Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-08-05
Personal and Political

Hon. f. y. Woodbridge, NJ. 9. return,
to his home at Vergennes on Saturday '' msS
his family. with
Con. Il. A. Grant, formerly of Rail-
Falls, is on the stump in Iowa, for Gran, O's
Colfax. and
Brick Pomeroy has made enough m,
his democratic sheet 20 erect largo bo,oI VI
Lacrosse. and he is so investing it. Tho oo. "a
will be $4,000. VO't
f. II. Moore Is Republican eand;1
for Congress in the 10Th Ohio distrc,
represented by Mr. Plants, who is mjd ,a "gV
too lazy to run.
"A now political rule is promul,,,oi
the Richmond Dispatch, namely h,, ,,y
candidate with the longest name is olv.~'
elected President The Dispateh ouch,
learn to count
The first "straw" Of the campaion ia A..
Grant badges don't sell well in New Val 'N
We have heard Of profane man ~
was wont to speak of place where New w. 'O
taments were not in demand.
The fact that in 1869 we shall bave L..
than eighteen thousand men in our sland;a
army excitcs the surprise Of Europe. If Rla
becomes Vice President, it * not safety rs.
diet what our army may be. F
-Valandingham in recent letter ,.
presses his opinion that if New YorL l-5
withheld her vote from Mr.. Hondrick. cS 1'l
Justice Chase would have been nominate
within an hour.
An old soldier who has lost AN mn.
says " am waiting to see if the peopIo =,
this country are going to elect Horatio s.,
mour, aud if they do, will swear LOST ~.
arm in thrcshing-machnc not in defence y
my country
DmEoArEs TO DprRIcr CoxyrNuoy
East Monipciier-Clark King, G. II. Steven.
Timothy Davis Wooa51yy-E. A. An.
worth, s. o. Wells. WayreH-George o..
dell, II. W. Lyiord. CaJot-Edwin Fi.bs,
Jeremiah Atkins
The Democracy of Norwich had pro,
fag-rasing Tuesday afternoon, which proy,l
TO be one Of the largest political meeting. eve,
held in Windsor county At least 30 ssy,
the Boston Post Gen. l.. S. Partridge prs.
sided and speeches were made by Messrs Al.
ger of Lowell, Rand Of Lisbon, and Cain Of
Rutland.
- The Richmond Examiner. following he
lead Of the Charleston Mercury, reads .s
yerc lecture TO the cx-confcderate officer.
whose inhammatory speeches have lately A.
tractcd 80 much attention at the North. II
charges that their course only furnishes anmn.
milton to their enemies
They who have been complaining Of tbe
extravaganza Of Congress will do well to read
the following:
The President and his Secretaries asked
Congress to appropriate s372, 000, 600 for the
fiscal year 1853 Congress has given them
but s292 100000, being ss0,O0OO 900 70.
trenched from the Observation-Disclosures
administration
Albert Pike is spouting in behalf Of
Seymour and Blair and is as savage as
sorc-hendcd bear. Albert is Yankee. and
therefore twice as bad as a rebel Of the South.
ern sort; and he is au old whig, and therefore
twice as bad as o Northern-born democrat AZ
the South could be- Your true grey rebel Is
pretty sure to be a New Highlander by birth
and a whig in politics
~ The following State elections nre vet to
occur this year; August 3, Kentucky; August
l3, Tennessee September l, Vermont Sep.
TENDER $ California September II, Maine /;
| October 8, Nebraska October | 3. Pcnnsyl.
yania, Ohio, Indiana October %, West Viz.
GINA November 3, New York, New Jersey.
Delaware, Maryland, Illinois, Michigan, Wis.
consin Minnesota Missouri Kansas. Nevada,
Massachusetts,, Iowa.
Senator Doolittle was an ardent Union man
during the war, and has hundred times Gu.
logizcd the gcneralship, character and service.
Of Gen. Grant Why, then, is he giving his
time and his Senatorial frank to the crcula.
ton Of Democratic documents, containing tho
most atrociouo ialsehoods and ISLANDERS about
Con Graut as soldier and public officer ?
The fact that Mr. Doolittle is Chairman of
the Democratic Congressional Committee fur.
nishes no excuse for such conduct in man
like him, possessed Of such views a. he has
put on record.--N T. Times.