Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-20


such soldiers.
THE STATE PASrINc.-Julian Ss5;t, Of
Nsw YORK. whom the State has employed to
paint a historical peintiu. for the State
House i. now engaged upon his subject,
which is the battle of Cedar Creek The
painting Is u be- quite large. aud it has BEEN
from the first the intention Of NJ. Scott to
add 70 ITS value aud interest by mixing as
many as possible of the faces aud figures
represented, actual portraits Of the men en-
gagged in the battle To this end he adlressei
last summer many letters 70 officers and men
who were il the battle, requesting their
photographs
The Free Ptsss learns that not half the
requests have been responded 10 aud urges
90 Vermont eff ers AMI soldiers who fought
1t cedar Creek. VINO have not already dpac
-. T. send their photographs - NJ. Scott,
tor use IN the preparation Of the pointing
Tai1 request is not confined ID those who
have heretofore received special requests %
the same effect. bv letter. TIE address OF
many whose pictures he would like. Is not
known T. Mr.. Scott AMI 10 would be a favor
painting will b.. Of without further invitation
t'tey ~ ,rII -ruI him their PICTURES without
delay. These may be addressed % Julian
SOFT. Studio Budiins. 81 rs est 1ush street,
New York CITY"
t. : DsrRICT AND ClRCUr CouR7 AT
the opening ct the Colr1 on the l3tl inst.
CepiIa- +. Stone wal was tried and convict
81 on VI Jn iav TOR the crime ot urtering
counterfeit money. was sentenced 70 Iupris-
1nment 10 the STATE p-I-,n. nj Windsor. far
a term OF one wear, and u pay d1e OF 3ue
dollar.
The clse DC L lite1 State. vs.. Ernest Girch.
'Vas given 20 the jury AZ nom. Nearly three
nour- later they 9 IN. in. an rep,-1ei tltt
they were unable t,a-rec upol 3 veri e.
His u,nir, Judge sinai ey. therefore excused
them from "A further cons liberation OF Ia,
caeC.
The court was then adjourned TN Monday.
March 2jtl, 40 ten o &. lek N the IN ,sniag.
Hon. J p. K,dier, formerly OF WestRlu-
d1lpa, AMI noW Judge of the Supre ne Court
of Dakota Territory, has been delivering
lecture on sc New Eng tnd Civilization. to
the DIko-ian-. The local paper ~ Ne-mjl-
lion says ut thelecture that = 1t WAS il power
al production, luil oi strong and weil de
tue1 points and tie wade Expressed 3d.
language worthy of an Add son .r a j hn-
son, waile Its clear aud melod.ous delivery
c 1tiued the attention ot tne audience Z, JHe
close. wacn. on the cal OF the Pc. = ID
vote %, thtnzs was tcnIercd go the speaker
for has very able aud int resting lecture l.
cone. ptlon, exprcs-l n and q. livery. she lee
ture VS. eff rt t1at wouiI honor any
lecture room an re country
Among the recent c.ufrmatio,s hy th-
Uoitei States Senate Is that OF nr. j. y
Baxter, of Vermont, s,n of the lac Hon.
Portu- Baxter. T. lie tie Chief Medical Par
veyor o. the army '' Perley = OF the Boston
Journal says Of this appointment;
The Surseon General cou not have mad
u better selection Tor this responsible position
than DIR. Baxter, whose promotion can bat
crafty many of the late surgeons OF yo!un-
teers and surgeons OF boards OF enrolment.
This will not interiors with the completion
OF the report Of the medical statistics of the
Provost Marshal Genera : Bureau, upon
which Dr.. Baxter has been engaged since the
cessation OF hostIlitics
J. G. NJ. Parker, the new surveyor Of the
port OF New Orleans, is brother-in-laS oil
Gen. Butler. Mr.. Parker was postmaster in
New Orleans for some time alter Its capture
by the Union forces.
The New COLLECTOR or rHK PORT OF New
YORK, Chester A. Arthur, was born At
Burlington, and il now about forty-shree
years of aye. lie Is the eldest son OF "A large
family of children. His father, who is now
nving, has for many years been a Baptist
minister at Newtonville, near Albany, and
is man Of acknowI edged ability.
Hon. Harrison Reed, the impeached Gov
ernor of Florida, was Castleton boy.
The Free Press says that Lieut. J 5. Hal
bert, of Burlington has been appointed mail
agent on the Addison railroad This is the
first Vermont appointment under the " Civil
Service Reform.
The death of Rev. Bennett Eaton, formerly
Presiding Elder OF the Burlington district
the NJ. Il Church, is announced. lie was
highly esteemed minister, and remarka-
bic preacher in some respects.
The presiding elder of the Troy district
of the Methodist Church, Rev. c. +. Bur
dick, who has for four years filled the . sitiOn
with great acceptabIlIty, retIres at the ses-
sion OF the Annual Con erence, in few
weeks, by the rules of has church.
J. W Hobart, the general freight agent of
the Vermont Central railroad, states that
the freight tariff over the Rutland road has !
been lowered since that road was leased to
the Vermont Central. He claims that the /
ireights to Burlington are always higher in |
Wi ter, and the recent Complaints arose |
simply from the change to winter rates.
The bogus firm of'J. D. White & Co. :"
p supporting TO have d" local habisatIon and |
4 name > at Derry, N. H., have addressed /
4 number of letters to parties in Vermont,
isking them TO oJnsign their produce to them !
hem Tor sale. Beware OF them,