Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-23

HORACE BUSHNELL, ID D.-Onc Of the
pillars of the Congregational Church in
New England has passed away in the
death of Ecv. Horace Bushnell, at Hart
ford Thursday morning. Born at New
Preston, c., in 1902, u graduate Of Yale
in 1927, his whole lie, with :hc exception
Of Il brief period about 1880. when he
went To New York and WIS editor of the
New York J0UNal Of Commerce, has been
spent in his native state, and since 1888 in
Hartford. where un,il within Il few wears
he has been pastor of the North Congrrga-
lional church. He has been Il voluminouS
theological writer. and some Of his views
have Eeen dremcd 50 hcretlc;tl that he was
once called upon to answer 4 charge
against him before the clerical association
To which he belonged, though it WIS not
sustained. He was :. man OF great intel
| lcctull force. anil combined wiki his fond!
ness for Theological discussion IN uncom-
mon interest in public at ,r> ii trif,rd
has only recently begun to realize the debt
she owes him. and it must have been I
pleasant incident OF hi> last days That he
should see the park viii h he had secured
for III" city ntnlcI after linn.
THE FRENCH ELrc r1oNs-it;er nearly
two months Of turmoil. the French crc-
lor:l campaign ended on Sunday bv tllt.
election of the new Chamber of Deputies
The returns come in slowly from the sev-
en- hundred and lwcntv-three districts
which voted but il j. certain that The nd
miniStration has suffered a signal defeat.
and that the Conservative Republicans will
have :, working lajoritv in the new Cham
Der. This is confirmed by Minister BGf-
fet's rendering his resi- nation to President
MacMlhon. who, however. seems disposed
To retain him in office until the new I.rri>-
E,ture assemblies In doing so the Mu,h-
al-Prrsilcnt acts prldenllv. since the in
trrvcning fortnight will afford him time to
realize fully the meaning of The popular
verdict.
Many incidents implrt interest to the re-
turns NJ l;ouhcr has been elected in
Corsica. bat his Bon sptrist ally, NJ. Emile
Olivier Of Franco-i,crmln war notorirlv.
WAS defeated 10y Il Republican in the Var
The ~.,me f,tc bcfrll H,ron II,r,snann in
Paris where he formerly h.,>kcd in the
full sunshine of Imperial fay r. NJ. Theirs
| WAS returned in PuiS. i, We're also the
R.dicaI, Btrodct, Floquet. and Lnu>
Blame NJ. Guubcltt enjoys The distinction
Of being chosen by five districts. While NJ
Louis Blame WIS elcc:cl by four
NJ Rcnlult. who resigned die Per-
lecture of Police beclj>r he incurred VI
Buffet, di- pleasure by accepting Republic
can aid. i, elected, and will rroblb V be
rcins,ntcd " the next administration
Among the defeated however. is NJ Ma
qurt. Il violent Radical. who WIS actually
nominated against NJ. Gtnbc,tl in Mar
/ crllitS
In the li@h: of the present returns the
day has resulted in = grr.t; triumph fox
! popular government.
| The evidence in the BnbcJck trial shows
| ut least this much, that Gen Babrock had
, suspicious intimacy with members Of the
st Louis whi>kry ring. lis counsel have
! promised to show that 10 money was sent
! to him. and explain the testimony o! Ever
| est us u trick on the part of Joyce. Iley
call attention to the fact that .JoNce did no
place the letter supposed by Everest tt
contain money privately in the post-otlicc
rs WIS natural in ease of such Il criminal
act, but he got u 81 900 bill paradcd tw,
envelopes addressed to Babcock and Avery
pretended to put money in each. an sen
them hy Everest to the mail This WAS t.
convince the di>tilcrS. through Everest. OF
their security. 1t is claimed tina, it was
an attempt to sacrifice Babcocb in order +,
serve the fraudulent purposes of Mellon
aid and Joyce. 1t is easy to see how f;l
short the evidence comes of proving th,
Babcock received 500 from the riry
Perhaps the darkest manmuvre of the de
fence is the manner in which the prisoner
counsel have fought tn G admisso of IT.,
dispatches. This hard " tallics with tn,
request of Gen. Blbrock to have the priv
ilege of explaining them before II compe
tent court.-Burfiuy'o Free Press