Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-03-03

Bows OF - ulu TO Get AT Tie enemy
but the excursion will be short one, and
NcrmontcrS. rs we'll As our eastern neigh
boz, across the Connecticut. ought to see
the ground where Stark and Warner
whipped the IIcs,i:,n> and TUNED the high
tide of British success.
THTON-BEECHEE. - Tilton> lawyers
having rested their case, Gen. Tracy open
ed for the defence last week and spoke
-cvrr,,l days, closing last Monday He
made Il fierce assault up II the plaintiff,
The line marked out for defence is that
TiIton was Jealous Of Hccchcr's success,
made np lis mind to ruin him, started Il
conspiracy with Bowen from which Bowen
backed out. and then took Moulton in as
co-con~piritor in place of Bowen. Tracy
claims the letter of contrition is in no fair
sense Beccler'>, but is Moulton made
not at Becchcr's dictation but by Moulton's
writing down such fragmentarv parts Of
their conversation as he pleased. Tracy
denounced Moulton rs roundly Il, he did
Tilton and claims 20 be able to show that
some of the most important interviews tcs-
titled to by him and his wife never could
have taken place ut the times they swear
they occurred.
Yesterday the testimony for the defend
ant began, Deacon f. j. Ovin~ton being
put upon the s;anl.
Tracy has certainly made Il strong state
mcnt, even a fierce one, and if he can
bring the proof to sustain it. there will, of
course be Il very different face put on the
matter from W hat WAS left when Tilton',
Idle got through
FEfSIIErs.-Down country the lee has
blocked up the streams and caused much
trouble. The IIou~atonic had an lee GORE
where the ice was twenty CT thirty feet
deep. Great fre>hcts have occurred all
over the country,
The greatest loo that has ever visited
the Tennessee valley. with one execution
is ROW sweeping down that section. All
The low ground about Chattunooma is sub
merged. ana there is great loss of properly.
Every railroad Leading into that city is
badly WASHED, and whole sections are sub
merged. The East Tennessee road i cut
IN twenty places; the Atlanta road h.t>
lost many bridges: the Memphis and
Charleston road is under water for miles.
AMI has lost heavily in bridges: AMI the
Nashville road is also Il great sufferer.
The great ridge across the Tcnnr,~e,. 1T
Bridgeport, Ala. is in danger. hut a it i
heavily weighed down with lu;t,ic,! c,tr> it
Is Thought it may be saved. Th. river i
still rising slowly. The d destruction in
fences. stock AMI hoa~c> for so mile, up
and down the valley i, Very great.
The Supreme Court has JUS, rendered 4
decision to the effect that Il National Bank
i mo- responsible for valu,blc> deposited
with it for safe keeping. In the case o;
Joseph ID. Whitney ag tin>t the FIRST Ma
,ion:l Bank Of Brattleboro. TIN. plaintiff
held L receipt for " $1,000 for saf,, keeping
;,> 4 special deposit" signed BIZ the off .ial
signature oil the cashier: the amount was
III | nited States bonds, and. rs the own
CT wHs about to carry them away after
purchase, the cashier offered to take them
on deposit. said that all the bonds of the
village We're kept there, and was finally al
lowed to keep them. giving the above re-
rrlpt, The coupons Were paid regularly
"Ilt Of the bank till, and the cashier on
onc occasion chtngel the bonds. which
were in the denomination of 500. TO that
of $1,000, without the authority of the own
"r. The bonds We're Subsequently alleged
10 have been stolen. Yet notwith>tand-
ing tbs, the court declines To hold the
bank res pon>ible.
WANnEEFK- tx Senator Nve OF Ne
vala has been South. and was coming
North with his daughter from Jackson
vile, Fla. Thursday night, when he took
a curious freak. Mr.. Nvc's frienls have
been fearful that his mind was Weakening.
When the train arrived ut Alexandria
Va, \yr's clothes We're in the sleepino
car bat no body The ex-senator was
found late at night in Richmond depot.
where he had been wandering about halfl
dressed. Tie Senator was one of the
brightest men in Congress- AMI Of conviy
ial habits
One Of the items in tho civil right, bill
discussion was the fact that Congressman
Lynch of Mississippi on his way to the
Capitol was in coming through Kentucky.
his wife with him, obliged to take seats in
the smoking ear. At stations they were
not allowed to take meal. in the refresh
mcnt rooms with white passengers. and
had to 20 without fool or bring it with
them. The folly of such conduct on the
part of southern railroad OIL ers is only
equalcd by its Injustice
The imp prtant announcement is made |
b. tn. -frDp4 o,li Ntr4 Jour21A that Cen !
rral Sherman has Welded to the solicitation
Of hi friends. and instead of leaving Is a
' ~ HIS tiliiih Tile uitIN.l.t cO0cItlu- |
in-c chapter Of which was published in the
Jo"rnd of September 2G. 1874, has con
>en.cl to its imm .'iiatc publication The
in which that specimen chapter
WIS received in this country and Europe
shows how eagerly the Generals forth |
coming volumes will be awaited
TIE COMPROMISE conservative
from Louisiana have been in
with Mr.. Wheeler at WASH
ington AMI recommend the adoption of
his plan of compromise. This plan was
voted on by the conservative members of
the Louisiana legislature, and adop'ed 81
20 D. There is however strong opposition
10 ii among the extremists on both sides.
The civil rights bill has received the
presidents signature and become a law
Matt Carpenter, in his speech against it.
aid it WAS clearly unconstitutional. and