Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-06-27
Notes and Comments.


THE Republicans of Franklin county, Penn
sylvania, have passed resolutions commend
ing the Presidents efforts "to bring peace,
concord ana harmony TO all secuohs oi ''e
country
THE Southern white people will allow the
negroes to vote and to exercise all the rights
guaranteed by the amendments to the con-
stitution, but they will never recognize them
as equals V'cSsOWg Herdfd (democ'd"c)'
THE New Orleans Times (democratic) in
sists that the Louisiana democratic Con-
gressmen will not vote for Randall for
Speaker unless they are confident that he VIII
use his influence for Southern Improvements
THE days reached their maximum length
on Monday of last week--ifteen hours and
sixteen minutes. From that time until Fri
day they were exactly of the same length.
On Friday they commenced to shorten one
minute.
IT may interest those Vermont people who
propose emigrating TO Texas, to read that
seven or eight families who went to Texas
from Kansas, have hastened back to their
old home because of the lack of free schools
in the Lone Star state.
INDIANS in Oregon and Idaho, by deeds of
MURDER arson and outrage peculiar to the
"noble savage" are inviting and deserving
chastisement from the government of char
acter to effectually prevent the possibility OF
arecurrence of their atrocities.
SEVERAL gentlemen connected with the
commission on civil service reform under
Grant are now engaged, by direction Of
President Hayes, in preparation OF rules on
the same subject to operate in all public
Offices throughout the country.
The anniversary of the battle of Bunker
Hill was celebrated in Boston last week by
the customary military parade in Charles
town and by meeting In the Old South
church, where Wendell Philips delivered an
Grafton and Oliver wendell Holmes poem
CHEF JUSTICE WAITE and his daughter
were in Charleston three weeks, during
which time not single call was made upon
them by any citizen of that place. The
chivalry couldn recognize man VINO would
try negro murderers' even II ne was the
chief JUSTICE
ALEX. II. STEPHENS says" Mr.. Hayes now
holds the executive Office by a legal tenure
that can never be successfully assailed, and
which ought not to be questioned. He
holds it by Judicial decision rendered by
the highest judicial tribunal ever constituted
IN this country
PosTMAsTER-GENERAL KEY has replied
to special post-ofiice agent, who had writ
ten that he thought she could be useful in
building up an administration party in his
own state, that if he finds time for any such
work, he-the Postmaster-general-wi take
great pleasure IN dlscharglng him.
MANY will be surprised to learn that the
number of employees in the departments al
Washington has been reduced over one thou
sand since the inauguration of President
Hayes. The amount saved thereby is foul
thousand dollars per day. That is some
thing for HAYES three months of office.
THERE is to be a public auction sale O.
government lands in Louisiana. Arkansas
and N;ss;ss;n,; No hid of ,ess than IN,
dollar and twenty-five cents per acre will
be entertained, and the lands not disposed o
at the auction sale may be bought subse
quently at private bargains at the sam
price,
THE State Convention of the Greenback
ORC Of Maine met in skowbeoan last Friday
An ant;.resumntion acknowledgements
silverremonetiz,tion ;ntercbangeable.bon,
,,atfor,n y,s adonted and Row II T. MINI
con of slowbeoor was nominated for Gov