Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-24
Notes and Comments.

tionists, and radical Of the EXTREMIST stamp
or come-outer," and man of fine talents.
Ex-senator Hendricks has been dnod
by his Boston friends. 1t is thought that h
stands about as well fer getting the Demo
cratic nomination for the next Presidency q
any man in his party
Rev. DR.. Thompson Of New York close
a spirited article in the CoagrcgaiioaalSi oil
the war with the statement that the Christian
the American, has but to look at the roa
question Of the war to say, 81 also am
Prussian.n
--" Poor Carlotta is recovering her roa
SON. and is deeply interested in the events o
the war. The overthrow Of Napoleon III
would be very gratifying to her as she con
siders the Frenchman the author Of all ho
misiortunos
The bills have now all been sent in anl
it is figured up at Washington that recon
struction in Mississippi cost 1925, 000 anc
in Arkansas $4,000 And cheap enough
It was, too, if the work will only stay don,
and not have to be undertaken again.
Hon. James S Orr has published let
ter announcing his adhesion to the Ropubli-
can party in South Carolina. lie says that
for many years to come that party must con-
troll the State, aud opposition to it will only
augment and perpetuatc existing evils
General Walker, the Superintendent Of
the Census, expects to be able to give the
complete population Of the country by the
! 10Th Of October. lie estimates the popula-
ton Of the country at 100000, which is
about 100000 less than many of the esti-
mates which have been made.
The Junior Glass of Dartmouth has
just completed the annual pedestrian tour to
the White Mountains They do this in good
style, taking their tents with them and camp
ing out on the whole, having O "joly good
time" We understand they bonored YER
mont with a short call, crossing to st. Johns
bury by invitation to a picnic, and thence
passing on to Magog.
United States bonds continue to rise in the
London market the cable reporting them at
Ssh, which is only g below the highest point
just previous to the European war, when the
unreasonable panic sent them down to so, in
sympathy with the decline Of all the other
stocks in the English market. The tide is
now returning with fair prospect Of our
bonds reaching higher price than ever be-
fore
All four Of the Republican candidates
for Congress in South Carolina are negroes.
Prior to Whittemore's Withdrawal the ticket
stood three negroes to one white but in the
place Of the great expelled negro has been
nominated With Revols in the Senate, it
has been impossible for the party learders to
discourage negro nominations by arguing, as
heretofore, that black men in Congress would
hurt the cause
"A despatch from Ottawa, Canada, Thurs.
day, says the village Of Bells Corners has
/ been destroyed by fire. The inhabitants
barely had time to escape with their lives
The fire in the woods is so close that the city
was quite Illuminated on Wednesday night
Two or three bears, driven in by the fire
have appeared in the streets. Fifty houses
in the village Of Tanners, near Montreal
were burned Wednesday morning.
We have at last Mr. Frelinghuysen'
declinatiou Of the mission to England, oyel
his own signature. 1t would have been wei
if it had come sooner, and the President had
chosen some one else who would have accepted
and entered upon his duties at once. Specu.
lation as to who will be Mr. Motley's success
sor is at fault Senator Trumbull Of Illinoi.
is the man most prominently named and some
accounts say that he has agreed to take it and
is on the way to Washington to receive in.
struction.
The Workingmen's Peace Committee Of
London have issued an address to the work.
iugmen Of Europe deprecatiug the present
war as destructive of the best interests Of all
labOring men. In reference to the belliger-
ents they say We call upon these two
potentatos, if they moan what they say, to
sheath at once the sword, refer their disputes
to arbitration, disband their armies, and give
peace to Europe and to the world, At the
same time we call upon and implore the peo-
pies of France and Germany, in order to en-
able their rulers to realize these theirpeace-
ton OF standing armies as both the source
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