Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-04
Notes and Comments.


all the post Offices in the country is one that
ought to be granted The plan has proved
such a general convenience that It's benefits
should be extended to the whole people.
1t is now denied that Kossuth is a des.
ttute invalid, or that he gives lessons in
the languages for two francs an hour or
any other SUN. Ga the contrary, he is in
comfortable circumstances and enjoys ex.
cellent health. His two sons are famous as
civil engineers, and they earn vastly more
than enough to support themselves and him.
1t is very gratifying to learn from the
Washington correspondent that " the ladies
Of the Justices Of the Supreme Court are
well satisfied with the rcports they have re-
ceiycd about Mrs. Waite, who will have
precedence Of them on State occasions.
The mind refuses to conceive the deplorable
consequences of dissatisfaction in that
quarter.
Charles Bradlaugh has cancelled his
lecture engagements in this country, aud
sailed for home, in order to take part in
the approaching Parliamentary elections
During his stay on this side, he has very
seusibly RETAINED from giving prominence
to his radical opinions, and has therefore
left a very iayorablcimprcssion upon Amer.
leans generally.
1t is in Jersey City this time, and his
name is Alexander G. Hamilton. lie is
City Treasurer. His personal absence is
not so much regretted as the absence Of
100000 Of water bonds, together with
his bail bond He gave out that he was
going to Trenton, but went to Boston in
stead His return is more auxiously de.
sired than confidently expected.
The statue of Mr. Seward, in prepare
ton by Randolf Rogers at Rome, is said
to be well under way and to be erected in
Central Park, New York, 10 tho spring Of
1875. 1t is in a sitting position, and six
teen feet and a half high aud will cost
$4,000. A statue of Robert Burns, by
Stell, to cost $4,000, will be erected n
Central Park about the same
The reported atrocities Of the Sioux
Indians, near Fort Rice, in Dakota Terri
tory, should be Immediately investigated by
= the government; and if these treacherous
sayoges have been guilty of the twenty
murders charged to their account they
should be northumberland is, punished
with a severity which will prevent recur.
g renee Of their peculiar pastimos.
The latest feature Of the Louisiana
complication is the report that Governor
Kellogg has issued his requisition upon tn,
Governor Of the District Of Columbia fol
the person Of Ex-Governor Warmoth, now
in Washington. If Kellogg could imprisor
Warmoth, and Warmoth could retaliate by
locking Kellogg up in the jail, what bless
ing it would be for Louisiana
}. We observe that the Maine Press As
q ISOLATION discussed the franking privilege
C at their meeting last week, and as did tn,
y New Hampshire Association, passed res
n olution deprecaiing the prepayment 0
0 postage upon exchanges at the Offices iron
&c which they are sent, and also asking fol
v the restoration of free postage for news
?. papers within the counties where they ar,
Il printed.
IS 1t will cost the government $4,000
h to collect the KickapoOs in Mexico an
ID transport them to this country. What
1t will cost to keep them quiet after they &c
lie here is not stated As the government
seems disposed to add to the disturbing ec
ments Of our population, would it not be
't good idea to import a few Ashantees ?
OIL Great Britain mightle US helping han
as in the matter.
~ Brooklyn keeps up its reputation c
> the champion defalcaton city of the cour
% try, although we are glad to learn that tn
. parties implicated are no other than thos
- who have previously distinguished then
81 selves in that way. The city of churchC
. will be fortunate when she gets wholly OF
20 of the clutches Of the Ring, which has col
triyed to demoraize her finances and man
u Of those who are entrusted with their charg
- The Arapiles is stuck, again ST
thought that having got out of New Yor
han Dor, she was safe bat, in attempting
a cross the bar of Sandy Hook, she plunge
g. into the sand, and there she stands, like
lv painted ship upon a painted ocean. If Il
q. Spanish language has not been enriched /
he some new forms of profanity in the la
10 few months, the officers and crew of th
n. vessel must be wofully lacking in ingenuii
IT, The presidents of the coal compani,
or announce that the trade will open on Ii
be first Of March at an average advance
tie fifteen cents per ton above the prices {
or 1873. The price per ton will afterwarC
ct be advanced each month to the end Of III
c. season on the following scale ; April f,
ne cents, May and June ten cents, July, Al
gust, September, October and Novembe
fifteen cents. The scale of prices adopte
in will be subject to modification in the ever
es Of serious strikes
g. The scheme for establishing post
~ savings banks has been consigned to Il
70 tomb of the Capulets This is gratifyin
au The desire to drag the government out
n' its Legitimate sphere to make doubtful el
10 periments has been little too strong
III late in some quarters. And this dispos
ct ton Of Mr. Creswell's recommendation f
* the government to go into the savings bar
'n business will have salutary effect in sho,
a. ing that Congress is not at all inclined
'e' countenancc any doubtful or foolish expe
ne iments Of this kind.
Senator Morrill, introduced a reso