Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-09


of duty Parties IN Boston who paid under
protest will recover theamonnt paid This,
it is said, win amount 10 handrtd thou
sand dollars, and 10 many Anndrrd thou
sands IN New York
Senator frelinghuy-en j. added 10 the lit
Of Senators opposed to the confirmation Of
Mr.. Williams. making the Judiciary COM
mittee nearly unanimous in opposition. 1t
wa the general belief IN Washington Mon
day night that the President would with
draw Nj William name, and that unle--
hi name Is withdrawn ,here wiii be a re
lection l,y the Senate.
An experienced ez-memlfrr OF the House
! of Repre- -entatiye. has given the opinion
that the addition 81 diy member to its
numbers has made it anWieldy that there
is a disposition to pas bill un!er the snap
Judgment Of the previous question. or, As
prominent member ob-ene-. The House
goes good deal by stampede" "
Among she nominations sent into the
Senate by the President on Tuesday were
1 Hon John l.. Mason of Richmond, a. Col
lector Of Internal Reyenae for this district.
Gen. Geo T.. Foster Of this city A. l..
| 5. Marshal, and zen. stephen Thomas Of
| Montpcliel. and ten John l.. Bar-tow Of
| this city. pension agent. All except Mr..
Mason are le.appoinment- Mr Ma~'n'S
]
/ I'M Lon STEAMSHIP l..oan HE OH
/ Ter, ct the Anchor -tclm-hlp line have
given up all hope If ' safety 1T the miss
/ ing steamship l-naila She was freight
/ steamer. and LETT New York Tor nla~gow,
September . she Wa spoken By pass
ing vessel. some weeks since. at which time
she wa proceeding under sail. owing to
some accident &, her machinery. but de-
cinod assistance She had on hoard q crew
Of II men. all 81 whom BELONGED IN tho
other sd, ct the Atianti.
GrNkr d, C,>,u,. reporter ID sine
\. !. san has ouni gentleman, ~ho,
while on q trip to Canada. two days he
fore Christmas. met Genet in She drawing
. room ca5, On the way between =. Johns
and Montreal he ws- accompanied By
two dark ,omple2ianel gentlemen. proba-
bly, New Yorker ana appeared to he m
good spirit, frequently loking with his
companions about D. -tarr tie li-aP-
pearai At Montreal
The recent .i0I.cia. appointments Ut oo,.
Dix Of New YORK, arc received throughout
that State with grea, at,-la,tion o,ca-
sionally -pcc.ai .emlre 81 made upon the
fact tha. one u The sppointee. Judge
Countrvman, who g. c1nleredlY well quail
fed for the bench, -appartel Mr.. Dreeley
for President The Albany Josr4ai saws the
same suggestion wa made to the Governor
before the appointment a. possibly = reason
why it should not he made But the Gov
ernor humorously replied that the pardon
ing power was vested in the Governor, and
he thought this Wa an appropriate n,ca-
sion for its exercise
senator Edmund, and Hartman. the sub
committee ofthc Senate Judiciary committee,
have agreed upon bankrupt bill, which it
is thought VIII be acceptable to the Senate
and Ilau=e h make suspension If forty
/ day in the payment Of paper falling due
| necessary - an act 90 bankruptcy, instead
Of fourteen, and It requires at least one
| fourth ii the number Of creditors ID unite 10
secure compulsory proceedings. In all
compulsory eases there is 10 be ma absolute
discharge without regard 10 percentage rea-
lized Proceeding may he discontinued by
wo-thirls OF the " holc number Of creditors.
The Hill provides for compromise arrange
ment by majority OF the creditors The
bill gives the Judges of the supreme Court
enlarged powers to CORRECT abuses in regard
to fee, and TO declare schedule Of fees to
govern in all adiudications The bill is 20
far retroactive A. to apply {, all pending
cases
fHE this,-JrsTI,f air. The opposition
to the nomination OF Attomey-Cencrai
William Tor Chief-Iasti.e is daily increas-
ing The Washington correspondent o! the
Boston Har4d ~ay. that q leading politician
At the capital lay or two ago received
letter from one OF the judge OF the Supreme
'"Hi' "i ERIN, NJ !'leai'"s WIN ''''n 4"
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ufa""i 'i The 'AhiAi'u- n'ui'ha'''h Inc
same correspondent say that letters from
Republicans in MI part ni the country are
pouring IN, iepreoa'ins the course Of the
administration IN the matter, and predict
ing bolt an the party and The loss OF New
Hampshire AMI Connecticut Among the
rdm7Ts cdrfcni At ainEton - one that
several leading Republican senators have
detei mined I, liIiee tie President t. with
Irag " ,lliaIl- nomination All the cor
respondents Of the city paper ante N the
statement that Senator hdmGnds - opposed
to The confirmation Of .he nomination.
ara T.re,arc1 f,r II afr ain .1r Rnr.
lington contemporary
This is the reply ii m, Woodstock /
Standard to oar suggestion thar il might be I
well - saspand indignant anon the Reform |
school til the other id. of the story he /
hoard If the N,.J,r.+ * sill edited bv the /
fair-minded gentleman We ased to know as |
us eii,or-and We mu.t comics. "a, some. |
times Of late Sc, cause l.. dopht it-b- will |
vet he ashamed Tint he accented unbesite
tingly the statement Of one Of the lal>est.
and, if left to himself hlthie=t, Of the boys !
ever Fent to the Reform SehooI-a hoy up