Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

| CONTRIBUTIONS Senate last week
did some good work confirming the nomi-
nations of certain Eermonters: General
Stephen Thomas to be Pension Agent at
Montpelier; Major John /. Barstow to be
Pension Agent at Burlington; General
George p Foster to be United States Mar
shal for Vermont, and John l.. Mason to-
be Collector in place of Mr.. Crane, re-
signed. General Butler once said that he
should think that all of the Eighth Yer
mont regiment We're fit for Major Generals
by the way they were recommended TO
him. We don't know how that was about
the Major-Generals, but we do know that
the major and general deserve the places to
which they have been appointed, and that
all of Uncle Sans stamps that come into
their hands will find their way to the boys
TO whom they belong.
No CoNrIRMATIoN.-Tues days papers
said the vote upon Mr.. Cushing's confir
nation would be very close. Last nights
dispatches say that a caucas of republican
senators showed that he would be defeated
and that the Judiciary committee would
walton the president and urge him.to with
draw Cushing's name Mr.. Edmunds is
reported rs speaking in his favor in the
caucus. Mr.. Morrill, is reported rs against
him. kilograms from all over the coIun-
try poured in against the confirmation.
\ MISSING WoMAN-Mrs A. A. Bad
ger, one of the four ladies recently elected
to the Boston school board. suddenly disap-
peared last week. She went out in the
afternoon, called at Il store, sent note to-
Rev. Mr.. Badger, her husband, and to Otis
Shepard. her brother, saying that She
feared she was becoming insane. No
trace WAS found of her for Il while, and it
WAS thought she had killed herself 1t Is
NOW found that She went. 10 New York,
people having noticed her on the boat.
There il a faint hope among her friends
that she has taken Il steamer for Europe
She WAS 3s Years old. and had established
a fine school in Boston
PoST-oFFICE CHANGES.-John G. Black
mer has been appointed postmaster ut
Manchester Depot; and Edward GaIU-ha
at East Franklin. The post-office at sonth
IIineSburgh has been discontinued.
VERMONT BIBLE SoCIETY.-We are in
receipt of the annual report of the Yer
mont Bible Society. The treaSurer'> re
port shows the total receipts for year to be
1851 80, of which Chittenden county CON
! trbuted SELLS: Franklin county has con
tributed SO, 43; Grand Isle county. %
%: Lamoille county, $3.50: Washington
county. $50. %: Rutland county. S1O4. Is ::
} Caledonia county. $3.50 -. of which +. X
: f. Fairbanks give $500, and Erastus Fair
banks estate $500, and Windsor county,
S559G6. of which $50 was given by
Frederick Billings.
+ Gen. Luther McCutchin>. the republican
nominee for the office of governor of New
Hampshire. i resident of New London.
, i prominent among the farming fraterni-
! ~ and i about 40 wears of age He has
been identified with the state militia. ha>
, held several town offices. and has had con
a member Of the House of Representative
In the Legislature he has ever distinguish
, ed himself 10y the advocacy of a Close
. economy. He i personally very popular,
and his nomination @iveS much >Itisfae
I tion To the republicans Of tie -tate.-Eo>
t9H Irar Ter.