Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-05
From our Regular Correspondent
European Letter.

While fluid that large mr. 20
American papers are helping Va
Garfield to form his cabinet. American
residents in the different capitals of
Europe are busying themselves with the
changes likely to occur In the American
diplomatic corps on the advent of the new
administration. Four first-class missions
are soon to become vacant. Mr.. Lowell,
who is but just getting aeclimated to Lon
don after his transfer from Madrid, and
whose literary accomplishments are only
beginning to be appreciated by English
men, will be removed and General Grant
has been decided upon to take his place.
Mr.. Foster, after his long journey from
Mexico-where he proved himselfso good
minister for six or seven years to St.
Petersburg. will doubtless be undisturbed,
especially as this post, ever since John
Quincy Adams, at the beginning OF the
century. instituted by our legation in
Russia, has never been sought after with
avldity by our politicians. General Noyes
will undoubtedly return home at the end
of his term; Mr.. White, at Berlin, has
already prepared a new series of lectures
for his Cornell students, which he will de-
liver before them next winter; Mr. Kas-
son, at Vienna, has been returned to con-
gress by his old Iowa district, and is
already spoken of as candidate for
speaker in a House where the republican
majority is small, and is sorely in need of
experienced leaders; and Mr.. Marsh, hav-
ing creditably represented his country at
Rome since 1861, a remarkably long peri
cd for IN American diplomatic, will proba-
bly, resign this winter on account of his
advanced age. General Fairchit,t at
Madrid, General Longstreet at Constanti-
nople, and Mr.. Putnam at Brussels, as
they have been but short time at their
respective posts, will, we suppose, remain.
Mr.. Eugene Schuyler, almost the only
example in American diplomacy of an
official who has worked his way up step
by step, will, of course, be allowed
to enjoy his new honors as minister to
Servia. Who will be sent to Paris, Berlin,
Vienna, Romeo
An action has been brought by the
British attorney general against the Edison
telephone company in the British Court of
Exchequer in order to recover damages
from the company for an Infringement of
the generals monopoly in
telegraphs. The attorney general contend
ed that the act of 1868 applied to any COM
nunication that appealed to the senses of
person at distance through wire.
Mr. Benjamin, in behalf of the defendants,
dissented from the views of the attorney.
general, contendng that parliament had
not granted to the postmaster general
monopoly of speech between any two of
her majesty's subjects. Speaking of Mr..
Edison, Mr.. Benjamin said that the
attorney eneral, while rendering homage
10 that great genius, proceeded to show
that there was nothing new in his inven-
ton.
British ruffianism is by no means rare
commodity. 1t of course takes various
forms, and is known by different names:
but however it may be disguised, the
understanding clark" of the rough in
broadcloth and the wife-beating brutality
of the rough in fustian differ only in degree
and not in kind, Mobbing IN unoffending
bishop is the latest recorded pastine of the
British brute. The bishop of Rochester,
preaching in st. Pau's church, Walworth,
the vicar of which he has inhibited. made
illusions to certain matters which did not
please some of his auditors, u select few of
whom in retaliation attempted to malreat
the bishop in his passage from the church
door to his carriage, and as he drove off u
huge paving stone was hurled through the
carriage window. His Iordship very for
turately escaped unhurt If such an
atrocity happened in Turkey England
would be ablaze, bnt since it happened at
home we suppose Englishmen will fold
their arms and congratulate themselves on
being " a law abiding people"
Mr.. Frank Uffner and his American
midgets are crowding Piccadilly Hall. |
have seen great many dwarfs, from Tom
Thumb up, or rather down in this case,
but have never seen such mere crumbs
of humanity as General Mite and Lucia
Zurale, who are respectively sixteen and
eighteen years of age. They looked as if
they might have escaped from the pages
OF Christmas fairy tale. Mr.. Frank
Uffner describes the little people in II few
chosen phrases and afterwards they chat
with the audience, and as the children
say, "cut up all sorts of antics" Mr.
Frank Uffner is a live American. He
came over here few weeks ago unherald
ed, spread out his star spangled banner to
say EGO 900 or thereabouts. He'll 90 back
to America, build IA castle on the banks o
the Hudson, and set up rs bloated aristo
crat. wish had cripple of dwarfs.
Modjesea will appear at the court il
Adrienna Lecourreur on Saturday. Fo
Y Life, version of La Morte Civile, by MI
Caughlan, was produced with moderat
success at the Prince of Wales on Monday
n Anne Nile will be produced for the las
n time on Friday. Edwin Booth continue
It to be applauded nightly in Rchelieu
: which will be played until Christmas. MI
+ Booth will then appear in the Fool
o Revenge, an adoption of LIE Roi's Amust
Q AUGUST.
- EPES SARGENT, who has written an
z complied many books, and was charaC
4 teristic Yankee, died Thursday night i
y Boston, being 6S years old. He was
n native of Gloucester.
The Touring interests of Minneapoli
IS Mimi, have fully recovered from the e