Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-04

aad safe return home. To Mr.. Gordon
Merry Christmas and the exchange of his
seven-shooter for copy of Lord Chester
fields letters on department. To the rest Of
the South Merry Christmas AMI change
| of heart toward the black man."
The trial of Mr.. Tilien on the charge of
defrauding the Government by making a
false declaration of his income, during the
years of the income tax, will begin on the
Sth of January.
Mrs Chisholm. widow of the massacred
Judge, of Kemper county, Miss, has ae
cepted position in the Treasury depart
ment, offered her hy direction of the Presi
| dent
An Ohio paper finds conclusive evideres
that Gen. s. =. Cary has abandoned the
Democratic party forever, in the 'act that he
has again tlken the field as temperance
lecturer.
The removal of Col. Frank Howe, Pen
sion Agent at New York, has been deciGed
upon, ard he has been informed that his re-
signation will be accepted if rendered at
once. The Commissioner of Pensions states
that Col Hows's official record is uuim-
peached, but that there are other reasons of
a private character which necessitate
change in the office.
1t is now discovered that Murphy, the alb
sconding Tammany excise commissioner, OF
New York, who Alt out with $4,000 of
the city's money, the other day. was reek-
less gambler, 1t is said he has been known
to lose 81 900 in one day in this way The
Tammany general committee has expelled
Murphy from membership.
The statements in regard to the number of
independents returned to the Georgia Legis-
lature turns out to have been wide of the
MARI. Instead Of eighty Independents
against twelve in the last Legislature, it is
now stated that there won't be bakers
dozen.
The rebel generals, Beauregard and Early,
have been running lottery in Louisiana,
ard the concern sent invitations to country
editors to attend the 'grand drawing" The
Kansas Farmer received enc Of them, and
said of it: mo, gentlemen, We can't go.
We were down through the Sunny South
with a number of comrades, for little over
four years, looking after Beauregard and
Early when they were engaged in bigger
fraud than they are now, and our time. at
present is so entirely taken up in making
the money TO pay our share of the taxes of
that trip that We shall probably not be
there"
The President, if the Washington report
ers are correct, has restored to the retired list
of the army Major B. r. Runkle, who was
dismissed some years ago by sentence of
court martial. for defalcatiOn. The ground
for the restoration is said to be that Runklo
had never been actually dismissed because the
signature of President Grant did rot appear
on the order approving the sentence This
omission proved good thing for Runkle, as
he not only regains his standing in the army
but SIS 900 as arrears OF pay since his dis
missal The Judge Advocate General is Of the
opinion that the Secretary of War, having
laid the sentence before the President for his
approval and afterwards published the order
dismi>>ing the officer, must be held to have
acted by the Presidents direction. and there
is no doubt Of General Grants actual ap-
pruyai, since 1t was by his order that part of
the sentence imposing a heavy fine and ten
wears Imprisonment was remltted, and dis
misSal inflicted as the sole punishment. But
Major Runkle has got his money and is now
on the pay roll; and the President does not
know what to do with him.
Hon D. T. COrbin has published a state
meut regarding the allegations of the Demo
cratic plpers, that he paid over to the Cham
berlain Legislature a certain sum of money
as ylad pro gHo for their vot's in electjrg
him to the nii5d States Senate, iu which
he saws Il paid no man in the c Clamber-
lain Legislature for hs vote. directly or in-
directly. When Judge +. B. Carpenter en-
inined the State Treasurer and the Carolins
National Bunk, last Fall, from paying out
the funds of the State according to law Ia
most tvrannic,l and unlawful mjGnetionl,
and the wheels Of the State government
were thus stopped. | l,aned about so 900
th T L. Ctrfuzl. State treasurer, to meet
the immediate wants of the State govern
ment This was some time after my elec-
tinn. and was in no sense secret Iranslc-
ton This money, | am informed and be-
lieye. was mostly used hy the State tres
urer in part payment of the regular salaries
Of the members Of the Senate and House"
Mr. Eyarts is reported as saying The
Cthinct Is perfectly harmonious. TIE
tli,htv effort Of certain politicians cannot
disturb that harmony or disturb the country.
Before l,nc the country will understand the
whole matter as we in the Cabinet under
stand it, AS for myself. | made up NV miLd
carly in life not TO have an ambition thlt
would disturb nv own rest, let alone thai IF
anyone else | am like the C1nnoctie It tar
mer's stone wall, which was built iOlr tcet
hlah and five feet thick, - that If It was
blown over it would he higher than it WIS
before have been willing to eomc here On
Il salary uf - OOO a year, dnl il | am
tipped over will 20 hack to a practice Of
; ~ 0nh wear.