Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-02-06

Congress has done little but talk about
silver for week. Bayard and Eaton have
made strong speeches against the Bland
bill.
The university of Michigan takes the
lead among American institutions in fol-
lowing European customs and doing away
with commencement.
Joe Johnston is coming back into pub
lie life, his nomination and election as
Congressman Walkers successor from the
Richmond (Va) district seeming already
assured.
Mexico, with silver dollar more valua-
BILE than the one congress proposes to
make legal-tender has driven gold out
of the country and retarded business and a
return of prosperity.
A Shanghai telegram, dated Monday,
says that an asylum for women and chill
dren, at the city of Tlen-Tsin, has been
burned. Over two thousand persons per-
ished in the flames.
The surrender of Erzeroum in accord
ance with the terms of the armstic, is Off
cialy announced. The Russians entered
the town Tuesday, the Turkish garrison
and the poorer Mahommedans who wish
10 90 retiring to Turkish territory.
Another needed change in the House at
Washington, now that lobbyists are to be
kept off the floor, is reform by the mem
bars in the matter of smoking, which has
come to be tolerated not only in the cloak
rooms but even in the House itself and
during its sessions.
New York city pays 474 persons salaries
of $4,000 or over, nominally 10 help carry
on the municipal government, aggregat-
ing 81, $780, 500; the mayor receives $l2,-
900, the corporation counsel $4,000, the
district-attorney $4,000, the controller
(John Kelly $4,000 and so on.
The perennial income tax case of Uncle
Tilden's was up again in the New York
courts Saturday, and there is another suit
against the old gentleman in Michigan,
growing out Of some mining transactions
which has just been decided against him,
but he will carry it to the supreme court.
Gen. Grant has rather dropped out Of
public attention lately, but II friend who
has been travelling with him abroad re-
ports that he entirely approves of Presi
dent Hayes's southern policy as both judi
cous and necessary, and has no doubt o
its complete success.
Here are the figures: Should the Blanc
bill become II law greenbacks and banl
notes will decrease in value about $67,
100000, and the United States bonds abou
S270,OO0,00O. Total. $237 100000. S.
much for the argument that unlimited sill
YER will restore confidence and revive bus
mess by making money plenty.
Minister Foster is about the most dis
gusted man in the country ut the sive
movement. He tells the Indiana politi
clans that silver money and the silve
standard is the bane and curse of Mexico
necesstatng high rates of exchange be
tween points not distant from each Other
and general loss and damage, from ii
bulk and fuctuability.
There is good deal of fuss over tn
Boston relationship, and some of the re
formers don't want Mr.. Simmons II
appointed He has made model colleC
tor, but once was a working politician
that is about the whole case and most {
the Boston merchants like him. The oppc
sition to him seems to outsiders to be ratl
Ell fnical.
The steamship Metropolis, which sale
from Philadelphia for Para, Brazil, c
January goth, with five hundred tons
railroad iron for the Madeira and Manor
railroad and two hundred laborers, stran
ed Thursday evening last on Cuwitu(
beach, three miles south of CurrituC
light house, in North Carolina, TWEEN
miles north of the Kitty Hawk static
and very near the place where the Unit
States steamer Huron was recently wrec
ed, and is II total loss. There were tv
hundred and forty-eight or more perso
on board, and of this number nearly Of
hundred persisted. The boat was an o
one, and not fit to 60 to sea with such
cargo. She was sinking when she W
run on shore, but she broke up before he
bould be given TO save all on board. Tho
who escaped swan or clung to pieces tn
were washed ashore.