Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08
FOrty.FOurth Congress.

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time in sixteen years having control of the
House.
MONDAY, DEC. 6. Se,.ate-Mr. Ferry
of Michigan. president pro tempore. called
the body to order. and the new senators
were sworn in. Mr.. Dawes among the
number. he having recovered from the
injury lately received by HIM The cham
Der was draped in mourning for Mr. Will
son.
House-Hon NJ. c.. Kerr Of Indiana. the
democratic nominee was elected speaker
The vote stood-kerr, 173; Blaine. log:
scattering 3. Speaker Kerr said: "Gentle
men of the House of Representatives,
am heartily grateful 10 You for the honor
which YOU have conferre upon me in
calling me to this exalted station. pro-
foundly appreciate the importance and
delicacv of its duties. shall doubtless
many times need your patient indulgence.
[ pray that you will grant it and with
nothing but kindly feelings toward every
member Of the House I promise that in
all my official acts will divest myself to
the utmost of my ability Of all personal
bias and observe complete fairness and
impartiality toward all. and towards the
great and diversified interests of onr
country represented in this House.
Mr.. Kerr was sworn by Mr.. Kelley, Oh
Pa. the oldest member in continuous SER
vice. The speaker then administered the
oath to the rest of the members. All ex-
cept CT southcrncrs took the " IRON clad "
oath. Sixtv-one took 4 milder form owing
to their relations or want of relations to
the government during the war.
Quite 4 breeze was stirred by the en-
deavor of Fernando Wood to prevent Mr..
Morev of Ia. from being sworn in. Morey
held Kellogg's certificate while his contes
| taft Spencer, held 4 certificate signed by
McEnery.
/ Wood offered 4 resolution referring the
credentials of Morev and Spencer &c Il
committee of election. with Instructions to
report which of them is entitled to the
seat Mr.. Blaine claimed the last House
had solemnlv recognized Kellogg as gov
crnOr.
Mr.. Wheeler. of New York. said he had
trusted that the question rs to who was
governor of Louisiana had been set at rest
at least until the next general election, and
regretted that for 4 paltrv advantage it
should be again raised. Not emily had
Kellogg been recognized rs governor Of
Louisiana by the President Of the United
Statts and bv both houses, but also by the
people Of Louisiana, and by the solemn
statute passed 10y its legislature ut its eX-
ira session held last April. Besides this
| man Spencer had absolutely forecloScd
himself by having made himself Il contcS-
tant.
Wood and Lamar advocated the resolu-
: ton.
Mr. Blaine asked Mr.. Lamar whether in
the history of the House he knew of any
case where the credentials Of u member
signed by 4 pretended governor who had
) never been recognized rs governor by any
department of the Uuitcd States, or by his
own state, had been referred to Il commit
tee. He trusted that his friend Lamar witt
his we'll known moderation would restrain
t his party from placing on record sucl
4 an outrage. not only on state rights. o
e which he, Lamar. WAS such an eNamplai
: and advocate. but on the rule of common
:, dccencv us well.
= Finally the resolution was defeated anu
T. Morcy was sworn in rs member.
Gen. Burt, the Boston postmaster, ia.
. resigned, and Hon. f. S. Tobey receive.
the place.
:; TIE SUMNER STATUE.-Ihe committee
E on design of the Sumner statue have votct
l. unanimously 10 select Mr.. Thomas Ball tC
e make 4 statue Of Charles Sumner, to be
e placed in some public place in Boston
: The statue viii probably be of bronze,
: The Sunco0k Journal says that Lapagc
who is charged with the murder of JOSH,
I La gmaid, and who is confined in Concord
Jail, made another attempt to escape, las
week He broke the shackles from hi,
ankles, which We're chained to the floor
: The discovery prevented further mischief
A IIindoo employed on the Constant
Spring estate beheaded five children from
religious frenzy. The heads were severed
ut Il single blow with a machette.
In spite Of the cold weather, work on
5 the Burlington and Lamoille railroad is
S being vigorously pushed forward, and tn,
close of the season will see the road well
along to completion.
The Centennial Committee on opening
the ceremonies have selected as orator
William G. Evarts, II. w. Longfellow as
poet and grandson of Richard H. Lee
of Virginia, as reader of tho Declaration
OF independence
Bolton bears are getting to he quite "a
mliar. Several valuable sheep have re-
, Gently been killed by them Elcazc,
Stockwell had Il large buck killed last
week. who by appearance of the ground
, must have done some tall fighting before
he succumbed to bruin. The same beau
came into the barnvard Of Andrew Cox
one night last week.
At 4 recent meeting of the directors OF
the state prison the charges of Superintend
| ent Bailey against head keeper Lull were
dismissed. and on account of the irrecon-
+ clable differences between Bailey and Lul
the latter rendered his resignation which
the directors reluctantly accepted, they
II having the fullest confidence in his capac-
n ty and ability, after his experience of six
= or seven years as an officer of the prison
: Further work on the new building hi,
been suspended until warmer weather.
FIRES IN New EN,;LAHD-Accordinc t,
j The Boston Journal record of fires during
d the month of November. 1875, the losse.
: by fire in New England amount to 81. 499
. 100 The estimates are mainly based up
on the reports given by newspapers:
MASSACHUSETTS, se5s.loo
:
Connecticut, lG1.2fN
= Rhode Island. 93Vb
=, Maine, 4l,915
Il Vermont, 23.u.J
SI4aIeo
n The official statement of the Bank oil
America, at New Orleans, which suspend
> ed recently, shows the assets to be 81,
hundred and nineteen thousand dollars
l. and the liabilities three hundred ant
,hirty-eight thousand dollars. The liabil
- %. tiles include one hundred and eighty eigh
u thousand due depostors. and thirty light
thousand due Importers and Traders
National bank of New York. The asset.
), are decidedly weak. 1t is estimated tina,
i they will yield from ten to twenty-tiv
e cents on the dollar.
MOUNT WAsHINGToN.--Thc wors
storm experienced since the establishment
of the Mount Washington signal post