Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-02-07
Notes and Comments.

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1t is stated that several prominent friends
Of the President in Congress are urging him to
take prompt action with regard to the alleged
abuses in the New York Custom House, and
to remove all parties who are tainted with
suspicion, thereby relieving himself from
odum and preventing political capital being
made by Democrats.
In a case brought against tho Staten Is
land Ferry Company by the widow of a man
who was killed by the explosion on the
"WoslGeld" last summer, the jury rendered
a verdict of $4,000 damages This Is con-
sidered test case and, unless the Company
obtain reversal Of the verdict in the Court
of Appeals, it will so hard with them when
the rest of the suits come on
There is promise Of an abundant sugar
crop from the Jamaica plantations. The in
nux Of visitors seeking the benefits Of the
climate of Jamaica is increasing, and the fact
has induced two enterprising Americans to
speculate in hotel buildings. An establish
meut for the manufacture and expectation Of
preserved turtle soup is in operation at Kings
ton. A subsidy for the mail service between
Kingston and New York is spoken Of
Tho Indian policy Of President Grant
has received the heartiest endorsement from a
Democratic quarter. Mr. Beck, Of Ken
lucky, one Of the ablest Democrats in Con-
press. declared during the debate Of Tuesday
that Gvn. u,auca pUucy ON tms suWgct was
the best in all respects ever enforced by any
Administration As a member Of the Com
mittce on Appropriations last year he is ia-
milar with the details of its operations, and
the high encouium coming from such a source
r is specially notable.
The judiciary Committee of the United
States Senate made unanimous report last
week, denying the constitutional right of wo-
men to vote This report has aroused the
G wrath Of Mrs Wooibull, aud she threatens
! to inauguratea revolution, such as our father.
in l776. She is resolved to pledge her " un.
trammeled life" her sacred honor and the
" property Of all her husbands, to the main
tenanco Of this resolution General Butler
+ Is expected to be made commauder.in-chie
of the embat,ed hosts Of oppressed woman
hood against the exactions Of tyrant man 81
On Tuesday Judge Poland reported from
the committee on revision Of laws bill ox
tending to five years the time in which pros
i ecutious may be commenced for perjury an,
# other crimes whereby names are fraudulent,
e placed upon the pension rolls lie state'
( that it was estimated that at least one fourtl
T. of the names on the pension rolls had beef
4 placed there by fraud and perjury Hereto
: fore such crime could not be prosecuted alc
y two years Such an astounding state o
things ought to lead to something more effect
y i've even than an extension Of time
e DR.. Cutting, State Geologist Of Yer
= mont, said in a paper read before the Boar,
, Of Agriculture, that almost every weol
t brought him parcels Of worthless sand con
. tanning yellow or white mica, or white an,
4 yellow pyrites, supposed by the deluded send
ers to be precious gold. DR.. Cutting wishes
r it to be distinctly understood that there ar,
J no metallic ores ill., Vermont which are wortl
n working. For that, the rocks Of the Stat
/ are too old and compact, or too nearly con
!, nected with the glacial drift. The yields o
! marble aud slate, however, are very good.
4 We baye If 10 Try so%e pQlii c
- war on England for the Washington treaty
g and there are some EugIishmon equally belig
erent in their tempers but who can doub
that the temple Of Janus is hermcticllly seal
ed, now that the good old musty doctors o.
Cambridge University have directed the col
lega muses. to take as their theme at the mex
Is examination, "Pomaius hmerican@ Gun
IL BraanHis riReuio pqcis ct amicHi9 coRjuHc
C t@"? The binding together in the bonds O
j. peace and friendship, when once celebrated il
a Latin ode of the Cambridge pattern, can
I. not fail to be permanent.
a The suggestion of Gen. Hazeu of tn,
= United States Army that Government SHOULD
C take some means to prevent the oxtermiua
/ ton of the buffalo, appears to be a scnsibl,
d one for there is no reason why animals SC
valuable and so easily subsisted should b,
T. wantonly butchered by thousands, and thoii
+ carcasses left to rot on the plains, as is now
Z, the case The buffalo lives upon shor
grass which grows luxuriauty upon the high
arid plains of the far West, and while it il
valuable as food, its skin, when dressed, is an
almost indispensable adjunct of seighing
e equipage, If any ehectual means for pro,
= tecting these animals from unnecessary
slaughter can be devised great benefit will
f be conferred upon the country.
p The progress made in popular education
in the South is not always maintained. Last
year the legislature Of Georgia appropriated
by nearly unanimous vote, $4,000 toward
the support of the Atlanta University, under
the care of the American Missionary Asso.
citation. This year the appropriation was re-
jeeted with shouts Of derision Last year a
fund was voted for public schools, and many
colored teachers toiled in the schoolroom
through the hot months, in the confidence that
r their pay was sure but this year the leglsla.
ture voted to fund their appropriation, and
thus the teachers are cheated out of their
wages. The school commissioner, discouraged,
thinks Of resigning. If the colored people
are educated, it will not be with the help of
F the rebel majority in the South.
The President has been sharply criticised
for appointing two Judges of the Supreme
Court who were known, before they were
named, to hold the Legal Tender act consti-
tutional. 1t has been called packing the
bench But the Boston d5rert;ser ,nalos &,