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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

The PRESIDENT AND THE SILVER BILL
think circumstances fully warrant us in
doing, that President Hayes would veto both
the anti-resumption and the silver bills, if
they should come before him in their pres.
ent shape. The Republican party, as a
party, despite the detection of few men
overborne by the maarious moral sentiment
of their localities, is sound upon the ques-
ton of resumption. The bill was passed by
II Republican Congress which approved its
general purpose, if not all its details, The
Ohio campaign of 1875, in which Governor
Hayes won so splendid victory. was waged
mostly upon the sound money issue. The
National Republican convention, which nom
mated Governor Hayes for the presidency,
largely because of his success in winning
that victory was entirely on the right side
and demanded a " continuous and steady pro-
gress to specie payment" As to the silver
bill, it is impossible to suppose that any
man who could be elected President could
sign it, and one cannot help believing that
many Representatives voted for it to help
themselves at home, but hoping that the
Senate or the President would kill it. Both
bills, especially the latter, are calculated to
do the country great il not irreparabe injury
in the judgment of that international public
which settles the credit of nations.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

A TERRIBLE SToRM.-The storm of last
Saturday proved to be most destructive
one in Virginia aud Pennsylvania. In the
vicinity of Richmond the damage is esti-
mated in the neighborhood of one million
dollars, large portion of the city being
entirely submerged, aud the bridges all
swept away. The destruction of property
in other parts of the state was very great.
In and about Danvlle the loss is more than
one hundred thousand dollars the Dan river
having risen to almost the highest point ever
known. Everything bordering on the Dan
river and the Big and Little Sandy rivers has
been swept away. The Virginia Midland
road has sustained much damage. The iron
bridge over the stanton river on that road
is gone, also three other minor bridges on
the same road, and the road-bed is washed
in many places. Danville was in darkness
Saturday night, as the gas-works were sub
merged. A number of houses have been
swept away, too. The destruction of prop
erty in Pennsylvania and Maryland is also
simply immense; but at this time il is i'm.
possible 10 make any definite statement a.
TO the amount. All in all, it seems To have
been one of the most disastrous storms
which ever visited this section OF country
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

BECOMING NATIoNAL.-Nearly or quite
all the states of the Union have now come
into line in the matter of Thanksgiving OBJ
servances; So in this regard, what was once
sectional is now national. Governor Cullom
of Illinois seems to recognize the true in
tent and meaning" as Stephen A. Douglas
used to say of his Nebraska bill. The gov
ernor says :" ! therefore call upon the citi-
zens of Illinois to assemble in their places of
religious worship, and around their tables
and firesdes, to make this "a holiday, day
of rest and festivity, not forgetting its re-
ligious observance but, above all, day for
the reassembling of scattered kindred, in
order to the closer knitting of those domes-
tic ties which are the pledge and ground of
national unity and prosperity"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

UNJusT.--There is without doubt good
deal of dishonesty and cant in the perpet-
nal howl of some politicians and papers over
the claims and condition of the Union
soldiers, and it is equally certain that these
poor fellows, like the negroes, are too often
used for partisan purposes by designing
men, whose chief claim to the title of
patriot consisted in making good deal of
noise at a safe distance from the scene of
battle. But there is case of great ingrati-
tude aud injustice of recent date, which de-
serves unqualified condemnation. 1t is the
dismissal by democratic doorkeeper of
Union soldiers, who acted as assistants or
messengers. There was no charge of neglect
of duty, Incompetence or dishonesty against
them, and there can be no Justification of
the doorkeeper's course in discharging them.
1t is violation of the civil service rules,
besides being an exhibition of partisan
bigotry that ought not to be allowed to pass
unpublished.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

MUCH CAPTURED Pie city of Kars, the
fall of which we announced last week, is
used to being captured. 1t was taken in
1928, after sustaining months siege, with
garrison of seventeen thousand men. 1t
was taken again in 1886, after heroic de-
Tense from the 10th of June to the Goth of
November, when the garrison marched ont
with all the honors of war; In the cam.
paign of 1889 the Russians also took
Erzeroum, and that city has up 10 this time
scarcely recovered from the waste and ruin
of that occupation. By the peace of 1856
Russia gained no new territory in Asia
Minor. 1t rem ,ins now to be seen what
effect the last capture of kars will have. 1t
is the most important fortress in Asia
Minor aud the strategic key to the difficult
mountain country. The fall of ErzAoum is
likely to follow, for that capital lying on
knoll in a rich valley surrounded by high
hills, is not easily defended, and there ap-
pears to be now 10 such force in Asia
Minor as the Turks had in 1855 to resist the
Russian army in the field. The present
effect of the fall of Kars will be the extern
sion of Russian prestige in Central ASIA
and renewal of the panic in England.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

IowA.-An Eastern correspondent has
been making a tour through Iowa and ex-
presses surprise at its natural resources
There are 10 mountains no barren ridges
and scarcely an acre of waste land in the
entire state. 1t has thirty million acres of
rich, black garden soil which, within twenty
years, he estimates will be worth all average
OF sixty dollars an acre, or 81, 800, 100000 in
the aggregate. Some of the wheat lands yield
forty-iive bushels to the acre, while the aver
age is twenty.eight bushels. Wild prairie
land, which three years ago sold for five dol
lars an acre, now brings from twenty to
thirty dollars. Well improved farms with
good buildings range in value from fifty to
ninety dollars an acre.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

BRIGHAM YoUNG's GRAvE.-A Salt Lake
letter says that Young was buried in a
walled grave, built according to his direc-
ton, of granite, with iron rods binding its
sides, ends and bottom, and an immense
slab of granite to cover it, and bound in iron
in connection with the rest. The slab is said
to weigh several tons, aud was put in place,
as was all the rock, with a large derrick
1t was, no doubt, the determination of the
prophet to sleep the long sleep of death I'M
disturbed by his enemies. In addition to
this, watchers day and night, living at first
in tents almost over the grave, have been in
constant attendance, and now house has
been completed aud these custodians of the
prophets ashes occupy it, and never leave
the spot What danger there can possibly
be i'll leaving this grave, when no ten men
could open or desecrate it in a days time, it
is hard to determine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

The Washington National Republican
says Hamburg Murderer Butler, who is
hanging around the corridor of the United
States Senate waiting for admission as a
Senator and who seems to think that he
has claims ON Senator Patterson for his vote,
yesterday made sorry exhibition of him
self in one of the corridors of the Senate
chamber. With gush of profanity too
gross and indecent for repetition; with vul-
garity such as the slave-dIiver would use in
commanding his slaves, he babe Senator
Patterson TO go into the Senate chamber
and vote with the democrats. Senator Pat
terson did ~ he Was bade. We have no
language with which to properly character
ize such a transaction"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

SCHURz's FAMILY.-The romance of the
early life of Secretary Carl Schurz is pretty
generally known-how the young lady who
afterwards became his wife helped to rescue
him from prison where he was incarcerated
for participation in the attempted revolution
of lS4S She was lady of great refinement
and beauty, aud her death was felt to be an
irreparable loss to the family. An item of
Washington gossip shows that the daughters
resemble their mother 1t says: "The two
daughters are very fragile and refined, with
compilations of transparent purity fine regu-
lar features, and fair hair. Agatha, the
eldest, takes care OF the boy her mother left,
and is devoted to the beautiful child, now
running about the house and talking in baby
phrase. The other young daughter, Puss,
has charge Of little Carl, an active boy of
eight or ten, and the father is as devoted to
the two girls in public and private as any
lover could be-"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

BRAVE OFFIcER.-General Skobeloff, the
Russian general whose brilliant achieve
ments before Plevna have made him "a con
spicuous object before the world, has been
promoted to a lieutenantgeneralship, and he
is not yet thirty-two years old. Yet he has
risen from the ranks and won his promotion
step by step In the late desperate assault
on the Turkish redoubts, in which he lost
eight thousand men, he in person led the as
sault on horseback right up to the glacis of
the redoubts. His horse (the seventh he
has had killed in this campaign) was blown
to pieces under him by shell which burst
right under his belly, but Skobeloff escaped
unhurt aud led the way into the redoubt on
foot sword in hand.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28
The Women's Hotel.

The principal benevolent establishment
founded by the late merchant prince, A. T.
Stewart, is the Women's Hotel, Just com
pleted, and to be opened the LIST of January.
Its construction has required number of
years. Its cost, furnished, is two million
dollars. Everything about it is OF original
design. II has three iron fronts of about
two hundred feet each on Fourth Avenue,
Thirty-second aud Tbirty-third streets. In
architecture IL is one Of the most ornate aud
imposing edifces in the city-indeed it has
been criticized as too costly a building for
the purpose. 1t is certain that the same
amount of money expended in a palmer
structure would have secured many more ac-
commodations. II is built chiefly OF stone,
iron and brick, and it is fre-proof. There
are numerous brick partition walls two feet
thick, and at the top of the seventh story
the main walls are three feet in thickness.
Besides staircases, it has five elevators.
There are one hundred and thirteen double
rooms sixteen by thirty feet, and three
Hunuitu anu severity slnBlt 1OOunS
of half the size. Each room has gas, as
well as hot and cold water, and is heated
by steam. Bathrooms are convenient The
rooms have the best of furniture, aud are
artistically attractive. The library and
reading-room has a wellselected library, and
the leading newspapers and magazines.
There are numerous works Of art in the va
rious parts of the building. The hotel can
lodge one thousand persons, and furnish
meals for five thousand daily. The cost of
board and lodging in this magnificent es-
tablishment is not to exceed five dollars a
week probably four dollars and fraction.
If at these prices there is a profit above the
running expenses, the prices will be reduced.
1t is not charitable institution. II will
be conducted upon business principles. 1t is
intended to help those who help themselves.
Any woman of good character will be ac-
cepted as guest, but only as a paying pa
tron. There will he the same careful social
supervision as is enforced in any good hotel.
Mr. Stewart was a large employer of women.
He knew that they had what is called the
"poorest show" in life, while he believed
that, in this country, at least, their deserts
are generally the best.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28
Our Next Door NeighbOrs,

1t is plain enough to every one that the
Mexican thieving raids into Texas must be
stopped, and just as plain that they can not
be suppressed unless the Mexican govern
ment shall take the matter in hand, in good
faith. 1t is now reported, that Daz has re.
solved to put stop to them, that he has
sent General Trevino to the border with two
thousand five hundred regular troops in
addition to the one thousand five hundred
already there, that Trevino will disarm and
disband all irregularly armed bodies, and
that he will use all his influence and power
to make thieving raids into Texas impossi-
BILE. As Daz is known to desire peaceful
relations with the United States, this report
may be true. Within few days. General
Ord has notified the Mexican authorities
that there are now three bands of theving
raiders in Texas They have escaped our
soldiers by skilfu and rapid movement.
General Ord asks the Mexican military au-
thorities to arrest these raiders when they
cross the river, on their return, and take
from them their plumber. We hope they
will do what is asked, aud repeat the oper-
alton just as often as there shall be occasion
for doing so. Meanwhile, Daz sends to the
United States a special agent to negotiate
for more friendly relations with our govern
ment This special agent is Senior Zama-
coma, who is described as one.of the most
enlightened and accomplished men in Mex
leo. He was one of the centennial commits
soners from Mexico He knows our coun-
try well, and is said to be very DESTROYS to
establish friendly relations with us. Senior
Iamacona arrived in New Orleans, Tuesday
evening of last week, and was interviewed"
by somebody who telegraphed the result TO
the New York Herald. The report is, that
this special messenger of Diaz, according to
his own statement, comes TO assure our gov
eminent that "Diaz will put down all the
border troubles" and to 4" establish CONNER
cial friendship between the two countries"
Tie feels sure that peace and commerce will
remove existing evils. The border troubles,
he says, are caused by bad men and rings,
who stir up strife as a means of profit His
mission is "to bring the two countries to-
gether by the ties of trade !" they have many
products which can be proftably inter.
changed; this commerce will bring a cessa-
lion of border troubles, and give the people
new interests and new aims. He talks well,
md probably means well but, how will it
be with the Mexican performance The
Mexicans who perpetrate robberies in Texas
are not much better than savages. 1t is
nowise likely that they will be powerfully
Influenced by the charms of commerce. If
Dlaz desires peace and friendly relations, he
must put them down with the strong hand.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

GENERAL GARFIELD's SPEECH-General
Garfield's speech on resumption has had
visible effect IN the inhationist camp. In
terms so simple and clear that any man of
common intelligence can understand him, he
demonstrates the folly of attempting longer
to impose upon the country deprecated
currency, and the necessity of returning as
speedily as possible to a gold basis. lie
shows that the class whose interests most
imperatively require this are the men of
small means, including the laborers for
wages who have small deposits in the
savings banks, the value of which must fall
just in proportion to the depreciation of the
currency. General Garfield deserves great
credit for making speech in resistance to
doctrines which have deluded so many OF
his constituents. We only wish that every
other Republican member OF Congress had
been as sound upon this question as he is.
II is true that the great body OF the nha
rionists are in the democratic party, but they
could do little mischief if the Republicans
were united in resisting their fallacies.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28


TIMELY EcoNoMY.-A New York paper
prints an interesting account of the system
of bank restaurants which has grown up
in that city. Of the fiity-eight banks con.
thrty-three furnish their clerks with lnn-
cheon inside their own establishments. This
is done either by having man to run the
cuisine or by having neighboring restau-
rant send in the food. The advantage of
this system is that it reduces the cost of liv-
ing to the bank service, it removes the
temptation incident to strolling around for a
glass of beer and gives a more regular and
wholesome diet and, finally, it keeps their
men within call, so that If certain clerk is
wanted, as often happens i'll banking, he can
be had Where the service amounts to forty
or fifty clerks. they have to be divided into
messes, which necessitates some variation in
the hour of luncheon. The Equitable in
surance company has a private entrance to
Demonico's for its clerks, aud contracts for
reduced prices; the Western Union tele.
graph dimes from three to four hundred peo-
pie. The prices, too, are very low, lower
than are attempted even in the city OF Spring
field. The Herah compoSitors have roast
beef and potatoes or raw oysters for fifteen
cents, beef stew for ten cents, pie or tea or
coffee for five cents. The Western Union card
contains the following prices, from which
thirty per cent discount is made; Potato
soup ten cents, raw oysters fifteen cents
roast beef or cold tongue twenty-five cents,
mush and milk, crackers and milk, pudding
or pies, ten cents.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28
The Lamented Lincoln.

Ex-Secretary Gideon Welles, in the De
cember number of The GALAXY, continues his
interesting "reminiscences of Lincoln's ad.
ministration, and in the course of them tells
new and remarkable story of the martyr
President. II seems that in the summer of
1864 Mr.. Lincoln became impressed with
the idea that he was not going to be re-
elected. One day in August of that year he
handed Mr.. Welles sealed envelope with
the request that he would write his name
across the back. The Secretary complied,
noticing as he wrote that the names of one
or two other members of the Cabinet were
already on the envelope. Mr.. Lincoln offered
no explanation of the strange request, and
the Secretary, of course, asked for none.
Some time after the election Mr. Lincoln
produced this sealed envelope at meeting
of the Cabinet, opened it and read aloud the
document which it contained. Under the
date of August 23d, 1864, he had written
"Ths morning, as for some days past, it
seems probable that this administration will
not be reelected Then it will be my duty
to cooperate with the President elect so as
to save the Union between the election and
Inauguration, as he will have secured his
election on such grounds that he cannot
possibly save it afterwards"
In the writing of this letter, as IN every
thing else that he did during his Presiden-
tial career, Mr.. Lincoln was inspired by the
most unsefish patriotism. He prepared it
during one OF the most gloomy epochs of the
war, at a time when the rebel armies were
being strengthened by democratic talk of
immediate armistice, convention of the
states to form new government, immediate
peace on the basis of any concessions which
Jefferson Davis might exact, and other sug-
gestions born of instincts at once cowardly
and traitorous. Ben. Wade and Henry Win
ter Davis had published their manifesto
against the President, the demand for troops
was greater than the supply, the proclama-
ton for five hundred thousand more men
had not borne the fruits that had been ex-
pected, and although from the Ohio to the
Gulf and from the Mississippi to and across
the Alleghanies the forces of the traitors had
been pushed a general feeling of despond-
ency was abroad III the North. Taking
counsel of his fears, while confronted with
this situation, Mr.. Lincoln decided that he
was not to be reelected, and if he was not
to be--what then Why. then, argued the
devoted patriot and sagacious statesman,
since it is clear that the country cannot be
saved after my term expires and the democ.
racy comes in, | will cooperate with the
President elect to save it during the brief
time that remains from November to March.
MIR. Lincoln clearly apprehended what
his duty would have been in the contingency
from which merciful Providence saved the
country. His brief statement of what his
policy in defeat would be is at once unique
tribute to his own pure love of country and
to the traitorous attitude OF the democracy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

THE ARCTIC ExpEDITIoN.-Captain How
gate has received a letter, by way of Scot
land, from Captain Tyson, in command of
the Florence" the advance vessel of the
American Arctic expedition, dated Septem-
Der Goth. He reports their safe arrival at
Neuntileck harbor, Cumberland gulf, after
a voyage of forty days. He proposed NOV
ing to the head of the gulf in few days to
go into winter quarters, and carry out the
instructions in reference to the collection of
material. The crew were all in good health
and spirits
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

HEAVY AwARD.-Thejo joint fisheries CON-
mission, in session at Halifax, has awarded
five million five hundred thousand dollars to
Great Britain for fishery privileges given
the United States under the treaty of Wash
ington. Many were surprised that the award
was so large after the decision some weeks
ago, excluding the pc ition in regard to bait
and transhipment from consideration, but
others considered the amount far too small
for the privileges secured to the United
States for twelve years under the treaty.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28
Clubbing Rates.

We are prepared to furnish Har-
per's Monthly Magazine, Harper's
Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, Scribner's
Monthly, or the Atlantic Monthly,
at clubbing rates with the WATCH
MAN for one year, for 1928; st.
Nicholas with the WATCHMAN for
one year, for $40; and The Muir
sery with WATCHMAN, for $50.
Subscriptions for these periodicals
can commence with any number.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

BURGLAR LYScHkD.-ln Warren county,
Iowa, about fifteen miles from Des Moine,, on
tile 10Th iuslanl, Reuben Proctor, who WAS having
his preliminary examination ON the charge OF
having fatally shot Miss Cadigan while attempt
ing To commit burglary in her fathers house.
was taken from the room last evening By mob OF
forty meL and hanged The mob wore NJ masks,
aud are understood to be citizens Of the township
IN which Miss Cardigan lives. Proctor, known
that her father had sold his iarni, and had money
IN the house, entered with cooked revolver
The girl rushed ON him, struck down his pistol
tore oil his mask, and actuall, drove him out uf
the door. IL turned and fired two shots ut her,
one of the balls passing through her breast and
the other through her head. The girl still lives,
hut the doctors say she cannot recover.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28

JUDGE KELLEY quotes and approves
Henry c. Carey's assertion that the depre-
citation of the value of property, owing to
the resumption act, has been $50, DOC, OOO, 900
in thirty months. Inasmuch as this is
nearly three billion dollars greater than the
whole real and personal property of the
country, after state aud municipal debts
have been deducted, it looks very much as
if Carey Kelley 4 Co. had made slight
mistake. And yet these men set themselves
up as leaders and authorities in matters of
finance