Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-31

States
co, w,,,t,,.,.. Yrs
q john Adams " Ma.. RON i IsSy to i is9Gi
g. Thomas jefferson Va iS1i " is9a' q
4 James js%e. M Msa,s. w. w. IsqS isl7
6. john q. Adams " Mass 1875 " isj1
Z. Andrew Jackson " Tenn 1921 &c isjz
y Martin NanBurcn" N. " 1897 " iUi'
.. VIM. II. Harrison " Ohio, 1871 died
April 4. 1871, and was succeeded by vice
John Tyler Of Va, from Al to 1915.
10. James X. Polk e Tenn, " 1915 1919,
H. zachary TAYLOR la, isD Died
July q 1870, and succeeded by Vice rrcs,
20 M Mt,i f, n,n Of " from 90 to 1879
- James Buchanan Penn, " 1857 e 1861,
Reckoning to 1861, the Free States have
had the Office p years, months and rs days
salaries $685. while the Siave States
have had the office 40 years 8 months and
days salaries 1921 ,697 And this is about
the average amount Of Office and money be-
slowed ON the North, ia the othor principal
departments, with 16,OO0,O 600 freomon, and
the South G.l0o,OO0.
The Washington correspondent of the n.
Y. journal Of Commerce is not so sanguine
about defeating Lincoln even if the Presiden-
tial election should go into the House. lie
says:
"Eycn II Now York .hould defeat Lincoln which ia
quite uncertain there will be difficulty enough in pre-
venting bis election 10y the House.
The Republicans may win over Morris of Illinois. and
carry that state, making sixteen They win want then
but one more State 90 secure the election Of Lincoln and
they have Oregon by unscatiug Mr. Stout and give
ing the scat 90 HIS contestant, Mr. Logan
The fourteen Democratic States would make mo- COM
bnotons for they would rely on the failure N tbc Uonse
10 make o. choice, when Lane would become President
In the supposed case the Democrats would adhere 90
Breckenridge tl Che end Of the session and leave 90
fcctng the choice Of Lincoln"
/ The Ohio State Journal is pcrmitted TO
copy the following extracts from a private let
ter written by Bel and Eucreu man in
Egypt" Illinois
"Ihe campaign has now opened In earnest Political
meetings Of every hue and grade being held Boo Egypt
This STATE is the grand fighting ground and al parties
putting forth their best energies What will be the
result cannot tell. Ny impressions arc. however that
Lincoln will carr, the Slate La fact / do NOT sec h,t
chance Douglas has to get single electoral vote DO
not infer from the above that Lincoln MAUI and
thereby prciudccd such Is not the case John BrU b.
my man, and think l am impartial. In Egypt thc Re
publican vote has increased very much that Of 1856
The vote io Ben will not be- heavy that " Mr.
~ meet az Decatur next Wednesday. nominate state
ticket, am going up % see 10 done
Tue breckenridge party n Illinois IS SMALL and the
night IS between Douglas and Lincoln, with the chances
10 favor Of the latter.
lincoln is man q very fair ability, and very much
esteemed iu private life among those who know him and
WOULD think, make good President
The Frederick Maryland Citizen says that
all the Democratic presses in that State, with
two exceptions are for Breckenridge and
Lane. In some parts Of the State the Doug
las men are rather scarce. The Baltimore
Republican illustrates this difficulty i'm the
following paragraph
cool kulcdgr, one Of the Douglas meeting or IIar-
ford county which nominated the delegates Co. ths Gone
Ncnuon winch met here yesterday, turns out 90 De
thorough going breckenridge man. lie saws that beinr
~ Ht1ur and finding ihe iiro botgirs mon No. ha,
uS nobody 20 oter resolutions or make motions. 10 the
kindness " his heart, he, ohgc the uresiug oc,t
made ttr notion and Che chairman anil secretary voted
themselves delegates whle the Colonel len the 7reg
as be met 81, an out-aud-out Brcckeniidee man. AID
dead against ADJ squatter sovereignty"
To- In Republican address, Thursday
evening, Horace Greeley said
Gle believed that with all their efforts the State II
~" loiA e,ulH hoi bc hep' rom Lincoln There were
nor zen counties in The State that could not be- o
tor Douglas or the Union Electoral ticket. There were
900 Republican votes IA the state For years
iec, nave oed @5lOuO on light sute, and 27jOJU for
Fremont Surely there 1000 who voted fir I'm
more who would nov vote for Lincoln aud lamlu zap
pausc lie had heard TAX of apathy bat he did NOT
know where AZ was, in this election.
~ The vote for Governor of Missouri in
all but thirty-one counties in the State, foot
up IT, follows:
G. p JACKSON. Irregular DcmocrrD 59So
II. Jackson, lBreckcnudscl G70l
c. i. Jackson's plurality thus far, $3.50,
which will be largely increased by the remain
ing counties. The Republican vote was chief
ly given to Orr.
An Indiana correspondent writes to tho
\. y. Commercial 1drertiscr
"M have fair prospect 10 being able n October O.,
elect ten ont Of ne eleven representative 90 be- elected
Congress, and icpubaa legislature that will send the
rgh, sort Of man TO the L. >. Senate la place Of bogus
A letter from gentleman in bloomington,
ILL.,, 20 his brother in Mainc-which is pnb-
lishod in the Lewiston ,Io,pnai-says:
81 consider this state perfectly sure for Lincoln.
have as lutte doubt Of II as have Of Massachusetts
pu cannot get any Douglas 60 bot ibis State goo
ing Tor me Little dialt while yeu could get hundred
thousand dollars Tomorrow this little city, that - viii
go for Lincoln he only question with "a is. wc
carry the Legislature / think We can but anu not
sufficiently posted to speak with any great certainty"
Senator Chandler of Michigan addressed the
Republicans of wburgh, n. y, on We'd
nesday evening. lie said
81 Will simply say in closing that bring YOU good it'd
ihss' everything looks propluous IN the West have
but single announcement Of the West and that is thar
every western State viii give her vote for Abraham Lin
cola (Applause.) Every one. The Douglas men have
the efrontery To aim Illinois, bat il You we're To talk 10
the Republicans there Of anything tn an twenty o
sand Tor abraham Lincoln in Illinois, you would be hoot
ed Out " the state. They also claim Indiana do not
say anything about the majority in that state nor d,
care IT Is enough TO know that Indiana will record her
vote for old Abe And Michigan will give him went, II
not thiri} thousand conversed recently with gen
eman VINO had just Travelled through Pcnnsy YaniA and
New Jersey, aud he assures that Pennsylvania is as
safe for Old Abe Vermont or Massachusetts and that
New Jersey will not be behind"
: Reliable returns from Oregon make the re-
- Gently elected Legislature stand as follows
p Anti-lane Democrats, 81 / old Wing with
strong Democratic procliyities and as intense
/. ly anti-Lane Republicans, y I.aneitcs, 6
s 80 in all Deusion Smith can count but
> five certain votes. Three of Lanes sixteen
! are liable to leave him at any time, and some
70 of them hold over from last years Senatorial
election. Lane has been emphatically CON
n dcmned and ropudiated by his constituency.
. An Illinois correspondent of the New York
Post writes
"Poiues in the northern part Of the State are very
quiet. But ia the centre and south the excitement II
1896 rs raging The sun Of progress has Just begun
penetrate the Egyptian darkness The same cnthusi-
asm the same revolution in public aud private opinion,
the same watchNords which, in 1856 kept almost the en-
tire North in continual femcnt are now doug Their
work in southern Illinois, Indiana, Iowa aud Missouri.
A friend of mine who has lust returned nom business
trip Ia part Of the state says that we have no idea
Of the enthusiasm that prevails Counties chat gave from
three 10 eighty votes for Fremont would il the were
be taken morrow give from two hundred six hun
dred f1r Lincoln, and Che names n the voters are egst
cred and pledged is no conjcoureit is ascertain
ed fact"
Tom Corwin was called out the other eve
, n in (iucinpoti ks Tho VIII.