Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-06-01
MINOR NOTES.

as messenger in the department. Thomas
Simms, a colored man, whom he, as mar
shal, during Filmore's administration,
captured in Boston, under the fugitive
slave law, and sent back to Georgia.
five have no Congress Till October, the
President will be omnipotent among hon
est, intelligent people of both parties. OF
course we say this with the assumption
that he will take no step ckward.-Aus.
tin (Ier.) Statesman, Democratic.
think the fair and just course OF the
present administration toward the South
will have happy effect upon the whole
country in promoting peace and good feel
ing, as vol as the prosperity of all bust
ness interests. The president was not only
good soldier, but is proving himself 10 be
patriot and a statesman. Err Confederate
Gen. Lilly Of Virginid
Even the New York Times Cincinnati
correspondent reports that "there is in
creasing satisfaction among the Ohio Re-
publicans at the course of Hayes's Admin
istration. The number of those who share
the views OF Ben Wade is daily growing
less. Indeed, there is reason to believe that
1t has been largely r-estimsted from the
first If peace is maintained in the South
during this summer, the successor 10 STAN
ley Matthews in the Senate and the next
Governor of Ohio will be Republicans"
The Russian war with Turkey has res
cued from obscurity a genuine Russian
count and former colonel in the army, who
has been for two years past Underwater
at a restaurant at Eureka, New. lie killed
a brother officer in duel ard was obliged
to fly the country, but when the recent Eu
ropean complication arose he snufIed the
battle from afar and opened correspon-
dence with the Russian government and
his family. They relented, and not only
was he pardontd. but he was also restored
to his rank of colonel in the chasseurs, and
now he is on his way TO the seat Of war,
having received the necessary funds from
the Russian consul at San Francisco.
A Berlin correspondent of the Christian
Union says: 1.-The war may linger on
Turkish soil, like slow fever; yet it is
quite among the probabilities that before
the year closes all Europe will be in flame !;
that Austria will move for her own protec
llOIlt luhl Vel Will lutll luNtIltItt Nudl
France will leap at Germany, that Eng
land will look after Constanlinople. or
course, outside of the immediate court cir
Gle nobody here believes in the humane,
Christian and pacific intentions of the Gar,
and most people hope for the defeat Of the
Russian arms, as the way to a lasting
peace"
The President is said especially to dis
like the phrase, "Hayes's Southern Poll
cy," as he regards it as the policy of jus
tice and necessity in the interests Of pros
perity and peace; that what he has done
and will do will be in furtherance OF the
idea embodied in the sentence of his inau-
gural address: "He serves his party best
who serves his country best
The political situation of last year could
not have continued, and the present steady,
sagacious, patriotic rather than partisan,
Administr ation is the most fortunate that
the ountry could have had. II cannot be
justly judged by party victory or defeat
here or there. lis test is not in the satis'
faction of ardent partisans but in the gen.
eral feeling of the country. Aud VIVA. the
-Harper's Weekly.
They have queer sort of State constitu-
ton in Florida. The only public officers
the people are allowed 10 vote for are gov.
ernor, member of the Legislature and con
stable. All the other town and county, as
well as state officers, are filled by the nom
inatiou of The governor. Gov. Drew has
already made 900 appointments since com
ing into office. The constitution under
which this singular state of things ex lists
was made by the republicans, and Gov
Drew says the democrats propose to make
a new one.
| Many of the special agents of the Pos
| Office Depa rlment are kept busy in look
| ing after the post masters who dispose o
stamps in All illegal manner, selling then
at discount and exchanging for barter
One enierprising fellow has been discover
ed who has paid for more than $1,000 wortl
goods in stamps at a discount of sever
per cent. He thus increased his salary fol
time, but spoiled his chance of repeating
his stamp act.
Gov. Stone of Mississippi says he ha
done all that he can do TO bring the KEN
per county assassins 10 justice. The At
torney General on the other hand, write
letter blaming the Executive for not con
sulting him about the matter and takin!
active measures TO enforce the laws. Ii
reply to the remark of the Governor
that he has no power in the matter, III,
Jackson Times remarks thai a few day
since when two citizens Of Arkansas wen
into Mississippi TO fight a duel an office
appeared un the scene with an order from
Gov. Stone directing him 10 arrest the par
ties.
South Carolina has finally decided not t.
repudiale Ler State debt iOr Tue present
and has appointed a commission of TIVE
members of the House and two citizens Il
pass upon the validity If the Indebtedness
of the State. The party that wanted TO rul
out the old figures and commence with
clean slate made vigorous resistance, bu
were Out-voted by those who want to anus
themselves while longer by looking a
the evidence ofdebt.
Gov. Robinson of New York lately We
toed a small appropriation which had beef
voted by the Legislature for tue purchas
of frame for picture Of Abraham Lin
coin, which had been painted for the State
A New York gentleman thereupon sen
word TO the ways and means committee t.
frame the picture and send the bill to him
The governors veto of this appropriation
was the more noticeable because he haS
just approved an appropriation for the pur
chase of a bust of Washington.
War in the Potato Field.
State Assayer Hayes of Massachusetts
pubishe a letter in a Boston paper il
which he cautions the farmers against th,