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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

The Centennial Exposition has brought out
some kindly aud even Aatering expressions
from our European neighbors. Take the
following, by NJ. Louis Simonin, in the Re
rue doS Dcur nondes. america can feed
Europe with corn, wheat preserved meats
and live stock as it has supplied it with cot
ton it has clothed Europe and it can nour-
ish Europe. 1t can get along without Eu-
rope as far as regards iron, steel, copper, ma
chinery and most of the manufactured pro-
duets. 1t will not cease, however, to give
Europe the gold and silver which is needed
for all transactions, for the mines Of the
United States yield more than the mines of
the whole world. As for coal America will
soon produce as much as England, that is as
much as all of the rest Of the world, aud its
carboniierous deposits are twenty times
greater than those Of England.
"America will learn more and more how
to get along without Europe, but Europe
will not be able to get along without her
1t is truly a New England which is rising
across the seas, and which already threatens
the old England in all her markets. The
commercial interests of France are also
threatened even American wines are com
peting with ours. The conuoisseur alone de
mands the wines of France.
But what is still graver is the fact that
the Americans are getting hold of the pro
cesses, the slight-of-hand of our workmen.
Already in the manufacturing Of jewelry,
watches, bronzes, furniture aud artificial
flowers, they produce an article which bears
the real stamp Of solidity and good taste.
In these departments the American is more
to be feared than the Englishmau, because
Of his situation, which climate, mixture
of races and an incessant contribution of
European and Asiatic immigration render
peculiarly favored. Switzerland is already
in a state of agitation over the success OF
American watches. In carriage making,
cabinet-work, glass-work and pottery, the
United States is almost the peer Of France
and the other great nations In other things
they have got ahead Of us ;-and all this in
spite Of the high price of labor 1t may be
said that we are their instructors and mas
ters, as Italy was for us at the Renaissance
and that they are destined to surpass us
some day, as we did the Italians. Venice
Milan and Florence taught us formerly how
to melt glass, to weave silk and velvet, and
soon we got ahead of them. win the same
thing happen to us in respect to the United
States ?"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
The Committee on the Insane Asylum.

The long delayed report of the Joint Com
mittee on the Insane Asylum which consists
of Senators Belden, George and Brigham
and Representatives Abel of West Haven
Clark of Stockbridge, Sherwood of Fairfield
Porter of Cornwall and Follansby of Guild
hall, was made to the House Saturday morn
ing and the usual number of copies ordered
10 be printed for the use of the General As
sembly. The report, which is understood to
be prepared in the main by its chairman, the
able young Senator from Caledonia county,
we have not yet had the pleasure of reading
but from what we can learn of its contents
we judge it to be an adroit whitewashiug
affair and one which will sadly disappoiut
the people of the state.
The committee are unanimous in their
conclusions that there are no good reasons
for finding fault with the present manage
ment of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane,
and that it compares favorably with the
Northampton (Alass) Asylum, a state insti-
tuition. They are of the opinion that the
main charges made in Commissioner At
waters report are not sustained in point
of fact, and they do not recommend that
the state dissolve its connection with the
Asylum, believing that an asylum entirely
for state benefciaries could not be con.
structed and set in operation, save at too
great an expense for the taxpayers OF Yer
mont, at the present time. The only wit
nesses that seem to have appeared before
the committee were Commissioner Atwater,
the Superintendent and Trustees of the
Asylum, one or two physicians Presidents of
the state), and Miss Eliza v Guernsey, of
Montpelier. No attempt appears to have
been made to summon witnesses relative to
many of the charges contained in the Com
missioner's report, and if we are correctly
informed, Dr. Atwater desired the commit
tee to allow him to accompany them on their
visit TO Brattleboro aud Northampton, which
request they did not grant, but did invite
DIR. Draper, the Superintendent of the Brat
tleboro Asylum, to be their guide TO North
ampion. This committee also appears to
have been appointed about the 23d of Octo-
bel last, and to have left October Both ON their
trip TO Brattleboro and Northampton, which
was hurried one. Three weeks have
elapsed since their return, but no report has
been submitted by the committee until Sat
urday morning, with scarcely three working
days OF the session remaining-and, singu-
larry enough, not until after the Joint As
sembly had displaced DR.. Atwater aud
elected new Insane Commissioner. The
only excuse offered for this delay is that
Senator Belden and Representative Abel
were too busy with other matters of legisla-
ton, in their respective bodies, to spare the
time TO complete the report. Accompany.
ing the report is bill increasing the price
of keeping state benefcaries at the Asylum
from three dollars per week TO three dollars
and thirty-three cents per week. And this
Is all that this important committee can
show for their inquiring into abuses well
known to exist, in which the fair fame Of
the state aud the best interests of humanity
are deeply concerned.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
The Humorous View.

Nasty is bowed down with despair. lie
writes to the Toledo Blade that the hearts
of the citizens of the Corners are nearly
broken, adding "The iron hez entered all
our soles. A niger will be continnered in the
post-oiTis, and !, witch am entitled to the
place, will hev to live in desultory manner
all the remainder NV my life shell never
be postmaster. Four more yeers out nv
place will kill me. Before another eeckshen
Their will be an unmarked grave at the Cor
ners, and eff, perchance, there shell be pine
slab set up onto it, the inscription will be .
Died NV a broken heart and unwarmed
bowels" War was proposed with this re-
suit: "The war sperit lifted up the face NV
every man in the room with demoniac
glare. | never saw such yoonanimity nor
sich a selfsacrlfcing spirit. War war
agin the yoosurper was the cry NV every
wun NV EN-, and ez if by one impulze they
marched out NV Bascom's TO the meetin-
house, and organized a meetin. . No com
permise No yeeldin = shouted the entire
meetin; we will die rite here, or anywhere,
in defense of our rites Gentlemen, sed
|, in my capassity nv perpetyooal cheerman,
is it your purpus TO march to wunst onto
Washinton, and lay down yer lives ther,
or willyoo devastate the ablshn parts Nv In
geany and Ohio, till SIGH time ez the dimoc-
risy NV the other states shell jine us ? To
Washinton,' shouted Issaker; the treasury
is there Injeany and Ohio + said Nc
Pelter; them states is rich in bosses and
SIGH = And in the suthern part NV EN-
there is distlleries = sed Deekin Pogram,
quietly but determinedly. Jist at this critkle
moment Joe Bigler appeared at the door,
and whispered to Square McGrath that hos
Utilities mite commence to wunst, and
glorious beginnin mite be he'd, for Yoonited
States Marshel, witch wuz in the visinnity
looking after some crookid whisky, he'd
heerd NV the prooseedns, and wuz on his
way Their TO arrest the entire bilen for treas
enable proceedins, and in minnit the in
tolligence wuz all over the house The
Avengers put ther revolvers in their pokkits,
and distressin stillnis pervadid the meetin.'
Silence wuz broken by lssaker Gavitt. Par
SON, scd he, woodent it be well enuif TO de-
stroy that roll2' | did it promptly. Ny
presence NV mind don't often forsale me-"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

The following protest in relation 10 the result oi
the canvass Of votes for electors in this state has
been served upon Governor Fairbanks.
4" 10 Ms ErccHncy Horace Fairbanks Gorefnor
Of Vermont,
The undersigned hereby protest against your
including the name Of Henry y soace in the list
Of the names Of electors Of the state Of Vermont
for President and Vice President Of the United
States required by section 1876, Of General
Statutes Of the United States, for the following
reason:
THAT the said Henry \ sollace on the III day
Of November 1876, was postmaster under tho
laws Of the United States, and therefore inoligi-
bic as an eectoi, and We regard any act by any
person either officially or otherwise tending 10
give him such appointment as Illegal and void
and a direct violation Of the Constitution Of the
United States Respectfully submitted
AMOS ALnBICn
GroRGF NJ FISH
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

CoNoEDING TOO MUcH.-The Hartford
Cowant which is always calm and dispas-
sionate, and which has been especially fair
and prudent in discussing the situation in
the South, had this to say of the order of
the Court to the South Carolina Returning
Board "The Supreme Court of South
Carolina, the Chief Justice of which is Noses,
the father of the other Moses and man of
similar repute, seems TO have assumed the
duties of the Returning Board. So far as
can be judged at this distance of the action
of the Court, it is in the interest of Hamp-
ton and the rifle clubs, and while the cleo
toral vote Of the state is given to HAYES,
Hampton will be declared elected Governor.
and democratic House will be returned
This result would be more acceptable to the
country, if it were not an apparent aeknowl-
edgment of the right of the rifle clubs to
control elections. Fortunately the majority
for Hayes was enough TO overcome the dem
ocratic frauds"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

SouTn CAROLINA SUPREME CouRr.-
What sort Of body the South Carolina
Supreme Court is, is a question in which
everybody just now is interested. What to
think of Chief-,Iustice Moses most people
know The gallant fight which Governor
Chamberlain sustained against his notorious
son, and the equally notorious Whipper, has
not been forgotten. Judge Willard is less
known. 1t is of interest, however, to re-
member that his brother is Mr.. Edwin X.
Willard of this city, who has been very
lately sent TO South Carolina by the demo
Gratis 10 " fix things" Mr.. Edwin X. vii
lard was formerly the senior partner in the
firm OF Willard, Martin & Co, The special
partners of that firm were Henry n. smith
and William NJ. Tweed. It has been re-
ported that Judge Willard himself was for.
merly partner Of Peter ii. Sweeney, but of
THIS we are not 10 sure.-NeV York Tribune.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

WtmrS.-Quite an interesting affair occurred
at Warren ON Friday evening November 10th
the occasion being the closing OF the village
schools, Which were taught by Misses Sarah and
Jennie Thompson. On Thursday and FIida,
occurred the examinations in the high school,
which were written, and showed n decided I'M
proyement upon the mid-term examination There
is good degree Of talent in this school, and We
hone the day is not far distant when the people of
this enterprising and busy little town will enjoy
the benefit Of graded school No school can bc
brought to a standard in any degree satisfactory
to teacher IN one term and We can but regret
the fact that schools fall into different hands
every term. When we get teacher who ploases
every father and mother aud uncle and aunt in
the district, then, and not tin then. can We have
the services Of teacher who has learned tho
wants Of our scholars We sincerely hope the
friends OF education will take the matter into
their own hands, and at any cost effect a change.
In the evening the pupils Of the upper room,
together with some Of their former schoolmates
to the number Of seyenty-fye, met in the Town
Hall, and II smiling faces are an index, we Judge
they had a happy time. After spending an hour
in social talk, interspersed with music and lively
where ample Justice was done TO the refreshments.
consisting Of cake and ice cream, which had been
prepared with great care and much pride by the
young ladies Of the school, who consider It no di.-
grace 10 know how 10 cook their own suppers
The remarks BIS Rev Mr. Burgin were very good
aud well adapted TO the occasion, while the mu-
sic in charge Of Miss May who fully sustained
her former reputation added much to the pleas
ure of the evening. The names Of pupils pres
ent every day in the upper room are: Ida Mil
Ter, Hattie spaldng, Lucy Riford, Villa Me
Allister, Nelson Bradley, John Spalding and Eddie
Edgerton. III Van Deusen was absent one day.
In the lower room Dele Bragg, Mamie Hall,
Rose Perkins, Mary Porter, Herbie Colby, Mason
Bradley, Alison bradley, Moses Heath and Frank
Stevens were neither absent nor tardy. Melvin
Spading Lorrn Way, Myrtle Sumner, Lucetta
Poland Chillila Maynard, Clara Williamson, Iu-
Gina Freeman and Jennie Blake had only one or
two marks
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

swINDtER ARREsrED.-On Thursday morning
a jew named oppenhiem was arrested and lodged
in jail In st. Adams on charge of swndlng four
New York merchants. 1t seems that about two
months since oppenheim went to New York and
claiming to be merchant doing business in St.
Adams, obtained from several dealers goods TO the
amount OF some eight hundred dollars, giving in
payment notes signed with fictitious names. No
returns being received from the goods or payment
made ON the notes, one of the defrauded parties
came TO st. Adams and invoked Sheriff Morrilrs
aid, with the above result Oppenheim has sold
most OF the goods to various parties, and now
claims to have nothing left; but his brother, who
resides In Burlington, says he has heard him
assert within two days that he had fifteen hun
dred dollars. The deflauded merchants offer to
compromise for fifty per cent and II that Is not
accepted, VIII commence criminal proceedings.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

TnE Secretary of state received, on Sat
urday, anonymously, blank rules and forms
for the casting Of the ballots of the Electo-
raj College under the constitution and the
laws. Upon examination by the United
States District Attorney, these forms are
found to be spurious and designed to mis-.
lead the Governor and electors in the per
Torrance OF their duties. This ruse is doubt
less q machinaton Of the enemy to cheat
Governor Hayes out Of the electoral vote
OF Vermont, by inducing the Governor and
electors to make illegal certificates. The
same bogus forms have Of course been sent
into every Republican state in the country.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

CoNGREss.-The Forty-Fourth Congress
meets for its final session on Monday next
It's term will end on the fourth of March.
The Speaker Of the House having died,
there must be new election to fill the va
cancy. The candidates are Messrs. Sayler
of Ohio Speaker pro TEN. at the last ses-
sion), Randall of Pennsylvania, and Cox of
New York, and the contest bids fair to be a
lively one The message of Tia. President
will be looked for with unusual interest,
partly because it will be his last but still
more because he may be expected to give
his views respecting the delicate Constitu-
tional and legal questions likely to arise in
consequence Of the closeness of the recent
election for President That he will take
strong ground in favor Of careful observ-
ance, in good faith, of the exact require
ments of the law, whatever may be the effect
upon parties or candidates, and that he may
be depended upon to fulfill his duties down
TO the last moment of his continuance in
office, we entertain no doubt. The Senate
it is probable, will elect a new President
pro tenn, in order to be prepared for all pos
sible contingencies. Mr.. Anthony, of Rhode
Island, is as likely as any one else to be
chosen TO this important post.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

The AMEEcAS SCALA Philadelphia cor.
respondent Of the " T. Tribune speaks warmly
of the success Of the Fairbanks scale at the Con-
tennial. lie says; 1.-THE judges OF class twenty
five made an award TO the Fairbanks scales for
originality in design, excellence Of construction
quality Of workmanship and MATERIAL accuracy
and durability certainly all the virtues which
could reasonably be expected in any single pro-
duct Of human ingenuity. The judges also say
that the fairbanks scales are adapted to every
branch OF business the construction Of all being
excellent in plan and execution, insuring sens-
tiyeness and endurance The correspondent
adds They (the Messrs. Fairbanks) are Justly
proud Of the growth Of their business aud the
foremost place it has attained among the indus
tries Of the United States Employing in their
work aud warehouses nearly one thousand men,
and producing fifty thousand scales annually,
they occupy six and one-half acres Of floor room
in their shops, own ninety-three tenement-houses
aud six thousand acres of timber land and re-
quire annually four thousand tons Of coal, fvo
thousand Of iron, two million feet OF timber, and
twenty thousand tons of railway transportation.
The family, which has furnished scales for the
world, has supplied Vermont with two Governors,
raised st. Johnsbury from hamlet to the most
thriving and prosperous village OF Northern New
England, giving 1t library, academy, and athe-
nieum and made a record in business success,
social culture, and public service Of which any
fellow American may justly be proud"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

TnR New York Herald predicts in the
event that the House proceeds to elect Mr..
Tilden according to Mr. Potter's plan, and
the Senate declares Mr.. Hayes elected, that
the latter will have the advantage over Mr..
Tilden in every important respect, since he
could not secure the confirmation of a single
nomination TO any Office.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

A CORRESPONDENT inquiries of us how
the electoral vote of Louisiana came to be
counted out in 1873. We can answer that
at that time Yarmouth, the Republican
Governor favored the election of Greeley
and so gave certificate to the democratic
electors, while Bore, the Republican Secre-
tary of State, issued a certificate to the
Grant electors. Both sets of electors were
excluded by the votes of both Houses of
Cnnnrnss
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

Ex-Governor CURTIN, who supported
Governor Tilden, is reported to have re.
marked in Cincinnati the other day, on his
way from New Orleans, that after looking
into matters in Louisiana he regretted that
General Hayes did not carry Connecticut
and New Jersey.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

WArERyIIIE- Tuesday evening last, after
quite chase, our constable V. T. Locke succeeded
In aresting Horace White lie was taken to the
hotel before Judge l.. W. Homes, where he pleaded
guilty to being intoxicated November 7th
lie was fined five dollars aud costs, amounting 10
nearly fifteen dollars, Not being able 10 pay the
fine he was taken 10 Hydepark Jail. During the
week Edward Stanley, of this town, became his
bondsman and he was released.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
stafrimar &c gonruaL

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1875.
rrrNs sn pet YEAR strictly In ADVANCE OF g. 80 Il not
nad within three months
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-11-30
Louisiana.
IOAA9AftA4ns
THE DTrpIICATE POLL IIeTG

THE DUPLICATES POLL LISTS.
The following is q Southern press dispatch
from New Orleans
''The total vote Of the State, made up from
duplicate poll lists received from torty-seven
parishes and ten parishes estimated by the
registration of this year and the vote of 1874,
is as follows: For Governor, Nichols, DEM
| ocrat, "a ,2O2; Packard, Republican, 76,II2;
total vote, l60,224 total vote in 1874, Tor
State Treasurer, l47 1885, increased vote this
year over 1874, 1858; Nichols majority over
Packard, of the votes pOlled, 5000.
OF the Tlden electors five have majority
over the highest Republican electors OF 9,24S.
The other two Tilden electors have a majority
OF 1896. The discrepancy in majortles is
caused by the omission of five Hayes elect
ors from the Republican tickets in several
parishes.
Up TO the evening Of the 23d only IS par
ishes have been canvassed. As there are II
in the State it will probably be week or ten
days before the canvass is completed.
The time on the gath was entirely occupied
with the consideration Of the contested parish
Of East Baton Rouge but no conclusion was
reached.
On the 25th there were no returns passed
upon but a number of contested parishes were
partially considered. An associated press
telegram reports the following episode on
that day:
The returns from De Soto parish were
brought in and were contained in one pack
age sealed with wax. When the seals were
broken by the members of the board there
were found inside the consolidated votes, the
commissioners statements and tally sheets.
Attached to the returns were a large number
OF protests and affidavits.
The Secretary of the Board said it had been
received on the 18th instant and WAS entered
in his receipt book. The returns he SAID had
come by mail. In the course OF the inspec-
ton it was discovered that one of the protests
of the supervisors charging general intimida-
ton was dated November %, and sworn to IN
this city before commissioner OF the Circuit
Court. When called on to explain how pro-
test dated on the 25th instant could get into a
sealed registered package received by mail on
the 18th instant, the Secretary said he had re-
ceived two packages. He was detected by
one OF the Democratic counsel present in the
act Of making another entry III his book OF the
two packages received Alter some delay an
other package was produced and found to con-
tain consolidated statement votes and
commissioners returns, but no protests or
affidavits. The members OF the board were
unable to explain the matter, and Senator
Sherman, OF the Republican visiting commit
tee, remarked that there was no use to dis
guise the fact that the returns had been
opened and protests inserted after the pack
ages of returns had been received. The affair
created quite sensation. among the members
Of the committee present.