Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

The letters of Admiral Porter, lately
published, have created lively interest
among members of congress. The current
opinion is rather favorable to his innocence
in respect to the social scandal imputed to
TO him, but members freely condemn his
violation of the neutrality of the United
States government during the Franco
Prussian war, which his own letters dis
close.
Another name is added to the death-roll
of the present congress, making the
eiphth on the list that of Julian Hart
ridge, representative from the first Geor-
oia district, and man of good ability and
record. Mr.. Hartridge had been sick only
few days, with pneumonia, but like so
many other Georgans, he dies in middle
aoe, while the venerable Stephens, recov-
inc from the latest of his many dangerous
illnesses, lives to pay tribute to his MEM
Dry.
The Boston Pilot is getting to be such a
bad-tempcred sheet about the despicable
character of the " Puritans y and the sub
lime nobility of the Irish, that it is really
very melancholy business to read it. We
allow that Plymouth rock and Massachu-
sets bay were sinks of corruption, that n
Yankee is the scum of the earth, and that
the only American is II full-blooded Irish
man; we allow that all that has been ac-
complished for liberty, religion, science or
art, here or anywhere else in the world
we owe to Irish genius. courage and spir-
Iituolity,-we allow all this; now let us
have II rest!-Sprtnqfcld Republican.
The enormous Harmony Mills at Cohoes
N. Y, owned principally by the Garne
estate, will run on half time and clost
entirely Saturdays. The order caused /
c panic among the operatives, numbering
h between eight and ten thousand. Thu
reduction was caused by depression of tn
market. accumulation and over stock ant
lack of demand for calicoes, which wer
A the principal goods manufactured. Ihes
y are the largest mills in the world, ant
with their contents are valued at eigh
millions of dollars. This is the first tim
", that the hard times have affected opera
:. lions therein, which have been continue
; steadily, and increased throughout ant
t since the war.
TIE FIRST MOVING MACnINE.-A Nc
e York exchange says: The man who ilr!
IL invented the moving machine was Enoc
II Amber of the town of Root, Montgomer
III county, in this st ate. Amber made Il
running gear substantially the same ;
rs now, but failed on the scythe. His fir
oil machine was made in 1881, and W;
put on trial ut Currytown, Montgomel
20 county, by VIM. p. Dievendorf who ST
ar resides there. He moved something ov
0 an acre OF glass, and the scythe beil
he straight and smooth. and no guards beir
nc used the work WAS but imperlectly don
!" The machine was condemned us usees
Amber is now an old man and resides
Blocker, Fulton county. where he has I
&c years been engaged in making shingl
re for n livelihood. Had he succeeded
cd adding to his machine the sectional scytl
+" and guard he would to-day have been o
d" of the richest men In the world. Tic
~, small Il circumstance controlled his DIES
ny.
In unfolding polygamy, the Mormc
To have always taken refuge in the plea Il
ID it is IN essential part of their religion, a
thus guaranteed immunity by one OF
very foundation principles ofthe lands f
am institutions. Chief-Justice Waite in
'nd recent decision affirming the constitution
~. ity of polygamy laws takes pains
NE disabuse them of this idea As the W.
religion is not defined in the consti
ton, he reverts to the preamble of an
sht introduced in the Virginia house of de
nj, ,,,tos hv Jefferson in 17S5 in which rel
'N ious freedom is given definition. L
is briefly that mere principles and bel
'' and their propagation should be outs
't' the pale of state interference, but wi
W. these beliefs break out into overt. Il
WI WI, against peace and good order then t
''u become amenable TO repressive cont
Here, says the chief-justice, lies the
'w' distinction between what properly belo
Io'' to the church and what to tho state.
me -: :t; ol.,> ,,,tos tho oonG,sinc
=" ment which would be introduced
criminal law should polygamy be allo,
rot as IL religious belief but punished IA
,'s" crime in the unbelever. Delegate Cam
appears to be much perturbed in behal
" his Mormon constituents since the prom
CATION of this decision. His efforts
,ty now bent it is said, toward hinder
lie action in regard TO the polygamous n
riages already in force, and conlinlng
future plural matrimonial consummatlt
idle