Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-04-19
NOics and Comments.

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States, but also to the people Of lIayii. Aud
he says that reports recently made public con
corning the opposition Of the llaytiens to the
annexation Of San Domingo are unreliable.
The pressure which has been made from
several quarters for months past on the Presi.
dent by the homnopathists, the Tennessee
delegation, and others for the removal Of the
Commissioner Of Pensions, finally triumphed
Friday and the President removed Dr. Van
Aernam, Of New York, aud appointed j II
Baker, Of Minnesota, in his place. Mr. Baker
is a native Of Ohio. He was General in the
army during the war, aud is lawyer by
profession
Tho details Of the evidence Of fraud,
in the New Haven voting or counting, by
which Gov. English received one hundred
more votes than he is entitled to, seem very
conclusive, aud apparently settle the Govern
or question Of Connecticut by the election Of
Gov Jewell by the people So ais well
that ends we'll and the completeness of the
republican victory in Connecticut is neither
married nor saddenel by any failure of its
most popular representative and the head Of
the party ticket
The situation in New Hampshire is more
interesting than it is in Connecticut The
republicans think they have three or four
majority on Joint ballot in the legislature. ~
This will depend, however, on the way in
which three or four men vote who were elect.
ed on mongreI tickets One thing is evident
that the democrats IRE much less sauguiue
than they were just after election The
death of Mr. $ p. Thrasher, democratic
senator elect in the tenth district, makes a
tie in that body
The preliminary reports about the crops
from all sections of the country are favor
able. At the West and in the middle States
wheat is very promising in the Southern
States the grain crops look excelently and
cotton planting has begun under favorable
auspices in most sections, while all over the
country there is promise Of another generous
fruit year. The greatest doubt is about the
hay crop, especially in New England, where
the long drouth Of last summer and fall was
followed by an open winter, so that the roots
Of grass have been killed to a great extent.
- Dr. $. g. Howe, of the San Domingo
Commission, who reached home Thursday,
comes back strong advocate of annexation.
On his return from San Domingo to WASH
ington he was for some days a guest of Sena-
tor Sumner, and it is understood that the
question Of annexation was discussed by them
in all its aspects, and that Mr. Sumner not
only failed to convert his friend to his policy
of opposition, but was forced to admit that
there were arguments in favor of annexation
which were uuanswerable Subsequently DR..
Howe and his daughter we're guests at the
White House
The New York Commercial recently pub
lished some interesting statistics Of the Post
Office in that city, from which it appears that
nearly twelve million foreign letters have been
sent and received during the year 1870, the
number exceeding that of 1869 by over one
million. OF course a large share Of this cor
respondence belongs to other cities ana towns
but the magnitude of the figures is none the
less striking The New York Post Office in
business hours presents a scene Of the greatest
activity no less than five hundred clerks aud
three hundred carriers being constantly en-.
ployed. Three thousand bags of mail matter,
weighing perhaps one hundred and fifty tons,
pass through the Office daily.
--Theuew loan five per cents does not get
along very fast At the close Of last week
theamout subscribed was said to be about $780,
100000. 1t had been open Just six weeks,
and the amount taken averaged little more
than Sl0,000000 a week The New York
correspondent of the Boston Adrertiser,
speaking Of the new loan, says" The only
takers in the United States have been the
national banks, which have an obvious inter
est in being secure in their banking franchise,
which might be periIled if they omitted to
take it, He thinks twill not be taken dur
ing this Presidential term. 1t is melan-
choly fact that men will not part with their
money for less than its value, not even when
patriotism appeals to their pockets.
Those notorious female brokers of New
York, Woodruff 4 Clafin started the story,
some time ago that Jenny Lind's fortune had
been squaudered by her husband that her
husband had abused her, and that finally the
pair had separated. Three London papers
copied the story, and Mr.. Goldschmidt has
successfully sued them, getting in the aggre-
gate $4,000 damages, and might have had
more only he said he only wanted enough to
reimburse his expenses in indicating his rep
utaton 1t came out on the trial that Mad
anne Goldschmidt and her husband are still
happy couple, that the wife's original fortune
has been doubled by the good care and pro-
iesslona earnings OF the husband, and to show
how free he was from vices, Mr.. Goldschmidt
said he did not even play whist, and did not
smoke.
The ladies who believe in womau's
rights, and are prepared to act on their con.
yictions, would appear to form smaller mi.
DOrity in Washington than might be thought
likely after the very persistent agitation of
the subject there Only CT out of the numer-
Gus female members of the population of that
city could be found to present petition for
registration as voters in the coming election
in that city The petition was presented to
the municipal board of registration on Friday
but the applicants were informed that the re-
gistrars were unanimous in opinion that only
men were qualified voters under the existing
laws. Among the petitioners for the suffrage
were the names Of Grace Greenwood, Mrs.
Southworth, Mary A. Dennison, and several