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

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full fl tness-especially as its little monotone
song sounds like &" anything to beat Grant,
- anything to beat Grant" But the grand,
browning appropriateness of the symbol lies
in the habits of the bird. The cow bunting
neuer builds as OlCn nest In fact 1t never
has a nest of its own, but lays It's little
speckled eggs-it never has but two-in
another birds nest, rearing its alien progeny
among strangers, and upon the food belong
ing TO other mouths
Could anything be more appropriate
Some Cincinnati cuckOOs, rear little cosy
nest. hatch two little callow birdllngs-one
Brown thrush Free-trade, the other a
"a ferocious Protectionist, resembling neither
father nor mother. BY and by, along comes
this Baltimore bird-this little sly cow
bunting, chirping its little song, peerlng
into every nook and corner, having no III
stincts to build nest for herself, OF even
capacity to - lay, she - adopts - the lCh- ie
concern, sticks, mud, hair, wool. cotton,
gaping mouths, and all. AUDUBON
-KeesriHe Republican.
An Auburn Democrat contributes the fol-
lowing as expressive Of his condition
A lifelong Democrat, upon being asked
if he would 20 for Greeley, replied that
the situation reminded him of an incident
that occurred in the mines A party Of mi
ners took up a claim and elected one O' their
party cook. who was to serve IN that capacity
until some one found fault with his cooking
In that event the fault finder was to take
his place and do the cooking himself. George
B-was the first to ill the position, and
everything went on smoothly for q week or
two, when George became tired and resolved
to have some one find fault if possible. So
one morning he mixed the dough for break
fast, putting in equal parts OF flour and salt
All sat down to breakfast, and Bill j.
was the first to break a biscuit He tasted
it, smelt 1t and tasted 1t again, and said
He'll I'll be ID if this amt the safest
biscuit | ever got hold Of-but, said he,
suddenly remembering the contract, 1t j.
good Now. the Democrats are in the same
tx. Greeley is the safest pill they ever got
hold of, but, then, he Is good.
ONE PoINr SErrLED.-The EueaiHg Post,
says the World, '' being devoted to the cause
of free trade, solemnly elects to support tbs
reelection Of President Grant, who ha
pledged himself TO uphold and defend the prin-
ciple of protection
Granting all which, for the sake of argu-
ment, to be true, the ErcHing P0st begs
leave TO reply TO say retort-that
The New York World, being devoted to
the cause OF Tree trdQe. SolemnlV elects 10
support the election of Horace Greeley, a
man for whom il has the most utter contempt
on moral, intellectual and political grounds,
and who, all his life, with all his influence,
in season and out OF season, through good re
port and through evil report, bliudly, badly,
stupidity and almost insanely, has upheld
and defended the principle of protection.
If the - YOU re another - rcioinder amounts
to anything, there you have tn J..
| Ereniag Post
II. G. is now having the best time he ever
had in his busy lite. He is freed from his
daily drudsery of writing for the Tribune,
relieved from political speech-making,
and all other kinds of intellectual ab5rs
lie has nothing to do but receive deputations
: to watering places, chop trees at Chap
paqua, and read the newspaper eulogies and
attack of which he Is the subject Il is
great change for this active. industrious
man who has been hard at work, almost
without any respite, ever since he was ten
years old. The reporters say that he enjoys
the fun Immensely. y Cincinnati Commercial.
An exchange gives the following as the
Liberal Republican covenant with the De
mocracy:
Now, 10y these presents know AIN men,
That with old foes united,
We hcnceforth light the Tyrant Grant.
But L Is agreed, and here decreed,
(Our patriot sIm denoung3
That lrsN have the Offices,
And htU,N do all the voting
But few copies of the new Democratic
newspaper, known as the New York Tribune.
edited by Whltelaw Reid, now come to Proc
torsville post office Ii seems to be ably
edited, and deserves the patronage of the
Democratic party. Ii l. an interesting pas
time to compare it's sayings with paper of
the same name, once controlled Iby the late
Horace Greeley.
San Francisco paper reports that Sena
tor Cole whose term expires with this Con
gress, aspires to a denomination for the
lower House as member from the San Fran
cisco district The present member, Mr.
Sargent, has been elected to succeed him in
the Senate.
Samuel Shellabarger of Ohio. declines a
reelection to Congress. He Is one of the
ablest men in the present Congress
Representative Holman, of Indiana, has
been re-nominated for his seventh term. Mr..
Holman is a Democrat. but much respected
by all parties. He is SO honest that he is
known in Congress as the watch dog Of the
treasury. He invariably sets his face against
all useless appropriations AMI djshones
schemes
The Swiss Times of July 29th says that
/ it is in position to confirm the report cur
rent that the Tribunal of Arbitration has
decided in favor of America in the case of the
privateer Florida, on the ground that the
/ British Government did not use sufficient
precaution to prevent the departure of that
vessel from English ports. The Tunes also
says that the Board to day took up the case
OF the Alabama.
/ The Swiss Times, in giving further par
I ticulars of the proceedings of the Board of
| Arbitration says that the Board has dis
allowed the claims of the American Govern
ment arising out of the depredations of the
of the Boston, JEFF. Davis, Music and several
other smaller rebel cruisers. The reasons
\ leading to this action are that the charges
of negligence on the part of the British
I Government, so far as these vessels are con-
cerned, have not been proved.
The independence Beige states that the
awards of the Geneva tribunal, in the cases
of the privateers Florida and Alabama, will
together amount to 81, 10000 sterling.
Notwithstanding the assertion, which is
not altogether without foundation, that
modern legislation has done much to pro
tect the property, real, personal and mixed
of married women, a case occasionally oc-
ours which suggests the inquiry whether we
are living in modern or middle age? Mrs.
Prodgers, for instance, a London woman, Is
separated from her husband. Somebody left
her a legacy OF &c, 900, and she sued to have
the legacy given up to her. But her hus-
band opposed her and succeeded in getting
the &c, 900 for himself Prodgers does n I