St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
Gleanings from the Press.

Gleanings from the Press.
The New York IIcrald j. not umtlirnd-
N to Gen. Butler decidedly m"t. HUl
hi, "Wednesday evening Grafton III TIA,
House mnlr> il Ia mild criticism. ~
follows: ''~omctimc> - l"gI" l. dc
rcctcd in his villaiml. when a whole
street rr-crhuc> with the CIV "t stop
theft and The hunted rogue i'll such r;I~c
seldom ESCAPES. Now. that l. Il t. pIral
ease of popular clamor. and il is very
likely the theft thinks ii excessively
vulgar and objectionable. and =" II l.
not strange if some congressman take II
similar view of It not di>>imilar event.
The difference t" each mcmhrl he
tNccn the pay allowed III the hill of
Yesterday and that allowed in the ILL
of the dan before l. about SllUO tul
money drawn since March. ami $50
t"l the remainder of the tenn liz ali
$50. Perhaps this l. enough /" pay
the members who fought 81 ob>tiuatel!
tni il t"i the Judgment their umtr"lin@
constituents will surely pass on them.
We hope il Is enough To support them
in private lite. Where most of them. We
az, confident. will nc asked to ~p'.Iid tIic
remainder of THEN DAYS. attcl THEN
present term i ont. -NtT Iok Times.
A. there are. we hclicNc. about TWO
hundred members who have retained
the back pay. rhr amount tina, stolen l.
At least a million and Il Tualtei dollars.
which is Il pleasing showing tor tlIc
country To consider when the debt l.
Increasing N the Iatc at twelve million
" m.nih- aud Increased taxation II lie
maudcd. 1t remains to bt seen II the
republican party will allow Butler I"
keep a position aS one of lis supposed
leaders. HUUord CourdHf.
Like every other her" of the stump.
Cen. Butler has his quivcr fall of shafts.
Int Mondays speech has deprived him
forever of the use ot one which ha> done
him excellent service with the molr- ia
times gone 10y. After saving that he j.
not anxious ~ hat the jew bankers at
Europe may think about our credit.
and after dcnuuuciug the idea of specie
pay mcntS a> Il ''mi>chirV ulI> dogma,
We doubt if the modest general can even
cuu>ciruti"uSly say again that he has
been "ottcu called Villain hut never :.
fool" Nor York Tribunc.
should the salary hill which WAS
passed 10y the House hc enacted 10y the
18th of January. members of Congress
will have received ten months pay at
the Increased rate of Sti3:JO. Add two
months at the rate fixed in this hill
800 per month. and it will make the
salary for the first Year al this Congress
500. only $50 less ion the wears >,.l.-
Vice than that prov idrd for under the
law of which ;" much c"mplaiut has
been made. Boston .Journnr> !Spcciai
The famous ''pigtail ordinance" and
every other legal enactment designed
To exclude the Chinese from California
having thus far failed. Il movement j.
now on foot To secure the repeal uI Il
modification of the Burlingamc treaty
he project has received the sanction
of leading men. while anti-ChinrS, 50
rieties have been formed 10y the best
people i'll various parts of the state. and
the Young Mems Christian dissertation
Is lending a hand. There i. of course.
some pr"vocatlom for such Il movement
III the atrocities connected with the
c""lic trade and the traffic in women: but
the chief source of the amti-Chinr~,
feeling is the silly fear of cheap Labor.
and the prejudice of race. which dr>
slowly IN California. Springfcid Re
publican.
The Springfield Republican. in alud
ing To the attack made 10y the rrdouht
able Capt. John I. Drew on the Globe
and It's editor. SAYS ''Drcw reminds
us of y. Wards Kangaroo. As tli,
attack afforded such unboumdrd delight
we append the description of The
Kangaroo referred To. ArtrmaS aftr,
saving that his show consists of
three moral BarrS and Kangaroo.
before catal"guing the remainder
thereof, states the Kangaroo is -,
amooZin little RaSkal -'twould make
You laIt ycrselt t" dcth t" see the little
cuSS jump up and squcel." \ c;pitul
description. and to the point. " hen
the Captain Jumps up aud Suuccl,'
ABOUT '"ifaN, every sensible person
"lartS. = R"tidnd Giobc.
y great many people living IN IN.
country. who take their local non,,. .,,,,l
read 1t. are beginning to inouir. ,,L,t
Congress will do about the ,.lius, i, 49,,
postal laws which requires them tn n,,
postage on their county pane, ~
1HdnS idrertiser.
\ great deal of praise has been lao
t,""tn upon Capt, Fry "i the Virginiu..
" ~, me hefolsm. GOODNESS and even
',. nrlStlaI spirit he displayed after his
capture hH the Cuban officials. When
IL Is known that this commando nf -
iii pus'erihg vessel, was the confederate
captain who 50 nhumanlv butcherrJ
Me- W',,, men OF the United States vessel
noun, Wound city while struggling in the
WAFER INTO which they had been thr,Mn
oS the explosion of their vessel, Inc will
i;p he likely to be regarded in hettnr
tfsa .' .lah the blood-thilstv officials
i pa1 sh"5 HIM at Santiago de Cuba"