Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-07-01
Personal and Political.

Gen. Grant returned to Wssh,.
Thursday and leaves with his hmIts"a
Wednesday of this week, for Cheyenne Oh
The election in Mississippi, accordi.
the Geographic dispatches, will result IL
rejection Of the constitution. SO far ne ~t
from the majority against acceptance i s0 oc'a
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and her rtlo
" Tadde' will sail for Europe in short y @a
for the purpose of soiourning with . .oa
friends in Scotland s
The La Crosse Democrat predict. Il
Chase will not receive vote in the M 1"
cratic National Convention, and that his su"
will not be mentioned in that body.
Edward c. johnson, the youngest 10, 81,
Reverdy johnson, has been nominated ~ ~
Assistant Secretary of Legation in nlaos "
D. II. Award. Benz. Moran, the expeyis.
ed Secretary of Legation, will remain. ~
--Thurow Weed was struck with ano,l.
when about to embark for Europe, on H.!
day, and lies in dangerous condition. M M
physicians hope he may recover so as 10 ,,s
Wednesday.
- Adyices received from Senator Gr;.
say that his recovery is now impossible m;
memory is rapidly failing, and his mind
becoming so weak that he complains of no,
being able to think.
The Chicago Times rejoices in run,.
/ that d. w. Voorhees, will consent to nm 4
j Congress in the Seventh Indiana Dist.
and expects that he will be elected, aud tbs,.
by diminish the number Of Washbur.
Congress by one.
Tho Senate in considering the general hi,
preparation bill to-day, struck out the ii.1.
for the assistant secretary, shorthand writ.
and pardon clerk at the White House M
paragraph was inserted in the House .on.
weeks ago, when the bill was up in that bod,
by very small majority.
The Chicago Times says "Athu,
there is no probability that Chief just,
Chase will be nominated by the Democrat.
National Convention for the Presidency. ha,.
is little doubt that he will cordially suppor
the candidates and platform the Convchtia
will present"
--lu a reply to questioners in Norfol
Va, Senator Sumner says, referring to h
eligibility Of DR.. Bayne, the negro candid,t.
for Congress, that he knows no reason for s,.
GLIDING him from u seat, and that his elecio,
will be hailed as a final triumph for the cans.
of equal rights.
The Utica Herald says that Mr.. Cha..
letter declaring himself a candidate for oEos
but averring that it will crafty him if To.
Democrats would 20 for universal suirag.
reads much like the old gentleman's advice %
his sons Boys it is very wrong TO So
on Sunday and It is contrary to my orien
but YOU know your father likes fish :"
The complaisant disposition Of som.
Southern gentlemen on the subject Of the Nt
tional debt is well illustrated by the editor a
the MobHe Register, who tells Northen
Democratic editor Do what you pleas
with the public debt-pay in gold or green
backs, or repudiafe, IN fofo, and we are viii
you
-Thad Stevens is said to be preparil,
new articles Of impeachment, which be pre
, poses to present TO the House to-day, and al
to have referred to a select committee, wild
the intention that they shall not be acted up
. on until senators and representatives hav
been admitted from the seven States for whia
f bills Of admission have been passed
Senator b. f Wade lives at JeiIer,oa
b Ashtabula county, Ohio. His house is a two
story, unpretentious looking one, surrounds
, by large, majestic elms which nearly hide
from view 4 few feet to the west is a sma
Office, hid among the shrubbery. where b
, spends the long summer days perusing th
daily news and chatting with his friends