Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-24

Either side is willing to fight if it thinks
the other won't. Neither side is willing
to fight if it thinks the other wil.-Jere
Black.
It's bad bill. The House committee
have been bull-dozed. The American de-
mocracy are pigeon.livered, and have
shown the white feather, and run b,fore u
gun is pointed at them.-Jere Black.
Charles Fisher, who was recently con-
victed of stealing papers from the Office of
the District Attorney at Washington, and
WHO was pardoned and conveyed by his
friends TO the Lunatic Asylum in the
District of Columbia, made his escape
Tuesday night.
The locomotive is still deemed an UNI
welcome visitor in China. Although the
short, experimental line between Shang-
hal and Woosung is in time to become
Government property, the Chinese ra5ble
regard it with hostility and have interrupt
ed its traffic.
We do not see that either party is in a
position to defeat the scheme of arbitra-
ton. If either party accepts the respon-
sbility of defeating it under the circum-
stances that party will be placed at Il dis.
advantage before the country Cincinnati
/ Commercial.
1t is said the ground in the country is
frozen to the depth of only IL few inches
the immense body of snow having the eff.
feet of drawing the frost from the ground
From this it is thought that the winter
grain crops will be unusually good next
year.
The House judiciary committee have
agreed to report Il bill enabling women
to practice in all United State, courts, on
the same conditions Us men, which is sim
pie Justice to women who have already
acquired the requisite professional qualili
cations. rs well rs to some thousands prob
ably who will follow them.
Chief. Engineer Charles Collins, of the
Lake Shore Railroad Company, committed
suicide ut his dwelling in Cleveland, o..
last Friday. His body was found upon Il
bed in his room. In one hand was grasp
ed IL revolver while another pistol and t
razor were lying beside him on the bed
1t is supposed that the Ashtabula disaster
had made him insane.
Vicount Maidstone, who attempted t.
enter the British army as Il private soldier
has just run away with and married :
lady of ancient lineage, They drove from
the Church door to the telegraph office
and each sent Il telegram to their respect
i've families communicating the fact of The
marriage and asking the paternal forgive
ness,
The Union, the Democratic organ il
Washington, continues its opp sition tC
the counting bill, and prints letter from
Elk Secretary Welles, in which he defend,
the right of the House of Representatives
to reject vote, and says: mo arbitra
ton or new tribunal is required. 1t woul,
be spurious, illegitimate, illegal, false tc
the country and to the Constitution, what
ever might be the result"
Among Mondays manifestations was
the adoption of resolutions in favor OF thu
electoral bill by the PittSburg (Pa) cham
Der of commerce and the St. Louis mer
chants exchange. the boards of trade il
St. Paul, MINI, and Kansas City, Mo.
and large meeting in Richmond, Va
The republicans in the Illinois House
however by n strict party vote, reconsider
ed resolutions approving the bill, which
they had adopted on Saturday, and refer
red them to committee.