Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-01

up her plan of being an actress, which
plan is said to shock her Quaker mother
and friends.
The Washington correspondent of the
Troy Times confirms other statements
that Senator Conkling is positive and
emphatic in disclaiming being candidate
for president.
BY the counting in Of the democratic
candidates for congress in the second
North Carolina and second Florida dis
tricts the democrats figure up 149 members
of the next House of Representatives, to
$50 republicans anil 10 greenbackers.
The treasury enters upon resumption
with II balance of 20) millions of gold,
silver and subsidiary, and - 1-2 millions
of currency. Secretary Sherman has long
been willing to undertake the resumption
experiment with only 100 millions Of coin.
We are indebted for a sample of Uran-
inc, the new coloring matter, to the editors
OF the Scientific american, who are send
ing out specimens, free of charge. to their
readers. The subscription to the paper is
50 20 for n year, and it is good invest
ment for any one of mechanical or scen-
tfic tastes
In response to Cameron's resolution the
president will send to the Senate when
congress re-assembles large package of
documents treating chiefly of occurrences
in South Carolina and Louisiana, compris-
ing reports TO the attorney general by dis
trict attorneys, United States marshals,
United States commissioners and special
agents of the department of justice.
A Frcnchman named Aldrich, who has
been numbering for Charles Stevens in
Bolton, took three yoke of oxen belonging
TO Stevens and drove them to Waterbury
and offered them for sale SO very reason
ably that some of the citizens concluded
to invest. On the 23d ult., Mr.. Stevens,
who lives in North Troy, appeared and
demanded his oxen, and not getting them
in that way, proceeded to commence suits
against the holders thereof returnable at
Troy.
We were wrong in saying that Bayard
Taylor's real name was James Bayard
Taylor. He got notion when in his
teens that he wanted more name and used
TO prefix James to his real name and
when his first book was printed his pub
Usher put the whole name on the title
page. Bayard was ashamed of the per-
torrance and when he became twenty-one
concluded he could get along with the
amount of name his parents had given
him, and did so ever after.
The acting attorney general at Washing
ton, having given an opinion that the
Blaine investigating committee could
have the benefit of the $4,000 appropri-
alton, in spite of the unfortunate verbal
blunder in the act, and The controller of
the treasury having announced his willing
ness to yield to the construction of the
attorney general, the committee will have
some funds to work with after all; and
the investigation will proceed. A sub
committee will probably soon leave for
New Orleans, TO take testimony there.
Louisiana seems to have to unravel
when the truth is wanted. Here is demo-
cratic Congressman Acklen who, IL repub-
lican committee has said, is II nice man
and democratic committee SAYS he is a
mean man. Now it is reported that some
of the evidence before the whitewashinp
republicans was forged by Acklen. Then
Congressman Ellis is worried about Gov.
Nichols under whose administration the
finances of the state are reported to be
much worse than under the hated carpet
Dagger Kellogg.
Con Conwell, Hugh Dougherty and
Thomas Patten, Il trio of New York
peddlers, the day after Christmas got very
drunk and that night were arrested for
disturbing the quietness of upper Main
street. They were put in Jail and the next
day fined by Justice Huse for drunkenness.
They departed saying that the next time
they came around they would bring their
mothers with them; and they had better
because they have been pedding unlawful
ly, Il performance carrying II very heavy
penalty.