Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-08
Editorial Notes and Comments.

The decrease of the National Debt dur |
ing the month Of August was S560l,33L19. /
The decrease since the LIST Of March-six
months-bas been si0,50O,75S.51 A very
good beginning. this, and indicative Of fl
nanca policy that will soon relieve the coun-
try Of much Of the burden of taxation, with
out a resort to population, the policy Of SO
many Of the leading Democrats.
Chief Justice Chase has written friend
in St. Louis that he Is out of all political
contests, and no one need be jealous Of him
hereafter" This is most sensible couclu-
sion Having attained position Of tho high
est dignity and importance, he may well rest
satisfied with his honors and his power
President Grant had interviews recently
with the leader. Of the rival partic. in Ten
nesseo, and both sides appear to have been
satisfied with his advice He expressed @
hope that the Fifteenth Amendment would be
adopted, promised protection to the Republic
cans Of the State, black or white, and rocom-
mcuded mutual forgiveness and iorbcarunce
to those who have voted on one side or Che
other
DIR Buckingham had O brief article u
the Hed'cql ad Surgical Journal, lately, in
which he recommend. strongly tho use Of ripe
fruit particularly peaches for ordinary diar-
rhuoanddysentery sometimes with sometimes
without morphia, as the presence or absence
Off pain dictates. He says he has just pre-
sgr.bed a quart of peaches a day for patient
" j. B. is just theman foru- Noprcscription
could be better than this only we should like
tohayc some way contriycl TO get these peach
pills for less than % dollar dozen. The Dr.
farther says, and no doubt truly, that many Of
the so-caled diorrhua medicines ageravate the
disease and make it dysentery Btartrate of
potash, with orwithout small doses Of NOR
phia, according as there has or has not been
pain, the doctor considers among the surost
and most satisfactory medicines in cases Of
dyscntery.
The cold weather Of Wednesday and
Thursday was experienced over a great part
Of the country II was .evor. onopcb 10 bo
felt everywhere. It would have answered
for the latter part of November instead of
the early part Of September
Hon. n. r. Banks is talked of for fine
ri..;,, g., clta. NJ. TT -. ~
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There are s63,OO000o of claims for
Pr''"'' property destroyed during the war
many OF 'n''' nave been audited and ADJUST
Gu .u inc treasury but secretary boutwell,
dec'ihe' to aiio" cent to be paid
The Lecture Committee of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Rutland have
already secured four Of the star lecturers OIL
the country for the coming season. and are
determined to present as brilliant course MS
New York or Boston can boast. The citi.
zens Committee of MONTPELIER are preparipo
to do the same thing.
1t /. claimed that to,,rrs or io.l;.o.
has been cured by fine u.o Of tob,.oo TLo
Boston Tror,2ler .oor.;d.,io, hon
much the laws do for tobacco tobacco o,nld
DO no less than nut the laws in worlip, or.
der.
Tlo oa.;.i i'm.
,....;oni -. ,1t - '"' '''u, 'ou
m - -'''''u'u SUI" inc ioi-
,o4 democratic vote l7484. renublioon
majority, 1870.
The London Daay Ners thinks Mrs
Stoves Byron paper is true so far ms il COOS
but that it does not contain the whole truth
That journal approves of what Mrs Stowe
has done. The Times thinks the article
' faithful production of Lady Byron's story
but believes her to have been % the victim of
a deluson" The PaH Mall Gazette saws
" Lady Byron's solicitors. in their letter re.
Gently published, make no charge Of inaccu
racy, but of iucomplcteness. The inference
u.s. that Mrs Stoves statement is correct, but
that more remains to be told The Norm
ing 10" alleges that "as Lady Byron's will
committed her papers to the care Of trustees
under certain conditions, and as Mrs. Stowe
was not one her story Is entirely gratuitous
ana unauthorized She has committed
1' Wv" '''"''s' uo'' no' AUNT
o' oA'7nuaVon'
That the world not only moves but
moves in tbo r;obt diroot;.n ...'.m
.ha,n, 80 r''''' wen
'"0"" " ,"' i'0' 'uov Pr9Juulce against col /
or Is rapidly sharing the fate Of its legitimate
- slavery. This is evident from
the fact that Mr.. Cardozo. Secretary of State
-, GIL, CT.
a,,Li. -, - sU"''c''iI'' u eO'or' 'nor-
O's"'y ''u''''u a' one OF lhe principal Eu-
rOpean universities, is almost ag influential I