Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-03

The trustees of Dartmouth college have
appointed Francis Brown of the Union
theological seminary of New York city
professor Of the Greek language and litera-
ture. He is graduate of d ,rtmouth in
1870, Il son of ex President S. G. Brown
of Hamilton college and grtnds1 m Of
Francis Brown. the third president of Dart.
mouth. He is II fine scholar and Il noble
man, and will most admirably fill his new
position.
A correspondent of the New York Star
gives a summary Of Irish evictions for
April. May and June, from which it ap-
pears that the number was 5, 1862 persons,
representing l,065 families. Nearly one.
half this number of families were readmit
ted as ''caretakels," or in other words to
temporarily occupy the land until tenants
could be found. The tenants who were
uncondirionallye vicled occupied lands that
were officially valued ut f5.70S, but on
which the yearly rents claimed amounted
to 1856 or nearly 40 per cent in excess
of the official valuation, which is by no
means low one.
The London Academy of July ID paws
the following compliment to our fellow
Vermonter. Colonel Joseph H. Chester:
" Among all those who recently received
the honorary degree of ID. c. L., at the
Oxford commemoration, the name of Colo
mel Chester appeals most to students. He
was rightly styled by Professor Bryce
" the first of our living genealogists," But
as the University Of Oxford is under special
obligation to him for the labor ne has ex
pended upon its early matriculation lists.
so ought the AcddemV TO take this op.
portunlty of acknowledging the readiness
ana generosity with which he has ALWAYS
placed his stores of learning at the service
of its readers"
The St. Louis Globe Democrat (stalwart
republican, gives new version of the
offer made to Senator Conkling of the
chief justiceship of the United States su,
preme court by President Grant. 1t has
hereI ofore been asserted that he declined.
but the Globe Democrat says: "He was
about tobe appointed with his own consent,
some years ago by General Grant. but it
was found that he was disqualified by Il
clause of the constitution which provides
that no senator or member shall ,lur
my the term for which he shll have
been elected, be appointed to anv office
which shall have been created or the enol.
uments of which shall have been increased
during his term Of office. The salaries of
the supreme court judges had been incteas
I'd during the term for which Mr.. Conk
ling had been elected when Grant tbouobt
OF appointing him, and the appointment
therefor, was not made"
The London Acddenay announces that the
emperor of Germany has Inferred unon
Prof. William Dwight Whitney of Mass.
achusetts the order OF merit made vacant
by the death of Thomas CARLYLE. Mr.
Whitney is professor OF Sanscrit and com.
parative Philology in Yale college. Sinca
1857 he has been corresponding secretary
of the American Orien,al society, and
one OF the principal editors of its ".Jonr. |
nal, to which and other periodicals, both
English and German, he has contributed
many papers on Oriental and pathological
sub]ects. One of the papers received The !
bopp prize in 1870 from the Berlin acnd- |
envy. lie was one of the contributors ia
the oanskrlt dictionary published ut St |
petersburg. He aide in founding tho
American pathological association in 1860
and was Its first president. Tie has also
published u number of several unrks , |