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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

Louisiana AgAin.

7. c. Anderson of the returning board
is on trial for publishing forged returns in
the count Of 1876. Kenner and Cassauavr
are aw"iting trial, though the latter is ont
on BAIL Wells has escaped, and is thought
to he ON his way to Washington, where il
is claimed he will try to get help from the
administration And among he Sun DIS
ciplcs there is much talk that Anderson and
Wells, if not protected will reveal greu
frauds by which the count of the Louisiana
vote was given to Hayes.
Whatever the truth of this may be we
have no notion that the national govern
ment is going to interfere with these cases.
Saturday. Anderson Cassanave and Ken
ner took refuge in the custom house at
New Orleans, and were protected from
arrest there for time But Attorney
General Devens, on being appealed to, de-
cidcd that the custom house could not be
used us refuge against arrest on state
process.
If Mr.. Wells and Anderson did anything
wrong they had better repent and do
something for their consciencoS by way of
telling just what it was. The president of
the United States will not be apt to inter
fere to stop them. Meantime the old gen
tleman of Gramercy Park will probably
be much more interested in the literature
of the occasion than anybody else, unless
it be the man in the SIN which shinoe for
all.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

An interesting decision has lust been
rendered by the United States supreme
court relative to the rights of colored
persons to the same privileges with whites
upon public conveyances. Josephine Dc
CUR of New Orleans, L., Il colorod
woman of property, was refused admis
sion to the upper cabin on Mississipp
river steamboat, on the ground that il
was reserved for whites. She sued tbe
owner of the boat in the Louisiana coprls
and was awarded $1,000 damages but the
United States supreme court revcrscs tbe
decision. The court rules that the laws IA
not forbid that steamers shall have sen.
"rate cabins and dining-rooms for white.
and negroes, that equality does not mean
Identity, and that steamboat owners have
right to keep apart persons who would
be disagrceablo to each other
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30
Congress.

Three weeks after the long vacation the
national legislature finds itself rs full OF
talk as before the long speeches began to
20 off. During the last week there has
been nothing of public interest done in
either house except the passing of roso-
'utions The House resolved the other
day by n wo-thirds vote to be good and
not pass any more subsidy bills, but the
Senate and House have passed the Mat
hews resolution declaring the right to
pay in silver. The vote in the Senate
was A to % and in the House 1S9 to 70.
here was long debate in the Senate,
but in the House the resolution went
through under the previous question. Mr.
hdmundS, Mr.. Morrill,, Mr. Conkling and
others offered amendments in the Senate
which Were all defeated. Lunar made u
'pecch in opposition to the resolutions, he
with Hill of Georgia and Butler of South
Carolina being the only southern senators
not carried away by the silver notion.
Mr.. Edmunds took prominent part in
the final debate in the Senate and had u
passage with Mr.. Blaine who appears to
be trimming to make favor with the
west.
Since the passage of the Matthews reso-
luton the Senate has taken up the silver
bill and gone to work on it. In its present
shape it gives the government the profits
to be made by coming 90 cents worth of
silver and calling it Il dollar; and restricts
the coinage to four million dollars a
month. The most important speech
against the measure so far in the present
debate was that Of Mr.. Morrill, on Mon
day.
The conviction is deepening that silver
bill OF some sort will pass. The energies
of those who fear the loss ofnational credit
and business embarassments from de.
preciated dollar had best be turned to
getting Il dollars worth of silver into the
coming silver dollar So far as they fail
in this they should strive to limit the issue
and to give the government whatever
profit is made on the coinage
lnconvenient Or not, as to weight and
tluctuating relative value, there can be but
little doubt that the outcome of the strug-
gle will be silver in more general use as
money. All that can be done is to make
the bill as honest as possible by making
the dollar as heavy as possible. If we are
going to have silver give us no light
weight.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

The debts of the New York churches
foot up S1770,314, which is about 20 per
cent of their property; this does not in,
clnde Trinity parish, which owns SO .000.-
600 and has no debt. OF the denominations
the Roman Catholic has the heaviest debt,
amounting to S3,0l2,8l4, or nearly one.
third Of its property the Episcopal comes
next with $l,34l,30O debt and S24,l7 5.-
coo property; the Dutch Reformed next
with LOS 800 debt and $4,3Sl 900 prop
erty The Quakers are the only denomi
nation without debt. OF individual
churches the largest debt is that OF Holy
Trinity (EpiscopaD, S23G,000, the new ST..
Palrick'S cathedral coming next with Il
debt of S2lS,O0O.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

COOKING FOR CENTURIEs.-An Fnc,i.,
writer, speaking of Pompeii, SAYS: " 11Sa
house in Pompeii had evidently been H in
state of repair when the volcano sto m d
buried it, Painters, and decorators ,rI
cleaners were masters of the sitnatioa
The household goods were all in disordon
and the family, if not out of town, NM,
have been undergoing that condition y
misery which spring cleaning and otboa
like Injections invariably entail Painter,
pots and brushes, and workngmen's toa,
were scattered about; tcl-tale spots %
whitewash starred wall and floor" ~
Such domestic implements as pots an,
kettles had been huddled up in u cornor
all by themselves, and the cook was nv
where. Dinner, however, had not boon
forgotten. A solitary pot stood simmer
ing Gf it ever did simmer) on the slovo
And Start not, for it is true) there wa, :,
bronze dish in waiting before the oven
and on the dish sucking pig all ready ia
be baked. But the oven was ALREADY on
gagged with its full complement Of bread
so the sucking pig had to wait And II
never entered the oven, and the loayr,
were never taken out till after a soiourp #
seventeen hundred years! They had been
cooking ever since November q, A. n
70. NJ. Fioreii has them now in his mn.
scum at Pompeii, twenty.one Of them
rather hard, of course, and black, bat Der.
fectly preserved.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

j. II. Batchelder of Mildlebury failed
Saturday. Mr. Batchclder went to Lin.
coin from the vicinity of PlAinficld in thi,
county, where his father lived He has
represented Lincoln in the House, and was
Il heavy lumber dealer, The latest story
is that the directors of the Brandon Ma
tional bank have discovered that their
cashier, u. G. Bascom, has been lettino
Batchelder have over eighty thousand
dollars without proper security, nearly
half of which it is alleged was upon raised
notes, and that he has also let some forty
thousand dollars beside, which is u total
loss. The bank loses about one hundred
thousand dollars, wiping out its surplu, Of
eighty thousand dollars. and importing its
capital of two hundred thousand dollar,
about one-tenth The matter wa, brought
to light by the election Of directors who
were opposed to the former management,
and who as stockholders, had been refused
access to the books. Mr., 3 l,conl left
town on Sunday morning, although no ey-
idence las yet been secured Of his being
personally benefited by the operation. Mr..
Bachelder was intercepted by Telegraph
at Schenectady while on his way west on
Saturday, and on returning to Rutland was
arrested on Monday noon. His examina-
ton occurs at Rutland to-day. The bank
has a new cashier, and is continuing Jusi-
ness.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

The army pay bill reduces the pay and
allowances of officers TO the amount Of
about one million and Il quarter.
Tobacco was named in honor of its dis
coyercr, .. 9. Cabot, It brother of Sebas-
tian Cabot. They just spelled his name
backwards.-Gr Graphic.
Neal BOWS new liquor bill, just intro
duccd into the Maine Legislature, Furnishes
"drummers ~ for liquor houses by fine
of one thousand dollars and imprisonment
for one year, The other clauses of the
bill are proportiomtely severe
The other day u good-sized boy visited
the cditoria-rooms to ask how certain
word was spelled. He was referred to the
dictionary, and he began ut page one and
carefully studied the book til noon. He
returned at l o'clock, read until t, and
then closed the book with heavy SIGH.
" Can't you find the word?n was the in
Quiry as he was leaving. Il suppose |
could, - he answered, hut | haven't time.
Eve been reading here for good half day,
and Eve only got along to the head of
Occasional Sounds of A. I guess the
Whole thing 5 sham. ~ Detroit Free
Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

CAMP FIRE AT EAST WARREN The
people Of East Warren lad very enoya-
BILE season on the evening of the 22d inst.
in participating in what is called n camp
fire. The friends and resident soldiers
came together on short notice, Lieut..
Daniel Worcester presided and was first to
addrcssthe meeting, giving a brief account
of his escape from the city of Mobile, he
being at that place when the war broke
out. Before leaving he saw suspended
from trees and lamp posts the bodies of
several northern men, who had been thus
summarily (not cXecutcD but murdered
outright for their adhesion to the Union.
Fearing q like fate, he and three others
started northward, were pursued, fired
upon, agd one of their number killed. The
lieutenant and the other two finally reach.
ed the Ohio river in safety. The speech
of Captain Lull of Montpelier who for
seven months was a prisoner ut Anderson
vile, was the speech of the evening. He
gave II vivid account, II fearful picture of
the miseries, the starvations, the death
rates, and awful horrors, of the never to
be forgotten Andersonvlle! While it is
true that our people have read and re.rrad
the story of those horrors, yet it was
something new to listen to he story of one
who was not only an eye witness, but suf-
lcred in common with others At the
conclusion of Capt. Lul's remarks, C,pt.
James Eldridge was called He gave us
an account of his capture, and his escape
by jumping from the ears while on his way
to Macon, Georgia. lie and brother
officer by the name Of Morrill, jumping at
the same time. Morrill, was shot in the
act Of jumping, but Capt EIdridgc after Il
week 5 journey through woods, swamps,
and acro5, mountains succeeded in gaining
the union lines. Remarks were also made
by comrades Banister and Butterfed,
when the affair closed, after furnishing our
people with us enjoyable IN entertainment
as oGcn falls to our lot,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

The maiden name of Mrs. Thompson,
who presented the painting of the signing
of the emancipation proclamation to the
government, was Rowell. She was born
in Waterford, Caledonia county, in this
state, and at twenty was a waiter in Il St.
Johns5ury hotel. She went to Boston and
became " saleswoman in Il store opposite
to the fremont House, where Mr.. Thomas
Thompson was boarding Her handsome
face and figure first attracted his notice
lie made her Acquaintance, found she had
character worth more than her beauty.
married her, and in course of time died,
leaving her an income of fifty thousand
dollars year, much Of which she cxpends
in charities.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

The spreading movement against corporal pun
ishment In the schools receives an ally in ST. Faul
Mimi, where it has just been forbidden
A cautious Chicago lover wrote letters 10 his
sweetheart in ink that would speedily fade OUT SO
that when she wanted to use them in breach Oh
promise suit they were only blank paper.
The Sweet Singer of Michigan is out with poem
on the friyotY oflhe fashions. Here is one verse
Leave off the agony, leave off style,
Unless you've got money by you all The whlle'
Ifyou look about you you'll often have to smile,
To see so many poor people putting on style.
There is spring on the farm of Daniel Cork, OF
Kittery, Me, discovered five years ago. Whenever
a drought becomes so severe that all the other
springs in thevcnity fail to yield water, this one
begins business, and keeps it up until rain enough
falls to startthe Others when it Immediately knocks
of.
Mrs Edith Longfellow Dana is much admired at
Newport. A correspondent OF the transcript of
Boston speaks of her thus: "Mrs. Dana attends
old Trinity church in the simplest of cloth cos
tunes, and the most modest ofcotlage bOnnets, and
charms even those who only pass her on the
street by her sweetness and simplicity"
The Crown Prince of Germany and his wife have
not, considering their station, a very large annual
income. 1t is only about $4,000. They have
however, two residences, rent free, and the right
to give certain number of dinners every year, at
the charge of the Emperor His majesty is said 10
have an annual income of about $4,000, OOO
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

Gen. Shcrman's letter to the late Indian
Commissioner Smith brought him one
from Mr.. Schurz asking him to define the
deficiency" for which he gave Mr. Smith
credit and asking for any additional in.
formation ON the subject which the gener-
I'll might have and Mr.. Schurz not. Gen.
Sherman's replies, disclaiming any intent
to reflect on the late board of inquiry, and
explaining that by efficiency he meant the
administration of the Office "in such q
manner as did assist the military aulhori-
ties - in subdueing certain wild tribes
He says officers generally complain that
they have to fight not only the Indians but
the Indian bureau, but Smith co operated
As to his relations to supplies, contractors
agents, and the internal administration OF
his Office generally Gen. Sherman knows
nothing Mr.. Schurz and the general
agree as to Mr.. Smirh's personal 'ntcg-
rity and the goodness of his intentions.
1t must be confessed that Gen. sherman
character pans ont rather poorly for
Mr. Smith,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

George P. Gordon, the inventor of thp
Gordo job printing press, died Monday
morning, ut his residence in Norfolk, Va.
An "nc uraging sign of the advance OF
ed cation in the South is tine fact that the
Mi s ST. pi state university at Oxford con-
tnns nearly 400 students, where there
were less than POO last year.
Tie redundant circulation of silver
chan % and trade dollars has become II
great nuisance at New York Small trad
ers are loaded down with subsidiary silver.
VIII CHI the banks refuse to cake on deposit
Ira lie dollars are refused except at one to
two per cent discount
Bayard Taylor has been offered the Ger
man mission. and is of course an ideal
ppontment,- of your " literary fel.
lers," but also hard working journalist,
an accomplished traveller and connosseur
in fine art, and n man WHO has done much
to increase the mutual acquaintance and
respect of the citizens of the World.
The rapid advance of American scen-
tiAc research and discovery is winning
recognition among the European savants,
who have learned to acknowledge Ameri-
can scientists as their peers. The western
geological surveys have contributed more
than anything else to this result, and the
light they have thrown upon geology and
ethnology has excited the interest of all the
old world scientific periodicals.
VERMONT FISH.-Dr Middleton Cold
smith, of Rutland, made arrangements at
Washington, the other day, to have casts
made of all Vermont fishes free of expense
to the state for the cabinet at Montpelier
and now requests persons who are interest
ed in the matter to send as fine specimens
of the different fishes as they can secure,
to him to be forwarded to Washington.
The fishes should be wrapped in paper and
then packed in saw dust and ice. These
plaster casts, when painted, are perfect fac
SMILES of the originals, and complete
collection of the Vermont fishes thus
prepared would be an interesting and
valuable collection for the cabinet.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

The Hungarian patriot Kossuth, comes
out Of his ob,ourity in exile long cnonob
TO contribute II new reason why Ru,sr,
should not be permitted to destroy or nh.
sorb the Turkish state. lie has ut hear,
no sympathy with the Turks, bat he thinks
they ought to be spared us barrier 10
Russian aggmnjizment. He SAYS that
were there no danger Of Russian agcrcs.
sion the eastern problem would resolve it.
self into domesli" question between m.
Turks aud the people of other races in the
Turkish empire. If Turkey were di,
memherod the rise of free state, woulJ
not be the result. The Somvonan province.
would il be absorbed into Russia rho
fate Of Poland would be repeated. Fnl-
lowing the humiliation of Turkey womb
come the absorption Of Hungary and
Austria. TO counterfeit this serious dri6
of events, Kos>uth urges Austria 10 declare
war against Russia.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

Gen. Schurz has adopted novel method
of aseertaning the condition of the freed,
mems hospital, which he has had com
mission at work on for some time without
very satisfactory results He drove out
there himself unexpected, and taking an
officer along to administer oaths, and,
finding the chief officer absent, he went
through tim establishment and swore
varioRs employees and subornable officer,
and obtained u very clear insight into the
management Of this institution. This
practical examination overthrow much Of
the defense which the officers have been
trying hard to make.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30
AT CAMBRIDGE AND BRIGHTON.

For The Ee5t emitting TaesiaY, Jruuarg % lie.
cutie. Sheep. &otes. Hogy Ctres
This week. 1884 1854 600 $500 90
Lust week, l,7s5 9O6 O0O 7,g!o Oh
Ole year ago, 1892 1873 UOJ $3.50 90
PRIcEs.-Bee6 Cattle-Extiaratan and beavr he
MUM Oxen $LIj1SSOl irst quality, $7Oyn
$50; second quality, SG.0OdG ~ lhird QUALITY
SjOOO$j,jO per 100 lbs, on total weight OF hde
tallow addressed beef. a fewGhoicG sinpltpaG
sOOOfls % Bulls, sc 81 $4,000.
W0rkiag OreR.-$lOJdlGi per par. or accoli.
ing to their value as beef. Steers, $7OdlU7.
Mich COWS.-$2j $50; extra good, 49,
with or without calves, al may bcagleed lam.
and ordinary, $l0GS2s; yearlngA SlO.00d-Oec.
year ODDS $l4 G0d2S.0O. 3-ycar Olds, $24 OOd4j.Jn
Sheen. Live weight 3d4Xc; extra, 5djAc D 4.
or S2.jOa5OO per head; spring lambs, Gao 0c gcrlb
HideS-BligntOn, Case country lots Dltc E n.
calfskns, lOdllc v h Pelts with wool IN IJc,
TalOw, Gal00c country lots 5dOOOc v 4 IHml
skins, 5Oc.
REMARKS.-The supply continues light anl On
best Northern oxen, of which there was far
supply, the market was nearly &c dressed weight
stronger, with a quicker trade. number o. city
butchers were present, and were after the best
grades. Ordinary grades remain steady at Last
weeks prices. e. +. Woodbridge sold nine two and
three-y old steers average $50 lbs, at 4aC i've
j. a. Baldwin sold TWO country oxen, to dress I'll
lbs each, at Ga dressed weight; j. b. sargent sold
each, at fraction over SIC dressed weight Sar
ge X Turner sold four oxen, average l.JOO lbs
live at 44C p ID, live weight sheep are moving at
&C better prices than last week. The supply h
light and the trade Is easy. }. Latham sold one
hundred and twenty-five sheep average ll2lUs, at
sc; j. N. Holt sold ninety-six sheep and lambs
average S2h lbs, at I%c; j. b. Sargent sold forty
one sheep, average 81 lbs at AGO. }. A BALDWIN
sold sixty mine sheep average "A lbs, at 4Ac T. h.
Poultry sells at lOc per ID with but little offering
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

The Cleopatra obelisk 'has arrived in
England at last, and the question now is
what to do with it. 1t has cost mint Of
money to get it, and will cost another tc
set it up, and, after all, the thing will be n
mere pigmy among the grand monuments
of England.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

TALKING of open winters, Mr. William
Hale, the veteran engineer, says that the
winter of lS26.27 was very similar to the
present one. In that winter there was no
snow till January 10th, and blowing was
done in every month, and the grass was
green in the fields ill January,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30


Murphy to organize a crusade AGAINST lee.
water which it terms, rather extravaganza
~ hut Y9 nov so lar from the truth the
most terfioe beverage oil the season,
10 hho" one person VINO IS positively
to be trusted VIII 90 more Tor mans
moral hature-ycS' Ior MS spiritual nature
or ever can he"r'-George Nacaonaid,
phi1,l,l,ri, .,,,,.,,.
mot ,l,''tt. oa' tIo losna ~ ""Glu
1I rI,,t, ,,,ti'i,,. w. o' Dr. D..
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SILVER SIDE OF the renee ana Is expected to
favor RECOMMENDATION and oppose resump-
tion in his snoech ~ chairman of the In.
Ill.,, l....,i,.,,..ia 81. a...o.,;.. -.
''''"'' "0'i'0' ''''' 7''''o 0o"' o''''0u "'N'
month.
A notice has been served upon the Cen
trail railroad that an application will be
made to the supreme court of Windsor
county. ut IFS February term. bv the Wood
Stock railroad for a commission, to decide
The manner and place of crossing the Cen.
trail track mt White River Junction. and
the amount of DAMAGES.
This,story is old, but GOOD. and possiblv
true; once upon 4 time. Hosea BalloI
and LYMAN Beecher met to compare Cal
yinism and Uniyersalism. Both were BIZ
bile men. and each came armed with text
ual missiles. After several apostolic blows
from each, shrewdly parried by the other
DR.. Beecher opened to the ninth Psalm
and read The wicked shall be turned
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

TIE ST. ALBANs FAILURES. Hanson E
Lewis has been appointed provisional as
signee of the estate of Z. B. Whiting, and
j. j. Burgess of the estate Of l.. l.. Dutch
Ell & Sons.
The state board of agriculture will hold
meetings at Bakersfield on Tuesday and
Wednesday, February 9th and 9th, and at
East Hardwick Thursday and Friday, Feb
ruary 9TH and 8th.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARKET, Jan. 90.
Attendance fair, receipts light market
firm. We quote winter butter, IS to 25c. !;
fall ends, % to Soc, per Id; good fall but
ter wanted at quotations.
The number of cattle received ut the
Union Market, Watertown, during the
year 1877 was as follows From Maine,
1l,723; New Hampshire, 6302; Vermont,
14,7l5; Massachusetts,, 1900; New York,
2942; West, 118, 600; total, l55,9O7.
Pixley Woodland and wife of Benson
have been fined for cruelty beating boy
of y years old who lived with them. The
story of their abuse is shocking one
whipping with an ox-whip, washing the
wounds with brine and the like.
Among the pleasant incidents of the
dairymen's meeting at Milton, was the pre-
sentation of purse of some forty dollars
to Secretary Bliss, made up by the gratified
attendants upon the meeting. 1t was
presented with appropriate remarks by
Hon. Alexis T. Smith
Some employments may be better than
others but there is none SO bad as having
none at all. The mind will contract u rust
and an unitness for everything, and a
person must either fill up bis time with
good, or at least innocent business, or it
will run to the worst of waste-to sin and
vice.
STOCK RAIsING.-F. D. Barton, of Walt
ham, Addison county, has purchased about
80 head of Jerseys of all ages, intending
to breed them for sale and dairy purposes,
on his 500-acre farm. Several years ago,
when the Merino sheep were attracting
about 100000 in securing the cream OF
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