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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
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Mountain Freeman.
BOSTON CATTLE MARKET
AT CAMBRIDGE AND BRIGHToN

cattle. sheep. shotes. H,cs- Cci'.e
5 5s:' r Ssss 40. So So S.. g la g; 9
PRICEs-Eeef Catttc-ENtra fat AID heavy l1e
MUM oxen, Goa $3.50; first quality, g.. o0G
$50; second quality, s6.5 $50: third quality
s501d 5000 per 100 lbs, on total weight Of hide,
tallOw aud Tres sed beef few choice Gle pairs
sa.75GS 5000. Bulls. &c. s4-75.
WorEiRg OceH.-4 10 a s305. and S3000350 = pair.
or according 10 then Naluc - Loci HaTt y
steers s~7dSlC0.
with without calves. as may be agreed :farrov
and ordinary, S20G so; yeaI!mgs. Sl0tOdl>C0 ,
year olds $1,000 Go; 5y Olds, $50 o0d $40
Sheep.-Llve weight, 4'd34c; Ntra- % q sc;
T. II. 1--we weight. Ian b IN lots -, 0.06 30.
Sh2tes.-Wholesale, oao'c- retail, 'ene' &C. E r
Fat Hogs, o. dG1s : Il.
Hides.-B ight0n. - GSc.; country lois =. G
CaIfskIns l5dl6c. Taliow, 5c4 Il ; country 43sc.
Pelts with wool on, Sl-c0dS - each
Notwithstanding the past seven days stock
has con N freely and largely froE tie N Ell The
quality OF the Western stock was 81 high -,raic.
and calculated To please the butchers but as she
supply WIS heavy Tie price, On Nc~iefn siHrs
from E. 10 large &c lower Tie Northern STOCK
that arrived Tins morning selling shade quicker,
the weather being favorable for the sale Of beef :
= Learnard bought quite rove Of the best Month
cattle, Of different parties. and ~oaIc River cal
tie but mostly from New Hampshire. The Eut-
to : r. Woodbridge. average 4i.' HIS. al - per H.
live weight ". L. Conw-i sold 20 Steers. average
l,469 lbs, at g. per lb, aud - steers. So
lbs al $3.50 per cwt. 1--we @ht- y Livingston
sold oxen I'll % per DO d.c---l ,'Eht- g. "
Erownell sold heIfer- aud steers - per lh live
weight Working oxen h@ht Mich cows are IN
fair request Prices arc tuc same quoted last
week.
WIth lilo head OF sheep ou tie mai ef f,tircs lo
not improve, bur remain unsatisfactory. find
the best Hooks of sheep >cil at g per l.oun g. u
medium z AIDES, > a. 20 per 10 There are ouly one
sold - sheep Al - Ter ID H. - Nooi sod i0i
sheep avela axe ~ l!s, at 81. per 3D.. ID. r. Cay
sold 100 sheep. average - los al q per DO. !.
W. Taylor sold lot OF sheep average - lbs atG'sc
per 10.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
BOSTON MARKET.



BUrrER.-Ihe stocks appear amply sufficient aud
current receipts fair. but not in auyW lie excessive
The demand holds very ooi and quot lions are
wei sustained VIZ: Zine tail Vermont and New
York at ;;>di0c with selections Tor he grocery
talc a; 40 4 &c; choI-e dir g at &G4sc; far To-
good lots at 3ud34c: prime Western &c Is readily at
"a disc fair to good at = a BE; ordinary 3id14c
CHEksE.-Wc note very steady market and
ood demand with ~halt. better rates a, fine ta-
". We quote prime factory al IL: IL g and l5c
> OF fancy; fair 10 good l2G l5lsc.
EGGS.-The market is easier and supplies ample;
With liberal receipts. Ne quote Eastern 53c,
xorthern, 81 e>tern, 2>G}Gt. Receipts p boxes
FLoUR-Wcstem surcrGne At - 56aG 90 = bbI;
nesola extras at - O0as ?; whne wheat Ohio
Indiana and sIchi-an at = 59a9 GO; Illinois AT
cudin- choice family brands
CoRN.-Market quiet at g6G99c = bushll for old.
mixed and yellow, and goa .s}c tor new.
OATs.-Mai ket firm at 81 d66c p bn>hcl for brown
and white. Receipts $3.50 bushels
RE-Saies OF Rye are made n 81 coal - =
tushel.
sHnRrs.-Sholts s23; Fine Feed and Middlinss
s27d2s r ton.
ArrLEs-The marke- continues steady. We
quote 81 ood4 80 T. Dbl for choice and - 5od3 ~
BeANs.-we quote choice mort can hand picked
pea beans at - soar 60 = bushcl; do Western
hand pcked at 81 G0d2 % p bushel: do common
at :! 75G3 90 e. busheI medium choice M - p
bushel do comm n 4 81 5Oai - p hushel.
PEAs.-Good to choice 81 20a 10 10 bueIel; com
mon 81 al 10.
VEGETABLES. otatoes in good supply: EalIv
Rose 90c; jackson S1a sJc: other kinds - a &c
Onions 81 5Od5 - T. Dbl.
:
e IA 80 for prime SO ga Il 90 for mess and l 20
T. Dbl for clear and extra clear. Beef ranges + ON
sllM IA 2 Dbl for mess AMI extra mess. and SIG 50d
II 90 for family. Lard ga Zoe + 10 for city AMI
western, and smoked Ilams II a !Jc = t..
COFFEE les of Java have been in small
lots at 321s d35c; Mocha in small lots at 81 Sc; geo
bags Porto REQ III 2Sc, and small lots of Rio at2l6a
26c T. ID, all gold.
CoTToN-Ihe receipts for the week have been
l3,lo4 bales There Is firm feeling f,r til, article
aud Notwithstanding the large receipts Tor some
weeks past the stock for sale continues auic light
DRY GooDS.-for all descriptions of Cotton fab
RIGS there is decidedly strong tone, with advanced
prices ON Brown and Blcachc / >heetlngs. aud
some kinds Of coiored dDme>iics.
Fruit here Is firm feeling for MALAGA Rails
ms, and prices have agaiu advanced The sales
have been at s. so cents lor boxes layers aud zoe
fot quarter boxes, aud loose muscslc - 50 - bon;
stocks are very light and the MAJ kcJ i quue m
smyrna Figs have been in far demand.
NOOL-ihe past has been a quiet week ia the
Wool market. The sales "f foreign and domestic
aud mp IS TOO pounds.
SUGAR Market duh AMI prices cazier &c
quote far TO COOL refining 1T = dGSc, and ,Iull
granulatcd at l0s4c, and cofeecrushe,l AT ga Toe r
n,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

directing the Committee on Approprla--
tons to inquire and report the number OF
/ horses owned bv the Government IN the
District of Columbia, and by whom they
are used for what purpose, and at what
expense the same are maintained; also 10
report the number and character OF venl-
cles used in connection with the horses.
Mr.. Kellogg of Connecticut moved Its
reference to the Committee on Civil Ser
vice Reform.
1 Gen. Butler objected, and the resolution
was withdrawn.
SATURDAY. House The day was spent
in general debate, Mr.. Kelly of Pa. max
ing the principal speech. He advocated
! fixing the greenback currency at four
hundred millions.
MONDAY. Senate. Mr. Wright of Iowa
preached a long sermon on finance. lie
thought paper money had no more to do
with the panic than Il balancing pole, a
last years birds nest, or a night-bloomlng
cereus He treated the Senate and few
people in the gallery to this sort OF thing
for about an hour As our people are en-
terprising, and as more money is needed
to move the crops now than at other times,
and us there are 100000 people in the
south, that are now working, there is more
demand for money. thus necessitating an
elastic currency, which should have con-
vertible bond at 3 65-100 interest. lie
urged encoura cement to all Industries, and
denied that the west favored the resump-
ton of specie payment.
| Mr.. Logan followed in the same line OF
talk
| House. \ bill was introduced by Mr..
Ward of n. J.. providing that the heirs OF
any soldier killed or who died while IN
military service, during the late war,
whose enlistment was for less than year,
or who shall have since died by reason OF
wounds received. or disease contracted
shall be entitled to receive the same boun-
tic- if said soldier enlisted for three
years. the bill including all who enlisted
for three or nine months. and who never
received bounty
Mr.. Wilson of Ind. offered II resolution
declaring in favor of increasing the cur
rency. 1t failed of receiving two-thirds
the vote standing 143 to %. \ motion tC
restore the franking privilege till mex
July was defeated II to 1G3.
TUESDAY, !Seilate. Among the con
tirmations in the Senate was that of Mr.
Tracy, r. NJ. ut Middlebury. Senator
Brownlow opposed an immediate return t'
specie payment and was followed by Mr.
Gordon tn" new senator from Georgia or
the same side. Mr. Chandler wanted the
government to pledge itself to resume
specie payment Jan. /, 1873. The pos
route bill was then discussed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
JAMES BARRETT.

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.-The follow
ing is the programme of the Randolph
meeting of the Board of Agriculture, Man
ufactures and Mining, January p and %.
TUESDAY afternoon. How shall we
do our Washing and Baking by f.
Conant, Randolph. The needs of Yer
mont Agriculture, " by n. e. Davis, Brook
field.
Erening Waste Products of the
Farm" by Peter Collier. Burlington
. Barns and Farm Buildings by Col j.
B. Mead, Randolph.
WEDNESDAY. Forenoon. What shall
we do to advance the cause of Agriculture
in Orange County" by John Lynde, Esq,
Williamstown. Management of Swamp
Lands. by L. f. jameson, Irasburgh.
afternoon. . Running out of Stock,
Crops and Land by Dr. T. H. Hoskins,
St Johnsbury. Pasture Lands" by j.
w. Carter, Randolph.
EreninY. The Principle and Practice
of Butter Making" by Hon. +. d. Doug
lass, Whiting. The Microscope and its
Revelations" by DR. II. A. Cutting, Lu-
nenburgh.
Discussions are to follow each paper
and AL are invited to participate. The
following members of the Board are ex-
pected to be present: Governor Converse
Messrs. Collier, Douglass, Hoskins, Jane
son and Halbert
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

TEXAs.-The new Legislature has organ
lied, and Gov. Coke has taken possession
of the executive department. Gov Davis
found the government would not sustain
him in making trouble.
The Ohio Legislature has reelected Mr.
Thurman to the L. 8 Seuate.
GRAIN SnIPMENTs.-Grain has been
going to Boston from the West. via Central
Vermont ut the rate of 10000 bushels n
day. The destination of the grain is
Liverpool.
An old-flShoned struggle for the speak
ership * going on in the Iowa House of
Representatives. Gear. the republican, and
Dixon, the democratic and grange candi-
date. each receiving % votes Two day
of voting and a ballotin@s have been I'M
able to change vote. The Senate has
organized with republican officers and has
passed a resolution condemning all salary
grabberS and holding up the president to
the . unqualified di>approval of the people
of Iowa for signing the bill; observing
also by way of amendment that the demo-
Gratis furnished a larger per cent Of grab
bcrs than the republicans.
1t is now stated that $50. 600 Will be the
entire value of the invoices in dispute in
the case Of Jordan. Marsh & Co, Boston,
charged with evading the revenue laws.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

The Washington correspondent of the
Rutland Globe tells how the Cushing letter
to jeff. Davis came to light, as follows:
Judge Asa o. Adds of Vermont, of the
southern claims commission. about year
since made a thorough examination of all
the papers and documents purchased
through Col. Pickett and those captured
at Richmond, for the purpose of looking
up evidence on the side of the government
In the settlement of cotton claims, During
these researches Judge Adds came across
the letter written by Mr. Gushing to JEFF
ferson Davis, introducing Mr.. Roane
When Gushing was nominated to be Chief
Justice, Judge Adds remembered this let
ter, and looking it up had copy made,
which he sent to the secretary of war, who
in turn forwarded it to the President
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

FAMILY BURNED.-A shocking calamity
occurred in New York, early on the morn
ing of the 18th The house of Jacob Steiner,
we'll known merchant, on East Sixtieth
street was destroyed by fire, and out of a
family of eight persons only four were
saved. The fire was well under way before
the occupants We're aware of it. and then
it was too late, Mrs Steiner, who was a
heavy, corpulent woman. and her daugh-
ter, Miss Deborah, We're both burned. Mr..
Steiner and a servant girl, named Mary
Mcclure, jumped from window The
former was killed by the fall, and the lat
ter was so seriously injured that she can
not recover. John Slower, a servant, with
considerable difficulty made his way to
the roof and on to an adjoining building
He says Miss Steiner could have escaped
but she persistently refused to leave her
mother. A SON of Mr. Steiner and a
younger daughter escaped from the build
ing. Mr.. Steiner had been in business in
New York nineteen years, and owned
nearly thirty tea stores. He and broth
er had been long in the business, being
formerly partners and lately rivals. The
number of stores owned by them both was
over sixty.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

2. NJ. GEN. CREsswELL says that reve-
nue. is not materially increased by abolish
ing the ranking privilege. He fsvors the
repeal of that part of the law which inn
poses postage on newspapers in the county
where published. 1t has been found that
no employees could be discharged, because
of the constant increase of the postal ser
vice. He seems to think that the late law
works mainly as an obstruction of intelli-
gence and not as helper to the revenues
of the P. o. Department
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
The National Board of Trade, at Balti

The National Board of Trade, at Balti-
more on Friday, passed resolutions asking
for Legislation by the different States com
pelling railway companies carrying grain
in bulk to deliver the same quantity they
receive; opposing national aid to artificial,
means transportation; against Legislative
enactments fixing rates of transportation
and bewailing the abuses growing out o.
special freight lines upon our railroads and
the absence of any opportunity for compe
tition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

VIRGINIA SENAToR.-Lt-Governo r.
+. Withers has been elected L. :. Senator
from Virginia. He is a democrat and was
formerly a colonel in the Confederate
army. His term begins March /. 1870.
What is the matter with Minnesota?
On Friday her Legislature was busily dis
cussing bill providing for Imprisonment
for debt, and the day before a bill was in
troduced to abolish the Normal School. 1t
is gratifying to know that there is little
chance of the passage of either bill. but
the bid for immigration into the State Is a
poor one, for all that
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

Two men, one of whom is said to be a
son of Judge Williams of Washington,
and the other named Moore, clerk in the
Treasury Department at Washington. were
arrested in New York on Saturday evening
on the charge of having stolen $4,000 in
Treasury warrants from the Internal Rev
enue Department on the Sd inst. Upward
of $4,000 was found in their baggage.
They gave the names Of Mason and Ed
wards.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

laration of self-evident truths of g in
alienable rights" but she was painted
sepulcher, containing within an odiouS
abhorrent system of slavery. by which al
the rights of humanity We're fiagrantly
violated. The FREEMAN looks timely,
dressed up in its New Years suit.
think it is in good taste and not after the
modern Haunting style. l trust the FREE
MAN will long maintain its high character
for integrity, giving no currency to error
or sanction to wrong. 1t has my best
wishes for its prosperity"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
MONTPELIER MARKET.
RETAIL PRICES
EOrthe sreeE eRifnn I'm 2I L.

Apple, dried new l00I21s y H.; f,utIc, s5ui.,
Beef fG20 ;beei, dried, green weight -: i3rA f.~
ed12z Pork, Salt l2% Ham - Land IL. Yea. 5a
Is Beans = bushel. S3g3.5o; Corn 100 :<urn meal
SlOO ibs, SaO0; oats + bn. p0d5Jc; Flour Pbb,
IS 5G0I so; Crackers II, 80. Coal . SlOd
Cheese Z b, l2dlec; Fish, Fresh Cod, dress
e luc iIali5ut Is, shad 81, MackeI el ID; Salt fish,
Cod Sc. salmon, l2sGl5c; Mackerel 10. Tripe l2l
kerosene on p gal. BIC. Potatoes zoe. Salt
80 + bu. Dairy Z a &c p 10 Su-.t' refined II2;
Brown 10000; Moiasses 2. -.i. zoe a : .Ga: Maple
sugar = 70 90l2lci syrup 41:S.oO. Tea - "a : i Is
Lonee, Old Java, roasted. 80: Rin roasted A.
Herds Grass seed, 81 90; Michigan clover, I2c pey
pound; NortheraNew York do. l2I per lh,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

JUDGE BARRETT AND THE REFORM
ScHOOL.-Judge Barrett writes the follow
ing note to the Free Press to set himself
right in the matter of the Johnson boy:
az see in the address of the trustees of the YER
mont Reform School, printed IN your paper OF inns
morning. expression in relation TO my SELL which
shows that they suppose or have the impression,
that passed judgment of condemnation upon
the SCHOOL, Such was not the fact. dld not pass
any judgment, express any opinion, nor make
any disparaging comment upon the occasion naiileo
in said address.
As that address is Official by the trustees OF a
public institution, and contains that expression as
to myself in my relation TO The public office mold
the truth of the matter ought to be known Doth as
matter of justice to myself and to the institution
For this reason address you tins note for publ
cation.
JAMES BARRETT.
Burlington, Jan. 9th, 1874"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

Charles Astor Bristed, grandson of John
Jacob Astor. died in Washington, Wednes-
day night. aged 63 years. He was noted
literary character, being a frequent con-
tributor to the leading magazines under
the signature of carl Benson He also
wrote much for the Spirit Of the Times and
tue Turf Field and Farm.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
Justice to the Soldiers of 1912.

Judge Poland has introduced bill in
the House of Representatives extending
the benefit of the act of Congress, passed
February II, 1871, to all the surviving SOL
diers of the war of 1872, who served four
teen days, and who have been entitled to
bounty land under the acts of Congress.
The provisions ofthis bill will include those
patriotic men who volunteered, at the time
of the battle of Pittsburgh, upon the invi-
tation of the general commanding the
United States forces and, it is well under
stood, in opposition to the known wishes of
the governor of Vermont. For that ser
vice they have never received any pay,
and many of them did not even receive
rations. One of EermOnt's late and la
mented senators Hon. solomon Foote-
knowing all the facts, was instrumental in
having the Bounty Land act include them,
as it did all those who served fourteen or
sixty days When all the facts are cOnsid-
cred it would seem but just that they
should be thus included, but something
more is due them. All soldiers, who were
regularly called into the United States
service from Vermont during the war of
1912, not only received their pay, rations
and clothing from the United States, but
also received five dollars per month addi-
tional from the State. Therefore the boun-
ty land or pension could not have been for
the purpose of compromising that class for
service which they had rendered without
pay but rather rs a reward for patriotic
devotion in standing by their country in
the time of It's peril. But was there less
patriotism in men who voluntarily rushed
to arms to defend their country, and that,
too, in opposition to the known wishes of
their governor, and when the prospect was
they must ut once 90 into battle, than there
was in those who enlisted for two or six
months to 90 upon the northern frontier
for the purpose of preventing smuggling,
with a fair prospect that they would not
see any other enemy than that of SNUG
gler? The Hon. Solomon Foote thought
not and Congress at that time agreed with
him, and it seems Judge Poland thinks so
now, and the Hon. C. w. Willard so
thought during the last Congress.
The law as it now stands seems to make
an unjust discrimination. In the Atlantic
States the militia were called out. usually
for two months. Some served the full term
and received pension; some served fifty
nine days and were deprived of it. These
latter were as patriotic rs their neighbors
who served sixty days. Each had alike
performed one of the great hardships of a
soldier which is in bidding farewell to
friends and home The service of the
sixtieth day when in the camp or field is as
nothing when compared to bidding adieu to
friends and home.
The bill, if it becomes a law, will benc-
fit class of good and patriotic men who
probably will rot average less than eighty
five years of age. Many of these have but
a small amount of this worlds goods, and
it will serve to brighten their path on their
weary march so nearly completed, to re-
port for duty to their great Commander,
where there are no wars or rumors of
wars.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
Cheap Transportation.

Last week well attended meeting of del
egates and gentlemen interested in COM
mercial matters was held at Washington
The west was well represented. On Satur-
day series of resolutions was adopted as
the sentiment of the convention in the mat
ter of railroads. The resolutions denounce
the system of building roads without Il
cash capital, the watering of stock, and
formation of inside rings of directors,
who have a pecuniary interest in ncreas-
ing the expenditures of the company.
These abuses of the railway system the
committee call upon Congress to reform.
They recommend the creation of Il national
bureau of commerce and transportation,
and of State boards of commissioners who
shall have power to establish and regulate
rates. They ask for minority representa-
ton of the stockholders, and for laws re-
stricting dividends to ten per cent on the
actual cost of the road, forbidding the leas-
ing, consolidation, or combination of parallel
roads, prohibiting unjust determinations,
and making it penal offense for a public
official to accept free pass. Finally, they
condemn land grants and subsidies in every
form.
The plans proposed and recommended
for the relief of the grain producing sec
ton of the country are first the building OF
a narrow gauge freight railway, at the
cost of the general government, to be
operated as Il national highway, on which
any citizen shall have the right to place
cars and locomotives on payment of toll
and secondly the construction, mt the
national expense, of an extensive system
of canal and river improvements, embrac-
inc the enlargement of the Erie canal, the
enlargement and extension Of the Illinois
and Michigan canal to Rock Island, the
completion of the Illinois river improve
ment, the Improvement of the MISSISSIPPI
pi, and other important enterprises.
The abuses sought to be rcmeded are
great and the measures proposed seem to
Us iudicious But the call upon the gov
eminent to do more than this and to be-
come itself the greatest common carrier in
the world is summons that needs much
careful consideration. The building OF
railroads without capital, and the conSe-
quent train of evils have resulted in great
measure from the dependence that has
been placed on government assistance
Railroads have thus been built that held
out the temptation to those controlling
them of forming rings for the absorption
of what money was gained. The roads
have not paid sufficiently to reward boil
directors and stockholders, and those wht
first laid hands on the receipts have beer
the ones who have kept them.
Ii is rather by return to common bust
ness principles, than by a.development o
the subsidy system into one in which the
government will not merely help on bu
actually do the business of the citizens
t that permanent relief will be obtained
We want no Darwinian theory put into
practice whereby the present elephan
which the government has to deal with il
great corporations shall become an over
grown and dangerous mammoth.
u T. Al 4
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

ERROR CoRRECTED.-Int the article upon
the outside of this paper upon Taxation
without Representation, please read
Glastonbury Connecticut, for Glastonbury
Massachusetts,. Last winter we moved the
town of Windham up into this state from
the land of wooden nutmegs, and have
seen tina. little exploit mentioned in several
of our contemporaries. We come down
with our Glastonbury coon without wait
ing for the appearance of any of our kind
friends in the role of Capt. Martin Scott.