Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-17

= lLe oolh orancnes OF tue CalilOIuia leSis'
lature.
The official canvass in New York elect:
the whole republican state ticket excep
Soulc for engineer. Seymour, democrat
having a majority for that Office.
A new word has burst upon the world
from the northwest, where the big storms
originate. It is " blizzard" A blizzard
is not a bird or new style of poetry; but
driving snowstorm.
The new secretary of war has the honor
of being an old public functionary. II has
spent &c years at least in office, having
served two states and territory, as well
as the general government.
Nasty, in his letter from Confederit y
Roads, says: 1.-The sines Nv the times is
agin us. Dimocrisy hez bin thro n great
deel sence l have bin an ornament to that
organization, but it wuz never in such a
cussid condishun ez now"
Jefferson Davis has written another
long letter exalling state rights as the
fundamental doctrine on which the Union
was founded. lie observes at the end that
he has no present or prospective connec-
ton with the politics of the day.
Gen. Grant had a great reception in
Philadelphia Monday. He had come by
way of Pittsburg, Columbus, Cincinnati,
Louisville and indianapolis in each Of
which places all classes of citizens Joined
TO give him hearty welcome.
The republican national committee
meets in Washington to-day and will elect
Il chairman and decide where to hold the
next national convention. 1t is thought
Don Cameron will be made chairman and
Chicago selected as the place for The con-
vention.
General Grant recognizes the ability of
Senator Edmunds, and how lily the repub-
ican party can afford to lose him from the
Senate He is reported to have said. when
informed that the supreme iudgship had
been offered the senator: &c hope he will
not accept it. He ought to remain in the
Senate. He is too good n man to lose."
The Golden Rule says: Happy are the
homes where all the old customs for the
title ones are kept up-the stockings, the
Christmas tree, the big dinner, the I'M
bounded liberty and glad merrmcnt.
The careless, happy days of childhood
Joy ously memorable while you may.
A NOVELTY IN RosEs.-Buds of the
new striped tea rose american Banner
were worn for the first time in New York,
by the ladies waiting on the tables at the
great fair of the Seventh regiment. on the
evening of Wednesday, December Sd.
This rarely among flowers from its novelty
and scarcity is likely to become in great
demand this winter; but as it can only
yet be supplied in small quantities it will
cost more than its weight in gold
There are still left of the government
lands in the west the vast amount of
800, 100000 acres, or enough TO supply
about eight million settlers with home.
stead grant of 100 acres each, while it is
said that, in the past century, only 8O0,-
100000 acres, or about two-thirds of the
public tdomain, have been surveyed and
sold. A large part of this territory is
merely waste land, but part of it is very
valuable. Thus wooded tracts in Calfor-
mia are worth not less than one thousand
dollars per acre, while mineral lands in
some Of the territories have n present and
potential value which can not very well be
calculated.
CoRUNDUM WHEELS.-Corundum is the |
next hardest substance in nature to the
diamond. Rating the hardness of the
diamond at twelve, corundum stands at
eleven, while emery averages but eight
and half. The problem, attempted by
so many, of finding base strong enough
to hold corundum without interfering with
lis cutting qualities we are informed has
ut last been solved by Connecticut COM
pany, by an ingenious use of the patented
process of vitrifcation" The cost of
The corundum wheels is only about twenty
five per cent more than the vitrified
wheels made by the same company; and
it is predicted that the discovery will rev.
olutionize the wheel business of the
world.
The chief of the bureau of statistics fur
nishes the following information, derived
from official returns, in regard to immi-
grafton into the port of New York:
There arrived at the port of New York,
during the month of November, 1879,
1905 passengers, 1926 of whom were
immigrants. During the CORES ponding
period of 1873, the total number of passen.
gers arrived at. the port was 1886, of
whom 1852 were immigrants.
OF the total arrival of immigrants at the
port during the month of November, 1879,
there were from England. 3,497; Scot
land, GIG; Wales, 1856; Ireland, 1902;
Germany, 1871; Austria, 1863; Sweden,
l,176; Norway, 1893; Denmark, 225;
France, 1928; Switzerland. 2lo; Italy,
1,544; Holland, 1872; Russia, 2S2; Poland,
40; Hungary, AL; all other countries, 80.
The arrivals at the port of New York
during the twelve months ending Novem.
Der 30. 1879, as compared with tho CORE,
spending period of 1873 were as follows:
1879. 1873.
Citizens off. s. returned, 3ITs2 31so7
Sojpurners, $685. 5s}s
Immi grants, l3lO5s sI9i5
Iotal, l7l,s55 l20,9Ss
The Lyman free bri dge case at White
River Junction. over which there has been
so much quarreling betw cen Asa T. Bar.
ron, of Hartford and the town of Iehon