Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-09-25
Notes and Comments.

The Empress Of Austria has written a note
to the ladies Of Woman's Rights club there,
advising them to abstain from political life,
wherein, she assures them, there is nothing
but misery" Aud they've tamely submitted
to this, instead Of sendnga dopu,ation to put
the misguided woman down
Mr.. Greeley told an expectont country
at Harrisburg how he wants the late rebels
to be welcomed back a. Not as peuitents,
but as fellow-citzdns who have seen the error
Of their ways ard have renewed their allegi-
ouco in good faith to thocountry." That's he
wants them TO see that they have been in CT.
ror, but he doesn't want them to be sorry for
it. lie desires them to look upon their sin
inmuch the same cheerful spirit that possess.
ed Topscy when she remarked al '.pccts
Use awful wicked m
In Liverpool they lately adopted the
plan Of publishing the names Of dpnkards
in the newspapers, so as to shame them, if
possible, ont of their vicious habits. The
experiment seemed to answer very well for a
time, but, such is the pervorsity of human
nature, people got accustomed to the inaic-
tiou, and, so far from having any dread Of ex.
posure, actually seemed to take pride in the
notoriety thus obtained In fact many were
to be found far more ready TO FisshFH /, ss
names and hi tories than the magisirfes sligi'i
to hear them
The Toledo Blade says Mrs Merrimau
now the wife Of Perc Hyacinthe, is a natiy,
Of Seneca county, O., de daughter OF farm
or named Buttcrfeld She married wher
quite young q merchant named Merriman o
Bucyrus o.. who died three years ago. Mrs
Merriman was, aud is, an exceedingly beauti
full woman, and as bright as She is beautiful
She was an especial favorito of Henry War,
Beecher, and through him procured the posi-
ton Of correspondent Of the New York Time
in Paris, ia the lifetime of Henry j. Ray
mond
During the late heated term an obec
: was to be daily met upon the fashionabl
promenade at Lyons in France, which at
! tracted considerable attention This was
noble dog accompanying his master, and, lik
him, provided with his own umbrella to koe
8 off the rays Of the burning sun The end O
the umbrella-stick was attachad to a liul
sort Of plato which the dog carried in hi
mouth and by means Of which be so ski
. fully adapted the umbrella to the necessar
angle of shading himself that passers-by ha
to stop and watch the performance Of the ii
teligent animal.
An inquest has been held in the cases
the Wards Island patients who recently die
from the effects Of ll-trcatment The ey
dencc shows that they were very badl
9 treated, and that the attendant, Farrell, W,
in the habit Of amusing himself by kickiu
and stamping upon the patients, and otherwi.
il-treatng them The jury find that the il
juries received from this brute caused tn
death of the two men in question. 1t do,
not appear that the managers Of the asylut
are to blame for the outrage, however, furth,
than for their remissness in employing such
brute.
/ California wives who have worthless me
for husbands, have just found out lhat I'll
homestead law Of that State is a sise thin
According to the law, a wife alone can max
a homestead of the property which she an
her husband own, and on which they resd
The husbands consent is not requisite, Ii
law stating that the homestead land an
, house, not exceeding in value five thousan
dollars, can be selected by the husband an
wife, or either Of them A case illustratiS
of the power Of the wife in this respect latel
occurred in San Francisco. A husband, VII
was hopeless druukard, after runuiu
through all his personal property, was pr
pairing to sell the homestead in which he an
his wife and family lived, without the consel
of his wife. Fortunately she heard of i
and quietly went and registered the propert
as homestead, The buyer, when searchin
the title, encountered her declaration, whc
made it impossible for the husband to sell II
property. That law not only legally max,
the wife half owner of the homestead, but a
so exempts it from sale for subsequent deb
execution or liability.
p Dispatches state that there is reall
something of the rumorcd defacation in ii
sub-Treasury at New York, and James
johnson, well-known aud esteemed Dem
crat, is the guilty party. Mr.. johnson WI
in charge of the stamp department, and h,
n held position in the office since the Admir-
istration Of Andrew johnson, having bee
appointei by sub-Treasurer, Van Dyke. II
asked for iortnghts leave of absence Sc,
1 era weeks ago, and as he failed to make h
e appearance at the expiration thereof, susp
e cion was aroused and an investigation inst
: tuted. 1t is alleged that his accounts are
D a very confused condition, and tho real trut
c cannot be known at present but it is give
: out that the apparent deficit is in the neigt
! borhood of $4,000. In view of Mr.. Johr
: sons previous good character, it is to be hope
5 that this sum may yet be satisfactorily a,
, ed for. But as his whereabouts is il
'Olved in mystery, the case looks bad agains
him. He has wife aud large familg s'wh
reside on Staten Island. The loss fsiis 6po
Gen. nillhouse, Asst. U. s. Treasurer, at Ne,
York, and not upon the Government.
Mr. Herman, the Democratic canddat
for Governor of New York, was elected /
Congress in 1861, and this fact is quoted b
his friends as evidence that he was not tn
disoyal man that he has been represented
But il seems that DR.. Greeley did not enter
tain high opinion of him then, whatever hi
peculiar circumstances may lead him to thinl