Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-29

sides giving him 800 in moncy-in short,
all they had--before he would absolve
him. 1t has made much feeling III Vine
land, and has created a bitter feeling
against the church there.
A SERIOUS DEMOCRATIC TROUBLE.
Congressman Adrian Muller, of the first
district in this city, had vacancy in West
Point to fill, and to avoid the responsible,
ty of making selection, advertised that Il
competitive examination would be held.
and the boy making the hest average
would be appointed. Probably Mr.. Null
Ter would not have done this, had he had
the faintest idea of the result, for, behold
you, "nigger' named Charles A. Min
ME, came out ahead. and Muller was COM
PEELED to appoint him. There were hun
dred applicants, but Minnie had clear
majority of points, and there was no mis-
take about it, There is loud sweainu
among the Democracy Of the first. at the
"dirthy nagur" who had the audacty to
stand first among the youth of that dis
trlct. John Morrissey is astute enough to
turn this little draught of gall 10 advan-
tage. There is very large negro vote
in that district, and the gallant John NO
sooner hears oft than he sends his checoue
for $500 to Minnie, with which he may
provide himself with Il proper outfit. This
is a shrewd stroke. 1t will be- Il conven.
lent thing for John to have at his back in
future political contests some hundreds OF
the negroes Of that section, for they are
looming into political Importance every
day, and even the cnmity orthe Irish can
not keep them out. Minnie is a very
bright boy, he has been more than two
thirds educated at home, and has done the
most of it himself In the examination
the maximum was an hundred, and he
stood SO IL. He understands fully what
is before him at West Point, but he I'm,
determined to 90 through il like man
and do something for his race rs well rs
himself.
THE GREAT TELEGRAPH CONSOLIDATION
There Is no more competition in tple.
graphing, and the public is us entirely ot
the mercy of monopoly us it was before
the Atlantic and Pacific was started to civ,
us relief from the monstrous exactions oI
the Western Union. With healthy com.
petition, rates had got down 10 Il poin,
that enabled the people to use the tele
} graph freely. A message from New York
to Chicago only cost twenty-five cents
and rates for shorter distances were ever
lower. This did not satisfy the grasping
} managers, and so this week. they got TO-
gether and consolidated the two comma
MES, and up 90 the rates Just us far as the
patience of an abused public will permit
1t will result in the Government takino
the telegraphic system of the country I'M
Ter its wing,-at least, it ought to. The
3 people are idiots lift they permita company
of grasping spectators to hold in its hant
the power to Cypress them. The rate
from New York to Chicago will 90 up tc
II dollar again, and so on in proportion,
vi course that little mephistophiles, jaw
Gould, is at the bottom of this, as he is Of
all the deviltry that is being done. Ifevery
man, woman and child in the United
States doesn't petition Congress to take the
telegraph lines, and operate them us it
does the mail system service, they will de,
serve all the swindes that can be imposed
upon them And, by the way, while they
ARE about it, they ought to take u die ut
the express business. There is no reason
under heaven why small parcels should
not be carried through the mails, at very
low rate of postage. The express business
is as miserable monopoly rs the teIe-
graph and needs reforming us much. To
get II dress from Boston TO Omaha costs
almost us much as the dress, and to some
points great deal more. There is no
reason why the mails should not be used
for the transportation of certain matter;
if the people are wise they will pay some
attention to these matters this winter.