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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02
LeglsIatlon on Mighways.

The liability of towns for iniwie. received
on highways aud bridges was pretty
thoroughly ventilated before committees of
the two houses and in the senate; in the
latter ON bin relieving the towns of all
liability for damages ON personal claims, but
leaving them subject to indictment, and pro-
yidmg a board of county commissioners,
whose duties were to declare what repairs to
roads and bridges are necessary, and to re-
quire the repairs. This bin was opposed
and defeated mainly ON the ground of hume
rous alleged Deficiencies i'm the scheme for
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

A CApIrAL suGGEsrIoN.-That veteran
conservative religious Journal, the New
York Oj'ercsr in the course of an able ar
gumont to prove that the recent elections in
New York, Ohio and Massachusetts, cannot
be interpreted as popular yerdicts against
the principle of prohibition, closes with the
following capital suggestion -" And it is
also 10 be remembered that the friends OF
temperance are not agreed among them
selves as to the legislative action required
TO protect the community against the rava-
grs of drunkenness. There are prohibi-
iionists out and out, and local prohibition
ists, and license men, and no license men,
and Others. If it were possible for enlight-
ened human reason TO prevail among the
friends Of temperance, SO as to enable them
to agree upon the form in which the govern
mant should shape its action to promote the
good cause, they would command success
We raise the inquiry, "ls il not possible fol
a National Temperance Conference TO be
held, including all friends Of temperance,
that is, all good men who may choose to b,
represented And in such a conference
would it not be possible to agree upon the
wisest and best form of action TO diminish
the evils resulting from the crime Of intern
perate drnkingf
The question is far more important than
most Of the political issues Of the day. /
the tax now paid by the people Of this coun
try for useless and injurious drinks wer
saved by them, the benefit would be fla
greater, in financial and economical poin
Of view, than we would venture to estimat
in figures. And the moral advantage woul'
be beyond arithmetic.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

4 NEW PARTY Between fifty and sixty
gentlemen met in indianapolis, on Wednes-
day of last week to found new national
political party, based upon national curren-
cy platform. Horace II. Day of New York;
Alexander Campbell, of Illinois, Alexander
Troupe, of Connecticut, and l.. A. Wood, of
Kentucky, were among the most prominent
men in attendance. james Buchanan, of
indianapolis, was elected president. The
platform contains the following First, 1t is
the duty of the government to establish a
monetary system based upon the faith and
resources of the nation, in harmony with the
genius Of government aud adapted to the de-
mands of legitimate business To this end
circulating notes of all national and state
banks, as well as all local currency, should
be withdrawn from circulation and paper
money issued by the government directly to
the people without the intervention of any
banking corporation, which money shall be
legal tender in the payment of all debts
public aud private, duties on imports inclu
dedi TINS money 10 be Interchangeable al
the option of the holder with registered gov
eminent bonds bearing rate of interest moi
exceeding 3.65 per cent per annum. Sec
ond, The interest on the present public debt
and that portion Of the principalof the SAINT
which is, 10y the express terms of law Great
ing it, payable in coin, shall be so paid, A
national convention is called to meet il
/ Cleveland on the llth of March, 1879.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02
Judge Poland and the Inicrvicwcrs.


\ dispatch from Washington to the y. Y.
Times dated 20th ult, says;
Judge Poland arrived i'm Washington this
morning, from Arkansas, and has had an in
tcrvicW with the Attorney General lie re-
fuses To- be interviewed" and remarked
laughugly that he would not speak to a
newspaper man. lie says while in st. Louis
half q dozen reporters called ON him and he
saw them all at one time. lie declined alb
solutcly 10 talk about Arkansas affairs, or 10
express any opinions concerning them. The
reporters went away and invented converse
tions. putting in his mouth such language
as each supposed he would have used had he
spoken at ALL The consequence was that q
great variety OF statements lac never made,
aud opinions lac never entertained, were at
trihuted 90 him. and two opposite expires
sions were telegraphcd East, and both were
lahricaiions. One interviewer made him
say Smith had perfectly good ease, and an
other that Smith had mo- case whatever. On
some points. not connected with the merits
of the pending cease" however. Judge 20.
land cam ba quoted. lie does not fear any
conflict of arm. or bl0odshcd Smith has mo-
organization, aud no means nor disposition
to begin % military contest, and therefore
uon-uterierence 10y the government will moi
hc au occasion for violence. On the other
hand, If the government should recognize
Smith. there would he no opposition offered
TO even the smallest company of United
States troops. representing federal authority
In any event. therefore, peace viii remain
uhrukeu The committee had finished TAX
mg testimony last saturday and were ready
to return, hut waited at tho request Of Gar
lanai H.Y.f.|.. O.. I..Hf
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02
The Transit ~ Venus.

This great Astronomical event Of the cen
tuiy is gaining In interest to the enlightened
world as the time for its appearance APP
proachcs Astronomer, from every country
are united in the opinion that valuable ro-
suits must accrue from the observations Of
the coming transit 10 be made i'm So many
different parts Of the globe. The scientific
Investigations incidental to the various cN-
petitions can not fail to he of importance
from the observations Of various physical
phenomena which will he made in conncc-
Herewith Thesun'sdi lance being known.
from calculations OF the transit, the lunar
theory will probably bo hettcr understood,
and improvement in determining longitude
with greater accuracy than at present is not
only one of the hoped for but expected rc-
suits. Such are the facilities now for cal
culatiou that the exact time when Ncuu,
shall come i'm contact with the sun has been
Fixed at the fourteenth hour and fouthuiu-
ute of the sth of December five minutes be-
Ing allowed lorprron in calculation. Every
preparation ha. been made 10y the different
government, of the world for accurate oh.cr-
Walton to be- taken at spvcuty-six stations. so
that undoubtedly whatever errors may here
tofore have been made will he corrected. a+
at mo- previous time have such thorough and
general preparations for the work hcou m-
dertaken.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

CoNsEcRATED BURIAL. - The right of
burial in the consecrated ground Of a Cath
Ole cemetery, for those persons who had
been under the ban Of the church. has re-
Gently been tested by suit at Montreal,
Canada, which has excited a good deal Of
interest The case grew out Of the refusal
of the Catholic bishop to allow a man named
Guilbord to be buried in the lot which he
had owned in the Catholis cemetery, because
he had been a member OF an interdicted so
ciety The case was appealed from the Do
minion courts to the priyy council in Eng
land, which has deciced in favor Of Gull
bord's widow, who brought the suit, and has
ordered the burial as prayed for. The de
cision excites much indignation among the
Catholics, and the Cure of the parish de
clared that the enforced inteIment of the de
ceased in consecrated ground would be {
monstrous iniQuity and a serious invasion Of
the rights and privileges of the Roman Cath
Ole church.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02
The Next Battle,

The Richmond wing urges union Of the
West and South for the accomplishment of
object, in which it holds both have a com
mon interest The West" it says, "ha-
leading interests identical with leading I'M
terc.t. OF the South And in the nature of
things" it adds, they must and viii vorl,
together"
What these identical interests are it thus
indicates. at is obvious that there is TO
be an early disagreement between some of
the Democracy of New York and New Eng
land and the Democrats and Conservatives
of the West and South on the currency que-
ton The disagreement, in fact, already
exists" The why thinks there is no use
ia attempting to eyads This fact, but that it
should be recognized and some understand
ing reached What kind Of an understand
ing it desires may be inferred from these
words THE West and South should bee
first for the overthrow of Radicalism finally
and forever. and then for such a system of
national finances as their necessities require.
They are both sick of hard times, and hcy
are therefore oppo.cd 10 hart money. TLeg
rW be dc'ermucd il &eir demand far a cheaper
cuvencey"
tuhappily, there is too much reason to
fear that, so far as the Democracy Of those
sections are concerned, this statement Of
their position is entirely correct. And it is
full of significance to the country. The
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

llIGHrH or Folly That three thousand
men, in New York city representing ten
thousand and more men, women and chill
dren to be fed and clothed, should strike and
refuse work at - a day at this season Of the
year, is one of the wonders of the aye and
the country. But this the 'longshore men,"
engaged in loading and unloading vessels,
have done, Their places were easily sup
piled, and they stand all the day idle, look
ing on while others work aud get the pay.
There must be something wanting when men
with reason to aid them in calculation, thus
hurt themselves. We seem to be getting no
nearer a solution Of the labor and wages
problem. The true solution is ia the Chris
tian doctrine of doing TO others as we would
be done by and both parties must act upon
it. Learn what is right letween man and
man and do IT,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

Foolish BUSINESS is a report
from Washington that the President hopes
to revive business by recommending great
system OF internal Improvements. We pre-
sumo, however, that he is much too sensible
to do any such thing. To enter upon need
less work Of this kind TO revive business
would be as foolish " government as for a
man with large family and heavily in debt
to put them to landscape gardening on his
mortgaged grounds. Cut down expenses
and taxes, make the money we have as good
as anybody's money, jug" the thieves ant
put honest men in office, and business vii
take care Of itself
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

Az ADVANCE srEr.-The wholly unex-
pected conviction and sentence, in New York
city, few days since of a liquor-seler for
following the business without license, has
thoroughly scared the liquor-dealers, as is
evidenced by the sudden and overwhelming
increase in the demand for licenses, many
of them from men who haven't taken out a
license before for decade. Friday, the ex,
else board received two hundred applications
and took in $1,000, and many went away
unable to be attended to from want of sufh
Gent clerical force. Heretofore 500 day
has been an unusually good days work, and
800 week not infrequently the average
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

Across TRuER mas WORDS When
the member from Bennington introduced
his license bin, " I'm tn, interest of temper
auce,' as he--said, he begged gentlemen to
stand UP like mon and yot, on the question
as they took their drinks-straight," DO
men "take their drinks i'm the interest Of
temperance
Their recent election in Massachusetts was
carried by the license party, on the plea that
stringent license law would reduce the
number of dram shops in the State But
how was thi, triumph signalized The
brewers Of the state hoisted the stars and
stripe, ON their establishments and were ia
high glee at the result whil4 It is stated
that the election was SO gratifying to the
conyicts in the Stat Prison that they
cheered Justify and for a while there were
fears Of an outbreak among them. How il
is that a law that is claimed to be so benyfi
cial to the temperance cause, has the unaoi
nous support Of the bitteiest opponent. OF
the cause?
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

JEALOUS PARRors.-Two young married
people residing in Paris, We're the fortunate
possessors Of fine infant two weeks old,
and also of pair of splendid blue and scar
let parrots. Recently the young couple quit
ted the room for a short time, leaving the
child asleep in its cradle aud the two parrots
sitting on their respective perches. When
they returned what was their horror in be-
holding the parrots perched upon the sides
Of the cradle, and engaged in tearing the
face Of the helpless baby with theirpowerful
beaks. The father, in the excess Of his fury
and distress, killed the two birds, but he was
too late to save his child, who died in a few
hours from the wounds inflicted upon it, 1t
was fortunate circumstance that it did not
survive its injuries, as its eye-sight had
been totally destroyed jealousy is sup
posed to have been the motive that impellcd
the parrots to this unusual act of ferocity,
as, before the birth Of the infant they had
been much petted and carcssed, and since
that time they had been comparatively neg
letcd
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

CoNGREss.-The last session of the pres
ent Congress commences on Monday next.
The marked change in the political aspect
renders this session of unusual Importance,
as Utmost emphatically puts the Republicans
upon their best behavior. We shall keep
oar readers well informed of its doings-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

charity"
wnY is the bell of an omnibus like a mans
conscienccg Because its an Inward check on the
outward man
NAtnAS RonmNs President of the ranoul
Hall Bank was gauoied and robbed in Boston
saturday night
lnE friends Of "God ia the Constitution"
amendment are preparing for q national conycn-
ton ON the 10th and 10Th prov.
Is discussing the probable Presidential chances
for 1876, the London bo8y 7,iryyoph believes
Thurman to cthc coming democrat
AymoNiA thief lately stole set of false teeth
from the gums of q gentleman who carclcssy left
Die mouth oren wheu hc went to sleep
ACtuNrsr Young Mcns Christian Association
hats filed ar.iclosof ucoporatonn san Francisco
It, Chinese uamc is Yam iok Chong 10 o.
AKANsAs darkcy stole q can Of nitro-glyccrine.
and thinking il can Of oysters, tried to break 1t
open. 1hcy gathered up about pint Of him
rvm,r hundred men are working night aud
day on the Now l9laco Hotel n san Francisco. so
%. TO get t done before Che rainy season sets in
Tur curiou. suppost,n is made in the case Of
an insane man who drowned himself the other
day in scuooa Lake that De committed suicide ia
an interval of ,auity
Ir amount o' gold realized from tbo sweep
mss of thc ROYAL Mint BOO London amounted Iast
year Go molc uan eleven thousand four hundred
and sc,cutl-siN dolllrs
Wunoii amy desire to b,aa. t,e Detroit r4,,
Press uoiut. to- a Au.hiaar .nn,lovcr nineteen fe,t
hl.h and iu9ufc. after the health of other sun.
flowers around ihc country
Is ihc popalog Sc.,nr, lhoHfy for No,ept,r
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cdu,atcd Latin. ,3aeo Co draw out We have
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02
Editorial Notes.

N.H. Il. hall Ia
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
\ NAshiN''"N n'''N''" states toat
s,''' ''' 'i.'.'o", o'''''S "l"" '''' : ,og'a'
Government Tor liberated slaves are oe'ng
~. -. i',.-a.f''i..l..,1
III ju,F III ''' case %, BOWEN against
'he h'ooN'Yn dY" ''' "".!' "'o"s". W
verdict 'o' '''' IL 'l'l''''' "' '"' E'"uu' '"''
'n''' WIS "' l''"' "' "'"'''''' "' ''' S'''n'
'ln'' ''''n''"E N''''." ''"'','''"' U'''
tue l'u'''''''" was "''"''o"' "'" cruz"
THERE will b' mo- hurry to mcddle with
the Arkansas middle. so long as blood
doesn't TOW, there is no need OF haste, and
the matter may right ITSELF And at present
there seems To he more leg-hail than any
o'h'r Ana '' "''I"m I's" OF "'h''"''''
'mp'oS'u'
Miss ANNA DicHN-oN !, responsible for
the statement that short time before MI
Greeley's death he SAID to hnr that he me-
tended To bring the I"'"e back To the Re
publican parity acknowledge That he had
been misled and that th' balance OF his hi'
should loo devoted TO repairing the mi chiei
he had wrought
PETER Coorruof New York SAYS. Since
/ have lived in the upper pant Of the city,
had the offer Of eighteen acres Of land
bounded hy the FIFTH avenue rwenty-frst
] street and Eighth avenue, Tor eleven thousand
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

TINS SLAVE TEADE.-The cable reports
a new effort for the suppression of the slave
trade in Africa, the plan being Of a mission
ary nature, under the management of the
Scottish churches. While the world will
bid the new movement God speed, it is
hardly probable that it can have any great
influence in putting an end to the barbarous
traffic. Saye-trading is as much natural
outgrowth Of the condition of some Of the
tribes of Africa as are har-room brawls Of
the rowdies Of our great cities. Stanly Of
fers the most reasonable solution of the DIFF
fculty, when he says that armed force and
efforts at moral training must supplement
and aid each other in order to attain any
thing like success in doing away with the
trade From the earliest efforts Of the com
hined fleets of England and the United
States on the coast TO the negotiations of
| Sir Bartle Frerc, the slave traffic has pre-
scented one of the most difficult questions for
! humanitarians to solve. ii Stanley's last re-
commentator, that gunboats be seut up the
river shall be followed, the teachings of the
missionaries Of the Scottish churches, com
bined with the presence Of English mortar.
and rhed guns, may have some innuenc,
toward the solution Of the question.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

TnE Observation-Disclosures seems to
be growing ecstatic as the Centennial prep
arations progress. Everything there now.
adays is called centennial, and whatever
happens to be one hundred years old is held
in wonderful esteem. We learn from a pri.
yate letter that matters are progressing rap
Idly that New York is waking up to the
Importance Of the occasion, and that in three
months the whole country will be enthusias
tic over it, We hope so, aud that the en-
thusiasm will take practical form by gen
eral cooperation to make grand success Of
the Philadelphia Exposition.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

SUDDEN DEATH - The telegraph an
nounces the sudden death Of Mayor Have
meyer, Of New York, from apoplexy. Mr.
lIayemeyer has for many gears stood among
the most prominent business men of the
metropolis, and has twice been Mayor
Though his course during his last term las
excited much criticism, sincere respect is
felt for his integrity aud personal worth,
BY his death President Vance of the Board
OF Aldermen becomes Acting Mayor until
the first of January when Mr.. Wickham
will enter upon his term,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02

\ Foolish ScnrME-Ihe proposition is
being pressed in some quarters that the
general government should now iuaugupte
a grand system Of internal Improvements.
Transcontnental canals transcoutiueutal
railroads, transcontiuoutal nonsense, and we
know not what else, are included in this
magnificent scheme. The projects are called
public works. They bagin in folly and end
no one knows whore. The only tangible
point about them is that they contemplate
an expenditure Of one or two hundred mil
lions, and that they are masked under the
plea of setting the laboring to work and
giving the country cheap Transportation
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-02
uahhmap C 0on,naL
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ,, 1874
Railroad Legislation.

FIRMS sluU per year strictly In advance OF e. 10 % no
paid within THREE months
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-07
oman.

A writer who has travelled in all parts of
the world. says he has observed that
woman is comparatively the same in every
quarter. She ornaments herself more than
does man, and she is the same humane,
tender and obligipg being. She does not
hesitate, like man. TO perform hOspitable
action; not naughty, nor arrogant, nor SUI
percilious, but full of courtesy, ard fond of
society; industrious, economical, ingenious;
more liable in general to err than man, but
in general also more virtuous, and perform
ing more good actions than be. He never
addressed himself in the language of de-
cency and friendship to woman, whether
civilized or savage, without receiving de-
cent and friendly answer. With man it
had often been otherwise. In wandering
over the barren plains of inhospitable Den
mark, through honest Sweden, frozen Lap
land. rude and churlish Finland, unprinci-
nIed Russia, and the wide spread regions of
he wandering Tartar, if hungry. dry. cold,
wat or sick. woman had ever been frit ndiy
TO him, and uniformly so; and, TO add to
this virtue. SO worthy of the appellations of
hcneyolence, these actions had been per-
formed in so free and so kind manner,
that. if he was dry, he drank the sweet
drsught, il hungry, ate the coarse morsei
sxith double relish.