Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-10

Secretary Sherman is disposed to follow
up the government inspector of steamers
for his report on the Metropolis disaster,
which was unsatisfactory, and exculpated
those who inspected the vessel before she
went to sea.
Montgomery Blair's prediction that
Hayes will be out Of the White House
within sixty days recalls Mr.. Seward
famous remark ut regular intervals during
the rebellion that it would be crushed in
side of ninety days.
Congress, in an inquiring mood, some
time ago asked the executive department
if the Spanish General Burriel had ever
been brought to trial. The reply is good
in elaborate paper on the proverbial
slowness of Spanish state trials, and at the
end of it the casual remark that Burriel is
dead.
The new blue book, Just published, gives
the names of $3.50 federal office holders
of all kinds and degrees one in 450
of the total population, and one for every
90 votes. 1t is argued by those who ought
to know that the number of officials is not
limited to the requirements of the public
service.
The choice of fourteen republicans in
districts where the chamber of deputies
had ordered new elections. is another
striking illustration of the drift of public
sentiment in France. Gains such as these
will consolidate the republic and perfect
the work which the recent constitutional
laws are intended to defend.
The New York papers say there seems
to be little doubt that Theodore Tilton and
his wife, who separated on account of the
great scandal, have been reunited Theo-
dore has been wooing her for some time,
sending presents and helping her in other
ways, and Mr.. Sherman and others near
to Mr.. Beecher believe that Elizabeth has
capitulated to her husband and her mother
The "young couple will probably take Il
European trip.
The Philadelphia Press has compiled
and published n comparative statement OF
prices from 1860 to the present The list
which is an elaborate one, contains all the
main staples which enter into food cloth.
ing and the leading industries of the
country, and the result shows that the cos
of living to-day has not only Reached the
hard-pnn rates before the war. but is in
fact 30 10 80 per cent. cheaper than il
} 1860.
Mrs. Robert Bonner, wife of the propri
, etor of the New York Ledger, died the
other evening of consumption, in the 49Ll
year of her age. As Miss Jane McConlis
s the deceased, Il native of the county Don
egal. in the north of Ireland, came to th
. country with her parents in 1889, being Il
5 that date 10 years of age. She was edn
e Gated in New York city, and there she frs
:, met MIR Robert Bonner, then celebrate
;, as the swiflest compositor in the city. Th
y acquaintance ripened into an offer of mar
riage, and they were married quietly Ma
ii 81, 1850 Give years before the LeCiger WA
= started), according to the Presbyterian rite
It Further reports from the famine strcke
d districts of China show no ameioratiol
:. of the calamity. In Shansi, the worst AT
4 flicted province, the wretched inhabitant
have, in many places, devoured the bark
II and roots Of all the trees. There has bee
l. no rain in three years, anil, if the peopl
d had any grain, it wond not grow were
Is sown. The loathsome business of selln
= children in order to obtain food is increas
~ ing, and what the end of the calamity Wi
II be no one can foretel. There is no wa
d of conveying provisions to the fourtee
Of millions of people of this province, excel
E on the backs of donkeys and mules. an
! the relief thus furnished is of course nou
n nnl.