Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-09-02
Personal and Political.

There are now more than cieren hyn3,,J
names ON the st. Adams checklist
Col. r. Proctor was unanimously repou;.
mated by the Rutland Republicans on Fridoy
evening for town representative.
VIM Pitt Fesscnden is not quite Sc east
out of his party" He is now viporousl,.
stamping Maine for Grant and Colfax.
The friends Of Gen. Rosecrans say thotbi.
business at White Sulphur Springs Is connect.
ed with railways and not politics.
Hon. A. o. Adds was in 81. AIbans vo.
tcrday He returns soon to his post at Nice
Italy
-lx-Mayor Wales was unanimously nom.
mated for Town Representative by the RI.
publicans OF Burlington on Saturday evening
last. An excellent choice.
Too bad Wade Hampton threatens that
in case of the election Of Grant, he viii
"pack up his household goods aud seek
more cougeuial cline
Stephen 4 Douglass once said Of Frank
Bnir " lie is the most pernicious dcma.
roeuc Zoe the United States " That sentence
contains life picture.
AT the discussion Of the political i.a,s.
of the day, held at Newport on THURSDAY. 4
Is said senator Edmuuds answered Mr.. Rand.
questions In very effective manner and bad
the field about all to himself
senator Morgan, of New York, who bs.
arrived in Washington speaks in the mot
cheering manner Of the political situation.
and predicts the election of Grant by an over.
whclming majority.
The Republican towuamcn Of the dead
Thaddeu- Stevens paid him their last compIi.
mcnt on Saturday by giving him their unau.
imous vote as candidate for Congress
Though dead be yet speakcth'
Ono of tho most distinguished Kentucky
Generals Of the Union army in the late war
writes here that If Grant aud Coiax are de-
leatcl, ii win be- impossible for Union men 10
live n that state
Some of the more ralii Washington
Democrat, say that Mr. pcudlcton really De.
sirei the defeat Of Mr. Seymour, and that
the compliments be pays Gen. Grant iu hi.
Maine speeches spring from that wish.
Montgomery Blair Is advertised to speak
at several places in Maryland One paper
gives list of towns through which he will
drive without stopping, and congraiulatcs the
people upon the opportunity they will have Of
obtaining a glimpse Of this statesman.
- The Albany Jouraai. reviewing the Do.
litcal situation 10 New York says -
From Whit We hear and know, We fcel Justified n a.
-urlng0ur ilcnds uht" AN isWei' n ihe work begun
nts ba, ,c, hssh donc. .Aan 10 m2ti !. necifsi. 5,
hcmoenc, 40 ng only be- ofcro hglmed n tho Nation
they expect 90 hc. tut whipped n This State wl5s
ucl have thc plcsampdon 90 hops for .ueces..
One of the Chinese ambassadors being
asked what he thought of Grant and Seymour
proposed the Chinese empeor as oompro.
mise candidate saying ia bis praise that he
chokee rebels never lay down and let rebels
chokcc him after he whipeo them John
Chmaman Is sound
The following is extracted from private
letter from a New Yorker. now for some tNo
or three years a resident at the South
Therc 3 no chance 90 a Northern man making DIS.
Ing in Virginia lae ierlus Z ten times worse than
ocritghut Dr. thc seymour ticket elected no Northern
man can live u the South and going 10 est out oi
i o. .oon A. can get my money lu would noi stop
day it had my money!
The following little note relates TO one
OF Gen Rosecrans' advisers at White Sulphur
| Springs, lis date being Nov 10. 1862:
HoH. Nm p M1,,. Richmond, ga Has the bin ioI
the eseeuoa Of n9o..tioR prisoner, aef January aeI
ton li i. high time 10 proclaim tho black nag aiie1
that period Let the execution be with ue ggr,ai'
One Washington correspondent. observes
the n Y Herald, says the Presidential pros
pect to the Republican party is glorious an.
other correspondent, referring to the same
memoranda, says it is dismal. But we shall
have to wait for some definite signs from Yer.
mout and Maine
When the delegations from New York,
/ Philadelphia and Baltimore to the great prize
| Eight landed on their return az the latter city,
| they took occasion 10 make known their po-
litical views by obtaining q rope and attempt.
ing to tear down the flags at the republican
headquarters.
Col. VIM. Brown, in a speech delivered
/ at Frankfort KY declares that Gov Sey.
mour was pledged to Chief Justice Chase,
and had a speech prepared for delivery on
seconding his nomination. he having declined
to primarily present his name, on the ground
that he was the presiding officer of the con-
yention.
\ gentleman recently remarked to Fred.
Douglass: II have no prejudice against
color. had just as lief walk down Broad
way arm in arm with you as with white
man. " He never thought" was the witty
comment Of Douglass, whether was willing
to walk with him
Hon. Frank A. Eastman, formerly Of
Montpelier, declines denomination as Stat,
Senator at the hands Of the Republicans O
Chicago, on account Of the pressure of hi.
private business. Mr.. Eastman is a stauncl
Republican, and is AN able and influential
legislator
"A National Convention of Soldiers and
Sailors will be held in Philadelphia about the
LIST Of October, All the Governors of the
States during the war and all the present
Republican Governors are TO be invited, and
Gems. Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas, Meade
and others are expected to be present.
AT late Grant and Colfax meeting in
Salisbury, the venerable Jonathan Draper
a democrat Of the days when democracy meant
something, was invited to attend. His reply
was as follows: Am now in my seth year,
and unable to attend the Club meeting, but
wish my name attached to the Club for the
election Of Grant and Colfax. With all my
heart and soul pray for their election"
The st. Louis Democrat to-day will pub
lish an expose Of the Democratic secret or
CARNATIONS designed to carry Missouri for
Seymour and Blair The Democrat says that
several companies have already organized and
armed in that city, and it has information Of
the organization in several counties of the
State. II is connected with similar organi'
zation in Tennessee, Kentucky and other
Southern States,
The editor of the FreeDians Journal
whose history during the rebellion is well
known, and whose sympathies were unmis-
takably on the side of treason, in this weeks
issue boldly ayows that the success Of Sey'
mour and Blair will bring a revolution that
will overturn the present federative system Of
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