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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

Those prudent Congressman who are wait
irg for the popular Indignation "to blow
over before they pocket their share of the
salary swindle must feel discouraged when
they see that instead of subsidIng. the storm
grows stronger each day. AS a proof of how
it is spreading, witness the following from
Senator Pomeroy's former organ, The La,c-
renee (Kan. Tribune: 1.-The high places of
the land have to, long been filled By IN n OF
VIGOROUSLY low moral character and habits
The completely OF our public men with glar-
ing schemes OF plumber had become nation
al disease that Was fast approaching the
vltals of the Republic. The mad scheme oil
Southern Secession might have been prose-
euted to successful consummation, had not
the national bomicldes grown bold enough
to open their fire upon the National flag in
Charleston harbor. The sound of that can
GOD called wavering nation to its feet, aid
produced reknittlng of the wasted sinews
a deepening and quickening of the old patrl-
otto blood. And SO our public men nigh,
have gone on in their schemes of plumber un-
til the National foundations were gone, had
not the amazing audacity and reckless Grim
lnality of the salary steal aroused the
slumbering indignation of the entire people 8
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

SApAwcA PoND.-This pond is in the town
of Nottingham, Windham County, VT
which, by the way, is the town 10 which thl
Mormon patriarch, Brigham Young, Wa
born. 1t was about a mile and a half long
by half a mile wide. The curious thing
about it, is the floating land, of which there
are one hundred and fifty acres, ating on
the surface of the water i CORE spOnGent
of the Troy Press thus describes 1T:
This land is composed OF roots aud decay
ed vegetation of many years growth, aid 50
thick has this crust upon the water become
that 1t is now covered with cranberry bushes
and there are many trees growing upon
it which are twelve or fifteen leet IN height
IL is sufficiently strong to sustain the weight
OF man, ard boys go upon 1t to pick cram
berries but 1t IL not very sale as they frequent
Iy fall in or through up 10 their arms. There
is dam at the outlet Of the pond, where the
water can be raised or lowered and when the
water 10 the pond rises all thls land, together
with the trees upon 1t, rises with the water.
The old settlers say this land has been in
creasing from year to year, and give 1t as
their opinion that it first formed on lily pads
at the surface OF the pond. Ii atfDrds fine
shelter Tor fish which are quite penty, PICK
erel being quite abundant and the most val
liable. Horn pouts ami eels are also caught
in great numbers. IL is common thing
with the - natives . to 90 ashore or rather
embark upon the = SwimmIn; Llud and
after making a small hoie down through. as
you would through the ice IN the poais. u
sit down and holding your line IN hand witt
out pole, pull up the pouts as last as you
want to take them off the hook without beng
- horned.' The pond also is called tue Sa-
dawda the pane is spelled in various ways,
but it is said tie be derived from the name OF
an old Indian chief who lived on the banks OF
the pond nearly hundred years ago. am
informed by one of the Did settlers that the
real name of the Indian was Seedadiy, bal
modern ears have devised the more eupho-
uious name OF SAdawga.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

DEFALoATIoN IN BRo0KLYS.-Last week it
vas found that there was trouble in the
City Treasury OF Brooklyn. w. t. Rodman
nad been Deputy CITY Treasurer, and was
also Secretary of the Brooklyn Trust Cum
plny, whose president, Mr. Mills, lately died
and whose affairs were badly complicated by
the - financial irregularities - OF its officers.
An examination into the books OF the
treasury gave no clue to the d felt. There
" as shown to be a balance of half a million
due from the Trust Company. But waen
tie books of the Trust Company were looked
INTO tnev showed only three hundred thou
,lnd due the city. Rodman had fl xed the
city accounts to make all apparently smooth,
hut of course had not made the trust Com
pany's books lie in regard to this matter as
they were bad enough already with the
dishonesty that properly belong ID to them
Rodman has been arrested and the city
treasurer, Cortland A. Sprague, has resigned
after giving up his property to make good
the loss, which is es mated 10 be about one
hundred and fl ty Thousand dollars. Rodman
and SpIague were tools of Alexander Nc
Cue. Rodman represented McCue in the
Ring Bank, the Trust Company Sprague
was bis representative in the city treasury
AS a connecting link between the city
treasury and the bank which WAS Iun with
public funds as capital, Mr.. r Jdman Was
apponted Deputy City Treasurer aud Secre
| tary or Treasurer OF the Trust Company. As
| the former he received puDlic funds and
deposited them with himself as Treasurer O.
the Trust Company. Dc rather he did not
deposit them til himself IN this capacity
but kept so 900 in his Individual Ca pacity
MS fraud was facilitated by the dual charac-
| ter il which he acted
MIR. >prague, the city treasurer, has had
evidence that Ro1man was / thief, and yet
he continued HIM in his Office OF Deputy
Treasurer and the Trust Company retained
him as Its Secretary. A year ago Rodman &
detalcatlon of $50, 1000 was discovered and
paid up by MIR. oprasue. Mr.. Sprague has
beggared himself IN restoring what Rodma q
has stolen; he cannot hope to settle his moral
accountability SO cheaply. Character is moi
so plentiful as money.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03
MONTPELIER MARk l. !
RETAIL PRICES.
For the geek ending Sept 5, lo'

For The Etfk cHuIHy otFt u 49, .-sr-r
Apple, dried new l0dI2H = II; Butter utter -' Se.b
Beef 4020 ;beef. dried, green weight; Veal ca
6dI2K Pork, Salt l2H Ham 10; Laau 10 5or, meal
v 100 MS 8 40; Oats p bu. 55d6oc; f,saS 81
Ss5G0l so; Crackers 81 so. Coaigleh Ca dress
Cheese y ID, llGl5c; Fish, fresn Ssll bsh
Cod &c. salmon, I2X Hl5c; Mackerell2a. ssh
kerosene OIL y gal. 4oc. Potatoes new as;
10 p bu.. Dairy ~ q scPb B; sugar, leDe0 Mspe
sugar y n sai2ic; syrup 4O:s1.oo; Tea ossied S
Coffee. Old Java. roasted. 90: kio 1orrr' lie pei
Herds Grass seed, IS 90; Michigan Cow,
pound; Northern New York do. I2h per iD'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

Rev. W. II. n. Murray's new book the
Perfect Horse, is just published. 1t is ded-
icated to President Grant, has an introduce
ton by Henry Ward Beecher, and contains
quite long and interesting article from DR..
go. B. Loring. The book is said to be a
very practical one and is certainly very read
able. Mr.. Murray heroes are the Morgan
horses, and particularly the founder of that
breed, old IS Justin Morgan" born in Mass
achusetss, put to drudgery in Vermont, but
exhibiting the most shipiug qualities in the
midst vi tue mest seIyile Occupations,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

EXCURSION WEsT.-The State Fairoeu
sas will he held at Topeka, commence, 3.
TENDER %. and closing September % ls-s
The mammoth products of /" Free K,,....,
that are exhibited at the fairs in tina. S.,
create an interest that extends beyond -
own borders, and especially to those wbo -
anticipating future home in the West =
meet this desire to visit the State Of To-.
excursion tickets. good for twenty davs -,
be placed on sale in ample time for nart;...
reach Topeka before the 22i instant n
price of these tickets from Chicago to Tok.-
and return, is twenty-four dollars T,
commodate those who wish to see the M
nifcent lands of the Government and D.,
road, that are located in the Cottonwoo5..,
Arkansas River Valleys, the Atcbisor T.
peka and Santa Fe Railroad Comnanv -,
run excursion trains from Topeka down H..
line at such low rate that all can ~.
the trip through country where thor. :
more than three millions of acres of suna,,,.
farming lands for sale and to give axav :.
is country of admirable climate and unit
health. The winter seasons are mild and \.
vcid Of much snow or rain. 1t has Io,.
growing seasons. The entire route is eycss3
ingly well watered, more so than any nth.
portion of Kansas 1t is being rapidly :.
tied and in five years will be, without d,pr,
one of the most tbiekly populated rorti,r.
of the West Soldiers who are ertitei to
locate and settle Cd these lands by act Of Can.
grsss, and Vermonters who wish to rurc5s,s
lands in this country should address T
Touzalin, Eeq.. Topeka Kansas, or srrlv,o
T. j. Deavitt, Esq, of Montpelier. for ip|o,
nation.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03
BOSTON .fAsskIT.

Butter-Prices iemain unchanged, we 4uov, Al
New York and Vermont at SOC and 81 - l1e
3l,. fine Western of which there Is veiy ltie y "a
market, at 24d26c; medium Western al Il '--~'
bakers at l4dI5 tSib- ,,,,5 con
Cheese-The market is quiet and the de.i--' ui,f
fined to small lots at I3G lSKc for fine factory ma
an occasional sale at Vic; medium iaet'' sac
l2c; farm dairy at 10d l3c, and skim chee7e d.
r b. - I'D, sni
26G29c + doz. for Eastern. ,.s7 "a
There a steady consumptive deman ~ n for
s7s p bush for prime MEDIUMS = ,,.lfuns
prime pea beans, and 81 45d2 60 for SooA M
and 81 S003 90 for good pea beans. . o,rsl to
Hay-Ghe receipts continue TO DE aO,' - Ss6S5 @
the demand, and the marke' is a. N Al - o1qi-
p ton Tor prime and SIC O0d22 o. for lnle'iO-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

The Albany Northern Railroad, fr IN
Eagle Bridge to Albany, which was aban.
doned some years since, is to be revived.
Tho old road bed is now owned by the Della,
ware and Hudson Canal Company, who are
now relaying portion of the track, com
mencing ct point near Schaghticoke and
running thence to Eagle Bridge. Ibis is
supposed by some to be done in order to
make link II the new route from the West
TO tLe Houssc Tunnel.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

The Daily Graphic announces that the
balloon of Prof. Wise will be exhibited T.,
the public in compliance with general re-
quest on and after next Saturday. The tim.
oil starting on the transatlantic voyage is BE
for the 10Th of Septemb Der. The weight t.
be carried is something over four tons.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

The National Temperance convention al
Saratoga voted to hold national mass me, /.
ing at the time OF the Centennial celebra tim
in Philadelphia. 1t was voted that tn
time had come to introduce the temnera,c.
issue into State and national politics ano
recommends making it the pararuou # ;.s,s
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

The Hoo. d. w. Couch has been selected
by the Massachusetts Republican Ceutr :,
Committee to preside over tue Convention a.
Worcester on Sept. 10.
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The Spanish Navy.

Admiral Porter, of the United States
navy, has been making some figures and
statements showing the condition of the
Spanish navy. He says at present the
Spanish navy has 20 vessels, carrying lao
guns 4 "A carrying so guns and % carry
ing 532 guns. There are also l 0 transports
capable of carrying guns, and 80 gunboats
with one heavy gun each. Fifty-thrco OF
these vessels are stationed on the coast Of
Cuba, carrying 800 guns, with 5000 men,
all told. The Admiral thinks that with
the present condition of our navy we would
bot be able to compete successfully with
the Spanish. We do not think this will
particularly surprise anybody. Underline
illustrious Borie and the world renowned
Robson, the United States navy has been
brought to such a state of perfection that
it is utterly useless, and we cannot cope
even with Spain. The cost Of this worth
less luxury has steadily been increasing
under the economical administration Of
Grant, as the following figures, received
from official sources, will show for the
year ending June &c. 1860, 81 ,5l3,-
l5019; for 1870, s2l, sO,229s7; fol
1871, 19,431 ,027.2l for 1872, 1921 ,249
sO9.99; for 1873, s23, $40, 556.79. Elk.
cess of 1873 over 1860, s12,013, 106.60.
Of course, the people have no right t.
complain, because, isn't this the best gov.
eminent the sun ever shone upon? We
are paying more than twice as much now
for our navy as We did in 1860, and Ad
miral Porter says our navy is not able t.
successfully compete with the Spanish.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-11-29

DELINQUENT TAX CoLLEcToRs.-A
letter from Towsontown to the Baltimore
SIM of Wednesday says ;-Messs. G. BONN
Slingluff and William s. Keech, attorneys
for the county commissioners of Baltimore
county, brought no less than twenty-six
suits against delinquent tax collectors and
their securities. The time during which
these delinquencies have occurred run
from 1865 to 1871, and the amount sued
for in these different suits varies from
about one hundred and fifty dollars to
from three to six thousand dollars, aud the
total amount sued for, exclusive of interest,
is from twenty-five to thirty thousand dol
lars. 1t is stated that the county commits
sioners intend soon to institute proceedings
against those tax collectors who have not
settled up for taxes for the year 1872, I'M
less they settle within very short period.
1t is also reported that Mr.. Talbot, upon
whom, as States attorney of Baltimore
county, devolves the duty of suing tax
collectors and their securities for amounts
due for State taxes, intends soon to bring
suit against delinquent tax collectors and
their securities for arrearages of State
taxes. The county commissioners have
declared their determination not to reap
point any tax collector next May who is
in arrears for taxes, a determination and
resolution which is right and proper, and
which, it is hoped they will strictly ad :
here to.
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A Horse STUNG ny BEEs.-One of
the saddiest and strangest tragedies it
has ever been our duty to chronicle, was
enacted at the house of Mr.. Andrew
Jackson, worthy German citizen who
lives bear Retreat, one day last week. 1t
appears that horse had been turned loose
in Mr.. Jackson's yard for the purpose, as
we suppose, ofgrazing. The horse CHANGED
to upset stand of bees which at once set
to singing the poor animal most furiously
The sharp sting Of the merciless bees made
the horse frantic, and seeking protection
of his master, he ran into the house among
the members of his family, turned over
the cradle in which lay young child, the
child being knocked nearly across the
room. The tragedy did not end here
The horse next knocked down and stamped
to death little girl some eight or ten
years old, and then ran out into the yard
and dropped dead. This is one of the
strangest and most distressing occurrence,
that ever happened in our county. W.
tender the bereaved parents our heart felt
sympathies, -fidBkln Fa) Monitor.
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TH0RNBURG & MoGINNIs's
LIME SPREADER.
P.lTENTED 1919.

TENHIS Machine has been thoroneiily tested
"A and found to broadcast Cur M24uRKs
from well ro.ted BAHS Yam MASuREs, Re-
FUSE TAS Bank, CoMposTs, 6c., with perfect
eyenness and great rapidly.
Also, TO BRoADeAsT Of Daifi.in The rows Al
any distance dpaf desired, LIZZIE, PLASTER,
ASHES, SugEg PHosrnATgs, &C., irith pcrfeci
ereliness, at rates from one bftslei 10 am de.
sired quantity per acre.
Orders are solicited, and viii be filed as
fast as they can be manufactured in the order
Of time in which the orders are received.
An agent will deliver the Machine as soon
as possible, and, on thorough trial by the
purchaser in his own way, and in all ways for
the purposes it is intended. and ifnot satisiac-
tory IN all things, no sale.
by this system we hope to place il in the
hands of every intelligent farmer as rapidly
as they can be constructed, and hasten the
revolution that il is destined to work in the
Application Of Manures.
We hope, by the policy Of no sale, unless
satisfactory after fun trial, at least to engage
the attention Of calculating and sensible
farmers. Address
l.. II. COLE,
Enksburg, Carroll county, Nd,
Agent for Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey
and Eastern Pennsylvania. sep 18.n
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EXCITING SCENE IN 4 LOUISIANA
CoURT.-A peculiar case of alleged CON
tempt of court was recently punished by
the supreme tribunal of Louisiana. Du-
ring the session of the Supreme Court at
Opelousas case in which the Hon, Henry
H. Garland was counsel was submitted on
brief, the Court giving Mr.. Garland until
the following Monday to put in his written
argument. When Mr.. Garland went into
court on Monday morning he found Chief
Justice John f. Ludeling reading an
opinion in the very case Not understand
ing this action on the part Of the Court,
he wished to call the attention of the
Judges to the agreement When he at
tempted to explain, however, he was ordered
to sit down BY the Chief Justice. This
Mr. Garland did. When the reading OF
the opinion was finished, Garland again
arose, was again ordered to sit down, and
was fined $40 for interrupting the pro
ceedings Of the court Shortly after the
court took recess of ten minutes, and all
the Judges left the room. During this
recess Garland walked up to Chief Justice
Ludeling, reproached him for his conduct
on the bench, and slapped him in the face.
When the Judges resumed their places on
the bench they ordered Mr. Garland to pay
fine of Sl00 and be imprisoned twenty
four hours for contempt of court. Gar
lands professional brethren at once went
forward and paid the fine, and accompan-
led him tojail and shared his Imprisonment,
The opinion of able lawyers Of Louisiana
is that the Court violated the statute,
which provides that nothing shall be
construed or taken to be contempt of court
by an attorney but what shall be said,
done, or committed directly in the pres
ence or the hearing of the Court, during
the sitting of the same
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-11-29

DEsTRtoTIyE FiRE.-The large bank
barn, 40 by 80 feet, belonging to Nicholas
Bupp, Sr., in Washington township, York
county, half a mile from East Berlin, was
found to be OH FIRE between IL and II
o'clock on Friday night 2lst instant. The
family and nearest neighbors succeeded in
rescuing FIVE horses from the burning
building, but an equal number of horses,
eighteen head of cattle, the hay and grain
crops of the year, threshing machine, horse
rake and other farm implements, horse
gears, &c, were consumed with the barn.
The fire is attributed to incendiarism, and
the loss estimated ut between four and five
thousand dollars--which is nearly or quite
covered by policies held by Mr.. Bupp and
his son, the tenant, IN the Dover Company
The other buildings were saved with great
difficulty, and several hundred bushels Of
grain have been taken out of the ruins
bat ia badly damaged condition.
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New Haven materhmiliases are trying
to keep their little boys from playing BY
the waters edge, where numerous cans of
nitro-glycerine are washed ashore from
neighboring scene Of submarine blasting
operations; for they reflect that If any child
was to sit down suddcn-likc on one o them
drafted tins, his trousers would be spoiled
beyond the reach of patches.
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A Dictator in France.

= = -s-~-~~s
President MacMahon has obtained
seven years prolongation Of his power in
France, This was done by vote of the
National Assembly The people were not
consulted No election was held. The
majority in the Assembly would not agree
that the question Of the prolongation of
the term of Office of the President should
be submitted to The people, in accord with
the theory of II Republican form of gov
eminent. The whole proceeding was des-
potie in its character, the despotism Of
party instead Of one man, but none the
less despotic and dangerous on that account.
The present Assembly of France has no
right to declare an established form of gov
ernment for seven years, or any other term.
That belongs to the people. The present
Assembly can announce the manner in
which Frenchmen shall declare their pref
erence for the government under which
they are to live. That is the extent of
their power. The Assembly now in SEES
sion was elected on the 9th of February,
1871, for specific purpose, viz, to consti-
tute a responsible government with which
Prussia could treat for terms of peace.
The government of National Defense, or
ganized by the Partisan populace on the
4th of September, 1870, shortly after the
collapse at Sedan, was never recognized,
except informally, by the Prussian author
tiles. 1t was so generally understood that
the Assembly thus elected was provisional
only, and would exercise no constituent
powers that the committees formed in each
department put forth their best and most
trustworthy citizens, irrespective of creed
or political bias The voting did not take
place by cireonscriptions, as under the en-
pre-, but by what is called scratih dc Gste,
that Is, every elector voted for as many
candidates as his department was entitled
to elect. Imagine the Congressional dis
trlcts IN this State for the time being abol-
ished, and each voter voting for the entire
Congressional delegation. Such an cleo
tion would be by scrut'h dc t'ste, On July
:, 1911, elections were held to supply the
II vacancies, which, by this time, existed
in the Assembly. ~ Theirs had expressed
the opinion that the republic was the form
oil government which would divide French
men least, and the results OF the July
election confirmed his conclusions. In all
these elections 1t was conceded that the
Assembly was only provisional. NO party
assumed any other grounds. That being
the case the act oil creating government
Tor france Tor seven years is an Illegal act,
and a., does not bind the people oil France,
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EsTRAY NOTICE.

State Of Maryland, Carroll County, to wit,
7 hereby certify that on this 4th day Of No.
l. vember, 1873, before me, the subscriber,
a Justice Of the Peace Of the State Of Mary
land, in and for said county, personally APP
peared John Diehl, Of said county, and made
oath on the Holy Evangely Of Almighty God
that one White Brood Sow, with Pig, with
two marks on left ear, is trespassing upon his
enclosures. Given under my hand,
WIN. 7. SMITH, ]. p.
The owner Of the above property is request
ed to come forward, prove property, pas
charges and take her away.
JOHN DIEHI.,
nov l5.3t Living near Jewsburg.
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FEED CUTTERS!
FEED CUTTERS |
HOMINY MACHINES,
NO. 1899 EQUITY.

No. 1899 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
James A. Albaugh VS., Daniel Hatfield
ORDERED this 18th day Of November.
" 1873, that the sale made and reported in
the above cause by James A. C. Bond and
Charles I. Reifsuider, Trustees, appointed by
the Decree passed in the above cause, to sell
the Real Estate therein decreed to be sold,
be finally ratified and confirmed, unless cause
to the contrary be shown on or before the 18th
day of December next; provided a copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper publish
ed in Carroll county, Maryland, once week
TOR three successive weeks previous TO the
10th day of December next
The report states the amount of sale to be
S755.
JN0. B. BOYLE, Clerk.
True copy,-Test:
nov l5-St JNo. b. BOYLE, Clerk.