Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09

"A private ltttef lfoln iIltuu III ANoltu-
ern Mississippi says that Grants election has
acted on the people of mississippi like oil up
on troubled waters, and adds awe now feel
a degree of security which we have never felt
before. Had Seymour been elected our stay
in this region would have been a short one"
-Thaddeus Stevens and James Buchanan
are buried in the same graveyard.
K New Hampshire Womans Suffrage
Convention. will be held in Concord, Dec %
and %.
The jump from Lincoln to johnson broke
Mr. Stewards back-according to Nasty.
Steps are already being taken to contest
the right Of the Seymour electors of Louisiana
to vote in the electoral college, on the ground
of the frauds and intimidation which were
practiced on the voters of that State.
Grants official majority in California is
COG. Owing to some informalty in printing
the name of one elector it is said one demo-
cratic elector may slip in. Some 100000
in bets on the vote OF the State are at stake
and the matter will be contested in the courts.
"A fifth districter of Mass, denies But
ler's right to sit in Congress, as that gentle
man is not natural eyes'd.
Rev james Freeman Clarke is prepar-
ing memoir of Gov. Andrew, with reference
especially to his religious character and life.
The Democracy have come to agree with
the actor who spouted Shakespeare after his
own fashion of punctuation
"There's a Divinity that shapes our ends rough,
Hew them as we will. -
The latest figures put Grants popular
majority at 324 900. That is heavy enough
Gov Scott of South Carolina sent his
message to the legislature Of that State yes
terday. The condition of the State finances,
he says, gives especial cause for graduation,
while the political future is brighter than at
any time since the rebellion.
Gen Grant is in Boston-came on qui-
city in Tuesday nights train from New York.
He remains to-day, to learn what his boy has
to do to enter Harvard next Fall-thon goes
for day or two to visit Cows Burnside and
Anthony, of Rhode Island and thence to New
York, where he is to attend wedding o.
Ex-Gov Fishs daughter, and a reception at
NJ. Q. Roberts.
Mr.. A. Oakley Hall, the democratic
candidate for mayor of New York, was elect
ed Tuesday by majority of about "a 900 in
total vote of 96,0l4. Col. Conkling, the
republican candidate for mayor, received 90.
$50 votes, and the aggregate is but little
more than half the total registry, ,5S3
The California supreme court decides
that Hoffman, the republican elector is chosen
which gives the full electoral vote of the state
to Grant and Colfax.
Chief Justice Chase, during the present
term of the United States circuit court al
Richmond, has delivered an opinion affirming
the eonsttutionality of the confscation act o.
July I, 1862.
Mayor Bowen has bought the Washing
ton house, at present occupied by Gen. Grant
for $4,000, as Gen. Grant will have no use
for it after next March.
"A smart fight is going on among West
ern papers about the return of Mr.. Chandler
to the United States Senate from Michigan
The New York Herald calls Theodore
Tilton the molasses of journalism, and Wen
dell Phillips the vinegar.
1t is said Senator Sumner has declared
his intention to advocate short cut to specie
payments when Congress meets.
Sir John Young was yesterday sworn in
as governor general Of the Canadian Domn-
ion.
This evening the City Council of Boston
will give Gen. Grant dinner at the st.
James 1t is understood that it will be main
ly confined to the members of the Council.
There will be no speech making
"A petty punster says that New York ci-
ty is now governed by OAKLEY HALL, Tam
many Hall and Alcohol.
The Boston Journal pertinensy urges
that the next speakership should be given to
the East, because the West has the President.
Vice President, President pro- TEN Of the
Senate, the Chief Justice, and nearly half the
members of the Bench, and the three highest
officers of the army.
Gen. Grant, in compliance with the re-
quest of many citizens, holds public recep.
ton this friday afternoon between the
hours of 8 and 8 o'clock, at the St. James
Hotel, Boston.
The latest reliable reports by mail from
Oregon, to Nov ID, give Seymour % maiori-
ty in the state.
The Alabama Legislature has repealed
the law, prohibiting the marriage of blacks
and whites.
The admission of Colorado agitates both
the republicans and democrats Of that terri.
tory, and both parties have held conventions
at Denver, in relation thereto.
On the night of the election, as the en-.
gineer on train reached the Providence de-.
pot, he inquired Of democrat how the cleo.
ton had gone. an tell YOU" replied the
democrat, " if you will tell me why General
Grant is like your engine" because he
pushes things and pulls things" replied the
engineer. mo" said the democrat; Its
because he smokes and says nothing"
--Thepublicdebt was increased in November
ss,OCOOOO, owing to the heavy payment of
coin interest on bonds.
The Richmond Wing now believes that
tho bulk of the people Of Virginia would be
willing to extend the right of suffrage to ne.
groes.
Wendell Phillips finally states the work
before Grant to be:
Make it safe to speak, to invest, to travel,
10 labor, all over the South, and let Grant
stand at the helm and keep the peace and if
that be his peace, it is the grandest states
manship."
--Only one city in Kansas cast as many as
a thousand votes at the late election. Leaven-
worth polled 1858.
The first recorded instance of colored
eiector casting his vote for president occurred
IN North Carolina on Wednesday.