Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-06-24
Notes aud Comments.

Gov. Allen Oils the initiation Democ-
racy Of Ohio with sorrow by warmly in.
dorsing the Presidents financial memo.
randum."
The New York TriJune remarks that
ii is an easy lesson, and yet politicians are
slow to learn it, that after all, the people
are honest, aud do not mean to repudiato
their obligations.
Prof Goodwin Smith, in an article in
MacmHan's Magazine, backs out Of his
advocacy Of woman suffrage laying his con-
version to Mrs Woodruff, and to the story
Of a woman in America who employed
her husband as a hired laborer."
The kingdom on whose limits the sun
never sets has just acquired now domain
the FIJI Islands, the King Of that country
having ablcated, aud ceded the territory
to the British government. Temporal mu.
tantur Victoria is now "Queeu Of the
Canbibal Islands"
The new counterfeit City cent scrip is
a sixteenth Of an inch shorter than the
genuine, and the cross line in the letter n
in several words is put in the wrong way.
1t puzzles US to know why an intelligent
counterieiter should make such unpardona.
bic blunders as these.
The veteran Gen. Spinner, in letter
referring to the Treasury, well says /" The
time Of drifting has gone BY We now
need, and must have a fixed financial policy,
and one that the masses will have faith 10
its permanency aud its adaptation to the
real wants and needs of the country"
Another cable has been added to those
between Europe and America, aud now
South America has telegraphic commuuica.
ton with the rest Of the world The sue.
cess Of 1866 has been repeated over and
over again and the laying Of ocean cables
has become almost as easy as the construc.
ton Of land lines.
"A very stringent railroad bill was in
troduced in the New Hampshire House by
Gen. lloitt, Of Durham, prominent Dem
ocratic farmer in Stanford county. The
bill limits fares on all the railroads in the
State to two cents per mile, and freight to
four cents per mile, per ton The bill was
referred to the railroad committee.
On Saturday Queen Victoria COM
menced the thirty-seyeuth year Of her
reign. The day was celebrated in England
/ by the ringing Of bells, the firing Of .alutes
and other demonstrations suitable TO the
occasion. Il is noteworthy that on Tues.
day Of last week the Pope completed the
twenty.seyonth year Of his reign.
The fear which some people have Of
the danger to be incurred in resuming spe-
Gle payments reminds New York paper
Of the man who fell over the edge Of the
precipice and hung there, suspended by a
sappling he had clutched, until his strength
gradually failed, and, committing his soul
to his Maker, he dropped-about one foot
The fun in Rhode Island continues. Bal.
lot after ballot has been cast for Senator,
but there are as yet no indications Of how
the contest will end. We hope that little
State will not get unduly excited over the
fight, for the summer months are not favor.
able for prolonged efforts of the kind now
in progress there Burnside still leads il
the race,
In the New Hampshire legislature q
bill has been introduced which provide,
that no savings bank shall be located in The
same room with national bank, aud thai
no officer OF a national bank shall be an Of
fcer Of savings bank. Deposits are re
stricted to New England securities and in
yestments, national bank stocks or govern
r meut bonds.
The Washington correspondent Of tn,
Boston Advertiser announces the arrival o
, Collector Simmons at the national capital
and says he has virtually been given to IN
derstand that the less he uses his politica
axe in removal of respectable citizens be
r cause they do not happen to support hi
master, the better it will be for the inter
ests Of the customs service at the port o
Boston.
During the ten years ending with 1872
while England reduced her debt $4,000,
600, and Holland hers by about $50 600,
0 600, there was an increase in some case
e exceedingly large, in the debts of tn
United States, France, Italy, Spain, Rus
STA, Turkey, Austria, Hungary, Egypt Bra
I'll, Portugal and Peru, to say nothing o
other nations which are comparatively small
i debtors.
T. Hon. John A. Kasson, of Iowa, write
that his declination of denomination t
u Congress has nothing to do with his posito
as Republican ait simply means" h
says, that don't care enough for this 0
any other Office to spend seven or eigb
months of the year in hard work for tn
public, and then go home aud spend tn
balance of the time fighting for the privilog
of doing it,"
e The bummers in New York city ar
gathering small fortunes by capturing al
the dogs they can lay their hands upon an
taking them to the pound. Fifty cents re
ward is given for each animal. The char
acter Of the men engaged in this occupa
ton may be inferred from dispatch whic
v states that one of them shot little DO
# Friday who was trying to keep pet do
# from his clutches.
IT The Abolitionist reunion at Chicag
% closed Friday night, A resolution recon
@ mending the erection Of monument |
% Elijah p. Loyejoy and urging that as b
u died in defence of the liberty of the pres
N this duty should be undertaken by the priI
Il tara and journalists of tho enuntrv ~,