Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-04-15
NOtes and Comments.

The annual race between the Oxford
and Cambridge boat crews in England
which is an important event in the eyes Of
Englishmen and boating men in this country,
came of Saturday, and was a victory for
the Cambridge rowers.
The New York Herald says alt is
a significant circumstance for the reflective
that iuAation, which tends deliberately to
dishonor the victor in the recent war owes
the greater part Of its force to votes from
States lying within the limits Of the late
Southern OOufedoraey"
- Frederick Seward, who has been spend.
log the winter with Thurlow Weed, is
writing a biography Of his father, the late
William II Seward, and is receiving ma.
terial assistance in hi4 task from the vencr.
able statesman. Mr. Weed has nearly com.
pleted the Autobiography upon which he has
for some time been engaged.
DE- Livingstone is to be buried in
Westminster Abbey, aud the government
has undertaken to defray the expenses Of
the funeral. 1t is a graceful aud becoming
tiibute Of respect to the memory Of good
and true man. lu thus houorng the mem.
DRY Of the great missionary aud explorer
the British nation docs honor to itself
The report Of the Bureau OF statistics
shows how nicely We we're getting on when
the panic struck US, 10 restoring that
commercial status indicated by tue term
" balance Of trade" In 1872 our Imports
exceeded our exports sl0S,473,7l3. 10
1873 our exports exceeded our imports
$780, 3l--a small balance, but on th,
right side
The acknowledgement and the con-
gressional post.ofiice committee find that
the salaries Of good many postmasers
are too high, and some too low, and re-
form is proposed, by which the salaries in
the large cities shall be increased, and
those in the country towns, ranging 1ow
from 81 o 0 to $4,000, shall be cut down
correspondingly.
The New York Herald has interyi,wed
the leading officers Of seventeen banks in
that city, in regard to the currency With
only one or two exceptions, they all say
that there is more money now than cm be
probably used, and that the new Issues
would soon float into New York leaving the
West and South as poor as ever, next year.
Two or three favored free banking.
-Sanborn thinks now that he ha. the
requisite information, he could afford to
collect something like 100000 70. the
government for a commission Of fifteen per
cent. The government seems to have had
about enough Of Sanboru; suppose the off.
GERS appointed for the purpose Of collecting
the revenues 60 to work and get that So GOO.
000 1t would come right handy, now
The Ascending treasurer Of jersey
city has been found in Matamoras, sick
destitute and penniless, having been robbed
of the s57 900 worth of bonds he carried
away. Cortina, Mayor Of Matamor,s, re
fuses to deliver him up, but offered 10 pu
him on American soil for $40, 1000, and tC
sell the stolen bonds, of which he had 60
possession, for thirty cents on the dollar.
1t is announced that, owing to the fail
ure Of the SANTANA Bay Company to comply
with the terms Of its lease, and pay its an
nual rental of sl50,000, all its rights anC
privileges have lapsed. The Dominican
Government, by official decree, have re
sumed authority over the territory whicl
had been granted to the company. Th
scheme has not turned out as prosperousl,
as was anticipated
Carl Zerrahn's claim against the Peac
Jubilee committee, which has just beel
decided against him by judge Russell a
auditor, was for compensation for his ser
vices as conductor. The adverse decision
is based on the fact that the compensation
was conditional upon the pecuniary success
Of the festival. Mr. Z9rrahn has a chanc
yet to try jury on the case. The Com
monwealth says the guarantee fund of 5000,
coo has already been used up, and it vii
take at least $4,000 more to satisfy legit
innate demands.