Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-11-18

Is, he will have had the rare and singular dis
tnction Of having represented Illinois and
Minnesota in the Senate, and Missouri in the
House beside. having sought Senatorial hon
ors at the hands Of Oregon.
~ Somebody wants to know If every
Southern mau has to marry a negro, as Demo-
cratic orators said they would If Grant should
be elected We hope Grant viii be lenient
with them and let them marry ncgrosses in
stead
~ Seymour ought to set up as a prophet
as long ago as July he said Your Presi-
dent cannot be-"
~ Hon, james +. Wilson, late Represen-
tatiye to Congress from Iowa, is said TO be
very likely to succeed Mr. Grimes in the
Senate Mr.. Wilson has been four Tunes
elected to the House, bat declined 20 stand
for a fifth term this year
"A man in Poughkeepsic, n. Y, sold hs
vote at the Presidential election for barrel
of -four But when his barrel was opened a
few pound. only of -four was found near the
head, while the bulk Of its contents was saw
dust and sand
A Tribune special says
Several Democratic politicians from the
South, recognizing The fact that true Demo
crat has been chosen to the Presidency, have
agreed to recommend that the electors of The
States which have given Democratic MAORI
ties, shall east their votes for Grant and
CoIfax, and make their election unanimous
With this view, letters have been sent to A.
II. Stephens of Georgia, Gov. Stephenson Of
Kentucky, Generals Gordon and Preston, aud
others
- The Boston Post is delighted with the
prospects Of the Democratic party in Massa.
chusetts. It came within 10000 votes Of
carrying the State
An honest Republican in Massachusetts
abstained from voting because he had resided
in the State less than year By fifteen min
utes when the polls closed last week In an
other part of the country voters right was
challenged on the ground that he would not
be twenty-one until half an hour after the
closing Of the polls.
- Gov. Seymour, in his Western speeches,
attempted to win votes by abuse of the peo-
pie of New England. The magnificent Re-
publican majorites in the States where he
spoke are fitting reply to his assaults.
-Thurlow Weed arrived at New York on
Wednesday, in the steamer Java.
- 1t is reported that tlelmbod, the Blu
chu man, is crazy, and has been sent to an
insane asylum.
Capt c. H. Parsons, formerly Of st.
| Adams, wounded veteran Of the late war,
was on the 3D. inst, chosen States Attorney
for Putnam county, West Virginia, by l26
majority
- Wheeling female negro up Broadway
is one Of the penalties inflicted on a Republi-
can merchant for betting against Hoffman
- Chicago claims to be the banner Repub-
lican city, having giving Grant between FIVE
and six thousand majority.
~ Cen Grant was asked at Washington
yesterday morning, by visitor, if il WAS
true that he had directed his private secre-
tary, Gen. Badeau, to destroy all appioa-
tons for office without showing them to him.
Yes answered General Grant. some of
the applications might be from good men,
and | don't wish to get preiudieed against
them by their untimely haste"
-" After Grant--what? Tilton saws
women's suffrage. Bnt is not this inconsist-
ent with, " Let us have peace
Senator Edmunds Of Vermont is in
Washington with his family, looking up quar-
tiers for the winter
- Secretary Seward, in conversation yes
terday spoke IN rather strong and somewhat
contemptuous terms Of Reverdy Johnson's
course in England, calling him more than
once That foolish old man
The place for Democrats to look for
sympathy, the Montgomery Advertiser says,
is in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
1t is proposed in Boston, to gather TO-
gether all the flags, canvass bunting, timber,
scantling and whatever else of the parapher-
MALTA Of the late campaign remains, and to
dispose Of them for the benefit of the poor the
coming winter
Alabama is now conceded to Grant by
$500 majority. In many Of the white coun-
ties, which could have polled from 1900 to
1000 votes, not more than 500 or 600 votes
were cast