Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-22

CAMP MEETING.-Gen.G Grant varied Sar-
atoga Springs with visit to the great ma
tional Methodist camp-meetin@ ut Round
Lake, near by, on Wednesday. Bishop
James introduced the president to the peo-
pie simply by his official title the presi
dent of the United States" Gen. Grant
bowed and the people applauded. Anum-
Der of the persons around the correspond
ent of the New York Erening Post ut this
time were worthy country matrons who
had never before beheld Il president. Their
criticisms were amusing. ''Only man,
after ALL" remarked one old lady in Il
rather disappointed tone, as if she had ex-
pected either an angel or Il monster. a
poor, frail. dying mortal" calculated an
other. although the president looked to the
casual eye perfectly hale and hearty, but
the pious speaker saw with pious vision.
May God convert him on these grounds
exclaimed third. May he feel the out
pouring of the Spirit before he leaves this
place. In the opening prayer delivered
by one of the ministers-a prayer full OF
devout feeling and marked by unusual
grace of language-there was fervcnt
petition for the blessing of the Almighty
to descend on this man called by Provi-
dence to rule the destinies of the nation;
and in response there rose up from the
entire congregation Il vast - Amen "a
mighty invocation full of power and piouS
earnestness The effect of this spontane-
Gus cry was thrilling. They say that Gen.
Grant is man whose emotions are not
easily aroused but it is difficult to believe
that he could have heard unmovcd that
touching appeal.
WHEAT IN IOwA.-Thc agents of the
Keokuk and Des Moines and Fort Dodge
Railway Companies have recorded opin-
ions in regard to the present wheat crop
in Iowa, and we gather the following facts
| from Il summary furnished the Chicago
| Tribune: The summary cO7ers thirty
three localities. With one exception the
crops are from average to very large, the
quality being from fair to very good, quite
an amount of what is called Chicago No.
being reported. In Tara, the one eXcep-
ton, the crop is not very good, having
been somewhat damaged by grasshoppers.
In two localities, while good yield OF
choice fall wheat is reported, the spring
wheat is nearly Il failure. Where the size
of the yield is reported, it is from eighteen
to twenty bushels to the acre. Altogether
lowa's wheat crop appears to be better
than for several years.
The following hodgc-podge is from the
Cincinnati Commercial: Vice-President
Wilson will resign; President VIII
son won't resign; Vice-President Wilson
is in very poor health; Vice-President
Wilson's health was never better, Vice
President Wilson resigns to avoid unpleas-
ant political relations; the report that
Nice-Prcsident Wilson is actuated in re-
signing by any political consideration is
entirely without foundation" The reader
pays his money and can take his choice
1t is our opinion, however, that all these
conflicting rumors have their origin il
the head of some sensational knave who
ought to be confined in the Dry TortugaS
The report of the loss of the cabl,
steamer Faraday, Il fortnight ago, which
turns out not to have had the slightest
foundation, proves TO have been a @igan-
tic stock-iobbing canard intended for the
| London market. The direct cable stock
had frightful tumble, the Anglo-Amer-
lean went up Il per share, and all cable
stocks were perturbed. Those who GOT
bit call on Reuter-, the ncwsman, to inves
tigate.
\ meeting of citizens of Chicago, Satur
day night, adopted resolutions demanding
the immediate removal of all woodcI
buildings within the fire limits, under tn,
ordinance of 1871. and Il prohibition o
their further erection in !hc city. and {;
large committee was appointed to present
this demand to the mayor and corpor;t
ton.
Samuel Wiliston. the well known man
ufacturer, of East Hampton, Mass. who
died on Saturday. was the founder of VIII
liston Academy of that place and %encr
Gus patron Of Amherst College. When {:
Young man he worked as Il iournevmar
in 4 fulling mill in Rochester. this state
and by industry and economy was by and
by able to start for himself, which he did
and acquired great wealth.
There is something startling in the
rapidly accommodating number of mdetect
ed murders and other crimes perpctrateC
near Boston. The case of the Joyce
children. of the Lehan and the Landergar
girls, of Mr.. Lane of Dorchester, of Abiial
Ellis and of the girl in Oxford street, :
week or two since, not to speak of the
mysterious disappearances of which tn,
mystery is not vet solved, trouble the BOS
ton Journal.
Believers in the physical strength ana
! endurance of woman will now point tri-
umphantly to the achievement Of an Eng
lish girl, a Miss Stapleton, near Bristol
who as late papers inform us, has succeed
ed in performing the extraordinary feat o
walking a thousand miles in Il Thousand
hours.
Mrs. Gen. Bristow gets Il good sizet
windfall-about S250,000 by the recent
death Of her uncle in Kentucky Mrs
Bristow and her married sister were the
only heirs, to whom the entire estate was
willed. Gen. Bristow was made by the
will sole executor.
Four of the most influential and incor-
ruptible Of Massachusetts congressman
Messrs. Dawes. Judge Hour, G.. F. Hoar
and Hooper, decline denomination, much
to the regret Of their constituents and the
country at large.
Marshall Jewell, the retiring American
Minister ut st. Petersburg, left that city
Sunday on his return 10 the United State,
to assume the duties of Postmaster Gene,
raj. lie will sail from Liverpool for New
York the Isl of August
1t is reported that the Mexican Govern
ment has made overtures to the United
States, to cede all territory on line running
from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the
Pacific. Heavy capitalists have recently
invested in mines in the proposed ccded
territory
The residence of George g. b ilev,
Esq, of the Ne,c Hampshire Patriot, at
Concord, was broken into on Wednesday
night, and about 5000 worth of property
stolen.
The generous hearted old philanthropis
Gerrit Smith, whose benevolence is com
: mensIrate with bis nriYate fortune In.