Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-09-18
Notes and Comments.

letter Of the Senator to the colorcd men Of
the United States.
--I In his Springfield speech Graft Brown
says the country is on the brink Of rujnous
abyss. viii somebody be good enough to
hold Graiz steady, or he may fall in.
The Albany drgas said the otbor day that
the Democracy have resolved to ROOF 'sr
new leaf We are inclined to bcficSs,stwill
be " the scar and yellow leaf" says Il s.Troy
Wing.
-" The movement to withdraw Greeley"
says the New York Commercial, " encounters
the greatest opposition from Greeley bisseIf
lie isn't so much in the hands Of his friends
as he was"
We think that Delaware can be carried
for Grant, but we shouldn't think sJif we
hadn't heard that Fitzpatrick was going to
stump it for Greeley" says the New York
Commercial.
CoLoRADo ALSO Only territory to be
sure but the election Of the Republican del.
egatc to Congress is disappointment to the
mongrels Even territory would be COM
fort to them.
The Worcester Gasette says '.For a
good, round, fully.developed 'strawfi COM
mend us to the vote taken at the relGs,ra, Of
the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts RegiA2sst
Grant, 225; Greeley, o.
The able editor Of the Philadelphia
Press writes from Omaha, on his return from
trip to the Pacific saying that his observa-
tons in the West convince him that General
Grants reelection is a certainty.
The inventor Of the "Grecley fan" has
lost money on his queer invention. Greeley's
countcnance has changed 30 much in the past
few weeks North Carolina, Vermont and
= Maine) that the old stock of fans don't look
like him at ALL non ~ n.
The Toledo Blade thus replies to'sn sux.
ious correspondent Abram-Ify your father
, will persis. in betting on Greeley, there, i
$ but one way to save his estate. GAteqt 1
. writ of lunacy. Any court will'eraus it1cr
: statement of the case isah ~ ~
e Frank Blair secured Greeleys X nina,
5 ton at Cincinnati, says the Denver Y sage
= Was il revenge on him for having saidk bouI
D year ogo in tho Tribune: Wheneter .
4 stupendous political blundcr is possible, We
= can depend upon Frank Blair to make it2"s
= -" The Louisville Coarier-J oRrHal coca
r sonaly drops pearl says the Buffalo En-
I press " and should have credit for il: Hefi
t is one found in an editorial of August ga
The defeat Of Horace Greeley will not leav'
as much as grease spot of the Democratic
party" " ,'e
Tho nomination OF Senator sumner astb,
> hybrid candidate for Governor Of Massschu
sets is an insult to that gentleuan. II h,
had been at home, he would not have permit
. ted his name to be used, because he fears ih'
verdict of the people on his surrender 10 hi
old enemies. tigriltsas
Theodore Tilton, having Witnessed ths
interment of Greeleyism in Maine, says thu
, New York Commercial Adrertiser,pis DOW
going to attend another funeral in New Hump
shire There is no mistake about IL -Tso
dore has missed his true vocation. 10 ough
to have been ap uudertaker. s;ty
The town of West Haven, Rutland coun
0 ty, where Horace Greeley spent number O
| years, and where reside number Of his ole
. friends and acquaintance, upon whom DO calli
e frequently, gave the following vote at the re-
D cent election For Grant, 81; Greeley,
n In 1870 the vote was 40 to I.
u Among the good things in the Maine
u election is the reelection of Speaker Jsme
= G. Blaine, by over 5000 majority. He early
{ made sharp and most effective response t
: Charles Summers detection, and it is said tina
Horace Greeley greatly desired his defeat
u His majority is greatly increased over two
= years ago. and he now goes back to Congress
: double charged.
- 1t is stated that the New York suthori
. ties are in possession Of evidence which. vii
!. effectually fasteu the guilt of the Nathar
murder upon Billy Forester, now in sh,
= Tombs' prison. He was seen in the yicibix]
. of the Nathan mansion on the morning Of Til
q murder and even the possession of tho ipor
!. dog" with which the deed was commiaS !,
= has been traced to him. His approaSe !, -
trial bids fair to be the autumn sensatic,rsIa1s,
New Workers.
"A year ago, when the Democrats &er,
J. slandering Grant in their usual style. ths
l. Tribune reproved their folly thus a NV,
IS never knew the propagatOrs of such s1priei
to acknowledge their falsity after they hnf
D been proved, but this makes little prsttiek
difference, for the people know the ruth, 'ani
: will honor their President all the more, fol
3 the obloquy Of which he has been madssthl
victim. judging from the past, weish6u]t
say General Grants enemies are taking Tho
best course to insure his election for anothel
term" The people still discern the tfpti,.'
although the ranks of General Grants Duh
minators have been recruited by the Tribpn.
: itself 'tAee
"A large party of Indians, belonging AZ
the worst tribes on the plains, is shortly ~
pected at Washington, They will nuRibci
about forty, and expect to start from the In,
dian territory about the 18th, under charge
of Indian Agent Tatem and Special Commits.
siouer Alvord. Among the tribes represen.
ted in this delegation will be the Kiowas, Co.
manches, ArOpahoes, Cheyennes aud Wachi-
tas all of whom enjoy fragrant reputation
for throat-cutting and scalp-lifing. They
know very little about the resources and great.
ness of their whita neighhors and IL Ia N ha