Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14
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FRO.u vv,ssHE~GrON-.
WASHINGTON. ID. G.. Feb. 10. 4,


The recent Presidential aud Cong esslon
Al election and excitement prior TO 1t ha'
had very damaging effect upon the pb .ysi
ca! system OF those most engaged In 1t
Senators and Rep esensatives Of m aturt
years are now suffering from IL. Senator
Summer still remains In q very cr't'ca
cond ton. Senator Cameron, although o
iron will and constitute n, has final y ed
cd, and his friends are considerably e.er.
cised as 10 his con- nuing his Senstorsh.y
through the Senatorial term, for which his
s ate bias just hoDored him wtd. Senator
Psterson-perhaps not 50 Ser'ng 20 much
from BIS lsoors in the late Pres dental
contest as cuarges made against la connec-
ton In the Credit boDlier matte is look
ing ca-e-worn. Representative Poar,
Townsend, Bingham, Brooss, and several
Others Of about their ages, are in exceed
| ing'y de icate health. in conside,a, ,on O.
,oe DANCES resulting from The frequent
| political contests, the Is considerable tn,
OF an amend nent o the constitution, max
ing the ter n Of President six yeas instead
| OF four, ard Re oresentat. We three instead O!
two.
Your corresoondert has Witnessed Two
i3sugu -ations - LlncolD's second and
Grants first, and concludes that Grants
second will be more Sand than either OF
those. The committee Of arrangements
are Dusty engaged In making suitable p g.
pa:alion for II. Ticl els for the bail wiz be
$40 each 10 all, except TO the President and
his cabinet, without determination. Those
here who are usually denomina.ed dead
heads, feel sore Of course and characterized
the e@sct'ng OF pay from every one, q
YanEee enterprise by The Com tee 20
maze money out of President Grants ad-
mire-s.
Tue friends Of cheap Telegraph have a.
'esdv eccompl's shed much. TIE rates
which four years ago were arbitrary, have
now bsen reduced 10 some degree Of SIS
TEN. rhe rates between the most remote
places have been reduced from 8, and
dollars to $3.50; the facilities have been
nearly dou BILE the :a;es for specials :sor
the press have oeen very greatly reduced
the hs'f rate messages for the night service,
which were pronounced to be i'm o, act.ca-
be, have been adopted to the very great
advantage OF the pubic, and although all
this has been accomplished II is moro an
apparent yielding TO the demands OF toe
public fo- cheap te!eg sph, than for am
pract'cal benefit to the public at large. be
'ates between country places are still so
high as TO render the telegraph useless or
al! o. binary correspondence, and until rs
cent rate FOR night messages for al places
east of The Missouri river is adopted. its
benefit vii. not be thoroughly spprec iated,
either by the company or by the pubic.
j. this opportunity 10 allowed to pass the
Western Union will jump back 20 the cd
rates, for M. Wells rpore for the cenpanv
woea he said, ut is the DO .cy OF . corpor-
ated company to seek FOR It's dividends in
the normal growth OF the telegraph at h oh
rates." In the immense development @,
the telegraph at low ates the pos.a. tee-
g-api VII seek lis profit. It for the pub
|c to decide whether they Will have h'ch
rates, limited facilities ard small telec ap-
&c correspondence, o. whether tney wi |
have abundant facilities low rates, and the
telegraph used b. the people, as the mai
ave now used. There can oe but one con.
c!0s'on, which the people vii: ADOPT, when
the issue Is fairly presented to them.
Indications are m multiplying to .he effect
that Judge Watts Will soon retire from The
DEPARTMENT OF Agriculture. DR.. Lorlng.
OF massachusetts,, ia spok en- Of ps h's prob
abe successor. Lr. L. is man OF suce-i-
or energy and intelligence, tho-ouca:v
ve-sed in agricultural TOPICS He man
vel! calculated 70 place this great interest
upon its true basis. The aScu!turai -eoo.t
viii so to p ess this year by the Ist OF
March, an earlier ger cd ban ever before.
From various Quarters we hear of f:art-
ibe reactions against railroad monopo. ?.
Governor Austin, Of Minnesota, CO npla.ns
That the companies In his State have deied
TIE legislation REFRESHING lne'r discr. MIN
sting tariffs. Governor Wasnburn o. VS.
consin, and Governor Oslesoee o: Illinois
re-echo this complaint; the latter proposes
to amend the "law OF trade" As illustrated
by the late action Of the railroad compan-
les, BY statute Jaws waich shall do away
the evils complained Of The anti-r.ilroad
feeling In the country In psrceptioly rising.
In Illinois II has taken . practical and a
6e:igsrent aspect. The agricultural inter-
est is especially sentative under some late
demonstrations Of the monopoly. We are
how at the threshold of new deve:o ner.s
IN our material civilization grow ng out o:
this c-'s.s. Inn.