Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
Notes and Comments.

The indictment against w. NJ. Tweed
is the delight and admiration o the lawyers
on account Of its extreme length. 1t con.
tains one thousand and fifty pages. Fought
over, inch by inch, as il doubtless will be, it
will furnish beautiful example Of the
claws delay"
Mrs. Dunlap, the wife Of the Columbus
CO., murderer, has sued v Kocrncr and J.
LAUDER, claiming from the former $4,000 aud
from the latter $4,000 damages the ground
of action in both cases being that the dclcn-
dans sold her husband the liquor under the
influence Of which he murdered Carpenter.
The commissioners to investigate the out
RACES on the Rio Grande estimate that Ameri.
cans, within distance Of 500 miles from the
Rio Grandc to Rio Grande City, have suffered
by Mexican depredations to the amount Of
$4,000 000, to say nothing Of murders. They
urge an increased military force on the bor-
ders.
About the only " Liberal who has had
/ life enough since election to discourse on that
movement is Theodore Tilton. lie went into
it, he says as a movement for the negro.
| Well it is not surprising the man who could
make the spirit Of Demosthenes speak in Vic
toria Woodruff, could as easily find the spirit
of Pompey in the Liberal humbug.
---Greai preparations have for some time
been making in the pretty little capital Of
Saxony, to celebrate the golden-wedding OF
King John, who was married on Nov 81
1929, to a Princess of the House Of Bavaria
The king seems to be highly popular, for proof
of his subjects goodwill toward him are
aoeking ia from all sides-in the shape, from
the country districts, of the choicest oattl
and horses, and from the people Of the town
subscriptions TO present him with splende,
= gifts.
The journals Of New Hampshire are tax
ing advantage the lul ofpolitics, consequen
on the triumphant reelection Of Presiden
Grant, 20 discuss the subject Of amendin
their State Constitution. The present Consti
tuition Of w-Hampshire was adopted i
1892, and is the oldest of any State Constiiu
ton in the Union. OF course it contain
many defects incident to the condition {
popular sentiment and prejudice at the tim
it was adopted, among which is the prohib
ton against Catholics holding Office.
e Mr.. Gadstone's speech at the America
!; Thanksgiving banquet in London had niue
i of the old talk about the unity Of the rae
o the common language, and so on, though
d was dressed in better form aud garnshed wit
occasional thoughts which were above th
ordinary run But the most noticeable poir
{. of the spec h was the fact that it did not r.
feet any Of the discomfort and muttering whic
have been so common in England since tt
Geneva settlement and the San Juan decision
Gladstone is evidently determined to aeceI
a the results Of the agreement in perfect goo
is faith.
: The Postmaster Generals report wi
contain many valuable data and numero'
j. important recommendations During the la
y fiscal year the railroad service Of the Dcpar
e ment has been extended STA miles. Tt
F" entire postal service demands the cmploymei
: of 2j4 clerks, II special agents, 76O rou
y agents, So mail route messengers and
Il local agents. while the railroad branch alor
Is employs 6G9 route clerks There are al,
2" more than 81 600 postofiiees.
y During the year 376 new money order o
d fees were established. The amount tran
u mitted by money orders was s4S,5l5, SO
= an increase of s6,3j4,4l4 The information
system is working slowly but satisfactori
u The report recommends the establishment
d postal savings banks, and says that the Eu
Is fish statistics show no decrease in the deposi
u in other banks since these have been intr
$ duced there Postal cards are REFER,
u to and the immediate popular demand f
J. them spoken Of Reference is also made
} the compensation for the railroad servic
y which is deemed inadequate, especially
u postal cars are needed.