
other, running over each other, and making
each other generally miserable for an hour,
in order to witness foot race, goat race
or a mule race, where the object of the com
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

On the bin to repeal the income tax, the
Vermont delegation, Messrs. Willard and
Poland voted no, aud Mr.. Smith voted aye
OF the thirty votes cast by New York only
seven were IN the negative. Pennsylvania
had six negatives out of vote Of twenty-one
members present. The Southern and IVES
tern States, except California, voted a ma
jority in the negative. The fall votes of the
following States were cast in favor OF repeal
viz. Rhode Island, Connec ticut, Delaware,
California, Massachusetts,, Oregon and Nc
vada. Full votes of the following were cast
against repeal, viz. New Hampshire, Ten
nessee, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas,
Iowa, Kansas, West Virginia and Ne
hraska.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

WILL CONGRESS ADJOURN?-The immediate
adjournment of Congress does not now APP
pear probable. The Washington CORES
pendent of the Tribune, March 9th, says:
Many Senators are strongly opposed to
adjourning before something Is done to put
a stop to the acts of lawlessness and violence
in the South, which they say are increasing
to an alarming extent. They declare it
would be disgraceful for Congress to go home,
in face Of the state of affairs existing in
North and South Carolina. Others want
the duty on coal and salt repealed, and the
income tax abolished before adjourning, and
still others want to stay long enough TO an
mex SantO Domingo. 1t is quite certain that
if any general legislation is begun it will be
impossible to bring the session to a close
under a month or six weeks. If, therefore,
both Houses do not agree by the end of this
week upon day for adjourning it will be
safe to predict that Congress will sit until
about the middle of April.
There is a contest in the House over the
organization of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. The last cast for the craftsmanship
seems to favor the appointment of Mr. Dawes
Judge Kelley and Gen. Garfield are both
prominent candidates for this important
position. but the matter is not yet decided.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

COOP News FOR THE SOLDIERS OF 1861
The Senate passed, Thursday afternoon. a
bill reported by Senator Wilson, which pro-
vides that all soldiers mustered into the Uni
ted States service for three years between
May 4, 1861, and July %, 1861, and who
were discharged, hOnorably, before serving
two years. by reason of disability contra cted
IN the service, are entitled to receive one
hundred dollars bounty. This will be good
news to about four thousand veterans or
their heirs, who have been thus far deprived
OF the bounty to which they were entitled,
BY red-tape decision that only forty out of
the elghty-two regiments mustered into the
service at that time were authorized by law
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

South CARoLINA.-As- an evidence of the
condition of affairs in South Carolina, the
facts are stated. that, on last Monday a
company Of United States troops, that left
Columbia for York, had the railroad torn up
in their front by body of armed men, and
were obliged to march by the road. On
Friday last the Republican members of the
Legislature, now sitting. paid men to picket
the road leading from the Capitol, because of
well-grounded fears of Ku-Klux raid upon
their body.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

The FRENCH REPUBLIC.-The latest des
patches state that there is great excitement
in Paris, consequent on the determined ac-
ton of the revolutionist party, who have
entrenched themselves at Mont Martre with
battery of guns. The farce of civil war
would be good French finale to the grand
tragedy just closed.
The negotiations for deinitive treaty OF
peace will shortly begin at Brussels The
Germans are rapidly evacuating the pre-
scrihed limits of France. The Ex-Emperor
Napoleon has gone to Chiselhurst, the abode
of the Empress Eugene.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

THE New GERMANY.--We begin to see
what the new German Empire is to;be. At
all events, we can easily trace its progress
up TO the present time. Before the war Of
1866, when Prussia began to measure its
power with Austria and other contestants
the Prussan area was los, 1876 square miles
or about equal to that of our Middle States !:
and the population was IL, 304 ,949, or almost
exactly halt as great that of the nited
States. France, by the way, then had POO, +
42O square miles and IS ,06j .094 inhabitants.
being about twice n great in both respects
az Prussia. The result of the war of 1850
was 20 add 10 Prussia p. $40 square miles of
territory and population Of 4.2e5. zoo
This brought the national population up 70
about twenty-threc and half millions. 4
reorganization Of North Germany followed
which gave Prussia the virtual command of
the resources OF several other States As com
pletely as If they had been actually incor-
Porated with her. Al that was needed was
the pressure of such war as that begun by
France in 1870 10 consolidate this political
arrangement into national unity
The South German States. therefore. with
the nominal exception Of Bavaria-whose
viii for the time is thwarted by a reactIonarv
legislature, chosen previous to the war crisis
have cordially joined in making up the
new German Empire. These five States have
added II ,5lS square miles. and S.6IO.256
people. And now we come to the final ad-
dltion in the shape of the cesSiou of the
provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. with l2.-
go square miles and about three millions uf
Inhabitants. After this transfer the popula-
ton Of the new Empire viii be in round
numbers about lorty-three millions, while
France VIII have not over thirty-six millions
these estimates are somewhat coniectaraI,
as no accurate census has been taken within
four years. The greatest statistical author
ity IN Germany, Dr. Petermann of Gotha.
has made the following interesting table of
comparisons of the New Empire with the
other existing European States
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

TIE FORTY FIRST CoNGREss.-During the
third session Of the forty-frst Congress
one hundred and ninety bills and ffty-fve
joint resolutions were passed, exclusive OF
nine regular appropriation bills, as follows
TO supply Deficiencies in the appropria-
tions for the service of the Government for
the years ending June 30, 1870, and June
30, 1871, and for former years, and for other
purposes sundry civil expenses Of the Gov
eminent support Of the army preservation
and completion Of certain public works on
rivers and harbors and for other parposes
construction, preservation and repair Of GER
tain Notifications and other works of de-
tense current and contingent expenses OF
the Indian Department, and for the fulfill
ment of treaty stipulations with various In-
dian tribes, and for other purposes service
Of the Post Office Department the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial expenses Of the
Government, and for the support of the ma
val service. The appropriations for all pur-
poses amount to between one hundred and
sixty and one hundred and sixty-ive million
dollars.
II the Congress, which has now become a
thing Of the past, left undone some things
which it would have been well to have done.
it is certainly entitled to the credit Of pre-
venting many things proposed, which ought
not to have been done The many schemes
for enriching individuals and corporations.
at the expense of the public treasury and the
public domain, have all been defeated, and
the baffled lobby, whose cry has been % sub
sidy,'' has found it an improbable session
For such degree of virtue the country can
well afford to feel grateful. In this respect
the example set by the forty-frst Congress
during its last session is worthy of imitation
by the new Congress now in session
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

The Emperor William reviewed the Ger
man Landwehr, guards, artillery and pic
neers in the Bots dc BoIogne on the 81 inst
Prince Frederick William, General Moltke
and Count Bismarck were present. All re-
strietions as to persons passing into and out
of Paris have been removed. The Emperor
was TO 20 to Berlin Monday.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT
CoURr.-On Saturday morning the first case
tried, briggs as Burton, was given by Judge
Smalley to the jury.
He stated, in substance, that the case must
turn upon the question whether the plaintiff
ever received any cons Iteration for the sum
of s. 900 paid by him to the defendant, TOR
the assignment ola contract, viii ch was IN
derstood to convey to plaintiff an interest IN
the Tioga County Bank. Whether it did
convey such an interest, or anything Of value
to the plaintiff, was for the jury TO say If
not, the plaintiff was entitled to recover the
amount, together with 6per cent. interest on
the same. from October, 1889, together with
the amount named in certain receipt which
passed between the parties, and interest on
it at ! per cent. The jury at noon' brought
in verdict for the plaintiff for $l3 ,8l2,l3,
being the full amount claimed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

A NEw TERRITORY The District of o.
lumbia has been promoted to territory, and
Henry D. Cooke, of . Jay, Cooke & Co. -
has been nominated by the President for
Governor, and confirmed by the Senate. but
has not accepted the appointment.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

SANTANA DhLEcr.-A Tribius c0rresp5n-
dent, who with = note book = in hand sal
lied forth in Samana, in pursuit Of infor-na
ton, says
1t was quite discourasing u start out in a
burst of pathological ardor and poke your
head through the window of some palm
tina tched dwelling and say politely to the
worthy matron, who was probably watching
with maternal interest nude infant has kim
on the clay floor Bon jour Madame, e>i-
&C que rouse Par's> Francois 2.or, Buenos dos
Sonora, habla Y. Espa1ol and be answered
d" What? with a most unmistakable Amer
lean accent. As matter Of fact more
French is spoken than Spanish, aui both
very horribly; but every one IN iers1ands
little English, so that investigation is req
dered comparatively easy Tor those who
speak no foreign language.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

A storm of rain and wind. amounting in
some localities to tornado, prevaiIed in
portions of Illinois, Wisconsin. Minnesota
and Northern Iowa on the night of the 2Sd
ult., doing considerable damage to buildings
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

The coal famine in New York is fully end
ed by the opening of navigation On the IIud-
son aud connecting canals, making available
a large supply. The Senate did not concur
in the joint resolution passed by the House
to take the duty of of foreign coal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

The House joint resolution constituting the
act OF July IA, 1870, so as to admit free of
duty animals especially imported for breed
ing purposes, from Canada, was passed on
Friday night.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

Gen :. Jack - Magruder of Texas is dead.
He was an unmitgated rebel, but man of
unusually pleasing social qualities, and as
an exchanges says, when he drove to the
battlefield in kid gloves behind pair of
fast trotters, he did nothing out of charae-
ter. Eccentricity was one of his strongest
points He was the soul of conviviality, a
lion among the ladies, and military ex-
quistc
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-08

A CHANCE FOR HoMEsTEADs.-Un der the
recent decision of the Attorney General the
Secretary of the Interior has withdrawn lo s
the Atchison, Topeka and Sante re halir9J ~
Company the odd sections upon either sac
of the Arkansas river as far west as Fort Fort
Dodge. to which point the Company VIII
push the road with all possible despatch
Here is splendid chance for person., oes lr.
ing to obtain homesteads, which Will cost
nothing but the mere settling and occupying
the lands. The lands of the Arkansas valley
are unsurpassed in fertility by those OF any
other valley in the West ; the climate is sa-
luxurious. and so mild that cattle can Craze
during the entire winter As yet there are
no settlements in this portion of the Arkan-
sas valley. but before this year, has passed
the even sections will probably be all occu-
pied as homesteads. To reach these emil
grants should go by Kansas City to Topeka;
and thence by the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad to its terminus, whence
stages run daily in all directions.-J0urnHl-