Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

The walkers have had their checks for
the money for the great walk. Rowell
got Sl8,399, Ennis ,033 Hartman
'33,G70 and Walton (EIarriman's backer)
$500.
HayerlIill, \. H., had fine time al
March meeting. The voters began on the
llth and kept it up six days, trying to
elect town officers. Monday, the 18th,
after having chosen clerk and selectmen
the meeting adjourned without day.
Both the greenback men and the repub
lcans hHYe agreed that under no circum.
stances will they'pair with any one at tn,
present session. This will obligc tn,
democrats to keep their whole force in the
House in order to carry any question.
Whitaker, the Oregon congressman
made the trip from San Francisco to
Washington in five days. He went over
the plains in 1852 with an OK team in five
months. His late sudden transit ought to
give him the right TO use the letter rs
an initial
The advices from London represent the
situation Of the British in South Africa as
critical. The Zulus have destroyed the
road from Tugela to Ekowe, and are in n
fair way TO completely cut off Colonel
Pearson and his command. The loyalty
Of the Fingces is said 10 be dubious, and,
to make matters worse there is great
sickness in the garrison at llelpmakaar
However. it is stated that renforcements
are matching rapidly to the front, and
news of Il great battle may be looked fol
soon.
Rhode Island holds her state election in
April but has lost the company of Con
necticut in that spring time operation.
is very propable that Gov. Van Zandt will
he again chosen together with the rest Of
the republican state officers. The system
Of voting down there isn't very republican
however and it is very likely that the
democrats would carry the state under such
rules for voting as prevail in the other
New England states But the old stagers
of both parties don't seem to want to have
the constitution changed.
GEN FosTER.-The death Of United
States Marshal George ?. Foster at Bur.
lington last Wednesday evening took
away brave soldier. Gen. Foster was
born in 1885, went out as captain in the
4th regiment and afterwards became col
Onel Of that regiment. He had been
marshal about ten years and WAS an eff
cient officer, rs his arrest of Gen"
O'Neil, the Fenian commander showed.
The funeral was Saturday. A detachment
of the Capitol guards of this place attend
cd, and the Burlington militia, fire depart
ment and various societies had place in
the procession. Rev. Mr.. Brastow con-
Quoted the services.
CONGRESS- House of Representa-
tiVes adjourned about the middle of last
week till yesterday and then did nothing
The democrats haven't got their machine
set quite right yet to do their proposed
work but they will soon get at 1t by hold
ing few more caucuses. The Senate
has gone into the debating business quite
largely and the democrats have elected
such officers of the Senate as seemed best
10 the southern and western members of
the party. They reply to the republican
charge that nineteen confederate soldiers
are members of the Senate by saying that
but four Union soldiers have seats there
and it does seem that the democrats elect
more Of their fighting men to senatorial
places than do the republicans.