Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-18
Notes and Comments.

ment in the Illinois Constitutional Conven.
ton quietly asscntod to its recognition in the
organic law of the State No Democrat in
that body took the responsibility of voting
against this recognition, and those who did
not vote for it absentel themselves.
We notice paragraph in several Of
our exchanges to the effect that Judge Bar
rctt is at work on the Digest of Vermont Re-
ports, which was in process Of completion by
the late Gov Washburn We are sorry to
state that no such arrangement has yet been
made, though we hope it may be speedily con-
summated
The growth Of republicanism is well
shown by comparison Of the Governors of
States now with those of 1860 Ten years
ago the list showed 10 Republican Governors,
10 Democrats and Know Nothing Now the
Governors Of twonty-eight States are Repub-
leans, seven are Democrats, and two rank as
Conservative
The census takers will have to be good
arithmeticians to figure up their salaries
They get two cents for every name taken ten
cents for every farm, and fifteen cents for
every productive establishment of industry,
two cents for every deceased person, and two
per cent. Of the whole amount for names
enumerated for social statistics, and ten cents
per mile for travel
In A. d. Richardson's beyond the Mis-
sissppi' he quotes a driver as saying, "If you
want to obtain distinction in this country,
kill somebody :" The author Of the remark
was referring to Texas, but it is possible that
Mcfarland had read Richardson anyhow he
has gained q kind of distinction at the ex-
peuse of the life of the writer of the quota
ton
Terrible fires are raging in the woods
and among the mountains in Sullivan, Orange,
Madison, and other counties in New York.
The conaagration extends over hundrd miles
Of territory, and the loss is already estimated
at s5O00,000. In the nighttime the spec.
tacle Of the burning mountains is both grand
and startling. It is feared that a family near
Deposit Station, on the Erie Railroad, has
been roasted alive.
The Miners JorRai of Pottsyille Pa.
having stated that there was man in the
place who had been drunk for thirty-fve
years, its editor says he has been called to
account by at least twenty different persons
who insist that the item was personal at.
tact upon them. The man he really referred
to- the editor remarks, els sharp enough tc
keep his mouth shut about it, but keeps oil
drinking just as if nothing had been said
The cable records another American tri
umph on salt water in the defeat Of the Eng
lish yacht Cambria, owned by Mr.. Ashbury, by
the American yacht Sappho, owned by Mr.
Douglas. The race took place off the Isle
Of Wight on Tuesday, sixty miles to wind
ward and return, the Cambria having tn,
choice of position The English yacht wal
at once passed and kept astern during the en-
tire race, which she gave up without round
ing the umpires steamer. The dispatches
say that Mr.. Ashbury gracefully acknowl
edged his defeat.
Woman suffrage, after a brief space of sun
shine, was ruthlessly strangled in the British
House Of Commons on Thursday night On
a motion to postpone its consideration 81,
months, fierce struggle ensued between it
advocates and opponents. Lord Corlies anC
Mr. Ncwdegate spoke for the motion, and Si
Robert Anstruther and Mr. Jacob Brigh
against it, Mr.. Gladstone attacked the bill
and denied that the country wanted womai
suffrage. The House then divided, and tn,
motion to postpone was agreed to by l26 ma
jority. This was regarded as a virtual defea
Of the bill, and was received with loud cheer
ing.
1t was undoubtedly proud and salts
factory moment for Wendell Phillips, when
at the close Of Senator Revels' address a
fremont Temple on Wednesday evening o
last week, he was called to the edge of tn
platform to add few words Of his own. /
was fitting that the longtime and indomita
bic champion Of liberty, the persistent an,
fearless agtator, the man whose voice, almos
above all others, has been heard during thi
century in demand for equal rights for al
men, should be thus recognized. His stey
should have been greeted with the strains o
"lIail to the chief who in triumph advances ,
twas indeed an hour Of triumph, and in it, yer
lily, he has his reward. With all his faults,
no lover of freedom can help loving him still
Among the incidents of the Richmond
disaster are many Of an exceedingly remark
able character. Miss rockingham and her
father, Of Brooklyn, who were viewing the
country from the cupola of the building, wer,
entirely cut off for nearly two hours in their
lofty prison, from which they could witnes.
themovemen Of the crowd below, the display
of dead and dying on the square, the scene o
confusion, with the tolling of bells, wailing o
women and children, without the remotest
idea Of the occasion of it all Being cut of
by the falling of the staircase by which they
had assembled, by breaking through a skyight
they succeeded in reaching the open air
where they beheld in all its horrors the dis.
aster that so nearly included them among
its victims