Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-09

rapidly disappearing, but that two months
| in Congress has convinced him that the
rcontarv is the fact"
This is the way the centennial appropri-
alton vote in Congress cuts up:
Yeas li6
| Republicans. So
inicrcndtiits.
! Total. Id
| Nays. l2o,
| n'mrrats loo
Inirpcnient+,
| TtaI. lu
! Reverdy Johnson is now 50 years Of
age, and is almost as lively as he WAS %
Years ago; indeed. some of the old en-
ployeS of the Senate say he can get about
rs well As he could then. His cve-sight is
not Very good but, though he has a Young
man to lead him about. he instantly recog
nizes his friends when he is near them
He is As !iovial as ever, and tells many a
good Joke.
| Calcraf who recently retired from the
trying position Of hangman in England,
had an agreeable custom of always shak-
inc hands with those upon whom he was
about TO carry out the sentence Of the law
But it has been observed that Marwood,
his successor, never does this, and specu-
lation has been rife in certain quarters as
to the cause of his departure from this prec-
edent. Freemasons will be interested to
learn that the reason is 'becauSe he is a
free and accepted Mason, and breads the
| "on.l"nnn,nd man giving llIn II 0It>vni,
grip IN return.
| The diamonds now seen in New York,
| the Commercial .1drtrtiSer saws. are mostly
African. Even the great Tweed diamond,
which sold for SD, 900 is under stood to be
of African origin. The famons diamond
of Col. j. III. Wood of Philadelphia which
weighs eighty carat>. and is valued at
so. 900. was discovered hear Port Natal
in the I.impapo River. 1t was found just
after u heavy rain. sticking to Il lump of
clay, and in lis natural state measured one
and Il half inches from one extremity to
the other. The prejudice against the Af-
rican diamond, ut first manifested. has
been wholly overcome.
Going to church on the Sabbath, and to
evening meeting, or to lectures, may be
productive Of good to the hcarcr. but if.
during the service his horse is standing
uncovered OF half covered outside. we
should, contend that he needed y different
sort of preaching than he had been accust-
omed 10. Provide Il good warm blanket
with proper straps and buckles. and do
not RELY upon IN old worn-ont robe. which
will most likely blow off and if it does not
does not half cover the horse. The :rucst
Chr; stanitv makes us mindful to beings
beneath Us. whether in station or intell-
rcncc.-Our U1tiilh ini1na1S
George A. Kent. a Binohlmton. (N. "
tobacconi>t. awokc about ) o clock, Satur-
day morning, to find Il >ttlwart burglar in
his bedroom, quietly told the fellow to
help himself. and rolled over rs if going
to sleep; then. rs the burglar passed into
the sittingroom. plnchcd his baby to make
it cry, so the burglar would not hear his
movements, and going to the doorway.
fired four shots ut the burglar. but missed
him. They then clinchrd. and Kent fired
two more shots, one of which took effect in
the right breast. when the burglar fell with
| Kent on TOP OF him. but freed himself and
escaped, but was arrested later ut Il house
where he had called, and. representing
that he had been shot and robbed by
highwaylnen, obtained ;ldmittance and y
doctor to dress his in niuries, which are Sc
rious. An accompiice. who was in the
house with him, ran off when Kent began
firing, and escaped
The facts about the prospect of richness
in the Emma mine. are that since the alb
andonmcnt of the main shaft of the Emma
at Il depth Of less than 400 feet, because at
that point the ore had become too narrow
to pay for the working. Il st Louis organi-
zaton known rs the Bay City tunnel COM
pany has started Il tunnel into the Emm;.
hill. and this tunnel, at distance cf 1900
feet from its mouth, has cut a large body
of rich talcose ore. carrying several thous-
and dollars 4 ton. This ore body is alleged
to he in the correct position to be Il conlin-
uation in depth of the Emma mine, and its
value is estimated ut from 50, 900, 900 to
$4,000, 900. The Emma company, how
ever. will have no right in any part of this
bonanza, until 1t proves, by extending its
shafts downward. that the oar is within
the walls of the Emma vein. In the mean
time the Bay City company assumes the
ore body to be a new vein to which they
are entitled by right of discovery, anG
they are taking out the ore rs fast rs ever
they can.
The defiant position taken in the recent
amnesty debate by Mr.. Ben Hill called ou
a statement to the effect that Hill when a
member of the Confederate Senate struck
| w li1ltul L. tHCtS VII tiIC Oste n vi lhS
head with an inkstand. The Nashville
american contradicts this story. but gives
in its place one to the effect that during .
heated debate Hill called Yancey a liar
when the latter sprang forward to strike
him. but was caught and thrown violently
over desk. Hill was much the larger
and stronger man, and Yancey the more
active. In the fall his spine was injured
and he lay on the floor with blood oozins
, from his lips. He was take away. and thu
members tried to keep the matter secret
and did prevent it from being known fo
six months. Yancey never recovered, h'
dropped from day to day, became hope
less. listless, and vacant. and passed quiet
, ly and calmly away. When Yancey dice
he had given up all hope of the success o
the movement for which he had laborc'
J long and earnestly.