Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

A South Carolina negro on Wade Hamp-
on: Fo' de Lawd! but cherry time dat
man opens his mouf feels dat | am
tnrnln' whittier an gitlin' de kinks out'n
my ha'r"
The mother of Henry j. Raymond, the
founder of the New York Tunes, died on
the 5h instant, at the residence of a grand
daughter in Jackson, Mich, ut the age OF
eighty years.
The New York Herald intimates that
General Grant will not accept another
nomination for president, but that he
favors Senator Conklng The statement is
made editorially. us though based on in
formation from the general.
Ex-Governor Warmoth has an original
explanation of the Sherman letter mystery.
He thinks Sherman really wrote a letter,
but that Mrs jerks pockeled it, and gave
Weber and Anderson one of her own con-
coction in its place. He expresses the
opinion that Jenks and Anderson are 'or-
iginal scoundrels,' but wisely says nothing
lisrespeclful of Mrs. jerks.
Hugh Hastings's latest story is that an
old subscriber wrote to him to stop his
newspaper on account of its hostility to
Governor Til,len. Hugh replied by letter:
" My antagonsm began in my youth,
when from the window of Erasus Corn
ng's store in Albany saw old Moses Til
len and his son come into town from Leb-
anon to sell herbs, and that boy Sam was
pointed out to me rs the chap who sold
Job Gould, the herb doctor, grated turnips
for horseradish. think Sam Tillen has
been selling turnips for horSeradish ever
since" The subscriber renewed.
BY curious coincidence, Marwood, the
English official eXecutioner, like Calcraft,
his predecesSor-whose real name, by the
way, is Thompson-is Il shoemaker Mar
wood insists that he WAS first prompted to
adopt his CHASTITY profession by motives of
he purest philanthropy, feeling certain
that the majority of those undergoing
capital punishment by strangulation snf
frred much unnecessary torture. He hal
never witnessed an execution until he him.
self was called upon "to work off an in
'lividua," rs he expresses it, but had for
some time made study of anatomy, and
went to the scaffold thoroughly fortified
with theories.
A number of the prominent lawyers of
the countrv-among them Secretary Ev-
arts, ex Secretary Bristow, Gov. Hubbard
of Connecticut; Attorney-General Train,
of Massachusetts; +. j. Phelps. of YER
mont; Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois; and
j. Randolph Tucker, of Virgnia-have
issued II call for an informal meeting al
Saratoga, August 81, TO consider the feast
bility of establishing an American bar
association. The intention is not only TO
meet annually to compare views, but to
help assimilate the laws of the different
states, extend the benefit of true reform
and publish the failure of unsuccessful ex-
periments in legislation.
Attorney General Devens, in giving n
formal opinion on the eight hour law,
cites decision of the supreme court to
he effect that the law only prescribes the
length of time which stall amount TO n
days work when no special agreement is
made. and that it does not forbid the max
ing of contracts fixing different lengths of
time as days work. The act does not
establish the price to be paid for DAYS
work, nor specify any sum to he paid for
eight hours labor, nor that the price shall
be more when the hours are greater nor
less when the hours are fewer The at
torney general therefore decides the secre.
tary of the treasurys recent circular al.
lowing more for ten hours than eigh,
hours work, is perfectly consistent with
the eight hour law.
The Tribune says while the removal of
Cornell doubtless has more or less remote
connection with the political fight of Conk-
ling and Fenton, it is understood the re-
moval of Arthur will be defended upon
other grounds. An objection long urged
against Arthur was his indisposition to ms.
sumo personal direction of affairs of the
custom house and personal responsibility
for its management. 1t is charged that
under his somewhat lax discipline the COL
lector's immediate subordinates we're per.
mitted to conduct matters after routine and
red tape fashion, which prevented the full
success of the reforms proposed. Lately
grave charges against Deputy Collector
Lydecker have been received in connection
with system Of differentiation. Album
dant reasons for the changes made and
others to be made will be ready for anv
call the senate may make.