Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-31

ton recently by falling from forth story
window. have been made public, and cause
considerable comment. Inc VIII Is NO" r.
the hands of the New York Surrogate Ii
stimulates that her portraits and paintings %
everv description shall be given to an lnsti-
tuition in Washington, in order, as sue says'
that they may not be desecrated oy the hanua
of Fernando Wood. She bequeathed one
gold dollar to her daughter, Mrs. Wood, ana
one to each of her children. The interest 90
all her property is to be given to her son Ed
ward, during his lifetime. Upon Edward :
death, one fourth of her property Is to De
gwen to her lawyer, one fourth to son OF
Mr. Mills BY a former wife, and one halt 10
Williams CIIlese, Mass, all in full posses
sion. Finally, her executors are enJolned
by the will to publish it in full N the New
York Herald as an advertisement
L.Nps FOR SoLpIERs.-A correspondent at
Hardin, Mo-, refers US to the late act Oh
Congress giving one hundred and sixty acres
of land to Union soldiers, and Goks US 10 IN
form him where the most desirable LANDS are
to be found. In reply, we state that there
are some public lands still unoccupled III
Missouri and Iowa, more in Kansas, Nebras
ka and Minnesota, and more still IN the ter
ritories. There are many fractions OF sec
tions In Missouri, mainly In the south ana
southwest, that are worth IRON % 20 o.
per acre, which is the range of prices liked
for the tracts selected by our State authori-
ties under the agricultural land grant; put
whore these scattered tracts lie, and what IS
their character, our correspondent "ouId
have to apply to the government land Oh
fees TO learn. The same may be SAID con-
corning the lands in other States SUBJECT 10
entry under the late act-S. LOUIS RcPu6-
bean.
TIE LASH II CHILI--Recent advlees from
Chill represent that considerable indignation
had been created there by a brutal use OF the
lash at Rengo. Seven men were so horribly
whipped to induce 4 confession OF robbery,
that one OF them died, another was dying,
and the remainder were fearfully mAngled.
The Government had sent commission TO
investigate the affair
England j industriously rebutting our
cases against her at Geneva. Out of four
brought with regard to the negligence of
the British Admiralty in allowing privateers
TO 20 to sea during our war, three have been
repudiated By England, and in the fourth
she contends that the Admiralty acted
promptly. The Court Il at present consider
/ ing the question OF allowing interest % the
amount awarded.
| The officers of a German ship recently
visited the Fiji Islands, and had an audience
of the king. who, during the interview,
stated that he had watched the progress OF
/ the late war and had followed the teats OF
I the great nation with the greatest interest.
/ He also was endeav0ring 70 form strong
empire through the union of the different
races, and by caring for the interests of the
/ foreign cOlOnists. He asked for German
consulate. The next German ship Of war
going that way Is 10 carry King ThakOmbau
some cannons and brecch-loading guns.
The Memorial DiDloiaaague of July %
publisbes a rumor that General SIckles,
Minister of the nited States at Madrid,
has withdrawn his resignation, the difference
between him and Sagasta having been set
tied through the Intervention OF Gorilla, and
/ that the Spanish Cabinet undertakes to
/ carry into effect the liberal measures prom
ised long ago in favor of the colored race IN
Cuba.
/ The Journal de s.. PefersJ8urq Of July
25th publishes an Imperial decree dismissing
from the diplomatic services of the empire
N. de Catacazv, former Russian Minister TO
the United States. and lately stationed at
Paris.
The Journal says that the publication Dy
Catacazy Of his pamphlet in relation to his
difficulty with Secretary Fish was entirely
without the knowledge and yainst the viii
Of the imperial government.
THE CoLLEGE RACES At SPRINGFIELD, Mass,
On the morning of July oath the Fresh
man race, pulled at 10 o clock, was won by
Middletown in L 20 Is, Amherst following
closely.
The University race, which took place at
noon, was one Of the finest eyer r0wed
nd l.,T fl l4-r hal mil hon
Amherst made magnificent squirt, and
crossed the line one and one half boat
lengths ahead. in the unprecedented time
of u minutes 3 / 3 seconds.
Hazard was second, Amherst Agricultural
third, B1wdoin fourth Williams fifth and
Yale sixth
The results were wholly unexpected, the
favorites being beaten in both races
The shcemakers Of Lynn are on a strike.
because the manufacturers have introduced
machinery for setting the edges of shoes and
reduced the price for trimming the edges
from 70 - cts. per pair. The manuiac-
turers state that at the last named rate the
trimmers average double the wages Of men
employed IN any other branch of the business
and that all the other workmcn are satisfied
with their pay.
BRAINERD. MINN.. THREATENED Br INDIANS.
A st. Paul dispatch says Dispatches
were received Wednesday night hy Gov
/ Austin from Braineri Minu., stating that
the town was hlle1 with Chippewa Indians
I who were threatening trouble. They were
ordered TO leve but refused, and the Cover
nor was calld upon for troops. Three com
panies were ordered to le we on a special
train Thursday morning, and they viii be
IOIned on the route by other companies The
+ cause of the trounle Is supv0se1 to he the
hanging of the two murderers of Mis-
McAthur by mob.
+ An INoFFEN>IvE Man SHOT. Thomas Car
roll of San Jose, while riding near that city
on Saturday night, July 9th, saw two men
whom he supposed to be hghwaymea He
shot one dead and made the other prisoner.
Investigation shows the victim TO be Henri
Patel, an inofensiye florist, who, with a
companion in the same business, was going
into the mountains near New Almaden to
gather flowers. Carroll has been committed
tor trial on a charge of manslaughUer.
Hon. Harry Hubbard of New Hampshire
died at Somerville on Sunday, after a pro-
tracted illness. Mr. Hibbard formerly held
various important State Offices In New Hamp-
shire and was Representative in Congress
from lS49 to 1855. His age was So
One hundred cars were ferried across the
St Lawrence river at Ogdensburg on Tues
day last The JoGrHdl says this is the
greatest days work ever performed by this
ferry and seems to show the necessity for a
bridge
Richard Beardsley, of Indiana. who has
been appointed Consul General at Alexan-
dria, IN place of Butler, served as volun.
teer IN the navy during the late war, and
I afterwards as a regular officer in that branch