Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-19
EdiiOrinI Notes.

A CENTENNIAL celebration must look lik
small business to the japanese, who hay,
Just celebrated the two thousand five hun
bred and thhty-ffth anniversary of thci
country's existence.
ANOTHER magazine is out Of the field
Scribncr's Of New York having swallowed
up Old and New by purchase of the good
will and subscription list. The Rev T.. T.
Hale is to furnish the leading serial fol
Scrbners, next year, so that the leading
spirit Of Old and New will liz kept for Tn,
benefit of its readers
The Attorney General, in response to AZ
inquiry from the secretary Of war, gives hi,
opinion that enrolment before the procama
ton and orders mentioned in the act of Apri
22d 1862, does not preclude claim fol
bounty whore the company or regiment wa.
mustered into the militia service of the
United States prior to July pod, 1851.
BRIGHAM YouNG recently made a speech
to an immense concourse of Monnons
gathered at Salt Lake City, denouncing the
public schools Of the United States as an
abomination which must be annihlated. 1t
is a singular coincidence how the Mormon
prophet and high priest and the Pope OF
Rome agree upon this subject, however dia.
mctrically opposite their views may be on
the marriage question
The Chicago papers announce that the
prospects of an early movement Of grain from
that port arc "not cheerful The grain
squadron is loaded and ready to leave for
Eastern ports but the water in the harbor is
so low the vessels cannot get out. With the
present depth of water large vessel must
lose at least from Ave thousand to eight
thousand bushels OF her carrying capacity in
order to pass from the main river into the
lake.
AMONG the matters taken up by the Swans
in session at Detroit, on Wednesday of last
week, was the subject Of protection of life on
the ocean steamers. Mr. Dorman b. Eaton
went at the bottom Of the whole question
when he declared that the people must be
first educated to see that a quick passage is
not the most important thing. lie added
that the owners are merely the index of the
spirit Of the times, and will, If the public de-
mand it, build ships a hundred feet long and
ten wide, that shall run with railroad speed.
THE go West, Young Man." business
has been overdonc. From all parts of that
country comes the report that there are vast
numbers OF idle men-men who are too poor
to procure homes-mechanc who can find
no employment and laborers who are not
wanted. In Virginia City alone there are
said TO be at least three thousand men ont
Of employment. If you have means with
which to commence farming or other bust
ness, you may do well in the West but if
you are seeking work as an employe, evidently
the West is not inviting at present.
By the silk smuggling frauds which have
been brought TO light in New York, the gov
erument lost another million dollars. and the
Deputy Collector is found to have been in
collision with the swindlers The lightning
is striking all around. Uncle Sam is doing
a large and expensive business, nowadays,
and will have to look out a little sharper for
leaks. And Deputy Collector Des Anges
was selected under the civil service rules. too.
after passing a rigid examination as to quail
ifcations But it is hard to get at a mans
character for honesty by an examination.
A RECENT trial OF the Pneumatic system
isreported as working successfully in Vienna
BY this method letters and packages not ex-
ceeding two ounce in weight can he sent from
one end of the city to another--a distance Of
about eight miles--in something less than
two seconds so that, adding to this the time
necessary for making mp packages, asserting
and delivering them, the whole s. ju-t ,,bsut
one hour But this only covers extcme dis
tances, and the managers of this system in
Vienna say that in a short time the time be-
tween the receipt and delivery will be greatly
reduced.
\ UNIVERSAL business depression is APP
parent throughout Prussia, and is especially
great at the capital. A Berlin correspon-
dent, writing to the Galignani says that ow-
ing to the slackness of trade and manufac-
lures, and the severity Of the weather, the
condition of the working population of Ber-
lin is at present most depressed, employment
being scarce and wages low; whereas, until
recently, it was difficult to obtain sufficient
men for the public works on the streets, at
the rate Of one thaler day at the present
time there are more applicants than can be
employed at two marks which is one-third
less.