Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-03-22
Notes and Comments.

raine may be restored to France for money
II is hardly TO be believed, for though Ger
man. love money with an aiIcctionate greed
still they would have the countries named, by
preference. Those countries form most pow
crful German advanced post against France.
or the new Senate Committees, Sen. Nor.
rill, Of Vermont, is Chairman Of the Commit.
tee on public buildings aud grounds, and also
has place on the Finance Committee, aud on
Education and labor. Senator Edmunds is
Chairman Of the Committee on Pensions, aud
has place on the Committee for Appropi.a
tions, Revision Of Rules, aud the judiciary.
The Connecticut republicans though Ger.
uinly not encouraged by the New Hampshire
result arc by no means dshcariencd but arc,
on the contrary, making more vigorous fight
than ever. They have no jealouses and dis.
fractions at home to add to their burdens, az
their New Hampshire brethren had and the
chauch is still an even one, at least, that they
will elect Gov. Jewell, carry the Legislature,
and divide congressman with their opponents
The jury on Wednesday last, brought in
a verdict Of guilty against Flkins, the express
robbcr, who attempted to murder llalpine. in
January His counsel move to suspend sen.
tcncc for a review Of the case, which the
court denied aud he was then sentenced to
twenty years Imprisonment, but his counsel
will file exceptions, and apply for writ Of
error to carry the matter to the Supreme
Court
Italy is about to increase her armament,
and to reorgauize her army. All over Eu.
rope there is tendency to warlikc action
This it the natural result of the success of
the Germans, and Of the creation Of the Ger.
man Empire England, Italy. Switzerland
Sweden, Holland, and Belgium are all extend.
ing their ornaments aud increasing their mil.
itary expenditure; and France is about to
reform her military force so as to make regu.
lar soldiers Of all her men. There is not
much hope Of the early triumph Of the dis.
arming party.
The Tribune correspondent sends
" startling rumor" from Washington to the
effect that advices have been received from
Minister Sicklcs, submitting as the result of
the negotiations he has been conducting for
several months past proposition from the
government Of Spain for the sale to this gov
eminent Of the islands of Cuba and Porto
Rico, one hundred million dollars to
be paid in instai0cnts The situation at
Washington is favorable to startling rumorso
just now, and moro Of the same sort may be
expected about these days"
Mr.. Charles Norihoir frankly says that
he acts with the revenue reformers be.
cause that is practical way Of applying free
trade, Of which he il an ayowed disciple. No.
body has ever doubted this of any Of the reve.
nue. reiormcrs, though some Of that party
would have US believe that nothing is farther
from their design than free trade. Mr..
Nordhof's general principles on which his
free trade faith is based are very plausible
but they have never yet, as far as we have
been able to learn, been sustained by facts or
experience
An official denial comes from St. Peters
Durgh that secret treaty existed between Rus
iia and Prussia during the late war. 1t pos.
'ible that no regularly formed trclty-an ar.
fragment that is, formally dgestei into ar.
ticles-was made between the courts of st.
Petersburgh aud Berlin but that an under.
standing did exist between them is clear from
the. course of events, aud from the words en-.
poyed by the Russian Car at the close off
The war; the result Of which, he said had Sc.
cured everything for Russia as well as for
Germany.
Permission to visit Chisehurst England,
has been asked by Louis Napoleon of the
Emperor of Germany and it is understood
that permission has been graciously granted.
Eugenia is at Chisehurst When the old |
gentleman shall arrive there his wife ought to
give him severe wigging for losing the in
hcritance of their child. The fact that she
urged him into war ought to make no differ |
ence, for it is the way Of the ladies' to blow
up their husbands when they do not follow
their adyice,-aud equally to blow them up
when they do follow it, to their ruin. They
are perfectly consistent
\ woman at New York writes to the New
York Ereai"y Post proposing that the wo.
men of that city shall get up, by subscription,
service Of plato to be presented to Mr.
Bargh, in token Of their approval of and |
with his labors to prevent cruelty
to animals. We know of no one more worthy
ot service Of plate than Mr.. Bergh, and
sucha testimonial would come with rare fitness
aud grace from the women of the city he
has done so much to ciyilize. And besides
his work in New York, it is directly due to
Mr. Bergh that twenty five other anti-cruelty
societies have been established in sixteen
States Of the Union and in Canada.
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The present partners of the Rothehlds
number some seventy in all, and are the
.ourth remove from Mayer Ansem Roth.
'chld, the founder Of the great family of He
brew bankers.
Dom Piatt Classics the national House
If Representatives into 93 iree.trade demo.
rats, - pure republican lrec.traders, 40 rev.
lnue relorming republcnns. and tho hnlnnnn