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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

Tho appointment of Mrs. Virginia
Thompson as postmistress of Louisville,
Ky, seems TO have been a happy one in
every way, the new official being repres.
entcd as II very capable woman, while mis-
fortunes render the appointment almost a
gOdsend to her. She succeeds woman,
daughter of the late Gov Morehead of
Kentucky, whose health has lately failed,
and finds the public very ready to welcome
her.
The arrangement between the father of
lost Charley Ross and Mr.. Barnum is sim
ply that the boy, if found, shall be held by
the great Snowman until the father has
paid back the sum of $4,000 which Bar
mum will give to the ahductors or those
who may surrender him, land no ques-
tions asked" The poor father, it is said
has spent 100000 in bis search for his
child, and is quite impoverished. lie ac-
cepts Mr.. Barnum's offer rs last resort.
A tragic affair occurred ut Bow, N. H.,
Wednesday evening. George E. Austin
made an assault upon his wife, when her
son, William Flanders, aged seventeen
years old, fired at his step.lalher with II
shotgun, lodging several bullets in his
shoulders and fatally wounding him. Mrs.
Austins arm was shattered by the dis
charge so that amputation was necessary.
Flanders has been arrested.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

The fact is noted that at the same tern
of court in Georgia white man charge,
with stealing u hog was fined 500, an(
three negroes charged only with altering
the marks on neighbours hog were sen,
fenced to the penitenliary for three years
each.
Here is u warning to wives who are liy-
ing with second husbands. Mrs. John Du-
choslav of Baltimore asked John TO go
with her last week and decorate the grave
of his predecessor in her affections, but
John wasn't disposed, and when she rot
back from the cemetery she found herself
again widow.
The Concord IN. II J Monitor, which
opposes the presidents southern policy
has been writing to members of the leo.
islature and other prominent republicans
asking their opinion as to its course. OF
S6 replies, So unqualfiedly approve its
course, many of them characterizing lis
rs " too mild;n "a believe the
presidents course wrong, but counsel
with regard to it; and q be.
liove that the result will vindioate his
policy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

Book NoTIcES.-Among the new books
which T. G. Phnney has for sale we notice
the following:
The Vine BiJJerS' Temperance Socjetv.
10 those who have lived in IL village like
this where there has been Il good deal of
agitation of the temperance question, "
this little book will be full of interest The
author has lught the point of the argu-
mens on both sides and puts them in Just
the shape in which they are presented by
those who use them to best advantage.
The plot of the book WAS upon the organ
ization of II liberal temperance society
to which men could belong and still drink
as much liquor as they desired to. Most
of the radicals withdrew, but the socie-
ty nourished for all that. Whether one is
n ram-rod," " conservative or II
"rummy " he will find rich entertainment
and good deal of instruction in this little
work which costs but Is cents.
Curtis Guilds A6road Agujn is one of
the most entertaining books of European
travel one can find this summer The de-
scripions are of things worth seeing and
by man who knows how to use both
eyes and words. The price of the book is
$3.50.
As readable a book for the old folks as
for the young folks for whom it is written
is Higginson's Explorers. Mr.. Higginson
has found the way to answer the continual
prayer of ''tell me story The only OBJ
lection to this work must come from those
who hold that in studying history boys
and girls should, foS their ultimate good,
realize that they are performing duty
and task. If one has y boy or girl study
ing American History he ought to put one
of these books into the young fellows
hands and watch the result If it isn't
satisfactory lie can leave off selecting his
own books thereafter, and allow subscrip-
ton book agents to do it for him. The
experiment will cost 81 so in the first in
stance.
Lee & Shepard Boston, publish the
above books, and Phinney has them for
sale.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

ny GRyi y, Vance tn Of North Carolina has ,o
accept. F'p0' says he will PROBABLY
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

Prof. II. A, P. Torroy Of Bp,,
University is going to Europe orl5e
mer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

The hard times are not oo,f..,
side Of the water. A corre.n',I
Mutton writing from Geneva .. @-',
times are hard, very hard, ms, s,..
part of Europe, yet not So L.,I wv
people generally are expeclinr W..
worse before they are BETTER T r1.~
Of it is laid by most people p, ','
rumors of war, but mainly on ~
cans and the PhiIadylphia FL.
This last it was that kept the S ,,a-
empty last season and left rbe .I.,,
waiting in hope deferred beii.i
counters; and it is this thqt has '' r..
manufactures with the lcar If
competition. Both here and IN , I'.-
of Neufchatel-.he two seat, nr VI,
manufacture-the concerns tba, 'J i.
stopped entirely have reduced ,b.2
of production. There i, Il wall oi
taxable distress from the unemo'or.
weayers of Zurich and LYONS
the suffering in the latter CITY. tbt.'
has been moved TO q night', Iq,.
Lent at the Grand Opera for The p.
the sufferers. -
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30
TO CALIFORNIA ENIGpn-.

| To CALIFORNIA E,uqp,y,.
Francisco Mad uses plain Fnn ,,rl
that The Alta and other r ,'us.sl.
of the magnificent opp lrfgs .'c
California presents to the ns sua .'s
in II very gratuitously crimin, % 90,
unvarnished truth is, " i .a wv ''l
labor market is stocked w. ~ ~
and every fresh arriving r, w 'y'a
the miserable multitude lbgt" ,' ,"l
staryes, and finally fgLts &'.,
way east again. Men Of Lr, u Dig
ture, good clerks, excellent ',', a.
business men of undenmbie a "yeon
chanics of ability, walk the s,r Vasi 2
despair. =" Westward hos 'Vi !. 10
song in this year of grace, "r,I Is
is the National tune in Calic''.a,,'
as New York, and workingmoo,,'
ter keep step to the music ~bi. s..
are. To the young man who o', !.
put his college education ~, r,i y =. g
leather trunk on Californta.,go,... d.
The Mail cries Stop" We. ' ~.
where he is, and if he can't find y. -
he wants, let him take the fr ,.I ', -"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30
TIE GAMBLERS
TIE END OF TILDENISM.
CRIME AMONG WOMEN.

Tilden has announced that he will not
contest the claim of President Hayes TO
his Office, because it would be likely to
drench the country in gore" The fact is.
the old man has had the best lawyers of
the country ut work ever since the decis-
ion against him, to ascertain if there was
not some hole through which he might
crawl into the presidency. Last week
they announced to him that Hayes claim
was impregnable, and that he might MS
well throw up the sponge, and he does it
tearfully; but, Tilden-like, tries 10 make
some capital in the doing of it, If it cost
the lives of fifty thousand men to get the
presidency, Tilden would have sacrificed
them without IL wink. The country is TO
be congratulated that the law puts the po
sition in the hands of the right man. i'll
dens expenses for something over wear
and Il half have averaged over $4,000 a
day. lie has bled freely, and the host OF
impecunious politicians are sorry that he
has finally abandoned the contest. As
enormous as the amount he has spent
the old man has plenty left. Railroad
wrecking has been II profitable business to
him
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30
THE WEATHER

is very cold and disagreoable; and, fol.
lowing so closely upon the extreme heat
OF last week, has made great deal of
sickness. PIETRO.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

We'd
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

the south of the new policv anV , elect at
the cabinet remarked that with t thn of
llon OF one Inaccessible OUTRAGE tne eXNSep-
oIm affair in Mssissippi), and on S.n ,i ems,
numbering stupidity Che onolom o piece Of
Inde OF certain republicans IN SGSH,h = atll-
una, which was entirely unnc co"'m CARO-,
utterly surprising), everything Ic oS s and
TO the satisfaction of the adm nr4 worked
AL the same time he expressed 'I tSo
perfect confidence that It won,6 Sue most
long before the people of the C sou,h not be
P55cll!endlng the spirit and intent En' com
"i,h |. would align tbeme 81 the
WIN y; IT, and prevent, by the cor themselves
ne opinion reprobating The unlaw e 81 pub
't,nesS OF the lower classes th" '|lul wick
!? = suo9 bloody crimes as the CHI iiePetltlon
AT al WaSh'"gton Special 10 I rSoi af-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

AN ILLEGAL DIvoRCE.-Nelson Hood
of Aurora, Ind, procured a divorce from
the Beaver County, Utah, court through a
Chicago law agency, and married again.
AT the Dearborn Circuit, Lawrenceburg,
Ind, on charge of fornication preferred by
his divorced wife, the jury has rendered a
verdict of one hundred dollars fine and
six months Imprisonment, declaring that
Hood was not resident of Utah ut the
time of his divorce, and the decree was
illegal. Many parties in other states than
Indiana hold similar bills of divorce.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

Robert Browning is said to be engaged on q
new translation of the Agamemnon to be Illus.
trated with photographs of Dr. Schliemann's 8
Mycen@ treasures.
The Atlantic for May will contain poems
by Whittier, W. w. S tory, E. G. Story, E. O.
Stedman, and Bayard Taylor; the first of Mr..
Edward Fl. Knights series of illustrated a,ti.
cles on Crude and Curious Inventions at the
Centennial Exhibition; paper by Col. George
E. Warng, Jr., on the Work of New Eng
land Farmer-the first of those on American In
dustries as related to society; and the copclu-
sion of Mr.. James's powerful story of The
American.
In the introduction to Casselps Leopolds
Shakespeare Mr.. Furnval deals with the plavs
and poems iD chronological order. The writer
endeavors to bring fresh element of certainty
into that order by noting the links of subject,
incident, character, tone, and phrase between
the plays coming next to one another, SO as to
prove that Shakespeares works are, as it were,
one continuous series from 'Love's Labor Lost
to Henry the Eighth. And as the plays and
poems are arranged in four divisions so Mr..
Furnivall contends that the works of each
division fall into smaller groups of plays
specially linked together. Thus, in the first
group of the first period, Loves Labor Lost
The Comedy of Errors, and The Midsummer
Nights Dream, are connected by the comedy
in all of them turning upon mistaken identity,
the later group, of Romeo and Juliet, the
Venus, and Lucrece, by the passion and rich
ness of fancy in ALL the first group of the third
period, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Measure for
Measure, by the unftness of their hero's nature
to bear the burden laid on it, &c. The sonnets
are briefly analyzed, and held to be autobio-
graphic and interpretative of the plays. AL
though the edition makes special point of in.
Guiding the doubtful plays, they get no indorse-
ment from the editor.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
The Mountain Meadow Massacre

Fate, says the proverb, comes treading on
wool. Bat 1t never fails to meet its appoint
ment. Punctuality, said Charles the Tenth,
is the polteness of kings. Nemesis has
this royal attribute, and never misses her en-
gagements. She has just settled an account
of twenty years standing with John Lee,
assassin and Mormon bishop.
In 1858 the country was Mortified by the
news of the massacre of a party of emigrants
from Arkansas. numbering 140 men, women
and children. This emigrant train was in
1857 on its way to California. 1t made a
short stay at Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake
City, and then went on its way. TIE route
it had taken was noted emigrsn Mt trail, and
some of the trains which had preceded it had
found the land of Utah good, and had settled
there. The presence of "Gentiles'' was a
great annoyance to the Mormons, the matter
was discussed in the secret councils of their
church, and it was decided that check must
be put to immigration. The Arkansas trav-
elers, like those who had gone before them,
were greatly pleased with the country, and
while at Camp Douglas they talked freely of
their desire to settle in Utah. This talk
frightened and exasperated the Latter Day
Saints, and they determined at once upon a
measure which would deter immigration for
years to come. 1t was resolved to destroy
the train. Lee, leader in the Church, and
man Of bold and desperate character, was
chosen as the agent to carry this plan into
effect. He was at the head of the order of
Danites, a band of fanatical Mormons sworn
to vengeance on the oppressors of the Church,
and calling themselves "avenging angels"
To these men the destruction of
Gentle immigrants seemed deed pleasing
to God, and they readily engaged in the work
of murder. The services of tribe of Indians
were secured, and, themselves disguised as
Indians, the Danites with their savage allies
fell upon the train at Mountain Meadow, not
far distant from the Camp, and nearly exter-
minated the immigrants. OF the 14O but sew
enteen, all children too young, it was thought,
to remember the terrible scene, or to give
testimony against the murderers, escaped
with their lives. The next year 1858, tray
SAOl paooiuS Wy 4uOuAtdiu ncduOW,
the bones of the unfortunate Arkansians and
brought the news of their fate to the states.
For long time it was thought that the
massacre was the work of Indians alone.
But suspicion at last settled upon Lee and the
Mormons. Finally evidence was obtained suf-
ficlent to justify the arrest of the murderers,
and Lee was brought to trial in 1875. At his
first trial the jury failed to agree; but on the
second trial, in September last, he was con-
victed, and yesterday he made that INSULT.
cient expiation for his crime which the crimi-
nal code of the nation requires. Before his
execution he made confession, stating that
Brigham Young and his advisers instigated
the massacre, and after its completion COM
mended it as deed which had found favor in
the eyes of God. The punishment is yet to
come; but the Nemesis which brought Lee
to his death has notforgotten them, and their
reward is close at hand.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

OF late in Europe sort of ball-dress has
come into fashion, upon which a glittering
gold and silver dust shines in beauty. The
German Imperial Health Office has just ex.
amined into the matter and found that the
shining of the robes is caused by small and
sharp-pointed particles of copper and tin,
which easily become separated from the ma.
terial of the dress and are highly injurious to
the skin, into which they work, and especial.
ly to the mucous membrane of the lungs, fol
the particles are often light enough to be in.
haled. The Board of Health of Lubbock bas
just issued strenuous warning to ladies on
the subject. American women should take
this warning and not fall in with the danger
Gus fashion.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

THE English holders of Egyptian bonds
and the contractors for canal work who can
not squeeze money from the Egyptian treas
ury do not feel pleasant at reading that the
khedive recently gave breakfast at which
every lady present drew from lottery mag
nificent ring set with brilliants, that pigeon
match was held, the first prize for which was
a narghieh set with precious stones, and the
guests were all given reserved boxes at the
opera in the evening.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

PERSIA expects to be regenerated with the
millions to be taken from the first discovered
gold mine in the country. One of the shah's
personal attendants found nugget in the
road near ZeDjan, ard learned that one of the
villagers had for some time been stealthily
digging and purifying the gold. The shah
has given the old fellow his native village in
return for his secret, has awarded the attend.
ant 5000 tourans. or $4,000, for the first dis
covery, and is already promising the people
one years revenue. or SS.000.O00
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

THE hard times are eculiarly hard for the
magazine editors. Those now write who
never wrote before, and those who always
wrote now write the more The manuscripts
are piling up in an appalling way, and the
number offered this year is double what it
was two years ago. Piteous letters accom-
pany many of the manuscripts, generally the
poorest; not one in twenty is acceptable.
At the Harper establishment manuscripts for
the three periodicals come in at the rate OF
5000 or 5000 yearly. Scribner's Monthly
received 1920 in 1876.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

The Russians are rather indignant at the
reported and generally accepted idea that the
Gear is disinclined to declare war against the
Sultan. In his European dominions, where
the Greek religion prevails, the feeling long
has been that there must be not merely war
of races, but war of creeds; that, in short,
a contest between Cross and Crescent cannot
and ought not be much longer delayed. Gen.
eral Ignatief, long the Russian ambassador in
Constantinople, is understood to participate
in the Cars desire to avoid what, if once be-
gun, must be mutually destructive strife.
From all the Provinces addresses encourag-
ing him to draw the sword and throw away
the scabbard are literally crowding on the
Gear. Even his Mohammedan subjects par
ticipate in this manifestation of opinion. One
of the addresses, from a Siberian Kirghis
horde, contains this remarkable passage
Though the Turks are our co-religionists,
they are clearly at fault. They have no right
to oppress their Christian subjects. The Mo-
hammedan faith does not approve the oppres-
sion of other denominations. If thou, o
great White Gar! nte1ferest to stop robbery
and violence. the Turks are wrong in resist
ing thee and representing thy action as hos
tile to their faith. 1t is they that sin against
the faith by their perverseness." This is the
tone, and almost the language, of all the Mo-
hammedan addresses recently sent to ST. Pc
tersburg.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
The climate of Honolulu has changed yery

The climate of Honolulu has changed very
much for the worse of late years. Formerly
people slept comfortably on mats out of doors,
no rain fell during eight or nine months OF
summer, and consumptives sought the place
for relief There were no trees 10 the city
then, and the neighboring valley was forest.
Now Honolulu is beautiful park, the trees
cover the houses, and the valley is as dry and
parched as the city used to be. The result is
that at the beginning of the year the ther.
mometer rises to 50 deg. in the shade in the
day time and falls to So at night. Colds and
influenza are frequent, and the future health
OF the city causes grave folebodings.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
Books Received.
Hen Miners Wooiuy. Bv polme Tf

hen Miiner's Wooing. By Holme Lee, Town
and County Series. Cloth, 25s pp., price 81. Bos-
ton: Roberts Brothers. Portand Loring, Short
81 Harmon.
Black Spirits and White. A Novel. ByFrances
Eleanor Trollope, author OF "a Charming Fellow
&c, Paler, illustrated, 2i1 pp., price 10 cents.
New York; d. Appleton Il Co. Portland; Bailey
& Noyes.
The Cradle of the Christ. A Study of Primi-
tive Christianity. By octavius Brooks Frothng-
ham. Cloth, 23S pp., price Sl.75. New York: G.
P. Putnam's Sons Portland; Loring, Short 6
Harmon.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

TRAMps have taken possession of St.
Louis. The Globe Democrat says the Mayor
is required by his official duty 20 encourage
vagrancy, and the citizens cheeriully and al
most unanimously take such steps as are
best calculated to increase the number oi
tramps and prevent them from attempting to
earn an honest livlihood. The experience o.
the police officers is, that while one-half Of
the householders on their respective beats
are complaining of the tramps, the 9th.
er half are feeding them. The true way Of
looking at the tramp,says the same authority
is to regard him as a creature who will not
work, and the true interest of society is to
bring every compulsion on him to force him
IN WORK
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

SAN FRANCISCO, following the example Of
her sister cities in the East, is preparing a
place of rural resort for her people. Several
large lots on the summit of Telegraph Hill
have been given by private citizens to the
city in order that the same may be formed in
to public park. Work has been diligently
prosecuted for months, and Pioneer Park
as It called-will be opened tor popular en-
joyment early in the summer.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
THE superiority of steamships over sailing

THE superiority of steamships over sailing
vessels for the transportation of ocean freights
is curiously illustrated in the case of the Eng
lish steamer Spartan, which left New York
on Saturday with cargo Of 364,OOo gallons
of refined petroleum. Her destination is
Java, and by going through the Suez Canal
she will head off large shipments of oil on
sailing vessels which started in January and
February, when the price of of kerosene was
from ten to fifteen cents per gallon higher
than at present. The Spartan is the first
ocean steamer ever loaded with petroleum,
and of course carries no passenpers.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley L.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
ionrnal
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
THE PRESS
SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH "a.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
For Sale.

ENARM in Deering, four miles from Portland, con-
Il tanning % acres conveniently divided into
new and in good condition. Wells of hard and soft
water, and young orchard of about 80 apple and
pear trees on the premises. Location good and
change Street. ma5dtf
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
FARM FOR SALE.

IN Gorham. the we'll known Mosher Farm, situa-
l. ted about midway between Gorham Village and
Saccarappa. This farms cuts seventy tons OF hay,
and is considered one of the best farms in this coun-
ty. Also Lot and new buildings pleasantly situ-
ated in the village Price very low. Enquire of
DANIEL @. LIBBY, or
DANIEL G. EMERY.
Gorham, March rs, 1877. mh21d&wtf
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
WANTS.
WANTED.

A Iady Assistant Teacher for the West
IA brook High and Grammar School. Applca-
tions received until April list. Term to commence
April 9th.
Address, stating education, experience, references
&C., O. A COBB,
Supervisor of Schools,
mh22d1w Westbrook, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24

To Let.
o. HOUSE No. 3 Deering Street. I'm
Aala.A J.Q. DAY.
= Inh2e dtf
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
To Lei,
Rooms TO Rent.

ROOMS to Rent.
Furnished or unfurniSIled with
board. Apply at 23 Park street,
opposite Cray.
mal2 d2w*
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-24
kglHE unnERsIGNED HAVE MANI

4 arrangements for the exclusive right to manu.
facture loves Improved Tubular Boiler, which
effects a saving OF 10 per cent. in fuel over the
faVorite PLAN tubular, by means of a combustion
chamber and use of hot air. Circulars free. Atlantic
Works, East Boston, Mass. ma5dlm