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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-02

Ballences, currency, .......S 7,9S0,274 2653479
Special fund for redemption
OF fractional CURRENCY. 7,963212 10 0OO.OOO
Special deposit Of legal ten
ders for redemption of GER
tincotes OF deposit. ...... 64,960000 46,755, 600
Coin. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 115,l22,473 197,415 1872
Coin and silver certificates 41,5726O0 As S296OO
Coin less coin and silver 735l9873 IS, 5S5,532
Outstanding called bonds. 15, 76525O 4,845 $50
Other outstanding coin lia'es 7,557,O05 4 799699
Outstanding legal tenders. 359,764 1892 346 63l U16
Outstanding fractional curry 20403,137 l6547,76S
Outstanding silver coin 33,0SS,o13 39O57,OS3
Total debt less cash in resy 060 223 2035 731
Reduction of debt 5or June. 3,2l9,119 #2 149,3s1
Reduction Of debt since July
], including S9,553,SO0 &C.
neva award bonds canc'ld. 39,2S1, 121 "a 371 ,391
Imports II months ending
May 81 ........ 479110,375 47,s99l06
Exports do do 3661,1os,444 72s, 1872 14s
Coinage executed at minis of U. s. du-
ring during fscal year ending June 80,
1875 gold S53 770,429; trade dollars
S11S7s,0O0; standard silver rs,6OO,500;
Subsidiary silve coin SS339,31b; mi
nor coins $30,676. Total. ............ 81,11S,921
*Increase.
AS soon as the annual settlement at the respective
minis and the assap office at New York shall have
been completed, the purchase OF silver bullion for
coinage into dollars will be resumed under regula-
ations heretofore in force, but price above the
equivalent of the London rate, computed at the
rent rate of sterling exchange the day OF the plr
chase will bh considered or accepted and all purcha
ses will be paid for in standard silver kollars.
Books at the Office of the comptroller of the
rency show that during the fiscal year just ended
twenty-sx national banks organized with an
aggreg ate capital OF S2,9l0,UOO.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-02
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47,s92,lO6
7lS 100 1dS

479,110,375 47,S92,lO6
1851, 1O5,444 72S,122,146
# U. S. du-
ling June 80,
Irdde dollars
II re, 600,600;
S39,3l5; mi
s1,11s,e21
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18
The Legislature.

There have been few new developments
as to the Speakership of the House during
the past week. No new aspirants for the po-
sition have been disclosed, and the honor
undoubtedly will be conferred upon Mr..
Camp, Mr.. Martin, Colonel Sprague or Judge
Poland. As to the clerkship public senti-
ment seems to run entirely in favor of Mr..
Henry N. Newell, of Shelburn. Mr.. New
ell has had large experience in the clerk S
office, and is a faithful, competent and care
full gentleman, who would make most ex-
celent officer. Mr.. Z. NJ Buck, of Cavern
dish, is also understood to be candidate
for the position. He was first assistant
during the last session.
We hear of no opposition to the reelection
of Mr.. F. w. Baldwin, of Barton, as secretary
OF the Senate, nor to Mr.. C. w. Brownel, of
Burlington, as assistant secretary. With
such competent and worthy officers there is
little fear that the interests of the people
will suffer.
The name of Hon. Loveland Munson, from
Bennington county, has been most favorably
mentioned in connection with the position
of President pro tenn. of the Senate. The
election could not possibly be bettered, as
he is most excellent presiding officer, and
had he been returned to the lower house, he
would have undoubtedly been made Speaker.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18
New England Reform Convention.

We have received the following account OF the
mass meeting of the New England Reform Club
at fabyan's on Sunday the 10Th instant: The
morning was very unpropitious with cold and
drizzling rain. About five hundred people gath
cred at the opening service in the parlors of the
Fabyan House The sermon was delivered by
Rev. G. A. Morse, Of Norwich, Conn, and was an
effort worthy of the occasion On the arrival of
the trains, the numbers present could be counted
by thousands.
At two o'clock the band led the people 10 the
tent near the house, which was soon filled by the
immense audience. After singing and prayer,
the president in happy manner introduced
General Matt, Head, of lIookset, who made a
short but forcbe speech keeping square on the
temperance platform. The president then stated
that 10 Mr. Dunnt Of Vermont had been assigned
the duty Of collecting funds to help pay the ex-
penses Of the association. After few timely re-
marks rs to the purposes and needs Of the associ-
ation Mr.. d. called for voluntary contributions
from friends OF the cause, and turned towards
Coy. Prescott, who sat upon the PLATFORM and in-
quired; Who will be the first man To contribute
aud how much?' Whereupon Governor Pres
colt responded with the payment Of twenty dol
lars He was followed by General Matt. Head
and Governor Van Zandt with like sums and
these in turn were followed by quite number Of
smaller contributions, which amounted to con-
siderable, and will prove great help to the asso-
citation in its work.
After music by the band the president intro
duced Governor Van zandt Of Rhode Island, who
" filled the bill " in all particulars, and whose
speech was the very best your correspondent ever
listened to, No sketch could be given to do 1t
justice. lie was listened to with breathess ST.
lence, save applause at some sallies Of wit and
sarcasm; Excepting also a little stir created by
one outside or near the door Of the tent, who had
evidently visited that room in the Fayban House
which ought to have been closed ON account of
the day, II for no other reason but which unfor-
| tunately was as open as the parlOrs.)
The president then introduced Hon. H. W.
Blair, Member of Congress, who made a very
| happy short speech. After music by the band
| the president introduced Rev. Mr. Montgomery
who made bold, iorcible and convincing speech
and the meeting closed by music by the band
| The people went their several ways, feeling that
notwithstanding the unfavorabe weather, they
had all been made stronger aud more determined
in their efforts 10 " rescue the perishing" The
whole affair passed of without accident OF any
| kind,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18
A GrOundless Fear.

Secretary Sherman well disposes of one
apprehension which has been bugbear to
thousands 1t is dread of the money power
of our land. A fear has often been enter
tanned that capitalists may combine and
dictate terms To- the laboring classes. Es-
pecially has the apprehension been expressed
that the directors of banks, who are sup
posed to have a common interest, will unite
in some policy which will put the borrower
at their mercy. Now the Secretary has been
brought into contact great deal with finan-
ciers during the past dozen years. As chair
man of the Senate committee on finance he
encountered them great many times while
trying to provide the easiest means of re-
sumption. And for year and half he
has been brought into the most intimate as
ISOLATION with them in negotiating loans and
perfecting the agencies for resuming. And
what is his testimony as given in his recent
speech 1t is this Party organization is
infinitely more powerful for combination
than the money power. My own experience
III oluct cndDleS mt W say IndJ IL gOu cOn-
vene ten bank presidents, you will have ten
different opinions, while party organization
brings even Judge Thurman and General
Ewing on the same platform" The simple
fact is that our country is so vast that it
were difficult TO secure the slightest concert
of action among all our capitalists. Banks,
indeed, established in many place by the
of the owners of little savings,
become rivals rather than confederates of
huge capitalists. Bankers and bank presi-
dents have their diosyncrasies of course, and
pride of opinion is oft far mightier to breed
repulsion than common interest to foster
unity OF action. In truth, while directors
of banks naturally prefer to loan their money
to reliable men rather than to needy spend
thrills, the institutions over which they
watch are often bulwark to small bor-
rowers against the exactions of Shyocks
who would otherwise have them at their
mercy
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18
Cause OF the Hard Times.

Nearly everybody has an answer TO the
question as to what is the cause of the hard
times, but they so widely differ that it is a
continual source of perplexity. The dag
nosis of several eminent doctors of political
economy and social science is given below,
and the reader can pay his money and take
his choice of their ideas
Professor Sumner, of Yale College, thinks
that excessive means of transportation and
communication, and the lack of free tariff,
cause the trouble.
William Il. Dodge, iron merchant and
president of the National Temperance So
ciety, says that the liquor traffic is the
principal and the tariff subsidiary cause.
w. Goodwin Moody considers the direct
cause to be general idleness enforced by
laborsaving machinery.
Mr.. j. j. lIinchman, of Brooklyn, does not
think il much of shower, and objects to
interference by government legislation.
Mr.. r. i. Thurber, New York merchant
ascribes the depression to the development
of steam and electricity, and the only remedy
to be in waiting until consumption catches
up with production.
Mr.. Horace White traces the evil to spec
ulation in railroads and real estate and says
that the currency is not an essential element
of such crisis.
Ben Butler says it's the currency.
Dennis Kearney swears LITERALLY and lib
erally) that it is the leecherous bond
holder and the "slimy newspapers"
OF the various opinions given above, per
haps that of Mr.. Horace White will com
mend itself to the good sense of large pro
portion of the people.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18
The Maine Election.

The Albany Journal thus sets forth the
suggestive lesson taught by the figures of
the Maine election:
The vote Of the three parties in Maine,
last year and this year, compare about as
follows: Republicans in 1877, 3,632 Re
publcans in 1878, $1,000 There is moth
ing in that which Republicans can feel bad
about. 1t shows party of undiminished
organization, of firm faith and steady ranks.
Greenbackers in 1877, $780, Greenback
ers in 1873, $4,000. This is great gain. It
indicates the spread of the disconnected ele-
ment, and points to the danger which is be-
fore the country. 1t makes the peril of
financial chaos an imminent reality.
Democrats in 1877, 42,lll democrats in
1878, 2S,000. Here is where the laugh
comes in-for everybody but the democrats
A loss of nearly $4,000 in single year, on
an increased vote A real loss, considering
the totals, of about 10000, or nearly half
the whole party The figures show, not
that the democrats gained anything by DIAL
lying with false doctrines, but that the
greenbackers swallowed the democrats.
We trust the people will examine and
study the figures. They embody great deal
of meaning. Democratic papers are re-
quested to publish them conspicuously.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18
Cost of Quinine.

Considerable apprehension has been felt
and expressed at different times lest the
supply of quinia, or quinine, should some
time fail, a thing which would be regarded
as most deplorable, since it has come to be
so widely used The principal supply of
the bark from which it is manufactured in
this country, comes from South America,
and for some time the tribes of Indians that
gather and ship it hither have been engaged
in wars among themselves, and consequently
have stopped sending the usual quantity.
1t has now been some eight or nine months
since any has been received by the dealers
Beside this cause, which is, of course, only
temporary, some uneasiness has been felt
because Of the way in which the Indians
strip the bark from the trees, completely de-
stroying them, and so rapid and recklessly
that real danger exists that at some time
not very far remote the supply will be ser-
ously diminished. The present price of
quinia is higher than it has been before
since the rebellion ended. In 1876 the man.
ufacturer's price per ounce was two dollars
and fifty cents. In 1877 it went up to two
dollars and ninety cents and last June it
reached three dollars and fifty cents, and
then three dollars eighty cents, with proba-
bilities of its advancing still more. 1t has
been rumored that the Russians have been
sweeping the market, and that two Phila-
adelpha firms sold in one lot to the agents
of the Car, three hundred thousand ounces.
This is hardly probable, since it is impossi-
BILE for our manufacturers to supply the
home consumption, and large quantities
have to be imported each year from Europe.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18
Errors in Education.

The great question as to the best methods
of popular education, and which will be ever
new would find easier solution in the light
OF a little common sense. Let our school
boards, superintendent and teachers keep
the fact continually before their minds that
at least four-ffths of all the children in our
public schools will have ended their school
days before they are fourteen years old, and
will get no further or other systematic edu-
cation; that the object of the public schools
is to fit their pupils for the active duties of
life; and that few elementary studies,
thoroughly learned and permanently fixed
in their minds, will be far more serviceable
than larger number OF branches only half
mastered, and many of them of but little
practical use. If these points are kept
steadily in mind, and intelligently acted
upon, there can be no just cause of criti-
cism, and we shall get much larger return
for our school expenditures than at present.
Another fault is forcibly stated by
Western superintendent, in paper recently
read before scientific association of Mil
waukee, and which is worthy the attention
of all who are inclined 10 crowd school chill
dren, to push them ahead rapidly in many
directions The paper treats of "medical
hygiene in its relations to education" and
declares that the system now in vogue of
forcing vast amount of all kinds of knowl-
edge into the minds of the average child at
school is one Of the potent causes of mental
disease later in life. 1.-THE mind is over
strained in the effort 10 master things to the
study of which il has no inclination. Our
curriculum is made TO cover too wide a COM
pass. There is too much striving for uni
versatility in our common school education"
The speaker was opposed TO compelling all
pupils to follow the same course of studies
without regard to natural fitness or tastes,
holding that there are special aptitudes
which should invariably be consulted in
mapping out plan Of educating child, and
that any attempt to disregard them can only
result in disappointment, and not unfre-
quently in disaster. Those who have read
Miss Phelps charming Story of Avis" will
recall how strongly she advocates this idea,
by indirection, in her account of the unfold
ing OF the life and distinctive power of her
heroine The evil of the day in this country,
says the doctor, is nervousness. II is fast
becoming the national malady. If the body
stands the strain long enough the disease at.
tacks the machinery of the mind, producing
some form of insanity. Careful scrutiny, he
thinks, will show that too often the seeds OF
nervousness and ultimate insanity are sowr
in the school-room.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18

DISASTERS, which sometimes seem to fol-
low each other as though epidemic, have
been of painful and unusual frequency of
late in Europe. The sinking of the Fury
dice was shortly succeeded by the loss of a
German war ship and another frightful
sacrifice of life. Then came several terrible
railway accidents in England, which cost
nearly one hundred lives the Thames dis
aster with the loss of six hundred the great
flood in Hungary with four hundred more,
and the fire-damp explosion in Wales, which
added two hundred and fifty-one names to
the fatal lists. In the meantime the deaths
in this country by railway, lake and other
accidents and tornadoes reach not less than
four hundred, while more than five thousand
have fallen by the Southern scourge.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18
The Rule and the Reason.

We most heartily endorse the following,
from the editors table of Sunday afternoon
for September; In England, where the theory
and practice of total abstinence have always
been scoffed at by the cultivated majority,
the awful prevalence of drunkenness is lead
ing to the formation of public sentiment
against drinking as strong as any that ever
existed in this country The clergy have
hitherto maintained drinking practices, but
now many of the ministers of the Establish
ment as well as of the Dissenting bodies,
with large section of the medical profess
sion and distinguished men from every
walk in life, have united in vigorous move
ment for the suppression of drunkenness
Canon Farrar, in sermon preached a few
Sundays since in Westminster Abbey, ode
clared alcoholic drinking and drunkenness
to be the one glaring, disgraceful and peril
GUS national vice, by which the nation
stands unenviably distinguished and seri
ously endangered" So strong feeling of
the evils of drunkenness as that which now
prevails in respectable circles in England
naturally leads to the adoption of the Chris
tian rule of total abstinence. 1t does not
require the imposition of total abstinence
upon Others as rule; it only leads man
to say "Because this evil is so great and
because wish to save those who are running
themselves by drink and because | cannot
very effectively urge them to abstain with
out abstaining myself, therefore relinquish
luxury which / have not abused, and to
which | deem myself entitled that | may
the more successfully persuade those to
abandon it to whom it is proving a curse"
1t begins to be evident in England that this
course of conduct is something very differ
ent from fanaticism and the same truth
ought to be equally evident on this side
tho ooonn.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18

BLAINE IN BURLINGTON Hon James G. Blaine
stopped at Burlington the other evening, on his
way home from Ogdensbnrg, n. Y, and the Free
Press speaks thus Of the manner in which he was
received: "News OF his arrival rapidly spread,
and the services of the Sherman Military Band
were obtained and serenade rendered him. 10
this Senator Blaine briefly responded, thanking
the people of Burlington for this unexpected and
more than gratifying compliment 1t was, he
said, his first visit here in thirty years. and he
expressed his surprise and qualification at the
large growth of the city in the intervening time,
lie closed by again thanking his audience for
their kindness. On his appearance and at the
close of his brief response Senator Blaine cor
daily applauded by the large audience which had
assembled The affair was, OF course, II wholly
mpromptu one but the warmth of the reception
was unmistakable, and was sufficient indication
OF the Senator's popularity here as elsewhere in
New England. Daring the evening large num-
Der of our people called and paid their respects,
and were most cordially greeted"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18

OUR personal appearance is "a matter In which
our friends and acquaintance have right to a
choice whether we shall inhct upon them an ex-
terror uncared for and unattractive, II countenance
married by neglected grizzled beard, or a crown
guiltless OF covering, half covered, or matched
with white hairs, or whether we shall in defer
ence to our fellows pay due regard to our own
persons, and make them presentable and accept
able in society There are many helps for those
who desire to do this, and there are none among
them more acceptable than Halls Hair Remover
and Buckingham's Dye for the whiskers Both
these preparations are kept for sale at all our
drug stores, and II any OF our friends are looking
little the worse for wear, we advise them to
make note OF it.-Norh Star Ddnr ne, ".
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18

1t is reported that at the close of green
back meeting in Maine town the other
evening a collection was taken to pay the
orator of the evening for expenses incurred.
The hat was passed around, and when it
was emptied it was full of pieces of paper
inscribed, :" This is twenty-five cents" "This
is fifty cents" etc. to the amount of nine
dollars and twenty-five cents. The speaker
was disguised.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18

AN English officer is about leaving for
Asia Minor to commence the survey for a
new line of railroad to extend from the Le-
want to the Persian Gulf. The construction
of such road is necessary incident of
England's assumed protectorate, and this,
taken with the cost Of other reforms pro
posed, with the opposition of ninetenths of
the inhabitants, will entail cost which
may lead England to think that she has paid
pretty dear for that whistle
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18

THE New Orleans Picdyune, in some no.
tice of the yellow fever and the relief afforded
its victims, says: "Thero is no consideration
in this connection more pleasant than the
proofs daily offered by the munifcent do
nations of Northern, Eastern and Western
cities for the relief of the sick and destitute
in the South, that the sense of brotherly
love is warmer and deeper in this country
than the mean animosities engendered by
party rivalries and sectional prejwlices. We
begin to believe that this is really nation,
people one at heart"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18

HAYES SOUTHERN PoLIcY.-Secretary
Evarts, in a talk with correspondent of
the Tribune and speaking of the Presi-
dents Southern policy, made these sensible
observations "No calculation of any poiit-
zeal compensation from the conduct of the
South formed any part of the motives which
induced the Presidents action. The situa-
ton required careful and responsible atten-
ton and appropriate constitutional action
from the President. These it received.
The results are manifold and all of them by
no means immediate. The manner, there
fore, in which the South has met the action
of the President does not effect the Justice
and rightfulness of that action. If the
South has not acted in the proper spirit,
that does not even tend to prove that the
Presidents course was not the right one to
pursue, but only that the Southern politi-
clans treat unworthily the benefits of the
constitution"