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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24
The ColOrcd Voters.

The action Of the National Convention Of
Colored People, which closed its session at
New Orleans last week, is highly significant
with reference to the approaching Presiden.
tial election. The convention was composed
Of from seventy-Gye to one hundred Of the
representative men Of the race, coming from
every section of the country, and almost ev.
cry State Of the Union Tho deliberations
we're characterized throughout by the strictesi
iecorum, marked ability, and a firm ad-
herenco to the pnternal advice of Senator
Sumner, to stand as one man for the fullest es-
rablishmons Of the equal rights of the race
The platform adopted is so marked an expires.
sion Of sound Republican views that the fol-
lowing abstract Of its contents becomes spe.
cially interesting and significant:
The preamble regrets the necessity for a
colored convention and presents the peculiar
grievances of the race to the consideration OF
the American people The first resolution
thanks God for the friends OF universal lib
erty, for the bravery and loyalty Of the COL
ored race and for their emancipation, citi-
leuship and enfranchisement. The second
declares alliance with any party other than
the Republican an act Of blindness and fall
sity, and says As all roads out Of the Re-
publican party lead into the Democratic camp
lce pledge our utSicerriag derotion 10 IN,
support of the nominees of the Philadelphia
Contention The third endorses the admin
istration of President Grant The fourth
thanks him for extending the federal patron
age to colored men, and prays for a still fur
Their extension. The fifth acknowledges al
overwhelming Indebtedness to the services o
I Hon. Charles Sumner. who has stood for
eng time alone in the Senate of the UniteC
States, the Gibraltar of our cause aud th,
North Star of our hopes and expresses thu
assurance that he will be as faithful TO th,
Republican party in the future as he has beer
untaltering in the past. The sixth does homo
to Vice President Colfax for his casting voi
! u favor of the Supplementary Civil Right
!. bill. The seventh appeals to the justice o
the American people to protect them agains
The inconsistency aud prejudice which de
Drives them Of equal privileges with whit
people, in places of amusemens, hotels an
'onveyauces The eighth pledges ther
,gainst the Senators and Representatives VIII
10 not show a satisfactory record on the Sup
Elementary Civil Rights bill.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

BRiGGs x BRoTHER's CATALoGUE.-We have he.
fore W. Briggs & Brothers. catalogue of q twer
and vegetable seeds for 1879. The outside M.
pearance Of the work, with its highly embelli-hed
cover and tint edged ie,ves, would seem to indi.
cate that the hook comes before us for notice from
some extensive photographic printing establish
ment or illustrated monthly printing house
Neither guess would be correct. The publisher
are seedsmen. said 10 he the most extensive in the
world. who raise and veil flower and vegetable
seeds, sending them in large or small quantities
to all parts of the country They own no end o
gardens and farms both in and out Of New York
State-haying a 260 acre farm at Clinton, Lows
devoted expressly to seeds, and their establish
ment at Rochester, n Y, has upwards of 60 ,0OC
feet of hnoring devoted exclusively to pack ng
and shipping seeds.
The purchase Of the catalogue ian order b.
Briggs 4 Brother for 81 worth OF seeds secures il
treel slso receives an insight to what he may oh
tain on certain conditions, in the way of one ~
two chrome lithograghs OF A Iwer hhauets, repre-
senting boauets Of choice natural A ,wers, raised
by Briggs Brother. These chromos are fully
equal to the highest priced chromns sold, and are
a lit ornament for parl0r or sitting roam. The
catalogue also contains two representative en-
cravings OF the chromos, and parties ordering
only one. which, without an order for seeds, re-
quires an enclosure of seventy five cents can
select which they prefer.
There is no person who is interested in n ,wer,
house or garden plants, or engaged in raising
vegeta bles or market cereals who cannot be iene-
cited By the possession OF this valuable and beau.
tifully illustrated catalogue, an enclosure of 25
cents secures II prepaid, and the amount in seeds
il returned il an order follows the purchase Of a
catalogue. Those who have had any business
with the firm OF Briggs 4 Brother. have always
been perfectly satisfied with their dealings Give
them your orders-you cannot put them in better
hands,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24
Portland to 0gdensburg.

The Common Council Of Portland has been
requested by petitioners in the interest Of
the Portland & Ogdeusburg road, through
the Notch, Ito appoint a commission to OBJ
tain reliable information as to the feasibility
aud cost Of the road its railroad connections,
and its general advantages for business"
Such a commission ought to be instructed
to obtain similar information with regard to
other routes, or its work will only be half
done. We would suggest few inquiries
that would be pertinent for this commission
to make. It would be an inexcusabe blum.
der for the people Of Portland to vote 81.
500 600 to the Notch route now, before N.
ascertain whether after the immense outlay
it will take to build it, they can form a
satisfactory connection with the Vermont Cen
trail at Swanton, which controls the line west
to Osdensburg. A legal connection is one
thing. aud o friendly connection is quite
another thing The commission ought to
enquire whether its railroad connections at
Swauton will be simply legal, or cordial and
friendly. Ifshe wants equal or better routes
than Boston for Western freight, Portland
will need to know at what point she can
strike the Vermont Central no as to give her
the desired object 1t would he mistake
not to hit road that now conveys al
the Western produce to Boston where
she would prefer to be struck. The Com
mon Council Of Portland will do well t.
advise the commission to learn whethel
favorable connection cannot also b.
made with the Central at Montpelier, con
uectiou by which the city Of Portland cal
reach the city Of Chicago on equal term
with Boston. and so successfully compel
with Boston for the export trade Of tn
West. We do not know but the most AMIGA
| bic relations can be established at Swanto
with the Vermont Central, but we have ger
eral reasons to believe it is equally true thl
such relations can be established at Moutpeie
and If Portland is not completely bewildere
and wholly given up to the idolstry of Il
Notch route, she will have through freigl
carried from Chicago to her wharyes on Il
first day Of January, 1878, on the Moutpeli
& Wells River road, by the proposed come
I ton from Cornish to Plymouth, at the San
4 rates that it is laid down in Boston. WIT
the shovel is laid down, as it now is
the Lamoile Valley road, it ought to
A taken up between Cornish and Plymout
= that Portland may grasp hands with Chicaj
within year, at cost of not more tn
one fifth of the desired appropriation
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

AN lRoS FAMINE TuRRATENED.-Wi every
furnace in blast, and inspirations large, the
United States is threatened with AN iron famine
Since January |, American pig No. | has ad.
yanced from S36 and S37 to $50 and $50 per ton.
rails from $40 10 $50, and bar iron from % sd
and 81 so u $lO3 and lO5 In imported iron IN.
rise Is pruportionate English rails having nd.
yanced since the beginning Of the year from IS
tn 20 n S73. gold old rails from 30 To so ami
$50, and scrap iron from ~ and 43 u 90 and sos
The reason IL, an enormous Increase in enn.
sumption and production has not kept pae.
with II, because the necessity for new iron was
not ielt until the surplus stocks were exhausted
Lust year the consumption in the United State,
Was about 800 900 tons, Of which we produced
about 2 900 900 tons and imported the balance.
Vi the consumption last year, me half was used
IN railroads. We have now 90 900 miles of rail.
road m operation, to keep which in repair will
require, in addition u old rails rernlled, three
TONS u the mile, or lsO, 900 tons Last wear va.
built about 900 miles Of new road. five build
~ much this year, we shall require of new rail.
ahiut lightweight tons 70 the mile, or GIG 600
tons. To this may be added for bolts, spikes
Joints. switches aud the like, say ten tons 10 the
mile, or 10000 tons. The capacity Of the furn,-
ces now IN operation is 1000 900 tons, to which
may be added 10000 tons a. the probable pru.
iIct OF new furnaces now building. New York
Erening Express
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

Three weeks ago we sent hills to a number
Of our subscribers who we're in arrears for
their paper The response to these bills has
been quite prompt and general There are
number, however, who have paid no attention
to our request for money. To these we would
say that we need the amounts due Us, and
must haze them A word to the wise is sui.
q -.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

--Adyices from St. Petersburg, believed
70 be trustworthy, say that Mr. Catacssy, lat
Russian minister to this country, has entirely
iailed to justify himself for his course here
which SO excited the ire of General Grant
md Mr.. Fish, aud is utterly disgraced at
ZONE, as he was at Washington, lie has
zone to Paris with a pension of 5000 rubleD
year, to be withdrawn if he makes any pub.
ication about his case, or gives any further
'ause of oifense. Asa ruble is about seventy.
i've cents in our money, it will be seen tha'
ne ex.miuister is far from being magniicently
rovided for but man of his peculiar tai.
uts can hardly fail of finding some employ
ncnt in Paris by which to exc out his dimin
shed income.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

Careful inquiries into the employments
f three hundred and thirty delegates elected
~ the Republicans of seventeen States to tn,
National Republican Convention at phila.
ielphia, show that the only federal officer
,mong them are the following One Collector
IF Customs, one Collector Of Internal Reve
nue., two United States Marshals, three Post
masters, one Treasury Agent, one Pension
Agent, one District Attorney, and tire,
Deputy Marshals-thirtecn 10 all OF thes'
sir are from the State Of Kentucky, which
.ends also sixteen delegates who are not flee
holders, and three are from Pennsylvania
which sends also fifty delegates who are no
'fice-holders. Yet the " blowers " for III,
Cincinnati ofiice-seekers mass meeting tall
.bout the Ofiee-llolders' Convention at Phils
delphis,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24
roRTy.sECoND CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.



IrEpAY' Aprll TO-
In the Senate nill was passed lot Tue 'eueup
ton and sale Of public lands under the direct tax
law, excluding such ~ are used for cemeteries
or for naval or military purposes. bill to de-
velop the mining interest Of the country was
passed. The bill 10 establish a steamship mail
service between the United States and Australia
was discussed without action. A bill to perpctu-
ate testimony in the United states courts was
reported,
In the House Mr.. Dawes reported tho tariff
and tax bill The introduction Of n minority
report was objected To, when it transpired that
third report had been agreed upon, leaving Mr.
Dawes's report indorsod by hut four Of the nine
members Of the ways and means committee. Mr.
Dawes addressed the House, and subsequently
Mr. Maynard obtained leave to introduce bill
" for the further reduction Of taxes and the pro-
motion of commerce" A conference committee
was ordered ON the bill relating /, mail-carrying
eontracts. A bill was reported 10 regulate the
seizure and examination of invoices. books and
pepers in customs cases The 81. Croix and Bay.
field Railroad conference committee reported itself
unable IN ngree. and the House voted To adhere
tn its former action. which amounts to the rciec.
ton of the hiu
WEDNESDAY,, April u.
In the Senate, bills were passed making an mp.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

ST. ALBANs lRoN AND STEEL WoRKs. Tho nlans
Tor the new Rolling Mill have been completed and
work IL g,ing forward. The building IS b. he in
the lorm of a I. The part fronting on the Rail.
road Is 800 feet long and 1870 WIDE ; the part run.
WIDE, the whole being 10 feet high. The works
VIII have three engines, with total strength of
i2uO horse power 20 boilers, 90 pudding fur.
naces, 10 heating furnaces, 2 re-heaiing furnaces
twenty'one inch trains. 1t will consume 90 .OO0
tons vi coal per nnnum, and turn out 30 tuns ,,f
rails per diem. One OF the steam hammers IL IN
weigh $500 lbs, and strike blow of Is tons
The works will employ about 400 men and Will
he run day and night. The Company have lG
acre. OF land which allows plenty Of room for ex.
tending the works.
The aide bdy Of Directors and their oryan;,o.
lion have been already announced The Executive
tonmittee ARE Mes.rs. O.god y. A. SMITH and
Noble A. II. Bminerd, Esq. Of Rome, N. ".
viii have the general superiutsndence, :
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24
The Civil Service.

We give below the Presidents recent order
concerning the Civil Service, showing conclu.
sively that while the House Of representa-
tiyes has gone back upon this great reform
General Grant is resolved to fight it out on
that line. No President has ever gone so far
10 this direction. While Trumbull 4 Com.
pany are talkiag on the subject, the President
is doiag The course OF General Graut shows
that he is ready to respond to the highest aud
hest demands of the people. When they
clearly make known their will they are sure
TO find response in the Executive. There
is no reform which is shown to be essential
no sound policy which is demanded by popu-
lar sentimcnt,-bu receives his support fIs
efforts are most emphatic refutation Of the
;lamor Of the Wiberal liberals"
EXECUTIVE ORDER.---Ihe advisory board OF
'iyil service reform having completed the group
ing contemplated by the rules already adopted,
nave recommended certain provisions for carrying
che rules into effect The recommendations NJ
herewith published, are approved, and the pro-
visions will be enforced rs rapidly as proper ar
angements can be made, and the thirteenth oi
he rules adopted on the 18th day OF December
asst is amended to read MS published herewith
The utmost fidelity aud diligence will he expected
fall officers in every branch Of the public ser
vice. Political appointments, as they are called
have been forbidden within the various depart
'nents, and while the rights Of all persUns IN
ihcia position to take part in politics is acknowl
dyed and the elective franchise is recognized u.
high trust, To he discharged by all entitled Il
~ exercise, whether in the employ ment Of the
government or in private life, hunesty and eff.
iency, not political activity, wilt determine H.,
tenure Of office.
By the President, Z, s. GRANT.
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

Tho following is the official vote for
Governor in Connecticut Marshall Jewell,
1903; Richmond d. Hubbard, A, 562
Francis Gillette, Temperance, l,549; A. r..
Harrison, Labor Reform, 800 scattering,
20 total vote, 9S,0oS. Jewell over Hub.
bard 2,Ool Jewell over all, 90. The
Legislature stands in the House 1870 Repub.
licans and III Democrats. Ia the Senate ! 5
Republicans and d, mocrrs. Tue Repu +.
lean majority on . joint ballot 20,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

More and more is the fact made appar.
mt that the Liberal Republicans are reckon
ng without their host, when they proceed OIL
he assumption that the Democratic party IL
lead and that they are to administer upon it
state. The New York Express speaks o
three millions of American Democrats" wh'
IRE interested spectators Of the movement, anc
il intimates that when the time comes thes,
will "gobble up the whole concern. d
aourse they will the dog must wag the tai
it is quite impossible for the tail to wag til,
log.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

Last September the Republican party oil
Illinois met in Convention and adopted reso.
luton which declared that the Republican
party, without any new departure is equal tc
he correcting ofcxisting abuses aud the per.
feciing of needed reforms, and itsmission will
not have ended until they are accomplished )
Incredible as it may seem now, Senator Trum,
bull wrote this resolution. What has occur,
red in the brief interim to cause SO complete
change of front Echo answers, What"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24
--~.r

The Hartford (Ct) Couraqt says; Sup.
pose the rebel army of Virginia had taken u
fancy to put General Meade at its head
which would have changed its policy, Meade
nr the rebel army How much would
Charles Francis Adams or B. Gratz Brown
Is President be able to do for Republicanism,
Si,h the whole Democratic party aud MS
ute fraction ofRepubicans to BACK him, a
Cabinet composed of Seymou r, Pendeton,
Hendricks and company -
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

The British government ispaying 81 ,OO0,.
900 or over 100000 yearly in steamship
subsidies for the benefit Of her mail service tC
Australia, Brazil, the West Indies, the East
Indies, China and Japan, cape Of Good Hope
and North America. She gets back about
half the SUN 10 postage, and pockets the bal
ance as money well invested for the benefit o.
her commerce aud the strength of her marine
Our similar investments are 100000 annu
ally to the steamship liue between Chin, and
San Franch 90, aud about 100000 = year ts
. Mexican line
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

The Civil service bill introduced by Mr..
Willard, which provided that no member of
Congress should recommend any person for
appointment to any federal Office, was vir.
'nally killed last week, by the passage of
vote IN the House to recommit the same to
the committee which reported it. The vote
stood ~ to 70. Both Mr., Willard and
Judge Poland voted against recOmmittal ;
Mr. Smith was absent.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

"A decision Of the Supreme Court set,
free the imprisoned Mormons, and secures
mem from punishment or arrest in the future.
The court says by this decision, that at all
trials in the territories, jurors must be empan.
elled under the territorial laws, and be re.
turned by territorial officers, While the Nor.
mons are ia power there will hereafter be no
opponents of Mormonism called to serve on
juries 10 Utah.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

C~Eleven states have elected delegates tc
the national republican convention at Phila.
ielphia. All the conventions that elected
these delegates passed resolutions endorsing
the present administration, and with two OF
three exceptions, directed their delegates to
vote for the denomination of President Gran,
This is not encouraging for those who want
Grant to retire to private life
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

Chicago is discovering that it has not
ouly had the biggest fire on record but also
the longest one. As some men were at work
among the ruins on Monday last, they came
upon some material which burst into flames Oh
coming Into contact with the air. Moreover
such occurrences IRE reported to be frequent,
showing that the fire has been smoudering
for over sig months
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

The little town Of Oxford, o., 10 at pres.
ent the scene OF much excitement. because the
young men Of Miami university will carry il
high with the girls Of Oxford female college.
What Is worse. the faculty and trustees ofthe
university refuse to notice or punish the al.
legged "scandalous conduct ofthe libertinss."
The consequence is that the presidents Of the
colleges are singing cards at each thr ug,
the locai prints in livey and unsdiD Ing
style
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

There Is pungent retort and a sugges.
tive truth in Senator Morton's remark that
there will be many more oifice.seekers at the
Cincinnati Convention than ofTice-holders at
Philadelphia.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24

Great Britain positively refuses to rec.
ognize the claims of the Unite States for in.
direct damages
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NEatnhman & Intrnal.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL q. 1872.



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