The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-14
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Edward II. Stokes. the father of Edward
s. Stokes, died suddenly Saturday after
noon at his residence in Fifty-sixth street,
New York, in bis seventy sixth year.
Assistant Postmaster Clute of Vischer's |
Ferry was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Sylvester Friday, on the |
charge of opening letter that came to the |
postoffice, belonging to another party. |
Clute waived examination and gave bail to |
await the action of the United States grand |
jury.
VIM. Lloyd Garrison on Friday observed
fiftieth anniversary at Newburyport by
taking his place as veteran volunteer
compositor on the Herald of that city, on
which he set type half century ago. The
occasion must be full of impressive remin-
iscences to this fearless and efficient re-
former and philanthropist.
This is the way Secretary Stanton wrote
parole releasing Ex-Governor Letcher of
Virginia, who was taken prisoner during
the war and put in Jail in Washington
WASHINGTON, ID. G. July 25, 1868. John
Letcher is hereby paroled. He will go
home by the same road he came here, and
will stay there and keep quiet
| EDWIN NJ. STANTON.
Rev. John Henry Hopkins of Platts-
burgh, favors the project of forming the
new Protestant Episcopal diocese of Troy.
In recent letter he says 'It may be,
that instead of succeeding in 1877, we shall
have to wait till 1900 though trust not.
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ing"
Company d, first United States artillery,
arrived at Pittsburgh barracks, on Thurs
day morning, from Savannah, Ga, and are
to constitute the garrison at the post. The
company is composed of four officers and
thirty-three enlisted men. The officers are
Capt. Henry w. Classon list lieutenants,
j. 9. White and A. Miltimore Cd lieu
tenant, p. II. Bliss.
There are 14S students in the senior class
of Harvard, 1914 in the junior, 1872 in the
sophomore, and 252 in the treshman--a
total of III. There are 10 students in the
divinity school, 161 In the law school, "a in
the scientific school, 1872 in the medical
school, 83 in the dental school, in the
Bussey institution, while the entire num-
Der of students in the university and all lie
departments will foot up over 1900.
! Since the indictment of General Babcock
for completely in the st. Louis whisky
frauds, the amount of property owned by
, him in Washington has become a subjec,
of conversation and discussion. The tax.
? books of the district show that he IS the
owner of six lots, the assessed value Of
which is $50, 1882. This valuation is regard.
: ed as extremely low, and the property in
question Is worth at least double tina,
, amount. In the textbooks he is set dowr
as the owner of SIX lots, three of which
are improved. A careful valuation of the
property in his name would bring the
figures to about $4,000.
"The rascal has run away without pay
ing me- said ex-Judge Comstock, of Sy
racuse, Saturday night at the Fifth avenu,
hotel. The absent Tweed has retaine,
| him several months ago as counsel to argue
a motion for his liberation from Blackwelll
Island before the general term in New
York city, and afterwards an appeal at All
:. bany. This the judge did with success
He had gone into the case, he said, with g
conscientious belief that Tweed was illegal
t ly detained in the penitentiary and tina
the public would not profit by his dying OF
, the island. He therefore studied tina
phase of the litigation well, which was til,
, only part of the drama in which he ha(
/, been retained to take part. eyes, it's tru,
I that began suit against him for my com
pensauon," said the judge, land the ras
calls run away without paying me-" h
d added with emphasis.
A leading senator said, tonight, that i
the democratic party could control itself i
was all right, and he believed it could. H
i said that the disposition of Frank Morey'
v case showed that there was a strong fore
4 in the house that would resist any attemp
8 to revive the bitter southern controversies
8 He expressed his surprise that Lama
4 should have been led into a line of actiol
v that looked to revival of the controversy
r in Louisiana He said that 1t was bette
l. for the democrats that Morey should holt
his seat for the whole term than that tn
+ question of the validity of the Kellogg gov
v eminent should be again raised. He ex
!. pressed his firm belief that the policy o
d the party would be conservative through
g out.-Ne,o York Times Washington Spt
n cial.