Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23
MINOR NOTES.


1t is said that the prosecution against ex-
Gov. Chamberlain in South Carolina has been
dropped because his enemies, after dilgent
search, find that they have absolutely no evil
dence upon which to sustain the charges made
against him.
As a result Of the adoption Of the new con-
stitution in California, several of the mining
companies hive transferred their base of OPP
erations to New York, and others are prepar-
ing to follow In consequence the price of a
seat at the New York Mining Board has risen
from Sl2O to $3.50.
SO rapid has been the growth of the Repub-
ican States of the West that in the next APP
portionmcnt Of Representatives, Iowa. Kansas,
Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Illinois
and Wisconsin will gain Is members on the
present basis Of apportonment. These States
alone will then have 121 members to 1OG in
| the solid South
The New York Evening Post is reminded
of that sort of Il donkey race in which the
rearnost animal wins the money, by the earn
est advocacy of Mr. Tilden as the Democratic
candidate for President by Republican pa
| pcrs, and Il corresponding zeal on the part Of
! Democratic papers to make Gen. Grant the
Republican candidate.
The Albany journal says 1--WE have not
met the first Republican who docs not feel
that the Republican party is gaining from the
struggle at Washington. We have not met
the first Democrat who does not admit in his
candid moments that the Democratic party is
laundering and losing. We have no doubt
! that this is the experience of every other OBJ
server And all this cannot be IL mistake
The Boston Traveller, which ought to
know, says: Those who have been specu-
ating as to whether General Butler will or
will not run again for Governor next fall may
cease their spcculations. lie will rum
writer in the Congr, gationalist nflirms
that Mormonism is growing more rapidly
than the combined efforts Of all the Protes-
tant churches to put it down. 1t not only
continues to intrench itself in Utah, hut is
taking possession of the neighborng terri
tories. 1t has pushed 80 vigorously that it
has already secured the balance of political
power in Idaho and Arizona and is aiming to
intrench itself still further in New Mexico and
Colorado.
The rumor that an italian firm was nogoti-
ating in the United States for an immediate
supply of 100, GOO tons Of coal, in place of OBJ
caused uneasiness in. London A cargo Of
American coal reached the Mediterranean six
teen months ago and met with ready sale,
and more than twenty cargoes have been sent
over since that time. The Globe appreheuds
that before long the coal industry of Great
Britain will have to encounter determined
rivalry on the part of the United States.
American coal will not be landed in England,
but will be shipped to ports on the Contine Mt
which are now dependent upon supplies from
the coal fields of the United Kingdom.
"Is that bayonot which see before me p
asks the intimdat,d Bourbon voter, with two
revolvers in his belt, II bowie knife down his
back and a shotgun slung over his shoulder.
-PHtSJurg Commercial.
New York dispatch to the Louisville
Courier-Journal gives what purports to be the
secret history of the settlement Of the Wander
bilt will case. 1t states that the compromise
had been agreed upon beforehand, and that
William II. Vanderbilt was compelled TO &C
cept it to prevent his cross-examination by
Scott Lord, Cornelius Vanderbilts counsel.
The latter had warned the millionaire that he
must expect a rigid examination into his pri-
waite affairs, and must not only tell how much
he was worth, but in what speculations he
had made or lost money since his fathers
death. Mr.. Vanderbilt could not stand this
opening up of his money bags under the eyes
of the greedy Wall street sharks, and gladly
gave his brother million dollars rather than
have it done. Mr.. Scott Lord received for
his services 800 OOO-th the largest fee paid in
the case.
Gen Robert c. Schenck of Ohio, formerly
United States minister to England, receives
pension of $50 month on account of "a
wound in the hand and he has just drawn
S4G25 under the pension arrears bill.
The new California constitution taxes rail
road corporations on everything, from their
rails and rolling stock, to their tickets and
freight receipts The general management
of the roads of the State is taken from the
legislature and given TO a board of two men,
who can only be removed from Office by a
two-thirds vote Of the Legislature, and all the
railroad men have TO do is to keep on the
fright" side of these two men.
record kept in Raleigh, N. c., in the
closing confederate days of February, 1868,
shows that apples were So per dozen, bacon
81 to 80 per pound, beef 81. 80 per pound,
butter $40 per pound, corn $50 per bushel,
coffee $40 per pound, eggs 81 per dozen,
flour $40 to 1928 per barrel, sugar ST.. 30
to $50 per pound syrup S25 per gallon,
sheeting go So per yard, salt $50 to 500
per bushel, calico So per yard, wood $50 to
500 per cord.
Rev. DIR. Morgan Dix of New York denies
the recent statement that the original draft of
the famous dispatch of the late General Dix,
"If any one attempts to haul down the Amer
lean flag, shoot him on the spot" is owned
by man in Terra Haute, and says: "The
original of the famous dispatch is in my pos
session, and has been for the last sixteen
years. Soon after the dispatch was sent, my
father, General Dix got the original from the
telegraph office in Washington, and gave it to
me for safe keeping. l had it framed and
hung in my house, and have ever since that
time treasured it with the greatest care"
The originator of the negro emigration
movement is said to be former slave who
escaped to the North His name is Benjamin
Singleton, but he is called Pap" He is now
about seventy years old. Becoming convinced
that the negroes could not obtain justice from
the old slaye-owners, but finding them averse
to leaving the South, he tried to buy lands
for them in Tennessee, but failed to do so on
account of the price asked As president of
1.-The Tennessee Real Estate and Homestead
Association" he visited Kansas, and he was so
well pleased that on going back to Tennessee
he gathered there a colony which he took to
Cherokee county, Kansas Singleton alone
has taken eight thousand negroes to Kansas
The mayor of New Orleans has revoked his
obnoxious order against the negro churches
and issued a new one applying to all church.
es, prescribing that when any tumult is heard
in church after 10 P. NJ, justifying fears of
breach of the peace and disturbing the
neghbOrhood, the nearest policeman shall
notify the pastor that the noise must cease
and if it continues, SO report to the chief of
police.
''Perey" telegraphs to the Boston journal
that the length of the special session is a CO.
nundrum which elicts different answers from
different guessers. Mr.. Conkling says that
Congress will not adjourn before the first of
July, and Mr.. Wood says that the final ad-
| innrnmnnt will Inka nlnce ON the 1Nth of MnY