Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
louisiana.

drawn public attention from New OllciiS,
but all these DAYS Messrs. &. +. lloar,
Wheeler. Frye and Marshall have been
taking testimony. They left yesterday for
the national capital. There are many
rumol> as to the conclusions to which they
have come. the most authentic of which is
that their opinion rs to the illr@ality of the
ats of the returning board is the same as
that arrived ut bv the sub committee.
The most interesting feature of affairs
in Louisiana now is an attempted compro-
mise between the two parties. Some
members of the committee appear to h we
had 4 hand in the proposal if it did not
come from them The proposed compr"-
mise WAS vo;cd on F; iday evening by thu
conservative members Of the legislature
and adopted 10y a Vote of - to D This
vote was afterwards rc-cindcd and the
matter left open.
The proposal in brief was 20 submit the.
claims of tile members ou-tcd 10y the re
turning board to the congressional commit
tee and to enter upon their legislative du-
les and leave the Kellogg officials unlm-
Preached for any past acts. This would
put things in just about the position they
would have been in. had the returning
board not manufactured :. republican ma
iority in the hou~e There appears TO be
strong opposition on The part of McEen'ry
and Wilt to the compromise. and the for
mer who WAS present at the vote of Friday
el cninm. said he would retire. rs it seemed
ahoul time To lower the democratic ban
n r. The New Orleans conservatives are
generally hostile to the proposition. Sat
urday the excitement ran high III the city
| The latest news is that the ccn-ervat!v,
members We're in caucus Mondtv night
and that a m,ioritv Of them We're in favor
of compromise that would seat The
members Illegally counted ont by the r--
turning board. 1t is reported that if III,
! McEncrv tirc-ratcr~ will not consent to
this many of tie county conSrry ttivr-
will take their seats. The compromise
seems to be favored by those who wan,
quiet restored and opposed 10y those dem
ocrlts and republicans who are :" great
>ticklcr> for 'principlc that they prcfl
anarchy AMI bluol>hcu to Il cumprOml -r
# what. to others. seem doubtful claims.
| DEATH OF A VETERAN OF limo
thy Burlirk. ESQ, died in tnderhill.
January -. H. was one of the veterans
who fought ut Lundy> Lane. Chippcway
and Q letnstuwn Mr. Burtirk WAS born
in Rhode Island in'the year l19I. He re-
moved with his parents when a mere eli ,
to We>tfor,i. where he resided until Prc~i
dent Madison. in 1910. (and when Nj
! Burdirk was nineteen Years Of ago, j.
sued a call for troops to rrpl tn" indians
of the Northwest. when lie enlisted I'M,
til" regular service. serving his full tern
of five years. Some cc,ll with pleasure
the glow of patriotic crvor that beanie,
from his face II he recountrd the -Iruggh'>
with the British At Lundv's Lime. Queens
town. Chippe WAY. Fort Ei-ic, IN i the >malt
cr engagements through which he passed
At the battle of LundN's Line. which com
menctd half an hour before sunset, th'
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