Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

Of the gathering which will be altogether
the most notable Of modern times.
The congress will meet under rather
peculiar local circumstances. All Ger
many is excited over the Socialist intrigues
md the venerable emperor is but slowly
getting strength after the serious wounds
given him by Nobilng, the assassin who
himself lies at the point of death. The
Emperor William is however steadily |
gaining and will soon betake himselfto one |
of the German Baths for u season Of rest.
Meantime the dissolution OF the German
parliament has been resolved on and a
new election is soon to be held, the minis
try conceiving that q legislative body fresh
from the people will be more apt to take
the severest measures against those organ
izations, the spread of which results in if
that is not their real ain, such vile at
tempts as those of Hoedel and Nobiling,
Gov. Vance of North Carolina would
seem to be the man whom the next legis-
lature will send rs senator.
The Georgia republicans are talking of
thorough organization and a canvass of
every congressional district.
Bresnahan, the murderer of Daulter, at
South Cotton, St. Lawrence county, N. Y,
has been sentenced to be hung July &C.
The Treat and Land mill, in Bath. Me-,
which cost $125,000, was destroyed by fire
Friday, together with 4 large amount of
lumber.
The Mddlebury Register announces that
Hon. John w. Stewart will not allow his
friends to push the matter of his nomina-
nation TO congress, in the first district, this
year.
The large steam mill, occupied by Bean
& Atwood, two store houses with n lot of
pegs and pulp, also the railroad water
tank house at Bath, N. H., were destroy ed
by fire Friday. Loss about $4,000. No
insurance.
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the association
of editors and publishers of Vermont will
be held at Brandon, Tuesday and W ednes-
day, June 18th and 10Th. The business
meeting will be held Wednesday evening,
when M. Camp, Esq, will give an address
and Mrs. Julia c. r. Dorr a poem. Thurs
day June goth, there will be an excursion
to Lake Dunmore, where Hon. j. Z. Dyer,
of the Cottage" at the site of the Lake
Dunmore Honse, invites the association to
dinner.
The Army Of the Potomac held an en-.
thusiastic meeting at Springfield, Mass,
last Wednesday, at which one thousand
two hundred veterans were present, Gen.
Slocum presided. r. II. Stoddard read q
poem, and Henry Ward Beecher delivered
IN address, which was enthusiastically re
ceived, particularly passages affirming
that the south was wrong in the war
Speeches were also made by Gen. Hooker
and other prominent men. Three cheer.
were given for Gen. Grant. A business
session followed, and officers were elected
The congress to assemble at Berlin OF
the 18th will be one of the most notable
diplomatic gatherings in the history O
Europe, both in the importance of tn
questions to be settled and the character O
the men who are to represent the leadin.
powers. The subjects to be discussed hav
been SO well outlined and the preliminarie
so far agreed upon in the pour-parlers O
the past three months that fortnight ma
suffice to complete the work of the con
gress, ii England is not too exacting o
Russia too obstinate. The point that Eng
land has all along been insisting upon
that the whole of the San Stefano treat
shall be subject to discussion, is now viz
tually conceded by all parties.
The Indians are early on the war Pat
this summer. The Bannocks and TIN
Shoshones are concentrating in the grea
lava beds between the Campas prairie an
the Salmon river, which makes the occur
renee of the terrible scenes of the Modo
war not an impossibilty. Dispatches fror
all parts of the Sioux country indicate
general rallying of the warlike tribes c
the Nation, and official advices from til
Canadian border report that great porto
of Sitting Bulls forces have left the vicir
ity of Fort Walsh, and are gradually NOV
ing south with the growth of vegetation
Gen. Sherman anticipates that within
few weeks all the hostile tribes of Sion
will institute general war of extermina
alton within the regions claimed as thei
own.
The Addison county court is in sesso
and the trial of Deacon Smith for the mur
der of his wife in Vergennes last summer
began yesterday. Mr.. Woodbridge, state
attorney. assisted by Gov. Stewart an
Col. Veazey act for the state while Henri
Ballard and j. II. Lucia conduct the de
tense. We notice one juryman got off tn
panel very quietly. He had expressed n,
opinion before, but proceeded to remed,
his case by expressing one then and Their,
when he was very properly excused; and
we have no doubt. left the jury box with
smile that was child-like and bland for
man of his age. 1t was very neatly don,
on the part of Mr.. Hall, and is liable tx
become a precedent for those jurymer
who don't want TO sit in any particular