Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
Editorial Notes.

lican candidate for governor.
Amour fftytwo per cent. of the graduates
of the New Hampshire College of Agricul-
ture and the Mechanic Arts have thus far
taken up farming for their profession. OF
this years class of twenty-nine students,
more than one-half follow in the same line
DR 5. II. WADE, a prominent Concord
physician, has fed to escape punishment for
killing a young woman, in April, by per
forming al abortion upon her. The woman
had once been married, was divorced, and
was soon to be married a second time. She
was highly connected.
GovrRNoR TIDEN has asked for seven
DAYS more to reply to the suit of the bond.
holders Of the st. Louis, Alton and Terre
IIaute railroad His plea is that he has
rendered service for the bonds and stock
which he appropriated to his own use with
out authority Of the company. His confed-
crates have made restitution, but Tilden
proposes to hold on to his share of the swag."
SuREwD democrats now admit that there
is serious danger Of a split in the party at
st. Louis, and the nomination Of two candi-
dates How the differences can be recon
ciled, and the bitterness Of feeling healed,
would seem beyond the ken of mortal man.
But then the leaders are ryhungry for the
spells, and will do almost anything that
promises snccess. Such little matters as
principle, consistency, etc, are never Sc
riously in their way.
THE sixty-second annual report of the
American Tract Society, for the year ending
April 20, 1876, shows that the society has
suffered very little from the hard times, com
pared with other religious and charitable in
terests, fact largely attributable to the wise
policy adopted a few years ago Of discharg-
ing all collecting and distributing agents,
selling the printing presses, depending on the
newspapers for bringing its claims before
the public, and Iobbing out its printing to
publishers.
LAWRENCE HARNEY, who was appointed
doorkeeper of the House of Representatives
in 1866, through the influence Of represen-
tative William A. Darling, of New York,
testified on Monday before an investigating
committee of the House of Representatives
that he paid Speaker Kerr six hundred dol.
lars to secure the appointment by President
johnson of Augustus p. Green as second
lieutenant in the army Harvey has recently
been an examiner in the appraisers office al
New York.
GOVERNOR RICE and General Butler, il
recent interviews, both spoke very favorably
of Elihu b. Washburne as the Republican
candidate for President. They seem t
think he has many strong points in his favor
and none against, which is in itself a stronl
point. In Congress he was always a bolC
champion of economy and honesty in ex
penditures. His record abroad, if not bril-
liant, has been honorable, and has kept hin
clear of the troubles which have involved S,
many other public men.
A CHICAGO Republican has found sub
stantial argument against Brstow's nomina
ton. At a meeting of a ward Republican
committee in that city the other even
ing, Mr.. Greeley said of Bristow that tn
power of the party to elect him was doubt
ful, for in attempting to carry him the part
would have to fight the entire whiskey rim
of the country" If the power of tn
"whiskey ring is so great in this country
then some means had better be taken with
out delay for its overthrow.
THE democratic House does not want tn
band to play this centennial year. In it
effort to retrench, the West Point baud cam
near to extinguishment, and now an Ala
bamaian, who has no music in his soul, ha
attempted to abolish the Marine band, whic
for many years has been blowing on tn
grounds of the White House. The sugge:
ton Of member from lllinois-that al
though General Grant has no especial ca
for music, his successor may need its sooth
ing iuhuence-permits the band to continu
its music.
TnE American missions and mssionarie
in Constantinople are in perilous situation
at the present time. Horace Maynard, tn
American minister in that city, has telt
graphed an earnest request to Washington
for naval force TO be sent there. In cas-
of general outbreak of the Mosems, whicl
is greatly feared and is by no means improb
able, Mr. Maynard says that the American
missions and missionaries at Constantinopl
will he in imminent danger. The Moslem
are carried away with fanaticism, and tn
Turkish government is powerless to restrain
them.
MANroN MARBLE has sold the New YorI
World to William Henry Hurlbert The lat
ter says in published card after tn
New York Democratic State Convention a
Utica had adopted platform re-afiirmin
the Syracuse platform of 1874 and 1873, an
had presented the name of Governor Tide
| for President TO the National Democrat
Convention soon TO meet at st. Louis Nj
Marble accepted an offer from the under
, signed, which had been open for severa
. months, for the purchase Of all shares O
stock of the World company, and the trans
( fer was affected last month"
The trip which Jarrett & Palmer propos
to make from New York TO San Francisco
three thousand three hundred and seventee
} miles in eighty-four hours, including a
: stops, if successful, will doubtless be tn
greatest feat in railroad travel ever accom-
, plished. 1t will afford a novel sensation 70
those who are willing to trust themselves t
the Special Fast Transcontinental Train,
, and furnish another evidence of America
love of rapidiy. The train starts Thursday
: June LIST, and it is expected that the passer
gers will dine at the Grand Palace IIote
San Francisco, on the following Sunday.
RECENT Congressional proceedings ind
cate that there is a disposition on the par
of the administration to extend our CONNER
cia relations with Mexico, Canada, some q
the South American states and the Sane
witch Islands. This is well. Mexico COZ
sumes annually over six hundred millio
yards Of cotton goods, but England ful
> nishes ten million dollars worth of thos
goods every year, while the United State
has little or no trade with that countr,