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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

I WAR DECLARED BETWEEN Bo,,v,.
AND CHIu-A Rio Janeiro lrie,
March I'd says that according 10 isi'
gram from Valparaiso dated March l4't
the president of Bolivia has fJrn,Ily ~
clared war against Chill and callei ~
people TO arms TO repel the invaders r- ',e
Bolivian territory. All political pri.or, ,,-
were released. The CHILEAN mipi.,s,
expected at Buenos Ayres 70 purchase ,v. -
vessels, and will protest agains, Inc ar
gentine government sending war .upniia,
TO Bolivia.
In the House, the other day. .Tpl,
Kelley disappointed the democrat, LI95I
been noised about that his vanity La. b.'-
so flattered by the greenblck ,ui,r,r, tb,,
he was about to cut loose from aI Nj, ,,1
party traditions. But he WAS rviJ.,,i1
not yet ready to 90 over to the dcmocr,,:
He said that as separate measure. h.,
would vote for the repeal If the i,r,r'-
test oath and for the amendment kecn;na
troops from the polls, but he would moi, y.
II separate measure even, vote for tbo
repeal or modification Of the ,uperviso,
law, and would vote for none of lb. nrono
sitions rs riders to an approximation I'm
and in the case of veto would p.a H.
utmost power 10 sustain it. More tbar
this. turning to the democrats VIM
have been associated with him in soms -
his later movements, he warned tbpr,
that any party which attempts to override
II veto by any other than TIN. constitutional
means of Il two-thrds vote womb Lo
Irampled out of existence. judge Kpllpr
while disclalming partisanship and drrre.
eating infiammatury speeches, warned lhe
democrats that if they adjourned becuse
Of IL veto. and permitted our Lighthouses
10 90 out on our coast, and NEGLECTED. IN
enact necessary measures, they wouIJ
make the north rs solid as it was from
| 1861 10 1865.
THE LAST OF THE ForR Per CFyT,-
IF the sale Of 100000 COD Of four ppr cen,
bonds in single day few DAYS since
WAS Il surprise, the sale Of $4,000 O00 on
Friday last was. Mr. Sherman has now
sold all of the four per cents at his dispos.
al except n small amount held for such
small investors rs will avail themselves If
this issue of the refunding certificates.
This makes the aggregate sales Of four
per cents since Mr.. Sherman became see.
rotary of the treasury S700,t0OOOO, and
100000, 00O since January |, 1879. The
amount of five per cent bonds that can be
redeemed at the present time is the whole
of the ten-fortesh issued in lSlG-Slg4,.
sec. 800. Mr.. Sherman has called in 2lG0,.
000,00O of these.
The secretary has now no more bonds
to sell-that is-he has sold all that con.
gress has made provision to refund. No
bonds of the government are now redeem
able until May l, 1881, when the funded
i've per cents amounting to SjOS 4iO,3j0
fall due. June 80 Of the same year (lS3lI
he balance of the six per cents outsland
ing, amounting TO 1924, 32l $50 fall due,
This transaction not only indicates tn
confidence of investors at home an
abroad in the good faith of the govern
ment, but proves that in the estimation
Of the money lending world our naiona
credit is second to that Of no nation in tn,
| world.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

VERMONT METHODIST CoNFEREScE.-
The Vermont conference of Methodist
ministers is to convene ut Swantop. Nav
for the purpose of holding its annual ses.
sion, when Bishop Harris will preside,
The Swanton Methodss will doubtless
extend to the conference a warm welcome
to their town. The past year has been a
prosperous one to the Methodists of the
conference. Only one church-the Thet.
ford Centre-was indisposed to receive
he pastor assigned them last year. AT
Marshiield, White River Junction. Coyen.
try and Lyndonville new church buildings
have been erected, and in many places
valuable Improvements have been effected
At Lyndonville IL new society has been
formed, which is, with their young and
able PASTOR making good progress. None
Of the preachers have been transferred ia
the station above, but Mrs. Church Tabor
Mrs. p. N. Granger and Mrs. C. FaIes-.
the first two presiding elders wives ant
the latter Il preachers wifo-have died.
The various camp meetings were largely
attended, and many conversions secured.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

Here comes the Lewiston, QIl) Demo-
crat, democratic journal, saying:
This Office is in regular receipt of the
Albany Aryus, Mr.. Tilden's personal
organ. 1t comes to us weekly with all its
rilden articles carefully marked. We
infer that democratic papers generally are
similarly favored. This is the old plan
In the spring Of 1876, Mr.. Tiden inaugur-
ated this identical scheme. He even did
more than that-employcd regular
advertising agency to procure the inser-
ton of Tilden editorials in democratic
papers at SO much line. The offer
named came to this oflice-of $40 for
printing five certain short editorials in Mr.
fiden's interest. The identical editorials
appeared in many papers, but not in the
democrat. We doubt if any other pres-
Dental aspirant in America ever resorted
to such contemplate means to secure u
nomination. 1t would be degrading in !.
candidate for even pitiful county Office.
But it was IN keeping with Mr. rilden's
management of the campaign throughout.
With full knowledge of the facts stated, it
S not very singular that we more than
surmise that Mr.. Tilden was not ignorant
of the Oregon rascality and the infamous
cipher dispatches. We do not deny that
Mr., Tilden was deirauded of the Office to
which he was elected. His own inexcusa-
BILE cowardice made this crime possible.
This sckening cowardice, the groveing
methods of his campaign. and his evident
completely in the attempted frauds proved
against Pelton q Co., render it impossible
for honorable men to join in the scheme
10 boom Tilden to the front in 1880.
But in spite of ALL ii looks AS if Tilden
would boom to the front of his own purity
next year.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

One of the New York divorce lawyers
who advertise TO procure divorces for any
body in thirty days without scandal OF
publicity has been shown up pretty
thoroughly by the New York World. His
name is Monroe Adams. A World re-
porter called upon him and introduced
himself as Mr.. Bowes, stating that he
was tired of his wife, and wanted di-
vorce, as he had II more attractive woman
in view. Adams smilingly assured him
that he found that generally the case
and it was known in legal phrase as a
case of " incompatiblity." A retaining
fee of ten dollars was paid, and Mr..
Bowes, who in point of fact was unmar-
ried, submitted what appeared to be n
certified copy of the record of II marriage
in st. lnnocenLs parish. New Brunswick.
of John A. Bowes and Sarah Maria Pin.
mock. Personal service of the summons
WAS pronounced unnecessary if the wife
could be persuaded to sign II paper pre-.
pared by Adams, which in an accompany.
ing letter he represented to be fol NAL
release of her interest in certain property
involved in law suit to which her hus.
band was party. The signature of the
fictitious wife was obtained by collision
with friend of Bowes in New Bruins.
wick, and, after some delays and the pay
ment of twenty-five dollars more, paper
was handed to Bowes purporting to be a
certified copy of II decree of the circuit
court of Walworth county, Wisconsin,
dissolving the marriage Of John Bowes
and Sarah NJ. Bowes. signed by John T.
Wentworth, circuit jddge, attested by the
clerk and bearing the seal of the court.
Investigation showed that this document
was II shameless forgery. Proceedings
have been taken to prosecute Adams for
swindling, forgery and malpractice, and it
is to be hoped that he will receive the
punishment due 10 such rascality. In the
meantime, parties who have procured
divorces which were no divorces. through
his agency and have married again on the
strength of them, are probably in some
trouble.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

A letter from the United States consul at
Tangier, Morocco, gives some details of
the terrible caIan ity that has bcfullen
that country. where famine, cholera
and typhus fever have for some time ragged.
At Tangier there are about forty cases of
typhus day, while in Morocco the daily
mortality fom this disease is from 200
to 2j0 persons he starving people are
reduced to such an extremity that canni-
ballsm is of frequent occurrence.
Gen. Richard Taylor, one of the leading
generals in the confederate service during
the war Of the rebellion, died in New York,
recently. lie was II son of President
Zachary Taylor, and was born in Florida
becoming subsequently Il resident of
louisiana When The war broke out he
was appointed colonel of the ninth Louis
lama infantry, which he led at the battle Of
Bull Run. In OctoAer, 1861, he was COM
msioncd rs brigadcr general and served
under Slonewa!l jackson in virginia.
During 1861 he WAS m jor general com
handing in the department west of the
Mississippi, operating especially against
Gen. Banks in the latters unsuccessful
Red river expedition. In the latter part OF
1861 he WAS commissioned rs lieutenant
general and took command of the denart.
ment of East Louisiana. On Nav 4 1868
h. surrendered to Gen. Cnnby his force
heinz the last rom lininr +, the con(elar,.
cy. After the close Of the war he retired
to his plantation. lie was an able general
and shrewd observer of events. During
the past few Years he has been enpaped in
writing Il story of the war us he saw it,
and the work has iu,t been published bv
d Apnleton a. CO.. New Ynrk the tiIlr
heinz :. Destruction and Reconstruction
Personal Experiences in the Late War,
DH a Or A Nolhp w AK llohoE'n M,
asa ASA, o. L NV, olu war morse hlIly
nieu 'ne IoI', I.''I i Sol'cwn'I prolonged
He was bred in Colchester and went IN
the war with the First Vermont Cavalry
when that rcoiment broke camp ut Bur.
linuton. He was ridden throuGh the on.
tire four wears service bv Lirut Jornb
TrusselI Of Peacham, and returned ia
Vermont with him. after which he wos
purchased Inv Mr.. LIVINGSTON and has
the past winter, and has been one of the
| familiar objects on our streets. Billy WAS
remarkable for his endurance. Only one
other horse Of the orisinal cavalry reri.
ment came back. Mosby knew wb,u =,
GOOD horse was when he saw il and es
pecally after he had chased it a few miles
and prisoners told the cavalry bows that he
{, G etmined to some day oct Billy. bnt he
didn't. One day he came near it. A horse
WAS shot under one of The bows IN n retre,t
Tlussell took the soldier up with him. and
in IA race of four miles Billy came in
ahead with his double load. BiIlv was
badly wounded only once. In pnssino
through Winchester on the RIM. n woman
shot him from the window IF a house in.
tendino of conrso to hit his rider 50
yohpsJ8rU Caietlouitn.
zen HRANT IN lNpA.-Gen. Grant re-
celVe" great attention At bombay where
a ~, II sC''e Gunner ne gave u reception;
Ihehce he visited AlIaha1ad' Agra and
Jeypore' where ne was received BY the
narl"r"J ~ ana an m, elephant rae was
taken to Ambur. The general was re-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

RussIA.-Euly last week nihilst nam.
cl Alexander SolowjrfG attempted to a,sas-
sinatG the car and fired Il revolver nj him
several times without succeeding in hitting
his man. Soowjeif was at once ares ed
while the ear rode without escort through
the streets amid the accllmations of the
people. He has twice before been sho. ;.,,
once in 1856, and again in 1867 while he
was at the Paris exposition.
The cur has got about sick of being
made target and has placed most of the
larger Russian cities under martial law
preparatory to a general raid on the nihil-
ISIS, whD correspond TO what are called
socialists in other parts Of Europe with
some more radical clements added. The
frequent as3a ,snatons led last ftll to the
withdrawal of the right of trial by Jury in
criminal an | political eases, and now
mlrtial law steps in to rule a portion Of the
empire. The good order of society y
VIII oh the car represents is an iron DIES
potism, but on the other hand the =" liber.
ty" of the nihilist is murder and anarchy
two sharp horns of u very bad dilemma
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

CYCLoPEDIA OF LITERATURE.-Al list of
the celebrated authors whose lives and
writings are represented in volume 3 of
the Acme edition of Chambers Cyclopedia
of English Literature, just received, is
certainly very attractive to any person of
fine literary taste. Fox, Penn, Baxter,
Bunyan, Locke, Newton, Browne, Hale,
Walton, Dryden, Temple. Evelyn. Pepys,
Butler, Addison, Swift, Pope, Ramsay,
Cibber, Steele. Berkeley. Defoe, and Boil
ngbroke are n few brilliant stars which
brighten the 4l6 pages. 1T will bring
gladneSs to many II scholars heart" says
the Times of Philadelphia, ito find that
this truly admirable work has been brought
within the range of shallow pockets"
Eight such volumes, beautifully printed,
and elegantly bound in cloth, for only
81 80 or by the single volume for 43 cents,
post paid, is certainly Il marvel of cheap
ness and should establish an enviable
reputation for the publishers, if it can not
make their fortune Already they report
Il sale of nearly 10000 volumes. 1t ought
to be in every library and home in the
land Specimen pages and full particulars
us 10 various styles of binding, terms to
clubs, ETC., will be sent free on request by
the publishers, the American Book Ex-
change, 50 Beekman street, New York
The work is sold only to subscribers
direct, and the present wonderfully low
rates are offered only to early purcha
Volumes of the work can be seen ut the
office Of this paper, and those who desire
may add their names to club soon to be
forwarded.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

Two MuRDERs.--Sunday forenoon,
April 18Th, josiah Bacon of Boston, treas.
urer of the Goodyear Dental Vulcante
Company, was found dead in his room in
Baldwin's Hotel, San Francisco lie had
been shot. Bpcon's business was collect.
ing moneys for use Of articles covered by
the company's patents and he WAS very
generally hated by dentists throughout the
country, MS he was II harsh man in looking
after his employers interests The man
who shot him, Dr. Cbalfant, n Sun Fran
cisco dentist, gave himself up Wednesday
morning and told the circumstances of The
killing. lie called on Bacon who abused
him. maddened him and got shot. The
Webster Parkman case is called to mind
very strongly by Chalfant's story.
In Baltimore last Wednesday Denwood
Kinds, "A rich young man. shot Mr.. James,
father of Lizzie James, who was ruined
by Kinds, and who died in March. VIM.
M. james, a brother of the girl, undertook
to kill Kinds December 23d, 1878, and
both men were severely wounded, but both
recovered. Wednesday the father saw
Kinds on the street and began shooting at
him. but merely wounded him, while
Kinds was more successful in his aim.
Ali of which adds to the lessons the coun.
try is getting about carrying firearms.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23
The Nav Magazines.

ScriJlcr opens with frOntispiece por-
trait of DIR. Holmes. by the artist, Wyatt
Eaton. An interesting biographical sketch
is given. The opening paper, which Is
illustrated, describes the new art museum
in Rome. An interesting illustrated paper
describes New York wharf life. with its
various industries. markets, ferries, ETC.
There is n biographical and critical paper
on the two distinguished vioinists. Will
helml and Remenyi, with pen portraits;
an illustrated article on the busy bee; Il
practical discussion on village lawn plant
ing, which shows what can be done with II
village lot so by $50 feet; and the first OF II
series of papers on Brazil. The present
paper is devoted to Para, the metropolis OF
the Amazon; and the illustrations show
much variety of scene and incident. Other
papers are Three Days in Sussex" a
Il charming description in the light vein of
English country house life (by an anony-
nous writer; "A Pilgrimage to Vail
ambrO,a," by Theodore X. Bacon, and a
sketch of Richard Henry Dana, by James
Grant Wilson. In fiction, the seventh
installment of Ellsworth" is given and the
first part of Miss Traflon's two-part story.
"a Narrow Street, also complete ,ketcll,
entitled "A Man without Enthusiasm. 4"
The poetry is very good and the editorial
departments are unusually interesting.
81. NtchOldS is sort of story number,
and has nearly 40 pictures. Besides the
two serials there are spider story, an
elephant story, II gunpowder story, n bear
story, an astronomical story, mythology
cal story, a botanical story. Il mathemali-
cal story, Il story of girl who couldn't,
and more than one of girls who could,
besides an astounding tale of Il boy ~ho
made man and found him II very difficult
person to manage. A stirring account is
given of now "rhe Big Bear of Wanneto-
la" was hunted and sain-the closing
struggle being shown in striking picture
by w. i. Sheppard, The L,nd of the
Powder Players'-Morocco-and the wild
sports, on horseback and afoot, Gifts dark
skinned warriors, are described by Ernest
lngersoll, with the aid of seven ilustrI.
tions. Mary Mapes Dodge, the editor.
contributes II poem for May-day; and Mrs.
E. L. Corbett, in some comical verses
entitled THE Three Wise Couples
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23
MONTPELIER MARKET
RETAIL PRICES.


For the week ending Tuesday, a prtl %, ls5s,
Apples, dried new s6IOc # h; Butter, I1da5r (,
Beef 4d2Oc; Beef, dried, green weight, zoe; Pork
fresh, bml1 so Pork, salt, |. &c; Ham, l5c; Lard,
u &c; Veal. 50l2c; Beans, " bushel, t38! 10,
Corn, S5st; Corn meal, u LIS ms. Sl.2J; oats
pushel, 20 diOc; Flour u DBL, 5000 IS 50; Crack.
ms, 1913; Coal, y ton, 81 so a oOOO; Cheese 10 n
,5dG0c; tish-fresh Cod, dressed Toe; lIlhbnl,
loc; shall, So; MIcSerel, l3c: salt FISH Cnd, G,i
salmon, l00l2 sc v h; rripe. l1ac; Kerosene
oll, Rgalion, 90; Potatoes, - busael, SO6loo;
sat bnshel sos; Dairy, I5d3e - h, sugar
etned, io0i2ai brown S., Noiasscs. = gallon
t0dsO; Tea, 5O;0O75; Coaoe, Old Java roasted
ioc: h1, roasted SOC v II Herds Grass roc,l
81 %; Michigan Clover, 06l0 r. n, Northern N,'v
York do, Halle v pound
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sherman has sue.
ceeded remarkably in getting United
States bonds refunded ut lower rates of
interest, last week having received u bid
TO take all the four per cents offered t.
take the place of five per cents. He how
ever concluded TO give till the 17th OF
June for the purchase of the $40 certili.
Gates in quantities not to exceed $500
which mry be then changed into four per
cents and will hold buck bonds enough to
redeem what certificates may be sold NJ
more bonds can be redeemed till 1881
when $23S,O0O,000 six per cents and sos,
100000 live per cents can be called in.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

A simple, pure, harmless remedy, tina,
ures every time, and prevents disease by
keeping the blood pure, stomach regular,
kidneys and liver active, is the creates,
blessing ever conferred upon man. Hop
Bitters is that remedy, and its proprietors
are being blessed by thousands who have
been saved and cured by it. VIII you try
il? See another column. FMl6w2
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

Senator Logan publishes card in which
he declares false and slanderous the state
ment, recently published in democratic
newspapers that he was instrumental in
raising company to join the confederate
service at the outbreak of the war.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

There is sharp fighting in southern
A'ric'; the English are beating the Zalus
but the latter fight bravely and make the
victors pay dearly for their success. The
garrison at Ekowe was relieved three
weeks ago.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

The practice of correcting the report of
congressional speeches 50 as 10 give not
what q man said, but what he meant to
say, has led to another personal difference,
this time between Blackburn Of Kentucky
and Mckinley of Ohio. So long rs these
corrections are allowed, these differences,
and ugly differences they are sometimes,
are sure 10 follow. There are in fact three
editions of II congressman's speech. The
associated press prints the first, its stcn,
ographer giving important passages, and
important passages only in full. The
official stenographers take down speech
verbatim for the Congressional Record,
and active congressman make II few
corrections in the report before it is pub
llshed the next morning, and if the speech
is repnblished in pamphlet form more
DIRECTIONS are made. Not unfrequently
II speech is withheld from publication in
the Record for days "for revision" and
there is then no telling what corrections
will be made. At present there is no
check on these changes. In the French
assembly one exists, and interpolnted pis.
sages are sometimes struck ont of its
verbatim report.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-05
A BLIND LETTER REACHES IT'S
DESTINATsON.

Another example of the excellent work
accomplished by the Post Office Depart
ment came to light recently Mr.. Ed
Mercer, clerk at the Robinson House,
showed reporter of the Telegraph letter
bearing the following address:
''To Robinson House, Cor. Duouesne
Way and Seventh Street. For Margaret
F. Cogherty, United States of America
Here the original address ended, and in
one corner of the envelope was written in
another handwriting, pittsburgh, Pa"
On the back it was stamped: Deficiency
in address supplied at New York Post
Office" The letter was mailed in Galway,
Ireland, Jan. 10; reached New York on the
18th; was held two days on account of the
address; on the 21st was sent to
this city. This is pretty quick work in deliv-
ering letter addressed to somebody in the
"United States Of America. "-putsLuyo
Penn.) Telegraph
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-05
WEDDING PRESENTS.

The custom of giving wedding presents
is very old one, and differs in different
countries. The penny weddings in Scot
land were peculiar. Invited guests made
contributions in money. Zone shilling was
the general tribute, and half u crown was a
princely offering) Out of the sum thus
collected the not very costly expenses of the
feast were paid, and the surplus went to-
ward buying the furniture. In Germany
there is the pay wedding" at which the
bride receives her guests with basin be-
fore her, each person depositing q jewel
spoon, or piece of money, at the same time
apologizing for the donation being far be-
low value compared with the damsels
deserts. In some parts of Germany the
rule is that the expenses of the marriage
feast shall be met by each guest paying for
what eats and drinks, just as if he were in
a hotel, but not at fair hotel prices. The
newly married pair profit by this arrange
ment, and often realize sum sufficient to
start them in life. From one to three hun
dred guests are often present throughout
these festivals Sometimes the flow of
presents take very different course. In
Poland, lady is not regarded eligible for
double blesseduess until she has wrought
with her own hands cloth and garments for
each of her future lords friends (grooms-
men) accompanying him to the altar. In
most countries, at the present time, we'd
ding presents may be said to abound. This
system of inviting people to bridal recep-
ton and expecting them to make a yalua-
BILE present has become serious tax, and
though much money is thus expended,
the result is generally not quite Satisfac.
tOry