Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-07
Notes aud Comments.

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st. Peters church in Barclay street, about
eighteen hundred dollar. was received.
The Washington Treaty was discussed
in the British House Of lords Monday. NO.
doubt is entertained at Washington Of the
signing Of the treaty blythe Queen. Further
discussion was postponed till the 18th inst
New Orleans is suffering from flood.
4 large portion Of the city is covered with /
water $500 houses have their grouni-aoors
covered, and more than that number Of fami.
lies are homeless aud dcsolate The damage
already done is estimated at half million
dollars
The death Of the Count de Gasparin is
announced The intelligence will be received
with pain in this country. Gasparin was one
Of the most Intelligent aud able Of all our
foreign friend. Ills Uprising Of Great
People which appeared soon after the begin
ming Of our war. was q wonderfully spirited .
expression Of American feeling anil evinccd
a just appreciation Of our institutions lie.
was one Of the most thoughtful and liberal
Frenchmen of cur day.
Cen Schenck and the British members Of
the Joint High Commission arrived at Liver.
pool on Saturday Mr. Schenck was receiy-
ed at the wharf with % formal address Of well
come from the Liverpool Chamber Of Com
MERGE, eouchel ia very complimentary TERMS
to which he replied in very happy manner
The new minister has doubtless by this time
presented his credentials to the Queen, and
been welcomed Ny the ministry and the diplo-
matte corps at London. He enters upon his
duties under very Aattcriug auspices.
The gcn,ilcs in Utah are growing bold
and aggressive, as they grow numerous under
the attractions Of the rich mines in the
neighborhood Of Salt Lake city They have
organized what they call liberal party to
fight the Mormon hierarchy in politics and in
society aud are preparing to enter into the
August elections for members Of the terrific
rial Legislature with zeal with power, and
with much hope of success There are
abundant signs that Brigham is preparing TO
yield or run. The day Of his fighting is gone.
lie must compromise or cut
Father Hyacinthe, who has kept very
quiet during the past year has just written
a letter in which he condemns ia strong Ian.
b guage the acts of the Paris Communists
The Second Empire and the Chu.ch are
blamed for the present condition Of affairs in
Paris-the former, because it discouraged
marriage, and the latter because it has been
too much occupied with dogmatc questions
to instruct its flock He concludes Paris
is in ashes the work Of people who have
] no God, or say it is impossible for them to be-.
j leve in or love Him. Let rulers, with their
e whole heart and brain, consider the problem
r of the restoration of France to faith prosper.
e ity and peace"
Mr.. Greeley is hvoring the Tri5ta,
with his agricultural views of Texas lie
finds the quality of its timber not what ]
could wish it," As to its soil, h. finds few
acres that would not yield good crops to good
cultivation, and he judges that it has required
less effort to live in Texas than in any other
State Of the Union. lie says it costs no NOR,
to rear cow there than a hen at the North
aud man may have 10000 head of cattle
ranging the praires, without owning an acre
: of land on earth. Thus many ranchers have
=, grown rich, but to no purpose, living in rud,
cabins, on hog and hominy, with only wbiskey
and tobacco for Injuries
,e Wednesday next has been fixed for tn
D departure Of the Polars with Capt Hall OF
n an expedition to the North Pole The de
ID lay has been occasioned by the unusual pre-
!. parations for the voyage the provision for tn,
e comfort and safety Of those who are to engage
Is in the dangerous enterprise being far beyond
D. that Of any similar expedition. The person
n mel Of the party Of exploration and the crew
,e of the vessel have been selected with grea
is care, and will be supplied with every possible
rs requisite needed in the frozen regions n
lie expedition, has ever left our shores with a
1attering prospects Of success as the one abou
to leave Washington under command of tn
I'd adventurous Capt. Hall.
In one of the Paris Communists who ha
=. Just lost his life, Americans will recognize a
~ old acquaintance. Gen. Cuseret was tn
friend of John G. Fremont. lie served
short time in the Union army and in So
es when the Cleveland Convention nominate
a. Fremont for the Presidency, a paper calle
lis the Men Nation was started in New York
Nv the organ Of the new movement, of whc
he Cluseret was editor. A year or two ago b
ie was ordered out of France by Napoleon an
to for this he called upon the United Stat,
to Government to ayenge him. lie held prom
&c. nent place in the so-called Communal Co
IS ernment, being Minister Of War and
to there was no hope for him when the city fe
ng into the hands Of the Versaillsts. He W.
nv summarily court-nartaed and shot on Sa
.ell urday in the barracks of Prince Eugene
we Order reigus in Paris, The gates a
es closed at niue o'clock, and after that hot
ff.J cavalry patrol the streets, aud no one is q
\" lowed to leave the city The search for Con
the the munist leaders still continues. There a
many desperados at large in the city, an
they have an especial hatred of the polio
AN Just as the disordery classes do eyerywher
adj The murdered Archbishop of Paris will
MI buried to-day with much ceremony and sho'
de- The theatres will soon be reopened, but Il
ull cafes are under restrictions Many visito
rap are Aockins to the city The newspapers a
da' discussing the Orleans question: some
lou them demand a republic, like that of Il
nd United States. Executions are numerous
its Versailles, aud the captured leaders Of Il
'ro' insurgents have little hope Of mercy
eS' If Dr. Livingstone returns from th