Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

day last from New York City On the steamer
Adriatic, on their way to Europe. Senator
Edmunds who ranks second to no lawyer in
Congress, well deserves season of relaxation
from his severe labors. He will remain
abroad until October
A very sensible decision in an insurance
case at Middletown, Conn, settles the fact
that companies are responsible for the acts
of their agents so long as policy-holders COM
ply with all regulations. A policy issued by
the Tolland agent of the Peoples Fire In
surance Company, on property which the
company does not insure, was held to be
binding.
Secretary Boutwell, sent in his resignation
as Secretary of the Treasury. Monday, and
was on the same day escorted into the Sen
ate chamber by Mr.. Sumner. where he took
the oath of Office.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate Monday: William A.
Richardson, Secretary of Treasury; Geo.
H. Williams, Attorney General; Hamilton
Fish, Secretary of State; William W. Belk-
nap, Secretary of War John A. j. Ores
well, Postmaster General; Columbus Delano,
Secretary of the Interior George M. Robe
son, Secretary of the Navy. This is the old
cabinet re-appointed, with the exception of
Judge Richardson in place of Mr.. Boutwell,
resigned Judge Richardson was born in
Tyngsborough, Mass, Nov. I'd, 1921. Mr..
Richardson prepared for college at Groton
(now Lawrence) Academy; and graduated
at Harvard in 1913. He was admitted to
the Boston Bar, On motion of the late Gov
ernor Andrew, July g. 1916 and immedi-
ately took rank as a most promising member
of the profession-having his brother, Hon.
Daniel Richardson, as his partner in Lowell,
where they resided. He was judge of pro-
bate for Middlesex county, from 1856 to
1872 In 1860 he found it necess airy to re-
move his law Office from Lowell to Boston,
and his residence to Cambridge. In April
of 1869 he was appointed and commissioned
Judge of tie Superior Court of Mass, but
declined the honor having been appointed
Assistant Secretary of the United States
Treasury by President Grant in the preced-
ing March.
Luz OulU oGudtt, dllCI q NloSus-
sion, adopted the House Joint resolution Gen.
surfing the Ohio members of Congress who
voted for the retroactive salary bill, after sc
amending it as to censure those members
who voted against the bill, but nevertheless
took the extra pay.
WOMEN JURoRs.-Not long since we pub
lshed an item that a Wyoming man hac
moved to set aside a verdict against him, be
cause woman had her baby with her in the
jury box, and he plead the influence of thai
thirteenth Juror as detrimental to his ca Sc
Now Judge Kingmau, of the United States
Court for Wyoming territory, has written a
letter stating that the employment of women
as Jurors has enabled the courts to punish
classes Of criminals whose conviction could
not else have been obtained In murder
cases, two or three women on the jury, says
Judge kingman, have never failed to find
according to the instructions of the court.
"A cable dispatch brings intelligence of the
death, at Florence, Italy, of Charles Petit
MacIlvaine, D. D., Protestant Episcopal
Bishop of Ohio. Biship MaeIlvaine was the
son of Joseph MacIlvaine, United States
Senator from New Jersey and was born at
Burlington, New Jersey, January Is, 1898,
aud graduated at the College of New Jersey
IN 1916. lie was ordained deacon 10 1920
and priest in 1922; was Professor of Ethics
and Chaplain at West Point from 1925 t
1897 and was afterward rector of St. Anne
church, Brooklyn, New York. He was con
secrated Bishop in 1882 lie was President
of Kenyon College, 1920. He was the
author of several doctrinal works and a con
tributor to many religious periodicals. He
was regarded as the leader of the Low
Church party in the United States. His tou
abroad was undertaken for the restoration o
impaired health.
The VIENNA ExPosIrI)N.-Secretar FISH
has issued circular, and the same is en-
dorsed by Gov Converse to the people o
Vermont, notifying them to participate il
advantages of the lnternationa Exposition
of the products of Agriculture, NJ lnufac-
lures and the Fine Arts, to be held at Vienna
Austria, commencing May let, 1873, an,
terminating October 3 LIST, OF the same year
The people of Vermont are invited to sssls
in the proper representation of the handi
work of artisans and the prolific sources 0
material wealth with which our land
blessed; to secure to the State the advan
tages which the Exposition promises. Tn
United States, take free to Vienna and back
articles designed for the exhibition, and hay
appointed commissioners to look afte Amel
lean interests there.