Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-11-02
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majority, supposing it to date from 1sg
when the gold men began to Cock in n
modern town dates from that time, or f,o,
close Of 1913.
New York city's population is W.
licve, settled at last at y26,9lO,-and
bad figures, either, considering that tbc,.
persons living who can remember whom
city had not 10000 inhabitants. Thu
crease is 1l2,656 in ten years.
There is town in Northwestern p
mont Of 900 inhabitants. They don't M,
tain church, except by the help Of the H.,
Missionary Society. The SUN aunuany r.,
iu the town for tobacco exceeds sjOm
more than the highway, school and mini.
tax.
Mark Twain sagely advises young w.,
ers to continue scribbling for nothing p,.
somebody offers to pay for their lucubrot,,
81 If nobody offers to pay within three YEA,
says Mark, " the candidate may look mo-.
the circumstance as a sign that saving r.,
is what he was Intended for"
The apple crop in the interior Of N,
York is enormous. The estimated yisl
Genesee county alone is 10000 BAN.
Prices range from 81 80 to $3.50 BAN,
The potato crop is also immense, and ps,,i.
are buying heavily for shipment, priu,p,.,
to the West, at prices varying from CIV
sixty cents bushel
Troops ore concentrating at New va.
(or the purpose Of enforcing the election ,,
Some Of them come from Charleston M,
strange it seems that soldiers should he Sea-,
from Charleston to New York, to uphold,
aud ordcr Had as many been sen, IA,
New York to Charleston, nine year, AZ
there would have been no secession war
Illinois, according to the completed d.
sus, has a population Of 2,5294lO, aaa
/ l,7ll95l in 1860, gain Of sl7,450. All
present population Of Oregon is 81 ,0j9. val
in 1860 it was 52,465, a gain Of 3li4
.ehich certainly ought to be satisfactory Ia
it is not, to the papers out that way. Css
ing nearer home, Connecticut has papa.
ton Of 537,90S, against an enumeration
! 500 Of I0l ,l47, showing the handsome n,
Of 76s5l
Between Thirty aud ,hir,y.one oil
names Of persons taken b. the As.i.u.
Narshals have been received at ID, ssg.
, office. This Is about three-fourtbs Of ID. %.
tire population Of the country. Every Ca
Is making to spur delinquent Mar,has Dc
activity to avoid unnecessary delay 10 o.
completion of the work Tennessee and ga.
other southern States are backward 10 ,.,.
ing in their returns. Not single name .a
yet been received from the western district
Arkansas.
"A speck Of trouble between this coua,rr
b. and our truculen, neighbor of the Canaisi
, Dominion seems to be threatened in the uf
ter of the interference with American YES.
on the Fishing Banks by the Canali'
J. '' Feet" in that quarter. The warike Hi
e tubs Of this feet are buzzing around AM.
l. lean Shippers il a suspicious sort Of way is
o reliance must be placed in the discretion
d not International county, Of the Dom.aa
, authorities for preservation Of the peace y
q tween the two countries.
= South Carolina has gone for TIE R
. pn6licans' by reduced majority That nj
" iority was 50 large that it could bear cona
l. cradle reduction, aud yet no, be 10 uu
danger Of disappearing. Two coorei nj
y have been elected to the United States Hoa
o Of Representatives By the Palmetto voter
d How Mr.. Calhoun aud Mr.. McDufhe v7l
d stare, could they get back to Washing
z and see colored men sitting in their
s. places They'd demand to be returned
O the other world forthwith and immediate
u no matter 10 which quarter of it their ID
p tions lie
The President aud Secretaries Of v
and the Treasury authorize the statement d
noarms have been knowingly sold to the az.
OF Fmnee or to American citizens ac
therefor. That the sales are not Of rec
date several having been made since
~. close Of our war That several hundred ht
sand were sold to the Turkish rovernml
before the German war. That the rec
sale of 100000 guns was postponed at
request Of the German Consul General
New York to give the German house 4 eq
chance for their purchase. The arms vi
sold in strict conformity with the presde'
neutrality proclamation.
s "A letter received in Washington fiji
e Chief Justice Chase reports his condition
= FAR more favorable than heretofore reporic
u tie desires to attend the special term Of I
r u 5. Supreme Court. which convenes on 4
: 3Oib inst, but bis physicians counsel Ion
er rest aud he will therefore probably not
turn uptil the opening Of the regular term
= II seems to be conceded in Washington G.
: cles that the Chief Justice no longer desir
Z to participate in public affairs. Being mi
i OF taste aud fortune, he will probably reil
I from the bench of the Supreme Court ct
5 distant day, and, following the example
. Gov. Seward, travel for the benefit oil A
D health.
The shaky honors of the throne Of Spa
: have at last found taker in the person
the Duke Of Aosto, otherwise known as
Prince Amadeus Ferdinand Maria secol
: son of the King of Italy. lie rejoices 10
wife with the remarkably pretty name
Victoria -Carlotta.H Henrietta. Gianna del 70
? 20 della CiStetna Tho pr;nca wears his q