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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15
France.
TIE ARMISTICl

1t is reported from London, Feb. Ilth,
that a proiongation of the armistice depends
entirely upon the temper Of the French As
sembly towards the Prussan demands as re-
CARDS the cession of territory, money indem-
nifty, and the dismantling of the French for
tresses on the border of Germany. 1t is
considered probable that the war claim Of
Germany will be modified. A reduction of
the boundary line of France will of course
be demanded by the German government go
as to include the cessiOn Of the territory
formerly stipulated as part of the German
war claim. A commercial treaty will also
probably be negotiated between the two
powers when peace has been fairly establish
cd and the present difficulties settled.
PROCLAMATION FROM NAPOLEON
Emperor Napoleon issues the following
proclamation to the electors of France
! WILHELNsHoHE, Feb. g, 1871.
Betrayed by fortune have kept since my
captivity, profound silence, which is misfor-
tunes mourning As long as the armies
confronted each other, abstained from any
steps or words capable of causing party dis
sensions, but can no longer remain silent
before my country's disasters without ap-
pearing insensible of it's sufferings Wher
l was made prisoner | could not treat fol-
peace because my resolutions would appear
to have been dictated by personal consider
atiOns. left the Regent to decide whethe
a it was for the interest of the nation to con
tinue the struggle. Notwithstanding tn
unparalleled reverses of France, she was IN
subdued, her strongholds unreduced, few de
+ partments invaded, and Paris in a state q
defense. The extent of her misfortune
Il might possibly have been limited, but Will
attention was directed to her enemies an In
= surrection arose at Paris, the seats of Rel
resentatiyes were violated, and the safety
It the Empress threatened, and the Empir,
IN which had been three times acclaimed b
:. the people, overthrOwn and abandoned
- Shilling my presentiment, | exclaimec
OF What matters my dynasty if the countr
be is saved?" Instead of protesting again
10 the violation of my right, l hoped for Il
success of the defense, and admired the pa
- riotic devotion of the children of Franc
vs. Now, when the struggle is suspended al
ID. all reasonable chance of victory has disa
e. peared, is the time to call to account 4
b. usurpers for the bloodshed, ruin and soua
dered resources. 1t is impossible to aband
&c the destinies of France to an unauthoriz
ty, government, to which was left no authori
or emanating from universal suffrage. Ordt
confidence and solid peace are only recover
bic when the people are consulted respecti
IA the Government most capable Of repairi
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

discussion in Boston paper concerning
the existence of female Free Masons, brings
out a statement from a correspondent who
says he is = well acquainted with two ladies
who have received eight degrees, and who
are the shining lights of a fourishing
lodge in Vermont. The circumstances Of
their admission are very interesting, and
closely related to certain well known adven-
lures in our late war, when these two hero
ines followed for over year the fortunes of
one of the Vermont regiments I was pres
ent myself at the initiation of one Of these
ladies, who went through the ordeal in a
manner worthy of the title she has earned
1t was the same as that undergone by men,
except in a few particulars of dress, which
was slightly altered in respect TO her sex
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

TIE SOLDIERS LAND BILL MODIFIED. On
Monday Senator Pomeroy, from committee
on public lands, reported the House bin to
enable honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors, their widows and orphan children, to
take homesteads on the public lands of the
United States, with amendments striking out
the provision allowing the assignment of
homestead certificates, and by emitting the
section allowing the entry Of land by an
agent or attorney The committee also rec
ommend that the commissioner Of the general
land Office have authority TO make all necdful
regulations to carry the act into effect, espe-
cially rega riding declarations and proofs
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

Among the art notes in the Now York
Herald we find the following mention of Yer
montevs:
Julian Scott exhibits at his studio, in the
Tenth street building, an amusing pictorial
Renaissance of the war, entitled - The Sur
prise representing party of federal SOL
diers who, after cautiously creeping up to a
place where the rebels had been intrenched,
find that it has been abandoned, and that
they have been harmlessly blazing away at
an ingenious combination of Quaker guns
and scare crow gray coats and blue. MIR
Scott has just finished two excellent por-
traits-one of Mrs. r. Schell and the other
of DR.. Hayes, the Arctic explorer lie has
commenced large historical picture, to IL
lustrate "A scene on Golding's farm during
General McClellan's campaign. 1t is called
" Forming Under Fire
J. Hope is completing in the Someryille
Art Gallery building two or three large
views of the unsurpassed brook and wood
land scenery which he has discovered near
Castleton, Vt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

NEW ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The annual meeting Of this society was
holden in Boston on Tuesday of last week
The Treasurer report showed a net amount
in MS hands Of 50, 900. Dr. Geo B Loring
was reelected President for the ensuing year,
Daniel Needham, Secretary, and George w
Riddle, Treasurer. The following officers were
elected for Vermont Vice President, Edwin
S Stowell Of Cornwall; Trustees, George
Campbell Of Westminster, Henry Clark Of
Rutland, Peleg Winslow Of Putney, George
Hammond of Middlebury, Daniel Kimbau Of
Clarendon, James \. Shedd of Burlington,
John B. Mead of Randolph, Thomas ii. Hos
kins of Newport, Lyman G. Bliss of Brat
tIeboro. The proceedings as to location in
dictate that the next fair viii probably be
holden at Lowell, although the matter was
not fully decided.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15
German Unity.
4 MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GRANT.

\ ME19aNh MN hHSAbhNA NhA-NA
To the Senate and House Of Representatives 4:
The union of the States of Germany into a
form of government similar in many respects
to that OF the American Union is an event
that cannot fail to touch deeply the sympa-
thies of the people of the United States
This Union has been brought about by long
continued and persistent efforts of the people,
with the deliberate approval Of the govern
ment and people of twenty four OF the Ger
man States, through their regularly consti-
tuted authorities. In it the American people
see an attempt to reproduce in Europe some
of the best features of our own Constitution,
with such notifications as the history and
condition of Germany seem to require. The
local governments OF the several members of
the Union are preserved, while the powers
conferred upon the chief impart strength for
purposes of sell-defence, without authority
TO enter upon wars of conquest and ambition
The cherished aspiration foT national unity
which for ages has inspired many millions of
people speaking the same language and in
hablting a contiguous and compact territory
but unnaturally separated and divided by
the dynastic jealousIes and ambition of short
sighted rulers, has been attained, and Ger
many now contains a population of about
"a 600 900, united like our own under one
government for its relations with other pow
ers, but retaining IN It's several members the
right and power to control their local inter
ests, abits and institutions. The bringing
of great masses of thoughtful and free people
under a single government must tend to make
governments what alone they should be, the
representatives of the will and organization
of the power of the people. The adoption in
Europe of the American system of union
under the control and direction of free people
educated to self-restraint, cannot fail to ex.
tend popular institutions and to enlarge the
peaceful influence of American ideas. The
relations of the United States with Germany
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15
Events of the Day.


History is busy in accommodating important
events at the present time. The Franco
Prussian war is to be crowned with the great
climax Of German successes on Sunday, by
the formal entrance of Prince William and
his victorious army into Paris The route
along which the triumphal march Is to pro-
coed has been designated, and the colors OF
the German nation will be exhibited along
it's course Bands Of music are to be sta
toned at different intervals of the route OF
the procession. The Emperor is TO enter
Paris by train from Versailles and proceed to
the Tuileries After this there will be an
inspection by the Emperor of the army of
investment, and triumphant defle of the
troops before him. Many of the troops have
received new uniforms for this occasion, and
1T Is reported the column will be composed
largely Of the new levies who are unusually
tine young fellows. The war-worn veterans
who have been tramping through snow and
ice about the provinces may well feel little
aggrieved that this display is to be confined to
CAV new uniforms which will show no spot
Of blood but the French are fastideOus, and
1t is probably in order that this Sunday Ger
man festival should be in full dress. 1t is
the Emperor's order, and that now is law in
Paris. His Majesty returns to Versailles in
the evening, but will visit Paris daily for a
week or more.
1t is rumorcd that the armistice has been
prolonged to the 28th inst. and that peace
negotiations are favorably progressing. Hos
tiIities continue in the Departments of Jura
and Doubs, the French refusing to accept
the armistice. The members of the new
French Assembly have assembled at Bor-
deaux, about 300 present. Garibaldi de-
clines the seat offered him.
The English members of the high COM
mission are already en- route for America,
and an early settlement of all difficulties be-
tween the United States and Great Britain is
predicted. 1t Is now reported that the ru-
mored declination of Sir John Rose is incor-
rect. The London Times has its growl over
the commission and says d" The tone of the
American discussion must change in all re-
spects, if the good feeling is to be restored
between America and England" But the
Times grOwl has become so familiar that it
now fails even to % frighten the ladies'"
A prolonged and somewhat stormy debate
in the IT, s. Senate for nearly six continuous
hours, on the bill presenting the oath to be
taken by DR.. Miller, senator elect from Geor-
gia, was the Washington event of Monday.
Senators Trumbull, Edmunds, Conkling, Car
penter, Morton, Hill and others participated.
The bill passed.
With the important political and war new 5
from abroad, the anxiety for an honorable
and peaceable adjustment of our own com
plications with England, and an unusual
chapter Of casualties and calamities by sea
and land, the excitement of the hour is kept
up to an unprecedented elevation, and after
such a storm a quiet and calm will be most
agreeable
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

The New HAMBURG HoRRos.-The New
York Tribune alleges that the express train
in the Hudson River disaster . was lured to
destruction by a false signal, for which the
parsimony of the company was directly re
sponsible." To substantiste this, it makes
the following statement
= The signal post upon which the lights
were hung at night stood at the draw, and
until this winter man has always been on
duty ct that point, with Instructions to mind
the bridge and signal the trains. Two months
ego, for the sake Of economy, this watch was
removed, and the care of the bridge was
added TO the duties Of man stationed at a
water tank, nearly a quarter of a mile be
low. The trains were to be tagged from the
tank instead of the bridge, and at night the
white light, indicating = all right, was left
permanently hanging at the pOst,-seventy
rods from the nearest Waterman. The road
curves somewhat at Wappinger's Greek, but
for nearly two miles south OF the bridge
there Is nothing TO obstruct the view Of the
signal post. The express seems, from the
most careful accounts we can gather, To have
been about "a mile and u half distant when
the oil car fell across the track, and If the
danger signal had been displayed instantly
the train could easily have been stopped. 1t
was almost directly under the white light
that the accident happened. If the sigma
man had been within reach Of his signal
where he ought TO have been, he could prob
ably have shown the red light in time t
avert the disaster. Possibly even then it
was too late. but we 90 not think 50. The
accounts Of witnesses are of course some
what confused but we have testimony
enough to be satisfied that it was at least
three minutes after the fall Of the oil car be-
fore the express struck it. The operation oil
changing signals Is very simple and expedI-
tious Tie man, supposing him to be on
the spot, had only t. pull a cord, and allow
ing hmm little time ID collect his senses, he
could certainly have done that in less thar
a minute. BESIDES, it he had been at the
draw he would have seen the freight trair
breaking up. and thus been warned Of dan
ger, before the broken car actually cam,
abreast Of him. Being at the tank, however
he was out Of the reach of his signal, ant
probably ignorant of what had happened.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

4 GOOD THING FOR CANADA. The Canadi-
ans are not to be blamed for wanting to make
the best bargain they can. They want to
swap their fishing privileges for reciprocity
treaty. A treaty like the old one would give
to Canada most of the material advantages
of annexation to the United States, without
violating the loyalty of Canadians to the
mother country. Canada very much needs
treaty or something that will have the
same effect. Her smartest young men and
her substantial yeomanry are swarming over
the lire to enjoy the advantages which they
cannot have at home. With all the burdens
of our war debt and war-born extravaganza
and corruption in the government we are
outstripping the slow Dominion in its most
favorable colonial harness, and daily absorb
ing the best of its population. Can we az
ford TO give reciprocity treaty for a right
! to the fisheries Such TIRE atty is not with
out its advantages to us but how much bet
ter it would be to come to terms in politi.
cal union. In the Union, Canada, now al.
most a decaying province, would become a
fiOurishing State, and we should hear of nc
more troubles about the fisheries or reciproc
ity treaties. -Wouldn' that be joly-Bos
ton Herald,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

\ lively party of real dead ghosts is re-
ported to be raising tremendous uproar
around the dwelling of a Virginia clergy
man. They career visibly and vivaciously
about the front yard in the guise of men,
but leave no impression upon the snow
Rampageous gatherings are heard at doors
which, when opened, disclose an unpleasant
blank. Guns are pOwerless, bullets going
through them in the most tantalizing man
ner. Otherwise, they are agreeable fellows,
delighting in jocund conversation through
wall and window with their unwilling hosts.
They possess, in common with other moro
celebrated ghosts, tendency to be extreme
ly frank-making no bones at all of inform
ing the said hosts that they q are no account
people" Nobody knows what their mystic
rious doings mean, and each particular hair
in the vicinity stands permanently on end
Netg York Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

Since 1868 Sylvanus StoekweI Of Water
bury, has had suit in the Superior Court,
Suffolk County, Boston, Mass, which has
just been tried. The following report of the
case we take from Boston daily;
!. No. So. Sylvanns Stockwell vs.. W.
McCracken ct al. This is action upon a
Judgment recovered in California in 1868
The principal question Of fact for the jury
was whether proper service was made upon
the defendant, Blamey, who alone defended
this suit The jury found for the plaintiff
10 the sum of SI.3l6.S5. R Lund and I
j. Deavitt Of Moretown, for the plaintiff,
and \. c. Berry and w. ii. Dalrymple for
the defendants.
X. Lund. one of the lawyers for the plain
tiff, wasa member of the firm of Wing, Lund
and Taylor of this village few years since.
lie now stands high among the working
lawyers of Suffolk Bar. Last year he formed
partnership with the Hon. R. /. Burbank.
Their Office is on Court Street, the same one
that was once occupied by Daniel Webs ter
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

president ANGEL of the University of
Vermont, has, after repeated solicitations,
accepted the presidency of the University of
Michigan-the acceptance to take effect at
the end of the academioal year of the L. V.
NJ. in August next. Our own State insti-
tuition could not better spare better
man." for the reason it does not possess one
to spare, but Michigan viii be richly en-
dowed by the change, and Vermont can con
sole herself as she has often been obliged to
do before, with the poetic appli cation of
something about = how blessings brighten as
they take their flight, although President
Angel required no such Furnishing to be
appreciated.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

The most notable of New York millionaires
have oyerstepped the spiritual threescore
years and ten-Mr. William B. Astor. being
about seventy eight, Commodore Wander
bilt seventy six, Peter Cooper seventy nine,
George Law seventy three, Daniel Drew sew
enty one. All these gentlemen live plain,
regular healthful lives, and make no effort
to dazzle in what Is humorously designat-
ed . society" With the exception of Mr.
Astor, all co&meneed life with conspicuous
want of pence
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

Washington specials say that the speech
of Gen. Banks, dcnouncing the narrow
minded, selfish policy of the Navy Depart
ment and the unsafe condition of naval yes
sells under Porter's regime, instancing the
Tennessee, on which the engineers refused
to serve, alleging its unseaworthiness, and
which competent constructors said would
never reach San Domingo, created great
sensation in the House on Friday.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

Ex-Congressman, II. D. Washburn, sur
veyOr general of Montana, who died recently
of a pulmonary disease at his home in Can
ton, VermilliOn county, was a native of
Windsor, VT, born in 1882, removed to
Ohio, and thence to Indiana volunteered
in 1862, brevetted brigadier general in 1864.
and the next year was elected as a republi-
can TO the thirty-ninth Congress, in place
of D. w Voorhees,.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

CHURCHES IN WASHINGTON, D. C.-Accord-
ing to the Congressional Directory there are
seventy-one churches in Washington, CLASH
fed as follows Hebrew / , Catholic 10, Epis-
copal IL, Methodist Episcopal Il, Methodist
Protestant ?, Congregational /, Baptist s,
Christian !, Presbyterian II, Unitarian l
Friends 2, New Jerusalem l, Lutheran 8,
German Reformed l Universalist /.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15
SAN DOMINGO.

Some correspondence has been sent into
the Senate during the week, showing the
orders given to our naval officers in respect
to San Domingo These orders sustained
fully the statements made in December last
by Senator Sumner, and show conc!usively
that Baez has been kept in power by our
fleet, and that Hayti has been threatened
with war if she interfered in any way to
hinder or prevent Baez from transferring one
end Of the island to :he United States
just now great anxiety is felt here FOR the
safety Of the Tennessee, with the commits
sioners to San Domingo on board, but as
hope the vessel viii be heard from before
you get this letter, will not take space to
speculate about the probable fare of that
vessel There is no doubt that news OF the
arrival Of the commissioners at San Domingo
was expected here two weeks since, but
nothing has yet been heard from the vessel.
Unless news of her reaches here soon there
will remain almost no hope that some dis
aster has not overtaken the ship.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

General Blair and General Logan each
commanded corps of Grants army at Vicks-
burg. Both had been members of Congress
Logan went into the war Democrat, and IL
now elected as a Republican Senator. Blair
went in a Republican, and is now elected a
Democrat. Such Is the 81 yivacity Of the
American character
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

I Halifax dispatch of the IOth announces
that two American fishing schooners with
stores, apparel, cargo, etc, were condemned
as forfeited to the Queen. for violation of
the fishery laws, by the Vice Admiralty
on Friday. Judge Sir William Young, in
pronouneing the Judgment, expressed regret
at the painful duty. ana hoped that the Do
minion government would act literally and
remit the penalty in whole or in part. No
tice of appeal in both cases was given by the
owners.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

Orville Grant, the Presidents brother, was
knocked down and severely injured in Chi
cago the other night. His watch and revolver
were taken from him while he lay on the
sidewalk in an insensibls condition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

4 HARD- Casa story comes from
nei.hb1rin- town Of unusual suffering. in
difference ond exposure y youuE woman
was taken Ill up ou the mountain In the
severity of last Friday, the Gtler-in-law
drove nine miles for the family physician.
who refused 10 respond to the call because
engaged in musical convention. lie then
drove seven miles further % another town,
when he asccrtaincd two or three Of the
physicians he frs, called upon We're ont Of
town, and one or more of the remainder re
fused 70 70. The messenger waited until
between nine and ten o'clock in the evening
for the absent doctors to resurn, when he
started on his return home alone Riding
seven miles in the face Of the wind of that
dreadful night, to another town, he procured
a doctor, and together they reached the home
on the mountain at three O'Clock Saturday
morning, In time % see the Sick one die, but
too late 10 be Of any service. The wonder
is that in that ride Of sixteen miles over
the mountains from nine O'Clock Friday
night until three Saturday morning the
father did not perish also. II seems i'm
possible that any man could live through
such ride For the sake of the medical
profession which we greatly esteem, we hope
the above account may he greatly exaggerat-
ed Ca'ed5Eiap.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15
THE ELECTIONS.

The monarchist element has prevailed in
the majority of the departments, and will
command majority of four to one in the
Assembly. The returns for Paris show large
Republican majorities. NJ. Theirs, Victor
Hugo, Garibaldi, Louis Blanc. and Roehefort
are among the elected candidates.
Alarming distress continues in Paris. A
terrible plague has appeared among the cat
tie intended for its relief and a sanitary cor
don has been established around the animals
Added to the other horrors, there is the re-
port of the wreck of French transport, on
the English coast, with twelve hundred and
fifty soldiers on board
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

Cor GEo. \. MEaRrLL, Superintendent Of
the Rutland division Of the Vermont Central
Railroad, and Superintendent q. Merrill,
Mr. Hobart and other officials of the Central,
passed over the Rutland line on Tuesday to
take an inventory OF the rolling stock.
bridges, etc, distribute blanks, and arrange
business for the future