Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-18

| The exodus of the negroes from the
Lower Mississippi country TO Kansas is
about over with for the present The
number who have gone is estimated at
from 5000 to 10000.
France, since the Franco Prussian war
which destroyed the French army, has
spent Sl00,000,000 annually on her mill
tary establishment, and the French army
now consists of $4,000 fighting men,
49, 900 horses and 1900 cannon,all ready
to take the field. The yearly sum spent in
this country on the army is about S26. 000,-
600, and supports an army of less than
$4,000 men all told.
Chicago has peculiar way of commut-
ing unpaid fines. A convict is credited
with 80 for each day of his Imprisonment.
If, for instance, he is fined 800, and sent
to prison in default of payment, he gets
ont in fifty days without paying a cent.
A law soon to 90 into effect reduces the
Communication to fifty cents day, thereby
quadrupling the time required to work
out fine; but the judges will probably
reduce the fines in proportion.
Robert Collyer surprises the country,
which has so long seen him identified
with Unitarianism in Chicago, by promis-
ing to accept call from New York,-to
the church of the Messiah, lately under
charge of w. r. Alger. Collyer is one of
the half-dozen great preachers of the
country, and so much of man that he
does not risk, but will highten his fame by
changing his audience, even at fifty-siX
years. He gets five thousand dollars a
year and one thousand dollars more to
cover the expenses of moving; and de-
cides on the change because of the inval-
idism of his wife and eldest son; now
purposing to come east in September.
There was noisy scene in the House
over the bill reported from the committee
on the civil service, making it criminal
offence for government employees to con-
tribute any money for political purposes.
The republican members Of the committee
claimed that they had not been consulted
about the construction of the bill and that
it was not unanimous report rs alleged
The previous question was demanded and
republicans resorted to dlatory motions TO
defeat the motion. Mr.. Conger wanted
the bill printed and brought up on another
day, but his request was refused, where
upon he gave the democrats notice that the
House would be left without quorum,
and that the bill could not be passed.
From the present indications General
Grant is expected TO arrive Mt Neyasak, in
Japan, the first or second week of July,
and will be received there by deputation
of high japanese officials, including
Yoshida, late minister ut Washington. A
japanese ironclad will be placed at the
disposal of the party. If agreeable, ar
engagements will be made for visiting the
battleleds of the late war in Kinson, in
the southwestern portion Of the island of
Japan. Part of the journey to Tollo will
be by land. General Grant will probably
arrive August list, after round of enter
tainment under government auspices, in
the capital and vicinity. General Grant
will visit Yokohama and accept the hospi-
talities Of the United States consul-gcncral
and others.
The physicians in New York city and
Troy have recently been puzzled over a
mans heart lying on his right side. The
young man Warford, by name, became,
after contracting cold, emaclated to a
skeleton, and SO weak that he was sent
home to die. While there he was treated
for dropsy of the thorax, and tapped sever
al times. lie has now SO tar recovered as
to return to business. The hope now is
so as to return TO its proner nlaco,
The only recorded case ut all similar
was described IN the English medical
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A FAST New STEAMSHIP. new
Guion steamship Arizona arrived at Sandy
Hook on Sunday evening after having
made the passage from Queenstown in z
days II hours and IL minutes-the quick
est time which has ever been made bv any
new steamer and the third fastest passage
on record. This magnificent steamer is,
with the possible exception of the CITY OF
Berlin, the largest merchant vessel atioat
and on Monday morning, as soon as she
had been made fast ut the Guion pier, she
was thrown open for public inspection
feet beam and ~ 10 foot dortb b - hold
and her measurement in the neighborhood
of 1900 tons. The propeller is % feet in
ui''meter' WIN pier OF % lect' On her
The vessel has seven douhle ended ho; I
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7po'' '"S VI "A''' - '"J""0''on !''uoo 'y
7 'uuSe bowen Vi VIC lourth olStrlct OF
Colorado, in accordance with which the
Denver IL Rio Grande railroad company
has recovered possession Of their construct.
ed railway between Denver and Alamosa,
and nearly all the remaining portions. On
Wednesday at South Pueblo, a large body
a of armed men was organized to resist
f The sheriff, with a posse of $50 men,
j. however, succeeded at p. NJ. in driving
out Of the railroad buildings the men who
" had held them, and besides the recovery Of
: the railroad property took so stand of arms
S and some ammunition. At different points
D on the route, mobs collected and fired
uDon the train, killing several and wound