Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-07
Notes and Comments.

The Bowdoin college library at Bruins
wick, Maine, has a copy Of the New Testament
printed in llS7, forty years after the inyen-
ton of printing.
The largest butter train Of the season,
consisting of thirty.two cars, containing
1900 packages, went into Boston Thursday
by the Lowell road.
u Allen Barber, Vcrmonter has been
nominated for Congress by the Republicans Of
the third Wisconsin district, and Milton Tay-
Tor by the Democrats Of the third Ohio
Tho Santa Fc Post says that, on Tues
day, a mail coach was captured and burned
by Indians in Arizona Jack Collins, the
conductor and his driver aud escort were
killed.
-Bazaino with the entire force at Metz,
surrendered at 4 O'Clock, Friday afternoon to
the army investing that fortress, on the re-
coipt Of the ncws Of the surrender Of the En-
poror
MIR. Motley returned home in the Jara,
which arrived at New York on Tuesday. So
there's an end Of his mission, and he'll have
more .timc to write history his legitimate
business
A dozen a day is the number Of kero.
sonc's victims in this country, but many doubt
the statements correctness The census tax
ors should have been instructed to get some
light on the subject
Tho Emperor capitulatcd at a quarter
past five o'clock in the afternoon. His letter
to the King Of Prussia said -" As l cannot
die at the head Of my army, | lay my sword
at the feet Of your Majesty"
President Grant has accepted an invita-
ton to visit the New England Fair at Man
chester this week, and will be there on Friday
Secretary Boutwell,, Governor ClaAin, General
Butler, and other prominent persons, will al.
so be present.
Cotton is coming to the scaboard il
large quantities. In quality tits pronounced
excellent. Tho South will make great
deal of money this year l. ought speedily
to become the richest country in the world
and we think it will become so.
Marshall 0. Roberts, in a published
card declines to be candidate for Governor
Of New York, the condition of his health, a
he says, utterly forbidling IT, We judg,
that with Mr.. Roberts out Of the field, Mr.
Greeley is now pretty sure to be the Bepub
lican nominee
DIR Russell, Of the London Times, VIII
thought, last week, that Paris could he easily
taken now pronounccs the place imprcgnable
The change is owing to time having bee
gained for the completion Of the fertilization
and the armament, and the formation Of
sufficient garrison.
Napoleon left Sedan for the Prussiar
headquarters at Vendres, at Z o'clock in tn
morning Of Sept2 McMahon's whole army
comprising 100000 prisoners, copitulate
without condition. The Prussians had 240,
900 men engaged or in reserve and tn
French 10000.
The public debt was reduced in Angus
to the amount of s13 ,490,325 since the Is
of March, $50 1926 Great praise is du
to the American people for this, as Their
could not have been dollar Of the debt pal
had they not submitted TO war taxation i
time Of peace for more than five years.
The Congregational GloJe for the la,
session makes seven volumes, which is tw
more than in any previous session since tn
war began One volume consists almost en-
tirely Of speeches which were never delivered
but which the House gave leave to prin
Six aud thrcc-quarter volumes consist q
speeches that might just as well have bee
served the same way,
Canada is preparinga little bill to oifso
the Alabama claim. The Militia Department
has made an estimate of the cost Of the sew
eral raids on Canada by the Fenians. Th
calculation is understood to embrace the COS
of calling out the volunteers, moving them t
the front and the actual damage inflicted b.
the Feniaus. The British government, arme
; with this, will make demand on the Unite
States for compensation.
The funeral Of General Clarke, at Bur
lington on Thursday, was largely ATTENDED
After a brief prayer at the house by Re,
Father Lynch, the procession which include
the children of st. Joseph's Orphan Asylu
and number Of friends, moved to the Ca
thelral. At the Cathedral funeral mas
was said, Bishop De Goesbriand officiating
with a requiem by the choir, The remain
were Inferred in the Catholic burying grounJ
We are panied to learn that one Profe,
sor Groux is the author Of the remarkabl
speeches with which Senator Sprgue hu
, been astonishing the country during the pas
, two or three years. We had not suppose
there was any other man in the land, beside
Senator Sprague, who could be guilty of sue
, unmtigated nonsense The disclosure wa
made by a suit, instituted by Professor Grou,
, to recover bill from Mr. Sprguc for print
ing.
The New York Times gives a review Q
the murders in that city in the last thre
months,-thirty-two of them in all, and til
] three columns which are occupied with it ar
q far from cheerful reading Out West, in tn
new country, when life gets to be about a
4 uncertain as it is in New York now, peopl
take the law into their own hands, and W
begin to hear about vigilance committee
ynching, etc Won't it have to come to thc
4 in New York soon2
t Children must take good care of the
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