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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04
Chr FIREMAN..
MONTPELIER VT,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST t, 1875
Andrew Johnson.

in Carter County. Tennessee.
Mr.. Johnson was a native Of North
Carolina. and was born at Raleigh on the
10Th Of December. 1,0> His father was
r,5r man who lost his life when Andrew
WAS bnt four wears old. from great eNer-
tions made 10 save n friend from drowning.
The son was by the widowed mother APP
prrntic,d TO a Raleigh tailor. when ten
wars OLDHAM this apprenticeship lasted till
he VIZ, seventeen. He then went in the
fall If 1921. to I.aurens Court House, sc.
where he worked two years rs a journey
man. Going from there back to Raleigh
for 4 short time, he fore-tlled Horace
Greeley, advice of = TO west. Young man,
20 west and set ont for Tennessee to earn
lis own Twin. and one for his mother.
whom he took with him, like the sturdy
honest fellow he was
At GrccnviIlc, in East Tennessee, he stop
ned AMI bean work as a iOurneyman. In
g. yelr Le married and after a short absence
came blcl to Greenville. which he ever after
mad. hi, hun. When working a> IN
anprrn.ic. it is ~aii he was given an ambi-
ti,n To- learn by hearing A volume of
.,,..,.L,., of FnoIfsh statesmen read aloud
IN tho .,,,, md N. hal prol,blv acquired
,bo ....,.n,,,1f.rnort If re,jjnt before
,,,ino +, tennessee. But he never went
to school q Iav in hi, life. Of his wife.
,,h,,v, ,..rimal,I. woman he learned to
write. and also something of arithmetic.
In 1>3> he. became As he was often wont
+, remark an Alderman Of Greenyille.
rbf, office he held until 1880 when he was
elected MAYOR. holding the latter position
three wears. In I>35 he was elected to the
legislature. Til, early start in politics
opened a field that was tlluring to him
AMI no doubt decided his career. In 1910
h.. was one of the elector, at large on the
Van Barren ticket and ctnya-.ed the state,
-polkin.r on the stump arlin,t several Of
the leading Wings.
In ISL lie was chosen to the State Sen
ate and in ~i3 elected to Congress. where
h.rrm.tinr.l until lsJ} when the democrats
made him governor Of Tennessee. In $50
,h~y reelected him governor, AMI in l-577
lie became United States senator. He
had 1T this time become man of large eN-
+ .rienee IN pubic affairs, stump speaker
who could talk tor hours at time. and
altogether 4 strong seIi-reliant man who
believed IN Andrew johnson and had "
iu-n amount OF re>pectior TINT individual
u respect thai the sturdy honesty OF the
man deserved
In ISL when the South ran madiy into
rrbelllon'and 10 be a federal meant So
ci.l and political o=tracism and very likely
death Andrew johnson stood like 4 rock
fpr the lIon under whose government ne
had grown from poor orphan apprentice
10 the man of influence he then was. lie
m2te Intermlnable speeches IN the Senate
an elsewhere declaring hi~ unwaverlns
devotion 10 the constitution anu the nag OF
lie Fttbal.- and Iattal Scan.S and MI IT =
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04
The State Finances.

State Treasurer Pages Account for the
fiscal year ending August lst, 1915, given
herewith, shows that the State OF \er-
mont. counting against her. the bonded debt
not due until 1876 and 1873. and the
Agricultural College Fund which she holds
substantially rs !, permanent trustee. has
liabilities present and to come, exceeding
what NAV be called her immediate cash
assets by the sum of S3,G43.91. If that
ism I about as good q record as any state
can show bring on the next one. Among
the items Of receipts during the last year
we notice one Of over $1,000 for interest
on funds in the Treas urer's hands received
from banks where they were deposited.
r.TREAsrHRE'> ACCOUNT ros YEAR TO Ars l, Is
State Of yer.n mt in account with J. A PAGE Treasr
Balance IL Treasury and in Banks, Aug l.
sin sEJ Fae sl: Aug e s, e. for statutes ..a
Military stores Id. 2.z35 81
store s3Id SO
for Circus licenses 1910
" q" Income Of Axc'l plese Fund, e,l.0. "
-. 0yerpaldi ret!inled, 2"
3 u ~ i f:ss.e fee. collect, 80
cona q Clerks. ]! ]: e e! g g
C.S. Pare, Senator LAM Co
mileage as reported by
on y.!: Is. sS?|.:: i<'''s'
from Forei.n Ins. Companies ls7$-4 ~ o.
T2m IF Fo re af lbs Some1rie 1 I..5 >. 80 .
" Interest paid by County Clerks 81 %
Tg BIZ B.aSs 5n i1 B4i II. Is u u yo8
So 5,t %
For ET STAT gay Of rsr ninth to sol, So: I !
t >an7'' 6r,i ,'TasFs 81 :: >
Debsnt 'i,' ciel.1 Assembly go"
Pad ?5' Faid~d Lax e5S5 c,upon Bonds l''' .
Paid q a Funded Debt Coupon Bonds 'Y''''
.5 F S, I'd P 3- E: 5 Loans i: $4,000
on '2@ Mastered Isl ! L fand 10 IS
balances Si KIM 4t FIND i''iS ''O'' - y >
cash in Treasury and Bal in Banks IS ~ 4
sy.55e3
LIABILITIES ACG |, Ie75
D4s t, tow " ;', L ; 5 Fund sll,5s .;
- OutstanJil1l-, C'ie,.ks 80 -
faHiSd D5@' 5a1s Z: l2:e co. 1900
A.rI Coile-e Fund. I55 ~
$685. ?
REsOU?CEs.
t a.. IA II fe i.a II I q Bank. &C.
Excess Of Liabilities. st:3 .
Hon. Charles Moran of Rochester, In
>pect,r of Finance, has been in town the
last two days and has concluded his exam
ination Of the State Treasurers accounts
and i making examination Of those of
Mr.. Perrin, the State Auditor.
BY the courtesy of Mr.. Fer.in We ar,
enabled to give the following classification
OF the various orders (over 300 drawn bv
him on the treasurer during the wear. |,
may be noted that the item of court cxpen-
Ses covers the sums drawn by the county
/ clerks on estimates. These sums excee,
the amount used, AMI thu surplus is re-
funded. We believe that this surplus g
refunded together with fines and costs paid
over from the courts amounts during the
last year to some S2S,0)1.
The following is a elias sification of the
Auditors orders from Aug1, 1871 to Julv
81. 1c15.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

The failure of the publishing house Of
J. b. Ford X Co. is announced. MI
Beecher's publishers have suffered from
the long intern upton to his labor> n editor
Of the Christian Union and as author OF
the Life of Christ" the second volume OF
which has now been delayed several years.
the contract for the work having been
entered into in lS6t. On this work. Ford
x Co. have laid out nearly 800 01l. AMI.
they NJ least find the first volume very
difficult of sale without the second. Their
other publications are of an expensive
class of religious books, the sale Of which
has been much injured by the hard times
4 committee OF creditors has been ap-
| firm. Ford X Co, have 4 book-balance
in their favor Of $4,000. but their assets
are of a character whose real value j
largely contingent.
The Christian Union is not involved in
the failure, and is owned by a stock COM
panv of lj6 shares of $1,000 each. of which
| the editor in chief owns -. lis circulation
n one time reached 13l.00. bat fell off to
5000 At the last statement. and i now
said 10 be less than 10000. Henry NJ
| Cleveland and IIoratio {. King are 10 I'M
dcrtake the publication Of the newspaper
and doubtless the capital VIII he forth
coming TO pat it again prominently before
the public. The effort also on Mr. Beech
er's part viii not he wanting. rs he has
given up his lecture opportunities and
will come back from the moun,lin> pre-
pared to devote himself % the church..
the book and the paper. He will have to
contend, however, with changes in business
and journalism unftvorable to feat, Of
strength. sudden growth> and over
growih>. Religious newspapers can no
longer be run up to prodigiou> circulationS
by a free distribution of chromoS or other
premiums. AMI must share the contraction
of ambitions. methods AMI eApeY>e>
which AL newspapers are UNDERGOING.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

KENTUCKY ELECTION. Returns from
the kentucky state election of Monday, in
dictate about the same democratic majority
as in 1871, when Leslie was elected by
81, l53. with a possibility that it may ex-
coed those figures Harlan, the Republi
can candidate for governor. generally runs
ahead of his ticket and especially in Louis
Vile Chs home). where the usual sweeping
democratic majority was cut down to 2,1o>
in a total vote of Il, 0Gi. There were no
republican candidates for the Legislature
in Louisville, and the full democratic
delegation was returned. Bowling Green
gives 20 democratic majority. 4 gain over
Leslie's vote, and Franklin county go
majority. n light gain over Ieslie's vote,
Madison county. the home of McCreary.
the democratic candidate, gives him 4
large majority. and Paducah 1876 majority,
4 gain Of 2l0 over Lcslie's vote.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

Some days a.o, the Springfield TqiOu
noticed that the story of the writing on
the Image, which was used by Longfelow
as tie illustration Of his admirable Bow
dom Commencement Poem, had before
been used by William Morris; and now it
has found the original 1t is included in
the :" Ge>ta Eomanorum," Latin >toric,
invented by the monks in the Middle Ages.
but was first told by William of Mains
bury, who died in 1913. He gives it As
follows:
At Rome. there a hrazen statue extrn'iit.- the
wr'tteil s;riEe here Ing susptct+d to e"nceal
r.aos and tn i-n6rant in their enieavofs t.
it Al leuTth Gtrbert Pore sylvester / VII" died IL
tn reie Of the toretil-er the -rolnd
pase carr}ins amp, The. by na-.ea' OPERATION
ne oPeur'i "ii'- 4---, III the EARTH thr"'Izh " Il
walls tn Beans aud the whle struct1ire wert u ld:
thy saw ,,l i,ia;e- # h1l.9fs Ilaylns a chr>s.
& IN - w a,r1l ~ VIZ st4 Inn
fa4tei the ~he aiase, Music to whit6 s@ d a
tiSure vii heHro b'" A. they ATTEMPTED T. touch
Il t@ r RI n. l i I'm rbt M va. 20 ma i
tn. 1 t-o ~, {ii: IL E FaF Of w. hYid t.
sh At hat ln4inet al TX }llaEt- r%-e ~ =
Tjllce and tt.l darkness rI.-Jri n o4t. til, Il
suffered cruel death.
The monks and the poets XII the hap
less scholar. And the former add this
moral " Ny believe |. the image is the
devil; the clerk is any covetou> man. who
sacrifices himself to the cupidtv of his de-
sire~; the steps by which he drscend>, are
the passions; this archer is death; the car
buncle is human life, and the cup and
knife are worldly possessions.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

The remains of eX.Presidcnt johnson
arrived at Greenvlle, Tenn, from Carter
county. where he died. on Sunday morn
ing. and were escorted to his late resi-
dence by the Masons and 4 large number
of citizens. The body was placed in a
beautiful casket, with rich silver mount
ingS and Masonic emblems, and was en-
folded in national flag, while in his right
hand was placed 4 copy Of the Constitu-
ton. in compliance with his oft-repeated
request Monday morning, the remains
they lay in state. The body showed signs
of decomposition, Monday morning, and
the case was closed. The casket is cover
cd with floral offerings. Upon the silver
plate is engraved simply, " Andrew John
son. aged sixty-seven.' Upon the walls
Of the court room where the body lies are
three oil portraits of the deceased anil
many photographs of various styles, a
steel engraving, and n SPLENDID bust in
medallion, all surrounded with badges of
mourning. Upon the casket, amid wreath
Of flowers. lies = large steel engraving in
4 rich gilt frame, with heavy Masonic in
sigma.
The funeral took place Tuesday morn
ing. under charge of the Masons, and a
large concourse Of people was expected.
among them civic and military organize
ton. Gov Porter and the state officials
and the Nashville committee. Mr.. john
sons children We're all at Greelville, ex-
cept his daughter, MIS- Brown-at whose
house he died-who is detained at her re-
sideuce with her mother. who is not ex-
pected long TO survive the shock occasion
ed by her husbands sudden death. The
court house stores and private reside nee
we're lraped in mourning As well as me
old tailor shop where he used to work, and
deep gloom prevails in the community.
The place Of burial was on johnson hill,
half :, mile southeast of the village. This
hill is in j0-acre tact of land which
was ow ned by Mr.. Johnson, overlooking
the village AMI plainly visible from the
railroad Ii is said that before the war
the ex-President marked the place where
he wished 10 be buried by plant M on the
spot a willow taken from his yard, which
wa, off 4 shoot Of a willow tree grown on
Napolcon> tomb 1t :. Helena.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

LEGAL TENDER DEro>Irs The Con-
troller of the Currency has notified the
Secretary of tn. Treasury of the issue
during the month of July of Sl,27O, j9s al
litional National Bank circulation. This
viii nectssitatc the withdrawal Of 81 ,0l6,-
AZ in Legal tender notes. The amount
Of legal tender notes deposited since July
l, by National Banks, for the purpose of
retiring their circulation, is 81 s609l0
making the whole amount of legal tender
notes deposited since June 50, 1>7J, 81
3s9.961. The total amount of additional
bank circulation issued since June 10Th,
1874, i, Sl2, is; since January 18th,
$50, S90j,l1J. The total amount OF
National Bank circulation outstanding.
January 1ith, 1875. was S35l, SOL 40 and
Il July2 sth, 1e15, $3.50, 512.J 39
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

\ bill! of notice Of in leb.e lneSs m " be
sent on a postal card. but no obscene, sour
rllous OF def,m story mltter. The cas-. is
reported Of Crane W. Walker in New
York, where the plaintiff recovered 500
from the defendant for having sent him Il
postal card, bearing the language, :" 1t
seems 10 me You are acting like j regular
fraud etc. Crane wis biIl-collectpr,
and Walker WAS lei to suspect him of not
making true returns on his collections 1t
was proved that the postal card lay on
Crane desk in his Office AMI WAS res BY
several persons.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

MOUNTAIN MEADOW RE.-Thc
government brought on a few witnesses
besides klin~en Smith. who tell about the
same story. The defence began Thurs lay.
Mr.. >picer. John ID. Lees counsel. in
opening the case said that the theory of the
defence is that the emigrant>, by their own
misconduct at Corn creek. had 80 enra gcd
the Indians tha, they sent runners ahead.
gathering help from other tribes, till At
the Meadows they numbered four or five
hundred; that the whites sold supplies 10
the emirrants and treated them well; that
Lee held no military or church office. but
tried To protect the emf grants. AMI wept.
when the massacre was proposed; and not
Lee, but William Bateman, went with the
flag of truce: that afterward Lee went to
The corral and stayed two hours, declaring
that the treaty was 4 iona tid,. one; that
while in the emCrantS' corral, IIaight
IIgbce and klinyen Smith were plotting
to Kill them that what the whites did was
done through fear Of death at the hands of
the Indians, who threatened that. if they
didn't help Kill the emirrantS. they would
Kill them.
Slmuel Pollock was thu first witness for
the defence. He testified that Ezra Curtis.
a lieutenant in the militia. called him ont
from Cedar City to 70 to the Meadows he
was told to save the emigrants and bury
the dead took guns and spades, lay in
camp in the sight Of the emigrauts. and
saw no one but Indians. who We're shoot
ting from various points. The next morn.
inc. Lee arrived, and more men AMI more
Indians; a flag of truce went out and the
emiGrantS messenger met 1t; SAW the
emf grants come ont soon: hear, the report
Of guns but he could not then see them ::
when he did see them, saw the Indians
rushing in.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

Here is Your genuine case Of Nepotism
Gov. Tillen has appointed William 7.
Pelton to be his Military Secretary. with
the rank of Colonel. Col. Pclton is 4
nephew Of the Governor. and has been
acting heretofore in the capacity Of con-
tidental secretary ana adviser. His new
duties Will be about the same And the
Governor has been summering down in
New jersey. too. Bat then he don't live
in Washington and isn't a republican, 50
there is no occasion for democratic papers
to howl.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

TIL E VI a r h Z I s.
seporteG and elegrdphed rpresstyfor che fre-a
Mountain Freeman.
BOSTON CATTLE MARKET
CAxBRIDG AND BRIGHT

For tae HeeN eHd4H| IUesIuS' Ky -
C1tsff, Sheep, Sh5tes. ROqs GIr-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-08
A MEMPHIS JEWELLERS EXIT.
He Packs Up His BaubIes and Silent
~ steals Away.

Yesterday morning the ieWelry estdb-
llshment Of Mr.. NJ. j. Slater, No. ~
Main street, near Adams, did not open As
usual. Ere long rumOrs Of a strange na-
tHTe we're in circulation, and deputy CON
stables began TO appear in the yiraity.
These officers Of the law bore in their
hands bits Of white paper, marked attach
ments, and by virtue Of this authority the
doors were forced. To the establishment Of
all but the posted the establishment pre-
sented a Quilted appearance. All the show
cases, windows, etc, had been stripped, and
nothing was left except 4 lot Of clocks and
lot of old iewelrY Of bat little value. At
tachments were plastered all over the
house by the cOnstables, who now poured
in thick and fast. II appeared that on
Saturday night Mr. Slater had packed up
all his valuables, a stock valued at about
8, coo or more, and on Sunday morning
had taken the train for Little Rock or Hos
Springs. Arkansas.
On Saturday he borrowed one hundred
dollars from Mr.. Duffy, the Adams street
saloon keeper, for which he gave his note
payable in a day 0r two.
Creditors appeared by the dozen; they
inspected the premises and recOUnied the
tales as TO how they had been left in the
lurch. l. was understood that a Mr..
Cooper, who resides out in the country,
not far from the city, had a bill Of sale for
the remnant Of stock left by Slater in the
house,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-08


THE Nel1 York Herald of Sunday
last was laid on our table Yesterday
morning at ten O'Clock by the repre-
sentative of the Union News Company
IN this city. The paper left New York
at 2:3O Sunday morning and was in this
city at 5:l5 O'Clock Monday morning.
1t was carried from New York to Buff
falo by the HeraI9's special express, in
charge Of W. H. Williams. general man
ager Of the Union News Company. From
Buffalo 1t was carried to this city on
the trains Of the Lake Shore and other
lines over which the Union News Com
pany enjoys privileges. The company
expects 20 deliver the Sunday Herald
IN this city regularly during the sum-
mer months at six O'Clock Monday
morning. Twenty-six hours and half
between New York and Cincinnati Is
something Of an ACHE cement in rail
road history.-CinciRRati Enquirer.
Noticing this extraordinary feat Of
enterprise, the Cincinnati Commercial
says, IN its surly, way, there was moth.
ing in Sunday s Herald, anyhow. When
does the editor of the Commercial pro-
pose to undertake that contract TO rev.
olutiOnize journalism in New York,
concerning which mysterious hints 90
the rounds every once in a while
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-08
IREL.ANR

BELFAST, July THE contest for the
Mayor and Citizens Cup was held on
Range on Lord Duilerin's grounds, dis
lance LOCO yards. Each man was allowed
i've shots, the highest possible score being
20. Several thousand persons witnessed
the shooting. All members Of the Ameri-
can Team and reserves took part. The
contest was exciting, especially towards the
close. The scores were announced As fol
lows:
GildeTsleeve, American, 70; Lee, Of Bel
fast, 10; Fulton, American, II; Johnston,
Of Dublin, Is; Bruce, American, u; Nc
kenna, or Dublin, II; Wylie, 10.
The tie between America and Ireland
was then shot of according 10 terms
agreed upon. The men had three
shots apiece. The result was again
tie, Gildersleeye's and Lees scores being
exactly alike. Each made two bulls
eyes and 4 center, counting II. Excite
ment rose to fever heat. As they began 10
shoot Off the second tie, both men were
cheered vOciferOusly. The final result was
victory for GildeTsleeye, who made three
bulls-eyes IN succession, scoring Il; Lee
made 10. The victorious American was
wildly applauded by the excited spectators.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-08

Discussion in French Assembly.
The Cassagnae- Gambetta Quarrel
Proceedings in the English Par
Lament.
CIese Contest in Ireland.
Remains of the Late Emperor
Ferdinand.
Hasty Retreat Of the Carlists.
The London Times ON AlfOnsO's
Prospects.
Italy too Poor TO be Represented
at Our Centennial.
Proceedings in the English Par
Lament.
CIose Contest in Ireland.
Remains of the Late Emperor
Ferdinand.
Hasty Retreat of the Carlists,
The London Times ON AIfOnsO's
Prospects.
Italy too Poor TO be Represented
at Our Centennial.
ENGLAND

LONDON, July Tin the House Of
Commons, this evening, John Bright pre-
scented a petition signed by 10000 men,
bers of the Agricultural LabOrers' Union
and others, asking for extension Of house
hold suffrage TO counties and bOrOughs
and for a redistribution Of Parliamentary
seats.
Mr.. Tre7elyn moved a second reading Of
the household franchise or counties bill.
Right Hon. w. Z. Forster supported the
bill. The principle involved had already
been decided upon its merits by all par
ties. The proposed measure was one of
such pure justice that its eventual
passage was inevitable. He quoted former
utterances of Disraeli favorable to il.
Henry Fawcett said the agricultural la
bOrers had been neglected in regard to edu-
cation and other things, because they had
not been enfranchised. The House would
ultimately be obliged 10 cOncede the de-
mands Ofan indignant people. The speak
ing Onthe other side pointed 10 a large ma
joIity against the bill in last session, and
urged that the measure was inOppOrtune.
The House divided and the motion for a
second reading was lost by a vote Of 1G6
yeas 10 26S nays.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-08
SPAIN.

MADRID, July Ten. DaUegaTay with
fourteen battaliOus, comprising the entire
Carlist force in Valencia and AragOn, has
rapidly crossed the HUesca and Lereda
railway between the stations Of Tradienta
and Stigma, and retreated in the direction
of Babarlev. It is believed he is going 10
Urged, but as he lacks cavalry TO operate in
that district, which is free Of mountains
and full of Liberals, it will be impossible
for him to remain there. The Cariisis
traversed ninety kilometres in one day.
Their flight liberates four provinces.
Gen. Dorregary has met with Tepulse at
BarbastiO and has turned in his retreat to-
ward Sierra Guard. The Alfonsist troops
are In close pursuit. Gen. Jouvellar Of
icially announces the capture by forces IN
der him, Of the command Of Carna Vieja,
with its artillery and entire garrison, 1000
strong.
LONDON, July The Times to-day
summaries the military and political situa-
ton in Spain, and gives q gloomy view of
the AlfOnsist cause, and says recent minor
success Of Jouvellar have been OptWeighed
by reverSes elsewhere. The Carlists seem
about to begin a forward march All the
bright hopes Alfonso brought 10 Spain have
vanished, and his best generals less active
than heretofore. They have met defeat in
stead Of victory. The King has not been