Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10


secrets could be revealed, and that as action
will necessarily be expeditions, the Senate
owes 1t to the country to give the people an
opportunity to follow its deliberations, day
by day. So far as known the proposition
meets with but little favor among Senator'S
and even less with the administration
Many people who have seen how promi.
neut place California its products and pco.
pie have filled in the public mind for the last
few years, may be surprised to learn that the
State has but jGO,22 inhabitants, all told,
according to the last census and Of these 40.
81 are Chinese and 6s9j Indians. The
resident population of San Francisco is re-
turned at li9,473, which includes l2,022
Chinese and 1880 colorod. We had supposed
that the State had more Chinese, but are not
at all disappointed in the total We always
knew the State had very few people, but they
are dreadiuy lively what they are Of them
The first arrest under the new Ku-klux
law has been made in Chatham county, n
c.. where three young men have been taken
into custody, by the aid Of United States
troops, for whipping a negro and committing
an outrage upon some white women They
are fully identified aud will undoubtedly be
convicted. Reports from South Carolina are
becoming more unfavorable again. Several
fresh outrages are reported, and a dispatch
from prominent South Carolina journalist
says Matters are becoming desperate, aud
some well informed persons believe that the
ku-Klux intend to visit the capital and cx.
pei the State government.
Between rrcyasses aud tornados. Louis.
lana ha, suffered considerably Of late. \
terrible wind storm swept over Ration Rouge
on Tuesday, causing immense damage to build
ings and exposed property. The United
States Arsenal, the penitentary the Catholic
Church, and a number of other buildings
were partially destroyed, Large trees were
uprooted by the violence Of the gale, and
loose articles Of all descriptions filled the air.
The sugar plantations in the vicinity suffered
severely, many Of the cabins and sugar-bouses
being leveed to the ground. Three colored
men are known to have been killed. aud
number were badly wounded The losses it
is said will reach nearly half million Of
dollars
Indiana has become sick Of the notoriety
of cheap divorces and rejoces over a new
law requiring three years bona idc residence
before a divorce for any cause can be obtain
ed, and in case of the application being made
on the ground of acts committed in another
state, it must be shown that those acts are
legal grounds for divorce in the state where
they were committed How stringent the
new law is for genuine residents of the state
is not announced, and indeed it is not Of much
account since outsiders are shut out by such
hard conditions, and an end put to the scan
dals which have heretofore arisen by reason
of so many citizens of other states seeking
Indiana courts to get their necks out of the
matrimonial yoke.
The mingled turbulence and mbeciity
of Napoleons dealings with Bismark since
1866 had fresh light let in upon them re-
Gently. Bismark stated in the German Par
Lament that while Prussia was engaged 10
the Austrian war, Napoleon sent an ultima.
tum to Berlin demanding the cession Of May
ence. He added that the illness Of Napoleon
only prevented hostilities at that time. Such
an extraordinary demand revealed the fell
spirit and design Of the French Emperor
But he was dealing with an antagonist who
oyermatched him every time. In that long
game Of diplomacy, Bismark not only held
the best hand, but he exhibited the best skin
in every encounter The adroit man Of the
Tuileries had a still more adroit aud con.um-
mate player against him
Jim Fisk has got his " back up inregard
to the proposed visit of the gallant Ninth to
Boston, and the refusal Of the Mayor of that
city to entertain" the boys. Having asked
the Governor Of Massachusetts for the desired
permission, which was duly granted by that
official, Fisk writes letter to Mayor Castor,
in which he uses some pretty sharp language
He tells him that he misconstrued the request
as an application for special fayors at the ex.
pense Of the city, a misconstruction which
was not warranted and that having waited in
vain a sufficient time for his decision, he has
applied for and received the consent of the
Governor of the Commonwealth for permis-
sion to enter the city, and he begs that he
will relieve the Common Council from further
consideration Of the subject, as their action or
nacion is matter Of perfect Indifference to
the gentlemen under his command" Fisk,
therefore, resplendent in gorgeous array, and
followed by his gallant sogers, will occupy
the Hub in spite of its Mayor
1t seems evident that deep laid and
long premeditated scheme exists among the
Chinese for the determination OF the resident
Christians in the Celestial Empire. The i'm.
portance and danger of the situation in China
is beginning to be fully recognized by the rep
resentatiyes of other Governments and mat.
ters have come to such pass, indeed, that
diplomatic relations may be severed at any
time between our Government and that country.
1t is stated that documents have been received
at Washington which show that cunningy de-
vsed pamphlets and tracts have been circula-
ted in vast numbers among the more intelli.
gent Chinese aboundng in horrible misrepre.
sensations of the Christian religion, and pic
turing in strong colors the imagined effects of
allowing it future footholi in Caina. The
Chinese mind is being Systematically poison.
ed against Christianity and Christians of every
nation, aud seemingly there can be no doubt
that the Mongoians are determined upon
driving the foreign element entirely from
their shores