Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-09-03

A Jackson (Niss.) paper, edited by
colored man. heads its columns with: 81
fair count of ballots next November, o
Kansas"
The Connecticut river valley musica
convention has elected A. N. Swain of tn
Bellows Falls Times president; f. Car
ruthers secretary and l.. $. Hayes o
Bellows Falls treasurer.
The following are among the recent APP
pOintments of postmasters in this state
George Z. Field at Ferrisburgh, Arthur w
Britton Mt North Pomfret and N. B. SAT-
ford at White River junction.
California holds her state election to,
day. Kalloch is still alive and running
for mayor of San Francisco with gooL
prospects of an election. De Young. his
assailant, has been let out on bail. Things
are so completely mixed that no safe pre-.
diction can be made as to the result.
The New York 7ribxne publishes an in
teresting narrative of x-Surgeon-General
William A. Hammond's case, the cause Of
which led TO his dismissal, his subsequent
struggle for n livelihood in New York
and his final great professional success
and complete vindication. DR.. Ham,
mond's professional income in 1878 reach
ed 100000.
THE NEGRO EXoDUs.-The Times
Washington dispatch says the secretary OF
the emigrant aid society reports that the
colored people of the south are preparing
for grand emigration. Thousands would
to-day gladly leave their crops if they
had the means to pay their expenses. This
emigration is not confined to any one
state, but seems to be extending through
thu entire south.
THE PUBLIC DEBT. Secretary Sherman
says that but for the heavy payments on
the arrears of pensions the public debt
would have been decreased over six mil
lion dollars during August. He says the
revenues are slowly but steadily and
surely increasing and all arrears of pen
sons will be met this year, after which
there can be heavy reductions in the public
debt.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF PLATTs.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ard nearly per-
fected for n grand celebration on this &C.
casion. The Port Henry militia company,
the Burleigh corps of Whitehall and the
Malone guards are expected TO be present
and participate in the grand parade and
review. About five hundred dollars will
be given in prizes in hose races. athletic
sports, and national sculling match. open
to all professional and amateur oarsmen in
the United States and Canada.
TIE CENTAL.-The GENITAL system of
grain measurement, having been adopted
by SO many chambers of commerce, is
likely to come into universal use right
away; hence it behooves all TO understand
it. A GENITAL, being 100 pounds, of wheat,
l bushel A pounds of corn or rye; 2 BUSH
els 4 pounds of barley; 2 bushels 80 pounds
of malt. At 70 cents GENITAL, by the
bushel oats would be quoted at "a cents;
barley. sc cents; corn, 50 cents wheat, As
cents.
JoHNsoN's NATURAL HIsToRY.-This
large work in two volumes. imperial oc-
tavo. with nearly fifteen hundred pages
and about fifteen hundred and fifty en-
cravings exceedingly well executed, spir-
lied and ifeike, must be very valuable
addition 20 the library Tue work is
written by 5 e, Goodrich (Peter Parley),
with special contributions by Prof. Youm-
ans, Pres. j. II, Seeyle and Prof. Sanborn
Jenney, bringing into view all the most
recent discoveries in the animal kingdom,
from man down to the animalcules in u
drop of water. We wish this work was
in every family. Published by A. j.
johnson & Son, New York, and sold only
by subscription.
New York, it seems, is really to have n
genuine Egyptian Cleopatra's needle, us
well AS London. The machinery by
which it is to be handled has been con-
structed in Trenton, N. j., and weighs
eighty tons, and Lieutenant Commander
Gorringe, of the United States navy, is
engaged to superintend its transportation
from Egypt 10 Gotham. 1t is to be
brought in steam collier having a water
ballast compartment. A port will be
opened to admit the obelisk into the fore
hold of the vessel. The listing of the
steamer from taking its weight will be
overcome by the aid of careening lighters,
and the sinking will be counteracted by
pumping out the water ballast, thus re-
moving weight of water corresponding
to that of the obelisk. The collier will
then set sail for America. A rich New
Yorker foots the bills.
ANOTHER ExCURSIoN.--The people
along the line Of the Passumpsic railroad
from White River Junction to Bradford
had the chance of an excursion along the
valleys of the Connecticut and Passumpsic