Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

by the Union Pacific, and some of the mail
that was received came from points on the
Kansas Pacific one hundred and fifty miles
west of Kansas City, the road being clear
for the first two hundred miles. l don't
believe in seeing the people in tie East
deceived in regard to the Union Pacific,
and for this reason have taken the liberty
to write you a letter, trusting that you will
after due consideration make the correction
in your paper, and give the credit to the
road that has earned the same. OF course
your exchanges were wrong and l think
it would, be no more than right for them
TO make the correction.
1remain yours,
JUSTICE.
The Boston Herald says of the Civil
Rights question:
What is the remedy? We leave out of
the question, now, all considerations of
military interference by the federal gov
eminent. One way or another. that mat
ter will be attended to, but the problem of
SILL ~ u lililtlll " III SUN lSiIttili ~ ~
solved in the Southern States. What will
make them law-abiding sclf-governing
communities, with governments strong
enough and enlightened enough to secure
the rights of all the citizens, and conducc
to their material progress and their advance
in all the essentials of civilization9 Clear
lv. one thing is sary-education
Not for the whites alone, or the blacks
.,lnnn htIt en-. l,,th ,.1,ssaS-f,r oil That
is the only hope of the South, today-thc
only hope of the public.
FIRE>.-Friday morning, Hartford. Con-
nccticut was visited by fire causing 4 loss
Of 4 quarter of = million dollars. The
Sunday before St Patrick's Cathedral in
Hartford burned, and Catholic church
in New Haven was seriously damaged.
The same Sunday another costly Catholic
church in Conn. WAS burned. The fur
naces being out of repair is supposed to
have been the cause.
The section of the caucus bill which au-
thorizes the president to suspend the priv.
ilrges of the writ of hdJedS corpus will be
struck out even if the bill itself passes
The bill would then consist mainly Of Sec
tions aimed ut attempts to overthrow Z
state government" and prescribin. penal
ties for interfering with elections.
/ The first effect of the proposed CONSOLE,
dation of the Vermont railroad securities
is to secure the advance prices which thos.
securities now command in the Boston
market Vermont Central first mortage
bonds have advanced from Is 10 % 81
bid; second morta.e bonds from , to
bid, 10 lowest asked. Vermont and Can
ada s. are held ut 20 asked; last sale.
about IS. Vermont and Canada stock ad
vanccd from II ID to 4G bid and no shares
for sale.
! CoNNEC rICUT.-The democrats yesterla Y
nominated their old state ticket for re-elcc
ton. Gov. Ingersoll in at the head of it
Hon. w. w. Eaton has been appointed by
Gov. In@erSoll to serve out Senator Buck
ingham' uneNpircd term.
One of the largest steamers ever placed
in fresh water is building for the Westel n
Transportation Company of Buffalo, y. y
Her length over all is to be 90, with 81
feet beam and a depth in the hold of !,
feet.
In compliance with q request from tn,
po>t-otiice department, the contractors fo
stamped envelopes ut Hartford. Conn.
tested the capacity of their works Welnes
day, working from A. NJ to p. NJ. an.
made $4,000 complete stamped envelope
and III 1000 newspaper wrappers. Thi
is in excess Of the daily demand of the de
partment.
SUITS AGAINST TIE South EASTER.
RAIN AY.-Iuther l.. Davis. Esq Unite,
States Consular Agent ut Abercorn, an
Nelson q. Davis. of this town, have bot
brought suits against the South Easter
Railway. the former for S25,O damage
and the latter for $4,000. for damage
, received ut the railroad accident in Sutton
, August 18th. Davis & Adams, Of St. Al
bans. are Attorneys for Luther F. Davi,
and +. Henry Powell. of Richford, fo
; Nelson G. Davis. Deputy Sheriff Smit
served the papers upon the compan
Thursday, and levied an attachment upo
: engines and passenger cars. Hon. Luthe
= Baker and Superintendent Alden receipte
: for the property temporarily so that til
passenger and express trains moved @
, without hindrancc. The gentlemen VIII
! brought these suits were both badly an
= permanently injured. The recovery
> Mr.. Luther l.. Davis was somewhat r.
markable, rs his skull WAS fractured. an
:, more than a spoonful of brain matter ";
= lost. besides other injuries to other porto,
of his body that would have killed son
|. men. Thanks to Il powerful constitution
E he recovered. although he has not, ar
- probably will not, regain his form,
= strength. mentally or physically. W
!, learn from the Montreal Herald that NJ
Philo Lambkin. of Riceburg, p. O.. h;
. also brought an action for damages again
= the company. laying his damages at $50
i, 600. 1t will he remembered that he w;
SO seriously injured that his recovery w:
doubtful for more than 4 month, and h
e declaration alleges that since than he h:
been disabled from doing business. and
: all probability will be so disabled for lif
: -Ricyord Sentinel.
\ The New York Times is making a sple,
: did warfare against Tom SCOTS subsid
scheme. 1t points out that the Senate
fully committed not only against this pa
ticular grab but against the entire cla
of which this is a conspicuous specime,
We trust the Times and all other oor
journals. will keep up the fight. 1t is me-
essary to bring pressure to bear sharply ,
: keep some of those fellows at WashinSto
from doing deal of mischief before the
get to end of their rope.
The report of the Wisconsin railwa
commissioners recommends the repeal ,
the Potter railway bill
\ JAIL DELIVERY AT SINGAPORE
telegram from Singapore reports that a
emeutc occurred among the Chinese pri
) oners in the Jail at that place, which W.
not suppressed before sixty-seven we,
I killed OF injured, including sixteen wa,