Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-06-03
Notes and Comments.

ing this session, at least, and call upon the
people generally for support.
The nearer the end of Congress ap.
proachcs, the less chance there seems to be
that any financial bill will pass The next
best thing to doing something which ought
to be done, is to do nothing that ought
not to be done. IL we can only be sure Of
thai, we shall try and be satisfied.
The Mississippi food is likely to pro-
duce a very perceptibo effect on the cotton
market, in addition to causing the ruin of
many individual planters. Not less than
two hundred thousand acres Of cotton lands
have been submerged and the growing crop
destroyed and this will reduce the total
crop some three hundred thousand bales
-Rebellious cost money The Arkansas
Legislature is about appropriatiug $780, !
GOO to pay the expenses Of defeating the
endcavor Of Brooks to seize the State Gov.
eminent Instead of taxing the people for
the amount, Brooks aud his immediate
couusellors should pay the expense Of put
ting down bis effort to inaugurate a revo-
luton.
"A cheering exemplifcaton Of pious
harmony is found in the action of the
Duukards Conference in Illinois They
have decided that duukard may wear a
full beard, but not moustache only that
members may not engage in banking BUSH
ness, as it leads to covetousntss and usury,
and that it is uuadyisable to send children
to college.
Speaking of Buffers aspirations for
the Massachusetts, Goyernorship, the Boston
Adcertiser says the Republicans who have
heretofore opposed him, want one more
chance at him, but they are afraid they
will not get it, The Advertiser also says
that as a candidate for Congress 10 a dis
trict he has so long carried, the chances
are against him.
Moses, governor of South Carolina,
failed to appear at his trial, which was set
down for Friday. His counsel, who was
present, moved to strike the case from the
docket, on the ground that a governor can
not be indicted and tried for any crime be-
fore impeachment. Decision was reserved
and the case postponed until October.
Moses is therefore, for the present, victorious
The New York Post has a special dis
patch from Washington, stating. that the
President said to a prominent member oil
Congress, on Monday of last week, that he
had decided to appoint Western man as
Secretary Of the Treasury. The name il
not mentioned, but that Of General Bris
tow, Of Kentucky, is iayoraby suggested
There is no doubt change will speedily b,
, made
p The Dresden papers report that seven
r teen experiments have been made durinI
S the present year with invariable success il
o the hospitals Of that city to iniuse lamb
. blood into the human subject In the frs
4 case tried the patient had long suiIere
G from pulmonary disease, and the imme
e date effect Of the operation was to rails
t the pulse aud impart sense Of create
B, strength.
c All the provisions of the Treaty @
d Washington are now in full force, tho logi.
h lature Of Newfoundland having assented t
0 the sections relating to the fisheries, an
r the President having made his procamc
,. ton to that effect We shall, therefor,
u have free fish from Newfoundland as we
as from the others parts Of British Amer
lea, for all of which we ought to be suif
GENTLY grateful.
The Boston Board Of Trade has agai
:. revived the agitation in favor Of reciprocit
! with Canada, adopting strong resolutions
4 favor Of such treaty by an almost unan
-. nous vote The resolutions state that tt
~, trade between the two countries amounts
,. eighty millions year. Mr. Skillings WI
- the only one to suggest that this aifor,
. handsome revenue which reciprocit
81 treaty must cut of.
ne The custom house returns show th
to two hundred and fifty thousand pounds
i. opium are imported into this country ann
of ally, or ten times as much as thirty yea
en- ago. Druggists and physicians give it
in their opinion that not more than one-thi
Of this powerful narcotic is used in medic
practice. Opium eaters are found amor
en- all classes, and particularly among nervo
tie ladies of high station, who use the drug
Oh a stimulant to keep them up.
ID Rear Admiral Shubrck, senior ofic
ID on the retired list of the navy, died la
u week, in his eighty-fourth year. He h
Gu served his country faithfully and well t
''e sixty.eight years. Four times he has col
10 manded squadrons, twice navy yards, al
ct twice he served as chief of the naval burea
10 and for many years presided over the Zig
nc house board He won his early rsnown
!" battle as lieutenant Of the frigate Cons
10 tuition in the war Of 1912, and his last sc
as vice aAoat was as commander of the Par
." guayan expedition.
The statement in Washington dc
Ter patches that eigbty.four clerks have be
en- discharged from the Second Auditors {
ct, fee, to reduce expenses, illustrates the pr
is seriousness of dependence upon this xii
of of Government patronage. Under our civ
lt- service system, such occupation, while u
nj. fitting many persons for other than routi
,m work, leaves them at the mercy of fortu
SITS at the very time when they stand in t
or- greatest need Of employment. Enterprisi
ed young men should heed these warnings, ey
les if they have to 20 West,
ed 1T seems to us that there was wisdc
lte in Mr.. George F. Hoar's suggestion abo
Tor New Mexico worthy of more heed tn