Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-11-24
TFrom Our Regular Correspondent
Our European Letter.
LONDON. Eng. Nov. 9, 1Ss

The changes in the weather during the
present m onth have been beyond belief.
Four days ago we we're looking upon fields
and trees covered with winters mantle OF
white, bitter east wind chilled us TO the
bone, we were wrapped in our thickest
great coats and warmest underclothing
and went about shivering and wretched at
the thought of winter coming so soon upon
MS. To-day there is cloudless blue sky,
the thermometer registers ninety degrees
in the sun, and light westerly breeze
Just stirs the luxuriant foliage. Winter
sent his aUdnt courier last week TO warn
us of his approach. Let us hope, however,
that the lev monarch himself will retard
his steps for short time and thus enable
us to enjoy the Indian summer which is
now with us. London was very full, the
block in the main thoroughfares remind
ing one of the height of the season, but
the sudden cold has driven many away to
Brighton and other mild seaside resorts.
The Irish trouble grows worse instead
of better, although the clergy pronounces
against all acts of violence, and Messrs.
FAY and Biggar, at an agrarian meeting
held last week, obtained the adoption of
resolutions condemning outrages upon
land owners as being prejudicial to the in
tercsts of tenants. Bat the ecclesiastics
espouse the cause of the tenants, and the
bishops and clergy of the diocese of Cork
have adopted the resolutions of the land
league, by which rents are hereafter to be
valued by an impartial jury, and tenants
are to be free from all danger of expulsion
so long as their rents are paid. Moreover,
tenants ure 10 be entitled to free sales, and
provision is to be nude for the comfort of
farm laborers, either by the construction
of dwellings, or by the cession to them OF
building lots. But the clergy is absolutely
hostile to all doctrines which infringe
upon the rights of land owners, and here
Ithey are in disaccord with Mr.. Parnell.
who bames the English administration
for everything, including the assassination
of Lord Mountmorris, and the dispatch of
achievements to the garrisons and con-
stabulary of county Galway. Mr.. Parnell
declares thatEngland knows how her dom
nation in Ireland would be destroyed il
, the present system of land tenure there
: would be abolished. This he considers to
be the true motive of the prosecution to be
undertaken against the leaders of the
aorarian movement. 4" Let the Irish peo
ple," says Mr.. Parnell, show itself deter
mined to put an end to the bad Englisf
administration by strengthening the or
l ganization of the agrarian league" The
5 member from Mayo, Mr.. O'Connor Power
spoke nearly in the same sense to his TO-.
900 hearers, who were assured that Irisf
tenants are in worse condition now thar
the slaves of South Carolina ever were
Everywhere meetings are held, but Away
orderly in behavior if violent in language
and no serious breach of the peace ha
been signaled. Nevertheless, the gov
+ ernment regards the situation as sufficient
ly critical to warrant extraordinary mill
tary precautions, and the indictment fth'
land league, all the most prominent mem
bers of which, including the Tribune
correspondent Mr.. Redpath, will be pros
ccuted. Mr.. James Redpath is II Scotch
man by birth. He was born at Berwick
on-Tweed in 1888, and went TO Americ
; with his parents in 1e48. At the age {
nineteen he became connected with tn
New York Tribune, writing for it in tn
; Office and acting as a correspondent. H
: was in Kansas from 1855 to 1857 and too
r an active part in the free soil struggle
During the civil war he was with tn
n armies of Sherman and Thomas, an
n helped to organize the colored schools
, Charleston, S. G. Afterwards he becan
: interested in the movement for Haytie
!. independence and was one of the joir
10 commissioners sent by that government
Washington In 1868 he went into ii
upSuC1 DuoihOoSs anu was ehO III
man to introduce several well known lie
turers and readers to the American publ
At one time Mr.. Rodpath was very frien
. ly with Gen. Butler and did a great de
towards securing the generals secor
~ nomination to congress in 1868. Mr.. Re
path has great sympathy with all oppres
ed people. He considers the Irish race
TT this moment to be struggling against o
ne pressors, and this is probably the reast
n why he first went to ireland as a CORE
Us pondent for the New York Tribune, al
tie afterwards took an active part in the as
IN taton, He will have only himself
r. blame if he is put into nm English priso
Cd But such prospect is the least of all te
he rors for such restless spirit.
England is too small country to email
Mt. defensive experiments in ballooning to
he carried to q successful issue. In rece
as competition between French and Engli
res aeronauts, two air ships we're sent up frc
n. the Crystal Palace. Three hours after t
at start and when at an elevation of so
,lv feet, the English channel came in sig
es and the sailing masters had to let out 9
as in lively manner in order to be CARR
ng out to sea. Although the English ballo
81 descended at the rate of 5000 feet in siA
We seconds, until within a short distance
n the earth, its occupants only just " say
re their bacon" as they dropped in the mt
in which was uncovered by the lowness
- the tide. 1t will be interesting to learn
,er which balloon the prize is awarded but
ms the contest were to be decided by 70
hardness, the English undoubtedly We
the victors, as they came five minu
nearer being drowned than their OPT
SOD nents, who "grassed their machine t
as miles further inland.
AUGUST
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