Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-07-21


600 a year for rum, and $4,000 for religion
and educational advantages, both Of which G
Inmates may seem somewhat too large bl
the first bears the impress of official autho
ity The money paid for tobacco and rum
the United States he estimated would pay Ii
national debt in two years.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer, the leadin
Democratic paper in Ohio, says" Repudi.
ton is getting to be very respectable sort {
word and every day makes it more and NOR
a synonym for relief" Is this plank bein
prepared for the Democratic platform G
1927
The Pacific railroad is said to be $
long that a courtship begun in Ohio was con
summafed by a marriage before the two tray
olers reached the end of the route. Marriage.
gotten up at railroad speed, are most gene.
rally followed with a divorce by the light.
ming line"
The Passumpsic railroad has an inven.
ton that is peculiar to itself, and seems new
er to have been even dreamed Of by the 9th
er roads in the State. 1t is that Of making
dividends semi-annually-one Of three per
cent. being declared payable on the % Of
August
80 The recent news from France shows the
government to be resting over volcano. As
large as was the majority of the government
in the late elections, the minority is powerful
and active. They demand essential changes
in the government, and Napoleon seems con.
strained to accedc to their demands. As we
remarked after the result of the election was
know, the numerical majority of the govern
ndmkair criterion - ,tual
fnner in - sSSlD lori.
Hled, does not argue very great
confidence in the mass ofthe people, and they
are OF that class who, when once affected by
any great popular movement, are very hard
to be controlled. The history Of France is
full Of proofs Of this. The contest is the old
one of the people against imperial preroga-
tive. Encroachments have already been made,
and the prospect is that they will extend
further. How much further, who can tell ?
The great Centennial Commencement Of
Dartmouth is being holden this week. Mr..
Barron, Of the junction House. has erected n
building, 40 by 800 feet, on the common,
where he expects to be able to accommodate
all who come with meals and a place to sleep.
The authorities have ordered an Alumni din.
ner for twelve hundred. A new impetus has
been given to the whole affair by the recent
oequest OF 100000 to the college by the
late Judge Fletcher, of Boston. Doubtless
they hope many others will follow this gener.
ous example--as is often the case, when once
the tide begins to flow. Harvard is strik.
ing illustration.
-Weregret to learn that the venerable
Dr. Lord was seriously injured at his home in
Hanover on the 18th inst, by the accidental
falling of his horse, throwing him violently
against the dasher of the carriage A severe
cash was cut in his forehead, and he is now
confined to his bed.
The London Times advocates the giving
up OF Cuba by Spain, and its annexation to
he United States.
Another irightful accident occurred on
he iated Erie railroad on Wednesday last
It Mast Hope, about 80 miles from the scene
If the Cars Rock disaster, by which from
en to twenty lost their lives, most of them
being burned to death. The details are bor.
ible' The collision occurred through the
arelessness of an engineer who had been
sleep.
Later election returns from Virginia
how majority for Walker of 1860, and
is rumored that radical majority will be
ecured in the legislature by Gen. Candy
huttlng out such members as cannot take the
est oath.
The Treasury officials say that if the
eceipts keep up as at present tho end of the
'onth will show another very remarkable
nd satisfactory reduction to the public debt.
here never has been time when collections
ave been 50 regular aud returns 50 prompt
J now,