Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-27

piled with sarcastic smile: "Oh! he ha
an economical wife"
Three more Molly Maguires, Hester
Kelly, and FULLY were hung at Blooms
burgh. Pa. Monday for the murder o
Alexander Rea. a mining superintendent
in 1870, for which no motive could be rs
signed but pure brutality. These hanging:
are having a great deal of effect in break
ing up the most powerful criminal orga
nization that has ever existed in the Goa
regions of America and which held sucf
absolute sway for about dozen year.
that no person, not n member of the or
ganzation, was safe for single day if he
attempted work in any of the mines ant
incurred the displeasure of the " Molies.'
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The death of the widow of Rossini, the
composer, is announced. 1t is understood
that she bequeaths the fortune inherited
from Rossini to an asylum for aged ant
disabled singers.
A picture of the Kentucky legislature
drawn by itself: ''Mr Spun, of Madison,
called the attention of the speaker to the
increasing practice of throwing paper
wads by the members, and demanded its
suppression"
Register of the Treasury Allison, who
has just died, was one of the founders of
the republican party in Pennsylvania, pre-
sided over It's first state convention in 1855,
and supported Lincoln for vice president
at the national convention in 1856.
Senator Stanley Matthews has reported
,, in the Senate the bill to give Mr.. Tom
Scott subsidy of $3s,OOo,oOO for his Texas
Pacific Railroad. Mr.. Matthews is also
the advocate of heavy ''ioh'' in the in
terest of the Union and Central Pacific
Railroads. He caught Uncle Sam fairly
with his silver resolution steel trap; but
we are glad to believe that there is Il fair
prospect that these railroad springs will
not work.
There have been fifty-six Atlantic steam
ers lost during the past thirty seven years,
in which four thousand four hundred and
thirty persons persisted. Nine vessels
were never heard from after leaving port,
four were burned, thirty WI ecked, five lost
through collision with other vessels, and
two by collision with icebergs, two found
cred, and two were lost in fog. Of ma
lionalities, fortv.two were British, five
American, four French, four German. one
Belgian.
There is another scandal Mt Washington.
and this time it is Henry H. Smith. journal
clerk of the house, who is in trouble
charged with extorting $500 from a wild.
ow-Mrs. Norlhridge-for assistance ir
getting her pension bill through the com
mittee. Of course Smith "emphatically de-
MES > the charge, explaining that the wild
ow was simply very grateful" offering
him II gold medal, which he refused, and
finally thrust a couple of 500 bills into his
hand, Which he accepted in the presence
of two friends and never made any secret
of. But the bad look about the thing is
that Mrs. Norlhridge wanted II receipt for
her money, and never got it.
The question as to the degree of Gerrit
Smiths knowledge OF and completely in
John Browns plans for breaking up slave
| cry may now be regarded as settled John
Cochrane has drawn from John Brown,
Jr., a long letter of much interest concern
ing his fathers plans, and in regard to
Mr.. Smith he stated, what we have al :
ready supposed 10 be a fact. that while
Mr.. Smith knew, approved and aided the
one only plan which Brown formed, he
did not know Of the particular Harper's
clares that Smiths denial applied to the
tlarper's Ferry, which he could never
have approved because OF its involving
treason against the United States. Mr.
Cochrane adds that Mr.. rockingham con
ours in his views of the subject.
INDIANs.-General Sheridan says there
are 1880 Indians between the Missouri
river and the Canadian line, and this mum.
Der does not include Sitting Bull and 9TH
cr rowing bands of Sioux and Cheyenness
He believes that the establishment of q
post on Milk river, not far from the Brit
lsh line would enable the military to pre-
vent serious complications and perhaps re
suit in a larger saving of human life. The
general thinks an appropriation of $3.50.
00O might be judiciously expended thi.
way, and has written accordingly to Gen
Sherman. A Yellowstone letter say.
I'm early campaign against the Indians il
projected. but n careful count of the avail
able field fighting force shows only lis!
soldiers.
The postmaster general has issued order.
announcing regulation of the depart
ment governing transmission of printed
matter which is very important, as it over
rules long established practice in the
department. Heretofore nothing but bust
ness cards were permitted upon the
wrapper of printed matter. The post
master general now has given instructions
that any matter in print which NAV bt
transmitted whitman enclosure may also
be transmitted mt the same rate if printed
upon the wrapper or envelope. This in,
Icludes business cards, directions for re-
turning and any printed matter on the
outside of wrapper or envelope. Pos t
masters, however, are instructed not tt
regard requests for return of such matter
unless stamps to pay return postage ar,
presented.
The March number of the NineteenH
Century contains an article by Sir Garne
Wolseley on England as MliLar,
Power" He states that at no prcviou!!
period of her history has England eve
been so strong in a military Snnsn no oh.