Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-23
Editorial Notes.

greenbackers Is going on III Iowa
THE Utah legislature was organized by
electing Lorenzo Snow as president of the
council, and Orson Pratt speaker of the
house, who are both members of the twelve
apostles.
THE trial of Governor Tilden's income
tax suit began on Saturday, and the wiley
Ex-Governor draws the first blood-his de-
murrer on the first of the nine counts being
sustained by the court.
BEFoRE leaving the Arkansas Hot Springs,
Blaine made nice little speech, in which
he spoke of the dawn Of better day. and
expressed great satisfaction at what he had
seen of harmony and good will in the South.
The pettiness and drudgery of Cabinet
officers life were great revelation to Mr.
Evarts. lie says that he went TO Washing
ton to administer a great department, and
feels like chief clerk, with his time taken
by one mans call and ahother's.
A MANUFACTURING company at Mans
field, Ohio, proposes to pay off its hands in
silver dollars till they get sick Of it, 1t
uses the trade d>llar and expressly states
that its object is TO show that silver is cum
brous aud inconvenient as a legal tender.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH has accepted the offer
of Mr.. Beecher 10 reinqush one-quarter of
his salary the coming year, on account of the
hard times. With fifteen thousand dollars
aud what he receives from lecturing at two
hundred dollars night, the pastor of Ply
mouth church will not be compelled to live
Oh bread and water
REV. Dir. BEmRENDs, of Providence, is re-
ported to have been offered twelve thousand
dollars per annum to become the pastor of
the Madison avenue Congregational church
of New York, which he declines, saying that
he is contented with his present position,
and receives as much salary as he considers
his services worth.
The last letter from London to the New
York Times contains piece of literary new
which will delight all the novel readers o.
our Euglish.speaking race. The news is
| tiltu btblkf ISliOi WioSt ktilluS 10 onlN
equalled by her industry. is hard at work
upon the succession Of Daniel Deronda,
and that she intends To have it in the printer.
hands before the end of ;he year.
THE New York Sun says that the trustee
of the estate of j. c. Aver, insane, was il
New York recently to sell the fourteen
shares of Tribune stock held by him, sup
posed to be worth ten Thousand dollars each
five years ago and that the highest price he
was offered for them was Que hundred ant
seventy-eight dollars aud fifty eight cent,
per share which seems incredible.
THERE are people who think Mr.. Ed
munds had somebody else than the French
man also IL mind when he said III his re
cent eulogy: "Mr Morton was a man O
strong passions aud great talents, and was, "a.
a consequence devout partisan. He haC
no faith III that philosophy of goverum"n
imputed to Louis Napoleon when Pre,iden
of France, which led him to suppose tina
he could dominate all parties by taking min
j ters who represented nome"
A MEMBER of the Senate oi Virginia sal,
in speech the other day William L
Yancey told DR.. Curry, of this city, that on,
of the greatest difficulties in the way toward
recognition of the confeieracy was tn
fact that jefferson Davis, of Mississippi.
repudating state. was at the head of tn
government. Mr.. Lamar, Senator iron
: Mississippi, is reported TO have recent
said the same thing The repudiation 0
Mississippi has therefore, cost us in Vii
ginia the Independence of the South"
The sad fate of Mr.. Chandler OWN. +.
and his little New Hampshire convention
reminds us of that empty traveller who be
ing about to take his departure, with infl
ite pains rugged a rope to his window AN
lowered his baggage to the ground beneath
only to hear the CHEEKY voice Of the lane
lord cry from the sidewalk, :" All rightly
got it." Mr.. Chtidler lowered away wit
infinite caution, AID heard the voice of Nj
Hayes crying from the end of the rope, " A
right-I've got it."-New York WorH
| SHOULD be doing myself injustice t
close this communication without an e1
preston of my earnest conviction that tn
President of the United States, with tn
Pu'e'N aud highest motives, is striving t
execute the hlgii o'.... committed IN him /
IL the interests of the whole people, al, e. =. /;
the efforts he has made for the pacifcatio
of the South, the correction of abuses in tn
civil service, and return TO a. stable Gu
rency, he is peculiarly entitled to the gene
Gus aud discriminating confidence of hi
fellow-creatures. Yielding to no man in d
votion to the party of my choice, neverth
less most heartily subscribe to the MAXI
that he serves his party best who serves hi
country best Message IF Governor Smu
: Of Wisconsin.