Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-30

llrSt anniversary OF the battle oil Mont
morenc.
Vice President Wheeler will pass July
in the White Mountains.
General Garfield will pass portion OF
the summer at Long Branch.
The steamer Seawauhaka from New
York to Glen Cove L. l., burned Monday
afternoon. Fifty lives were lost.
The Senate has passed the House bill
removing the charge of desertion against
John Holtstadt of Vermont, u soldier of
the war in 1912.
Secretary Schurz has decided that the
pay of census enumerators shall be at the
rate of forty cents per hour instead of 81
| per day or two cents per name.
Said an active young democrat, a rising
lawyer, in one of the larger cities: "IIan-
cock is good man to nominate; but he
would make very poor president"
The St. Adams Messenger predicts the
nomination of Gen. Grout for congress
ut Hyde Park to-day, though it is said that
many delegates will support Judge Pow
eIs..
The summer sostice is passed, and the
days are now perceptibly decreasing in
length. For four days the sun was above
the horison for Is hours and 16 minutes
each 81 hours.
The New York Tribune says General
Winfield Scott Hancock is IL reputable
and gallant soldier of the United States
army and will make just about such can
'didate as General Winfield Scott did,"
TIE REvNUE,-The gross receipts of
internal revnue for the fiscal year ending
June 80, estimating the receipts for the
two remaining days, will be $l2300O,0OO
AN increase of Sl0,000,000 over the re-
ceipts of last year and an increase of 49,
100000 over the estimates of the depart
mcnt. This increase in revenue is derived
from whisky, cigars and cigarettes. The
revenue from the tax on manufactured
tobacco has fallen off somewhat.
The Albany Evening Journal gives the
following cogent reasons for its belief
that Gen Hancock will be defeated: l..
He will be beaten because of his recog-
nized untitncss tor the position. II. lie
will be beaten for the same reason that
Fray came to grief-he is caught in bad
company. Ill Hancock will be beaten
bpcau,e his opponent is infinitely better
fitted for the presidency. ~. Hancock
Ni'l be beaten because his oppoent in
addition to being better fitted for the place
represents the grand old republican party.
Boston Post: Barnum has secured for his
.'only greatest show on earth" monster
horse twenty hands and one inch high, its
weight being 2,459 pounds. Of course, il
comes from Ohio, where all the dark and
HIGH horses come from.
The Troy Times predicts that as Nc.
Clellan was nominated to beat Lincoln
and failed badly, so Hancock's failure tc
beat Garfield will be equally decisive.
The MILITARY dodge will hot save de-
moraized and utterly unworthy party.
A picturesque description is given O.
Gen. Garfield dinner on the evening be.
fore he whipped Humphrey Marshall at
! Middle Creek. He was found eating stew
cd rabbit out of tin cup with one of his
officers the two gentlemen taking turns
with the one small teaspoon which was
available.
John Augustus Suffer, the first discov.
erer of gold in California, died in Wash
ington, Friday night. Mr.. Suffer was
born at Kandern, Baden, February Is,
1903. Emigrating to America in 1884 he
became trader at Santa Fc, in New
Mexico. In 1888, he crossed to the Pa
cific coast. visited the Sandwich Islands.
whence he returned to Alaska, and while
yoyaging down the coast was stranded in
what is Eown rs the Bay of San Francisco.
This was in the summer of 1889. Max
ing his way into the interior he received
grant of land from the government Of
Mexico, and in 1S4l built u fort and
established a settlement which he called
New Helvetia. The city of Sacramento
now occupies the site. The first discov-
eniarging the race to his saw-mill, the
excavations revealing the precious metal.
His laborers now deserted him gold.dig-
gers overran his lands, and he was never
able to recover them. Tho state of Califor-
mia subsequently allowed him $4,000
year on account of his claims. and at the
last session of congress a small appro-
priation was made in his favor. He left
California in 1873, and took up his resi-
dence in Litiz, Lancaste county, Penn
sylvania.